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Burning Skies Saloon
Skyraider:
Sky handed Bdrline a picture, it showed a plane flat on the ground, landing gear broken, but everything else intact.
Sky
"I didn't tell anyone. But when I had about 5 planes on my tail, I took damage and had to land. Its not like I could repair it mid-air, and right when I landed, I had one of those things land on my wing. It was either letting him kill me and my gunner or use a building as a fly swatter. I was lucky to only lose an engine, and not an entire wing or my life."
Sky took a deep breath and laughed. He tossed a coin to BdrLine.
Sky
"Well thanks for the engine, it isn't much but its better than nothing. And I'm actually making another plane with two engines since I'd get a little bit more power. And no. I don't need to borrow one from anyone."
Yiski:
Yiski
"Seeing as you're feelin' brave, how about tryin' my new whiskey?"
Honeybadger turned to the others who were shaking their heads in attempt to save him. He ignored it.
Honeybadger
"I did survive a 'duel'. Give it to me!"
Yiski served Honeybadger a shot of the new whiskey. While half of the whiskey was clear, the other half was black on the bottom on the glass.
Lauren
"Is the black supposed to be there?"
Yiski
"Yup."
Honeybadger shrugged and downed the shot immediately. For the first few moments, he was fine and shrugged again.
Yiski
"See BdrLine, I don't know why you got so worked up. The whiskey is fine." *Turning to Honeybadger* "So how is it?"
Honeybadger
"Well, it's a little bitter like rye whiskey. There's a hint of citrus, and ... ... ..."
BdrLine
"And?"
Honeybadger just sat at the bar, not moving either his body or his mouth. Yiski waved his hand in front of Honeybadger's face, but he didn't get so much as a blink from Honeybadger. BdrLine then tapped Honeybadger on the shoulder. Suddenly, Honeybadger started to fall, but Roland caught him. Oddly enough, Honeybadger's body was catatonic and was still set as if he was still sitting.
BdrLine and Roland placed him on the couch, attempted, and successfully straighten out Honeybadger's body. All (movable) eyes the went to Yiski.
BdrLine
"See I told you one of those brews would have some sort of effect!"
Yiski
"So two out of three is still good." *Placing his hand on his chin* "Now what to call this... how about Loch Out Shot?"
Roland
"Is it made from lochnagar powder?"
Yiski
"About fifty percent. That's why the bottom half is black."
BdrLine
"Are you trying to kill us?"
Yiski
"Lethal dose of lochnagar powder is fifteen grams per kilogram. Meaning if the average person is seventy-seven kilos then it takes roughly 1.2 kilograms to kill a man. Each shot only contains eight grams."
BdrLine
"That doesn't make me feel any better."
Yiski
"It should. It means you won't die."
Lauren
"Yiski, I think the point is not to end up like that." *Pointing to Honeybadger*
Yiski
"Meh. Give him an hour or so and he'll be fine."
Honeybadger:
Honeybadger manages to mumble something out, while half assedly pointing to BdrLine
Honeybadger
"P... P... Pussy..."
It was as if that was his last word. Before he fell unconscious with a wide smile and started to snore loudly.
He rolled his torso to the back cushions of the couch while leaving his arms limp.
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
The night went on more lively. Most of the night was spent by Ny-Lee and Roland showing the group pictures and telling stories of their honeymoon in Cathedral. Yiski laughed at the story of Roland trying to make his own little inventions and concoctions.
The remainder of the night was spent dodging questions asked by the two of what exactly happened almost a week ago. The two also expressed concern with Zill's condition. Yiski and the others did their best to quiet their fears, though it kind of failed when the young newlyweds were told of Oliver's passing. Roland decided tomorrow morning him and his wife would visit his grave site to pay their respects.
Other than the grim side note, everyone enjoyed the two new beers brewed. Everyone avoided the Loch Out Shot seeing as Honeybadger still hadn't moved. Yiski walked over with a Clear Skies and poured it down Honeybadger's mouth with a funnel. If it worked, Yiski was a few steps closer to selling Clear Skies as a illness remedy.
When closing came, Yiski locked the door and placed a blanket over Honeybadger. Lauren and Yiski went to their back room. BdrLine, Ny-Lee, and Roland had gone upstairs.
While Lauren and Yiski would sleep well, BdrLine would be kept up with certain sounds coming from the room across.
--NARRATOR END--
--END OF DAY 109--
Yiski:
--START OF DAY 110--
--NARRATOR--
Lauren, Yiski, Ny-Lee, Roland, and BdrLine all woke up roughly at the same time. By the time BdrLine and the newlyweds were downstairs, they noticed the saloon was ready to open. Each also took a look at Honeybadger who was still out cold. The good news was his body wasn't catatonic anymore. The bad news was he was still out cold.
Yiski
"So how did you sleep?"
BdrLine
*Yawn* "Would be better if certain sounds didn't keep me awake. Almost tempted to take a Loch Out Shot to forget it."
Yiski looked at the newlyweds who were blushing. Yiski chuckled.
Yiski
"If you two keep this up, then can I expect to be a grandfather soon?"
If their blushes weren't red already, it now became as red as a brightly burning flamethrower. Lauren laughed.
Lauren
"Oh! Would that make me a grandaunt?"
Yiski
"I suppose it would... right now."
Lauren turned to Yiski with an curious look. She wanted to ask what he just said under his breath. However, Jun'ko and Zill entered the saloon. Zill had his arm hung over Jun'ko's shoulder and it looked like she was bearing most of his weight. Roland ran over to help Jun'ko place Zill in a chair.
Zill
"Mmm... morning. Good to see you back Roland, Ny-Lee."
Roland
"Heavens, what happened to you?!"
Jun'ko
"Let's say the usual."
Roland simply nods, realizing it may be awhile before he or his wife gets the full picture of those events.
Yiski
"I'm surprised you even made it this far in your condition."
Jun'ko
"Well we wanted to get here last night, but we had to stop at another triage overnight."
Zill
"Flak. I swear if another doctor or nurse approaches me, I'll dangle them behind my engines with tar running." *Turning to Yiski* "Anyways, bring me a Hellfire."
Yiski
"Skies, you know I can't serve you hard alcohol in your condition. Instead try this, you'll probably like it."
Yiski hands Zill a glass of Tar Cloud Stout. Zill stares at the black brew for a bit and takes a gulp of it.
Zill
"Not bad. What's this called?"
Yiski
"Tar Cloud Stout. I've also got Desert Storm Pale and a Loch Out Shot."
Jun'ko
"Loch Out Shot?"
BdrLine
"Yeah, you'll want to avoid that one. If Honeybadger was conscious, he'd tell you that."
Jun'ko nodded and Zill kept drinking.
--NARRATOR END--
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