Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:01 amClaire takes a seat at the bar and orders a beer, tapping on the bar while she waits.
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Rose and Crown: First Pint
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:01 amRe: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:03 am"Now now... Good girls know to be patient," Victoria teased as she slid onto the bar stool next to Claire.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:11 amClaire froze a bit, feeling nice and awkward around Victoria as usual.
"Patient, my ass," Claire says, "I've been working all day and a cold beer sounds absolutely lovely."
"Patient, my ass," Claire says, "I've been working all day and a cold beer sounds absolutely lovely."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:13 am"And felt like drinking alone, apparently. Couldn't even be bothered to call me," Victoria fake-pouted, nodding to the bartender and telling him to get her her usual.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:15 am"You know I don't have a cell phone," Claire says, "They tend to get...melted."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:11 am"I could keep this up for a while, but honestly I don't feel the inclination," Victoria said with a smile. "So how've you been, darling?"
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:13 am"Oh, wonderful," Claire says, "Smothered in parental affections and paranoia. With the MRA getting passed, I had to spend days talking them into letting me leave."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:16 am"Mmm... This would be the place where I say 'I know what you mean,' but that would require me to know what you mean. I can't say 'smothered with affection and overprotectiveness' is on my list of experiences," Victoria said appologetically.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:18 am"Trust me, it's overrated," Claire says.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:21 am"So hugging you and sobbing and begging you not to go again is a one way ticket to getting retaliatory burns?" Victoria teased.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:38 am"Or at the very least a good smack," Claire says.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:43 am"Rewarding me doesn't get me to stop," Victoria joked, taking her beer from the bartender.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:44 am"You're incorrigible," Claire says, sipping her beer.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:48 am"See, it's a good thing I know better, because that almost sounded like a complaint," Victoria mused. Her smirk faded a bit into a more genuine smile. "I'm glad you're back."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:54 amClaire sighs, smiling a bit, "I'm glad to see you too."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:50 pmVictoria smiled. "But I knew how irritated you'd be at the thought of me sulking about how I had no more friends, so I was sure you'd be back," she teased.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:54 pm"Oh, please," Claire says, "You'll sulk plenty even with me here."
"You're such a drama queen."
"You're such a drama queen."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:55 pm"Drama empress. The drama comes, and I subdue it and subjugate it and make it my bitch."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:58 pm"Leave it to you to dominate even abstract concepts," Claire teases.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:03 pm"I'm a kind and benevolent mistress," Victoria said with a smirk.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:08 pm"As long as you're lying, why not throw 'fair' in there as well," Claire says, smirking back.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:10 pm"Mmm, again with the comments that almost sound like a complaint," Victoria smirked.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:24 pm"Me? Complain? Never," Claire says.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:54 pm"Exactly. You know better," Victoria said with a smirk.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:02 pmClaire smiles, about to say something when she stops and goes back to sipping her beer.
"So, what have you been up to?"
"So, what have you been up to?"
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:49 pmShe sighed. "Honestly I haven't been as productive as I'd like. I finally took enough time away from this place to realize just how strange it feels. I mean, magically. Makes it hard to sleep."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:40 pm"Something weird going on?" Claire asks, making a 'sparkly' hand gesture.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:47 pm"I don't think so. Nothing that wasn't already going on at least. I'm just noticing now is all."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:50 pmClaire nods, "Well, if you need anything let me know."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:17 pm"Oh, just you being back is a start," Victoria said with a little smile, taking a long pull from her beer.
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:28 pm"Glad to help," Claire says, smiling at Victoria and giving her a long look.
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:44 pm"You always help," Victoria said with a soft smile, looking thoughtfully ahead before catching herself, glancing over at Claire, and smiling, somewhat glad she couldn't blush.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:48 pmClaire is just silent, enjoying the moment.
"...So, aside from hanging out in bars, what are you doing tonight?"
"...So, aside from hanging out in bars, what are you doing tonight?"
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:04 am"Well, I didn't have anything planned, but I heard this rumor that my friend was back, so I was hoping that maybe that might change some time here."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:09 am"Then I guess I get you all to myself," Claire says with a grin, "Lucky me."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:16 amVictoria glanced over at Claire with a coy smile. "Oh? Not feeling like sharing me with anyone?" she teased.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:07 pm"I'm the jealous type," Claire says.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:08 pm"You make possessiveness cute, you know that?" Victoria teased.
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:29 pmClaire blushes, "I'm not possessive. I'm just not used to casual...friendships."
Re: Rose and Crown: First Pint
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:35 pmVictoria grinned, then reached over and gave Claire's hand an affectionate squeeze while the bartender wasn't around. "If that's how you want to put it, yes."