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Charlotte "Chuck" Charles ([info]pushedback) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2015-08-03 14:43:00

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Entry tags::4th wall, :mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, charlotte charles, ianto jones, kanji tatsumi, kitty pryde (aoa), nathan harris, nico di angelo, olivia moore, piper halliwell, shallan davar, ton phanan, yenyoji quryoja, yuuri shibuya

335 - Daffodil Dive mingle
[ Chuck hadn't anticipated all these people showing up on the day of the grand re-opening, but there's food and drink a-plenty and what's a few more guests, really?

The Daffodil Dive, once known as the infamous Devil's Compass, has seen a deep scrub and a fresh coat of paint, warm and inviting in yellow and orange, with the occasional friendly skull painted on the walls and bar. There's flowers and fragrant herbs in pots and vases, adorning the tables or filling up dark corners. Lit candles illuminate the room, with plenty of food laid out a couple of the tables — pies (savoury and sweet) and cupcakes, fresh fruit and vegetables, little hors d'oeuvres, more elaborate dishes courtesy of Piper and Sizzle and Sear. The bar will be open, champagne glasses already filled with bubblies both alcoholic and non.

Come! Enjoy your time in prison! ]

((ooc: Official reopening party log of the Daffodil Dive! 4th wallers and regulars equally welcome! Please feel free to assume invitations have been scattered around the dome. ))


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[info]noahism
2015-08-05 01:02 am UTC (link)
[He doesn't notice she's upon him until she is, fist thrown with all the fury she's got right to. His head snaps to the side from the impact and it actually takes him momentarily off balance, catching himself with a steadying palm against the table as the vase on top of it wobbles. He's definitely been hit by worse but there's a lot more sting to this blow than the physical - though the physical's pretty hefty for a girl her size. He rubs his jaw with a grunt, licking at the blood of a split lip before lifting his head to look at her. He deserved that, he thinks.]

Charlotte. Hello. [No bravado; his voice is rather weak.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-05 06:46 pm UTC (link)
[ It's not as satisfying as she wanted it to be, probably because he looks so awful. Even though she'd like to scream, hit him, spit him in the face until he knows just what he did she finds herself deflating quick. They had some really good times and her fury would probably not be raging so hard if they got a chance to talk before he disappeared.

Still, what he did is pretty unforgivable, even for her. ]

You're lucky a punch is all I'm giving you.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-06 03:56 am UTC (link)
[He works his jaw up and down a few times because Christ, she's really whalloped him.] And I'm a little grateful, considering I've seen your prowess in the kitchen with the knives.

[It's not meant to be humor, though it nearly edges on it. There's something to it that keeps it from going there entirely - hell, it's a dose of truth. He's about as human as they come now and there's not a lot he can dodge, but there's a hell of a lot of wrath he surely deserves. Just like she deserves an infinite amount of apologies because she isn't the first woman in this prison those heart and being he ignored for selfish gains.]

You've... done work. [His eyes flicker around, hoping to breach the subject of his ruined bar.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-06 07:43 am UTC (link)
[ It's a little scary, thinking about what she might've been capable of had she gotten to him shortly after it happened. She's made plenty of threats about grinding him down and baking him into a pie, exaggerations and jokes, but she's not entirely sure it would've been outside of her capabilities.

She would've hurt him. Maybe even tried to kill him. ]

I cleaned up after you. [ The words carry resentment, venom. ] Do you understand what you did? To Ianto, to the people here? To me?

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[info]noahism
2015-08-08 06:30 am UTC (link)
[Alright, not what he meant about work on the place but the last jilted woman in his life kind of set the place on fire so he's not exactly sure what's better. He's kind of leaning toward the ash and rubble at the moment, but alright. Here comes the guilt trip either way.

He looks at her evenly, still rubbing his jaw with his thumb.] Undeniably. And I've paid for that quite a bit so far, love. More so now with you disconnecting my jaw for me.

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-08 06:54 am UTC (link)
Oh, you haven't even begun to pay. [ It takes more than she's willing to admit to keep the rage up, but she can't give him forgiveness. Not here, not today. If he stays, then... probably. She always liked him. They had something good before he pissed all over it. ]

I defended you, Tyki. I was on your side and then you slaughtered my best friend and left him where I work? What the hell is wrong with you?

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[info]noahism
2015-08-08 07:08 am UTC (link)
[How do you begin to try and explain the depths of what it's like to love people but get pleasure from killing them? How it was nearly impossible to find a similar high from anything else living here for day after day with nothing else to do? When the devil sat on your shoulder and you had nothing else to lose and your number one talent was self sabotaging things you could come to love? So that you never do love them. So the Noah always has a deep root in you and how you think.

His mouth opens a few times but if he could never get Kitty to understand, what are the odds he can get someone else to? His brows knit and he sighs, combing his hand back through his hair wearily.] A great deal of things, love. A great deal of things.

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-10 08:46 am UTC (link)
[ She draws a deep, slow breath, really taking him in, realizing that... she's not mad anymore. The punch felt great even tho her hand still stings, but there's nothing more she can do to him. He knows. He's probably hurting from it more than she'll ever know and that's a small relief. ]

You can't be here. Not today. [ Hesitating, she worries at her bottom lip. ] Wait here.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-10 09:00 am UTC (link)
[His brows knit because he's really feeling the uninvited vibe today and well, it's understandable considering who he is and what he's done but -- really ironic place to do whatever shin dig you're doing. But whatever, he shrugs his shoulders again and gently obeys by lingering where he stands and glancing around.]

