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[color=crimson][b][h3]Φ PAYBACK Φ[/h3]The Cowl Inn Taproom, Downtown Claremont[/b][/color][/center]
Well. There they were, in a bar - probably one of the most fucking Hero-focused, indie “Our beer is all themed” places that Myla had ever been in. No, scratch that, it was probably the most Hero-focused [i]place[/i] that she’d ever been in, definitely. SDN was full of heroes, yeah, but it didn’t like..celebrate them. This place? This place screamed it out, screamed it full. She’d already been in a deflated mood with the announcement that they’d all be getting drinks, but there was something even worse about having drinks with people you didn’t love to work with in a place that loves people like them.

There was a good thirty seconds of staring at a menu before she even got anything. They were all mixed drinks, and every now and again she’d shiver at the thought of one while reading through what it was enough to need to look up at all the decor of the place. God it was disgusting. Then she looked back down at the menu, breathing out a bit. After all that time, though, she got what was probably the safest bet. An Irish Coffee - for some reason, called the “Punch-Up” - got sat down before her. Myla looked at the menu again. Yeah, twenty bucks made it a punch into her account. What bullshit.

A sip of that as the others got settled down as well, and of course James started talking.

[quote][color=skyblue]"Cheers for dealing with all the shit going on lately. Thought this would loosen the team up. For what it's worth, I'd have probably gotten the beers in if Kat hadn't forced me to use the company card."

"I have no idea what's up with Riley, by the way. Guess I'm in the same boat as you. So cheers to keeping this thing afloat?" James put his glass out, hoping to get a clink.[/color][/quote]
Yeah, fuck it. That gets a clink. She’d forgotten that they’d used the company card, and a free drink makes having to deal with everyone else almost worth it. Another sip as James continued, and Myla’s eyes drifted to the other stuff at the table. Hey, those coasters didn’t actually look that bad. Another sip. The words just kinda drifted over her as she considered it, frowning at the one under her own drink. Yeah, that one was pretty nice. Looked fairly clean…she lifted one corner up to see the material. Hey, that’d actually be alright. Seemed like wood, but not like…cardboard or tissue paper bullshit. 

Myla sucked on a tooth, waiting for James to look down again at his drink - Eclipse and Princess, at least, seemed to not be caring a huge amount. He seemed to be all over the place, a little bit. Ah, there it was. Lift up her glass with one hand, letting the edge still touch the coaster, and a little bit of the wrist…there it was, right in her lap. She looked over at one of the unoccupied chairs, taking a coaster over from there under the drink.

[quote][color=skyblue]"Anyway. You got plans for the weekend? Up to anything nice that doesn't involve running into burning buildings or splitting cars in two? Normal stuff? You're all people at the end of the day, this isn't some workplace sitcom that my......yeah."[/color][/quote]
Hey, it wasn’t that good. She looked down at it, considering the coaster. There was a smudge on the printing, up at the edge where the name was. That looked like shit. A quiet little exhale from Myla, as she looked back up at the one under her drink now. Well, that was one actually not that bad. With her free hand, she slipped the stolen one in her pocket, tongue against cheek in a brief thought. Yeah, she could take another. She really could. Should she? Maybe…maybe not…yeah, it was a nice thought to have a bunch of coasters, but like, what would Myla even use them for? Did she expect to have people over? Fuck no. Did she expect to be supplying [i]coasters[/i] for some future event bullshit? Fuck no. Nope, she could take another, but she wanted a [i]good[/i] one. Eyes wandered the table to find that good one.

[quote][color=skyblue]"Like yeah, you have lives. Okay, Phoenix Programme, I get it, prison and remand and all that, bar Hat Trick who is almost certainly watching ice hockey highlights from 2004. But you three have freedom and you can do whatever you want now. And I have no idea what to do in this hot as fuck town, so surely you have something cool going on. Or just chilling out. I know I would after this week."

"There are hills to go walking in and endless traffic to get lost in, and lots of desert. I don't know how you all do it, so I guess that got me...."

"God this is strong...."[/color][/quote]
Wait a fuck. That was a question. There was a question there. Myla looked up sheepishly, taking another sip of her drink. Did she have plans for the weekend? Well, no, no there really wasn’t anything…’burning buildings or splitting cars’. Yeah, she was pretty sure she’d made it clear what she was there for, when they talked before, but it seemed like James was already getting kinda drunk. She waited for the other two to answer, staring for a sec.

[quote][color=gray]"It's easier with powers. Clear your mind, sit in the dark, and focus. The shadows will take you wherever you wish."

"But it's easier if you fly."[/color]

[color=949C94]“A fair question to ask, yet one I have had no forward thoughts to.”

“Maybe I shall go to my cabin for a day, see how nature has treated it. Maybe I shall wander the streets alone or with my darling raven, perhaps I shall visit a gallery or draw my own art.” 

“There are many paths laid before us, we must merely pick one. Not to worry, nothing shall bar us from them all. Afterall, a path in the wood has no end just as it has no walls, the end is never…the end…”[/color][/quote]
Well, that was helpful. Thanks, Princess.

[color=crimson]”Honestly? Not really, no.”[/color] Well, was there? Fuck. Not massively. She gave a ‘[i]it be how it be[/i]’ gesture with the hands, taking another sip of her Irish Coffee. [color=crimson]”Besides, if I go hiking in the desert I’m sure some fucking alarm will ring out or…something or another.”[/color]