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Guess this weekend's a reminder things could always be worse. Everyone back now?

Shit timing but I'm looking to hire at the bar. My manager's gone, don't wanna wait and hope he comes back.

Anyone interested?

[Community Post]

Can't say I've got that much, just what I need. I dunno what the bar's worth. Not bad, I'd guess. Not like I can sell it, so I don't know why it matters. Better than I ever figured I'd do so I can't complain.

Rest of my shit's not worth much. All together maybe an Indigo. Probably includes the furniture, not that most of that's mine really. Probably would've bought a car at home, or something.

Got a couple things worth having, can't put a price on those. Heartbeat's a good start. Eden, too. Couldn't buy either off me for everything else in the City.

Not saying any more. Too much sappy shit already.

[Community Post]

[VOICE]

Beginning of the year, way back before all the sand and shit, I hired someone to run my bar. Now he's gone. It figures.

So I'm looking again.

Bar's underground. Called the Raven. Serves blood, so don't bother if that's a problem for you. Better if you've done something like this before, but not a dealbreaker. Staff's pretty good, just need to keep things running smoothly, night to night.

Interested, lemme know and we'll talk details.

[Community Post]

I figured, no curse, everyone's gotta be sober from New Years by now, might as well ask.

I run a bar, underground. Needs a manager.

Experience'd be good. Bar serves blood, so no one who's got something against vampires. Staff's good, treat 'em well, don't be an asshole, shouldn't be any problems. Just need someone to deal with it, day to day.

Anyone's interested, we'll talk details. Lemme know.

[ooc; Frankie is basically lookin' for someone to take over The Raven, which he kind of accidentally inherited ages back; he only wants to be involved to make sure blood's being ethically sourced, otherwise he'll wash his hands of it. Would much rather have a player character get involved for this :3]

[VIDEO]

[See an ill-focused shot of some tables. A restaurant, a bar maybe. Dark and deserted-- clearly closed for business. If you're a patron, maybe you even recognize the Raven.

The silence is shattered suddenly-- the sound of breaking glass.

A glittering blur of shattered glass and spraying liquid flies past the camera. Another shower of glass and liquor follows; and another; and another. Audible between and above the crashing bottles is a man's hoarse voice, roaring obscenities, half the time incoherently yelling at nothing apparent.

After a minute, the commotion stops and the feed goes deadly silent, nothing but the slow spread of puddles of ruined alcohol showing that it's not a still image.]

[ooc; please assume this was posted during the day. frankie's bar will be closed... probably until further notice. he just found out his bro left ;_; and well... in a destructive mood, yup]

[VIDEO | Backdated to just after dawn]

[Frankie's sitting at the bar, a glass to one side of him, apparently staring at nothing. The Raven is deserted and fairly dark; cleared out and cleaned up for the day, but he hasn't left yet.

As he sits, not looking at the glass or at the camera, the picture seems to darken; a slow and melancholy flush of blue tones creeping into the shadows, almost imperceptible in the half-dark of the shuttered bar.

Abruptly, he slides the glass towards the device, letting the camera linger on the liquid for a moment before turning it off wordlessly.]

[ooc; seeing all manner of unpleasant things he did while dead. of course, other chars are welcome to see something while the water's on screen, but it won't be that ;) ]

Best part about weekends like last one's not being cursed. Sucks when you're stuck in it, but from outside? Kinda funny, I gotta admit.

Ed, you left your wig.

Shit's back to normal, though. Not just from the curse-- clock's going, things look better Underground. About time, too. Bar still needs some work done, but I think it'll reopen soon.

Guess this is a good time to ask if anyone's looking for a job. Been short on help down at the Raven. Bunch of our staff left while we were shut down.

[VIDEO]

[The feed flicks on when the communicator bounces a bit, tossed on a counter. It lands on top of a piece of paper; if you tilt your head, you might be able to make out a few lines...]

..DEN WEAKENING OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRIT...

...ACCEPT NO INDEMNITY FOR DAMAGES INCUR....

...OF THE MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE ALL BUSIN...
...LLY SOUND AND SAFE FOR CONTINUED COM...

[A moment or three after the picture comes up there is, offscreen, a huge crash and commotion, and a lot of cursing. A bit of dust floats into frame, the camera lens focusing to sharpen up the darkened main room of the Raven.]

[TEXT, A FEW MINUTES LATER]

Raven's closed until further notice.

[ooc; per all this jazz, Frankie's closing the bar for a while. Squashed patrons are bad for business after all.]

Next week makes a year for me. Creeps up on you, kinda. Don't think I'm gonna celebrate but there's worse places to be.

I'm down a waitress at the Raven. Anyone looking for a job?

[Frankie's been lucky enough to pull a shift at the Blue Light and one at the Raven tonight, so he'll be out and about all evening... tending bars, okay, which is admittedly not really 'out and about' so much as 'stuck behind planks of wood.'

He's doing his best to pull down the sprigs of mistletoe whenever he can-- sometimes it seems like they're hung, but other times, he swears, the damn things are growing their way right across the ceiling. Unfortunately, his paid duties-- that is to say, the pouring and the mixing and all that-- kind of take precedence. So there are plenty of opportunities for anyone who might be in the neighborhood...]

[ooc; fgsdfkj late post is late. if you want to grab him on the street on the way to/from somewhere, that's fine too idek.]

I've never been fishing, but it didn't stop me thinking I was a fisherman for a while there this weekend. Funny how this place works.

So. The deities want to know about pain.

~~Pain is--~~ ~~Dying is--~~ ~~When my heart--~~

A couple weeks after I got here I got in a fight, with some asshole. I bought him a beer and then we had a fight. He split my lip and got a few good hits in but I'm not gonna lie, I fucking mopped the floor with him, and neither of us had a reason except that we were pissed off at nothing and needed to let it out. Times like that it's not even so bad, when you're in it and you don't have time to think about being hurt. The next day's different, sore and hung-over and bruised, and that's when you finally get smart and realize you probably shouldn't have.

Then again, people do stupid things, worse things than they realize, because they're scared of getting hurt, and that isn't any better than going out and picking fights for no reason.

I don't know what you want from us, I just want to have an out next time something fucked up happens.

[Private to Eric Northman]

All right, you're hired. I'd have gotten back to you quicker but, you know. Curses and shit.

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they got a message from the action man

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strung out on heaven's high, hitting an all time low

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