Golden Tornado 3

[21:53]	* [Atai]Temperance	All the new maids have been gotten into tight, revealing, sexy dresses and been shown their rooms and now...
[21:53]	* [Atai]Temperance	IT'S PARTY TIME
[21:53]	* Ruth	finds this tight, revealing, sexy dress to be far too tight and revealing for her image
[21:54]	* [Atai]Temperance	rather admires the image.
[21:54]	* [kiri]Len	fidgets, but accept her fate.
[21:54]	* [No]Mercy	keeps the fire brigade on standby
[21:55]	* [huh]Erica	rather likes the image.
[21:55]	* [Pyg]Bianca	blinks her eyes slowly and sleepily.
[21:57]	* [kiri]Len	just wait for someone to speak out first. It's not her personality to break the silence.
[21:57]	* [Atai]Temperance	Temperance's party is in full swing. It's nobody but some of the serving staff and her new maids. With a cry of:
[21:57]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Eat, socialize, and don't get too wasted! Your asses start work tomorrow!
[21:57]	<Ruth>	Yes, ma'am!
[21:57]	* [Atai]Temperance	hops down from the stage, the band kicks up, and the party gets underway.
[21:58]	* Ruth	gets started on the "eating" bit, taking a seat and laying her share and probably two or three other people's
[21:58]	* [Atai]Temperance	Also this is happening in a private ballroom upstairs.
[21:59]	* [kiri]Len	grab a glass of champagne, and take a small sip in the corner of the room.
[22:01]	* [kiri]Len	make a face. Alcoholic beverages is not tasty at all. How the hell does they drink this and feel so happy?
[22:01]	* [Atai]Temperance	skips over to Bianca, and loops her arm through hers.
[22:01]	<[Atai]Temperance>	B.B.~
[22:02]	<[Atai]Temperance>	whatcha think of all these strangers I dragged in?
[22:02]	* [No]Mercy	phones an ethics board in case the party needs emergency endorsement
[22:02]	* Ruth	grrooooom
[22:04]	* [huh]Erica	takes a plate of food and a glass of scotch to Len's corner.
[22:04]	<[huh]Erica>	You holdin' up alright?
[22:04]	* [kiri]Len	look up, and see that person from earlier.
[22:04]	* [Atai]Temperance	hums a bit, and looks around, momentarily disappointed.
[22:05]	<[kiri]Len>	....... here.
[22:05]	* [kiri]Len	give the champagne to Erica.
[22:05]	<[Atai]Temperance>	The lady with the enormous brain isn't here.
[22:05]	<[Atai]Temperance>	maybe she's not feeling well?
[22:07]	* [huh]Erica	has to balance the plate on her arm to take the glass.
[22:07]	<[huh]Erica>	You don't want it?
[22:07]	<[kiri]Len>	mn.
[22:07]	* [kiri]Len	nods.
[22:07]	<[kiri]Len>	....it's bitter.
[22:07]	<[huh]Erica>	It's an acquired taste.
[22:07]	* [huh]Erica	drains the glass.
[22:08]	* [Pyg]Bianca	chows down on a piece of steak slowly.
[22:09]	* [kiri]Len	flinch. It's like drinking a bitter medicine!
[22:09]	* [kiri]Len	take a glass of tropical fruit juice, whatever kind that is.
[22:10]	<[huh]Erica>	Getting smashed, though, is not.
[22:10]	* [No]Mercy	approaches Erica and Len
[22:11]	<[No]Mercy>	"Have we met?"
[22:11]	* [kiri]Len	note the newcomer.
[22:11]	* [kiri]Len	shake her head vigorously.
[22:11]	* [No]Mercy	leaves a pause so that she can tower for a bit
[22:12]	<[huh]Erica>	I'm not sure, have we?
[22:12]	* [huh]Erica	frowns for a second in puzzlement.
[22:12]	<[No]Mercy>	"That was a rhetorical I used to be polite. No, we haven't."
