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The Abandoned Bar the Creation of Order

Ho snap, villain in our midst

The Abandoned Bar the Creation of Order

Small post from me. Damn you work!

The Abandoned Bar the Creation of Order

“Ah, well...not much.” John settled into a seat near Kaden, just thankful that the man had stopped talking about curses and punishment. He could never tell if he was serious or not. “Oh! Actually,” John perked up, remembering something from two days ago. “They got us a telly.” He gestured to the front corner of the bar, where there was a television set hanging from the ceiling, though it was black. “No actual...” he searched for the word, closing his eyes, “...um...channels yet, but it's nice to have. It's been a while since I've watched anything, I remember when I tried watching the news I got really confused and bit upset so they made me stop, but I think I can handle it now. In fact, I was thinking about doing some shopping, you know, out there.” John nodded to the front door as if Kaden wouldn't know what he meant. “Wanted to get some movies. I mean I don't get out much, well at all, really. Doctor said that it might be overwhelming but I can't stay in here all day everyday anymore, besides I'll be fine as long as I have someone with me to-” A sudden slapping sound cut his long ramble off as someone hit a table near them. John snapped out of his train of thought with the realization that he'd probably just made an ass of himself, but that was par for the course for him.

“Uhm...sorry.” His eyes darted around in embarrassment. “I guess the short version of that is: no, not really. But I have to say, something feels...weird these past couple of days. Like something's...bubbling.” He shook his head. “No, no, that's not the word. It's...you know, like something's...building up. About to happen, I guess. Ah, never mind.” John waved the thought away. Looking around the bar, he saw some more faces that he recognized had arrived while he was rambling. There was the really pale guy and Nora. Shifting his gaze back to the table, John felt a small tingle in his spine. He frowned.

“Can I ask you something, Kaden? Do you ever get the feeling that you're being watched?”

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KillamriX88 said
This is necessary.

Oh good lord

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I agree, coffee is gross and for the weak. And I may need to update John's CS apparently: 'has wonderful backside'. I guess I should post again, being in the middle of a conversation and all. It'll be either tonight or tomorrow morning.

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And by 'strike up a conversation' what I actually meant was 'awkwardly walk up to him and state the obvious'. And it felt totally weird for me to write 'toilets' and 'gents' instead of 'bathrooms'. Ah, British English.

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Time seemed to fly when he was working. Before John knew it, the floors in the toilets were shining like they never had been dirty in the first place. Well, almost. He leaned against the mop he had planted firmly onto the floor and listened to the sounds through the walls. Sound traveled easily in this place, above ground anyway. There were a few customers near the front, but probably not enough to rush out and get into the kitchen. They probably wouldn't want food this early, and he was hoping that the bartender was out there already. Barely, just barely, he could hear Charlize talking from somewhere else in the building.

Charlize had...a sweet voice. And pretty hair. More importantly, she was fun and lovely to be around. When everyone else had either gone home or into the basement, it was always a comfort to know that she was somewhere close by, even if he couldn't see her. That way, when he was inside these walls, John was never all alone. Sometimes he wished that he could compose his own music...

Suddenly, the mop slipped under the strain of his weight and hit the bucket he was also using, sending a small torrent of dirty water onto his leg. John nearly cursed in frustration, but something stopped him; like an instinct, or a natural censor. Instead he attempted to shake the water off of his jeans and mopped up the rest of the spill. It was time to get back out there anyway.

As he left the bathroom and walked down the hallway, rolling the bucket and mop behind him, John saw Charlize checking their work schedule. He offered a little hand wave from the hip as he shuffled along, saying, “Hey. Just finished the gents. I'll clean myself up so I can cook too, just in case anyone wants something.” He scooted past her, put away the mop and did exactly that. When he was done, though, he saw that no one had ordered anything yet, so he decided to head out into the bar and see who was there. Even after two years of working and living at the Abandoned Bar John still didn't recognize everyone.

Most of the regulars were here already; he saw Zaccar talking to the bartender. He liked Zaccar, from what he knew of him. He was serious but he wasn't actually mean. John was about to extend a proper greeting when the duffel bag caught his eye. He knew what that meant; Zaccar probably didn't want to be bugged today. Instead of calling out, John kept his greeting to a respectful nod and shifted his gaze elsewhere. There was the girl with the tattoos, John knew next to nothing about her. He didn't talk to her much at all, not because he didn't want to but because she looked like she never wanted to. That was all right, though. Some people needed their privacy. It looked like the guy with the name John could never remember was talking to her about some piece of paper. He wasn't sure about the other man either, he was pretty quiet most of the time. To see those two speaking to each other was a bit of an anomaly.

Another anomaly; the man John recognized as Kaden wasn't in his usual seat. Almost every time he came in he sat near the back, but this time someone else had taken it. Kaden seemed like a good guy to John, he wasn't mean, anyway, though he didn't always get his jokes.

There wasn't much else to do, and out of everyone who was there that day Kaden seemed like the safest person to talk to, aside from Charlize who was probably busy working. With that, John walked up to where Kaden was sitting and said to him, “I guess someone took your spot. I'll try to save it next time.”

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Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person alive with a normal sleep schedule. o_o Anyway, I'll definitely get another post in today, probably gonna strike up a conversation with Kaden because he's so lonely and someone took his seat. :p

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Here's a question for everyone: how much of your characters' history is common knowledge to all of the other characters? For instance, everybody in the bar should definitely know that John is an illusionist and an amnesiac who doesn't remember anything of his life before the loss of his memories. I just figure that it might be a useful thing to know about each others characters to make posting a little easier.

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Whuh...10 in the IC?! Dayyuummm, I'll have to catch up on those after work. Good thing I have tomorrow off.