#mpxruby

[mpxalexander]

❛ you shouldn’t be out here by yourself. ❜

His brows knit together in concentration, and he blinked a few times in an attempt to get his eyes to focus again. Maybe the last two shots were too much. But the girls who offered them to him were really friendly and enthusiastic about him drinking with them. His expression contorted into a grimace for a moment while his insides contemplated whether it was time to expel everything inside of him. Only when they apparently decided against it did his features relax. Gods, time moved so slow and yet everything happened all at once. For just a second, he closed his eyes before quickly opening them again when he felt himself swaying for no reason. 

The voice, unfamiliar but somewhat soothing, managed to briefly snap him out of his drunken haze. Though it returned shortly after, when Alexander turned around a little too fast for his brain to comprehend, and he started stumbling back a bit. With more effort than he’d care to remember, he caught his balance with a step back before he offered her a smile. 

“I’m not.” his voice sounded cheerful and triumphant, but his words were slurred. As if he proved her wrong just with that statement alone. “I’m not by myself.” It took him a moment to realize that he said the both parts in his native tongue, before he quickly repeated it in the appropriate language.

“You’re here!” With a motion that traditionally accompanied the words ‘Ta-da!’ which made him sway some more, Alex flashed her a dashing smile. Though, it was quickly replaced by pure confusion and a questioning look when he spoke up again. “Right?”

In an attempt to answer his own question, he squinted to make sure she was actually there and not some kind of illusion or trick. No, he was pretty sure she was real. Whoever she was.

[mpxkaya]

❛ it doesn’t need to end like this. ❜

Bartending was an interesting job. It allowed her to get to know people, to hear and see them in ways perhaps others wouldn't; there was just something about it that always made people share some of their most private sides and thoughts.

Alcohol was just a funny thing that way.

Bars such as this one held many secrets, many fantastical ones and some much more mundane, but what else could be expected from beings that were only half divine?

This time though, she caught the last breaths of a conversation. "It doesn't have to end this way." She never meant to snoop, but sometimes you just hear things without meaning to. It must've been an unpleasant conversation, but it wasn't her place to guess.

The demigoddess waited a couple minutes before turning to the woman in the ruby necklace. "Would you like another drink?"

[mpxnoel]

❛ i thought maybe they’d realize that they need me. ❜

They'd encountered each other at Dr. feelgoods during a somewhat chill night, the music was nice and the drink was nicer, and soon enough the both of them had enough of their chosen alcohol in their system to grow a tad friendlier (in Noel's case).

Noel hadn't seen her before, not before that night. She seemed troubled enough for him to ask if she was okay, which led them into a conversation that would of course only take place between strangers at a bar in the late hours of the night. He listened to her, really listened to what had made her wear such a frown while Led Zeppelin played in the background, and somewhere deep in his soul, he understood in a way the woman would probably never know.

"What a bunch of asshats." His face contorted into a scowl in distaste for the scummy people in her life. Hopefully they'd all stay in her past and the island would prove to be a safe place for her as it did for many. "You are needed. Not because of what you can do, but because of who you are. Who knows? Maybe the special people in your life are people you haven't met just yet."