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 Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:59 pm
The searing of his flesh caught him so off guard that it actually took him a moment to realize what was happening, giving her the chance to press harder on the bit of red-hot iron. When he *did* realize it, though, he jerked away from her hand, swearing a blue streak loud enough to be heard by anyone within walking distance of the bar. "Holy hell, woman, what the ******** is wrong with you??" His hand instinctively came up and pressed against the wound, even though it wasn't bleeding, and the pressure merely served to cause the mark to become even more firm in his flesh. "You pull s**t like this, and wonder why I don't fawn all over you?" Though he looked angrily at her, the fire that snapped in his eyes wasn't exactly the gonna-kill-you-dead type. At least, not without playing with her first.
The sound of Manny shouting and cursing made Mendo wince inwardly. Usually that sort of thing was following by the breaking of furniture, window, bones... Though to his surprise, it didn't look like Manny was attempting to throttle the Lunar yet. "This is... normal for them?" he asked Nessa, on the down low.
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:10 pm
Roxxy not feeling a bit phased at him swearing at her or being pissed. She smiled wide and shrugged, swimming up close to him, dropping her brandishing iron she had made especially for him. "oh.. but manny... don't act like you don't like it..." She swam up close, pressing herself against him, tracing the edges of his ears with her fingernail tips, ever so gently. "you know I only hurt you out of love... that whole... cruel to be kind thing..." She cooed as she talked to him. She wound her tail around his tail, brushing her fins against his devil tail.
Nessa giggled silently. She had a feeling. She had seen Roxxy preoccupied earlier with that brandishing iron. She knew it was a bad idea. "Well, yep. I knew she shouldn't try that without asking; but you can't tell her a damn thing. Once she has it in her mind for something.. she does it. He really brings it out of her.. that's for sure... somehow, when he's around.. her level of violence and mischeif start tripling by the moment. In fact, if they start both yelling.. then we ought to stand where we have shelter.. cuz I promise glass will fly. She did that tattoo of hers all on her own." Nodding, and glancing sideways at him. Admiring the sparkling blue of his tail.
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:01 am
Styx unwittingly drifts into the bar...
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:45 pm
Roxxy swam over to the orb she saw lying in the way. What was that? A pearl? She'd be pawning it soon as possible. Though when she neared closer, she realized it wasn't a pearl. It was an egg. "Nice..." Her voice thickly layered in sarcasm and disdain. Someone thought they were funny leaving their unborn betas around here. Well, Roxxy was not the maternal type at all. She nudged at it with her tail; then her eyes peered around to find someone .. anyone.. who'd get rid of it for her. She hated handling eggs.
Nights had been swimming in a corner enjoying a soft seaweed snack. She had been watching Roxxy. She really did like the atmosphere here, but she was often put off by Roxxy's very brass and crude behavior. When she saw the egg, her mouth stopped eating. Oh no... Not an egg with Roxxy.. anyone but her... She immediately swam over to swoop up that egg and bring it to her table. She didn't look back to see the shrew glare at her. She set the egg on the table next to her bowl. "Oh no. I'll help you find your way back home when i finish my food. This is no place for en egg."
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:15 pm
Rescued to safety by Nights, Styx was able to hatch properly and grow up. He decided to swim back to the place where he was saved. Peering around, Styx tries to look for the Beta who save him. Calling out timidly, "Hello, is anyone here?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:19 pm
It was around opening time that Styx was popping in. Of course, being so young, he might not really know when were good or unpopulated times at a place like this. Still, someone was there. It was Southwind. He had been there helping out and doing some stuff.
SW swam into the main room from the back. "Hey! What's a tot like you doing round here? You lost? or... You got a parent who works here?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:00 am
Seeing the older male Beta so friendly, Styx said "Oh hi! I'm looking for someone. I floated in here once when I was an egg and this kind lady brought me back home. So I'm here to thank her!".
Catching himself as he didn't mind his manners, Styx added "I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself before! My name is Styx, pleased to meet you Sir."
Peering around the empty room, Styx went on to ask "Do you know anyone by the name of Nights?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:26 am
Southwind gave a laugh. "Yeah... I know her. She comes in here a lot, but she sure is quiet. She doesn't get into a lot of the bull everyone else does. She doesn't usually come in till later though. I am not sure where she lives, but I know that she is related to someone my mom knows. I can track down her address for ya."
He paused looking at the little guy. "If you wanna be here though, it's better to wait for yourself to grow. I mean.. They'll be bringing the law in here if they find out youngins are here...." He grimaced at the words "the law".
