@bruiscdviolets location: deadlights
News about Maya rocked Erin to her core. As if she didn't already feel like she was walking around the town on literal eggshells, clinging to the precipice of her own self-preservation, the loss of another felt like coming a little too close to the tipping point. Downing the shot from what was undoubtedly, a less-than-clean shot glass, Erin simply pushed it back towards the bartender, watching silently as he poured her another - just as he had each time she'd come in so late. The second almost touched her lips, the momentary pause between one burn and the next caught her off-guard as she spotted the woman entering the dingy bar they'd all once hung out at, all the time. "Your timing always did fucking suck," She scoffed, finally tipping back the shot to satiate the burn once more, "What exactly made you think coming back was a good idea, Mari?"