bachelor party!

[the_real_ray]

Ray would deny it till he turned blue in the face if anyone had ever asked him, but somehow fate had decided that one Stanley Raymond Kowalski was one of his best friends on the island. Yeah, who saw that one coming? Ray mostly blamed it on the fact that Stanley was all he had left from home and tried not to think too hard about it. So when one

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[the_cop]

Ray couldn't believe he was having an actual bachelor party. The one he had when he was getting married to Stella had consisted of him and a couple friends going to a bar, then going bowling...which had been difficult 'cause they had been pretty drunk at that point.

(The only time Ray had been inside a strip club was on the job.)

This was definitely...different. The bar - Hub - was nice, though. A bar on a deserted island with dinosaurs, a bachelor party and a wedding in a parallel universe. Life was fucking funny when you thought about. Which Ray was trying not to do right now; think. Mostly he was focused on getting his drink on.

[the_real_ray]

"So what do you think?" said Ray, punching Stanley on the shoulder. "Nice, huh? So just remember, if I ever decide to tie the knot again, you gotta do the same for me."

[the_cop]

"Just as long as it's not to Stella again," Ray said, pointing at Vecchio with his glass in hand. "It's nice, though, and uh, unexpected. Thanks."

[the_real_ray]

"Yeah, if your Stella shows up on the island, I think that's the last thing we're gonna need to be worrying about," said Ray with an indelicate snort. "You know what I need? I need another drink. Have you tried one of those fruity things they're doing?"

[the_cop]

Ray grinned, trying to imagine Stella here on the island. Holy shit in a toaster, he would not wish it on her. Stella ten years ago, maybe, but lawyer Stella? No.

"Nah, not yet. Be a pal and get one for me?" Ray said with a hearty pat on Vecchio's back.

[the_real_ray]

"You," Ray pointed out, "have got a drink." But despite the grumbling, he supposed it was some sort of unwritten best man duty that had to do his best to get the groom drunk before the wedding.

[the_cop]

Ray looked at his glass, nodded a little, and downed the rest. He offered the empty glass to Vecchio. "Not anymore!"

[the_real_ray]

Yeah, apparently that best man duty was going to be an easy one. Easier than finding a stripper on a desert island, anyway, though that one turned out to be easier than he thought, especially when that Sheppard guy had taken care of a lot of the other bachelor party stuff.

"All right, two fruity things coming right up," he said, finding Tosh to blend them up something real quick and bringing them right back. The groom should get served before everyone else, after all. Everyone except Ray himself.

[the_cop]

"Two fruity things, huh?" Ray teased with a giant grin when Vecchio returned.

[the_real_ray]

"Shut up or I won't bring you another," said Ray warningly, handing him the glass.

[toshiko_san]

Tosh handed a drink over the bar, berries, ice, lime, strong on the moonshine. "I hope this is alright," She smiled, "I may be making them strong."

[the_cop]

Ray looked impressed. "Wow, hey, the stronger the better, right?" he said with a grin.

[toshiko_san]

"It's always been my opinion," Tosh grins, "I'm Tosh. Bartender, proprieter, and well, yes."

[the_cop]

"Nice to meet you, Tosh, I'm Ray. Uh, Kowalski," he said and offered his free hand to shake.

"So hey, proprietor, huh? What's with the dinosaur on the ceiling? Is it like an island theme?"

[toshiko_san]

Tosh took his hand, smiling warmly, glancing up at the ceiling. "It's Myfanwy. actually..." She knew this would sound odd to other people, no matter how many times she said it. "We had a pterodactyl in our office back home. We named this place for the office, so it only made sense to have her as well."

[the_cop]

Ray blinked. "A real pterodactyl? Where're you from?" he asked, looking kind of amused.