[RP] The Inn of Peace - IoP (Open to all)

[Gren_Eckener]

The demon nodded gently, petting an unmarred part of her back (he found it by petting where she didn't flinch). "I can help...I'm really gentle when I touch, and I'm warm too...and if it's a curse, I'll eat it up."

"Judging by how they're acting, I think a big boss just showed up and told them to relax." said Gren, sipping his rum as well, taking it slowly. "Bara might be impressed, really."

"I don't think Angeles will come just to eat it." snickered Remy.

"Thaaat's a trade secret." winked Charlotte. "Besides, he wasn't wholly awake yet, so he couldn't control the car, now could he?"  

[Azana Brown]

"Of course," she nodded. "We are in celebration, after all. A disaster was averted...that is always a reason for joy in this place."

"Angie ate mistletoe...? I don't think it'd be tasty..." Max frowned.

"...I guess you'd be right, huh? She seems to respect that sort of power." Azana said, lost in thought for a moment. "It's funny, talking about her like this. She was my best-kept secret for a few years now."

"My apologies," he said kindly. "I wasn't trying to pry. And it's true...even if it seems his power leaked now and then. I doubt that'll be happening again for a while. Forcing a soul in a body is hard work, even if it is the native one." He sipped the rum, idly springing one of Charlotte's curls.

"I wonder what I should do this year for the Yuletide celebrations...a Santa reprise hardly seems fitting."  

[Astra_Senpai]

Honey grinned, tapping notes, "'Ou gonna' be 'ere for all a it?"

She smiled sadly, hugging him tightly despite a soft whimper, "If only it was a curse, I'd be happy to let you at it. They're just burns yet to cool."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"She didn't do it for the taste; she did it because she didn't like the idea of wanton smooching, the Grinch."

"Only as far as your fighting prowess...I'm willing to bet that there's more to Mrs. Azana Jacobs than her combat skill." smiled Gren. "Surely, not your best-kept, nor the most precious secret."

"I'm all for playing Krampus...but you can, if he wants." giggled the girl, sipping her non-alcoholic eggnog.

Malachai cuddled her gently. "They'll stop hurting soon...I've lived in fires my whole life, so I know."  

[Azana Brown]

"Well, I'm all for stickin' it to da man!" Max smiled slyly, smooching him with wanton abandon. As she pulled away for breath, she let out a scoffing laugh. "Take that!"

"But we don't have any issue with that," Sosol pointed out.

"I give it...8 out of 10," Tyler said, arriving downstairs. "Got the note. Rum says it's for real...huh. Guess I got Chris all hyped up for nothing."

"You mean-- oh...well, he may get a little overzealous in that role..." Orrin said sheepishly. Sure, his other side was much more wild, but he also stuck to his role in punishment.

"I have already placed my gifts beneath the tree...but I suppose I can tolerate Marilyn's presence for a holiday." Kristen answered. "So, in short, yes."

Azana blushed slightly, hiding it in another rosy-making swig of the rum. Hearing the whole thing like that still had a way of making her heart skip a beat. "True, true...don't expect to be hearing those any time soon. I love you enough to share my middle name, but some things I will never tell a soul."  

[Astra_Senpai]

She wrinkled her nose, "'Ou don' like 'er? She's awful sweet." Honey liked Marylin, she'd never been nothing but nice.

Tamriel ruffled her tail, ears twitched, "You're too kind to me, Malachai. Come now, maybe Sosol or Gren will make us both a drink is we ask nicely."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"Okay." smiled Malachai, sidling out and looking imploringly to Sosol, hoping that he could get a nice thing to drink. Any nice thing.

"Right to the man!" laughed Remy, hugging Max close. "Square on the jaw!"

Gren nodded, smiling crooked all the same, sipping his rum. "I think we all have a bit of that in us, though...and that's what keeps us sane. An inch of privacy."

"Well then, why not be Santa again? You do so splendidly...and you must admit that the role suits you."  

[Azana Brown]

Sosol looked to the two demons, then to his bottle of very, very premium rum. There was enough for two more...so he began to mix for both of them. Tyler didn't care about whether it was second-best or not...and Tamriel could use the reminder.

"Man, imagine if we didn't have that...crazy world, huh?" She chuckled nervously, just thinking of how much she didn't want to know just in this room. "So, yeah...here's to those little secrets."

