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[wooliefrand]

WHO: wasted
WHERE: no longer in front of your salads
WHEN: day 15, later afternoon-ish probably

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[ after a sufficient degree of . . . chaos . . . the winged demon—much bigger now than before—giggles in satisfaction, the sound not unlike clinking glass. it flutters its wings and climbs into the sky in a swirl; the bars, ingredients, and tools all disappear, along with the medicine box.

where the demon once was is schnapps, who . . . well he doesn't look like he's having a bad time. with a drunken chortle, ]

wooooooooooooooooooooooow that was greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[ he rolls over . . . puts his face to the ground . . . picks himself up . . . starts toddling off . . . ]

noooooooow for the afterpartyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

. . . oh wait! right right right right winners. Right!!!!

[ turns right back around. takes out A PIECE OF PAPER!!!!!!!!!!! TO READ OFF OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

A-hem! Ahem ahem ahem!!! I'm announcing winners now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wrote it all down im so smart hawhawhaw

Rose and Clover BOTH made drinks for the most customerrrrs. that's so niiiiceee. but uhm which do i go with OH OH OH it says "go with Rose." Okay?? If ya say so!

Clover gets "best original drink"! 'cause like, the only thing better than one drink is eleven drinks!

[ hiccup ]

Oh and and and Thistle!!!! You also win 'cause uhhhhhhh [ (squints) ] 'cause the nice black-collared folks said so! Well there's no arguing that!

Next next next . . . the most RIDICULOUS order . . . mannnnnnnnnn, making drink orders puzzles!? er. was it math. I dunno. I'm drunk! Hawhaw.

That one goes to Lily!

And uhmmm uhmmmmmmmm LAST but not LEAST. This one. This one's my favorite one. MY drink. the MOST drink. it'S THE LILY KILLER wow such a cool name SO THAT GOES TO LILY!

. . .

Wait. Didn't I already just . . . wait . . . huh. . . huh?? HUH????

[ t. tilts his head. one way. then the other. hm ]

whadoidonow . . .

[ turns the paper over ]

Oh I wrote it down! I'm so smart. Hawhaw . . .

"note to self: if someone wins twice, choose the next winner as the team with the most difficult customers. . ."

That would beeeeeeeeee Lily, Clover, andddddddddddd . . . Bluebell!!!! Make sure to tip your tarbenders lots you guys!!!!!!

And next is . . . oh. Oh, I'm done. No more! Okayyyy. Then uhmmmmmmmm . . . Meeting adjourned! (?) I should go home. i think i left the faucet on.

[ and so, with that done, schnapps toddles away . . .

a-anyway.

The following flocks receive appropriately colored coins:

Rose—Most drinks made/Most customers serviced @ 37 (tied with Clover)
Clover—Best original drink w/ a whole menu
Bluebell—Most ridiculous orderdifficult customers (picked from how frequently a team came up in this section of turn-in)
Lily—Drink that is the Most. end of sentence (schnapps' favorite)
Thistle—✨ Weeds' Choice ✨ "because we say so."

In addition to coins, every winning flock receives a wishcoin to redeem a personal room upgrade. get you some furnishings! Fancier beds! (wait until ash is around for personal room upgrade deets okok)

Weeds additionally receive black coins, as well as a bottle full of whatever their most ridiculous order was. ]

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Comments

[endsjustified]

Come, then; you can start teaching me not to break my hands, and laugh when I inevitably make mistakes.

[ohlord]

Please hit a bag so hard it hits ya in the face.

[doubts it'll happen but the mental image is so funny]

[endsjustified]

I make no promises whatsoever.

[ohlord]

Damn.

[well, to the gym, then.]

[endsjustified]

[TO THE GYM! he was in here one time to look around and then never again since then. wack.]

[ohlord]

[he has never been and probably has never seen anything quite like it, so he lets out a whistle at the size of the court and such.]

[endsjustified]

Unfamiliar to you too, I see.

[ohlord]

Probably the more wealthy types had somethin' like it. I wouldn't know.

[gonna check out the weight room with the boxing ring tho]

[endsjustified]

[charon walks in this environment like a cat might walk in the dog adoption agency, calm but deeply intristically uncomfortable with the idea of a lot of physical exercise or hitting each other as recreation]

Hm.

[ohlord]

Ah. There's one.

[going over to a punching bag!]

Might as well work on yer punches while we're here.

[endsjustified]

I cannot believe we are doing this.

