006 ♐ Voice ♐ The party don't start till I walk in

[codename_duchess]

[This time, Barge, you do not get treated to the sight of Archer's face. This is because his recent coma just saw his initiation into another grand Barge tradition: being drawn on while passed out.]

Okay so that's not the first time I've spent a holiday passed out, but it still kind of sucks. At least I missed the community koombayah where everyone goes around saying what they're thankful for. Spoiler alert, nothing.

Are there still leftovers? Is the Wild Turkey gone?

If not, and if anyone needs me, I'll be in the spa and then Rogue's bathroom. With the door locked and the radio on. And the hot water running. For several hours.

Jesus, you guys are like a bunch of frat kids.

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[notdreaming]

[ She's going to assume that 'three beers' is not a lot. ]

Well, clearly it's what people on the barge do too. Things do get boring between disasters.

[routemistress]

I kept pictures, when I illuminated my people. I wonder if Rogue did?

[ichoosefight]

You're really sadly confused if you think dirty jokes are on a level with rape.

[la_belle_rogue]

Ah didn't think about it. Sorry, sugah.

[routemistress]

[There are a lot of those pictures Iris won't show anyone, but she has a few cleared for public consumption: the one she shows now is a man's forearm, solid and sparely muscular. It's decorated with an inked cuff of deep amber-gold twining roses, the thorned vines coiled in geometric spirals.]

...That were a long week for me. Can I give 'im booze when 'e comes up?

[codename_duchess]

Accusation of rape. What the hell is wrong with you?

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[coldlies]

I wasn't aware we had wild fowl.

[codename_duchess]

Well -- whatever, that doesn't mean I have to play coloring book.

[codename_duchess]

Yes. Everyone can, and should, give Archer booze.

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[codename_duchess]

Wild Turkey. It's whiskey -- not good whiskey but, you know. Thanksgiving tradition.

[ichoosefight]

Hold on, I've got a numbered list around here somewhere. 'Dead' was at the top.

I was accusing you of flirting with someone whose age you don't know, you self-important prick. And for the record, the social climate in Gotham was pretty crappy the last time I checked. Gang war in the streets didn't help.

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[coldlies]

[Just guessing here...] Wherein you compete to meet the bottom of the bottle?

[codename_duchess]

Well join the freaking club, Queen of the Damned. That's only true for half of us.

Um, okay. At what point did I flirt with you? And yeah, that freaking sucks. Still not enough to make me feel sorry for a kid who thinks it's funny to accuse people of statutory rape.

[routemistress]

Sweetheart. You don't know 'ow 'ard it is for me not to give you booze without asking. But professional courtesy's important.

I'm sure she'll say yes.

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[codename_duchess]

Well, sometimes. It's more of a joint effort until it comes to the fight over the last bottle.

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[coldlies]

But of course.

[ichoosefight]

Doesn't stop it from topping the list, douchebag. For Christ's sake, at no point was there any accusation of you having sex with anyone! It was a goddamned joke, and it was not a rape joke because sexual assault is never funny. I'll be a bitch if I fricken' feel like it but I do have a soul.

[ It's just a very angry soul that needs an excuse to let off some steam. ]

[codename_duchess]

Which Mother usually wins, because she fights dirty and pulls out her .44.

[notdreaming]

[ You people and your primitive writing tools. ]

You did get it off though, didn't you? I can't imagine that's a very fun way to spend your morning.

[coldlies]

Ah. Do you always engage in such fights with your mother?

[codename_duchess]

Not always. Most of the time we just yell at each other.

[coldlies]

Which makes for charming family gatherings, I imagine.

[codename_duchess]

Family gatherings?

You mean work?

[codename_duchess]

She better. Because unless falling asleep at inopportune times is a crime, I haven't done anything to deserve a dry spell. And as far as I know Rogue has no longstanding vendetta against narcolepsy.

[coldlies]

If... that is where it takes place. What exactly is your work?