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Tom Bronson (Wildcat) ([personal profile] borntobewildcat) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2011-08-03 02:03 am

Bar Log ((OPEN))

WHO: Tom Bronson + OPEN
WHERE: the bar
WHEN: all week
WARNINGS: none
SUMMARY: Tom now owns the bar, and everyone gets their first drink free for the first week.
FORMAT: quick



[It was Tom's first couple weeks running the bar, and, surprisingly, it had gone pretty well so far. The transition itself was a bit of a challenge, but once he'd become accustomed to it, it really wasn't so bad at all. In fact, he found himself even enjoying the work, even if it meant extra hours for the time being, since the promotion and port-outs lately meant that they were running a bit understaffed.

That wasn't why he was pulling other duties besides just managing the place, though. Working behind the bard was one of the best jobs he had, and he really enjoyed it. He got to talk to people at the bar (and occasionally have a drink or two himself). It was the social aspect that he liked, which was why, to maybe draw in a few new regular customers, he was offering free drinks for the week.]
ridethetiger: (34)

[personal profile] ridethetiger 2011-08-07 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, someone has to cook breakfast. I can live with that.
wind_dancer: (Julian!Chatting)

[personal profile] wind_dancer 2011-08-07 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
I've been looking for a job [she says cheerfully] I'd like to be able to afford somewhere a little nicer than the MAC
hellionated: (facesad)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-07 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
You want to move out? [Let's just...pretend like that doesn't bother him.] I, uh, didn't know. Where do you wanna work?
wind_dancer: (the look/bored)

[personal profile] wind_dancer 2011-08-07 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Well, [she says casually leaning forward a little] there are some good two bedroom apartments around....
hellionated: (facehappy)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-07 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[…probably.]

Yeah, we’ve gotta stop all these alcoholic meetings. How you been?
wind_dancer: (shorthair!Determined)

[personal profile] wind_dancer 2011-08-07 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[that makes her smile] X-man works fine for me.

I'm a former one.
hellionated: (facesad)

One day Julian will hug her and she'll just like it. One day.

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-07 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Julian watches her quietly and shifts a bit closer.]

You wouldn't? I thought...you might like to be able to see her again.

[It makes him think, though. If Brian showed up here, how would he react?

...Actually, he'd probably just never want to leave.]
girlverine: (Bad dreams.)

....Maybe.

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I would.

[There is no hesitation there, though afterward her frown gets a little worse.]

But I am not the person she wanted me to be.
girlverine: (Oh get on with it.)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laura gave him a slightly annoyed 'this is obvious' look.]

I have enhanced senses. You are anxious.
hellionated: (lauraarm)

She will X( It's my mission in life

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-07 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot of things Julian could say to that. Even more that he wants to say, so he needs to swallow it a little. But he touches Laura's shoulder.]

You think she wouldn't want to see you here, teaching kids self defence and kicking drug dealers to the curb? There's nothing there for her not to like, Laura.
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[personal profile] ridethetiger 2011-08-07 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
No... I'm Ggio.

[This girl was so weird! and using words he doesn't understand.]
girlverine: (Frustrated.)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
She gave me back my life and I spent two years as a prostitute and a year killing for X-force.
girlverine: (Knows you're there.)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laura frowns at that, faintly, and then shrugs.]

I am Laura.
wind_dancer: (hi)

[personal profile] wind_dancer 2011-08-07 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you want to come dancing? I've found a dance hall to go to one night?
girlverine: (A Moment of Peace)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Laura seemed to think about it for a moment or two.]

If you wish.
wind_dancer: (Default)

[personal profile] wind_dancer 2011-08-07 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Great! It will be fun
girlverine: (Little Girl Lost)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-07 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]

I have not been dancing before.
hellionated: (laurafacetoface)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-08 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Julian just...gazes at her, for a minute. Because that can't be right. Not the part about killing, that doesn't faze him yet. It will, because it's recent and he hadn't known about it, but Laura had killed in her past and he knew about that.

The prostitute part, he hadn't known. It makes him angry, sad, worried, and...yeah, angry, all at once.

There's just so much that she's been through. It had seemed like too much already, before he knew about that. And now it's just...

Christ, how is it that one person could've been hurt so much, and no one stopped it happening? He moves, putting his arm around her and hugging her gently but briefly, because he doesn't really know if she'd want that but he can't not do it.

He's never met anyone who needs to be taken care of more than Laura. And equally, he's never met anyone who's so much against being taken care of at all.]


I'm sorry. [This is whispered while he's hugging her, just before he draws back. And he only draws back to where he was before, keeping a hand on her shoulder.] I didn't know.

God, Laura. I'd really like to punch the face of everyone who ever hurt you. I know that doesn't help, but it's true.

Look, your mom...she'd hate that stuff, of course she would, she'd want to make it better for you. But you've done a lot of good. Here and at home. She'd be proud of that.
hellionated: (facesmilebad)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-08 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Julian is kind of surprised to be included in that category of people Tom likes, but it's a feeling that's starting to be mutual. God, if this continues he might start thinking his preconceptions of people aren't always right. That'd be a turn up for the books.]

That's good. Seems like a good place. [With a grin] And I'm not just saying that cause you're cool about not carding me. You're gonna be busy as hell, working here and the Dojo.
hellionated: (facesmirk)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-08 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[That...actually takes him by surprise. He tries to be casual.]

Yeah, I guess there are. It's New York, might uh...get a better place if you were sharing.
girlverine: (Prepared to go.)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-08 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Laura was silent for a while as he spoke, though she didn't resist the sudden hug, shifting up a bit straighter when he did so. She generally had no idea how to react to these sorts of situations. Part of her realized springing the awkward part of her past on Julian was probably kind of awful like this, but it wasn't a secret...she just didn't spread it around all the time.]

[Eventually she shrugged and took a moment to take a sip of her soda.]


Maybe. But maybe not. You did not know my mother, Julian.

I don't think I want to know which.
hellionated: (facestare)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-08 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know her. I'm still saying fact. You have done a lot of good.

[He watches her, not sure what to say. His instincts keep being wrong, and it's hard to know what the right way to respond is. He realises that he's never thought about that with anyone else. Either because he hasn't needed to, or because he hasn't wanted to. For whatever reason, Laura's the only one he really thinks this through with. And he still gets it wrong. He frowns, eyes dropping to his drink.]

Laura, you could've stopped them doing that...from using you like that. Why didn't you?
girlverine: (Bad dreams.)

[personal profile] girlverine 2011-08-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Laura's gaze shifted away and she slumped slightly on her stool, studying a random spot on the bar. She had no idea what to say. Back then...she tried not to think about it, frankly. She'd been...empty. She had come to the city, she didn't even know why, and it had taken her and left her empty and used her all the same.]

...I don't know.
hellionated: (facelookdown)

[personal profile] hellionated 2011-08-08 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He looks at her again, a breath leaving him. He runs a hand through his hair and looks at her, shoulders dropping.]

They never had the right, Laura. I'd go crazy on anyone I saw trying that with you.

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