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Blame it on the Goose Got you feeling loose... Blame it on the alcohol

The bar's a comfortable place, where everyone knows you just have to walk up, give the bartender a smile, and order up a drink. Everyone goes to a bar sometime, whether to pick up a companion for the night, to pick up a friend, or pick up a drink. You never know the story behind the guy sitting next to you, or the bartender. But that's what bars are for, aren't they? To learn about the guy on the stool next to you, drinking his gin and tonic.
So what do you do in a Walk Into A Bar meme?
1. Comment here with your character and their canon in the subject line.
2. Hit RNG for a number between 1-15.
3. Tag someone else using that number as your character's reason for coming to the bar.
4. Profit!
So, what's your poison?
1. Sex on the Beach - You're here at the bar for one reason and one reason only, to find some company for the night. It might help, to buy them a drink first. But then they might throw that back in your face...
2. Tonic and Gin - Life's been one disaster after another lately, and the only thing that makes it easier is the sweet numbing taste of alcohol...
3. Midori Sour - Your friends dragged you out here and they've suddenly abandoned you for some rock star in the VIP lounge. Are you bitter? Maybe. Or maybe you'll just use the opportunity to flirt with the cute bartender...
4. Shirley Temple - You got a call five minutes ago asking you to come to the bar to pick up your too-intoxicated friend/brother/sister. But now that you're here, they don't seem to be anywhere to be found...
5. Poolside Pleasure - There's nothing like being on vacation in a tropical paradise, is there? And what better way to soak in that tropical vibe than to swim up to the Tiki Bar for a relaxing fruity drink with a paper umbrella?
6. Moonshine - Maybe you're underaged. Or maybe the bar isn't exactly what you'd call legal. Whatever the reason, you're not supposed to be here, but you are, and while you're here, might as well get something to wet your whistle, right? Just be careful not to get caught...
7. Hair of the Dog - Last night was... do you even remember last night? Probably not, given the wicked hangover pounding in your head right now. Well, nothing cure a hangover like having a drink in the morning to take the edge off, right?
8. Champagne - Something great has happened! Did you get a promotion? Kill your nemesis? Whatever it is, you feel great and it's time everyone celebrated with you. A round of champagne on the house!
9. Shaken, not Stirred - To everyone else, this is a regular bar, but not to you. You know you're here to meet a clandestine contact, an enemy informer or a secret spy. Better play it cool and keep your eyes open...
10. Sunken Pirate Ship - You've been out on the high seas for months, and finally made it into port with your pockets full of gold. What're you going to do first? Drink that gold away or buy some company for the evening? You can do both at the bar...
11. Punch in the Rain - You're the bouncer of this bar and you think the guy sitting next to you has probably had too much to drink. Maybe it's time to cut them off. Hopefully they'll go easy, huh?
12. Bartender - Everyone who walks through the door has a story to tell, and you're the guy they love to tell those stories to. Are you the type to listen, or the type to slip a little something extra into their drink in hopes that they shut up about their sob story?
13. Absinthe - Whatever it is you just drank didn't seem to agree with you. And at the corner of your eye you keep seeing this bright green faerie... Is everything happening around you reality, or have you slipped into some kind of hallucination?
14. 357 Magnum - Did you just insult my mother? Whether or not they did, you sure think so, and you know what's the best way to settle things in a bar? With a bar brawl, of course!
15. Happy Hour - Anything goes! Got another scenario you want to play out, this is the place for it!
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Is it? Alcohol dulls the senses.
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SH
[A pause, a consideration, then a second text. Talkative today.
...Or perhaps it's because what someone alone at a bar would do, text someone who wasn't there.]
Far more potent ways to achieve the same end, also.
SH
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You ordered one.
[Another smile. Another look from the people around him.]
And still here you are and not looking for those more potent ways.
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Think. You're more clever than that.
SH
[He looked up when the bartender brought the drink he'd ordered. A faint, almost wavering and apologetic smile.]
Ex-girlfriend. Can't get rid of her or the damned tone. I'm hopeless with these things, really.
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Ex-girlfriend? I didn't realize you cared, Mr. Holmes.
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"Determined, isn't she, mate?"
He looks back to his phone, tapping the side of the glass now in front of him. A good mimicry of uncertainty, enough to fool someone who didn't know to look for an act.]
The least I could say when you're being so helpful.
SH
[He looks at the bartender after he sends it and gives a quiet chuckle.]
I know, I know. "Shouldn't text her back." I hear it all the time. But...
[The faintest lean forward, a suggestion to the subconscious, and he's rewarded with the one behind the bar doing something similar.] Nobody else to really talk to. Don't really know anyone else, see. Moved here for her, uprooted everything, then, well...
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Irene finishes typing the text and keeps the phone hidden in her palm as she rises from her seat in the back to join the bar. She orders a glass of red wine from the bartender first, then presses send.]
You haven't seen anything yet.
[When the telltale ring sounds, Irene gives Sherlock a look of feigned surprise, the kind of look one gives a complete stranger at the bar when they do something unexpected and potentially offensive.] That's an interesting choice of mobile alert.
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That's when he'll find out just how successful he's been.
"How long you been here?"]
Six months. Not really... social... Don't get out much, really.
[That's when the sound comes again and then there's a woman speaking to him.
Sherlock's eyes give him away, but the rest of his expression is demure, chastened.]
Right. Right. I'm sorry. [He can sound so sincere when he's lying.] Long story, and I can't get rid of the thing.
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How unfortunate. A woman, I'm guessing.
[She couldn't be more amused if she tried.]
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Balancing is the name of the game now. Keeping the bartender's mind where he needs it to be while not showing too much interest or too much disinterest in this woman.
He nodded once, gaze remaining down, embarrassed... one would think.]
Ex of mine. I really should just... get a new phone. But... trying to find a new job, and I've given this number out.
"Damned if you do"...
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It does beg the question of whether the ringtone was changed before or after you and the lady went their separate ways.
Is that what you tell John too?
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[He smiles just a bit and sets down his glass. Empty.
He looks over at the bartender and quirks a smile, tapping the side.]
Can I bother you for a second? Thank you.
[Out of the corner of his eye... Yes. The bartender is making another drink, putting it on the napkin... and putting that on top of a business card that had a written number on the back of it.
Perfect.
He directs his attention back to the woman speaking to him.]
I think precisely to cause situations like this.
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That seems awfully petty. Perhaps she just wanted to leave you a reminder of what you're missing.
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And it was easier this way than trying to try and convince the other to write numbers otherwise.]
"Petty" sounds accurate.
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And how would she describe you, I wonder?
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"Unresponsive," "unappreciative."
[He smiles, sipping his new drink and slipping the business card from under the napkin and pocketing it.]
And those would be if she's feeling kind.
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[She takes another slow sip from her wine glass, using the motion to disguise how she's watching his movements.
That doesn't explain why you're in a bar talking to a woman you seem to care nothing for.
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[Because he really cares about being "polite."
He chuckles. An almost sincere sound as he takes out his debit card and hands it to the bartender.]
This is my last one. Thanks.
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It was a pleasure, Mr. Holmes.
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SH
[After all, his cases meant that their worlds were bound to intersect. Particularly with his... game... with Moriarty. Their paths, all of them... would cross many, many more times.]