Meadow Laurent

31. Bartender. Closed RP account for darksecretshq.

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rikki-laurent​:

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“Did Mama happen to give you anything from Dad back home?” Rikki asked as she settled into Meadow’s side on the couch. A bottle of water sat between the two sisters and her head lolled back. “If not, I have a ton of food.”

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"She brought me like two dozen of his brownies, and I think I've already eaten a dozen of them by myself" Meadow admitted without any sense of shame. Brownies were her absolute favorite food, and the vegan ones their dad made gave her such a sense of nostalgia. "But I'm sure that's nothing compared to what she gave you." Which made sense, given her sister was apparently trying to stress the whole family into early graves. "So if you need help eating anything before it goes bad, let me know." Meadow was never one to turn down their dad's cooking.

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djzeph​:

Zephyr was honestly having the time of his life up at the DJ booth tonight. The club being slammed just meant more fun for him and more skirts to chase. He was already proud of the three numbers he had gotten from the bachelorette crew. Looking up as he saw his sister’s head dart past into the employee area, he looked around for his relief for the night.

Seeing the wave from her brother, he passed over his headset, grabbed the napkins with the numbers on them and descended his little stand. “Let’s go grab some breakfast and let me take you home.” He said, leading her carefully out of the club. Thankfully, he kept everything he needed on him.  

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"That sounds perfect" she agreed with her brother. Meadow might be the oldest of the four Laurent siblings, but they were close enough in age that they all looked out for each other. "Does it make me sound like a five year old if I say I want extra whipped cream on top of my pancakes?" she asked. Not that she cared. Being raised vegan she had often missed out on childhood staples like pancakes with chocolate chips and whipped cream. An injustice she was making up for now that she no longer had her father around to cook vegan food for her all the time. "How was your night?" she asked him as they walked. "I saw you up there and you seemed to be having a good time."

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loreleixsullivan​:

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“Most of ‘em do. For every hundred suckish people, you’ll find the one who isn’t so bad.” So far, Lorelei had no shortage on eye candy. Some weren’t so off-putting as others. “Those who normally say they hate drama is the one who causes it, but I don’t plan on it.”

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"You think so?" Meadow asked skeptically. In her experience it was usually the other way around; she had far more co-workers she got along with than those she didn't. But perhaps she'd just been lucky that way. "Well that's good, then. Working in a club can have enough drama without the employees adding to it." Whenever alcohol and tourists were involved, drama was almost inevitable.

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rhysxhughes​:

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“Could be dude chick if you prefer, not one to make the other uncomfortable now,” Rhys was quick to say back to her. Rhys had a very quick mouth that sometimes got himself in trouble, other times, however, it was what got him out of said trouble and made his life a little bit easier. “If you need something fun to do, you can always ring me, I am the definition of the fun dude, my friend. So just tag along and let good ol’ boy Rhys take care of ya.”

This was not the first time Rhys came to this club, nor get himself in the middle of a private celebration of sorts. He knew some people, he was well known around this parts and he always found ways of taking advantage of situations that were far too easy not to. A party full of drunk college girls? That was his complete and total domain. “Yeah, you could say this is one of the places I like to hang out at, at least once a week.” He said, downing half of his drink and he gave Meadow a wide grin. “You see, actually not much since I gotta work outside of it most of the time, but here is far more easy to get free stuff out of chicks like this ones.”

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Meadow laughed at him. "That might actually be worse" she said with a shake of her head. "But you know, I just might have to take you up on that offer tonight." She figured she was overdo for some fun right about now. Hopefully just not too much fun. She might not have work tomorrow morning, but she didn't want to end up in a jail cell with a bunch of drunken tourists while she waited for one of her siblings to bail her out.

"Okay, fair enough" she said before taking a sip of her cocktail. Then she added "Oh, so that's your secret. You just flirt with girls until they buy you drinks." She had seen that often enough at her job, although it was usually men buying women the drinks. But hey, Meadow was nothing if not a feminist. If these girls wanted to buy Rhys drinks all night, that was their choice. Just as it was Meadow's choice to take advantage of it while she was able to. "So what makes this place special?" she asked him. "Aside from the availability of free drinks, I mean."

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rikki-laurent​:

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“What is even the big hype on that anyways?” Rikki lamented. The surefire way to keep her from eating something was to put coconut in it. “It’s annoying.” Rikki wasn’t the only person in the world with a food allergy, but coconut allergies were up there with unusual ones. The only bartender she actually trusted was her sister. “You’re the only one here that I trust, honestly.”

