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| >The bar took up the back half of the whole interior with a lilim sitting on a stool idly messing with his arm's internals when he should have been tending the bar itself. A few scattered tables made it look more full than it was, given that there hadn't been anyone all night. Fox sighed and stared at the door, hoping either a drunk looking for a place to sleep or a client for him to walk in.
| > A man enters the bar, stumbling at every steps he make. He seems to have come from a drink himself, as nothing in him spells he is sober.
"Bartender, another one!"
> When his voice wasn't heard, he amazingly finds a place to sit without vomiting his gut out.
"I said another!"
| >a girl with black and white hair walks in
>she is...oh dear...she seems to be wearing one of those ahegao hoodies with matching skirt and garterbelt thigh highs
>following close after is a boy with blue hair wearing a blue jacket and a interesting headset
>and a guitar strappied on his back
>they take their seats at the counter
| >>572846
>Fox springs up and slams the panel on his arm shut. He wasn't expecting such a loud person nor such a drunk one.
"Yes sir! I'm very sorry!"
>Fox quickly gets him a sugar rush and places it in front of the guest. He looks nervous.
"Here you are! Since you didn't um... give me an actual order."
| >>572848
>Fox notices the girl first and immediately begins to blush before forcing it down and turning from her. He faces the guy she came in with and somehow feels more at ease. They look like a good pair, and familiar somehow.
"Iirashai! Can I get you two umm.. something to drink or like... something??"
| >>572850
"Great, back to the kitchen you go, Martha."
> He drank the Sugar Rush... right after it misses his mouth several times. He does seem to like the drink though.
| >A man walks in, fully armed and armored, rifle slinged and pistol holstered. You can't really see his face because he is wearing both a balaclava and a combat helmet. His armored chest rig has a half-torn patch with "NDSec" written on it
| >>572855
>Fox notices the mercenary-looking guy, feeling some dread with someone so heavily armed. He moves from the two anime looking people to this new guy to hopefully stop something before it even starts. If it would ever start at all.
"Umm.. ano... Sir? Please make sure you don't uh, fire those guns in here. I can't afford to repair anything yet. Can I get you something to drink?"
> His voice seems shaky, but definitely trying to seem confident.
| >>572856
>The man just go sits at the stool in silence, but unload the magazine from his rifle, then unload the chamber round in his rifle, the brass hit the ground
| >>572852
>perhaps you know them as the aspiring idol gemini
>and the totally not but Probably is hot professor cassius
"Hallo( ・⩌ ・)ﾉ"
>the girl greets with a sugary smile
"Sometimes sweet please!"
"Anything with a hit of class for me monsieur"
>damn...that voice of his is like chocolate
>>572855
"Pulse you really need to stop coming to places with your armor on man"
>he sighs
| >>572857
> Fox silently takes a step back and slowly inches his way back to the others at the bar, hoping that they would be less intimidating. The girl's hoodie did make Fox uncomfortable, but that was just him being that inexperienced still anyway. He had to learn to get over it.
| >>572860
> Fox flashes them a big smile and gets to work. He sets on making a Moonblast and a Brandtini. It's a good thing that most bartending is simple, otherwise Fox might have a hard time at it. The girl, she definitely was Gemini right? She seemed like it. Fox quickly finishes the drinks and without thinking asks her who she is while giving them their drinks.
"You look familiar ma'am. You're not Gemini right?"
| >>572864
"Eeeeeee☆☆☆☆!"
>the girls eyes light up so much they could be stars
"Cassius he recognizes me!!!"
>she says all giddy
"I would be happy as well..but it seems that its becoming fairly common."
>the boy chuckles
"Yes sir before you is indeed gemini"
>the boy answers for her as the girl is star struck
| >>572868
> Fox's eyes light up and his face almost drops in shock. Maybe some steam is even venting from the port in his head? It's hard to tell with the low lighting, but it definitely seems like it.
"NO WAY. I shouldn't be getting star struck while covering for my friend but WOW. I never thought I'd meet a real idol in person!"
>Fox seems to just barely keeping it together, for professionalism sake
| >>572871
"people see me as an idol!?!?
Kyaaaahhhh☆♡☆♡☆!!"
