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 Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:50 pm
Twitter was a hot mess and he grew increasingly more agitated as he read. Lawr was complaining about what he had done as if all responsibility for Mik being a healthy teenager with just poor game on twitter was all his fault, and overall he didn't feel like sitting at Jordan's all night while a new year passed.
So he requested Al set up his regular, grabbed his coat, and headed down to the bar. At least being at a bar for New Years felt relatively normal, and he took a seat at the bar as he waved at Al.
"How are you doing, Al?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:08 pm
As soon as Melvin entered, Al tipped his head at Melvin's usual spot at the bar. A pair of mugs greeted him, a menu tucked between the two for whenever Melvin was ready. Al already had the fryer warming up in back.
"I'm good, but annoyed, so nothing new." He flashed a bit of tooth Melvin's way. "The bigger question though is; how are you?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:54 pm
Mik was allowed to drink on the island, so sometimes to pretend he was actually an adult who understood what it meant to be an adult, he would drink. Today was one of those days. He sauntered into the bar with the uncomfortable air of someone who didn't know how you were meant to go into a bar at all.
He sat down next to Melvin. "A PINT OF YOUR FINEST MEAD BARKEEP." he said.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:08 pm
Settling down, he popped the cap of the beer, taking a drink before taking a sip of his whiskey. It was a nice balance, and he flipped the menu over as he looked it over.
"Annoyed? Why is that? Did Twitter piss you off too?" He said as he debated between something small or an actual meal.
"Oh I'm fine. Just being the one solely to blame for someone's sexual awakening all over public media. Not something weird at all." He grumbled before said teenager came walking in.
The request was strange and he looked at Al and then at Mik. "Mead? Do you want a smoked turkey leg too?"
"Hello Mik." He said, taking a sip of his whiskey again - a bit deeply before he eyed Al in a way that said he better keep that whiskey bottle somewhere close by tonight.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:27 pm
"Nah, not Twitter. Noah had to work in the labs tonight. Honestly, twitter was pretty fascinating to read. What's up with that kid and you anyway?"
It was as if saying the demons name summoned it.
Al's eyebrow slooooowly slid up his forehead as Mik made the scene and demanded something he was only aware of because of cheesy old movies and Warcraft.
He chuckled for a bit, Mik truly was clueless and in need of help.
When he got it out of his system, he flashed Mik a more welcoming smile, "How much you got for booze tonight and I'll fetch you something you can afford?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:37 pm
Mikael kicked his feet rhythmically against the bar in a very annoying sort of way, giving Melvin a big grin and a wink. "Hey Melvin!" he said before answering Al.
"I have twenty dollars!" he said, placing some money on the counter. "And maybe Melvin will buy me some drinks too if he's nice. I want a turkey leg though, if you have them!"
Drinking was hard, there were a lot of different drinks and not a lot of them seemed to line up with what other people actually drank. "Can I have what Melvin is having if you don't have any mead?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:57 pm
Melvin stared back and handed Mik the menu. "No one carries Mead. Here is the menu for food though."
"If you behave, I might be nice." He said.
"Al I 'll have the boneless wings if that's available." He just wanted something easy to eat. "And hot sauce." Al already knew his favorite condiment at this point.
Taking another sip of his whiskey, he moved the glass to clink the ice together idly. "Sucks Noah had to work. Guess it works out. At least someone is at the bar tonight. Are you seeing him after his shift?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:19 pm
Al slid the money towards himself, placing some in the till for the drinks and pocketing what would be left for his tip as Mik had already managed to annoy him with his rhythmic bar kicking. He fixed Mik up with a whiskey and beer and dropped an order of boneless wings in the fryer.
"They'll be ready in ten," he assured Melvin before heading in back to mix up some extra spicy wing sauce, so spicy it wasn't even on the menu. "There doesn't seem to be any turkey legs, maybe you should pick something on the menu," Al urged Mik. Not actually looking since if they had something like that, Rep would have eaten it by now.
He re-emerged while waiting for things to cook, wiping his hands off on a towel. "I hope so. Just not the same without my new years kiss, you know?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:25 pm
Mik looked through the menu but didn't seem to actually read much of what was in front of him, clearly very distractable. Instead soon after he set it back down and looking at Melvin. "I'll have what he's having to eat too!" he said.
"Does Noah have an ark?" he asked, with no idea who they were talking about, before putting two and two together and deciding it was something to do with the bartender.
"Are you a gay?" he asked brightly when Al returned.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:47 pm
"You can try out different drinks, Mik. The bar has plenty." He said, smiling at first before it dropped slowly.
"Not so much doing that this New Years all things considering. A new year being single." He said with a swirl of his glass before he decided to drink the beer again and lean on the bar.
Mik's question had him giving a short laugh before he looked up at Al. "Well?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:59 pm
Al laughed too at the questions, but after wiping a tear from his eye a buzzer went off in the back. He held up a finger at the two. "I'll be back with your answers."
As promised he returned with boneless wings stained bright red with hot sauces, he dropped a second serving of wings in the fryer for Mik while he was back there.
"Try one of these Mik and let me know if you want something more mild on yours?" Al hated to see boneless wings get wasted. "Melvin's tastes tend to lean towards explosive flaming a*****e. Which with the whole... 'you are what you eat' thing..." He grinned toothily.
"But aye, my boyfriend I like to have sex with is gay so I guess that makes me gay too," there was a pinch of sarcasm and snark served with his answer, but he seemed sort of proud about it too.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:15 pm
"I like trying things out." he said pointedly, as if not referring only to drinks. "And nothing wrong with being single, it just means you can do lots of things! Lots of things with lots of people and nothing to stop you."
Al got a critical look for his response as Mik tried his wing. "Spicy is ok." he said, determined that he would be able to handle anything Melvin did.
He made a face. "Is everyone a gay on this island?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:21 pm
Melvin choked on his beer at the word 'a gay' and had to catch his breath a moment as he coughed a moment. "I guess ti seems that way, but not everyone. I think people just get more - lax on what they like when life is so short and people want company badly. Opened up your possibilities."
"I think a lot of people are at least curious or bisexual. Then again, a lot of people are young here so..." He shrugged and took another drink before taking off his gloves so he could eat.
"You could be Bisexual, Al. Just cause your boyfriend is gay doesn't mean you are." He pointed out.
He did glanced up at him. "I would hardly say I'm flaming." The a*****e part he didn't deny.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:31 pm
"Your hair, your cleanliness, the metro, man, you are absolutely flaming," Al practically laughed out the words in retort.
"Look, if I were single, would I bang a chick? Sure. But I'm no and I don't. No sense complicating things with the what-ifs."
The buzzer went off again and Al retreated to the back and returned with more wings which he slid at Mik. "Here you go Mik. your funeral, no mine."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:35 pm
"I'm curious." he said. "Not gay though I think. I like the thought of anyone." He didn't elaborate what sort of thoughts though, mercifully.
The discussion of "flaming" went above his head, he assumed it was to do with the hot sauce. "I'm flaming too then!" he said with a grin as he took a bite of the very spicy food.
"I would sleep with all the "hot chicks"" he said. He was being really grown up.
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