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{ The Walk Into A Bar Meme }

The Walk Into A Bar Meme!

The bar's a comfortable place, where everyone knows you just have to walk up, give the bartender a smile, and order up a drink. Everyone goes to a bar sometime, whether to pick up a companion for the night, to pick up a friend, or pick up a drink. You never know the story behind the guy sitting next to you, or the bartender. But that's what bars are for, aren't they? To learn about the guy on the stool next to you, drinking his gin and tonic.

So what do you do in a Walk Into A Bar meme?

1. Comment here with your character and their canon in the subject line.
2. Hit RNG for a number between 1-15.
3. Tag someone else using that number as your character's reason for coming to the bar.
4. Profit!

So, what's your poison?

1. Sex on the Beach - You're here at the bar for one reason and one reason only, to find some company for the night. It might help, to buy them a drink first. But then they might throw that back in your face...

2. Tonic and Gin - Life's been one disaster after another lately, and the only thing that makes it easier is the sweet numbing taste of alcohol...

3. Midori Sour - Your friends dragged you out here and they've suddenly abandoned you for some rock star in the VIP lounge. Are you bitter? Maybe. Or maybe you'll just use the opportunity to flirt with the cute bartender...

4. Shirley Temple - You got a call five minutes ago asking you to come to the bar to pick up your too-intoxicated friend/brother/sister. But now that you're here, theydon't seem to be anywhere to be found...

5. Poolside Pleasure - There's nothing like being on vacation in a tropical paradise, is there? And what better way to soak in that tropical vibe than to swim up to the Tiki Bar for a relaxing fruity drink with a paper umbrella?

6. Moonshine - Maybe you're underaged. Or maybe the bar isn't exactly what you'd call legal. Whatever the reason, you're not supposed to be here, but you are, and while you're here, might as well get something to wet your whistle, right? Just be careful not to get caught...

7. Hair of the Dog - Last night was... do you even remember last night? Probably not, given the wicked hangover pounding in your head right now. Well, nothing cure a hangover like having a drink in the morning to take the edge off, right?

8. Champagne - Something great has happened! Did you get a promotion? Kill your nemesis? Whatever it is, you feel great and it's time everyone celebrated with you. A round of champagne on the house!

9. Shaken, not Stirred - To everyone else, this is a regular bar, but not to you. You know you're here to meet a clandestine contact, an enemy informer or a secret spy. Better play it cool and keep your eyes open...

10. Sunken Pirate Ship - You've been out on the high seas for months, and finally made it into port with your pockets full of gold. What're you going to do first? Drink that gold away or buy some company for the evening? You can do both at the bar...

11. Punch in the Rain - You're the bouncer of this bar and you think the guy sitting next to you has probably had too much to drink. Maybe it's time to cut them off. Hopefully they'll go easy, huh?

12. Bartender - Everyone who walks through the door has a story to tell, and you're the guy they love to tell those stories to. Are you the type to listen, or the type to slip a little something extra into their drink in hopes that they shut up about their sob story?

13. Absinthe - Whatever it is you just drank didn't seem to agree with you. And at the corner of your eye you keep seeing this bright green faerie... Is everything happening around you reality, or have you slipped into some kind of hallucination?

14. 357 Magnum - Did you just insult my mother? Whether or not they did, you sure think so, and you know what's the best way to settle things in a bar? With a bar brawl, of course!

15. Happy Hour - Anything goes! Got another scenario you want to play out, this is the place for it!

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Wufei hummed in agreement. "We've all been forced to grow up sooner than we should've," he agreed softly, and flashed a little grin. "Mine's... well. It's a little silly, but I'd like to go see a Moon Festival in China. I've never been to a festival outside a colony, but I've heard that they're much more extravagant."

With a little smile, Heero nodded. "I want to go to school."

"Moon Festival, huh? Yeah, that sounds fun. I'd tag along if you're willing?" Duo dropped his elbow onto the arm of the chair and his cheek fell onto his hand. He was smiling, just letting himself daydream. Until Heero manfioned school. He pulled a face.

"I hated school. But I was just a kid so... Maybe it'd be different? Just not one of those rich bastard schools." He couldn't stand those rich kids. The last time he'd been on a school like that he'd been forced to be friendly but he'd wanted to blow up the whole damn place.