>she hops with joy
>dammit why she so cute!
"Awwaaa wait!
Do you want to hear me sing mister?!"
>the boy just laughs and readies his guitar
| >>572874
> Fox's star-struck eyes switched over to wide eyed wonder. He could even feel his cheeks flush dark grey. He scanned the bar and, given the others, sighed.
" I would love that so much but I think the crowd here might not want to hear that tonight sadly. That dude with the guns scares me and I really don't want to make him mad."
>He switches his eyes over to the man that Gem was with.
"Do you write all the music and stuff?"
| >>572889
"Whu him?
Oh thats just mister red.
Hes nice. Just kinda cautious i guess."
>she says about the man with the gun
"And Cassius is my roommate!"
>she giggles
"I do have some songs i made myself!
But i also sing some songs others made for fun!"
"She streams sometimes"
>the boy sips his drink the begins tuning the guitar
| >>572892
"Red.... got it."
> Fox turns around and makes a quick note of him in a ledger under his counter.
"Music. Sugoi nee. I bet you guys are all over the internet and stuff. Popular people and all! Maybe I'll be able to catch you stream or even deliver stuff for y'all if you need merch sent around the city"
| >>572897
"OooOOOoo.
Ohh but i wanna sing now...
How about a song?
I couldn't finish it yesterday"
"Cepheid goddess?"
"Yep lets do it!
Uhhh...can we sing mister bartender?"
>she does the puppy dog eyes
>ughhhh
>its nosebleed inducing
| >>572900
> Fox's eyes light up like stars and if he were capable of getting nosebleeds, he would definitely be sporting one.
"Okay yes please make music. It would make the night so great. It would be nice to have music around again in this old bar."
| >>572909
"Yeeeeeyyyy!"
>she inhales
>then a set of silver and ebony angel wings arise from her back
>specifically the ebony in the white side of her hair and silver for black
>her clothes transform into a black and white angels go
>the boy begins playing
"Welcome us with your light~
Grace the morning sky~
Comfort luna~
As she wanes from terra's might~"
( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TJrkufAAi5c )
| >her voice is soft and calming, yet no less energetic
>and the way she sings is rather serene
| >>572919
> Fox stays completely entranced, making careful note of their playing and recording it in his personal storage banks. It wasn't every day that the harshness of Glitch City can be made softer through good people.
| >>572923
"Veiled in amber haze~
Fueled by violent rage~
Dancing~
Discordant~
Spinning in retrograde~"
>the boy tosses some interesting white orbs around
>then you blink
>and all of a sudden you find yourself here
( https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/566319784153841665/591675261846814740/My-current-wallpaper.jpg )
>virtual reality needless to say
>but still
>damn
>and gem is flying all the while singing the beautiful song
| >>572931
> Fox feels his systems get all weird. His body definitely was still around and connected to the rest of him, but the experience of being in VR just felt strange. Too strange in fact. His face must have looked like the one on gem's hoodie.
"Ahhhhh... I ahhh... Cant feel my own body. I need out"
| >>572939
>then, the fact that i rolled a 6 kicks in
>and with a large thud the simulation abruptly ends
>and gem is there face first on the floor
"Owww..."
>cass is also on the floor
>also face planted
| >>572943
> Fox's eyes look like static. His system runs its own internal diagnostics to make sure he's not compromised. The feeling was strange, and his system came back online quick, making the light in his eyes come back.
"Whoa. That was really something strange. Hey, what was that? I don't think my body liked it very much"
> He then notices both of them on the floor, and switches back into service mode
"Oh! Daijoubu? Are you okay?"
| >>572947
>they pick themselves up
"Uwaahhh!sorry!i couldn't finish the performance!"
>gem has that uwaaa face
"Haha! That was fun though gem"
>the boy dusts himself off
"But i couldn't finish it..."
>her clothes turn back to normal
| >>572954
"I thought it was a great performance! Definitely something tat I'd like to see again, except maybe with my body somewhere static."
> Fox slides open the ports on his face to vent out from heat, making him look a little more uncanny than a typical lilim would. Thankfully, this doesn't last long and he soon closes up again.
