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To Boldly Go | RPG Community (boldlygomod) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-02-25 14:23:00

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Deck Five Lounge

Welcome to the Deck 5 Lounge

Each Saturday, join the Enterprise crew and your fellow travelers in the Deck Five Lounge to meet new arrivals, catch up with those you haven't seen in a few days, try a new drink, or just enjoy the spectacular view.

OOC Information

These weekly posts are IC third-person threading opportunities. Threads that extend to 10 total good-sized comments can be counted as a log for activity check. If you have any questions, please let me know. The hope is that you will use this opportunity for random character interactions and development.

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Lucifer & Beckett

katebex
2017-02-26 09:07 pm UTC (link)

"Maybe I am in hell," Kate replied, her jaw tight with tension as the frustration and anger she had for herself bubbled up again. "Personal purgatory for being a selfish idiot." On some level she had known even when she walked out of her home that she was making a mistake, that the best solution was to go back, apologize and figure out a way to solve the problem and obtain justice for her friends without blowing up the best part of her life. But fear had a way of controlling you, just as loving someone had a way of convincing you to do terrible things because it seemed to be the best solution.

But six weeks later, Kate Beckett knew it had all been a lie. Her place was with Castle, not pushing him away to chase ghosts, or on some spaceship over two-hundred years into the future. But she was here, floating through space with the devil and a drink and hating herself for a decision that she couldn't take back.

So, if not a literal hell, it was certainly a figurative one.

"Sure you did," she countered, drumming her fingers on the bartop and doing her best to push the misery and guilt away. Those emotions were black holes, so easily able to suck you down into an abyss of depression and uselessness and she was determined not to let it win. So Kate sat up straighter, fixing Lucifer with a pointed glance. "Even if it's just because you were scared of what your actions really meant, or because you were bored, or just didn't want to be bothered anymore. There's always a reason, even if you don't want to look too closely to find it."

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Lucifer & Beckett

extraharley
2017-02-26 09:28 pm UTC (link)

"If you are," Lucifer started, before taking a sip of the surprisingly tasty green liquid, "Rest assured that it's only temporary." He was somewhat of an expert on the sort of people who ended up in Hell. She wasn't one of them, which was slightly troublesome to him as he'd already taken quite a liking to her.

"What would the devil need to be afraid of?" he asked her, allowing the topic to drift back to himself. He wasn't afraid of his feelings toward Chloe, it was his father's interference in his life, yet again, that had driven him to run. "I should have clarified, you had a noble reason. Mine was that I was angry at my dad."

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Lucifer & Beckett

katebex
2017-02-26 10:50 pm UTC (link)

The smile she gave in response to that was less of a smile and more of a grimace, though Kate did appreciate the attempt to cheer her up. "I probably shouldn't question that, given who you are, but it feels permanent. I can't fix it unless he's here."

And that, they both knew, was a tossup.

"God?" Kate offered her own question in answer to his. "Or your father, whichever you prefer." Wrinkling up her nose at the bubbling green drink, watching with a certain level of apprehension as he took a drink. She couldn't imagine drinking it herself, but maybe strange concoctions from another planet were what it might take for Lucifer to join the rest of the world and experience the effects of alcohol. "But I'll tell you a secret," she continued, "At some point, everyone gets mad at him."

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Lucifer & Beckett

extraharley
2017-02-26 11:19 pm UTC (link)

"Well, I hope you get the chance," Lucifer replied, sincerely. No one knew the odds of that happening, but he certainly wouldn't complain if Chloe showed up.

Nodding at her question, he replied, "That's him. Dear old dad. Haven't really spoken to him in years as he's not particularly fond of me, but I think you all have the right to be angry at him." The one exception had been that vision he knew to be from his father because of course he wouldn't save Chloe's life for free. Manipulative bastard.

Sighing, Lucifer studied his drink. "This tastes better than it looks."

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	Lucifer & Beckett katebex 2017-02-27 02:12 am UTC (link)
	"And I hope you get the chance to tell Detective Decker how you feel," she said with a cheeky grin, raising her glass in his direction. Tapping her scotch glass lightly against his own, Kate sighed, "Not hard to be. That looks like the toxic sludge that gave the Ninja Turtles their abilities." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Lucifer & Beckett extraharley 2017-02-27 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"Try a sip," Lucifer said, offering the drink toward her. "I mean, I haven't become a mutant yet so I don't think it's ooze." He regarded her curiously, deciding that this was a great test of her character. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Lucifer & Beckett katebex 2017-02-27 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"You're immortal," Kate replied quickly, "You probably couldn't become a mutant even if you tried." Even so, Kate took a long look at the drink, eventually giving Lucifer a shake of her head. "But no thank you, I don't make it a habit of doing something just because someone tells me I should." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Lucifer & Beckett extraharley 2017-02-27 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"I guess that depends on your definition of mutant," Lucifer mused. She hadn't seen his true form, after all. Grinning, he approved of that answer. It was something Chloe would say. "So what does it say about me that I let a ten year old talk me into a sip of one of those fizzy drinks that didn't even have alcohol in them?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Lucifer & Beckett

katebex
2017-02-27 06:09 am UTC (link)

"Mutants and demons aren't the same," she said with a grin, the first real one Kate had given since she sat down beside him. "I read enough comic book and watched enough sci-fi to know that."

Taking her first drink of her scotch, she managed to swallow before giving a short laugh, "I think that means that you got swindled by a ten year old into drinking soda. You wouldn't be the first adult to be manipulated by a kid. They might be little, but they're deceptively cunning."

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	Lucifer & Beckett extraharley 2017-02-27 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Neither is the devil a demon," Lucifer teased. "But close enough." He nodded at her, remembering how Steven had cheered up at the thought that Lucifer was going to give in, but then how he'd been so incredibly weird after. "Children can be rather terrifying," he said. Trixie had the same powers of manipulation after all. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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