"Oh! Thank you! I don't know why people would be rude, that seems..."
"Counter-intuitive?" Kari suggested dryly, running a finger idly along the rim of his glass. "You won't find a better hostess than our Xotll, that's true."
Xotll positively beamed with the praise. Kari resisted the urge to pet her, only barely. He knew she wouldn't mind, but it seemed like the wrong thing to do while she was working and he was sober.
Both Xotll and Kari watched with baited breath as Neph dipped an extended golden tendril into the krotazi wine. The reaction was delayed only by a second or two, before Neph emitted a horrifying scream of white noise and pulled their 'finger' right out.
Kari immediately howled with laughter, reaching out thoughtlessly to rub Neph's head around gamely. They had no real hair to mess up, so he just sort of wound up cheerfully wiggling Neph's head a bit. "It's totally a beverage! I've seen Grilka drink it all the time!"
Xotll, for her part, was absolutely panicking. "Oh no oh no oh nooooooo! Kari!" she whined, stomping her hoof on the ground. "I told you and now they're hurt!"
"They're fine, they're fiiiine," Kari said, still grinning, this time resting his arm on one of Neph's shoulders.
"Kari!" she protested again.
"Look how fine they are," Kari insisted, gesturing to where Neph was looking at the hurt part of their weird blorpy net thing. "They told me earlier they don't get to experience pain much so it was probably one for the books."
"Kari."
"Tell the nice bartender you're fine, Neph, so she doesn't throw me out of my favorite bar."
Xotll rolled her eyes. It was quite a sight. She did not normally have it in her to be upset with someone. It already seemed to be fading around the edges, moving from panic into pouting. The pouting, Kari knew, would be gone as soon as she was distracted.
"I've seen other people drink it," Kari informs Neph cheerfully. "A few races can. I've seen Kreska do it at least once." He knocked back his shot, finally satisfied to have watched his new buddy dip his finger into poisonous battery acid. "Maybe get them a real drink... do you have anything radioactive?"
"Kari!"
"They said they liked that!"
"I will make them a nice drink," she said, huffing, and turned towards the back of the bar.
Kari frowned a bit at the suggestion, sliding his arm away from Neph's shoulder as if just then remembering what they were capable of with a touch. "Uh... I dunno. Grilka had to get me pretty drunk before I went for alien probing, and I was pretty sure ey couldn't reach my brain with it. And also I did just trick you into dipping your finger into what is apparently super acid."
"Counter-intuitive?" Kari suggested dryly, running a finger idly along the rim of his glass. "You won't find a better hostess than our Xotll, that's true."
Xotll positively beamed with the praise. Kari resisted the urge to pet her, only barely. He knew she wouldn't mind, but it seemed like the wrong thing to do while she was working and he was sober.
Both Xotll and Kari watched with baited breath as Neph dipped an extended golden tendril into the krotazi wine. The reaction was delayed only by a second or two, before Neph emitted a horrifying scream of white noise and pulled their 'finger' right out.
Kari immediately howled with laughter, reaching out thoughtlessly to rub Neph's head around gamely. They had no real hair to mess up, so he just sort of wound up cheerfully wiggling Neph's head a bit. "It's totally a beverage! I've seen Grilka drink it all the time!"
Xotll, for her part, was absolutely panicking. "Oh no oh no oh nooooooo! Kari!" she whined, stomping her hoof on the ground. "I told you and now they're hurt!"
"They're fine, they're fiiiine," Kari said, still grinning, this time resting his arm on one of Neph's shoulders.
"Kari!" she protested again.
"Look how fine they are," Kari insisted, gesturing to where Neph was looking at the hurt part of their weird blorpy net thing. "They told me earlier they don't get to experience pain much so it was probably one for the books."
"Kari."
"Tell the nice bartender you're fine, Neph, so she doesn't throw me out of my favorite bar."
Xotll rolled her eyes. It was quite a sight. She did not normally have it in her to be upset with someone. It already seemed to be fading around the edges, moving from panic into pouting. The pouting, Kari knew, would be gone as soon as she was distracted.
"I've seen other people drink it," Kari informs Neph cheerfully. "A few races can. I've seen Kreska do it at least once." He knocked back his shot, finally satisfied to have watched his new buddy dip his finger into poisonous battery acid. "Maybe get them a real drink... do you have anything radioactive?"
"Kari!"
"They said they liked that!"
"I will make them a nice drink," she said, huffing, and turned towards the back of the bar.
Kari frowned a bit at the suggestion, sliding his arm away from Neph's shoulder as if just then remembering what they were capable of with a touch. "Uh... I dunno. Grilka had to get me pretty drunk before I went for alien probing, and I was pretty sure ey couldn't reach my brain with it. And also I did just trick you into dipping your finger into what is apparently super acid."
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