The Root Beer Bar

[Brightness Random she/her]

Brightness watched as he rushed off, leaving a dripped trail of pink across the floor. "I didn't paint anything other than canvas!" She muttered to herself with a frown. Aaaand now the floor needs to be mopped again. Storming wonderful. she thought with exasperation. Looking back up at the wall with it's bright silhouette, she inspected the pose Kipper had made.

 

She never would have guessed her boss was anything other than human. It seemed he played the part well. But whose bones was he wearing, and why did he seem to have exactly the same personality? He doesn't have to be on a contract to go out, she reminded herself, he could just be himself. Things have changed since you last visited Scadrial. Still, it was difficult not to be at least slightly suspicious.

 

"I need to think about this." Brightness decided, fastening her cloak. "Away from here." Hoping her boss would think to wipe up the paint before it dried, she slipped out the door and into the sunlight.

[Guest]

Kipper practically bounced down the stairs and rushed through the brewery halls, searching for any pink rooms. Why the sparks did she have pink paint? Then he remembered the art room. Oh. I severely overreacted. Here I've been gallivanting off on adventures, and the first thing I do is get mad...

Kipper wearily trudged back up the stairs, only to find Brightness gone, not even a note left behind. Ah well. She'll be back, I hope. He got a bucket of Root Beer scented bleach and began to scrub the floor. Noting that it provided a certain avant-garde element to the Bar, Kipper left the pink-rimmed silhouette where it was.

As the day stretched into night, Kipper seated himself at a bar stool and began to mull over newand exciting plans for the Bar.

Join the Bar and do some RP with us!

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Can i join I love root beer! ( though i have to warn you about my spren, Lavala, and my sword, Lightsketch( it's okay for me to be here right now, because i sent them to the Dark alley for a while.)

Edited January 15, 2016 by CarolaDavar

[Citadel16 he/him]

*slow clapping*  this is your first necro I assume?

[Brightness Random she/her]

From a darkened, forgotten corner of the bar, Brightness Random appears and steps forward, carrying several mugs of root beer. Smiling, she surveys the disused room and its occcupants.

"Welcome, CarolaDavar, to the Root Beer Bar," she said dramatically, before abruptly switching to a more normal tone. "Huh. That rhymed. Anyway, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Brightness Random, Head Bard of root beer and occasionally the head of the Bar itself, depending on what mood Kipper's in. Want a mug of pure deliciousness?" She asked.

Turning to warriormark16, Brightness nodded in agreement, saying, "I give her full credit for thread necromancy. This place hasn't been active for what... a year now?

"Not to say I didn't miss it, of course, but this did come as a bit of a surprise." She turned back to CarolaDavar. "So you want to join the Bar? We're fine with spren here, so long as they don't cause too much trouble."

Edited January 15, 2016 by Brightness Random

[Citadel16 he/him]

"um... how do you know my name?" warriormark said nervously.

[Brightness Random she/her]

Brightness smiled and pointed to the side of the room, which was crumbling from neglect. "The fourth wall," she shrugged, "it's not doing so well. I do try, but this place has been out of commission for a long time. I should probably fix it at some point, it gets terribly drafty..."

She blinked suddenly, turning to warriormark. "I suppose introductions are in order, either way, as we never had any. I'm Brightness Random, of course, though I suppose you know that."

[Citadel16 he/him]

"yeah, sure I've heard of you," Warriormark said, not sure what to make of this conversation. " sooooooo, you own this place?" he looked around, unsure of what to say about the disrepair of the building. it would have been a nice place, had it been kept better.

[Brightness Random she/her]

Brightness gave a long-suffering smirk. "Own the place? Nah, it depends on the day, honestly. No, I'm deputy manager while our esteemed leader is off gallivanting somewhere. I just welcome anyone who stops in, serve soda, attempt to keep the floors mopped, and occasionally write root beer poetry or something. I am Head Bard of root beer, you know. Won the title in a haiku duel."

 

She leapt up to sit on a nearby table, feet propped on the bench, and tool a long swig of root beer. "Care for a mug?" she asked, "Wait, no, I'm getting ahead of myself. You never formally introduced yourself."

[Citadel16 he/him]

"oh pardon my bad manners" Warriormark said with a ridiculous bow "I am sir Warriormark, Knightblood of the first order, questioner of the DA, the real GBiz, and he who has all the answers." he stood up straight, "at least, I was the last time I checked, I was once known as Ookla the insensitive, but that is something I'd rather not go into."

Edited January 15, 2016 by warriormark16

[Brightness Random she/her]

"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir Warriormark." Brightness replied, giving an equally ridiculous bow from atop her table. "Now that we're formally introduced, please, take a seat and help yourself to the root beer." She gestured for him to sit, though whether on the table or the bench beside the table was rather unclear.

 

"The... Knightbloods. That's a newer clan, isn't it? What can you tell me about them?"

[Citadel16 he/him]

"Well..." he drifted off. "its kinda hard to explain, but basically we wander the shard, slaying evil, using talking swords that give really bad advice." he grimaced. that didn't make them sound particularly sane. "We also participate in theories and the Rps,"

 

that didn't help. 

"uhhh" he said after a few seconds of silence "Its kinda weird." He repeated.

[Brightness Random she/her]

Brightness cocked her head in thought. "So... a little like the Knights Awkward? But with less spren and social anxiety?" She asked after a moment.

"And what kind of evil do you tend to destroy? I mean, how do you define 'evil'? There are a lot of definitions you could work with..." She trailed off, half lost in her musing.

