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metalogs2022-11-28 02:44 pm
robintohood) wrote in metalogs2022-11-28 02:44 pm
[OPEN] Leave that old record spinning~
Who: Jason Todd robintohood and you!
What: Grand Opening Week of Descendant Karaoke Bar and Lounge
When: Week of November 28th
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: N/A for now. Will edit if needed.
[Throughout November, you may have seen posts across all the major social media platforms about a new Central City karaoke bar opening up. They even include some nice professional photos of the interior taken by Mark Bryant. Or maybe you’ve heard vague rumors in the criminal underworld about a new safe haven for discussing and doing some illicit business.
Meanwhile in Central City, the renovations of a two-storied building with a basement and an attic were being done swifter than any legally permitted construction project. The owner made sure it was good work done too.
And now at the tail end of the month, there’s a newly opened karaoke bar and lounge known as Descendant. Everyone is welcomed, regardless of their meta status or if they’re part of any guild.
Descendant’s entrance door is relatively innocuous. As soon as you step into the building though, you’re in the security check area and met with bouncers holding metal detector wands. No one’s allowed further in until they get checked. Once you check your weapons, you’ll receive a key labeled with the number of the locker your weapon(s) are in.
In a nod to Ascendant, the previous bar that attracted some of Central’s criminals, much of Descendant’s interior basic layout is similar but now with a speakeasy-esque decor. Once you walk through weapons check, you’re greeted with the first floor being an open space for mingling, drinking, and eating. The walls are visibly brick and the tables and chairs aren’t too fancy. The first floor is also where the bar is.
Further towards the back of the first floor are private rooms for guests to enjoy if they reserve ahead of time and pay extra. The cheapest karaoke rooms are simple and while the most expensive are more luxurious.
One room that makes Descendant unique is the reading room everyone is welcome to use. You're free to drink and enjoy some quiet reading time. Take a book for keeps or donate a book! Quiet conversation is welcome, but overly noisy patrons will be kicked out.
On the second floor are a couple of arcade machines, pool tables, and a stage for live performances. There are plush lounges for people to sit and enjoy the shows, or to take a break between rounds of pool.
With the exception of the reading room and the employee-only areas, you’ll hear music throughout most of the building. It’s either coming from the karaoke machines or from a separate playlist.
Whatever you decide to do, the owner and other attentive employees hope you enjoy your time at their establishment.]
((OOC: Mingle post! Enjoy yourselves. More information about Descendant is here and here, including an opt-in form for the BatFamily to spy on your character.))
robintohood and you!What: Grand Opening Week of Descendant Karaoke Bar and Lounge
When: Week of November 28th
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: N/A for now. Will edit if needed.
[Throughout November, you may have seen posts across all the major social media platforms about a new Central City karaoke bar opening up. They even include some nice professional photos of the interior taken by Mark Bryant. Or maybe you’ve heard vague rumors in the criminal underworld about a new safe haven for discussing and doing some illicit business.
Meanwhile in Central City, the renovations of a two-storied building with a basement and an attic were being done swifter than any legally permitted construction project. The owner made sure it was good work done too.
And now at the tail end of the month, there’s a newly opened karaoke bar and lounge known as Descendant. Everyone is welcomed, regardless of their meta status or if they’re part of any guild.
Descendant’s entrance door is relatively innocuous. As soon as you step into the building though, you’re in the security check area and met with bouncers holding metal detector wands. No one’s allowed further in until they get checked. Once you check your weapons, you’ll receive a key labeled with the number of the locker your weapon(s) are in.
In a nod to Ascendant, the previous bar that attracted some of Central’s criminals, much of Descendant’s interior basic layout is similar but now with a speakeasy-esque decor. Once you walk through weapons check, you’re greeted with the first floor being an open space for mingling, drinking, and eating. The walls are visibly brick and the tables and chairs aren’t too fancy. The first floor is also where the bar is.
Further towards the back of the first floor are private rooms for guests to enjoy if they reserve ahead of time and pay extra. The cheapest karaoke rooms are simple and while the most expensive are more luxurious.
One room that makes Descendant unique is the reading room everyone is welcome to use. You're free to drink and enjoy some quiet reading time. Take a book for keeps or donate a book! Quiet conversation is welcome, but overly noisy patrons will be kicked out.
On the second floor are a couple of arcade machines, pool tables, and a stage for live performances. There are plush lounges for people to sit and enjoy the shows, or to take a break between rounds of pool.
With the exception of the reading room and the employee-only areas, you’ll hear music throughout most of the building. It’s either coming from the karaoke machines or from a separate playlist.
Whatever you decide to do, the owner and other attentive employees hope you enjoy your time at their establishment.]
((OOC: Mingle post! Enjoy yourselves. More information about Descendant is here and here, including an opt-in form for the BatFamily to spy on your character.))
