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Cowboy Night

Apr 23, 2008 15:41

WHO: Schuldig (colpevole) ; Axel (fireveins) ; those who show up (full list to come!)
WHAT: Cowboy Night!
WHERE: The Warrior Princess
WHEN: Friday night

WELCOME TO THE WARRIOR PRINCESS.

[ooc: Hey guys! This is an open thread, and the reason I'm putting it up now is so that everyone who wants to participate will have a chance to do so at their leisure, and work ( Read more... )

shagojyo, kristoph gavin, brad crawford, peter petrelli, guy cecil, adam monroe, elle bishop, dean winchester, tifa lockhart, cagalia, kurama/shuuichi, lenalee lee, aeris gainsborough, schuldig, claire bennet

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9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 23 2008, 19:42:21 UTC

Schuldig was still setting up. So few people in Reggio Calabria ever came to this sort of join before at least 10, and that was pretty fucking early at that, but Schuldig and Axel still had to prepare for the occasional early bird who thought he was going to catch the bird.

A friend, maybe, or some loner who wanted to talk. Someone looking for information; to make a deal; to get drunk.

The sound of their boots clacking across the hard floor beat out the time to Patsy. Schuldig, personally, was expecting a few people-if they didn't show, he'd be pissed-and he was looking forward to Cowboy Night as an institution. He was also looking forward to shaking it like a Polaroid picture, but that was another story entirely, and for a time when more customers showed.

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] oracolo April 24 2008, 20:32:18 UTC

Crawford hated Cowboy Night. Crawford hated Cowboy Night because it was in some ways a giant celebration of boring American shit, another period in history that everyone glorified because they liked to gloss over the morbid details. It was also loud, and noisy, and filled with idiots YEEHAW-ing into all hours of the night. The only saving grace was that The Warrior Princess didn't have a mechanical bull, but he had no doubts that the obnoxious redheaded bartender-either of them, really-would bring one in just as soon as they got the chance. Cowboys. Whatever, America liked its heroes, and Crawford picked his battles. If he was going to start a revolution over anything, it sure as hell wasn't going to be over fucking cowboys ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] inthecenterfold April 24 2008, 21:41:01 UTC

"Anytime, babe, anytime at all." His left hand reached up to touch that hand, not grip it, just for the contact. As soon as Schu pulled the hand away, then Gojyo let his fall to the table. But his eyes betrayed him, then, because even in the dark the expression was there: a genuine, sincere glow that had nothing to do with how Gojyo was feeling about himself. And that smile... the smile that Schuldig hadn't gotten a chance to see the other night because Schu's cheek had been pressed to his chest at the time. That smile was back ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 24 2008, 22:04:27 UTC

Schuldig fell back on the old standards, because hell, hand-touching? And that whole kiss hello thing, fucking amazing as it was, was a different kind of greeting than they normally used. Sort of. Shit, doing this, whatever this was, was too fucking difficult and he would never, ever understand people who didn't think it was. He took tight control of the reigns of his own discomfort-otherwise everyone in the bar would feel it, and that was the way to kill business before it even started-and put on his best cowboy smile, taking a step back from the bar so he could tip his hat, so Gojyo, and everyone else looking, could just appreciate it. Schuldig, being tacky, and sure as hellfire in his element.

"Mama was a rodeo queen," he said, because it was too good, and then-

Oh man. Gojyo was asking him to dance.

Of course, it was rare when Schuldig got to dance. Rare and nice, not to mention, especially with someone he wasn't entertaining, some big patron he had to spoil rotten, some poor kid he was taking pity on. You know, real dancing ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] smokeeasy April 24 2008, 22:56:45 UTC

Badou quirked an eyebrow-the one over his good eye-and had the sudden feeling like someone had let the air back into the room. Not because the guy sitting next to him (next to with an intervening bar stool left empty between them of course, which was how they always sat, and yeah they were there often enough to have an always) had offered the ironic complement about his hat. But because it broke into the echo, stuck on repeat, of Schuldig leaning forward across the bar beside him and-

