The shiny thumb is neat, tidy little bar. Sometimes. Other times, it's completely overgrown with purple vegetation inside and out. The next day, it's just as likely to be neon green inside and out. Most of the bar's patrons come in large part for the daily surprise. That's what happens when the owner of the bar is divine and more than a touch chaotic.

Shiny Thumb Archive I
Shiny Thumb Archive II

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It's not quite dark, but approaching it, and the crowd in Hal's bar is decent when Felina and Mara arrive.

The pink goddess, for her part, is very quick to notice them and come sprinting across the room, getting speed for a flying leap from the bar towards Mara. "It's Biscuit...!"

Mara sees her coming, but sort of half-smirks, and braces herself to be pounced.

And, the pounce-hug thusly arrives, though Hal isn't heavy enough to take Mara down if Mara doesn't want her to. Hugs most happily. "Hiya! You smell like..." sniffs. "Stale vampire!"

Mara catches and holds Hal, grinning despite herself, and proceeds to lick Hal's face with a long stroke. "Hi! You taste like kitty!"

"That's because I'm awesome!" Hal scrunches up her nose delightedly, and briefly licks Mara's nose. "You're cute, stranger! Buy you a drink?"

"Actually, Mara was thinking about trying to convince a playmate or two to do that. How are the pickings tonight?" Mara can't help but smile around Hal, who is just so gosh darned cute!

"Hmm...there's a tan-ish guy over by the fireplace who's pretty hot," Hal observes. "If you can get past the pink hair. I don't think I've seen him in here before. From his smell and the way he moves, though, I think he's half incubus." She winks, and titters. Needless to say, considering the profession, half-incubi happen.

"That sounds good," Mara notes. "Fel, wanna share him?" She's serious, too. 

Felina grins a bit. "I'd need some more alcohol in me first. Maybe the second one."

"Oh, I know someone else good who will probably come in in a few hours," Hal promises the tawny-haired double, tittering.

"Hal," Mara smiles at her, "get Fel lots to drink on my tab, okay? I'm gonna go put the ol' Mara moves on this cutie with the pinkness on his head!" She pats and scritches Hal, grinning dopily.

Hal purrs. "Okeedokee I'll give her one of the drinks you invented that should do it. Fel's a lightweight." She titters, and leaps from Mara's shoulder over to her double, trusting Felina's reflexes thoroughly.

And, rightly. Felina, Hal in hand, smirks. "I don't doubt it would floor me. Go get 'im, Mara."

Mara smiles, sniffles before she can contain it, and goes to do just that. She wonders which pickup line to use as she steps in front of the stranger, just beside direct sight. She wiggles as though wondering if she ought to dance for a minute, and then glances at him as if by accident.

"Harvey!?!" she demands, eyes wide and staring at this man she's never met before in her entire life. "Harvey, when did you change your hair? Hiyeee!" If she gets the name right, that's a good omen. If he blinks, and corrects her, that's a better one.

The guy had been eyeing something across the room, and jumps a little when Mara speaks. "Hi! Um...so, who's Harvey, and do I want to be him?" He grins.

"I dunno," Mara shrugs, "I've never met him! I didn't know your name so I just guessed. Hi! I'm Mara!" She puts out her little hand for shaking purposes, the other going behind her back. Even when her heart is broken, Mara can pull off cute with the best of them. "So do you wanna be Harvey, or would you rather tell me your name?"

The fellow grins, stands, and takes her hand. "Hi, Mara. I'm Enjei. I'm not from around here, so...it's a pleasure to meet such a pretty face."

"Aww! Well," Mara smartly nods, "imagine how you'll feel when you meet the rest of me. Wanna have a drink, Enjei?" Her pretty eyes are on in full force.

The half-incubus colors a little bit, and grins. "Well...sure. If you don't mind scoping out guys together." He grins.

"Sure! If you don't mind sharing one with me." Mara beams and nods again, still in cute mode.

Enjei considers this. "That could actually be interesting," he notes, laughing. "Sounds good...here, I'll buy," he notes as they head up to the bar.

"Nuh uh, you have to let me buy, or else I'll wilt! Like a little flower. Whatcha drinkin'? By the way this is my Fel." Mara snags his elbow and guides him in Felina's general direction, grinning stupidly at the luck of finding a willing man-sharer.

Felina's busily weaving a simple but monotonous spell set that will let her get drunk off her ass with no chance of her baby getting the brunt, too. She smiles at the half-incubus, though. "Hi there. A pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is mine," Enjei grins, "even if I think your Mara is going to kick my ass at least once tonight." In a good way!