"Anyway, did you want another drink you two?"
| >>572961
>Fox laughs nervously and blushes some more
"You're welcome! I can't wait to here more soon enough!"
| >>572978
"If you guys need anything else, let me know! The name is Fox."
>Fox smiles and lets the two go back to their drinks, now shifting his focus on to the other people at the bar. So far the night has been going so much better than he'd ever expected. The pair of Gemini and her friend definitely brought his spirits back up. Maybe being out in the public was going to be good
| >>572860
>The man let out and annoyed sigh
"If someone mistake me for Impulse one more time, there's going to be blood"
>>572892
"Atleast Gemini remembers, how come an idol has better memory than a UN captain"
>The man said, mockingly
>>572861
>The man turns to the scared Fox
"Oh, sorry, did I intimidated you? My apologies, I was lost in thoughts for a little. I will have a Ragnarok, thank you"
| >>573023
> The soldier's voice spooked Fox, who'd almost forgotten he was even there. He turns to face him and gives a courteous bow.
"Hello yes! It's quite all right! I will do my best sir!"
> Fox quickly scans the internet in attempts to figure out what a Ragnarok might be and how to make it. His wireless transponder was being spotty however, so he just made a piledriver instead.
"Anooo..... sumimasen desushita. I'm not quite sure what a ragnarok is. Would a Piledriver be okay?"
| >A... person enters the bar, its head covered by a mask with some sort of inverted triangle drawn on it
>They're wearing a simple white shirt along with slacks, their skin is so white it seems to refract light
"Bartender"
>They say in a smooth, deep voice as they sit down, oddly enough they don't seem to be making much noise as they move
| >>573023
"Calm down red it was a joke."
>cassie laughs
"Hiii mister red!( ・⩌ ・)ﾉ"
>gems and gemmy as ever
| >>573044
> Fox looks at the drink in his hand and just sets it down in from of Red. He flashes the sort of nervous smile that says "this is on the house if you don't like it." and goes to help out the new patron.
"Hi there! Oh wow, I like your finish? It looks like it could be anti-radiation? Um... oh right.. sorry. What can I get you?"
| >>573157
"I'll have a glass of anything that contains brandy"
>The figure places a credstick on the table
| >>573175
> Fox nods and taps his head, thinking about what could have brandy in it. He shrugs and dips under the counter before coming back up with a fancy looking glass and fairly clean looking bottle.
“My old guardian used to drink brandy whenever he was focused on his studies. I’m not a good bartender yet so the most I can make with brandy would be it, neat.”
> he pours out a good amount in the glass and slides it over, charging the credstick accordingly
| >>573238
"Your guardian had good tastes"
>The person takes the glass and brings it to his mask, smelling it
"What do you, yourself, know about Brandy Sir Tender"
>He asks simply, still holding the glass
| >>573243
“Hmm... I wasn’t allowed to drink it before I gained self-awareness, i think it’s European and smelling it is important before drinking. That’s all I really know off the top of my head.”
> Fox gives a sheepish smile
“I’m not much of a bartender; I’m still learning the basics since there’s no way to just download it all directly”
| >>573252
"Is that so?"
>He brings the glass up to the mask where you'd think his mouth should be and takes a sip, almost as if through the mask itself
"You see, many people think Brandy a spirit that is too strong and not refined enough, a poor man's Cognac and that is all. But I see things in another light, it is because of how simple it is, how rough it is that so many enjoy it to this day, and no amount of softness and price tags can change what people love."
| >>573263
> Fox listens intently, burning the words into his memory banks for a later time. Good words to use, he thought.
"Wow, that was very well spoken! Are you a musician too or a writer or something? I'm definitely going to have to brush up on history of the stuff here now thanks to you"
| >>573280
"Well, you may call me an author, although it's not exactly right it isn't exactly wrong either"
>He says softly as he places the glass down again
"But I am glad if my words inspired you, often times people do not lend an ear to my ravings, not that I blame them for it"
| >>573288
"You're very welcome! Although I was deployed five years ago, I still haven't had near enough proper experience in social settings. Crazy to think right? That A DFC-072 can't get to fulfill their purpose?"