Waiting. [He says, rubbing the corners of his eyes.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-10 09:03 am UTC (link)
[ If it was a different kind of party, she probably wouldn't be so adamant about chasing him out. If it was a different kind of party they also wouldn't be here but she's proving a point. Making this into the place where she and Ton got married, not the place where Ianto was slaughtered. She's fighting tooth and nail, with paint and stubbornness and fearlessly making new memories. He's not allowed to take this from her. Not ever. 

She returns soon enough with a small cardboard box. ]

Here. I'm sorry, but you can't stay. [ She hesitates again, wanting to hug him but not sure if she should. ] I'm really sorry.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-10 09:07 am UTC (link)
[He looks at her and he's honestly briefly bewildered that she's still doting on him. She just hit him and now it appears she's giving him food and part of him is unwilling to believe it isn't poisoned with how much venom was behind her eyes but at the same time he knows her enough to know... well. She's far too kind for her own good. The punch he does deserve, the care he does not.

Apologies? He is the farthest from deserving. His head tilts and his eyes are actually searching her, dark and earnest for a beat. He's far too human now not to be affected by her - he never meant to hurt her. He was just never thinking of her.] I feel like that should be my line.

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-10 09:26 am UTC (link)
[ He would've gotten an invitation, had things been different. He deserves cake, at least, for old times sake. She wouldn't be running this place now if it weren't for him. ]

I don't really see you as a guy who apologizes.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-10 09:32 am UTC (link)
You'd be surprised. [He's not the same now, at least. He's a different man in a lot of measures but from what she's seen of him, he's not surprised that she thinks that. He would've never apologized for his work before and even now he won't, just because he's still against admitting just how much wrong he's done with his own two hands. He won't own up to it all yet, refuses to deal with it tonight. But there are things for which he's sorry...

His voice is low, a rumble that barely voices itself.] There are many things I won't apologize for. But hurting you I - regret it.

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-10 10:01 am UTC (link)
[ It doesn't make it right. It doesn't take away the hurt for Ianto and it doesn't get the bloodstains out of the floorboards but it still counts for something. She's always cared too deeply about the wrong people and they were pretty good friends once.

Biting her bottom lip, she takes him by the elbow to drag him outside. Can't hug him in here, in plain sight. Not today. ]

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[info]noahism
2015-08-10 08:28 pm UTC (link)
[He knows cues and there's no fight to go against them, no desire to screw whatever's happening here over like he would've or could've before. He casts one last look around before following her, eying her hand briefly before watching the curve of her face and the fall of her hair. He honestly really liked you, Chuck.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-11 02:34 pm UTC (link)
[ It's not so much that she wants him to leave right away, though that's definitely part of the plan. A part of her aches for him, wishes he could've shown up on a different day so they could've talked and worked all this through. It's not cut and dry, she understands that much.

Once around the corner, she pulls him in close for a hug, careful not to squish the cake. ]

You're an idiot.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-12 07:44 am UTC (link)
[He doesn't understand but he goes with it; like Allen confused him, she does, with an unrelenting belief in the good in people. Even those who don't deserve it or want it. Now it's all that more conflicting and she's hugging him and he just takes it, out of sight and gingerly lifting one arm. He can't quite embrace her back, his fingers curl to but then stop.]

I don't disagree. [Softly.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-12 09:26 am UTC (link)
[ God, she feels so sorry for him, now that the rage has subsided. This hug is not ending anytime soon and if he won't reciprocate, she'll just hug for the both of them. ]

If you're still here tomorrow... we have to talk. Okay? You owe me that much. [ A little squeeze. ] You were one of my favorite people here.

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[info]noahism
2015-08-12 07:25 pm UTC (link)
[He looks off into the distance and she keeps holding on, further confusing him until his hand just - grazes her arm gently. Still can't embrace her but that's the best he's got. For tonight he has to get lost, he knows - hopes - he won't be back but he sighs. He really couldn't deny her anything if he tried. Not now.]

Should morning come, alright.

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-12 07:45 pm UTC (link)
Good.

[ She pulls back, more reluctant than she's willing to admit. They had some really good times but she has a party – a wedding - to get back to. ]

Take care of yourself, okay?

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[info]noahism
2015-08-12 09:00 pm UTC (link)
You as well. [He touches her cheek. Drops away from it and shifts to move away from her.

He should get lost like he's supposed to.]

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[info]pushedback
2015-08-12 09:22 pm UTC (link)
[ She doesn't want to leave. Not really because she has a feeling she won't see him again and that sucks but this is one party she can't sneak out from for too long. So she bites her bottom lip and gives him a look and then just turns. Walks away. Hopes deep down they can have that talk tomorrow and she can get him a coffee and things will work out.

Knows that probably won't happen. ]

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[info]noahism
2015-08-12 09:27 pm UTC (link)
[He turns to walk and he makes it pretty far before all that human instinct in him makes him look back, just to catch a glimpse of her. He never would've done that before. Can't help but do it now before he slinks away to find somewhere suitable to wait the rest of his day away.]

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