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Shine City Zero: Humble Beginnings

@Dynamo FrokaneI think it's your turn, boss man.

Shine City Zero: Humble Beginnings

Huh... I didn't mean to make Veronica into a flirt... well... I guess that's what her character wants.

*cracks knuckles*

Then a flirt she will be!~

Shine City Zero: Humble Beginnings

Veronica Winters

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@Indy Cooper
@SamaraJayne96
@Dynamo Frokane
@Pilatus

Veronica's eyes flickered to the door as yet another attractive person walked into the bar. (Honestly, this is getting comical now. Like, seriously... How many attractive people are gonna enter this bar this early?) But, pushing her feelings of disbelief over all this to the side, she decided to not really interact with him. After all, he was there for Rowan.

So, giving a polite nod to the stranger when he looked in her direction, she turned her attention back to Fen. At this point, it was less flirtatious and more along the line of her actually being interested in him and the story. Besides, she had a theory and she was curious as to whether or not she was right.

Spoiler Alert: She probably was.

Veronica accepted his handshake with a pleased smile, glad to finally know his actual name. “Pleasure to meet you, Fenton Kelly. My name is Veronica Winters. And a PI? Nice.”

Facing him, she took small sips from her glass as she listened to him speak with genuine interest. And in the back of her mind, she admitted that the soda was actually pretty freaking hot (Yet also delicious.), but she'd think further on it another time.

And it was as he was speaking that everything seemed to fit so perfectly together. Her eyes flickered to Rowan before returning to him, an almost audible click happening in her mind. So... he likes her, then. That's quite obvious. But he also has someone else on his mind... it's evident by the way he said 'golden-haired'... Hmm, the mystery unravels and continues. She thought with a small nod to herself, feeling pleased with having figured out at least some of the mystery that'd been nagging her about Fenton.

But, she was surprised when he asked her about herself. Considering most of his story was about Rowan (Basically admitting his feelings, let's be real.), she figured that he wouldn't want to hear about her. She'd go along with it for now, however.

“Me? Well... my parents and I moved here when I was in Middle School. I think it's a bit apparent with the accent.” Veronica added, referring to the light accent she carried. (Think a mix of British and a hint of Irish, to be specific.) “But, I do find it quite interesting. It has many interesting people and there's plenty of inspiration for me.” She'd said, eyes drifting off a little as she thought of her poetry, She felt the most interesting urge at that moment to write something. But, she pushed it aside and turned her eyes back to Fenton.

“I know Rowan from my many, uh, visits to this bar. Always at night. And I usually always leave completely plastered.” She admitted with a small laugh, taking another sip of her soda. “To be fair, I'm not here everyday or something like that. I tend to only come to this place maybe... hmm... 2-3 days a week? Although...”

She narrowed her eyes at him a little, head tilting a bit to the right. “You do look... kind of familiar. I might've seen you in passing here. Although, whenever I'm here, I tend to stick more to myself anyway.”

And it was right when she finished this statement that she heard the other girl there ask for a towel. Eyes flickering over to her, she'd only just then noticed that it was raining. Great. Her eyes then moved over to the unknown woman there for a job interview and noticed her trying to cover herself feebly, shirt having been soaked all the way through due to the rain. She briefly considered offering her jacket in order to cover the woman... but then she figured that a towel might be better suited.

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Just a forewarning, I'm gonna be busy today so I won't be able to reply as much.

Shine City Zero: Humble Beginnings

Veronica Winters

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@Indy Cooper
@SamaraJayne96
@Dynamo Frokane

Apparently Veronica's decision to stop by the bar during the morning was less unique than she'd been originally anticipated. Because first, some guy showed up talking about 50 year old Bourbon (That she'd LOVE to try but that's another story.) and mentioning something about a story, piquing her interest despite her attempts at shrugging him off. (And he was also quite good-looking but she wasn't even going to go there at this point.)

And she came back to the present at apparently just the right time as a tumbler of soda was slid her way while bourbon was slid towards... he-who's-name-she-doesn't-know. Veronica traced the rim of the glass, staring down at it with an arched eyebrow as Rowan explained the whole ordeal to her.

“Hmm, I'm always up for something hot. Don't mind if I do.” She drawled, about to bring the glass to her lips...

Until another attractive woman walked in (Again, why are there so many attractive people this early in the morning?!) for a job interview. She, for a brief moment, found herself wondering if she should write a poem about surrealism in real life or something similar... it'd be interesting, that's for sure. But, she pushed her approaching thoughts on work to the side to focus more on what exactly was happening around her.

