034 - Huckleberry

[deadly_ned]

So...Alpha's gone. Left and graduated and I. I'm proud of him.

But I didn't actually know if I should continue to help run the pub because really I was only doing it because he took an interest and honestly I don't mind either way but it seems sort of lonely and sad now without him and maybe I should just go back to my kitchen but I don't...know. So if anyone else wanted it...?

Sorry. This isn't something I should be bothering the Barge about.

I guess I just need to. Wait and see.

I never realized this before but unpairing can be lonely.

Comments

[mightthinkthat]

I'll do it. [He is. Joking because he knows it's a warden thing. But hey, there's always the off change. And it's a little funny besides?]

[private]

[myironeyes]

I guess you were strong enough after all.

[told you sooooo]

[routemistress]

I like you running the pub. The quality of bar snacks went up exponentially. Why aren't you at 'ome snogging Chuck, you cloth-eared muppet?

[private]

[deadly_ned]

Alpha was the strong one. He deserves the majority of the credit here.

[deadly_ned]

From prime minister to bartender. I'm a little worried about your upward mobility, uh, sir.

[deadly_ned]

Some people might argue that pie and ice cream are not traditional bar snacks.

Because I'm here talking to you and hugging Digby?

[routemistress]

Traditions be buggered. I'll take the pie every time.

Ned.

[Have a Look.]

[deadly_ned]

Iris.

[private]

[myironeyes]

Strength is just as useful for breaking as it is for building.

[And he would know.]

He was as strong as he was before he met you. I think you made the difference.

[mightthinkthat]

Well, I thought I about Admiral, but I can't stand to be so isolated.

[private]

[deadly_ned]

That's exceptionally kind of you to say. It was.

There's nothing like breathing life into someone else. There's no other feeling I've felt before that could compare to it. And Alpha, he's. He's going to be good. I can feel it.

[deadly_ned]

You wouldn't want to be the Admiral. It's lonely at the top.

I assume. I've never been at the top.

[hearrrtofgold]

If you don't feel like it, I run a bar back home.

Congratulations, by the way.

[mightthinkthat]

Certainly the way he does it.

[deadly_ned]

Do you know Gary, here? With his warden, the, um. Hood-Person?


Thanks. Thank you. I'll. Forward your congratulations to Alpha when I see him.

[deadly_ned]

What would you do? If you could be the Admiral.

[sickjoke]

I've been a bartender back in the day, but I think working the pub would be counter to my interests of my inmate.

[deadly_ned]

Sort of concerning. In a. Counterproductive sort of way.

[mightthinkthat]

Probably be somewhat more transparent. Though, I wouldn't guarantee more sympathy, so I shan't ask for votes.

[deadly_ned]

The one thing you can say about the Barge is that it was never a democracy.

Sort of a..meritocracy instead.

[hearrrtofgold]

We've met. [Multiple times. Gary is difficult to deal with - although at least GET ME DRUGS, CROCKER is a lot less stressful than KILL ME, CROCKER.] I know about his situation.

How are you doing with all this?

[deadly_ned]

Because if you take over the pub you'll need to know Gary. What he looks like, how to shoo him out.

I'm. Fine. I'm a little. Not sleeping very well but I think it has something to do with being away from home and not being sure what I should be doing.

[mightthinkthat]

Most systems require a 'sort of' ahead of it, for good or ill.

[surfaceshine]

Ned.

[sickjoke]

Yes. So--- good luck finding someone to work the pub.