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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.
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"No I haven't, I don't use one, and I haven't actually met another user before now"

She rubbed the back of her head, giving a slight chuckle.

"But a whole organization? Thinking I might be more than a little out of my element"

Even though she knew it wasn't real, having a gun pressed to her head for the first time still made her flinch, closing her eyes.

The vision of a scantily clad woman in red appearing behind her for a moment.

"H-how in the? You can do that out here?!"

Ashley gave it a look over, without picking it up, it wasn't hers after all, and she was trying not to draw attention towards it.

"S.T.A.R.S? What does that mean?"

She asked, just a little curious. She wasn't overly familiar with guns, but she could tell it wasn't a real one.

Nothing like a good sleep in on a Sunday, does this pass for #SeductiveSunday ?

"What brings you here tonight if you don't mind me asking?"

And just like that the drink was ready, Ashley sliding it over to her, stopping just shy.

She noticed a certain something at Tsukiko's upper thigh as she walked in, deciding not to bring it up just yet.

"That's easy enough, won't be more than a moment"

She turned back to the cabinet behind her, pouring her drink into a glass before taking a chisel, carving off some fresh ice.

It seemed rather quiet tonight, only a few patrons at the bar, and nobody sitting at the bar itself, there was a faint tune playing as ambiance, probably from a game of some kind if she had to guess.

"Welcome to The Midnight Angel, how may I serve you this evening?"

to look around, there wasn't an obvious answer to what had nudged her like that, nobody seemed close enough to have done it, though regardless of the cause, a drink certainly couldn't hurt, right?

[ Closed Starter @eigaonscythe.bsky.social ]

As Tsukiko was out and about the not-so busy streets of the late night city she'd feel a sudden nudge against her leg, pushing her gaze towards a bar that had seemingly always been there, but she'd likely never noticed before...

If she took a moment +

"Hmm? Just a little booze. You're not gonna deny me and then ask for some of mine are you?"

She smirked, starting to unscrew the lid.

She gives a little chuckle before taking a flask out of her purse.

"No need to worry about that, I've got all the drink I need right here"

"Could always get a little carry bag or something. What are those things you're carrying there anyway?"

"Uh sure... Taking that labcoat off would probably help a bit too though"

"Wait a minute... Several?"

Her brain is starting to hurt a little, she rubs the sweat off her forehead onto her palm.

"I'm starting to think this place isn't normal..."

"Well you can add me to the list... Is that weird to say? Eh, even if it is, it's not like anyone else is gonna hear me anyway"

"You've got more confidence than I do, that's for sure. Though maybe I could pull it off, y'know if it wouldn't get me arrested"

She's not even hesitating to stare, once again wondering if admiring a lookalike's body makes her vain.

"Well actually, I guess I didn't ask her what she calls her race, so maybe? Though most of the time she just looks like a regular rabbit"

She stretched a little before reaching for the glass, taking a sip from it.

"Ah~ That's good~"

"Uh... Harengons? Not sure we're thinking of the same thing"

She seemed a little confused, rubbing her head a bit before watching as she mixed a drink.

"Within reason, yeah. I'm not a spice fiend or anything, but I'd say I enjoy them"

"Well I guess I have too, if I can accept a talking rabbit I can accept a doppelganger... As for the drink, give me whatever your favourite is, curious to see how similar our tastes are, just nothing crazy expensive please"

She watched her as she spoke, would it be vain if she thought she was hot?

"Mimicking you? Nah... Guess we're just doppelgangers, they say everyone has at least two out there..."

Though that didn't explain the clothing.

"Unless I'm just passed out in a drunken fever and you're not even real..."

❝𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑰..
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆,
𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚,
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐 .ᐟ.ᐟ❞

"Maybe, but I'm not putting my buds on display, plus I don't really have the curves to be worried about people staring, from the front at least"

taking a sip.

"Oh? I didn't know alcohol was on the menu"

She smirked, before nodding her head a little.

"But I approve of your choice, and it's always nice to get another bartender's recommendation"

She watched her work, it was nice being on the other side for once. Once it was done she took the glass, +

"Yeah I can tell, though it doesn't look poorly made at all"

She smirked, giving it another look over.

"Ah, sorry. Not trying to stare, just hard not to"

Still, she couldn't be certain it was an evoker.

"That's not a real gun you've got there, right?"

She asked curiously, not outright asking her if she had a persona just in case her gut feeling was wrong.

Could be, either way she didn't think hard enough about it to know the reason.

She sat down in the sheet across from Miyori, placing her food on the table, as well as a flask, likely containing alcohol, her eyes noticing the 'gun'.

She'd never seen one before, but Liz had mentioned it to her. +