[22:13]	* [Atai]Temperance	snags a shot of tequila from a passing waitress and drinks it like water.
[22:13]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh, alright. I'm terrible with names and faces, so...
[22:13]	<[No]Mercy>	"Excuse me for a second."
[22:14]	* [kiri]Len	just stay behind Erica. She's not familiar with Erica, but factoring between this two people, Erica gain more trust.
[22:14]	<[Atai]Temperance>	nnnnnyergargagrgrfuggitydamn. These people make some crazy stuff.
[22:14]	* [No]Mercy	whips out a notepad and writes down "Tequila: I"
[22:15]	* [Pyg]Bianca	looks up from her steak.
[22:16]	* [Atai]Temperance	looks at the empty shot glass suspiciously.
[22:16]	<[Atai]Temperance>	No sane person should ever drink this.
[22:16]	* [Pyg]Bianca	's brain only now register's her mistress's question.
[22:16]	* [huh]Erica	looks over Mercy's shoulder.
[22:16]	<[huh]Erica>	What's this?
[22:16]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	I think they're all right.
[22:16]	<[No]Mercy>	"Please, do not mind. Back to the introductions, ladies. I am Mercy."
[22:17]	<[huh]Erica>	Erica. This here is my little sister, also Erica.
[22:18]	* [huh]Erica	speaks nonchalantly.
[22:18]	* [Atai]Temperance	flings it over her shoulder, where it smashes against the wall, and smiles brightly. According to the ruling of the Supreme Court of the State of Maryland, then, she's allowed to!
[22:18]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"That one girl doesn't seem scarier than Mercy though."
[22:18]	<[kiri]Len>	----!
[22:18]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Really?
[22:18]	* [kiri]Len	got sum up as this person's sister again!
[22:18]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Really."
[22:19]	<[kiri]Len>	I... I'm....
[22:19]	<[kiri]Len>	I'm not!
[22:19]	<[No]Mercy>	"Erica, Erica Not. Pleased to have you."
[22:19]	* [Pyg]Bianca	has a drink of orange juice.
[22:19]	<[huh]Erica>	You're... oh, right. Her name's Len, excuse me. As I said, terrible with names.
[22:19]	* [huh]Erica	offers her hand to Mercy.
[22:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Hmmm.
[22:20]	* [Atai]Temperance	look back and forth between the two of them.
[22:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I dunno, B.B.
[22:20]	<[No]Mercy>	"Ah, Len Not."
[22:21]	<[Atai]Temperance>	she's got that big stick and all.
[22:21]	* [kiri]Len	want to facepalm so bad.
[22:21]	* [No]Mercy	shakes Erica's hand, then bows slightly to proffer it to Len
[22:21]	<[kiri]Len>	name......just len.
[22:21]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I think she's also got a criminal record.
[22:21]	<[Atai]Temperance>	But that's how I like my bouncers: careful.
[22:21]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Also huge.
[22:21]	<[Atai]Temperance>	...
[22:22]	<[Atai]Temperance>	B.B., why can't you play a criminal record on a gramophone?
[22:23]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Crime wouldn't make pleasant music, would it?"
[22:24]	* [No]Mercy	considers the short creature's pause for a moment
[22:24]	<[No]Mercy>	"Just Len then."
[22:25]	* [Atai]Temperance	goes to respond, then pauses.
[22:25]	* [kiri]Len	is worried that her name would become "just" and surname "Len".
[22:25]	<[Atai]Temperance>	...You've got a point, there.
[22:25]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Maybe.
[22:26]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Are you allowed to be right?
[22:26]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I thought I put something in your contract about not allowing you to do so.
[22:26]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Maybe that was Mercy's contract.
[22:27]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Up to you, ma'am. I'm not much for the executive role."
[22:27]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Well, you're on thin ice.
[22:27]	* [Atai]Temperance	reflects on where the casino is.
[22:27]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Or a thin line in the sand.
[22:28]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Can you walk on the tightrope?
[22:28]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"If you want me to."
