Karaoke Time!

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

*There is a karaoke machine in the bar. It is very large and very pink.

Therefore, Xander assumes that it must be evil.*

Wow ... didn't know they had an open mike night ...

*He approaches the karaoke machine slowly. It lights up and looks inviting-- as inviting as a possibly-evil-because-of-its-pinkness karaoke machine can be.*

Whoa!

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[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"It can try all it wants. I've been eyed by nastier computers than than thing." Ace snorts. She finally relents and gives Xander a sympathetic look.
"Need a drink then?"

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

Yes please.

*Xander makes a great effort not to voice a desire for hot chocolate.*

Coke?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace wouldn't think less of him for ordering hot cocoa. It is her favored drink for the last, what, month? She shrugs, and wanders over to the bar. There's a bit of a conversation with the seeming inanimate object, and then Ace is coming back with a bottle of Coke, complete with bendy-straw.
"One Coke for the abused man."

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

You're my hero.

*He sips from the bendy-straw appreciatively.*

I'm Xander, by the way. And as much as I wish there were another less humiliating way to meet people, nice to meet you.

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

"Around here? That's actually a pretty tame way to go." Ace smirks. "Almost, anyway. I'm Ace."

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you, Ace. Good to know I'm not the worst offender.

... I'm not, right?

[nitro-is-ace.livejournal.com]

Ace snorts.
"No. Most definitely not. I haven't slapped you, now have I?' Cue the very innocent grin.

[xan-shaped.livejournal.com]

... No. No you haven't. Which is grand, because I've been slighted by enough women here already.

*He takes a sip of Coke.*

Well, only one, but that was more than enough.