TWENTY THREE ✖ SPAM/TEXT

[wedonot]

[Open Spam for the Pub]

[Charles didn't spend much time in here. Really, ever since he'd become, for all intents and purposes, the guardian of three young adults, Charles hadn't really indulged much in anything that could be considered irresponsible, which was fairly different from how he'd spent his life before meeting Moira in the bar in Oxford. When he hadn't been working on his thesis, a fair amount of time had been spent in different pubs, wooing women and generally not really acting like an adult who was working to be a professor of genetics.

But tonight he found himself deciding he needed a change in scenery, and he needed a drink, because sitting around in his room doing nothing was doing himself no good. Between the conversation with Wanda and the ethical questions it raised and Morgana killing Merlin, he didn't really know what to do with himself, because he couldn't go for a run, he didn't want to talk to Erik (not yet anyway), and he wasn't sure if he wanted to be around people, or to be alone.

So he is just letting himself in, helping himself to some Scotch and will be sitting off by himself thinking a bit nostalgically to a time where the only responsibility he had was making sure Raven kept out of trouble, and trying to ignore the fact that he hadn't seen or talked to his sister since the beach, and that had been almost nine months ago.]

[Private to Erik, a while later]

If you're not busy, I wouldn't mind some company up in the pub.

[ooc: MULTIPLES ARE WELCOME FOR THE SPAM I forgot to mention it earlier sorry about that. Gimme all your cr. c:]

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[useofaswhat]

[There are two reasons Mal is in the pub: one, he likes drinking, and there's not a hell of a lot of opportunity to when you're living on a spaceship. Two, he's made it his new goal to meet everyone on the ship and get an idea who's trouble and who's not. The first reason is why he's about three deep and counting, on the way to getting sloppy; the second is why he waves at Charles and attempts to strike up conversation.] You look like one ain't gonna be enough for you.

omg dat icon

[wedonot]

[Charles glances up at the unfamiliar voice and laughs a little hoarsely, because man Mal, you don't even know the half of it.]

No, I'm afraid not tonight.

He is a SNEAKY COMPANION

[useofaswhat]

[Nodding sagely, as if to say "I've been there too," he takes another pull of his drink.] You probably aren't liquored up 'nough yet to talk about it, are you?

What're you drinkin'?

mal is just the greatest person ever

[wedonot]

[He chuckled again, because yup, you're totally right about that, Mal, and Charles might be incredibly miserable right now, but he's good at putting up a front for strangers, and so he's happy enough to play along.]

Scotch. And yourself?

Greatest IDIOT ever maybe

[useofaswhat]

[At least he's happy about something.] What's Scotch?

Um. [He peers down at his drink, then takes another swig.] Somethin' called India pale ale. Never heard of it before, but it ain't bad.

well. yes. but.

[wedonot]

It's, ah- [He peers at the bottle, just a little distracted by the admission that he's never heard of it before, and wondering where he's from that that's the case.] Whiskey, made from malt barley, in Scotland.

You've honestly never heard of it?

[useofaswhat]

Scotland? Now is everyone on this ship ancient?

Nope, but it ain't bad. Better'n my mechanic's wine by a long shot, but don't tell her that.

[wedonot]

Well, I do think I'm a bit behind most people on board. What year was it for you?

[useofaswhat]

2517, when was it for you?

[wedonot]

1962. I suppose that makes me practically medieval, from your perspective.

[useofaswhat]

Really?

What's it even like back then?

[wedonot]

It's... complicated. How much ancient history do you know?

[useofaswhat]

Not as much as I oughtta. Give it to me like you would to a ten-year-old.

[wedonot]

Well, the Soviet Union and the United States are sort of at a standoff, which could push the world into nuclear war. About a month before I came to the Barge, they almost came to blows. Have you heard of the Cuban Missile Crisis? [Which, you know, he'd sort of helped prevent and his getting shot and distracting Erik stopped him from making the situation even worse, but. He usually didn't talk about that part of what happened when discussing general history.]