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[hall_patrol]

[If there's anything Alek learned from Snake other than that boxes make decent hiding places and conveniently placed dirty magazines are probably a setup, is that getting drunk is a good way to forget your troubles.]

[With that logic in mind, Alek is currently in the first floor bar, already half drunk and deciding it would be worthwhile to make

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[ragingbeauty]

[In walks Raven~]

Alek...?

[hall_patrol]

Hm?

[He looks up from his sign when he sees Raven, blinks, then waves to her.]

Hi Natasha! What you are doing?

[ragingbeauty]

Just wandering...

[She goes over to him, looking at the sign curiously. She notes Alek smells of alcohol.]

Um... how much have you been drinking?

[hall_patrol]

Not lot.

[He pours himself a shot of vodka as he says it.]

You want have it also?

[para_mania]

[Para-Medic looks intent on spiking the booze. That's because she is. She has several small bottles of pills in her hand, which she hides at the sight of the drunk man. She guesses that it would be best to act cheery. People took longer to remember a friendly face than a cruel one.]

Hey! Are you alright?

[She smiles innocently.]

[hall_patrol]

[He blinks up at the woman, taking a moment to say anything as he processes...]

Para-Medic?

[They'd had a Para-Medic in the hall patrol for awhile, until she mysteriously disappeared a few months ago. So he's just going to assume it's her returned.]

You are back?

[para_mania]

...back?

I don't think I'm the Para-Medic you know.

[Damn, he's not yet drunk enough not to recognise her if she spiked stuff.]

[hall_patrol]

Oh.

[He's actually disappointed- even with the differences him and that Para-Medic had had, he actually missed her.]

Hello new one, I am Aleksandr Koslov, head of patrol.

[He gives her a messy salute.]

[liquidouroboros]

[If Liquid wasn't smoking, he at least had one thing left. He poured himself a shot of vodka and knockedit back easily before glancing over at Alek.]

...You're that guard that was with Silverburgh, weren't you?

[Why he was making that particular sign was probably a question best left unasked.]

[hall_patrol]

[Alek doesn't have the best experiences with Liquids, but it's been long enough ago, and he's drunk enough that he doesn't bother starting a fight with him. Plus, there is one he's friendly with.]

Uh... yes. Meryl work with me.

[He accidentally spills some of his vodka on the sign.]

[liquidouroboros]

[Well, someone's clearly quite drunk already. It usually took Liquid half a bottle before that started.]

/I'm guessing you'd prefer Russian./ [Or he was drunk enough to not speak correctly.]

[hall_patrol]

[Alek had been at it for a while before Liquid arrived, as the other man can tell. He's just upset that he ruined his sign now.]

/Oh, yes. Russian is easier./

[He sighs, pushing the sign away.]

/This place is like hell./

[zanzibarasshole]

[Fox will just be over in the corner of the bar, enjoying a cigarette while he nurses his drink.]

[hall_patrol]

[Alek doesn't notice Fox there, too busy working on his already half-ruined sign. It's looking like he's going to need to start over.]

[patrolwithboobs]

[Just because Natalia's life was starting to not suck as much, in the last month or so, it didn't mean that she didn't like to still get a drink every now and then. But as she spotted her old pal, she gave a glance his way.]

Something bothering you? What's the speed limit sign for?

[hall_patrol]

[By the time Natalia arrives, he's pretty damn drunk. He's already spilled some alcohol on the sign, rendering it even more useless than it already was.]

Oh, hi Natalia... I just... some work.

[patrolwithboobs]

What's got you down, about work?

[Natalia glanced down at the sign, and then back up at him.]

Are you drunk?

[She couldn't be too sure, since she never really went out drinking with him.]

[hall_patrol]

No, not down about work, just sign for work.

[He nods slowly.]

I drunk lot now. You want join me?