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[wingenvy]

[This has been a hell of a month for departures and bad news, apparently. Zack hates to add to the misery, but it's gotta be done.]

...Aerith Gainsborough's gone home. She didn't leave anything, but... if you were friends, you know how she felt.

Good Spirits is self-serve tonight. Sorry, guys.

[And Zack will be at Good Spirits for most of the day after that, serving himself. Despite the melancholy of his announcement, his mood will be switching between quiet and downright celebratory all night long. Coping, who's coping?

He also has company: a strange-looking winged dog, standing guard quietly at his back the entire time he's there.]

Comments

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[havemilkbro]

I know...but I'd like to stay around longer.

[Since it looks like you need it.]

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[wingenvy]

...Mm. Sure, whatever you wanna do. [Zack handwaves dismissively, tilting back to down the rest of whatever's in his glass.] No promises about the quality of my company tonight, though.

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[havemilkbro]

[Sitting down on one of the available seats, watching Zack.] I don't mind at all. I thought you'd like some company.

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[wingenvy]

...Thanks. Didn't really wanna be alone tonight, but... I dunno. I didn't want to start a depressing binge-drink session.

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[havemilkbro]

We could talk, or do an activity together.

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[wingenvy]

[Talking just sounds... hrngh. Daunting. Zack mulls around those options for a moment, then lifts his head from the counter.]

Ever played Gil Toss?

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[havemilkbro]

[He shake his head. Nope, haven't play that before.]

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[wingenvy]

...Well, I guess it's not the same here, since we don't have any gil. But basically you take a coin, bounce it on the counter, and try to make it land in a glass. If you get it in someone else's glass, they've gotta chug it to get the coin for you. We could try with bottle caps.

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[havemilkbro]

We could use a coin, but I don't have any yen coin on me. [So bottle caps it is.]

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[wingenvy]

Okay then, bottle caps. [Zack fishes around behind the bar for a moment, returning with a fistful of discarded beer caps. He gives the first one a flick to demonstrate, and it bounces wildly off the wood surface and crashes into a nearby bowl of peanuts. Oops.]

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[havemilkbro]

...You missed.

[Yeah, we just saw that. Kasuka reach out for a bottle cap and flick it. Aaaand...oh, almost went inside.]

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[wingenvy]

Same to you, man.

[Zack needs a couple more tries - he's never been great at this game - but he finally gets it in a glass!

...His own. Oops.]

Uh...