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Jan 05, 2016 09:14PM
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so are we doing the speakeasy owner and the mayor's daughter plot?
Hi !!! sorry I didn't reply sooner omg I had the tab open but I completely forgot I didn't reply. I'll start working on my character after I study geography!!
Go go! Study and take your time! I'll be here c:
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❧Andie Gayle Jorden ❧Also Known as AJ
Twenty Five ❧ April Ninth ❧Homosexual
❧Brutally Honest ❧Confident ❧Protective❧Flirty❧Conceited
Anyway, would you like me to start or would you like to start??
Could you start please? I might have to head off my computer soon and I don't want to leave you waiting. Thank you !! :)
"Bring 'er in slowly boys!" A voice shouted through the sweltering afternoon air. Currently the back door of the town's most well known speakeasy was open as four men were bringing in the many shipments of liquor that had been requested by both the boss and the bartender, whom could be seen holding the door for the men. Once the last of the boxes were nestled near the bar, the men closed up their truck. One of their bootleggers, Jean, soon approached the figure at the door and the figure shook hands with the bootlegger, leaving the payment in the bootlegger's hand. "Come by tonight 'nd yah'll get a free drink on the house, yeah?" Andie said, smiling and running a hand through her shortly cut hair. The bootleggers cheered quietly and bid the woman goodbye as she went inside to unpack all of the booze that they had just received. Andie closed the door, locked it and hopped up on one of the bar stools, pulling out a cigarette and a lighter. "That's done," she mumbled to herself as she clicked the lighter and a flame arose. Andie put the drug in between her lips and she brought the lighter up and lit it. She closed the lighter with a light flick of her wrist, inhaled and exhaled smoke.
Madeline had her hat pulled down low, the shadows hiding her face. Fidgeting, she kept sneaking glances to her left, where one of the local speakeasies were. As the mayor's daughter, she was supposed to do her utmost to uphold the law, but the idea of alcohol was just pure temptation. At age twenty four, old enough to be married, really, she'd never touched a single drop of alcohol except for the one time her father had seated her upon his lap and fed her wine at some social gathering of sorts. She had been ten years old at the time, and she'd only remembered that her father had laughed at her disgusted face, but her girl friends often spoke to her in barely-hidden giggles, telling her about their illicit gatherings at speakeasies.
And now she was about to infiltrate one. Or at least, get in without being recognised. After all, there was no harm in a little fun and life experience, was there? Taking a deep breath, Madeline gathered her courage before stepping into the speakeasy, immediately enveloped by the smell of wood and smoke as well as the hushed chatter around her.
The day had faded to night, meaning that every and all that liked risqué activity was out to play in the night and that meant the speakeasy was packed. The band was swinging and well AJ was serving up not only drinks but listening to anything people would tell her. There was this one flapper at the edge of the bar that had been checking Andie out since she got here. How could she blame the poor girl? Andie was almost six feet tall, with hair slicked back and always dressed in some sort of men's clothing. It was often that when people addressed her, they addressed her as Sir or Mister because she didn't look as feminine on first glance but if one looked a little closer they could see that they were mistaken. Some people at the bar noticed that the talk at the back of the speakeasy was starting to become hushed and AJ wanted to know why. Soon she found her answer, The Mayor's Daughter had just come in. Oh my.... This might be fun.... AJ thought to herself as she watched the people go back to their card games, their conversations and their women/men. Andie glanced over at the Mayor's daughter and saw that she stuck out like a sore thumb but hey how she had gotten the password was beyond her. Andie was impressed to say the least and she decided she would wait for the Songbird to come and approach her at the bar, that's probably what she was here for right?
Madeline was glad that her friends had warned her about the password. It would have been so embarrassing if she'd been caught at the door because of such silly, trivial things like a password, and she certainly didn't need the big, burly men outside discovering that she was the Mayor's daughter.
Nervously, she approached one of the bartenders. He looked friendly enough, at least of a slighter build than the rest, and she supposed he'd be nicer to her. Acutely aware of the way her heels were clacking against the floor, she tried to walk slower, but only succeeded in pushing her shoulders further back like her father often told her to, and made her look even stiffer. "Good evening," she finally said when she was close enough to the bartender. "Um, what would you recommend for me to drink?"
