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[momchester]

Who: the Siren's Port Lonely Hearts Club! (and YOU!!!??)
When: Valentine's Day, from siren to siren.
Where: the Underground Mall
Summary: all the single ladies people, all the single people~
Warnings: Uhhh nothing I guess? Probably language?

[The lonely hearts that Mary called out in her post eventually wind up in some restaurant in the Mall, somewhere with a bar, but in all honestly it's a long night and they'll wander.

Tag in, tag around, enjoy!

For her own part, Mary will get a very panicked text message from Tom Hanniger someone early in the night, and take off into the Darkness with an air of distinct "oh SHIT" without any explanation at all. But she'll be around for a little while at the beginning.]

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around the bar

[notadisneygirl]

[Things had been tiring lately. And today, with no one to spend it with again... she couldn't even get a valentine sent off to her sister, and she'd done that no matter the relationship between them. Still, for all cold front that she put up, it would be nice to have someone around.

Or someone to get her some flowers. That would be nice, too. For now, she'll have another martini.]

[athermercy]

[Did someone say flowers? Because Elaine was holding a steam with two alstroemeria flowers in bloom to Snow. A safe, friendship flower. She grinned.]

I hope you like these.

[notadisneygirl]

[Snow is surprised, looking at the flowers and then at Elaine.]

...You didn't have to do that. [But she takes them gratefully.] These are so beautiful, thank you.

[athermercy]

You're welcome.

[She felt like she had to. Pft. She wanted flowers, right?]

So, anything or anyone interesting?

[notadisneygirl]

[She did want flowers, but still. Still.]

The bar is serving terrible specialty drinks. But that may be about it.

[athermercy]

You should have come to the Lux. I would have taken care of it.

[notadisneygirl]

Yeah? What are they doing for the holiday?

[athermercy]

Well, nothing unusual -- A promotion of two drinks for the price of one for couples. That sort of thing.

[notadisneygirl]

Now, see, I wish I was in a couple just to get that drink deal.

[athermercy]

You could easily pick up a nice guy on the bar.

[notadisneygirl]

Unfortunately, or fortunately, I'm not my sister.

[athermercy]

Cheers for being single then?

[notadisneygirl]

Cheers to that. [She laughs, raising her glass and taking a sip.] Do you have any siblings?

[athermercy]

Sort of...

[Elaine says hesitantly, after lowering her goblet. The subject's touchy for her to remember.]

Cal, my half-brother. In a way.

[notadisneygirl]

Cal. That's a nice name. Is it short for anything?

[athermercy]

No, he's just Cal.

[She shrugs. Sandalphon couldn't have bothered with a name.]

Cal Belloc.

[notadisneygirl]

Cal Belloc. Nice. [Nods.] My sister... we called her Red. For her red hair, you know?

[She swallows, looking down in her glass.] No one remembers the siblings.

[athermercy]

[She nods, a little saddened about that fact.]

Red was forgotten? Cal -- Well, everyone paid more attention to me.

[notadisneygirl]

Yeah. I know that she's the younger sister, but she... [She shakes her head.] She was forgotten all the time. I never asked for it. I never wanted it. But I got so caught up in everything that even I forgot about her, at times.

[athermercy]

Do you want to change that? I mean -- She must have feel awful.

[notadisneygirl]

...I don't know. [She looks into her drink.] She's changed so much since when we were kids. But just because I forgot in the moment doesn't mean I forgot completely. But she's so... childish. She does all these things, and gets in trouble, and it makes me look bad. Because she's my sister, and I should have a handle on her, shouldn't I?

That sounds horrible. I sound horrible.

[athermercy]

She sounds like someone who is doing that to draw attention to herself.

[Elaine muses.]

So she wouldn't be forgotten again. I don't it sounds horrible. It's complicated -- Every family has its dysfunctional dynamics.

[notadisneygirl]

Some more then others. [Snow frowns into her glass, draining the martini glass with a sigh.]

[athermercy]

Oh, you have nooo idea.

[She'll toast to that.]

[notadisneygirl]

[Smiles.] Okay. No more being sad. No more.