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Waverly Earp ([personal profile] stupetballs) wrote2020-07-07 06:09 pm

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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-01 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[at some point during the Day From Hell, Aiden shows up at Hella Shorty's. maybe he shouldn't be here, maybe he should just leave well enough alone so that Wynonna and Waverly can keep their bar, and not have this new asshole shut them down, but -- yeah, he's not stupid enough to think the Earp sisters won't be planning rebellion, with or without him. so here he is, ready to get his rebel on]

[while he thought he'd be fifteen minutes late, with Starbucks, considering how his morning started, though, it seems he's early -- or at least like not many people have started congregating yet. he's not sure if that's a blessing or a curse, all things considered, but well, this is his end goal and it would look suspicious if he left only to come in again later. too late to back out, now]

[so, here he is, Awkward Turtling his way up to the bar in giant, ugly hangover sunglasses]
the_vigilante: (get started and we ain't gonna stop)

[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-03 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's an understatement.

[like really an understatement, all things considered]

At least our new overlord's letting you keep the place?
the_vigilante: (get started and we ain't gonna stop)

[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aiden hums. it won't just be the two of them, pissing off the new management]

[though:]
You got something in mind?

[he hasn't had much of a chance to think about it, yet. his morning has been one crisis after another]
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-07 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[but the expectant look he gives her, afterwards, suggests that she's welcome to tell him -- or it would if she could actually see his eyes, behind the sunglasses. maybe the pregnant pause that he accompanies it with will do the trick? please, God, give him something to mull over that isn't his current issues]
the_vigilante: (who knows where this is heading?)

[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-07 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[lightbulb!]

He's the guy who was asking for blood samples on the network, awhile back. [he's just the man Aiden wants to talk to, when shit settles down, about his current, unfortunate condition] You trust him, I take it?

[for more than just whether or not his maybe-plan is on the level]
the_vigilante: (pulled out some hope for me)

[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-07 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aiden can't say for sure whether or not he'll get along with Fitz, for all that that condescension might put him in mind of his mentor turned arch-nemesis, Damien Brenks, but -- well, he'll try and reserve judgement until after everything is said and done. he knows that not everyone reacts well to stress]

[but at any rate, Aiden can't help but smile a little]
I'll stick around, then. [because he is, in fact, both trustworthy and useful. who's being cocky, now?]
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-11 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's he bringing? [speaking of] Anyone I know?
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-13 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't really trust it when Lucifer was running it.

[so, he's sure as hell not about to trust it, now. he just wasn't sure if Waverly and Fitz had discussed this in person -- but then again, how could they? it's still pretty early. you'll have to forgive him, Waverly, for not being at the top of his game. he's still a little-lot shaken by the fact that he's apparently turning into a fucking monster]

But yeah, alright. Guess I'll find out.
the_vigilante: (i've been a little bit jaded)

[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-14 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[he hums, and after a beat, and on a slightly different track, notes:] You realize it's gonna be everyone everyone, right? [he has a feeling Hella Shorty's is about to see a major boost in business]
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-15 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Closest I've got's short-order cook.

[he can take drink orders and bus tables, do some light cooking, if they want to start serving food, too]

I can stay on the doors, too, if you wanna have someone play bouncer.

[he can also absolutely kick ass, if he needs to. this wouldn't be his first bar fight]
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-15 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I can do that.

[this satisfies his need to keep an eye on people for his own purposes, too]
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-21 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[he hums, a thank you without actually saying thank you, and then huffs out a breath of a laugh] Pretty sure 'a bit crazy' is gonna be the understatement of the year, all things considered.
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[personal profile] the_vigilante 2021-02-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[he nods]

I'll be around.

[and, in the meantime, very grateful that she didn't ask about the sunglasses]