[22:29]	<[huh]Erica>	So, what exactly does working here entail? I don't think I've got the specifics.
[22:30]	* [Atai]Temperance	snuggles closer to Bianca.
[22:30]	<[Atai]Temperance>	That's why you're my favorite, B.B.~
[22:31]	* [kiri]Len	listen closely to the conversation.
[22:31]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Blind devotion, and a willingness to please, or at the very least, enough intelligence to maintain that facade and the patience not to kill me in my sleep~
[22:32]	<[No]Mercy>	"Please don't mind them. It will just get you into trouble later."
[22:32]	<[No]Mercy>	"At any rate, you are new employees of the Golden Tornado, correct? I don't suppose that you have been given anything to, say, sign?"
[22:33]	<[Atai]Temperance>	...Also you look wonderful in the maid outfit.
[22:33]	<[huh]Erica>	Sign, sign... if I was?
[22:33]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Oh, um, thank you."
[22:33]	* [Pyg]Bianca	wipes her mouth on a napkin.
[22:34]	* [Atai]Temperance	winks, and then whips out a arm behind her, and snags two more shots of tequila.
[22:34]	* [Atai]Temperance	hands one to Bianca, and holds up her glass.
[22:34]	<[Atai]Temperance>	To perseverance!
[22:34]	* Ruth	sits back and basks in contentedness, picking her teeth with a straw.
[22:34]	* [Pyg]Bianca	lifts her shotglass alongside Temperance's.
[22:34]	* [No]Mercy	: Tequila: II
[22:35]	* [kiri]Len	look at her discarded champagne glass. Is it that tasty?
[22:35]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Why do people raise their glasses like this anyway?"
[22:36]	* [Atai]Temperance	knocks it back, swears mightily, and then, on hearing the question, pauses and looks at the glass.
[22:36]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I dunno.
[22:36]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I think because everyone's done it that way.
[22:37]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Me? I do it to check for poison and invisible lawmen hiding inside.
[22:37]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"They're too big to hide in something this small though."
[22:37]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Not the invisible ones.
[22:37]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"And wouldn't they drink it all up since it's alcohol?"
[22:38]	<[Atai]Temperance>	If you were going to make a policeman nobody could see, wouldn't it make the most sense to make him tiny, too?
[22:38]	<[Atai]Temperance>	They slip between cracks in the wall and hide in liquor and get snuck in in the spaces between things.
[22:39]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"But they'd get drunk from swimming in liquor."
[22:39]	* [No]Mercy	tries to distract the other two from her master's nonsense
[22:39]	<[Atai]Temperance>	That's silly, B.B.
[22:39]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Then they couldn't do their job properly."
[22:39]	<[Atai]Temperance>	you don't drink ocean water if you're swimming, do you?
[22:39]	<[No]Mercy>	"Anyway, please, take these."
[22:39]	* [No]Mercy	hands them each a folder through of papers
[22:39]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"You can do that?"
[22:39]	<[Atai]Temperance>	swim?
[22:40]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Of course.
[22:40]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"I mean not drink while swimming in it."
[22:41]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Everybody at Cornelius Boy's Academy had to take swimming in their first and second years. What good to the world is a drowned man?
[22:41]	* [kiri]Len	take the folder, and take a look.
[22:41]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Oh.
[22:41]	<[kiri]Len>	.......?
[22:41]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Of course.
[22:42]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You turn your head to take a breath.
[22:42]	* [Pyg]Bianca	still has her arm in the air even during her inquiries.
[22:42]	<[huh]Erica>	What are these?
[22:43]	<[No]Mercy>	"Things to sign. Which you should sign."
[22:43]	<[Atai]Temperance>	...Are you going to drink that?
[22:43]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Correction:
[22:43]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You ARE going to drink that.
[22:43]	<[huh]Erica>	Do we get pens, too, then?
[22:43]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Now do it already.
[22:43]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"I'm worried I might swallow the invisible lawmen."
[22:44]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Yours doesn't have any.