Well, shit, he just hadn't been expecting that: hadn't been expecting the guy to talk to him (they never really talked, however often they both sat there with their drinks and Badou's ashtray full of cigarette butts) and, more to the point, hadn't been expecting that having someone talk to him right now would be exactly the distraction that he needed ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] oracolo April 24 2008, 23:29:26 UTC

Crawford leaned one arm against the bar, tilting his half-empty glass toward him, as if trying to decide whether or not he wanted to finish it. It was impeccably-made, of course. There were some things that the bartender excelled at, even if being quiet wasn't one of them. He liked to drink slowly, though-had to, when you got to a bar this early-so perhaps finishing the thing off right away wasn't the best idea. He'd need to ration things out a bit for when the cowboys came out in full force. Or for when people started dancing on the bar. There was always dancing on the bar in this place, it just depended on what time you showed up. Personally he usually tried to leave before that happened, but sometimes he was unlucky.

Anyway, he got the feeling that if he'd wanted another drink at that precise moment he'd have been shit out of luck. The most interesting scene was unfolding next to him ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] inthecenterfold April 25 2008, 02:36:46 UTC

"No shit, Badou?" His left hand came up instinctively, his index finger pointed at the other redhead in a palm-up gesture. "Hey babe, that's the guy you came t' Italia with, right?" Gojyo was sincerely shocked that this other redhead was him. He shrugged his shoulders then, continuing to 'talk with his hands'. "Whaddaya know, th' evening's just turnin' out more'n more interestin'." He stuck his right hand out towards Badou, prepared to shake it. Of course, since he didn't know the guy, he wasn't about to hug 'im, but he figured the handshake was universal, right? "Buona sera! Nice t' meecha'."

"So then..." His eyes traveled over towards the dark-haired man. Not Italian; too much accent. Oh fuck, he knew that accent, come on, which one was it... Oh, of course, one of those Americans who could say the key phrases with a flourish and then trip up on conversational phrases. So, a little perturbed, Gojyo jerked his other thumb in the American's direction. "Either'a you know him?"

Come on, introductions were supposed to be done by a third ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 25 2008, 04:39:07 UTC

"Oh, shit," Schuldig said, and tossed a coy look Crawford's way, kind of grinning behind the hard eyes. Kind of. "This is a real asshole. Bradley something. Crawford, right? A real asshole but a great tipper, so he's my new best friend. Isn't that right, baby?" he asked, sliding Crawford a drink. Same thing he had last time, so Schuldig was just hoping he'd done made the right move.

There was something about Bradley Crawford-like how Schuldig couldn't read him at all, for example-that was unsettling. But he was kind of distracted right now ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] smokeeasy April 25 2008, 17:18:09 UTC

Badou shook Gojyo's hand because, shit, what else did you do at a time like this and it wasn't like he didn't have any reason not to like the guy, right. Right?

But there was a moment-right about when Gojyo called him "the guy you came t' Italia with"-when his gaze flicked over to Schuldig, and this little scrap of doubt began to yammer and gnaw, because he didn't know what Gojyo knew about how Schuldig had come to Italy, didn't know what Schuldig would have told him, how he'd spun it. Didn't know whether he'd chosen to talk to Gojyo about all those things that he hadn't talked to Badou about in years, or well…ever.

Anyway, what was he supposed to say to that? 'Oh yeah, you're the guy in all those movies-you know, the ones that he and I don't talk about because what exactly are you supposed to say when you find out that someone who was your… someone like that wasn't actually dead but just exploring a new career in the porn industry?-"Oh, hey I really liked that shot of your ass"?But then-shit. Americans. Did someone breed those guys ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] oracolo April 26 2008, 04:19:01 UTC

"Thanks," Crawford said, accepting the new drink and eyeing Schuldig with wry amusement for a moment. He hadn't been expecting the assist, but he was grateful for it all the same. That was pretty much how Crawford tended to live his life on a daily basis, not expecting any assistance but able to adapt around it if some came his way. His second drink was just as perfect as the first. Shit. He really was going to have to keep coming to this stupid cowboy bar, when the drinks were so good ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] inthecenterfold April 26 2008, 06:06:09 UTC