They both laughed at Duo's reaction to school. "We'll have to pick one together, then. I was called back before I graduated to get married," Wufei agreed. "Some of them have obnoxiously strict rules."

"I went to one for a while before my mother died, and I went to St. Gabriel's for a few weeks, but that's it," Heero said with a shrug. "I want to learn to be normal."

"Normal? What's that?" Wufei asked teasingly, setting his empty bowl on the coffee table with Duo and Heero's.

"Who knows?" Duo laughed. Normal seemed far removed from what they were.

"You think schools gonna make you normal? We can give it a try." But he had a feeling they wouldn't last. Kids could be assholes and they wouldn't be allowed to teach them lessons. Keeping their hands to themselves was going to be tough. But it'd be something they would have to try to be sure. Maybe it'd surprise them?

Wufei nodded in agreement. "I pity the school administrators," he said with a little grin. "Just one of us would be bad enough, but if all five of us enroll in the same place?" He shook his head.

"We might end up educating them," Heero agreed with a chuckle. "We might be required, anyway, depending on how they change the laws after everything is said and done." As much as he wanted to get away from being ordered around, it was nice to have a little guidance still.

If they had any sense they'd give them a place of their own and hire tutors to educate them to a certain point before throwing them to the lions. But Duo didn't think that would enter into their thinking. So he was with Wufei. Whatever school was unlucky enough to get them was going to have some problems. Especially if it ever got out who they were...

"Whatever happens, if we stick together, it'll work out." Duo decided. He had his reservations, but he was open minded enough he'd give it a try.

There was unlikely to be a lot of common sense involved in any decisions made about them after the war -- even if they were the ones making them. "Together," Wufei agreed.

Heero nodded. "We should ask Trowa and Quatre what they want to do, too." The idea of all five of them forming a family was in his head now, and his stubborn streak was about to get fixated on it.

Duo glanced at Heero and nodded, smiling he shifted to the side and reached into his pocket for his phone. "Not askin them to come here and maybe get infected... Quat should be okay but Trowa..."

He sent a quick text just asking if they were close by and free to chat. They were talking about the future and figured they'd want in on it. Then he hit send. "Now just to wait and see what he says!"

"Trowa was unsure of his vaccinations, so we gave him the same set I brought for Wufei," Heero agreed with a nod. "Plus chicken pox."

"So he's probably as cranky and achey as I am," Wufei chuckled.

The phone rang a moment later, and Quatre's bright voice was on the other end when Duo picked up. "We'd love to be included, but I'm afraid Trowa is resting right now." And Quatre may or may not have been literally sitting on him to make sure he didn't get out of bed.

Duo was laughing when his phone rang. He answered and put it on speaker.

"You're on speaker, Quat. He as hard to keep pinned down as these two?" he asked and pulled a face at Wufei and Heero before he laughed again. "But listen. We're just talking. Do you guys have any plans for when we kick this thrice damned war to the curb?"

"He's very stubborn if you don't know what to bribe him with," Quatre agreed smugly. "I don't think we've really thought to much about it, except that we want to stay together."

Wufei made a face right back, while Heero just looked between the two like they'd gone mad.

"I want to go to school," Heero announced.

"I'd I bet you know just what that is." Duo laughed. "Yeah. Sticking together is what we want to do. Heero wants to go to school. I wanna go to a funfair and the beach. Wufei wants to go to a moon festival. And we wanna do those things together."

"School? Seriously? Military school?" Trowa wasn't sure he agreed with school. He didn't know it was a place he'd fit in very well.

"Regular school," Heero replied. "It's... normal," and that was what he was after, moreso than an education. J had included education in his training, of course, but nothing about how to live life after the war was over. He was expected to die, and on a certain level the whole conversation felt a little like betraying J. He curled himself up into a ball on his corner of the couch, even though it made his ribs throb.

"You're hurting your ribs," Wufei scolded, albeit gently. And kicked Heero lightly in the hip for emphasis.

Duo looked over in time to see Heero doubling up and was up and off the chair a moment later. "Nah, just normal people school, Tro. Learn what normal kids do, y'know? Math and science and all that jazz." as he spoke he'd moved across the room and dropped himself down between Wufei and Heero. Just as with the night before, he draped an arm across Heero's shoulders and made him sit up.