[22:44]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I checked already
[22:44]	<[No]Mercy>	"If you were to, purely as a hypothetical, have your innards replaced with clockwork to increase efficiency because a somebody drank too much tequila at a party held for new employees, the casino cannot be held liable for any trauma you suffer whatsoever."
[22:44]	<[Atai]Temperance>	And even if you did, it'd serve the bastard Fed right.
[22:44]	* [kiri]Len	wonder if she already sign one of those.
[22:44]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Well, all right."
[22:44]	<[Atai]Temperance>	I'll make sure to stop you before you take your shirt off, this time.
[22:45]	* [Pyg]Bianca	takes the shot.
[22:46]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh, that sounds reasonable enough.
[22:46]	<[huh]Erica>	Would the clockwork be maintained?
[22:46]	* [Atai]Temperance	turns off to the side, and raises her voice.
[22:46]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Mercy, I only said it just made SENSE. I never actually did that.
[22:47]	* [Atai]Temperance	makes a note to look back into Project Tick-Tock. Those squinty yellow Nips have one that pours tea, and they haven't even invented metal, yet!
[22:48]	<[No]Mercy>	"Of course you didn't. And no one will ever know otherwise. But this time you've had two tequilas."
[22:48]	<[kiri]Len>	sh....should I?
[22:49]	* [kiri]Len	raise her hand, along with the pen. Asking Mercy.
[22:49]	<[No]Mercy>	"Note that in such a hypothetical, which I assure have never and will never happen, your innards will remain full property of the Golden Tornado."
[22:51]	<[huh]Erica>	You still haven't told me whether these hypothetical clockworks would be maintained properly.
[22:51]	* [kiri]Len	is now becoming very troubled. this is pretty confusing!
[22:52]	* [No]Mercy	sighs. This is much more trouble than it is worth
[22:52]	* [Pyg]Bianca	rubs one of Temperance's shoulders with her hand.
[22:52]	* [kiri]Len	begin moving away from the crowd and find her comfortable quiet spot.
[22:53]	<[No]Mercy>	"The Golden Tornado makes no warranty as to the quality of any property at any time, but does always maintain goods and services at levels fit for their purpose in accordance with local laws and regulations."
[22:54]	<[huh]Erica>	Sounds appropriate. Could you hand me a pen? Or am I expected to sign in blood? Either way, I'd need a pen or pin.
[22:54]	* Ruth	takes a seat near the others, standing her kanabo up straight on the floor and checking over her shoulder every then and now.
[22:55]	* [kiri]Len	hide behind a potted plant around the corner.
[22:56]	* [No]Mercy	has two pens prepared
[22:57]	<[No]Mercy>	"If your signature necessitates blood then I can assist you in that, but the establishment has so far failed to legally establish the existence and ownership of a soul"
[22:58]	* [huh]Erica	takes the pen and hastily etches out something that might pass as a signature within some circles.
[22:59]	<[No]Mercy>	"Thank you."
[23:00]	* [No]Mercy	looks to Len, and offers a pen
[23:01]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh, she's a minor, so I think her guardian would have to sign, right?
[23:01]	* [kiri]Len	is still hiding over there.
[23:02]	<[No]Mercy>	"Very well. Can you do so on her behalf? I have no patience for babysitting another."
[23:02]	* [kiri]Len	hastily walk over to the group.
[23:02]	* [Atai]Temperance	nestles closer to Bianca and guides her to the couch.
[23:03]	* [huh]Erica	takes Len's papers and forges Len's signature onto them.
[23:03]	<[huh]Erica>	There.
[23:03]	* [kiri]Len	is going to snag the contract away but stopped halfway. Her courage stockpile runs out.
[23:03]	<[kiri]Len>	er...um....
[23:04]	<[kiri]Len>	Let me... sign, please.
[23:06]	<[No]Mercy>	"It doesn't matter who does it, as long as someone does."
[23:06]	<[No]Mercy>	"And quickly, please, before the boss decides on a third shot."
