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

The Walk Into A Bar Meme!

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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[ You're damn right Roxy would argue that! Having Rose die before her mother would have destroyed the woman, that's for sure. But Rose ought to hear some of the facts behind how her mother-version died in THIS universe. Maybe if Roxy had been smarter somehow, she'd have seen the signs. Or been a better shot, or better fighter she could've warded off the Condesce's hitman, could've woken up before the shot, could have set up an alternative power source so when she went downstairs to examine the source of the noise, when she smelt copper and the carpet felt wet she might've realized sooner- might've administered proper medical treatment or caught who did it before the body was scurried away, the replacement slipping into her li-

blinks. Roxy is perfectly still, face completely blank, before this sinks in. Suddenly, she GRABS Rose's hands to start shrieking and jumping up and down because MISTER CROCKER! JANEYS DAD! THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN DIRK!! All previous upset over dead mothers seems to fade away, for the time being, at this news.

Whooping and laughing at the idea that somewhere, someday, a version of herself finally gets with her buddy's mega hot dad.. well, there's just no other way to put it. ]

YESSSSSSSSS
I GET TO TOALTY PAIL WITH JANEYS DAD
I KNEWWWWWWWWWE IT! i knwe i t

[ Okay, actually starting to get a little dizzy from all the spinning and jumping. Actually not looking so great, maybe a little green? Oh Rose. You shouldn't have let her have those two glasses of scotch. Pitable look before staggering aside to sit at the curb, not gonna throw up. Do not throw up. This is meeting your ecto-mom/daughter and hearing about your totally rad (albeit inevitably doomed) future. Not evena little dry heaving. ]

[ NOT ENTIRELY AS PLANNED.

She had anticipated the mental and emotional reaction quite well--in that she knew Roxy would flip shits over the relationship with Mister Egbert/Crocker, even if in an alternate dimension. What she did not take into her planning is the gastrointestinal reaction to the other reaction.

If only her powers came in the lifey-thingy style she may be able to help her drunken ecto-mom/daughter. Sadly, that is not the case.

She follows and sits next to Roxy on the curb. Hopefully no one mistakes her for a street cone. ]

I am far from familiar with the exact specifics of what activities went on between the two and I would like to keep it that way.
But, yes, I can, at the very least, confidently assure that the two of you were 'totes an item', as you may say.

[ Any 'pailing' activities between her mom and anyone else are firmly prevented from entering Rose's mind. After all, this is meeting your ecto-mom/daughter. No throwing up.

She places a hand on Roxy's back, hoping to either keep the girl from vomiting or, if she were to vomit, to be in a position to offer some sort of help immediately. ]

[ Taking deep breaths to steady the urge to retch, casts Rose a grateful glance when the other girl rubs her back. Really, the best daughter ever, everybody else go home. We found ourselves a winner. ]

u seem to know a lot
with ur omnipotentnty orangey powers

[ Leans over and taps Rose right on the little button nose. The same name nose on both their faces- Roxy's posed in enough mirrors to know that nose anywhere. Nausea subsiding, however temporarily, watching her daughter through the haze of inebriation and information overload. ]

so leik
is it my fault u died?

[ It's unclear whether she means Rose's dimension or her own, and its debatable whether or that matters to her. ]

[ The corners of Rose's mouth turn up almost imperceptibly as Roxy taps her nose. Yes, definitely the best mother ever. Also the biggest, most inebriated pain-in-the-ass, likely, but the best mother nonetheless and that's all there needs to be said on the matter. ]

If we assume time to be linear--and it is not, as a certain Strider inclined towards time would point out in some incomprehensibly ironic manner--then my powers would not be capable of seeing the events that lead up to and cause my death.
My powers are inclined towards foreseeing the result of all possible actions that will lead to victory.
I am akin to a GPS for finding the most efficient path to victory.
And even if I were able to see into the past to determine the series of events leading to my death, it could very well be that my death was necessary for the future victory, whatever that may be.

But it is all essentially moot, as I do not need any sort of powers of divination to know you are not at fault.