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"Because its an easy way to give food and drinks a tropical twist and charge tourists twice as much for them" Meadow explained. "Especially if you live somewhere hot." It was a trick she'd picked up on when she'd started bartending at the club. Tourists in a desert like Vegas were always willing to shell out extra money for a tropical themed drink. "Speaking of tropical, I think they're serving daiquiris." A classic drink that Meadow knew wouldn't have coconut in it. "Or if you want something else, I could probably talk one of the bartenders into making something just for you." Meadow had a decent enough relationship with the other bartenders that she figured whoever was working right now would be willing to help her out if she asked.

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Who: @djzeph​​​ Where: Inside the club When: Sunday July 18, very early in the morning

It was early. Or late, depending on how you looked at it. Either way, Meadow was exhausted. Saturday nights were always busy, and this one had been no exception. All Meadow wanted was something to eat and then to crawl into her bed. But first, she had to get out of the club. Which was easier said than done when the bar had been slammed all night. Meadow wasn't one to leave her co-workers in a lurch just so that she could leave. Finally, after pouring a bachelorette party a round of cosmos, she made a beeline to the employees-only area to grab her purse.

Spotting her brother, she waved to him. "I am so ready to be done for the night." She glanced at her phone, seeing what time it was. "I want pancakes in the worst way" she added. "We could hit the diner a few blocks over if you want." One of the best things about living in Las Vegas was that twenty-four diners were in abundance. Let the high roller tourists stick to the fancy restaurants with lobster and caviar. Meadow would choose her greasy spoon diners with the best pancakes in town any day instead.

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selena-westmoreland​:

“Would it be alcoholism if I just straight up drank a shot every night to keep myself from thinking about the bar exam?”

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"One drink a day isn't that bad" said Meadow with a laugh. "Definitely way below the average for someone in Las Vegas" she added. "I take it you have a lot to learn for the bar exam?" she asked, sympathetic towards the other woman. "I've heard its a lot to memorize for one test." Even if it was a major test that could affect the rest of a person's life.

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rikki-laurent​:

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“I think it did. I’m only allergic to coconut,” she responded with a scrunch of her nose. Even the smell made her sick to her stomach, sometimes literally. The actual coconut itself sent her into anaphylactic shock. “It’s fucking disgusting, I’d like to not die tonight, thanks.” It also made her come across as high-maintenance when she asked someone to sanitize bar accessories in case someone created something with coconut in it to stop cross-contamination. “A lot of this stuff has coconut products and it’s a shame.”

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"I can see how you feel that way" said Meadow sympathetically. "If I was as allergic to something as you are, I'd hate it with a fiery passion." Fortunately for Meadow she didn't have any food allergies, because she loved coconut shrimp. "Honestly I feel like cocktail parties are basically playing Russian roulette for people with food allergies." She'd seen waiters give people confused looks for asking if a food contained a certain ingredient that they were allergic to. "But we should be able to find at least one drink that's a safe bet" she added, figuring her bartender knowledge would come in handy there.

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jessielee​:

“Exactly,” she chuckled. “It’s always better when you have someone by your side just to talk to… you know?” She asked. She nodded, “yeah they really can, sometimes they don’t understand the word ‘no’,” she said doing the same, lowering her voice slightly so none of the nearby customers could hear what she was saying. “What would like to drink?” She asked as she ordered herself a drink.

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"Plus talking helps you pace yourself" Meadow agreed. To her, nothing foretold a bad night like having someone come into the bar alone at the start of her shift and order shots or whisky. Although she'd almost always take them over the screaming and squealing bachelorette parties. "A lot of people act like they've never been told the world no before" she said with a scoff. She wanted to track down the parents of every single one of those people and give them a piece of her mind. "I think I'll have a cosmo" she said in response to Jessie's question. Meadow tried to keep her drink orders simple, and she loved the fruity but sour taste of a cosmo.

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jessielee​:

Jessie smiled, “oh absolutely, I’d drink alone but it’s never fun to drink alone,” she chuckled, “I’m going to need it if I’m to survive,” she joked, “I’m joking I love this place just sometimes… men,” she chuckled, “and women but anyway, I’d love a drinking buddy,” she hummed.

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"Drinking alone usually isn't nearly as fun" Meadow agreed. In her experience people often drank together when they wanted to have a good time. People drank alone when they wanted to forget their problems. "And I know what you mean. Some of the customers can be a bit much" she said, dropping her voice slightly so none of the nearby customers could hear her words.

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nellie-archibald​:

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Nellie gave herself a breather for the first time since moving to Vegas. Her mistake haunted her even now and she wasn’t naïve enough to think no one whispered about it. Retail therapy was the best medicine and she found herself looking forward to putting a small dent in her bank account. 

She examined a blue sundress from the rack when Meadow’s voice caught her attention. “That’s adorable and that color would look amazing on you,” she responded with a nod. 