[23:06]	* [kiri]Len	thinks, "isn't that kinda kill the purpose of having a contract?"
[23:06]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh, sorry, it's too late. Anyway, sum's the same so the difference must bet too, right?
[23:06]	* [kiri]Len	signs anyway.
[23:06]	* [huh]Erica	hands the papers back to Mercy.
[23:07]	<[No]Mercy>	"Excellent."
[23:07]	* [No]Mercy	tears off a copy for the two
[23:07]	* [Atai]Temperance	signals a waiter and orders a margarita. No, two of them.
[23:07]	<[No]Mercy>	"The way shall be dangerous. Take this."
[23:08]	* [Atai]Temperance	Also an entire tray of canapes.
[23:08]	* [kiri]Len	is going to stuff the copy between her cleavage like those pornstar did with the tip, but her physical attribute doesn't allow her to.
[23:08]	* [Pyg]Bianca	now feels the warmth of her earlier drink growing from her stomach.
[23:08]	* [huh]Erica	thinks the idea is a fine one, and does with hers what Len couldn't manage.
[23:09]	* [kiri]Len	give Erica a long, hard stare.
[23:09]	<[huh]Erica>	Huh?
[23:09]	* [Atai]Temperance	snuggles back into the velvety couch and squeezes Bianca.
[23:09]	* [No]Mercy	glides off to see to Ruth, and to instruct the waiter exactly what the master cannot have tonight.
[23:09]	* Ruth	sits with chin perched. . o ( Man, these people are funny. Does everyone in Mexico act like this? )
[23:10]	<[No]Mercy>	"Ruth, was it?"
[23:10]	* Ruth	Sits up.
[23:10]	<Ruth>	Yep. Still is.
[23:10]	<Ruth>	What's going on?
[23:10]	<[huh]Erica>	Something wrong, Len?
[23:11]	* [kiri]Len	shake her head.
[23:11]	* [kiri]Len	pat her own chest, and feel somewhat jealous.
[23:11]	<[huh]Erica>	Chest pains?
[23:12]	<[No]Mercy>	"Have I gotten you to sign your rights away yet?"
[23:12]	<Ruth>	Huh?
[23:12]	<[kiri]Len>	-------revenge.
[23:12]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh? Against who?
[23:12]	* [kiri]Len	wipe her tears away, and dash off.
[23:12]	<[huh]Erica>	...
[23:12]	* [No]Mercy	proffers a folder through of documents
[23:12]	* [kiri]Len	"Just you wait, you! just you wait!"
[23:13]	<[huh]Erica>	Such an odd girl. I blame the schools.
[23:13]	<[No]Mercy>	(*full of)
[23:14]	<[No]Mercy>	"I'm not sure how literate you are, so I'm obligated to pretend I am honest."
[23:14]	* [kiri]Len	disappears behind an array of tables and such.
[23:15]	<Ruth>	Uh... Not very.
[23:15]	* [Atai]Temperance	thanks the waiter who brings back the margaritas and a tray full of cheese-and-swordfish canapes.
[23:15]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Perfect~
[23:15]	* Ruth	scratches her neck(must be a nervous tick or something).
[23:15]	<Ruth>	Can you just tell me where to sign?
[23:16]	* [Atai]Temperance	takes one sip of the margarita, stops, looks at her glass, looks at the waiter, glares at Mercy's back, and glares at her glass.
[23:16]	<[Atai]Temperance>	...Clever girl.
[23:16]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"What's the matter?"
[23:17]	<[Atai]Temperance>	The fun has been removed from these drinks.
[23:17]	* [Pyg]Bianca	holds her own glass and swirls it a little bit.
[23:17]	<[No]Mercy>	"Perfect. Just here, please. And there. And while you're at it, please sign this everywhere you see an X or huge bold text warning you of dangers unknown."
[23:17]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Fortunately, I always make sure to bring my own fun.
[23:17]	* [huh]Erica	wanders off in search of hard liquor and matches.
