026: [ voice | location: caritas ] A bingin' we will go

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

[ guess who's now seated at a secluded corner in caritas, with her head on the table and nursing a huge bottle of alcohol on her own.

no, really. guess. ] Oh, who cares about... broody, stupid vamps when I've got you... [ she grabs the bottle and reads: ] Mr. Voodoo Tiki Tequila. Mmm. You're now my new best friend, 'kay?

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[ location: caritas ]

[tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com]

No surprise that Kirk's currently in the bar. ...well, a little considering his ex works here, but he's fine and dandy with ducking out if he catches sight of her. He's not drunk or even close to being tipsy, but there's a glass in his hand and a curious glance being sent towards Cordelia for that odd statement he picked up on as he walked by. Just odd enough to make him stop, turn around and approach.

"Trouble in paradise?"

[ location: caritas ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Cordelia lowers the bottle and glances up. "Oh hey, Tiberius! What's up? How are you?" She gives him a full blown grin that's just too bright and big to be sincere. "What are you doing here?"

[ location: caritas ]

[tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com]

Kirk drops into the seat across from her and holds out a hand to silence her. "Hey, middle name use! Keep it down."

[ location: caritas ]

[bigbad]

Spike is there for pretty much the same reason. He walks over to her and sits down with his own bottle of tequila.

"I'm remembering why I hated him," he says, sounding almost cheerful. He takes a big gulp of tequila and glances over at her. "You know it'll wear off, right? And hopefully soon?"

[ location: caritas ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Good thing you brought your own, Spike, as Cordelia's totally not in the mood to share her bottle.

"Please. I've been in Taxon longer than you; of course I know it'll wear off." That doesn't stop her from chugging a hefty amount of tequila, though.

[ location: caritas ]

[bigbad]

"Guess that makes you easier to console than Connor, who seems convinced it'll last two months." He takes another gulp. Tequila, a Taxon necessity.

"I'll beat him up for you, if you want." Actually, he already did that. "Well, all right, I'd be doing it for me, but it can be for you too. Plenty of violence to go around."

[ location: caritas ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord, it's Cordelia. Buffy would do the avoidance thing, except for how she works here. And serving people booze is kind of her job. Thus, she's going to brave an encounter. After all, it's not like she's enjoying Angel's glitch any more than Cordelia is, and she doesn't like seeing Cordelia all depressed.

"Would you like a glass with that?" She asks, in a way that somehow manages to be disapproving but sympathetic at the same time.

[ location: caritas ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Cordelia looks up and frowns openly. Gee. Of all the places she could end up in, in Taxon - she just had to be in a place where Buffy is, too.

Wait, why is Buffy here, anyway? "What are you doing here?" she asks, her tone not friendly at the very least. It's nothing personal, Buffy, but you're probably the last person Cordelia wants to see right now, given the circumstances.

[ location: caritas ]

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm just stealing the cash register." Buffy answers with casual sarcasm, not even batting an eyelid. Of course, she hadn't been expecting a friendly reception, but she can't help but feel a little annoyed all the same.

"Also, I work here. Since a while now. I'm surprised Lorne didn't tell you." She waves the drinks tray at her side as an illustration, in case Cordelia needs further confirmation.

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[oppositeofhero.livejournal.com]

Tony really has no reason to be in Caritas except for the fact that it's a bar, and bars mean alcohol. And right now, he's definitely in the mood for a drink. Never mind the fact that he's been in that mood for the past forty-five minutes to an hour.

He's chosen to go without a glass, and is just drinking from a bottle of vodka, when he happens to hear a muttered comment from the table next to him. He glances over, and with eyebrows raised, says, "I'm pretty sure bottles don't talk back, so if you're tired of broody vampires, you could just talk to me."

Great pickup line, Stark. He knows he's never seen this woman before, but hey, everyone has to start somewhere.

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[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Cordelia's pretty sure she hasn't seem him before this, either, so she smiles at him and says, "Sure! Whatd'you want to talk about?"

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[doesntgobang.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on, girl. We're trapped in some alien hell-hole and you're drinking without me?

[ voice ]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Gunn! Am I glad to hear you. Come on, I need company and you'd very much be welcomed in my little corner of gloom and doom.

[ voice ]

[doesntgobang.livejournal.com]

Uh, sure. Give me a couple minutes, though. Still getting the hang of this weird map thing.

[Location: Caritas]

[greenballadeer.livejournal.com]

Lorne notices Cordelia with her tequila bottle across the room. He'd noticed the very strange transmission from Angel earlier, which probably didn't bode well for her well-being. Maybe a song will cheer her up along with the tequila?

He waits for the Extra on stage to finish his song, then takes over the mic. "I'd like to dedicate this song to a girl who makes it through, no matter what." He smiles, then launches into a song.

"Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child, things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child, things'll be brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll put it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Right now
You just wait and see how things are gonna be
Right now..."

[ooc: That was "Ooh Child (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVF4r3fLBrU)" by The Five Stairsteps, a lovely 70s tune.]

[Location: Caritas]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

Cordelia almost tears up at the song. A girl who always makes it through? God, sometimes she thinks she can't, because the world found it funny and appropriate to dump everything on her shoulders until she buckles and breaks.

Like now.

She smiles at Lorne - her first real, genuine smile - and waves him to come closer.

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[greenballadeer.livejournal.com]

Lorne takes a bow, then steps down from the stage. He makes his way to Cordy and gives her a hug, taking care not to knock over the tequila.

"Pour me a bit of that, will ya? I got a potion that lets me get drunk, and I have my fair share of Angel problems too, y'know. I'm ready to make fun of his big broody face for the rest of the night."

[voice]

[lionofolympus.livejournal.com]

...I could be your new best friend.

[voice]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

[ give her a moment. ]

...Hercules?

[voice]

[lionofolympus.livejournal.com]

Yes, gentle flower?

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[sneersgenetic.livejournal.com]

Ran into him, too?

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[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

More like ran from him, but yeah. [ she sighs. ] I did. You too, huh.

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[sneersgenetic.livejournal.com]

Probably would've done the same if Faith hadn't been there, but yeah. Didn't have a clue as to who either of us were.

[voice]

[supercompacted.livejournal.com]

Cordelia? You doin'...? [she trails off, because clearly Cordy's not doing okay]

What's going on? Something happen with Angel?

[voice]

[glowingseer.livejournal.com]

[ she sighs. ] Hey, Fred. Yeah, Angel's been glitched again. I... um, don't recommend talking to him right now, considering he won't know who you are.