Tyler nodded, sitting at the bar and having himself a little think. Sure, crisis averted, but now he was in possession of some new toys...and left to decide what happened to those cryogenically-frozen folks King had left behind. And I still have to deal with Stacy and Zulma...an apocalypse would've been easier to manage.

"I have not forgiven her," Kristen said. "I know that it makes no sense, and perhaps it is selfish and mean-spirited, but I have not. I did not wish to see her again, and yet I know she lurks upstairs."

"Knockout! Winner and still champion, Maaaaax Mouse!"

"At this rate, I may have to 'find' myself a sleigh." Orrin chuckled. "Still, that red and white does look good on me..."  

[Astra_Senpai]

"'Our business if 'our own, Love," she bit her lip. She'd have to take a lesson from the words she couldn't bite back, "But i's not good to 'old onto stuff like that too long. Breaks 'ou. But 'ou'll come 'round in 'our own time. Maybe 'ou just need to talk to 'er... give 'er a chance." Honey ran a hand through her hair, tapping Bach nervously.

Tamriel wrapped her tail around her hips, keeping her posture small. She looked at Malachai, it was very hard to mimic him.  

[Gren_Eckener]

Malachai smiled a little to Tamriel. "He's making it!"

"Raaaaaaah~!" rawred Remy, patting the couch, tapping in. "Round two to Remy Legume, fight!" he declared, giving her a hearty smooch.

"Yeah...but, hey. Let the good times roll, eh? We have a great holiday ahead of us. Nothing too gloomy on the horizon, a nice New Year's bash to attend to...the future's looking bright, my friend."

"I should make you one..." said Charlotte in sudden realization, eyes bright. "With rocket packs!"
 

[Azana Brown]

"I know..." Kristen said quietly, a lighter's flame hovering above her finger. "I...I do not hate her, Honey. I cannot, even when I believed I was justified. However, part of me still hurts when I think of it."

"As if I wouldn't," Sosol said, feigning offense as he sent them hovering over to the two demons. He then got to work on Tyler's, even though it seemed it would be a little while before he touched it.

"Again," Azana corrected him. "We've had plenty of bright futures...I just plan to keep it that way."

"A rocket sleigh...?" Orrin asked, humming in thought. "It could work, though I get to choose the paint job."

Max smiled into it..oh, how she had missed her Remy!  

[Astra_Senpai]

She was careful to accept it but not quick to taste. The edge of one finger crossing the rim , nose catching the smell- ah it was from the collection. A small smile crossed unpainted lips, she looked to Malachai, licking her pinky as if testing. "M- I wonder if you've had this kind before?"

Honey giggled at the flame, watching it. "Le's go invite 'er down."  

[Gren_Eckener]

Malachai grinned, tail swaying in excitement as he sipped the rum. "Thank you, Sosol! A-and, no, Tam, I've never had any rum before. I took some beer once from a house I was visiting, and that was interesting...a little like barley bubbly water. This is very, very different."

Remy pecked Max thrice once freed from their kiss, chuckling. "Maaax, feel alive again! Relatively!"

"Well, I trust to share the task with you." chuckled Gren, setting down his cup for a bit of a break. "We've made it through what, three apocalypses now?"

"What, not red with a flame job?"  

[Azana Brown]

"Three already?" Azana asked, scoffing a little. "They just don't make 'em like they used to."

"Yay! Semi-living Remy!!" Max polished off her mai tai.

"There's no need," Marilyn said quietly, descending the stairs. "I'm here, Kristen."

Kristen started, almost bumping the glass of rum. "Sibyl..." She said quietly, looking away. "We are celebrating."

"I'm aware...only vaguely of the reason, but the jovial atmosphere is palpable. Hello again, Honey," she said, sitting down and having a small sip. The nun's oaths had nothing against imbibing. After all, many a monk made ale in the olden days.

Orrin stammered for a moment. "That's...surprisingly normal thinking out of you," he said in honest surprise. "Sure. Red and hot rod flames."  

[Gren_Eckener]

"Well, you know...they say they're rather unpredictable." chuckled Gren warmly.

Remy chugged his blood with proud gusto. He could have leapt a building, he was so happy.

"Well, it's for you, not for me." she smiled, winking. "I'd be in the sidecar."