Ch. 1 - There is no plan without Jack of Fables

[originaljackass]

[Voice]

Hey Kennedy, meet me at Good Spirits. We're going to have a drink.

[Despite his fantastic lack of an intro post, Jack is actually already settled into Luceti, having already been around for over a week now. Having noticed the large quantity of people who walk around with weapons, Jack has already looted the smithy for a pistol and a

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[Voice]

[noprevaricating]

[Oh, this is not the way he was hoping things would go today. See, Kennedy is not so old-fashioned that he'll put honor before good sense, and it seems like good sense to stay away from Jack.]

I'll tell you right now they don't know how to make Scotch whiskey. It's not worth your time or mine.

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

So I'll make it for you. I've been mixing drinks longer than any of the poor bastards working here.

[And he means that quite literally. Except the bastard part. Although that could potentially be true too.]

[Voice]

[noprevaricating]

You can make whiskey in the time it takes me to walk from my quarters to Good Spirits?

[It's more or less a rhetorical question. He does not sound the least bit convinced.]

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

No, but I can work out where they keep the good stuff. The best bartenders always hide their best stuff. I've got a nose for these kinds of things.

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[slaying]

[ oh hell maybe she can turn around and look really really busy by this rack-o-wine bottles. dusting them or something. or turning them so their labels are all aligned. j-just avoid eye contact. ]

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[originaljackass]

Buffy! [He'd remember that fine ass you're showing him anywhere.] You never told me you worked here.

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[slaying]

[ her fingers tighten around the neck of a bottle. ]

Gee, I wonder why I did a thing like that?

[ turning -- eyebrows up. ]

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[originaljackass]

Couldn't say. We got along so well before. Now, how about a martini?