"You just give me a chance," the redhead purrs. "Fel. Want to help me find a stud with Enjei? After we drink and pet and say awkward things?"

Felina grins. "Sure, Mara. Sounds like a plan."

"Good cause I've always really wanted to make it with you even though I was afraid to tell you because we're almost the same person and it might be weird but when there's Enjei here it's gonna be easier cause he's hot!"

Felina laughs softly. "It would almost be masturbation," she observes. Coughs. "Give me just a couple minutes more to finish keeping my baby from getting as drunk as I intend to, and then we'll get smashed together."

"And what's wrong with that?" Mara beams at both of them. "Not too many minutes. Mara needs. Hey Enjei cutie, whatcha drinking?"

"Something fruity, if I can get the bartender's attention." Hal is chasing something fuzzy in the rafters.

Felina tries not to snicker.

"Hal there's a spider on the baaaaaar!"

The pink innkeeper's eyes widen, and a flying leap takes her from the rafters to the tar, whiskers twitching and head darting around. "Where?! I'll show that lil bitch not to mess with my bar!"

"Heroic," Felina observes.

Hal poses.

Mara snaps her fingers, tutting quietly. "You just missed 'em. But at least you looked snazzy doing it! Can Mara get some drinks while you're here being cute?"

Felina smirks. Enjei has to grin. Mara's so damned good.

"Okay! What'll you guys have?" Hal grins happily.

"Some rice wine would be great," Felina orders.

Hal shakes her head. "You're still weird, lady." She grins. "And you two?"

"Give me something I can shotgun, and then something I can lick off somebody," Mara nods, "something fruity." Smiles at Enjei. "Fel, you're weird with your rice wine."

"I know," the other serinian acknowledges, smiling as their drinks are served up one by one, Fel's first since it's the easiest. She goes back to working on her spells. Enjei, meanwhile looks over the tavern. "So, Mara...how do you feel about brunettes?" There's a decent fellow with black hair near the fire. A redhead, two browns brunettes, a blue reptile, and a pretty attractive blonde are also scattered around.

Mara grins at Felina, who is just so cute when she's sarcastic. "Um," she thinks out loud, a finger set to her lips, "i like brunettes okay. Redheads are weird, nyah ha! But you seem like you have good taste, so Mara's just a long for the ride!" She does her 'here I am' dance at the bar, just beaming. Feeling miserable on the inside, but some random man will fix that. For a bit.

Enjei sips his drink when it comes along with Mara's two, and grins at her. "Well, the blonde is hot. But he's so gay I don't think he'd consider a threesome with a girl."

Mara peeks at him. "He must be awfully gay to resist these ears," she softly notes. "What about that brown haired guy there?" She points towards a thin, lonely looking - but still moderately attractive - fellow sitting alone at the bar. "He's sneaking looks at the blonde guy when he thinks no one's looking, and at that dark-haired girl nearby. Wanna raise his spirits?"

"Don't know him. Sounds like he's worth a shot to me," the half-incubus grins. "After you, milady?" He gestures grandly.

"Just a sec." Mara takes her beer can, turns it sideways, and bites a hole in it.  She sucks the liquid out and tosses it in the appropriate can, smiling, as she picks up her fruity drink. "Shotgunned," she beams, "let's get him." And she trots towards him, looking purposeful, but leaving the actual offering for Enjei.

The half-demon, for his part, sidles right up alongside the brunette on the next stool, intent fairly clear, a lovely smile set upon masculine features...that he needs to belie the baby pink hair, really. "Hi. I was just wonderful what that is you're drinking...it looks wonderful."

The brunette looks to him gradually, as if waking from a dream at someone's voice. His eyes, in vast contrast to his attractive, though unspectacular, features, a boiling over with color. Green and pink, pastel blue, bright yellow, all shimmer in those eyes. "Um," he stutters, and Mara decides then and there that men are definitely on this guy's plate too, "it's, uh, scotch." He smiles a little, nervously. "You're not Mara, are you?"

The Serinian blinks. Oh shit! She'd forgotten that she'd gotten permission from Gabriel to set herself up on a blind date while he was away a few weeks back. Grins, though, and keeps her mouth shut after mentally communicating this to Enjei.

Enjei's confused about the telepathy for a moment, then smiles brightly. "I wasn't until just now. This lovely redhead is Mara. I think, with her permission, I'm now Mara for the evening, too." He grins a charming grin.

