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POSTED ON Apr 10, 2021 22:37:57 GMT
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It's a beautiful day today.

The sun is out. The sky is blue. Irvine's least favorite kind of weather. It doesn't deter the orange-haired goofball though, he rather likes the challenge. A rainy day is the most ideal for the greatest smiles and laughs around, but he'll cut his losses. Today was the day he would raid the bar and begin making drinks.

With Bubbles around his neck mewing at her trainer, he made his way to the bar area, quickly looking over the shelves.

Mischief took hold of his lips, as they curved upwards in a chaotic smile. Oh, he was going to have some fun today. All he needed to do was find someone stress, and make them a drink. Then, the fun would begin. If alcohol can damage short term memory, imagine the damage alcohol can do.

Irvine preferred more tasteful drinks, utilizing a good bit of dexterity on the bar. With ice, white sugar, frozen strawberries, a lime, and some rum, he was ready to begin. Getting a blender out, he began chopping the strawberries up. Now, Irvine was terrible in the kitchen. But he was a decent, seven out of ten bartender, and his chops, while uneven and terribly made, still were good enough. Though they might make a certain Slateport bar give him the stink eye.

You know. For something other than his jokes.

Throwing those chopped strawberries in with the rum, and the sugar as well, he cut open the lime to squirt the juice into the blender, getting his concoction ready, and making sure a bit of the lime was left over. He began blending it all together, holding it down with a giddy grin.

By the time it was done, he placed two glasses on the bar. Leaning back. "You know Bubbles... if we were half as good at cooking as we were at making drinks, we would be set for life." His eyes saw the finished product. Putting a straw in one, he began to make a slight sip.

Huh. It was average. It wasn't even all that impressive. Sweet, sure. But better bars existed.

Well, that didn't matter. The alcohol was the incentive. The jokes were the payoff. He waited patiently for his prey, Bubbles giving a mischievous grin next to him. The fatherly Irvine gave a wink and "Shhhh" to her, before waiting happily by the bar.
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POSTED ON Apr 10, 2021 23:17:12 GMT
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It's not always the same grunt manning the bar, but it's usually between a few. Gavin doesn't register the presence of a stranger until he's already sat down, looking up from the phone in his hand to—

"You're new."

Maybe not. Maybe he's just not around the sub often enough for Gavin to have crossed paths with him. The underboss doesn't correct himself, merely scrutinizes the redhead with narrowed amber eyes as if to confirm his assumption before dismissing it with a flick of his wrist.

"Doesn't matter, s'long as you can mix a good drink. What's that?" He gestures toward their concoction.
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Perfect. Showtime.

A blonde had appeared to Irvine, and the mischief in his smile disappeared, replaced with just a giddy smile on his face. First, a remark of being new. That was true! Irvine hadn't the foggiest on who this blonde man was. He looked important though, which was perfect for Irvine.

A question came to the drink, and Irvine pushed it forward. "Aye. Never met you b'fore in my life! Names Irvine Rielly, Galar. This right here is a strawberry daquiri. Rum with strawberries, a bit of lime juice, and-" he finally placed a small slice of lime as a garnish. "-garnish. Hope you like fruity drinks. If not, I'm sure it's worth a shot."

With all the intensity of a Hydreigon Draco Meteor to the face, he slapped down a small shot glass onto the bar top.

The biggest shit-eating grin was on his face. This was only the beginning.
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POSTED ON Apr 16, 2021 22:20:25 GMT
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Though @irvine was not the first and definitely wouldn't be the last Galarian to grace the claustrophobic confines of Rocket's submarine, the accent was always a bit like being woken with cold water when Gavin hears it from someone new. A reminder, sharp, that his homeland was still alive and well and full of others like himself who'd seek Hoenn or Rocket in their own time.

Outwardly, there is no reaction from Gavin but a dry smile. "Accent's enough to clue me in." His own accent is wholly absent; it's hard to say where the underboss is 'from' based on his speech, but it bears the most likeness to Unova. "Gavin Merlino, underboss."

He, notably, does not say where he's from.

"Nothing wrong with a fruity drink," he shrugs, and blinks, startled, when Irvine slams a shot glass down. Did fruity drinks often come in shots? The joke takes him several seconds, at which point he lets out a dry huff. "Oh."

He shrugs, again, and tips it back in one. "Definitely sweet."
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Did... did he just misfire? Irvine felt himself staring for the longest time at Gavin, his eyes squinting at the older Rocket. But the moment this underboss finally gave a clue into understanding the pun, he merely huffed out an oh.

Oh?!

OH?!

WHAT DO HE MEAN OH?!

"You don't laugh much, huh Chuckles?" His left eye twitched. At least his skills at making a sweet drink were good, but dammit all he would make this Gavin Merlion laugh, so help him Arceus. So help him, he would break this blonde gentleman's rough exterior and get to the nougat that lied dormant of chuckles underneath.

He was off his groove. Recovery pun time!

"If you want another drink, it's on the house. Ladder is in the back." Irvine yoinked a small cloth, and began cleaning a different glass. His eyes peeking out underneath his bangs in hopes that he succeeded in getting a chuckle. A smile. Hell, he'd take just a snort. SOMETHING.

He knew they were in a sub, but dammit, Gavin had to get that one... right?
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Gavin Merlino
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POSTED ON Jun 3, 2021 12:11:00 GMT
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"Not much to laugh about."

He brushes off being called Chuckles.

It's only when Irvine continues to press him with another joke that Gavin realises what the other is trying to do. He understands the joke immediately this time around, though it doesn't make a whole lot of sense considering their location.

He lifts a brow, unimpressed.

"You an aspiring comedian, or something?"