[23:18]	* Ruth	shrugs, takes a pen and signs wherever Mercy shows. In that fancy sort of way you see on the Declaration and shit.
[23:18]	* [Atai]Temperance	pulls a hip flask from the folds of her skirt, and winks, before unscrewing the lid, and pouring something clear into each margarita.
[23:19]	* [Atai]Temperance	slips the flask back into hiding, and stirs the margarita a bit before taking another sip.
[23:19]	<[Atai]Temperance>	HWARGNYIGBLRK
[23:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	ha
[23:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	There we go.
[23:20]	* [No]Mercy	's danger senses tingle
[23:20]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Hmm?"
[23:20]	* [huh]Erica	is experimenting with flaming shots.
[23:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Much more fun~
[23:21]	* [Pyg]Bianca	eyes the drink before bringing it to her lips and tilting the glass.
[23:21]	* [No]Mercy	: Tequilas: II, Margaritas+: I
[23:21]	* [Atai]Temperance	is feeling that special kind of Warm and Toasty that only alcohol can bring.
[23:22]	* [No]Mercy	pushes an emergency button in a hidden compartment in the wall, raising danger level to Defcon 3
[23:22]	* [Pyg]Bianca	's face scrunches up. Damn, that's strong!
[23:24]	* [huh]Erica	is feeling that special kind of warm and toasty only fire can bring.
[23:26]	<[No]Mercy>	"Thank you, Ruth. I have your first assignment."
[23:26]	<Ruth>	Oh yeah?
[23:26]	* [Atai]Temperance	wolfs down a pair of the snacks, and then a third. She takes another drink, and then the cherries in it bump against her lips.
[23:26]	<[Atai]Temperance>	....Hmmm...
[23:27]	* [Atai]Temperance	gets an Idea.
[23:27]	* Ruth	stands up and stretches her muscles, though not too much (damn this short little dress!).
[23:27]	* [Pyg]Bianca	quickly feels the warmth running up her face. She starts to have to urge to sway left and right a bit.
[23:27]	<[No]Mercy>	"Please makes sure none of our new employees burns the place to the ground. Persuasively, if need be."
[23:28]	<Ruth>	Per...suasively?
[23:28]	<Ruth>	You mean, "kick their asses"?
[23:30]	<[No]Mercy>	"I find that quite persuasive."
[23:30]	<Ruth>	Oh, so that's what that means. Gotcha.
[23:30]	* Ruth	learns a new word
[23:31]	<Ruth>	New employees are dressed like me, right?
[23:32]	<[No]Mercy>	"Indeed. Pretty much everybody except the boss."
[23:33]	* [huh]Erica	has taken to juggling shotglasses of burning alcohol.
[23:33]	<[No]Mercy>	"...And if the boss burns the place to the ground, just get a bucket."
[23:35]	* Ruth	nods, swings her kanabo across her back and stands behind the new employees.
[23:35]	* [No]Mercy	ducks again. She might get used to this.
[23:36]	<[Atai]Temperance>	hee hee~
[23:36]	<[Atai]Temperance>	hey, B.B.~
[23:37]	<[Atai]Temperance>	open your mouth and close your eyes~
[23:38]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	All right?
[23:39]	* [Pyg]Bianca	complies, shutting her eyes and opens her mouth a little.
[23:39]	* Ruth	gets directly behind Erica.
[23:39]	* [No]Mercy	quickly grabs a com
[23:39]	<Ruth>	Keep it up. If you drop one, I'll have to persuade you.
[23:39]	<[No]Mercy>	"He has started to giggle. Repeat, he has started to giggle."
[23:41]	<[huh]Erica>	Huh?
[23:42]	* Ruth	nods her head in Mercy's direction.
[23:43]	<Ruth>	She said to make sure you don't burn anything to the ground. Persuasively. If need be.
[23:44]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh, this? It'll be fine. I can count the number of places I've burned down doing this on one hand.
[23:44]	* [Atai]Temperance	plucks the pair of cherries from her glass, and snaps them apart, holding two separate cherries by their stems. She takes one, and places it on Bianca's lips.