Gojyo wasn't even paying attention to Badou or Curaforodi - no, Gojyo's eyes were on Schuldig as he made his way around to the other side of the bar. First dance, last dance, it didn't matter anymore. He'd been looking forward to this for awhile now, 'cuz it'd been a fucking long time since they'd danced and it certainly wasn't the day of something perilously close to a fight ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 26 2008, 18:24:05 UTC

Schuldig cast a glance back at Badou and Crawford-it was only polite, right, and there was a certain element of performance to everything he did. Something about his expression said You'd better watch, bitches, and then he was laughing a little, at himself most of all. Just at the way he was. But fuck, that was just how he played things. He was demanding, and especially in a place like this, if you were going to dance, you had to make sure you set the standards for everybody else without, of course, being too intimidating ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] inthecenterfold April 27 2008, 04:43:57 UTC

The funny thing about dancing with someone else was that you had to tone it down in some ways and let loose in others.

For example, the instant that Schu turned around, Gojyo backed off a little. The reason? Because they had to be allowed to let loose some energy for a bit before they could move back towards one another, grinding for a bit, but then moving away again to repeat the motion. No matter how much you wanted to be near that other person, there was only so much dancing you could do pressed up against another body. That was the toning down part. Thus, when you moved away, you had to get all that energy out of your system so that being close was your resting period ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 27 2008, 21:16:54 UTC

Fuck. Gojyo was an incredible dancer. But that was just one of the things you learned pretty much early on, just by being his friend. No matter how long it'd been, he'd always be fucking aces at this-and sometimes, absence made the heart grow fonder, right? Same thing with dancing. All that energy, all that pent up emotion, all that missing the dance floor, was bound to come out the second they stepped onto it, and Schuldig was just lucky to be there, coming close and moving away and coming close again, drawn by the rhythm of the song and the gravity of the dance. Two stars, drawn into each others orbits, circling and circling. Yeah, that sounded about right. Just as hot, just as fierce.

Once, Schuldig had teased him-"Shit, man, you like dancing better than sex sometimes, don't you?"-and after that it was never clear to Schuldig whether or not that sometimes was totally off the money or what.

He did, though. He fucking loved it. And it was one of the greatest highs of all, dancing with Sha Gojyo, just getting to be close to all ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] inthecenterfold April 27 2008, 23:06:07 UTC

One song? Who danced to one song anymore? No one, that's who, which was why the polite number of songs to hog the dance floor for was not "one" but "three". So the fact that the song was ending - you could tell by the new harmony getting mixed in with the current melody - didn't bother Neroli at all. In fact, it made him take a look around for a bit.

Go figure, they had an audience, and some of them were Gojyo's own kids - actually, all twelve of them were around, watching Neroli and Surefire. That made him shiver in excitement - or maybe that was Surefire touching his chest - hell, now this was a show, something else for his kids to watch and take notes on. They had to recognize "Schuldig" and "Shagojyo", not to mention the energy between them.

Neroli leaned in close when they were grinding again, not kissing Surefire but so, so very close. Then, he leaned back, encouraging Surefire to lean forward as well, before ducking to the ground as if he'd fallen, propped up on both arms and legs. Crouching low on his legs now, Neroli ( ... )

Re: 9:30 PM [THE GREATEST HITS OF PATSY CLINE. ALSO, PATSY MONTANA FOR A CERTAIN SOMEONE.] colpevole April 28 2008, 00:25:06 UTC

One thing about knowing each other as long as they had was that Gojyo knew all the weird little particulars. Like, it was obvious to anyone who'd spoken to Schuldig for more than five seconds that the guy liked attention. And he fucking loved it. All eyes on him, putting on a show, making sure people were noticing and taking note and remembering him. Thinking about him. He fed off that shit like nothing else and it made him feel good-he'd never pretended to be anything other than just a little bit narcissistic. So if Gojyo manipulated things so that Schuldig was the center of attention, especially the center of attention in a group of Gojyo's kids ( ... )

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