The Bar Fight Meme

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THE BAR FIGHT MEME



HOW TO PLAY
1) Post a blank comment with your character, or post with your preferences
2) Reply to others by rolling the RNG between 1-10 to pick a prompt, or just grab one you want.
3) Are you two the ones fighting? Are you teamed up? Or are you just a bystander? Decide!
4) Have fun and don’t cause too much collateral damage.

PROMPTS
1) RAGING DRUNK WHO’S THAT ASSHOLE STARING AT ME? I’M-I’M, GUYS I’M GONNA FIH….I’M GONNA FIGHT HIM. I’M GONNA….GUYS BACK ME UP. GUYS

2) RELUCTANT All you wanted is a quiet drink alone or a nice night with your friends. You really didn’t mean to knock that person’s drink over. Now they wanna go and you just wanna go home.

3) DISRESPECT Someone’s been talking shit about someone, and you’ve got some honor to defend or a score to settle.

4) START SOME SHIT Literally the only reason you’re out tonight is to fuck shit up.

5) YOU ASSHOLE You've hustled someone at pool, or said some rude things pretty loud, or hit on someone too aggressively. Doesn't matter, you’ve been a jerk and now karma’s gonna kick your ass.

6) BLOODBATH You didn’t start the fight. You have no idea who started the fight. But now everyone’s fighting and it’s throw a punch or cower behind the bar time.

7) VENDETTA You’ve got history with this person and now they’re here in the bar with you. It doesn’t matter if they’ve actually done anything to you tonight, you’re still gonna brawl.

8) WILD Go nuts

Comments

we have discussed

[mylawn]

[HERE THEY ARE, the 'stand next to their own wanted posters, looking like their wanted posters; fuck the police' club, hanging out in a bar where they're most definitely going to get jumped like fugitives. They're going to get jumped like fugitives because they are fugitives, but 76 doesn't exactly seem concerned with that.

He's not drinking (even though he would certainly like to be drinking), seeing as he has a mask to wear (which is probably why they're about to get jumped, but he's stubborn), so he takes it upon himself to read the room, instead. He takes note of every hushed whisper, every glance thrown in their direction. They both expect the other shoe to drop, and it does, in the form of some new arrivals that stand in the doorway and scan the bar. They're armed. They're looking for something--or someone. Word gets around.]

Hey.

[He'll nudge her under the table with his boot, nodding towards the group that's just come in.]

Company.

[byenoon]

[At least her wanted posters have her mask in them, so that she can walk around unmasked in public locations like this. Jack, of course, is less subtle, but after all these years, being sneaky isn't something that Ana expects from him in any shape, way, or form. The mask is something that she was still getting used to (and honestly, thought was a little stupid), but knew that trying to talk him out of it was futile.

With that said, Ana is in fact sipping from a simple beer – even if just to blend in the surroundings better – but it doesn't matter much, as she actually could hold her alcohol quite well. Sadly, the bottle was going to be left unfinished as she's quick to pick up on the little gesture of his head wave toward the door. Her eyes train on the newcomers, lips forming into the slightest hint of a smile as she knows not to make any sudden movements.]

I'm guessing they're not here for our autographs.

[In the next moment, though, she angles a harsh look in Jack's direction.]

I know that avoiding them is going to be near impossible, but try not to make more of a scene than necessary?

[mylawn]

[Yeah, see, 76 is kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. Running around in the mask only makes people try for his bounty, but running around without it is arguably much riskier. The former he can deal with. The latter he can't exactly afford. The possibility of running afoul of some facial recognition software is a risk he doesn't want to take.

Or maybe he's just stubborn.]

Not likely.

[Unless by 'autographs' she means 'astronomically high bounty'. He figures they're after him, the obvious one, and it'll turn out that Ana is a nice bonus. 76 is already scanning the room, looking for environmental factors they can use to their advantage. They'll have a few moments while their opponents order a drink. He knows that they're scoping out the joint just as they are.]

If we make it out the back door. [No scene.] Can't promise anything beyond that.

