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Outer Space SUCKS! [immediately after meeting Kara] (Open)

Aug 20, 2009 09:34

"I need a bar, a good old-fashioned bar, none of this sports enthusiast or micro-brewery or house music crap. Two pool tables, a dartboard, a jukebox, and I need good liquor." Owen mumbled as he shuffled his way into the sensorium, the scenery complying as he walked behind the bar and looked over the selection ( Read more... )

!location: sensoriums, owen mercer, katara, !status: open, meluly, luke skywalker

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aworldnevermade August 20 2009, 14:36:55 UTC

"Space only blows if there's a particle wind involved," Meluly interrupts after a long moment.

She'd heard that shout from way out in the hall connecting Sensorium pods, and couldn't help but investigate.

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 14:40:31 UTC

Owen was already moving on to bourbon, grumbling. "Nope. It definitely blows. And this ship is STUPID." He sips at this one, you just don't gulp good bourbon after all.

"Stinking stupid ship breaking up my bro-hood and taking my girl from before she met me..." He grumbles indignantly.

aworldnevermade August 20 2009, 14:53:36 UTC

Luly gives a minute for that to percolate as she steps inside, mildly adjusting the way the red wrap she wears hangs on her shoulders. The bar's not bad--doesn't quite compare to the officer's pool she's used to, but, then, little does, particularly with how well her homeland treats its star pilots.

As she gets a rough idea of what Owen means by the 'my girl' part of the comment, she makes an 'eugh' face. "Who's your girl?" she asks lightly, leaning over the bar to peer behind it. (This does nice things to her legs, even bare only from just above the knees.)

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 15:43:14 UTC

Owen appreciates your narration, but as he's behind the bar, doesn't get the full benefit.

"Supergirl." He puts a bottle of cuervo on the bar for easy access, then walks out from behind it.

Okay, now he can appreciate it, at least in passing. (He's upset, not dead, after all.) He settles himself down on a stool next to her.

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restoresbalance August 20 2009, 17:58:03 UTC

Passing by, Luke heard yelling from one of the Sensoriums, and turned aside from his path to investigate. It seemed a little odd to invade someone else's construct, but he wanted to make sure there wasn't any trouble and someone wasn't getting hurt.

"What's wrong with space?" he asked.

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 18:00:48 UTC

Owen, one drinking partner down already, and multiple shots in, was a little tipsy.

"I'll tell ya what's wrong with outer space! S'got no damn r'spect for established relationships! Big... st-stupid SHIP took my girlfriend from before she met me, now she's met someone HERE!"

restoresbalance August 20 2009, 18:14:28 UTC

Luke leaned against the bar, wondering idly if they'd serve drinks from his world. He didn't think so, and in any case, he wouldn't really have sipped from it anyway. The last time he had anything to drink... well, it was a long time ago.

"She probably didn't think she'd ever see you again," he said. "I'm sorry, though."

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 18:20:37 UTC

"No. Dude. No. No. Dude." Owen shakes his head vigorously and downs the shot still in his hand. "AAAAHHH...." He wipes his mouth. "Lousy ship took her from BEFORE. It's her, but from... like... like.." He puts a finger on the bar's countertop.

"Here's where I met her, and then there's where I was before I woke up in the meatpod. Then, here's where SHE was before the meatpod." He points to appropriate measures along an imagined timeline.

He then stares intently at his finger, before sucking the bit of spilled tequila off it.

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madebymagic August 20 2009, 18:43:21 UTC

"Space isn't all that bad..." He had heard the grumbling as he wondered towards the sensoriums, and his curiosity had gotten the better of him. He didn't really get why someone would be upset about this place.

"Sure there's a lack for things to do, and some of my friends are missing. Not to mention my brother. But look around, this place can be anything you want. Or anyone." He smiled a bit. "Even if that last part's a bit creepy, and I don't recommend doing it when people can just walk in."

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 19:06:57 UTC

Owen had already popped out, then back in, to reset his liver for the time being, and was pouring mixers this time. He needed somthing tastier. He looked up and listened to the new arrival, before letting out a little bit of a bemused snort at the end.

"Yeah... really creepy. Might want to work on your phrasing there kiddo." He roots around under the bar and pulls out a few cans of various sodas. "Something 'soft' for you?"

madebymagic August 20 2009, 20:03:45 UTC

"No thank you. I can make my own drink if I needed it." He really didn't want to know what the meatship made the drinks out of. And he was hoping no one noticed him not eating with everyone else. That was the last thing he really needed.

"So why the bar scene? If you don't mind me asking."

fast_thrower August 20 2009, 20:17:45 UTC

"A woman." Owen replies flatly, topping off a hardened Arnold Palmer with a cherry, before taking a sip. "Mm. Not bad."

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kaya_waterwave August 21 2009, 02:38:29 UTC

Now Katara, who was getting used to outer space, was very much NOT used to different slang. Things "sucking" or "blowing" as an exclamation tended to mystify her, and she was curious. The Sensorium was occupied, and though Katara respected people's privacy (mostly). she also recalled how many times she'd been interrupted when she was in the Sensorium. The plain fact was this was a ship full of people, and privacy only really translated to less people getting in your face than usual.

So when she stepped through the door she was pleased to see something that looked familiar in certain aspects. It was definitely a bar, and the guy there was definitely someone she'd seen talking with Sokka before. His name was...Owen, wasn't it?

"Ok...what does that mean, Outer Space sucks?" Katara asked, eyeing the drink in his hand. "And if you tell me I'm not allowed here because I'm a kid and underage, I'm just going to roll my eyes and still expect an answer, ok?"

fast_thrower August 21 2009, 03:10:11 UTC

Owen was coming down off his bender by now, just trying to relax and enjoy the atmosphere of the place, racking up some balls at one of the pool tables.

"It means this ship doesn't have the faintest clue about when it should pull people from that know each other." He grumbles, then looks at the newcomer. "Wouldn't dream of tellin' you where you can and can't go, sweetness. You're Sokka's sister, right?"

kaya_waterwave August 21 2009, 03:18:56 UTC

At the mention of the failure to place people in relation to tie, Katara sighed in pure agreement. "You're telling me! There are two friends of mine pulled out from my world, but at a time where we were enemies! Do you have any idea how hard it is to explain to someone that used to fight you 'oh, but we're friends later, we have a history?' As if things weren't hard enough to understand on this ship!"

Katara exhaled. The 'sweetness' comment might have bothered her at an earlier point in time, but seeing as how a certain earthbender was known for using something like that phrase, Katara grinned. "Yeah, I am. I'm assuming you guys must have connected if you know that. Sokka's still freaking out a little."

fast_thrower August 21 2009, 04:53:03 UTC

Owen blinked, chalking up a cue. "If I know what? And yeah, I already knew pretty fresh out the pod that I'd lost a good friend, but that wasn't half of it."

He lines up a shot, then breaks, sinking five in one go. "My girlfriend is pulled from before she even met me, and now she's met someone else while she's been here." He seems sad, but it's balancing with frustration now.

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