Phone; June 9th Evening

[keephimtalking]

Good news everyone: negotiations went through and Weaver's is now going to officially start selling drinks over forty proof.

[ Hey, Eliot. Heyyyy, Eliot. You're totally getting side-eyed over the phone here, somehow. Hope you enjoy this weird new form of communication. ]

In... celebration of this wonderful new landmark, drinks'll be half off tomorrow night. Drop by and get yourself drunk ten times faster than usual. Try to limit any vomiting to the bathroom.

[ Please, someone, hire this guy as your publicist, he's just so enthusiastic. ]

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[adnauseam]

Now there's a ringing endorsement.

[ Good thing you've already got a paying customer here. ]

[keephimtalking]

Ringing endorsement's the only form of endorsement I do.

[ Feel that sarcasm, dude. Feel it. ]

[adnauseam]

[ Oh. He feels it. ]

I suppose the new stock speaks for itself. You have to jump through any hoops?

[keephimtalking]

Nope. It's been smooth sailing since the agreement.

[ Suspiciously so. ]

Selection still needs improving but that's always ongoing.

[ouzel]

Congratulations, Lantar.

[ Cassian still needs to talk to him about Tommy. Maybe not tomorrow night, though. ]

I'll come by.

[keephimtalking]

Thanks. It's been a helluva a lot of pissed off phone tagging.

[ So much phone tagging. ]

Opening hours are still the usual. If you're looking for me specifically, I'm afternoon shift for pretty much the whole week asides from tomorrow.

[ Tomorrow is going to be one very long shift. ]

[ouzel]

I'm sure Eliot helped.

[ Just gonna leave that there. Yep. ]

Good to know.

[handsomefoil]

And to think miracles only happened in story books. Congratulations.

[ and now he'll be making a habit of drinking there every other night. awesome. ]

[keephimtalking]

Yeah. Miracle.

[ That, or Eliot.

Which isn't to say that Eliot isn't a miracle considering, but this? This has a potential 'TOWN SCANDAL' written all over it. ]

Anyways, I'm glad to finally cross that off of the customer complaints list.

[handsomefoil]

How long's the town been deprived of such an essential commodity?

[blaiiines]

Nice selling point.

[keephimtalking]

Yeah, well, take it or leave it, buddy.

[ Especially now that they're the only spot in town selling 40+.

Customer service skills? What customer service skills? ]

[blaiiines]

Ever think about getting a job in advertising?

id: killjoy

[avicula]

You sound so excited. [ whereas dutch sounds amused and a little pleased. ]

[keephimtalking]

I am extremely excited.

To mop up the resulting puke flood.

[ He actually enjoys his job. For real. He also really like griping though. ]

[avicula]

Some of us can handle their liquor, you know.

[morethan084]

Wow. Are you going to have puke buckets at the ready too?

[It is tempting though. Especially considering drinks will be half off and it's been a rough week for her to say the least.]

[keephimtalking]

You know, thanks for reminding me. I need to go grab every bucket that French's has tonight.

[morethan084]

I mean I was kind of joking, but, honestly? Probably a good idea.

I might be making use of one of those buckets. How did you even get permission to do that? They're pretty strict around here.

[ishotyouuu]

[Well now. Wade's pretty sure he's just found his new best friend.]

You had me at forty proof, handsome.

[...That thing is a dude, right?]

[keephimtalking]

[ You can almost hear Lantar blushing over the phone from the sheer force of it.

Why does this keep happening now? Why do these humans keep trying to flirt with him? This interspecies madness needs to stop, man. ]

R-right, well, you can have your forty proof tomorrow.

[ It's simultaneously flustered and rather peeved. ]

[ishotyouuu]

[There's at least one human Spectre out there somewhere who didn't get the memo.

Wade might not be able to see Lantar's reaction over the phone, but Wade knows that flustered tone of voice when he hears it. The guy sounds conspicuously caught off guard. It's kinda cute, actually, how easy it apparently is to get his goat. Wade doesn't bother to hide the smugness in his voice as he replies.]

I'll be dreamin' about your sweet, delicious ambrosia all night tonight then, champ.

...An' the drinks too, of course.

[WADE PLEASE.]

[sybaritic]

No need to thank me, Bossman.

[ for what, oh god-- ]

For all the moral support during those trying negotiations. I'd do it again. Hmmm! Come to think of it, maybe I'll do it again right after we hang up...

[keephimtalking]

[ E L I O T

Are seriously calling him from where Lantar thinks you're calling him from??? ]

I'm hanging up.

[sybaritic]

[ No! Not ..........right now. ]

We can talk about my raise later. [ a soft kiss sound, because of course there is ] Love ya!

[ You can't actually see a :3, but it's there. ]