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:37 am
Styx nodded in response to Southwind and happily said "I'd really appreciate if you could let me know where she lives! That way I can thank her personally!", swimming in circles excited about the prospect of meeting Nights.
Cocking his head curiously on one side, Styx inquired further "Are hatchlings not allowed in such places?", peering all around the bar as he said so. "and, umm, what is that thing you call the law? You don't seem very happy about it."
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:42 am
Southwind scowled. "The Law are them goody goody kinds who raise a fuss about young kids being here. You know this place is a bar. This is where grown up beta and clownfishes come to get some hard drinks. There are a lot of fights and misbehaving. Of course, we like it that way, but a fry like yourself can get hurt real easy. We don't take responsibility for anyone who comes through these doors."
Southwind nods while flexing his muscles, and he kisses one of his biceps. He gives a chuckle. "Should have seen the rumble from the other day."
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:57 am
Styx struggled to cope with amount of information Southwind was giving him and decided to summarily quote him saying "So 'The Law' are people who don't like young Betas coming into bars. And that these bars are actually places for older Betas and Clownfishes right?". Mentally recording all the information down for future use, Styx smiled at Southwind.
As Southwind flexed his muscles and kissed his bicep, Styx blushed a deep crimson and mentioned "I hope I can grow up and look like that," pointing at Southwind's muscular body, Styx continued "I guess I wasn't a very healthy baby since I was given away.", sniffing slightly in the process.
Glancing towards the entrance, Styx gestured at it and said "I guess I'll be getting on my way then. Thanks for the help Southwind! If you find out where Nights lives you can come find me!". Styx scribbles down his address onto a seaweed and places it gently in Southwind's hand.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:18 pm
Southwind was busy sweeping up and getting things ready for yet another rowdy night. He couldn't help but secretly wish to himself that his unevolved lunar sister would hurry up and evolve already, so she could push some brooms around too with him. He thought, in fact, that it'd just be swell if he could make her have to do it for him. After all, she was just a half sister born from some random fling of his mother. Surely, this sister wasn't as important as he. He wanted to be busy encouraging more pretty ladies at the bar to drink. Both for profit and for his own ends.
The sister known as Blackfathoms had taken on a nickname of just "Thomie" in the bar these days. She didn't really do much. She enjoyed that her mother owned it, so she could eat and drink there for free. She sometimes brought friends, but like a lot of people in their family, she often found it hard to make friends as her personality was frequently abrasive.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:48 pm
Manny burst through the doors, his scarf billowing in his wake, and was brought up short when he saw, instead of Roxxie, Southwind and some Lunar getting things ready. The grimace on his face was hidden by said scarf, and he shook his head. Damn woman, gotta be draggin' the sands fer riff raff. However, seeing as how Roxxie *wasn't* around, it certainly meant she couldn't stop him from swimming his way back behind the bar, which he did in short order.
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:07 pm
Now, since Thomie had never known Manny. He was before her time. She sometimes heard hushed stories told in whispers by people in the bar when Roxxy wasn't there or not paying attention. They were the sort of stories everyone thought best not to bring up in front of her. Of course, Thomie wondered at this. Thus, not knowing this person who just made his way in and made himself at home... right there.... She had been watching him with eyes full of astonishment. After a while, she swam over to her half bro. She whispered to him. "what gives"...
He had replied back in a short whisper. Based on the glimpses of this guy he'd seen recently combined with his mother's behavior. He guessed that it was his own father come back from the dead or something like that.
Thomie was incensed at this assertion of Southwind about 'his' mother. 'HIS MOTHER'? What a nerve on that guy.. She hated it when he started this stuff.. when he did it when she was in the room.. moreso when she was right there, and he did it to her face. Her mother's temper flared up in her, and she decided there was one thing to do. CONFRONTATION. She swam right up to him and flipped him on the back of the head with a pebble . "Hey... what makes you think you can just glide up in here like this? You best 'splain yourself.. or we'll go sick that bouncer on you..."
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:25 pm
Manny had paid little attention to the whispering on the other side of the room, busying himself instead with rummaging under the counters until he'd found what he wanted. He'd just been about to twist the cork out of a very fine bottle of wood-barrel aged whiskey when something pinged against the back of his head. He whipped around, grey eyes flashing, the scowl on his face clear despite the scarf.
"S'wind!" he shouted, not bothering to answer the insolent little pipsqueak's question. "Call your ********' girlfriend off, 'fore I break my 'Don't hit underaged fems' rule!" He started again twisting the cork out, glaring Thomie down and muttering under his breath about twits in his bar.
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