"Oh, um, okay. Hi... I'm, uh, Calil." He smiles nervously at them both, wondering what's going on exactly. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at talking to people I think are attractive."

Mara grins. Maybe not, but he sure can slip those offhanded compliments in.

Enjei-Mara smiles. "That's okay. We are."

Calil smiles a little more, still sheepishly. "Do you, ah, two, um, want a drink...?" He looks at their hands. "Oh. I guess you already have drinks."

Mara-kuru steps in front of him, blinks at him. "Do you like kitties?"

"Eh? Sure..."

"Biiiiig kitties?" She gets a little closer as the holds out the syllable, turning kitty cat eyes on him.

"Y-yeah..."

"Do you like dudes?"

"Um..." he looks around, suddenly wary. "Yes..."

Mara beams, and looks at Enjei. "See?"

The incubus grins at her. Damn but she's good. Looks back to Calil. "And do you like the idea of stepping out for a couple of hours?"

Calil flushes bright red. "Um..."

Mara smiles at him. "Drink up, cutie. Here. Have some of mine." She holds her glass out, and Calil, looking like he's getting ready to jump out of a plane, downs it in a gulp. 

"Gyah! Strong!" He blinks. "Whoo..."

"Good booze yay!"

His eyes clear a little, and he smiles up at Enjei. "Yeah, I do."

Enjei smiles brightly, and looks to Mara. "So, did your sister want to come, or...?" He hadn't read her as the type to hit up for casual sex. And hey, he's half incubus. He knows these things.

"Ooh, I'll ask. Fel's kind of a prude, unless you know which buttons to push, and she's had a hard time lately." She grins, and trots over to Felina. "Hey, blondey, wanna come with us? We scored a cuuuute one."

Felina smiles. "So I see. You're just that damned good...and fast. Four's a crowd, I think...and this way, there's more for you. Have fun."

Mara smiles a little dejectedly. "Aww, Fel... Mara kinda wanted to hug you. She wanted to be with someone she loves." Looks over at the guys. Looks back.

Felina's face softens. "Mara...I didn't get Orrin's permission to do this...he'd be hurt." A lot, actually.

Mara nods... she has one more idea, though. "Then share me with Orrin." Looks up, not pleading, as she wouldn't do that to her Fel. Just hoping. She'd take just being held and comforted, and communicates that telepathically... she can't really say it. But she needs something.

Felina blinks. "I could...hm." Blinks again. It would take some convincing...her husband's a perfect monogamous type. "I'll certainly ask, Mara." She's not so sure it's a good idea, though...making love to a dumen...?

Actually, that would probably freak Mara out more than she knows right now. Mara smiles a little bit. "You don't wanna, I understand. At least give me a hug...?" 

She hugs Mara gently...almost clings, actually. She feels so bad for her double...and is so terribly worried about her.

Mara does cling. Clings and sniffles. "I love you, my Fel. You know that, right?"

Felina nods. "I love you, too, Mara. Maybe...more than anyone else, in a very real way. I think you know that." She kisses Mara's curly hair gently, and holds her.

"I do..." The sendiran sniffles again, and looks back to the guys. "Fel... is getting double stuffed a bad idea right now for Mara...?" She certainly has an interesting way of putting things, at times.

"Yeah...next week, maybe." Felina nods slowly. "You'd make those two guys' whole lives, I bet they've never seen a woman so beautiful. But...I do think you'll regret it tomorrow."

At this exact moment, Hal bounds down from a high liquor shelf to the bar. "Biscuit Biscuit Biscuit I have a new drink you just haaave to try please?"

Mara smiles a little at 'her Fel'. "Sure they have," she whispers, reaching up to beep Felina's nose. "They saw you." A half-caught sob racks her little body, but she contains it, and smiles some at Hal. "Sure, drinks are luff!"

Hal purrs and skitters around quickly. Really, she's coming up with it as she goes...but she's a pretty good bartender, so it should be tasty. Also really hard and deceptively sweet. Should get Mara drunk really fast. She carries it proudly over to "Biscuit," bum and tail wiggling in a proud lil strut. "Here you go! Tell me if it's tasty?"

Mara sniffs it, as any self-respecting kitty would. "Thanksha, Hal." She sips. "Hmm... you know," she looks at them both, "it's always better at the bottom of the glass." And turns it up. Chugs the whole glass, then looks at them. "Ish luff," she assures them.

"Heehee...yay!" Hal does a little backflip, just for show. Slips, and ends up on her tush, to a wrinkled nose. "Ow!" Rubs her bum, tail swishing. "No more of those! Want another?"

