[Day 205] It's the end of the world, get drunk

[bastionpc]

Who: Georges and anyone about
Open: Open
When: 205 sometime in the afternoon
Where: Around the Monument
What: The Cael way of celebrating everyone not dying involves booze, so drink up! (Fun fact: the Cael way of mourning may also involve booze.)
Format: Any
Warnings: Drunken shenanigans, likely. Also feel free to treat this like a mingle thread and not just talking to Georges! (Although he'll try to chat with everyone if he can)


So, just to double check: A cure has been found? Everyone's recovered? No one's dead? It's safe to leave the house now? Excellent.

With this fact well known, one can find Georges starting off his morning not hanging about the bar (as is his custom as the only bartender in the Bastion) but in fact setting up something in front of the Monument. Tables, chairs, some blankets to sit on when those inevitably run out... There's also something of a makeshift bar area, a variety of liquor in fascinating bottles set up along with some glasses.

Everything is all finished up around the afternoon, and Georges goes behind his little makeshift table-bar to cup his hands around his mouth so he can yell-

"DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!"

...What do you mean he technically never makes anyone pay for booze at the end of the world? Just come up and have a drink, Georges will be happy to recommend something. Or maybe bother someone else having a drink?

Comments

[daughterofursa]

[Well, to be fair, Zuko is comfortable eating some pretty strange things. Sea slugs anyone?

She takes the glass a little dubiously, but she does drink it. And quite promptly makes a face.]

This tastes terrible.

[bastionpc]

It's an acquired taste.

[Sure, let's call it that, Georges.]

And... an acquired aftertaste. That's really what tends to spoil it for firstimers. But once you get past that, it's a great drink!

...Want to try something different? You're not hurting for selection here! [And he gives his best winning smile.]

[daughterofursa]

You'd better at least have something to wash the taste out.

[She looks over the bottles again, this time with a frown, and then jabs a finger at the Hearty Punch.]

What about that one?

[If this tastes equally bad, she's leaving to drink lake water.]

[bastionpc]

I have a lot of things to wash the taste out.

[Some might just be even worse than the Cider. Either way, he gives a small chuckle as she points out the punch and starts to pour a glass.]

You really seem to have a newbie's sense of where to start out. Hearty Punch is another one that won't get you drunk quick, although some might say that's a downside. Can wake the dead, you know. Ever feel like you're on your last legs, and this is the stuff you'll want to gulp down.

[He hands it over, some bubbles popping on the surface of the red drink.]

You'll want it hot for the full effects.

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko sniffs it first this time as a precaution. It smells all right, so... she takes a sip.]

...this one isn't bad.

[She'll even take a second drink now that the Squirt Cider flavor is gone. There may not be as much as some of the other drinks, but she can still taste the alcohol, and she rubs lightly at her throat at the curious sensation.]

[bastionpc]

[SUCCESS. Georges seems to perk up.]

So you like it?

[daughterofursa]

Enough not to take my chances on the others.

...I guess I can try a full glass.

[bastionpc]

Ah well, maybe you'll feel up to it some other time!

[He'll take his victories where he can get them, so he'll happily set up a larger glass for her.]

[daughterofursa]

Maybe.

[Come on, Georges, this is her first drink. She accepts the larger glass, finally relaxing some as she takes another drink from it. She lets out a little breath, and... was that a spark escaping her mouth just now?]

[bastionpc]

[Hey, he knows! That's why he's not being pushy.]

[...He is being worried right now, 'tho.]

Ah, you... there was a sorta... something in your mouth, I think.

[daughterofursa]

What?

[Something in her mouth? She can't feel anything except the aftertaste of the punch, but she tries spitting a little anyway and--woah, yes, that is definitely a little flame. She shuts her mouth and then says very cautiously:]

I didn't mean to do that.

[bastionpc]

Ah. So that's something you can do then. [Just checking.] Are you a dragon?

[Hey, they already have one giant dragon, might as well ask if they have a human shaped one.]

[daughterofursa]

No, I'm not. [That comes out a little too emphatically, with more sparks. She's just definitely not a dragon, and the title isn't one she'd want to earn.]

I'm a firebender.

[bastionpc]

...You're, uh, still sparking.

[He figures he should point that out before anything else.]

[daughterofursa]

[She presses her hand to her mouth for a moment, looking embarrassed. She takes a few slow breaths through her nose until she feels confident of the heat of her breath.]

I- I should have better control than that.

Sorry.

[bastionpc]

Hey, don't worry about it! [Georges quickly gets himself to relax again, waving a hand about.] Just- take care, alright?

[daughterofursa]

Maybe I'll just keep my distance a while.

[Should she even finish her drink?]

[bastionpc]

[That is some good booze, Zuko, don't you waste that]

Mmmmaybe that's a good idea. Oh, or you could always drink by the lake! Waterside drinking really is pretty nice.

[daughterofursa]

I'm not going to set anything on fire.

[Probably. She has sort of burned things she didn't mean to even without alcohol involved. She will just take that glass and yes, she may in fact be headed in the direction of the lake.

This is the only time she's felt grateful her firebending only lasts about 15 minutes. She'll return the glass after.]