http://motherflocker.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] motherflocker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2011-12-12 07:57 pm

I'll just live on in the Dark

WHO: Anyone heading to the Iceberg Lounge
WHERE: At a damn fine building downtown
WHEN: 12/12; Night
WARNINGS: Will be edited if necessary.
SUMMARY: Opening night!
FORMAT: Whatever you want! Tag yo'selves in!



Walking into the bar is like walking into a wide open room, but the dimmed lights never seem to be bright enough to catch every detail in one swoop. To the far right wall is the bar, and a long bar it is, with bartenders lining it spaced by about five feet or so in between. Nobody actually sits at the bar, of course. The bartenders are there to make drinks for the servers. While both the bartenders and server girls wear tuxedos, the women's are made for the intent to actually catch the eye, of course. Fishnets replace slacks, dressshirts cut much lower than necessary, and tophats on each woman's head. They grin, and flirt, and make their way, but the moment a hand drifts too far, there's the legion of bouncers who line the walls, watching for any infraction. The Penguin is, after all a chauvenist, but he is no pig.

The middle of the wide area is devoted to tables, an endless sea of white clothed tables, each one a unique and different ice sculpture in the center. Each one unique, lit from beneath with a light that lets an almost wet light radiate from each table.

And of course to the left is the stage, performers that never cease to move, or sing, or whatever is up for the next part of the night. Breaks between each are sparse, quick, and the music never becomes too loud. And the stage, it is lined with penguins. A bit of irony, perhaps, but Penguin wouldn't begrudge his prior career as a gotham rogue. Perhaps he even reveled in the reminder. Out there for everyone to see.

Regardless, there would be no grand plots or schemes tonight. Just a party.
trollverine: (tea.)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-13 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
A little.

[He pauses, eyes flicking over Eddie's battle scars. They're nothing to him, but on Eddie, cerebral almost to a fault, they seem more significant.]

Bar fight?

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-15 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[A shrug, a wince. His physical pains exposed evidence he couldn't hide, evidence that a man as astute as Daken could easily decipher. Eddie, instead, washed his face with another, somewhat sheepish, smile.]

Not so much a bar, really. This place was a little loftier -- though I wouldn't so willingly make a repeat appearance. Interested in the clientele here? [He asked, quick to change the subject.]
Edited 2011-12-15 07:19 (UTC)
trollverine: (soon all the keywords will be rap lyrics)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-17 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I just came for the bands.

[If Eddie was going to be artlessly evasive, that was what he got. Daken pointed at him, suddenly.]

Rooftop fight. You weren't doing the superhero thing, I hope? You're not cut out for it, Eddie, no offense.

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-17 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not a superhero, no. [He drawls the words, pulling them from the corners of his own mouth. Casually, he glanced around the room.] But it was on a rooftop. Quite the view, really. You probably would have approved.

Care to take a deeper stab?
trollverine: (that one picture.)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-19 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I know. You went on a date with Norman.

[Just a pointless jab, or so he believed.]

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-19 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He was silent, for half a second. Long enough to surrender any chance of recovery.]

Yes. It was exactly that.
trollverine: (tea.)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-20 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Daken laughed.]

Oh, Eddie. So: what do you do to a man who's already done time?

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-23 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looked bitterly into his drink for a moment, nostrils flared. Before glancing up, lips quirked.]

You make him wish he had more time to do. But as fascinating as my hobbies are, I'm sure that isn't the only thing you wish to discuss?
trollverine: (I'll hide my terrible hair with this hat)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-26 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, on the contrary; perfecting retribution is a personal interest of mine. [A beat, and he shrugged.] But if you'd rather not talk about it.

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-26 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't dare that much. [He grumbled the words.] But how would would it be, of me, to dominate the direction so selfishly. I'm sure you've your own feuds.

Especially in he City.
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[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-27 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Just one, and I like yours better.

[identity profile] enigmaestro.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He leans closely, quickly. Intimate space.] Is that so? You'd want to savor some of the more lurid details, perhaps?

[There was an edge to Eddie's voice, something rare. Something suspiciously unhinged.]
trollverine: (soon all the keywords will be rap lyrics)

[personal profile] trollverine 2011-12-28 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Daken leaned in as well, unfazed.]

Ooh, I kind of like you angry.