( 2nd ) video.

[affections]

( See Jules. See Jules with twenty-six shots of something dangerous arranged very neatly in front of her. She's speaking from the comfortable haze of unit 409, cigarette held between her fingers. )

I have become vaguely aware of concepts such as birthday punches, but I feel that birthday shots are infinitely more appealing.

( This is fun, okay. The only people she's really ever had around on her birthdays have been her family, or when she's accidentally been in a town on her birthday and not been run out of it, yet. )

To my dear friends in Exsilium, I most cordially invite you to join me, or take me out elsewhere.

( Isn't she the most generous? )

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[affections]

Why don't you pop over to unit four-oh-nine this very moment and we can find out which of this delightful bouquet is your favourite. What say you?

[strategic_guile]

Sounds excellent. I'll be there with my bottled friends.

[Time waaaaaarp. There is a knock on the door. Unless it is open, in which case he will saunter on in.]

[affections]

See you soon!

( The door is ajar, and she waves him in with a cigarette in one hand an empty shot glass in the other. ) Welcome! Make yourself at home. Exits are located right where you're standing, and the window if you want to avoid us so very very much.

[strategic_guile]

[Oh, she's smoking. That automatically makes him crave one. He lifts up one of his two bottles of alcohol.]

I won't be bailing out that fast since I see an empty glass. Do I need to open one of these up already?

[affections]

I am still diligently working through these shots, in as alphabetical an order as I can muster.

( Excuse her, though, she's holding out her packet of cigarettes, and a fresh glass, both in offering. )

Yes, no? Help yourself to whatever you like, really.

[strategic_guile]

Yes, please.

[He took the glass and a cigarette. He had his own lighter, which he used to draw in his first puff in months. He hadn't ever been a heavy smoker, but smoking and drinking went together so well.]

So, it's your birthday and you're stuck in this place? We'll have to find a way to take you somewhere nicer on a mission.