[OPEN] it’s brash, just don’t go

[fursuit]

WHO: Tezcatlipoca and YOU!!
WHAT: A night out at the city's worst bar—This is a mingle for everyone to join in on!
WHERE: 12 Steps Down
WHEN: Roughly a week after returning to the base
WARNINGS: Drinking, potentially heavy drinking, drinking-related rowdiness... etc

12 STEPS DOWN

" Nobody really makes a clear-minded decision to visit 12 Steps Down. Instead, the place is a siren that calls to people after three to seven drinks, promising delight and delivering destruction. After a certain point in the night, if you are within a mile’s radius of the bar, you are in the danger zone. "

Tucked into an alley of Tokyo is an unassuming, almost nondescript door, if not for the bright, neon sign above it. It’s more than twelve steps, but head down a narrow staircase and you’ll find a small, dimly lit bar. The décor is eclectic to the point that it feels like a hodge-podge of the failed bars that came before it that they didn’t bother to redecorate, the bathroom stalls have shower curtains instead of doors, and the drinks are some of the cheapest you’ll find in town. And for most, that’s the charm.

( slightly more information here )

REST (?) & RELAXATION (???)

After a particularly difficult and unusual kaiju battle, Tezcatlipoca has taken it upon himself to offer a chance for rest. The problem is, it’s his idea of it for this group, which means he thinks his fellow Outsiders need a chance to let loose. So, after talking to the owner of the bar he’s worked at since he arrived, he’s arranged for a night all for themselves. Outsiders only, and the bar is open.

A message is sent out on the network to that effect and includes the address, but this is also an opportunity to make new friends, since it is not a big bar. There’s scarcely a corner for even the wallflowers to fade into the background, so, hey. Might as well hang out at a high-top with your fellow Outsiders and commiserate on the events. Or maybe just take a night to truly not think about it at all.

Throughout the night, you might find some extra activities, in case they’re needed. With every drink you try, you’ll get handed a raffle ticket for crapple—that is, a “crap raffle”. Try your luck and see what you could win! Are you interested in battleshots? Grab a partner (or get forced into it by Tezcatlipoca), and try and sink their battleship. Or, later in the night if you’re especially brave, Tezcatlipoca will shoo everyone out of a corner to set up karaoke. The lyrics show up on your implant, so it’s extra convenient!

Relax if you want. Get rowdy if you want. What happens here stays here, at least in Tezcatlipoca’s opinion.

© tessisamess

Comments

[intertwinedfates]

Booo~

[He gives him a light shove, wobbling slightly.]

You better! Seeing you like this bums me out, man. [Ah-- His evil twin, that's right. His regret is understandable in that case.] ...but you didn't act like him, right? It's okay to have uncharitable thoughts now and then-- we all do. What matters is that we don't let that become our whole being, yeah?

[Because even as a god, sometimes he resents humans' cruelty towards one another.]

Don't think you need to do so on your own. We're here for ya.

[photosympathies]

( He tried to choke someone out. He kept throwing himself at people. He knows it was never Knives' level, that his brother would have killed anyone standing in his way, he knows that he pulled his punches. Still, he feels bad. )

I know. I'll make it up to people, I swear. And I'll get my arm fixed too.

( A hum, and then more upbeat. )

Another drink?

[intertwinedfates]

[It's not easy, trying to do what one considers 'right' in such situations. That Vash didn't go completely feral and try to seriously hurt people is proof enough that he's better than his brother. That he shouldn't worry too much about trying to protect Ereshkigal.]

You don't have to make it up to us, dummy. You did what you felt was right. That's okay.

[He slams a palm down on the counter, nodding enthusiastically.]

'nother round, hell yeah! I'm gonna get so shitfaced that I won't be able to see straight for a week!

[photosympathies]

I'd say I'd carry you back when you do, but I'm not sure I have the right balance for it now.

( His arm is heavy. Without it he's kind of wobbly. But he laughs anyway, weaving them both back through the crowd. )

I'll find something. A wheelbarrow?

[intertwinedfates]

You'll figure something out, I'm sure~

[He has faith in you, Vash! Nodding along, he can't help laughing at the thought of Vash one-armedly pushing a wheelbarrow through the bar.]

Just roll me under the counter or a table and I'll be fine. I'd say have Hiyori come get me, but... th' whole point of this is to give her a break.

[Instead, he's probably going to make her worry.....]

[photosympathies]

If it's between leaving you here or getting Hiyori to come, I think you should just let me take you home. I'm going to stick around for a while anyway, and even one armed I'm pretty strong, as long as you don't mind being carted home like a sack.

( Over his good shoulder and everything. )

[intertwinedfates]

Yeah, I think so, too. Jus' cuz you didn't spend weeks bein' stuck in a rift. She needs the rest... [Down the hatch goes the rest of his drink with a sigh and a laugh.] Nah~ I don't mind. I make for a pretty good godly sack of potatoes!

Just promise you won't drop me on my head or anything and we're good.

[photosympathies]

I won't drop you!

( Laughter, but he's sincere. )

We'll get you back safe. Don't you worry.

[intertwinedfates]

Hehe, I believe you.

[He knows that Vash would likely go down together to keep him from bonking his head or anything.]

Thanks, man. I appreciate that. Last thing I need is to get mugged or smacked by a vehicle on my way home.