[ She continues to idly rub Roxy's back as she explains her own death(s) in a analytical manner, as though she were describing something as mundane. ]

This goes for both worlds.
This incarnation of me did, in fact, die. Twice, technically, but I am very much not dead now.
Anyway.
My first death was at the blade of the immortal dog demon that killed you.
As I saw you die, I became possessed with rage and flew head-first into a futile suicide mission; whether it was simply out of the need for vengeance and to tear his body itself apart in the most brutal fashion possible for taking away my mother or nothing more than a foolish wish to embrace death due to being unable to accept all that I had failed to give you, I am not sure.
Perhaps a little of both.
Regardless, it was an unnecessary and futile suicide mission that I alone made myself partake in.

Unlike my second death, which was a necessary but successful suicide mission.

Edited 2012-02-29 00:05 (UTC)

[ Although it is nice to hear it probably maybe isn't your fault you mom/daughter died, the next bit of description was a little wordy and depressing for Roxy to sift through with her heavily incapacitated brain functions. And Roxy responds perfectly rationally to this lengthy explanation on how her mother-as-a-daughter died-

She bursts into hysterical tears, face buried in her hands.

That drunk.

Hey, it's better than throwing up! Probably. ]

[ This was likely to happen sooner or later. Rose silently moves closer so that there is no space between the two of them and wraps her arm around Roxy's shoulder. ]

Of course, you are not my mother.
Neither am I yours.
The Rose Lalonde of this world and the Roxy Lalonde of mine lived different lives with different experiences than those of the two sitting here.
However, the fact the words 'mother' and 'daughter' do not accurately describe our relationship is totally and completely irrelevant, as there does exist a word to describe what we are.
We are family.
I am here; you are here. You are no longer alone.

[ Despite speaking clearly and eloquently, there are tears running down her cheeks as well. ]

[ Holy shit! You don't get to just say THAT either. Definitely crying even harder at that because, well.. As much as Roxy would like to argue being a master of the void and a strong independent lady facilitates lots and lots of alone time- it still sucks. A lot. The amount of time she spent trying in vain to look up her mother's younger self- Rose's session- is proof enough of that desperate need for some kind of connection.

And now here it is and she can't stop crying! Ugh, and no doubt her face gets all pink and blotchy when she cries. Roxy Lalonde; ugly crier, at your service.

With that in mind, lifts her head to tell Rose to look away- and spots the other girl's tears. ]

why are YOU cryign??

I cannot justify if I have the right to cry as well, so I will take that as literal as possible.
Why am I crying...
That would be because both versions of myself have failed both versions of you in both universes.
In my universe, I dared believe your love and affection to be anything but genuine and took for granted that you were mortal, even if incredibly capable, independent, and strong.
In this universe, though I may not know exactly what I had done, I obviously failed you if you came to believe for a moment that you were at fault for my death or felt nothing but neglect from me. If you felt inadequacy and loneliness, then I failed.
I suppose I made essentially the same mistake in each universe, if both relationships are simplified as much as possible.

I believed you to not need me, to not want me.

To have failed you twice--making the same mistake, twice--and still be given the opportunity to be with you is why I cry. I have made mistakes that cannot be forgiven and have been given a gift I do not deserve.

I believe both to be reasons to cry.

god u are acutaly kidna stupid huh

[ Only means this in the best way! Sniffles, scrubbing off half her eyemakeup when she tries to wipe her eyes before casting a pitiable look back at her mother-daughter. Reached over to smooth out Rose's hair, to wipe away the tears trailing down her cheeks. ]

dumbo
ur here now
i dont care what u think u did or didnt do or whatevre
youre HERE

[ Expression shifts when the idea dawns on her that this might be more than the tearful reunion of her and her mother for the rest of eternity. ]

ur staying right

I have every intention of staying.

[ She takes the sleeve of her Seer's robe to wipe Roxy's messier face. ]

And if responsibilities come up that demand my attention elsewhere for however long, you are welcome to join me.
Although I do worry.
Will the world be capable of handling the combined powers of two Lalondes?

[ Relief floods Roxy like alcohol to her bloodstream at the assurance that her mother will remain with her!

Pulls Rose's hands into her, the tight grip of a desperate little girl who is never, ever letting her mom out of her sight again! ]

it did for awhiel right??
im not leting u outta my SIGHT
ur gonna get like
legit sikc of me in a few days

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

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