[Citadel16 he/him]

"yes, exactly!" Mark said, "but with more arguments, and well, not all of us 'destroy evil' we all--"

his mobile buzzed loud enough to wake the dead. he hurried to check to see who was calling.

"I'm sorry," he said to brightness, wincing "I need to take this." he stood up. and immediately he heard Max talk to him over the phone.

"sir, the House is having some trouble, the wood carver is burning the mahogany."

"What!" Mark cursed "I'll be right over," he closed the mobile.

 he turned to face Brightness, "sorry, somethings come up, I need to take care of it." Mark made his way to the creaky old door. then turned to face the lone root bear manager. "I'll be back, maybe tomorrow, in the mean time perhaps you'll get a few more customers. thank you for the root beer,"

[Brightness Random she/her]

Brightness waved after him, smiling slightly. "It was no trouble at all. Good luck destroying evil!"

[Guest]

"...burning the mahogany."

"...destroying..."

Kipper woke up with a start, screaming his head off.

"THE NEXT PERSON WHO LAYS A HAND ON MY MAHOGANY IS GON-"

*conk*

Kipper lay back down, having smacked his head rather hard on the underside of a table. He heard a soft little scream, and then running footsteps. Ouch.

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Grabs a mug of root beer and begins to chug it.

mmm..... root beer, that's creative

no it's not, it's delicious!

Ahhh, they've found me!

[Brightness Random she/her]

When she heard screaming about mahogany, Brightness leapt off the table in surprise, giving a little shriek. After ducking behind CarolaDavar for cover, she released a shaky breath, trying to compose herself. "Sorry, sorry. Calming down now." She said, hand over her heart. Warily, she bent down to check who or what had been under the table. It was... Kipper?

"You very nerely gave me a heart attack!" She scolded, suddenly losing any remaining nervousness. "And what are you even doing down th- you know what, actually, I'm not sure I want to know." Brightness said. Turning back to CarolaDavar, she gestured at the table. "You see? I'm up serving root beer for half the night and he's admiring the undersides of tables! Well, that or doing forgery, but-" she cut off, looking at CarolaDavar. "Oh! Is this your spren and sword?"

Edited January 15, 2016 by Brightness Random

[Stormgate he/him]

Stormgate waltzes in.

"Hi guys! Do you like what I have done to that wall?" Stormgate motioned to the aforementioned crumbling fourth wall.

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Yes, my Spren is named Lavala,

hiya!!!!

[Brightness Random she/her]

"That was you!?" Brightness demanded, sending a sharp look to Stormgate, "Oh, of course. Your member title. I should've known." she paused for a moment, blinking several times. "Wait, what am I doing? I can't be referencing titles mid-RP. It only leads to chaos, confusion, and the disintegration of the fourth wall!" Putting a hand to her head, Brightness gave a long sigh.

 

"Okay, Stormgate, have some root beer. Feel free to punch the wall a few times if you'd like. This has never been a super strict guild, so as long as you say something about root beer while doing it, you're probably not breaking any treatises." Brightness shrugged and took a sip of her root beer before turning back to CarolaDavar. 

 

"Welcome to the Root Beer Bar, Lavala. Oh, speaking of... Kipper! This is CarolaDavar, she's a new initiate. Add her to the member list as- hmm. Carola? What would you like to go on the list as? A root beer Bard? Patron goddess of root beer? Something else?"

[Guest]

Kipper groaned.  He wiggled his fingers to check if they worked. They did, so he levered himself with his hands and promptly smashed into the table again. "Ow!" He laid back down.

 

This time, he made absolutely sure to slide out from under the table before pushing himself up. Kipper wobbled on his legs rather erratically, reaching out a hand to steady himself on a table. Those hits had been rather hard. But I have a hard head.

 

"Brightness! Long time..." Kipper paused.

 

Wow, she's...wow.

 

"Brightness Random, I can't thank you enough for all the work you've done to keep this place up," Kipper could feel the grin spreading across his face. Stepping gingerly on bare feet, he moved over to the bar and ran a hand over it. Besides a little dust, perhaps a day old, it was spotless. "This is really incredible."

 

The Brightness blushed, as was her wont.

 

"But enough of that!" Kipper spun on a heel. "I need some socks! Shoes! Introductions! And most of all...root beer!"

 

He grabbed a mug from behind the bar.

Edited January 15, 2016 by Guest

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Oh and, don't worry about my sword.

am I allowed to stab the 4th wall? It seems very uncreative

No, Lightsketch, we don't want the root beer bar to break down !

Think of all that delicious root beer you'd waste!

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Patron goddess of root beer sounds creative

I agree

I'll choose the patron godess of root beer

[Brightness Random she/her]

"Well," Brightness said, clearing her throat and hoping her blush would clear soon, "I did my best to keep the place clean. Though, um, I hope you don't mind that the wall's falling apart. It wasn’t on the chores list, so... yeah."

Gesturing dramatically to CarolaDavar, Brightness Random announced, "May I present our new patron goddess, CarolaDavar." She then rushed and threw open a coat closet. A huge mountain of boots tumbled out. "Here's some shoes..." She then fetched a pitcher of root beer and filled Kipper's mug. "Introductions, shoes - don't have socks - and root beer! Now, all taken care of. Don't have anymore excuses not to add Carola to the list."

"Lightsketch, feel welcome to stab the fourth wall. It's broken anyway, you really can't do any harm."