Mara shakes her head slowly. "Nu... I need to tell those guys that I need a raincheck. But... hm... they are so cute...!" Sniffles. "Be back in a sec, girls." And she trots over to Calil and Enjei, feeling stupid for leading them on. "Hiya boys," she purrs.

Enjei smiles at Mara when she returns. "Hi, Mara...no sister, then?"

"Nah... Fel is... um... straight. I forgot." She looks at them apologetically. "Would you two be mad at me if I asked for a rain check?"

"Are you okay?" Calil asks this quietly, still sitting. "That's important, too."

Mara smiles at him. "Well... my..." she stops, though. Can't tell them that. "Turns out this is a bad time for me to be nakey in front of people. You know. This month."

"Aww..." Enjei's quite disappointed, but...he knows as sweet as Calil is, a mistep here will result in both lays going bye bye. He smiles. "Well. Look us up next month, eh?"

"Tell you what," she smiles, "meet me here in two weeks? Even if it's just for drinks... I like you both."

Calil snags her little hand and kisses it, smiling nervously at her. "I'll be here, Mara. Feel better."

Enjei brightens at that. "I'll be here, too."

From back at the bar, Felina smiles a bit at Calil's reaction. Awww...

Mara gives them both her best smile, and kisses each on the cheek. "Thanks guys. I need to get back to my Fel now, so... you two have a great night. Lots of times." She winks, as Calil blushes bright red. "Bye!" And she wiggles back towards the bar.

Enjei smiles at Calil's reaction. Oh yeah. Gonna be a great night.

Felina, for her part, smiles at Mara. "That will be a fun rendezvous, she acknowledges, and the brunette seems sweet. In the meantime...I'm done messing up my potential excuses, so want to get drunk off our adorable asses?"

Mara snuggles down on to her stool. Looks around, thinks quietly. "No," she admits, "I just want my man back. And as stupid as I'm already acting, I don't think drunk is a good idea. I just need to be loved..."

Felina's eyes travel down a few moments, before back up to Mara. "Do you think there's a way...? How did you do it the first time?" Ironically, the first time had been to save her husband's life.

"Last time I..." She chuckles quietly. "I charmed an agent of Stasiel's. I never want that to happen again, Felina. It hurt so much to give myself to him." Sniffles. "I can't go through all that again. I mean... Gabriel might have gotten out anyway. You know how he is. You just can't kill the guy."

Felina rubs Mara's shoulder gently, eyes quietly pained...she's never heard that story. Poor Mara... "True. He did manage to wipe out two overseers and an entire legion of assorted demons before hell could even get ahold of him this time."

"I can't go back for him. I just... have to move on, this time. I have to accept that he's gone." Her ears perk a little bit. "I still wanna be Ai's mommy. Do you think she'd want that...?"

"I think she needs a mommy more than ever," Felina nods. "And she loves you like one anyway."

"Yeah... I should go see her. I should... I should..." Blinks again. "I need to lie down. Mara is dizzy. Mara..." Hal's drink is definitely kicking in. "Fel. Are you sure, you don't want to share me with Orrin...?"

Felina grins a little, though immediately reaching out and supporting her double. "I'll rent a room from Hal. And...I'll ask him. He'll freak, but then you can ask him, and...between the two of us, we'll wear him down." She smiles.

"Hee... Fel...? What about you, though? You... probably wouldn't be comfortable with it. I don't wanna do anything that will make our relationship weird." Mara's talking out her ear right now, too.

"It...would be different," Felina admits, laughing sheepishly. She grins. "Mostly because I consider you basically my sister, and have for...well, almost as bloody long as I can remember. Certainly just as much as Saea. Well, sibling. You know what I mean."

"Yeah..." Mara looks up, eyes cloudy. Anytime now, she's going to pass out. "But you just look so pretty, Fel... and... Orrin's cute too." Swaying gently, she pulls herself upright. "I need someone I love."

"You have people you love, Mara," Felina assures. She's ready to catch Mara if she's reading this right. "Hal, can we get a room, please?"

A fuzzy tail pops up over the bar like a periscope. "Right then!"

Mara smiles a little at her sister. "I have you, huh?" And she sways too far in Fel's direction, toppling over the stool like a sack of kittenish fluff.

Felina grins a little, catching Mara as she falls and picking her up. "I can jimmy the lock, Hal...which number?"

"Thirty three! Have fun, lovies!"

Felina smirks at the innkeeper...and heads off to put Mara to bed.