[Fin] Let's Dance [Jenn]

[Kari Muffin]

Rosemary had wanted to go to a club, however her sister complained enough that their destination was changed. A bar. Rosemary was tired of the boring bar scenes, but really since her sister had joined the courts they hadn't really had that much time together. So... she compromised.

And she ended up dragging Sage along too.

Of course this almost negated the point of hooking Thyme up with man. Sage would provide an ample amount of distraction for half the male patrons, she was sure. And maybe female. Really, with Sage she was completely unsure of her gender preference... if she even had any idea about that or not.

Rosemary put on a happy face as she ushered her siblings in the bar. "Come on, no point in standing outside."

Sage sighed. She really didn't want to be here. She didn't know what to do in bars. It just wasn't her thing... but she still came thanks to Rosemary and Thyme's demands. They hadn't even given her time to change into something else, she was still wearing her usual outfit. "Do we really have to?"

"Yes, yes we do." Rosemary replied to her protest with a smile.

Oh this is going to be a blast...

Damn straight. And if all goes well someone's going to get laid tonight!

[The Jenn]

Thyme hadn't wanted to go out with her sisters at all, really. Not with Rosemary in this sort of mood. Dinner or a show or even just a night out wandering the Capital, that would have all been fine. But Rose was in a weird, insistent sort of way that she didn't like. It was why she'd insisted that Sage accompany them, so she wouldn't be left alone with her steadily more intoxicated sister as the evening wore on. Also, she could serve as a convenient guy-magnet, being the most attractive and feminine of the three of them.

Clubbing was out of the question. Her darling sister persistently 'forgot' that she couldn't come into physical contact with people without leaving them dizzy and tired for a full five minutes. That would make her great company in a press of bodies, now wouldn't it? Ugh. No. A bar had been the best compromise she could get, even if she didn't particularly like drinking. At least she wouldn't be forced to smoosh up against people.

"Come on, Sage," she said with a sigh, tugging on her sister's arm. "Once we're in and settled somewhere, we can sip on something and ignore everybody."

Walking in, the place was dim but lit and there weren't a ton of people. Oh good. A crowd, certainly, but it wasn't packed. Before Rose could usher her towards some stranger, she went to find a table.

[Kari Muffin]

Sage entered the room with little protest. Fine she was going to deal with her sisters and put up with all the people who were staring at her.

Rosemary had every intention of leading both her sisters to the bar. However she watched as Thyme decided to walk away to find a table. Damn her. Foiling all her brilliant plans. How on earth was she supposed to hook her up with someone interesting if she didn't play by the rules. The wolf-squirrel made a huffing noise as she stalked after her sister, making sure to grab Sage by the sleeve as she went.

"Thyme, come one, there's no tables over here. Let's just take a seat at the bar."

"But there's a table right over--"

"Shush," Rosemary hissed at Sage before focusing on Thyme again. "I compromised by going to a bar... can't we sit closer to the booze than the corner of this place?"

[The Jenn]

Thyme stared at her for a moment, red eyes meeting pink, before she closed hers and bit back a tired sigh. "Fine, Rose. If you want to get drunk faster then by all means, let's sit up by the bar. Instead of around a table where we can sit and talk to each other." She made a sweeping gesture with her arm and then walked up to one of the stools by the bartender, careful not to touch anyone in passing. Once that made for an interesting mid-walk twist and scoot, but she managed. She was used to it.

"Do you serve ginger ale?" she asked the man hopefully. It would be fizzy, would keep her glass full, and would prevent her from losing any of her sense while Rose was out on the town. If she was going to be responsible for her siblings then she wasn't going to screw with herself. Even if her sister would have argued that they were all fully functioning adults, that didn't mean that she wouldn't have to shepherd an intoxicated Rosemary home.

[Kari Muffin]

The bartender filled Thyme's order without an argument. People did show up here not to drink. And from the looks of it this girl had her hands full.

Rosemary looked like she was kicked in the face. She shifted awkwardly as she watched her sibling walk towards the bar. How nice of her. For a moment it looked like the canine mix was about to burst into tears.

And then she stormed over to the bar, sitting a seat away from Thyme. "Give me the strongest alcohol you have in the tallest shot glass you own." She snorted.

Sage watched the pair of them at the bar for a few moments. Rosemary was trying her hardest to help Thyme wasn't she? She had mentioned something briefly about it in a hushed whisper or two. The Tulgey's tail twitched in thought as she debated on sitting at the bar or just watching from a table.

Well it couldn't hurt to sit at a bar. She took a seat besides Rosemary, leaving a gap between Thyme and them.



To the opposite side of Thyme sat a Mid-Range mouse. He was quietly sipping his drink, minding his own business. He was quiet until one of his limbs accidentally slipped, a rather large icy one, making a rather loud sound against the bar top. He stumbled to catch his glass with his good hand. However he didn't have enough grace to catch it, the liquid spilling on the counter top.

"Oh suits, I'm sorry ma'am," he said as a blush was clearly forming on his face. "I didn't spill any on you did I?"

[The Jenn]

And now Rose was going to sulk and not sit next to her and get herself wasted even faster. Great. Thyme rested her forehead on the heel of her hand, elbow propped up against the surface of the bar, and tried not to let all of this give her a headache.

