Happy Hour

[will_scarlett]

After talking to the Robin who's not Robin, Will goes to the counter for a drink and gets a request to bartend.

He frowns, but nods before leaning his quarterstaff against a clear place and hanging up his cloak while his sword is at his side. The blood on his lip has dried as he considers the cocktail book, reading it has never come easily but tonight he could do with the distraction of complicated drinks.

Specials
Ale
Mulled wine or cider
Whiskey
Upper Cut
Emerald Forest
Tell me of your strangest meeting in Milliways and your drink will be free.

Once its all written to his satisfaction, which took time but the writing is clear and careful, he makes himself a whiskey and sits down.

(OOC: Open until the next Happy Hour or it scrolls whichever comes first.)

Comments

[is_the_motion]

"You got blood on your face." Bonnie comments, passing him a tissue.

Always handy to carry those.

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, but its dried,"

He takes the tissue and wipes his lip to show her that its not actively bleeding.

[is_the_motion]

"Well you got to supply your own spit." Bonnie says, with a wink.

"Ale please." she adds, hoping the man has washed his hands at some point.

[will_scarlett]

If there's a joke there, he has no idea what it is and shakes his head before going to pour her a mug of ale,

"'ere ye are."

[is_the_motion]

"Cheers." Bonnie nods and takes a swig.

"Never seen nobody actually bartend here, usually it just pops up."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, sometimes she'll ask ye to so she can rest,"

And for him it works as a decent distraction to his own thoughts.

[is_the_motion]

"So that's what they meant about her bein' alive..." Bonnie says, looking down at the bar.

She offers him a hand. "Bonnie Murdock."

[will_scarlett]

"Will Scarlett an aye, Lady Bar's alive,"

He shakes her hand with a smile, he does like Bar, she takes good care of him.

[is_the_motion]

"Guess my strangest meeting in Milliways could be all of them." Bonnie says, settling on the stool with her pint. "Though a nice young man took me for a ride on his magic carpet."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, dinna think I know 'im but sounds possible 'ere."

[is_the_motion]

"His name was Autor, he got blue hair and a mask on." Bonnie says.

[will_scarlett]

"Might 'ave met 'im. Are ye new to Milliways?"

The description sounds vaguely familiar but most of Will's thoughts have been on what's going on in Nottingham not Milliways.

[is_the_motion]

"Just been here a couple days." Bonnie says. "I cain't get home."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh, shame to 'ear that but yer door will return unless ye're dead,"

She doesn't seem like she is but its hard to tell here.

[is_the_motion]

"I could be dead? I sure hope not." Bonnie says.

[will_scarlett]

"If ye werena dyin' 'fore comin' in 'ere than ye're probably na, but this is a sort o'afterlife for some folks."

[is_the_motion]

"Not that I know of." Bonnie says. "Then again, who really knows?"

She certainly hadn't expected to be a widow before she was forty.

[will_scarlett]

"Usually if ye're dyin', ye know,"

He's been wounded badly enough that he's felt close to death and he stared at it on the gallows.

[is_the_motion]

"You know it makes me think, I should actually do something when I get back to make sure that if I did die someone would take care of Ernest. And probably Grover." Bonnie says, half to herself.

[will_scarlett]

"Those yer sons?"

[is_the_motion]

"My boys - they call me auntie mostly, because I took them in when they were older, so most of them know their birth moms." Bonnie says.

"They're all grown up now, but Ernest, he's what they call... feeble-minded, but I don't like that term. He got his own flat now but I see him twice a week to make sure he ain't gettin' into trouble.

"Grover's one of those men who's always worrying, he calls me every day for advice. The others, some come around often, some I only see at holidays."

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, that's good o'ye. Ne'er know where ye'll find family."

[is_the_motion]

"Bill and I, we tried to have our own but it wasn't to be. We were going to adopt a baby, but when we got there we met Marvin. I guess we felt he needed us more, he was fourteen and he'd never had a family.

"He stayed with us a couple of years and made his own path, so we picked up another boy and it just went on from there."

[will_scarlett]

He smiles, its always good to meet someone who's clearly good,

"Do ye wish for another drink or somethin' to eat?"

[is_the_motion]

"I'm good thanks." Bonnie says.

She's not sure what she's going to do about the tab.

"So, what kind of world are you from?"