Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Smoke from his lit cigarette added to the barās gray haze, lingering, forming curls in the gloom illuminated only by age speckled ceiling lights. Along the wall was every hue of amber liquid in their inverted bottles; a vice for every punter who set foot in here.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Odasakuās was whiskey, neat. His third glass already and what should probably be his last but, it was a weird day all around. His gaze looked up to the creased pages of a calendar pinned to the wall and he notes the date, thick red marker plainly marked over it. Surely, that wasnāt right. From there on he kept to himself, as was usual of him, only glancing up every so often when something the barmaid did or said momentarily drew him out of reverie.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The hour dragged into two and again, it was the barmaidās actions that distracted Oda from jumbled thoughts. Her demeanor perking suddenly, radiant smile scrawling along a set of perfectly painted rose lips which she aimed at someone entering the premises. Curious, Oda turned his head slowly and who he saw nearly made him choke on his own cigarette.