Chapter Twenty-Seven

[thebestseller]

So, Paradisa, I got to thinking about drink recipes, as I sometimes do when I'm bored and procrastinating on writing. And I decided that the Death Match should have a signature cocktail. Maybe several.

Any ideas?

Bonus points if you manage to reference ponies.

Comments

Dictated forever

[onlyanapple]

I drank this cocktail once. It was purple. It was made up of all the tiny bits of liquor left in the flat. That was pretty bloody fantastic, if you enjoy having the roof of your mouth melted off with fumes.

...Suppose you could call it Trotty, or something, if you really want to use a pony theme.

[thebestseller]

You know, I'd be game, but we also have so much liquor here... plus, burning the roofs of peoples' mouths can get so messy.

[onlyanapple]

Oh come on, show a little guts.

[thebestseller]

The whole concoction could explode and make me literally show my guts, though. Nah, I think I'll come up with a recipe first.

dictated;

[themuse]

How about a Last Word?

[ Seemed appropriate enough, considering how Kate was feeling lately, especially after her stint as a teenager. She might even be moping a little. ]

It was popular during prohibition. Sort of your style.

dictated;

[thebestseller]

[Castle chuckles.]

Something I can never resist having, hmm?

dictated;

[themuse]

You make an effort, but I think everyone knows I always get in the last word.

dictated;

[thebestseller]

Only when I let you have it.

Dictated

[fuckinga]

I'm not much of a cocktail drinker, I prefer beer.

(She trails off for a moment as she thinks. God she can't even remember the name of a cocktail from back home. If she drinks more than beer she tends not to remember much about the night in general.)

But if you're going to make signature cocktails make a strong one and I might just try it out. Fuck, I'll even test them all out for you...but what's with the pony references?

Dictated

[thebestseller]

Beer's good, too- I've been brewing my own for a few months, in point of fact.

Well, might as well be square about it, since you'll likely hear about it anyway- I got trapped in a pony costume. It seemed like a funny idea at the time...

Dictated

[fuckinga]

No shit. Impressive. Glad to hear people haven't lost sight of some the important things in life.

(Excuse her while she just stares at the journal for a second in utter disbelief. Yeah, this place is just getting stranger and stranger by the second. Not that Miami wasn't full of strange people this was just...different.)

Are you fucking kidding me?

Dictated

[thebestseller]

Figured I might as well have something to occupy my time, working in the bar and all.

Sadly, I am not.

[Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

It seems like you've been talking about alcohol every time I've run into you recently.

[Dictated]

[thebestseller]

Comes with the territory of working at a bar. That and the castle's been strangely quiet...

Re: [Dictated]

[deductiongeek]

Seems like a lot of people have been commenting about that recently. DO you think something is coming?

[thebestseller]

It's not outside the realm of possibility- but on the other hand, I can't remember the castle ever warning us when it was going to do something bad. It just- happens. Maybe it's taking a breather.

dictated;

[freeslider]

Oooooo, sounds like fun. I'd do by color. Something black and red. Grenadine and anise liqueur maybe. Oh! [She laughs] Or something that's a little bit spicy.

dictated;

[thebestseller]

Spicy... like fireball whisky.

dictated;

[freeslider]

Or chocolate liqueur with a hint of chili.

[raisingdad]

What exactly would go in a pony-inspired cocktail...?

[thebestseller]

Even I, with my limitless imagination, couldn't conjure anything. Hence my crowdsourcing.

[raisingdad]

Hmmm.

Well, what should the base be? Vodka? Gin?

[ voice; ]

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[ Like he was going to resist this one, dear. ]}

A Silver Unicorn, perhaps. Or maybe a Pony Kick?

_{[ It is what you were at the time. ]}

[ voice; ]

[thebestseller]

I like Silver Unicorn. Now, the only missing thing is the ingredients...

Re: [ voice; ]

[wishmadeinfire]

Well, I am always for something sweet, you know that.