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[iaimtomisbehave]

Who: Mal and anyone
What: Mal needs a drink. Badly.
When: After the Gentlemen
Where: The Death Match

Mal flops onto the barstool and throws his hand up to get the bartender's attention. He's so sick of death and dying, feels almost like it follows him wherever he goes, even to crazy planets called Paradisa that he's never heard of. He takes a slow sip of his drink, letting the liquor slide down his throat. Can't a man just get some peace?

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[lara_the_explorer]

"Bloody hell, that sounds horrible" She's so tempted to have a drink right now herself. But thinking about Paradisa's shenanigans and drinking to just bury the pain it causes her would just turn her to an alcoholic.

"But you all killed them, right?"

[iaimtomisbehave]

"'Spose so. Least that's my sincere hope."

Mal tilts his chin toward the bartender.

"Buy you a drink?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"Sure" Lara shrugs. No rules say she can't drink on the job, there's ghosts to take care of everything after all. She's only doing this because she's bored.

[iaimtomisbehave]

Mal signals the bartender, then turns back to Lara.

"What's your pleasure?"

[lara_the_explorer]

Just a Cosmo would be good.

[Girly]

[iaimtomisbehave]

"The lady will have a Cosmo, whatever that is." After giving the direction to the bartender, Mal turns his attention back to Lara.

"What is a Cosmo, anyway? What's in it?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"It's vodka, triple-sec, with cranberry and lime juice" Lara thanked the ghost bartender for her drink.

"I never thought I'd see ghosts doing bartending. Whenever I hear stories about ghosts in pubs like this, it's about them breaking glasses"

[iaimtomisbehave]

"I must be gettin' too comfortable in this place, because I don't even really notice them anymore."

As long as they didn't pose a threat for Mal, he was fine letting them go about their business.

"They don't seem intent on hurtin' anyone, at least."

[lara_the_explorer]

"You and me both" Lara shrugged and starts drinking. "I even forget they're around most of the time"

[iaimtomisbehave]

"So do I, but I reckon we shouldn't. Who knows what would happen if they decide to turn on us." It wasn't a pleasant thought, but Mal wasn't really in the mood for uplifting conversation today.

[lara_the_explorer]

Luckily, Lara understands. Optimism has it's place, but you also have to expect the worst-case scenarios like that.