[23:46]	* Ruth	shrugs.
[23:46]	<[huh]Erica>	Of course, I can also count the number of time I've done this on one hand.
[23:47]	* Ruth	doesn't get it. There's only five fingers on one hand, so it can't be too bad, right?
[23:47]	* [Atai]Temperance	several of the serving staff have paused to watch the show.
[23:47]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Mm?"
[23:47]	<[huh]Erica>	No, it's not too bad, don't worry about it.
[23:48]	* [Pyg]Bianca	keeps her eyes shut despite the burning curiosity to see what the boss is doing.
[23:48]	<Ruth>	So, uh.
[23:48]	* Ruth	attempts smalltalk
[23:48]	<[huh]Erica>	Yes?
[23:49]	<[Atai]Temperance>	eat~
[23:49]	<Ruth>	Who are you, anyway? I guess... we'll be working together?
[23:50]	* Ruth	checks Erica's dress. Yep, same one. Fuck, I'm still in this thing!
[23:50]	* Ruth	becomes self-conscious
[23:50]	<[huh]Erica>	I guess so. What's your name?
[23:50]	* [Pyg]Bianca	takes the little spherical object into her mouth, realizing it's a cherry, and eats it.
[23:50]	<Ruth>	Ruth.
[23:50]	<[huh]Erica>	Nice name. Mine's Erica.
[23:51]	* Ruth	prides up.
[23:52]	<Ruth>	Thanks. Here's to hoping I don't have to persuade you in the future.
[23:53]	* [Atai]Temperance	grins evilly, and places the other cherry in between her own lips, then leans over and kisses Bianca, before pulling away and leaving her that cherry, too.
[23:53]	<[huh]Erica>	Same here.
[23:54]	* [Atai]Temperance	giggles. Such fun~
[23:55]	* [Pyg]Bianca	takes the second cherry and eats it up too.
[23:56]	<Ruth>	You? Persuade me?
[23:56]	* [No]Mercy	takes out a megaphone
[23:56]	* Ruth	sizes up Erica, feeling her muscles.
[23:56]	<[No]Mercy>	"The establishment would like to remind all present that photography is strictly forbidden in these premises."
[23:57]	* [Atai]Temperance	pouts a little at the lack of Bianca's reaction to the kiss.
[23:57]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You're so cold, B.B.-- wait, what?
[23:58]	* [Atai]Temperance	looks back, a little alarmed.
[23:58]	* [Pyg]Bianca	still has her eyes closed.
[23:58]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"What?"
[23:58]	<Ruth>	Pfffft. A tender little thing like you ain't persuadin' no big gal like me.
[23:59]	<[huh]Erica>	Huh? Oh, no. I meant I was hoping you wouldn't have to persuade me, either.
[00:00]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You can open your eyes, now.
[00:01]	<Ruth>	Oh.
[00:01]	* [Atai]Temperance	turns back, and pouts a bit.
[00:01]	* Ruth	looks a little embarrassed.
[00:01]	<Ruth>	Well, uh, good then.
[00:01]	<[huh]Erica>	Yes, very good.
[00:02]	* [Pyg]Bianca	opens them and sees her master pouting.
[00:03]	* [Pyg]Bianca	resumes her buzzed swaying.
[00:03]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"What's the matter, chief?"
[00:04]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"This is a party, shouldn't you be more happy?"
[00:04]	* [huh]Erica	balances herself trying to catch all the glasses, but lets one fall.
[00:04]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh dear.
[00:05]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You're mean, B.B.~
[00:05]	<[Atai]Temperance>	Not even flinching or blushing when a cute girl kisses you?
[00:05]	* Ruth	catches it between two fingers.
[00:06]	<[Atai]Temperance>	This poor maiden's crazy heart is broken~
[00:06]	<[huh]Erica>	Oh?
[00:06]	* [Pyg]Bianca	tilts her head wondering what she means, then it hits her.
