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[laundry_buddy]

When Billy next finds himself in Milliways, he finds himself accosted (if such a word can be used of a tabletop) by the bar, via napkin.

He reads the very pointed note, and goes around to stand behind the bar, instead of moping around in front of it. Billy's drink-mixing skills are barely existent, but he figures he can manage for a little while.

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[steamgenius]

A question mark after beer?

"Are you almost out of beer, or something?"

KK takes a seat near the end of the bar. She's looking grubby, with a smudge of grease on her forehead and scrapes and scratches on her forearms.

[laundry_buddy]

"Uh, no," he says, scratching his head awkwardly.

"I'm just really bad at this."

[steamgenius]

"Then why are you doing it?"

She's new around here.

[laundry_buddy]

"I have to."

He slides the napkin across.

"It's kind of... complicated, I guess."

[aleister_author]

"So is this like not really beer or what?"

Tyler is the soul of discretion.

[laundry_buddy]

Billy sighs. (His life is hard.)

"Yes, it's real beer. Or, at least, whatever the bar chooses to designate as beer, I guess."

[aleister_author]

"I'll take one and I had to ask."

Tyler's coat squishes a little as he sheds it.

"I'm a writer. It's a professional thing."

[laundry_buddy]

"Having beer?"

After some fiddling, Billy successfully draws a pint of beer and slides it across the counter.

"There you are."

[laundry_buddy]

"Well... no," he says, frankly.

(And no, he won't be ignoring the gauntlets. They're kind of spectacular.)

"You a superhero, perchance?"

[laundry_buddy]

"Awesome!"

He stares avidly at her gauntlets, hoping they'll burst into electric flame or something.

"Wish I could do that."

[missginnytonic]

"Can I have a Martini please?"

[laundry_buddy]

"Probably," he says (confidence clearly shining from every pore).

After some finagling, he manages to create something that maybe resembles a martini.

He slides it over to her. "Try that."

[missginnytonic]

Ginny takes a sip and then nods.

"That will do. I'm guessing first time Bar asked you to do this?"

[laundry_buddy]

"Pretty much," he says, sheepishly.

"Is it that obvious?"