[byenoon]

[From the way Jack seemed to attract far more attention than herself (not that Ana was that much better, with her own huge bounty and all), she also figured that this potential trouble was for him as well. But it wasn't like she wanted to leave him to deal with this trouble on his own either. Even if these guys did seem pretty small-time and likely weren't going to be much of a threat. Still, it did no good to underestimate an enemy.]

I suppose that's the best I can hope for, from you.

[Shifting her glance over the few at the bar, Ana slowly stands up, stretching her arms as she raises to her feet.]

Oh my, it seems like I need to take a trip to the restroom. Please, excuse me.

[With a wink of a smile, she begins to retreat in the direction of said restrooms, even if she's really just embarking on finding a good spot to take cover in, if this should escalate. And if these people were after her instead? Well, she was going to have them cornered as hell.]

[mylawn]

[It's basically the best she'll ever get to hope for, with him. Granted, he's trying, but trouble finds you when you're the target of an international manhunt. Ana gets up and he waits, tries to see what the group will do--if they're interested enough to follow her.

They make note of it, that's for sure, and after a long moment 76 gets a little impatient and decides to join her. If they can sneak out the back, they might be able to take care of this in the alley behind the bar. Predictably, they don't follow right away, but he feels eyes on him as he leaves.

He meets her in the hall and immediately starts pulling her toward the exit.]

Probably have about a minute. We can corner them in the alley.

A million years later

[byenoon]

[With the way the strangers seemed to barely react to her little trip to the "bathroom", Ana figured that either they weren't after her or maybe they saw through that ruse completely — probably for the best, as that was a pretty old trick.

Once Jack leaves, she knows they don't have a lot of time. So as he speaks to her, Ana is already climbing the fire exit stairs of the bar, trying to establish a decent sniping position a bit in the distance.]

A whole minute? That's more time than we've had, in the past.

[Finding adequate cover behind some kind of mechanical unit on a nearby rooftop, she crouches down, peeking her one good eye around the corner to see their new friends were briskly walking not far off their tail.]

Company in bound. Keep your head down.

[mylawn]

Make it count.

[Which she's already doing. It's nice, not having to worry about someone else--to know someone else so well that he can implicitly trust their plan of action and be certain that it will compliment his. It's something he's missed, even if there's no time to voice it.

Maybe he'll tell her later, when they're finished beating up these thugs.

76 doesn't bother to take the high ground, letting Ana have that domain. Instead, he ducks behind a few nearby supply crates, waiting for the group to come around the corner and into view.

He waits for them to pass him--let them miss him entirely, get a few steps away before he springs into action, launching himself at the thug bringing up the rear.]

[byenoon]

[While it was in her nature to come up with some sarcastic remark to his piece of advice, Ana refrains from doing so not only because there wasn't room to do so, but also because — for better or worse — Jack wasn't one to waste his time either. Even if his approach sometimes had the tendency to draw more attention than she liked, his style was one she could work with — someone needed to be in the thick of the action, after all.

At least on that much, he was already delivering in spades as Ana watches him tackle the offender in the back. Of course, the rest of the opponents are instantly put on alert, quickly pivoting around to try to take out Jack. Fortunately, Ana is far enough away to get a shot on one thug that was seemingly trying to aim their gun in his direction. As Ana prioritizes the targets the furthest from the action, it takes another enemy falling down before the suspicion is raised that Ana was nearby. Two more break away from the brawl, searching wildly, which prompts her to try to change her position.]

Keep sharp! Two of them are onto me.

[mylawn]

I’ve got them.

[Or he will get them, just as soon as he throws this one guy off. The last thing he wants is to let any of them close the distance between themselves and Ana, of course. If he knows her (and he thinks he does), she'll already be repositioning, which means if he's fast enough (and he thinks he is), he can take care of it before she even settles.

He'll abandon his current target to go after the two that have split off, the others following in pursuit. 76 pushes himself into a sprint, his enhanced speed more than evident as he quickly closes the distance and throws himself into the tackle.]