AJ had just cracked a joke to the flapper at the end of the bar and the flapper had started to giggle. "You slay me!" the flapper said and then she leaned across the bar,"Cash or check?" AJ opened her mouth to speak but then was interrupted by a kind of stiff," Good Evening." AJ looked over to see that the Mayor's daughter had come over to the bar and to her specifically.Ahhh and so she sings~ AJ thought to herself as she leaned up off of the bar and then looked back at the flapper before answering," Check" and pairing it with a wink. The flapper giggled again as she moved away from the bar but then glared Madeline down as she went to go dance. "Um what would you recommend for me to drink?" The girl asked AJ again and she looked Madeline up and down. "Hm... Do you like hard drinks or a little on the nicer side of things Songbird?" AJ asked her, as she motioned to a seat at the bar, a slight smile on her face.
"The n-nicer side?" Madeline stammered as she paled at the sound of a hard drink. Whatever it was, it didn't sound very pleasant, and even if she did end up enjoying the drink. "Please?" She added as an afterthought. Did people say 'please' in speakeasies? she wondered to herself. "It's my first," she blurted out in a moment of anxiousness, clamping her lips shut before she could say anything any more embarrassing.
She slid into the seat, resting her elbows on the tabletop as she watched the bartender, crossing her legs and making her skirt hitch up a little. The tip of her shoes tapped nervously against the ground, barely reaching the wooden floorboards at her height.
"Ohhhhh, is that so Songbird? Don't want to be too rough for your first time. Don't worry," AJ then leaned over the bar to whisper in her ear,"I'll be gentle I swear." The bartender then backed away, keeping eye contact with Madeline and then threw her a wink. AJ then let her eyes scan the ingredients they had procured that day. 'Hmm...... Bee's Knees might do the trick. Andie thought to herself as she picked up a glass and one of the small plates that they kept behind the bar. AJ slid the plate next to one identical to it with some sugar on top. Andie then looked around again and grabbed three bottles and brought them to where she was working. To her right, there was a new barrel of the gin that had been delivered that afternoon and Andie picked up one of her shakers and she brought the shaker to the spout of the gin. AJ took this moment to pause and look at Madeline again, not to see how attractive she was
Madeline couldn't control the flush that took over her face after the bartender leaned far too close to her, but she didn't want the other to see how nervous she was. "My friends told me about this place," she answered bravely, eyes following the bartender's every movement. "They said it was a good place to try some drinks. Because — you know — I haven't had any, ever." She mentally cursed, something that would probably have gotten her in trouble with her father if she'd done so out loud.
"Why do you keep calling me Songbird, anyway?" she blurted out, curiosity getting the better of her. "Do you call all your girl customers that?"
"Oh no, Songbird, I'm wounded that you would even think that I'm not creative like that. For example," The bartender pointed towards the girl that had been at the bar previously," I call her Oliver Twist because she's very mysterious and a very good dancer. I call you Songbird because your voice is very melodious and well," AJ said as she looked over at Maddie," You stick out like a sore thumb." AJ chuckled lightly before bringing the gin back to her station and she then poured two liquids, (orange and lemon juice) into the shaker and then added a bit of honey. AJ closed the shaker tightly so that nothing escaped and she started shaking it, hearing the liquids swish back and forth in the metal. With a light clatter, AJ sat the shaker down, and grabbed a glass and another plate from underneath the counter. AJ grabbed a towel, wiped out the bottom of the glass and then let that stand. On the other plate, AJ placed some more honey onto it and then let it spread and as the honey spread, she took the glass, turned it upside down and dipped the rim in the honey. AJ let the excess slide off before transferring the rim of the glass to be dipped in sugar. Setting the glass upright, AJ grabbed some tongs that were by her left side and she procured three ice cubes and placed them into the glass. Finally after all that effort, the bartender picked up the shaker and opened it, pouring its contents into the sugar honey rimmed glass and topping it off with a lemon peel curl. "One Bee's Knees for the Songbird," AJ said, sliding the drink over to Madeline with a smile on her face. She then put her chin in her hands and looked at Madeline expectantly.