[despite the (mild, not really objecting in tone) complaint he does shift off his heavy outerwear and gloves to gamely figure this shit out under guidance]

[ohlord]

You'll thank me later when ya don't break a hand.

[punching the bag himself, making it swing a pretty good ways before catching it to hold it for Charon while going over instructions.]

[endsjustified]

[OKAY. well. the player has never boxed so is going to indulge in a little bit of handwaving here, but:

Charon is a little weird to work with, because he's not a straight civilian. there are places where he knows how to move like he knows what he's doing, he's had some kind of training at least in staying fit and being able to get out of the way of threats. he lives on the field for long periods of time at this point in his life, even if he's on the back line. for a noncombatant he is relatively strong and has some muscle on him (if less upper body strength than lower), and some endurance. he's not working from nothing.

however he definitely is relying on Styx, fully, to show him what to do with that. they have already established has no technique, and he is laughably much, much worse at picking it up with any speed or precision, no matter how he concentrates on it. he's very good at not complaining or letting it stop him, though, even when he ends up looking undignified or knocked on his ass outright. he asked Styx for this and he's willing to commit.

he also knows something of this training ought to go even without having gone through the specifics of it before, so he also asks for like, ways and durations to drill technique. he doesn't intend to wreck himself but he still doesn't sleep the majority of nights, so being able to turn some of that to exercise is genuinely useful.]

[ohlord]

[yeah, the hell is knowing anything about actual training for this? (this player only knows some things because sometimes you have a military dad who teaches you how to grapple enough to get out of a bad sitch, but y'know).

for Styx's part, he can be a pretty demanding task master and very particular about specifics and importance in the routine when learning... but he also emphasizes again and again that the point isn't always precision and isn't always looking good or being honorable. it's about survival and survival is messy and dirty and underhanded. so it does branch a little out from just punching. how to throw a punch, how to take a punch--those are the absolute basics. and he goes into a bit of holds and grapples and even making sure Charon knows how to take falls without jarring himself too much.

basically, while Styx has a kind of organized approach to the whole thing, he can and will throw in new elements to make the point of just how dirty a 1v1 can get.]

[endsjustified]

[YOU KNOW WHAT, that's fine. they can vibe on that. Charon does not give a shit about honour or fighting clean, and every shit about survival in a melee situation, and actually is genuinely, honestly amused if Styx brings honour up in so many words.

that does not make him less liable to get hit or fall for quite a lot of the surprises even if he can see them coming, though. he does get knocked over...a lot in this session. so much. Styx has to pull punches a lot with him too to not totally fuck him right up, which is probably good training for Styx to have on the reg. at least Lily's relatively portable healing means any particularly nasty accidents can be healed up as they occur, or once they're done for the day.

he is improving by the end! but also exhausted by the end, probably.]

[ohlord]

[trufax: learning to pull his punches is definitely becoming part of it. probably especially after the first few were definitely harder than Charon can properly take even if he does put up a good defense.

it's a workout in a different way, and once they decide to call it, Styx is claiming a spot against the boxing ring to lean against and sit. thoroughly wiped out from the lack of sleep more than any strain of the activity. the latter just helps with getting out all the energy keeping him running.]

[endsjustified]

[yeah Styx cracked or tore something at least once in there too badly for Charon to keep properly going and they were both, like, heck, and had to dig the tears out for that one. at least blunt injury is likelier to stay within the threshold of clean healing they have easy access to.

Charon is gonna drag himself off to get them both some water before he sits next to Styx heavily. he's definitely totally wiped from the activity. fuck]

That went well, I think.

[ohlord]

Kinda messy. Never hadta instruct other people before.

But you're punchin' straighter, at least.

[endsjustified]

If I weren't with that regimen I would be hopeless indeed.

You are moderating yourself better.

[ohlord]

Guess so. Not used to people needin' me to hold back.

[endsjustified]

Have you ever fought for anything short of killing or escaping a dangerous situation?

[honest question considering what all Styx has shared with him, curious]

[ohlord]

[quuuuiet for a moment]

Once. But I couldn't go easy then, either.

[endsjustified]

...did you win?

[ohlord]

I won in that I saved the people I was tryin' to save.

But that is when I died, ya know.

... overdosed on a healin' serum in the middle of it. So y'know, if Minuet ever gets fussy 'bout that kinda stuff, that's probably why.

["fussy", "ptsd" same thing.]

[endsjustified]

...I remember, I think. But it didn't have solid context.