Watching everything around her, she couldn't help the interested expression from appearing at the suggestion that the guy... (What is his name? Rowan said something about it... hmm... something with an... F...? Oh! Fen! She said Fen! It's short for... something.) tell her his story, as suggested by Rowan.

Not really paying attention to anything else, Veronica turned her body to face Fen. “I'd love a good story.” She commented calmly to him, a small smirk on her face.

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@Dynamo FrokaneCool! I'll get something up and leave it open for you, then.

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Hmm... to wait for Dynamo... or to just post... hmm...

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@SamaraJayne96,

Hehe, gotcha. You're fine.

Shine City Zero: Humble Beginnings

Veronica Winters

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@Indy Cooper

“Yup, Veronica. That's me. And I can go for a soda, sure.”

Now, Veronica considered herself to be a rather polite person. Well, when she was around friends she tended to be her more vulgar and dark self BUT whenever she was around people she really didn't know? She tended to be very dry and uncaring for most things. It was something to pride herself on, really.

But, Veronica couldn't even lie. Her eyes, very quickly, flickered over Rowan's body in an unconscious version of 'Checking someone out'. What could she say, really? When she sees an attractive male or female, she notices. Definitely.

But, luckily, it appears that Rowan isn't the most... aware person when it comes to someone's interest... thank god for that.

Veronica watched Rowan speak with a type of natural curiosity, unused to seeing the bartender in such a natural manner. It was very fascinating.

Yet, Veronica was able to just see Rowan wince a little. And it didn't take long for Veronica to figure out exactly what was causing it and briefly found herself wondering if the woman was perhaps hungover.

“Nope, I've never been here this early. It's pretty surreal, not gonna lie.” Veronica admitted whilst her left hand, whilst inside her pocket, fiddled with her phone's volume button to turn down the music, it turning into a low barely audible hum. “Long morning? Heh... you could definitely say that.”

Humming under her breath, Veronica trailed after the leggy bartender and felt an almost immediate sense of comfort wash over her. The bar was definitely a comforting presence to the woman. ESPECIALLY after the hell of a morning she'd had.

Her lips quirked up at Rowan's words as she looked around the bar from her position in the middle of the bar. “I adore Spicy Stuff, actually. A nice burn is always welcome, I say. And ay, I'd be up for anything weird and I'll pretty much try anything.”

Veronica said this in a bit of a happier tone as she wandered over to the bar, standing by her preferred seat at the end of the bar. It gave a good view of the rest of the bar so she tended to prefer it. It's good for people watching.

But, Veronica's attention was grabbed when someone else waltzed in. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw an attractive man enter the bar. He had this very calm vibe about him that was mildly interesting. He also mentioned 50 year old Bourbon which sounded lovely, to be honest. Giving a small nod to the man, she returned her gaze to the bartender.

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Veronica Winters

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@Indy Cooper

Hmm... guess it's time to feed into my alcoholism, then?

Standing across the street from the Cornerstore Bar, hands in pockets and large headphones blasting a nice song most likely too loud, Veronica felt... at peace. Which was honestly a bit of a rarity these days.

The weight of her bag was starting to become noticeable.

Raising her arm, she pulled back her sleeve to peer down at the watch blinking up at her from her left wrist. Eh... it's about an hour until 12... close enough. Fixing her sleeve, she was prepared to walk in when the familiar smell of cigarette smoke made her fingers twitch.

Following the smell, her eyes drifted down as she finally noticed the woman sitting on the curb outside of the establishment. Head tilting to the right, she squinted her eyes slightly. She looks awfully... familiar...

Forcing her mind to shift through her, most likely, wonky thought from her experiences at the bar (What could she say? She was a fan of alcohol and even though she didn't arrive often, she definitely had fun... from what she could remember.), she was able to finally piece together a story.

Rowan!

She could fuzzily remember the beautiful woman serving her at her nights at the bar. Although, she's only ever been there during the night so... this might be a bit of a shocker.

Are they even open this early?

She had no idea. Like established, she'd never been there before 8 PM. But, in her usual uncaring manner, she decided to basically say 'fuck it' and approach.

Hands buried into her pockets, she barely looked both ways before walking across the street until she was on the same sidewalk as the bartender. Stopping when right beside her, Veronica didn't turn off her music and instead moved her headphones off of her ears so that they rested around her neck.

“It's nice to see you when I'm sober.”

She enjoyed “pre-gaming” as you may call it. Besides, it's a good way to get rid of the shitty bourbon her mother would send. She'd still get nice and tipsy before going to the bar for better alcohol.