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"You think?" she said thoughtfully. She was definitely considering the dress, but wanted to make sure it looked good on her before buying something so expense. "Okay, that settles it" she added with a nod. "I'm going to try it on. But please tell me your honest opinion of how I look in it." She didn't want to buy it and then decide she didn't look good in it after wearing it only once. She headed in the direction of the dressing rooms, hoping Nellie would be honest with her when she came back out.

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rikki-laurent​:

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“He can do a great many things, but I wouldn’t overload his plate,” Rikki laughed. Her attention turned his way for a moment, much like it always did when they were in the same room, and refocused on her sister. “Last time I had a themed drink, I had an allergic reaction. No, thank you.” Even if it was cheap booze pumped out more often than not. Rikki preferred to remain on the cautious side, much like her everyday life. “I think the food here is decent. Have you tried the smoked salmon bites? They’re fantastic.” 

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"Probably had coconut in it" said Meadow with a shake of her head. Unlike her sister, Meadow wasn't allergic to coconut. "What a way to ruin a perfectly good cocktail" she said in an overdramatic lament. "I have not" she said in response to Rikki's question. "Let me see if I can find some before they're all gone." She'd been sampling the shrimp, but she suspected they had coconut in them as well, so she didn't suggest them to Rikki. She began to glance around for a tray with the smoked salmon bites on them.

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jessielee​:

“Anyone by chance interested in having a drink before my shift, I’m bored and I need entertained before I entertain myself... that being said if no one does I suppose I’ll have to drink alone, wouldn’t be the first time, oh well!”

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Meadow had worked the early shift that day after having two nights off in a row. She had just punched out when she ran into Jessie. Giving the blonde a smile, she said "I just got off work if you want someone to drink with before you start." Meadow didn't usually drink at the club, preferring to leave when she was off the clock, but she figured one cocktail before heading home wouldn't take up too much of her time.

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loreleixsullivan​:

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“I was at my old place for seven years and I barely knew anyone’s name. The less you know about your co-workers, the less their bullshit affects you. The less their bullshit affects you, the less drama you get involved in,” Lorelei responded. Her intention had been to be as anonymous as humanly possible, but now with Asher working there, Lorelei braced herself for roadblocks at every turn. If he’d been there a long time, everyone likely knew him. “The less drama you get involved in, the better.”

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"That might be true, but not all co-workers suck" Meadow said. "Some of the people here are fun to work with and hang with outside of work" she admitted. Of course, she might have been biased since she worked with her younger sister. But she wasn't referring only to Rikki. "Although I will agree with you about the drama. I'm a grown woman who doesn't have time or patience for behavior that should have been left back in middle school."

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rhysxhughes​:

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Rhys was prone into enjoying his life and more, going out on days he wasn’t supposed to. Working at the club demanded him being a bit more responsible since he couldn’t be driving around hungover or worse, drunk even. He was trying to mend himself, he honestly was, but the temptation of doing wilder things was bigger. Thankfully, he had the day off the next morning and he was more than enjoying his night out.

Like always, he managed to get himself into some random party with some random people that he honestly had no clue who they were. But was he enjoying the attention? That he clearly was.

That is, until he spotted a familiar face.

“Yo, bar chick!”  he greeted, coming down from the mass of people to greet her. “Oh I come here all the time, what are you doing here? — Here, get a fucking drink, these people keep giving them to me free.”

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"Bar chick?" she asked with raised eyebrows before giving  a laugh. "Well, I've been called worse." Usually by people she cut off because they were so drunk they were at risk of hurting themselves or someone else. Nothing like cutting off a partying tourist to get you called bitch. Or something even worse. "I was actually just wandering, looking for something fun to do" she admitted. "So I guess maybe I've found it" she added.

At his offer of a drink, she said "I never turn down the offer of a free drink." She wondered why people kept giving them to him for free, but she wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth, so to speak. She grabbed herself a cocktail and then turned her attention back to Rhys. "So you come here all the time?" she asked. "Don't you see the inside of a night club enough at work?" Granted, he worked as a driver, so he wasn't inside Dark Secrets as often as Meadow was. But her point still stood.

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Who: @rhysxhughes​ Where: Outside a night club When: Thursday July 1, around sundown

Meadow was making her way down the street as the sun was setting. She had tonight and tomorrow night off, which meant she was out looking for some fun. She didn't normally go out on her nights off, preferring to spend them at her place having takeout and watching a good movie or catching up on her TV shows. But tonight she found herself outside a night club. As she was passing by, she spotted a face she recognized from work. "Rhys" she said with a smile. "Strange running into you here." Vegas wasn't huge, but it wasn't so small that she regularly ran into her co-workers outside of work. "How are you doing tonight?"