[00:06]	<[huh]Erica>	Nice catch. That one's yours, then.
[00:06]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"Oh, so that's what it waaaaas?"
[00:06]	* [Atai]Temperance	puts her hands over her heart, and swoons dramatically into Bianca's lap.
[00:07]	* [Pyg]Bianca	leans her body forward all the way but Temperance is much faster and catches her master as she falls into her lap.
[00:07]	* [Atai]Temperance	The serving staff gasp at the near miss, and then clap at the last-minute save. These new people are good.
[00:08]	* [Pyg]Bianca	lays a hand on the side of Temperance's head.
[00:08]	* [huh]Erica	takes a shot from the top of her stack.
[00:09]	* Ruth	appreciates the praise, but is more worried about snuffing out the flame. She claps it between two hands (holding the kanabo quite precariously) and sets it on the table.
[00:09]	* [No]Mercy	puts her coat back on, which she had taken off to beat the potential fire
[00:09]	* [Pyg]Bianca	's hand finds Temperance's ear and starts playing with it.
[00:09]	<[huh]Erica>	Ah, you're no fun.
[00:11]	* [Atai]Temperance	squirms playfully against Bianca's touch.
[00:15]	* [Pyg]Bianca	leans down and lightly bites on the lobe.
[00:15]	<[Atai]Temperance>	ooh~
[00:15]	* [Atai]Temperance	shivers.
[00:18]	* [Pyg]Bianca	starts nibbling it a bit, spurred by her master's vocalizing.
[00:19]	* [Atai]Temperance	's cheeks are flushed red from a bit more than just the alcohol.
[00:20]	<[Atai]Temperance>	mmm~!
[00:29]	* Ruth	sighs, and takes a seat next to Erica
[00:29]	<[huh]Erica>	Do you not drink?
[00:29]	<Ruth>	I try not to. I get angry when I drink.
[00:30]	<[huh]Erica>	I see.
[00:31]	<Ruth>	Yeah. But you can't drink the water, so...
[00:31]	* [Pyg]Bianca	pulls away from Temperance and leans back into her seat to let her breathe.
[00:37]	* Ruth	is bad at this "conversation" thing
[00:39]	* [Atai]Temperance	sighs happily, and pulls up close to Bianca.
[00:39]	* [huh]Erica	stares at Ruth.
[00:40]	* Ruth	becomes self-conscious again.
[00:40]	<Ruth>	What?
[00:41]	<[huh]Erica>	You're tall, ain'tcha?
[00:41]	<Ruth>	Uh... yeah, I guess. People tell me that, anyway.
[00:43]	<[huh]Erica>	What's it like to be tall?
[00:44]	<[Atai]Temperance>	You're the best, B.B.~
[00:44]	<Ruth>	I dunno. What's it like to be short?
[00:49]	<[Pyg]Bianca>	"I ammm?"
[00:52]	<[Atai]Temperance>	mm-hmm~
[00:55]	<[huh]Erica>	Hmm...
[00:55]	<[huh]Erica>	Normal, I guess.
[00:57]	<Ruth>	Does that make me not normal?
[00:58]	<[huh]Erica>	I don't think so.
[00:58]	* Ruth	frowns.
[00:58]	<Ruth>	I guess I'm just not tall enough.
[01:00]	<[huh]Erica>	Do you want to be abnormal?
[01:05]	<Ruth>	Hmm... not exactly.
[01:05]	<Ruth>	I guess... I guess I just want to be looked up to, ya know?
[01:06]	<[huh]Erica>	I'm already doing that.
[01:06]	* [huh]Erica	is looking up to keep eye contact.
[01:07]	* [Atai]Temperance	snatches another pair of canapes and downs them.
[01:07]	* [Pyg]Bianca	hums absentmindedly to herself.
[01:07]	<Ruth>	Oh. Well, I guess I am tall enough.
[01:07]	* Ruth	grins.
[01:08]	* [huh]Erica	smiles.
[01:17]	* Marysleep	freezes time