Jun. 24th, 2017

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[ The camera flickers to life showing off the inside of the Speakeasy. It's mostly quiet at the moment, a few people drinking their sorrows away in silence, hiding away from their ghosts. The video swivels to show off eight unique paintings spaced equally apart, one of each god, lining the back wall. They're all painted with black ink, names scribbled above their heads, and on each forehead is a bright red X, or, in Love's case, right in the middle of their pink fluffy self.

And then she turns the video to herself. Her dark roots are more visible and her pallor is off but she appears pleased with herself. There's a smudge of black paint on her cheek. ]


Anyone up for a game of darts? [ She says it with mock cheer, a spit in the face or whatever god is trying to force her to feel what they want. Her expression sours for a single moment, words turning icy. ] And to the asshole who thinks it's cool to play with our loved ones: fuck you. May you lose someone you care for and never, ever be able to bring them back.

[ Her eyes begin to sting as she punctuates that last sentence, nose turning a few shades pink, and she quickly swallows it back, bringing a drink up to her mouth with her other hand. It'll be over soon but for now, it's pain. It's pain for the people she loves here and she won't be quiet about it. She lets her voice soften as she continues, though her scowl remains. ] It's open to all, obviously, and I'll make certain to do upkeep on them so you never have to miss their stupid, smug ass faces. Though, someone should sew up a curtain large enough to cover that wall when no one's playing; no one wants to see them all the time.

[ Don't you love how she doesn't ask? In any case, she ends the feed at that moment. If anyone wants her, she's available at the bar for action threads, tossing makeshift darts at Sorrow's face. ]
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[Sssssomeone is leaning a bit too close into the video feed that's just flicked on!

It's not Zoe. It's a man, though the resemblance is more than null, at least - scruffy, same huge, sunken blue eyes, wide over the kid-on-Christmas-morning smile ticking up ever more on his face as he holds the phone up 'n away a little bit, turns it horizontally, vertically, horizontally with two hands...

He snickers to himself, licking the inside of his cheek and bringing the phone down to a reasonable-ish position.

A high-pitched stage whisper.]


Hey!

[He gives the camera a poke and tap. Volume up a couple notches with a singsong and a side-to-side wave:]

Are we live?!

Damn it, Lucas, gimme that back...

Hee hee -- ! [Quick look over to Zoe offscreen!] Will when I'm done borrowin' it, just gimme a minute or two!

[There's Zoe's... side, as she comes up behind him, reaches in and over to catch 'im by surprise and yank it out of his hand, but...]

Mmmmwoop!

[There he goes, and there the video feed goes. It ain't aimed anymore; it'll be everywhere, up, down, waved.]

No, ya don't!

[And Zoe blows out a sigh and raggedly, wearily calls:] Daddy?!

Mama! Mama, look look look look! I can hold shit now, ha ha -- !

Zoe? Lucas, what's going on --

[Sharp:] He got my phone.

Ahhh, dear... [Binding exasperation.] -- Honey, would you please give your sister some rest now...?!

That's enough.

[And wope.

With the clamp of a hand around a wrist, the video feed fixes stable again. Aimed up at another fellow, a big guy in his fifties. He looks down at the phone. Swipes it up with his free hand, palm mostly-covering the camera, and passes it over to Zoe.

She mutters "thanks, Daddy", turns her back right on the scene of the two men startin' into an argument - "Don't you steal from your sister again." "She's gonna have to share for a while."]


That or I'm gonna have to nail this down...

[And with a lift, there Zoe herself is onscreen.

Looking like a woman who hasn't had anywhere near enough sleep for this.

She can't even fake a smile for the moment, or look into the camera; eyes are off to the side, listening to her parents and brother talk. About the revelation that kicked the little spat off, actually, trying to process the development.]


Sorry you all had to see that. [Tacking on an... obligatory explanatory note.] My... family, can be a handful.

[Not as bad as it could be. Alas.]

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