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Is it busy tonight? It's your opening week. That's what the advertisement said. I think. Are you getting a lot of people in? Is there enough of a lull you could stick around for a bit?
I-I mean... not that you have to. And it's not that I'm lonely or anything. I wouldn't have come alone if I didn't want to be alone. It's just... I don't know the selections very well, you know?
[But also, it's kind of nice to have someone in the room now that he's had his fun and sung a dozen songs by himself. Ah ha... ha... Ah he probably sounds terribly desperate.]
Actually, forget I said anything. Just once the songs are set up, bring me another, okay?
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[ Oh no, socializing with people above the bar(e) minimum? That wasn't in his contract.
Still, he's not sure what to make of the offer. It would let him keep an eye on the heaviest drinker in the bar. ]
I've got a break coming up in 10. I'll grab the breathalyzer and a new mouthpiece, and you can convince me that you can handle another pitcher. There's at least 4 big drinks in one of those, you know?
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[Airplane gave a bright thumbs up and lifted the pitcher to toss another quarter of it back. He shook his head on the exhale as he put it back down, eyes wide and blinking.]
I want to forget my name. Well, the current one, anyway.
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[ Tim agreeing to sit with him is the best thing he’s heard all night? Maybe he shouldn’t have agreed to this.
He heads off, finishing off what he was doing and returning as promised to make sure the guy doesn’t drink his liver to death. ]
So most people want everyone else to forget their name.
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By the time Tim gets back, he's finished the first pitcher and is sitting on the foor in front of the table, thumbing through the song list. There's a song playing, but he's not singing along and seems to mostly be letting it play to hear the instrumental.
He looks up and smiles at Tim, giving a shrug and not really looking drunk yet. Just melancholy even as he smiles and starts to stand.]
Yeah, but no one here knows my name except me. So I'm the only one that can forget, right?
...you're not going to get in trouble for sticking around for a bit are you? No one's going to knock you upside the ears or anything for talking to a customer too long?
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[ Seriously, there are reasons why Jason Todd, the owner, and Tim may get into a fight. Tim taking a break isn’t one of them. ]
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[He frowns, squinting at nothing while he tried to remember if that was 'normal' for the 'modern' world. He's pretty sure it still happened... Maybe not as normalized as it was in a society where people looked the other way at servants being mistreated just because they were poor and of a lower social class though...]
...is it because it's a big city or is it a whole law of the land thing?
[He muttered a bit to himself, but most of it was unintelligble before his eyes came back in focus and he gave a nervous laugh, clutching the first (now empty) pitcher to his chest.]
Ah... hahaha... that's good! It's really good! Don't worry about me, eh? Just forget I asked. I'm still getting used to this world, that's all. Come sit, yeah?
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Of course, there are people who do get mistreated in their employment, but it's not anything Tim engages in. His families have had staff as far back as he can remember, but they've always been treated well. His parents didn't treat Mrs. Mac like a member of the family in the traditional sense, but in the Drake sense - Tim didn't know where they were half the time until they sent a postcard. She was on equal footing. Alfred was family. Period.
Tim takes a seat. ]
So, you're new and your world is pretty different...?
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[he sat down, exchanging the empty pitcher for the full one and taking big gulp which he clearly relished as he kicked his feet up and lounged.]
Well, there are kingdoms and independent cities and there's technically an emperor who rules most of the world if he would get off cucumber's ass and do any work but there are also independent conclaves of people and lots of little villages who don't really look to anyone but themselves. No televisions or radios... ...really should have someone invent those... or cars!...cars would be nice.
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[ The more he talks, the more Tim is convinced that he's going to get taken advantage of.
As for the interjections... Tim isn't touching anything with cucumber and ass in such proximity. ]
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[He curls in on himself a bit and nods vigorously.]
It's much better in a lot of ways, like with the whole human rights as laws thing, but it's also... well... it's fine, it's fine. Make the best of the situation, right? It's not like I can't go back for a visit, if I don't want to! I just might not be able to stay. I've lived the whole spend a few months in one place and the next in another life for a while. And it's not like I always had a choice in when I came and went either. I'll just have to add a third place to my list of homes!
Yes! I can do it!
[he raised the pitcher as if in toast]
To new homes away from homes and making the best of being dragged to a new world against your will! If I can get used to it once, I can get used to it twice! And I didn't even have to die this time! So already it's better!
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His break will not be long enough to cover everything- and from the sound of it, there’s nothing that can be done to negate the damage. ]
To not dying?
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[He cheerfully stretched over and clinked his pitcher against the kid's glass and then promptly started to chug.
And chug.
And chug.
He pulled the empty pitcher away with a very loud 'ah', followed by a burb, and set it down on the table.]
Ok. I'm good. I'm starting to feel it. That's good. If I forget your name at some point, I apologize, but it means this stuff did it's job!