Season of the Witch CHARACTERS: Lochlan Murphy & Gael Murphy TOPIC: Murphys. DATE & TIME: Friday, July 24th 2020. 11:15pm. LOCATION: Irish Pub.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa..." Lochlan finished his song, his voice trailed off, and applause erupted even before the speakers' last vibrations faded. The musician seldom performed his original songs during his gigs at the Irish pub owned by the Murphys. Generally, it was a repertoire of bar standard cover songs and audience requests. "You've been great, and they've been Celtic Woman," Lochlan teased the house band made of both male and female members. His running joke of referring to them as a new Irish band every night is yet to get old. "And I'll be tending bar for the rest of the night," Lochlan said and chuckled - but he was serious.
His guitar traded for a towel, after a few minutes Lochlan was back behind the bar. The floppy-haired Irishman grabbed a tall, clean glass, filled it with cola, then added a liberal splash of rum. One coaster later, the freshly made drink sat before his sister. "When I couldn't find you before work, I thought you might have bailed on me," Lochlan admitted. Even though Gael lived in the dorms, per Xavier's rules, the siblings had made it a habit of spending most Friday and Saturday nights binging Netflix at the Murphy house. "Season 2 of Umbrella Academy just dropped," he reminded her. A show that most people around the school felt triggered by, but Lochlan couldn't get enough of those needle drops. "So, what did you do this afternoon?"