Icarus | X-Men AU | The Bar

[mm_viral]

 "Look, Ah told y'all it ain't all dat simple - if he says it cain't be removed den Ah'm jus' gonna hafta put up with it-"

The New Orleans bayou accent cuts off as a figure steps through a door. Jay's not all that tall, but the wings - the left of which is mechanical - kinda make up for it.

"Oh mési. Bar, y'all turn up at d' best of times, Ah swear

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[patentprogeny]

There's a young girl, about seven, studying the left wing quite avidly.

She likes both birds and machines, and seeing the two mix in an abnormal like this is something intriguing. "Did you make that?"

[limitless_wings]

Jay looks around at the voice, and then down. D'awww.

"Hey dere." He smiles, putting the absinthe down a little regretfully. "Non, my best frien' did. He's pretty handy like dat." He stretches it slightly so that she can see it better - he knows no one in this place is ever what it seems.

[patentprogeny]

"He's very good with mechanics," she says, studying the design of the wing. "Can you fly with it?"

[limitless_wings]

"Should hope so, seein' as he's a walkin' computer." Jay takes a drink, a curl of tattoo flickering across his arm. "Ah can. It's...complicated but it works jus' like my flesh'n blood one."