A Club in Envy's Toronto, Saturday Evening

[whenshewasnice]

It was a Saturday evening in Toronto - when, exactly, didn't matter, as the time difference between this world and others was a fickle and odd thing. 'Saturday evening' was specific enough. Anyway, by the posters plastered along the outside of the building and some nearby streets, the time was off only by a mere week or so. When it came to the

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The Bar (Pre-Show)

[whenshewasnice]

Get a beer, eye the hipsters critically, maybe spot a familiar face from Fandom and make some small talk.

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[lockestheway]

Peter wasn't getting a beer. And if he was eyeing the hipsters, it was over the shoulders of two burly bodyguards and one permanently-bescowled Thai general, none of which were under any inclination to let him out of their sight.

"You really never loosen up, do you, Suri?" Peter asked.

"One hour," Suriyawong replied.

"I feel like I'm a kid back in elementary school again," Peter replied. "One hour of playtime and then it's homework and to bed, Peter."

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[makemyownway]

"You're at a bar," Cade observed, sauntering over with his two beers (he'd finished one and three shots already because Cade). "I thought you were allergic to fun. That's what Ben had always thought, anyway..."

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[lockestheway]

Oh, ugh.

Suriyawong slid into Cade's line of sight - blocking off Peter - like he'd planned it that way. Peter gave him an idle push aside. "I'm here for Envy," he said mildly.

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[makemyownway]

"Me too," Cade said. "The beer's awful." He glared a bit at Suriyawong. "Really? Bodyguards?"

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[lockestheway]

"You want to know how many threats and assassination attempts I suffer through in a year?" Peter said, raising an eyebrow. "There's a list."

"Which you're not supposed to talk about," Suri said.

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[makemyownway]

"Well, he's pretty smart," Cade told Suriyawong. "and extremely unlikable, but he doesn't that second part on purpose."

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[lockestheway]

Suriyawong didn't seem particularly impressed with Cade's assessment, either. He raised an eyebrow.

"He's a pirate, I think," Peter said, by ways of explanation. "But he's drunk, so he's probably not much of a threat."

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[makemyownway]

"I'm a threat, just not to you," Cade said, rolling his eyes. "He's my great uncle," he explained. "And that's just our family being weird, not me being drunk."

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[lockestheway]

"It's a little bit of both," Peter said dryly.

"Just stay at least three feet away from the Hegemon," Suriyawong said. He didn't like this 'I'm a threat' business, thanks.

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[makemyownway]

"Fine," Cade said. "Can I throw wadded up pieces of paper at him, though?"

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[lockestheway]

"No," said Suriyawong.

Peter rolled his eyes.

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[makemyownway]

"Can I throw wadded up pieces of paper at you instead?" Cade asked Glowering Bodyguard #1.

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[lockestheway]

Glowering Bodyguard #1 glowered.

Predictably.

"Don't you have more drinking to do?" Peter asked.

He kind of wanted to ask after Ender, but didn't want the concern to show in front of Cade.

Re: The Bar (Pre-Show)

[makemyownway]

"Yeah," Cade said, "but not this second." He lounged next to Suriyawong, just to annoy the guy.

Re: The Bar (Pre-Show)

[lockestheway]

Suriyawong appeared unmoved. But then it was hard to go from 'annoyed in general' to 'annoyed in specific' when you had a face like his.

Peter glared at him.

"You're as bad as your grandfather," he said.