> Fox gives an odd shrug, as if to drive his point home. It looks like something an American would do.
| >>573290
"What is to say that was your purpose then"
>The man with the mask chuckles
"None of us were born to fill a role, we find our place in the world whether we like it or not, some follow the footsteps of others, but there is no one who is born without potential for greater things, that includes lilims as well. I myself was born to fill the shoes of my long gone father according to many a family member, yet I have never went on to do such a thing."
| >>573291
"All I know is that the rest of my line and I were designed to be used in social interactions. All of us do go about it differently though, so there's that. I like being a courier so that's more than enough for me. I have other friends who also are the same model as me and they go about things differently."
> Fox gives a big smile, as if to show that he really is happy, or the lilim equivalent of it.
| >>573292
"Indeed, Everyone sees things in a different light in life. I will have something else for now; Can you serve me a drink made in honor of an old friend, if you cannot think of one, a simple Godfather should be fine as well"
>The man makes his next order in a somewhat cryptic way
| >>573293
“Hmmm an old friend at a bar...”
> Fox begins to hum the song Piano Man while fixing up the same drink. Given that BTC is easy with drinks, it doesn’t take him long. He is still humming as he hands of the drink.
“I know there was an old song a pianist in New Philly I delivered to always played about friends in a bar. It can’t be a coincidence they share the same name right? Playing a song for a Piano Man?”
| >>573294
"I'd say you know the trade well then, and your classics as well"
>The man chuckles again, softly
"Yes, this is what I was asking for"
| >>573295
> Fox perks up upon the compliment and gives a peace sign
“Nee arigato! I’m glad my RAM is random enough to make sure i get something right enough of the time.”
> Fox takes the previous glass and slides it into a dishwasher underneath the bar. Knowing he was doing well eases up him enough to noticeably become looser
| >>573296
"You said you were still new to the trade didn't you? what brought about your entrance in this field? I myself have lately been out of my element"
>He asks with a small sip of the piano man and a nod
| >>573297
“Oh, I have my own business run in this same building. The owner is the usual bartender, but he’s out of town for a while so I get to tend his bar while he’s away. This means I don’t get to run around the city but that’s okay. A lot of this is intuitive, even if I can’t plug a chip into myself to be better at this.”
| >>573298
"To help other people then? A fine purpose if any"
>He lifts his glass a little and takes another sip
"I am sure many would of simply turned down the offer to help or do it half-heartedly, I am glad you take things seriously sir tender, in for a penny in for a pound they used to say in Britain"
| >>573300
"I mean, it's simply a part of what I guess could be considered my source code, but I'm glad that you do enjoy it!"
> Fox gives a bow, in line with his Japanese upbringing. He holds it for some time, showing his appreciation in the way that he knows best how.
"Please, call me Fox if you must. I'll be happy to help you with anything else that you might need."
> He gives a shy smile, but one that shows that he's ready to give a hand in anyway that he can.
| >>573350
"No need for appreciation Fox, I was simply stating an obvious thing, take pride in what you do, humility will only carry you so far if you apply it too much"
>He takes another sip
| (RIP Red is forgotten)
| >>573518
"Umm... okay! Thanks for the tip sir."
> Fox had major difficulty telling if the man was being serious or sarcastic. The mask definitely didn't help him figure out either. He bows slightly and moves off to other people in the bar
>>573524
> He moves over to Red and gets ready to make another drink preemptively.
"Another drink, Mister Red??"
| >>573864
"That would be great, thank you mister..., What's your name again?"
>Red finishes up his current drink and wait for another one
| >>573869
> Fox makes another Piledriver and hands it off in no time at all.
" Ayanami Fox desu. Or just Fox works too. I run the Wicked 77 Courier Service. And help out here as an agreement for using a space with limited rent. You're Red right? That's what Gemini said."
| >>573996
"I'm Redford Bell, but calling me Red or Red-9 is fine too. I'm an ex-PMC, but I left them and now I just go around finding work that need gunners"
>Red reply, already taking a sip from the Piledriver
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| > An unassuming bar sitting in the Motor District, set up as a place where biker groups used to go to communicate on neutral ground. Now, it's just a place where a courier runs his business and booze is cheap. The Corner part hardly counted, given it was only corner to an alleyway, but the name was catchy enough. The inside was bathed in soothing neon and old bike racing memorabilia.