Sorry, you're stuck with me, bitch

[harderdaddy]

Who: Angel Dust, OTA
What: Arrival/Drinking
Where: Fountain/Deep End
When: Early-Mid Month
Warnings: TBD, Strong Language, Addiction



Arrival
There ain't no way it's possible, but this sure as shit doesn't look like Hell. Angel tries touching that creepy orb thing again, and even tries askin' it questions, but it's a fucking floating ball, he wasn't expecting a whole lot.

So it's down to you- poor fellow netizen of this place- assuming the sight of the furry sinner's approach doesn't scare you away.

"Holy shit," he murmurs, staring at you in disbelief, "Are you ALIVE?" Is this a real living, breathing person and not a soul???

The Deep End
"Oh thank fuck," Angel sighs, dropping onto a stool by the bar, grateful to have found a place to stop that building headache. And whether it's your job or not, hot-stuff, you have just been designated bartender.

"What's the strongest shit you got in this place?" he asks with a flirtatious grin.

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[harderdaddy]

The demon watched Tony as they moved, and given how much of Angel's height was just legs the slow stroll turned slower for him, taking one stride for every two of Tony's. The fuck was he looking for?

"I ain't opposed ta keepin' a bed warm if it earns me a few creature comforts," he said with a smirk, but really how much worse could any place be than a bad day in Hell?

[in_extremis]

Tony glanced up briefly from his search, again with an inquisitive quirk of his brow that he didn't pursue. Instead, he crouched with a delicate tug at his pantlegs with fingers raised daintily, which didn't quite match the sharp intent he levelled at the flowering bush that he considered. "Not a lot you have to earn around here," he corrected, "except, maybe, trust." After a beat, where he flicked up a leaf with a reluctant and irritated finger, he rerouted, "Or, I guess, you don't want to lose that one. I don't know." With a still watchful stare at the plant, like he expected it to move, he tapped a distinct rhythm against the floor with two of his fingers, and frowned when it just died in the muffled density of the greenery.

[harderdaddy]

"There's always some kinda perk ta earn," Angel countered, even if they weren't always obvious. You could flirt yourself into a whole lot of favours and fuck yourself into a whole lot more his experience, even if money never changed hands.

He frown at the human, head tilting at his behavior. "...you good?" he asked, "Wanna maybe let me in on what you're lookin' for, or you just trippin' real hard?"

[in_extremis]

Since the only results so far were making him look crazy, Tony stretched back up onto his feet with a sigh of resignation, though he still glanced around at the ground like he might find the next spot to tap on. "Sure, okay," he welcomed, "One time, on a space station through a worm hole, I saw a bad movie about some bushes talking to each other, and it looked a lot like this place." This time, Tony's raised eyebrow was to ask if Angel really wanted to pursue that any further or just leave Tony to his derangement, then he was quickly bowing over again to move aside another heavy leaf. Already, he was moving on, "Have you tried just asking?"

[harderdaddy]

"..." Yeah, okay that all sounded completely insane. He raised his palms and nodded faintly, backing off about trying to figure out the why or what of what was going on. He toed absently at the ground and balanced on one leg to dust off one boot and then the other, frowning at the earth left on the heel.

"Not really," he admitted, "But I seen guys that do ask get torn ta shreds."

[in_extremis]

Those were some difficult consequences to argue against, so Tony could only pout with a tilt of his head in acknowledgement that maybe that kind of thing would be discouraging. Still, they had to confront, "What are you asking for?," because that wasn't the typical response to even an outlandish desire. "If we're talking about throwing a tantrum because your latte didn't have enough foam and the tabloids having a field day, I'm sorry to tell you, but you're going to be experiencing a lot of disappointment very immediately. What does that look like to you?" He was pointing under the branches he gingerly moved aside, to the trellis supporting their growth where some clumped residue stuck like sap, and tiny holes were punctured like bite marks.

[harderdaddy]

"...That looks like...a bit a goo," he answered with an unimpressed look. "And I was askin' 'bout drugs, Sweetheart." Maybe blunt was best. "You're seemin' more and more like you might have a good hook up."

[in_extremis]

Tony gave a short, unsatisfied murmur at that answer, and D.A.T.A. focused his light and camera on the area intently to record the bit of goo for posterity and further research. "I am despicably sober," he assured Angel, looking about as impressed with that statement, and waved it away to give Angel a judgmental frown for assuming it was at all clear that his list of priorities after being kidnapped to a new time and planet went first bed, then drugs. Still, he was quick to offer, "You're on another planet, so you're going to have to adjust your expectations, but there are a few ways to synthesize what you might be looking for. If you drop in at the library, there's a chemist there that knows anything worth knowing."

[harderdaddy]

Ugh. Of course the first guy he latched onto was sober. That was just his fucking luck. But at least he didn't have some kind of speech about about it. It seems like a hell of a lot more work here than simply visiting the nearest vending machine, but it wasn't like Angel was going to have a whole lot of options once withdrawal started kicking in, so mad scientist in the library it was going to have to be.

"I'll hafta look 'em up when the sun's up so I don't get fuckin' nailed again."

[in_extremis]

They hadn't really properly redressed that, had they? As much has Tony wanted to fix sharply on the problem he had come out here to solve, he had managed to cause another in the meantime, and now he was giving a guilty click of his tongue with a restless scratch through his hair. "Yeah, let me get you a coffee, or something..." he started, losing confidence in the offer as he swept an assessing glance up Angel's basically alien form. Did whatever he was drink coffee? It was easier to consider how Jon might react to the image, which inspired a breathy laugh at the idea of Jon trying to throw a punch before he was quickly gone so Tony could instruct very seriously, "He'll see you coming, but try not to get on his bad side." Those spidery eyes were definitely going to put him on edge.

[harderdaddy]

Heh, Angel read those guilty gestures with amusement, wondering how long he might be able to milk that guilt. Fuck, he should have acted more hurt from the start.

"Coffee's fine." Not his drug of choice, clearly, but he'd take what he could get until he had a better understanding of this place.

He gave an exaggerated pout at the mere suggestion he could get on anyone's bad side. Him?? He was a fucking angel.

"I know how to get on any man's good side, don't you worry~"

[in_extremis]

That response made whatever performance Angel thought would appeal to Jon very rapidly a must-see, drawing out Tony's wry smile again, his focus sliding away at a private joke. Jon might try that punch yet. "Great, he could use more friends, get him out of the house," Tony encouraged innocently. By then, D.A.T.A. had darkened again, his scanning of the curious scene complete and his processing dedicated to analyzing, so Tony picked him up again as he gave a toss of his head to get out of this place. It was humid, and dark, and there were definitely beetles lurking under most of these leaves, and Tony wouldn't have pointed anyone toward it on a good day. "Let me show you the highlights," he said, mostly meaning the diner where he could trust that Angel could sustain himself.