Her head jerked back up at a loud THUMP right next to her, heart beating frantically for a few seconds until she figured out what had made the noise. The motion made a small cloud of dust 'poof' around her, barely an inch off of her fur and not touching anyone. She stared at the Mid-Range mouse with wide, startled eyes for a moment before his words registered and she looked down, seeing her elbow sitting in a splashy puddle of liquor. Oh. She raised it off the counter and reached for a napkin. That was going to smell like shit until she got a shower, wasn't it?

"Ah, that's okay. Sort of par for the course tonight. It's just my elbow. That doesn't look like a particularly easy limb to wield." Now that she was glancing at the icy thing... it really didn't. Huh. She couldn't rein in the curious expression, irritating siblings temporarily ignored.

[Kari Muffin]

Oh no, he did get alcohol on her. His face became brighter as he looked at her, grabbing several napkins to soak up the liquid. "Still, I apologize. I'll buy you a drink if you like," he sighed as the bartender finally offered him a towel to the pair of them. He accepted it with his good hand, wiping up the remainder of his drink.

"It's not easy at all, but there's nothing I can really do about it. Magical accidents are hard to fix," he gave a small shrug. The bartender refilled his drink before wandering off to tend to more customers. Ichigo's tail twitched as he looked at the woman. A King of Clubs. Highlander... mix? And she seemed absolutely fascinated by his frozen limb. She may have been out of his league but he might as well have a nice conversation with her? "You really don't seem the type to be here willingly, if you don't mind me stating the obvious."

[The Jenn]

Ah yes, he'd probably heard the little snit-fit with her sister and seen her order the ginger ale. Not a hard conclusion to come to, was it? Thyme offered him a snort and a small smile. "I'm trying to avoid the drink business, hence the harmless fizz, but thank you anyway. It was only a small spill." The bit that had touched her, anyway. It probably hadn't been an especially cheap splash for him.

She took a sip of the bubbly drink, tucking her tail as close to her body as she possibly could. The amount of smells it picked up in a place like this were truly terrifying. Vomit... so much vomit. Sweat, arousal, intoxication, bad breath, poor hygiene, her sister's perfume... all of it meshed into a vaguely nauseating sensation. She did her best to ignore it.

"Oh, don't I know it," she agreed with a sigh to the accident comment. "The permanent enchantments are usually the most innocuous. It's painful how many dangerous items are floating around out there, waiting for some unsuspecting idiot to fiddle with them." She grimaced. "Sadly, I'm one of those idiots. In a very strange and convoluted way, it's the reason I'm here tonight."

Very, very convoluted. If she hadn't been cursed by the stupid moth, maybe her first girlfriend wouldn't have left because of the powder and the licking, or maybe she would have but Thyme would have found someone else in this time and her damn sister wouldn't feel the need to drag her out and get her laid by some drunk in a bar. Damn it.

"Our entire family may as well be a magical accident," she added with a less-amused snort.

[Kari Muffin]

His ears perked as he listened to the woman. For a moment he thought he was going to get shot down, until she went and called herself an idiot as well.

That was new.

And her whole family was an accident huh?

That was interesting. He took a sip of his tonic before setting it down to ignore it for a while. This time he made sure he was balanced properly with his icy limb. The damn thing made life so difficult, but at least it was a conversation piece?

"Really?" he asked with a tilt of his head. "My accident involved prying off a cursed ring and a rather painful transformation of my arm. You seem perfectly normal to me... so what exactly was your magical accident caused by, Ma'am? And how could yoru entire family be a magical accident?"

Of most of the people in the bar she seemed normal. The one person she came in with was drinking up a storm, and the other seemed to be failing at flirting. She however was just having a quiet drink. Interesting.

[The Jenn]

Thyme couldn't help a prickle of interest at his story. Well. At least this outing wasn't a total flop. She'd get a conversation out of it if nothing else, and possibly a story. That was better than just sitting and drinking her soda with one sulky and one passive sister. She took another sip. The drink helped to settle her stomach, what with all of the nauseating smells that hit her more strongly thanks to the fronds.

Huh. She wouldn't have pegged him as the jewelry type. Maybe it was forced. "Mine involved an apparently enchanted moth. I know it's difficult to believe at first glance, but I'm actually a pure Highlander. All of this green, and the blue things on my tail, they're the result of an unexpected encounter with the moth in an attic when I was a teenager. As to my family..."

If Rose hadn't already told this story to people then she didn't know anything about her sister. She felt little guilt. "My father was turned into a doll for a few years. An actual wooden doll. Supposedly an irreversible situation. He got better for a variety of weird reasons."[/color] Another snort. "My mother drank some pretty strange things when she was pregnant with us and my brother came out needing blood instead of food to survive. Sunlight also burned him like fire. He also came out part bat, though we have no idea why since there's no bat on either side of the family. Fangs, fluffy fur... he was strange. Our other brother also inherited the fluff, so I think it was the result of something in that cocktail Mom drank. My sister - this lovely, sulky thing next to me - happened across an enchanted item and let it have its merry way with her. And Sage hasn't always had those peacock bits. Not a one of us is normal."

And was that too much information? Well, he'd asked. People were interested in morbid stories like that, anyway. She should know. She certainly was. "So tell me more about your arm, then. I'm curious."