All the while he kept his voice light and friendly, even laughing, as if nothing was wrong and nothing to worry about. To Wufei he winked and nudged him with his other arm.

"Normal high school, huh." Trowa sounded thoughtful. He wasn't sold. But if Quatre went... He looked at him with a raised brow.

Wufei moved his legs out of the way when Duo came over, and maneuvered the blanket so Duo would get a share of it, too, smiling softly as Duo straightened Heero out.

It took a little convincing, but Heero eased out of the uncomfortable position and let himself lean on Duo instead. "Yes, normal," he agreed. "I want to know what it is."

"I'm not sure any of us knows what normal is," Quatre replied thoughtfully, gazing over at Trowa. "But I don't think it's such a bad idea to try, and staying together sounds nice... there aren't a lot of people out there who will be able to understand us when it's all over."

Duo didn't give up until Heero had straightened himself. The surprise was when he actually leaned against him that way. He didn't protest and just kept a hold of him so he didn't go and do anything dumb again.

"Yeah, that was my thinkin too, Quat. Who's gonna know what we need better than us? Sticking together, least until we've a better idea of where we wanna go, is best." it wouldn't be forever, he wasn't dumb enough to think that. But until they were stable enough to strike out on their own, sticking together was the only solution.

"So I guess school it is. You know it's gonna mean dumbing down to their level, right?" Duo grinned and looked down at the top of Heero's head. "No one likes a show off. You'll get bullied. Then get in trouble when you break their legs."

Heero hummed softly. "I found that out at St. Gabriel's," he agreed. "People tried to bully me after I tore up an invitation to Relena's party."

"Why? I thought you liked her," Wufei replied with a frown.

It managed to get a startled expression onto Heero's face. "Like her? She's insane." Said the pot to the kettle.

Quatre gave Trowa a look that clearly said 'we're going to have to babysit all of them'.

"Those snobs were assholes..." Duo muttered, but like Wufei, was stunned that Heero would have torn up anything belonging to Relena. "Uh, yeah, think we all thought you liked her. And we know she's insane!" He couldn't help laughing at that, but somehow it was a relief. His respect for Heero went up a little bit. At least he had some common sense, enough to realise the screaming danger that was Relena Peacecraft.

Trowa eased himself onto his side and watched Quatre with a small smile. They probably would. Duo they might be able to get away with unless someone pushed him, but the others had tempers enough that it could get complicated.

Heero made a face. "I don't like her," he said with a firm finality that meant he wouldn't tolerate hearing otherwise. "She's confusing," which was why he kept going back, trying to wrap his head around what she was doing and why. And more importantly to figure out why he couldn't bring himself to kill her.

"Regardless," Wufei said lightly. "We'll stick together. Even not knowing who we are, people would be fools to mess with us."

Quatre couldn't help laughing warmly. "Because of the power of friendship?" he asked, a little teasingly. This sounded an awful lot like the plot to a movie. A group of child soldiers go away to a normal high school and try desperately to fit in. One of them was going to have to be prom king.

Duo looked a little wonderingly at Heero, his whole world swinging on its axis. Heero didn't like Relena. He'd thought for sure he had. Now he was forced to look at things in a whole new light. He wanted to ask so many questions but he, for once, kept his mouth shut. Duo just shook his head and laughed.

"Damn right, the power of friendship can overcome all obstacles, Quat!"

Even Trowa couldn't help the brief chuckle, his smile soft as he watched Quatre. As much as he was aching and cranky, just watching that beautiful ray of sunlight helped put him at ease. And he would follow him to the ends of the universe. Even to a school.

"It's doable. We could look at places in our downtime. Find one we can trust." With a faculty they could trust.

Quatre laughed again. "I suppose that's our secret weapon for winning this war, too," he decided lightly. "If we pick a school near one of my estates, we can stay there together, unless you'd prefer boarding schools."

"As long as it's not a Chinese school, I'm not picky," Wufei replied with a shrug, melting into the sofa a little more.

"A building we control will be safer," Heero said, because he imagined there would be a lot of people unhappy with them when everything was said and done.

Duo set his phone down on his lap and reached over to tug Wufei closer to his side. If he was going to melt he better be doing it on him. He smiled at him.

"A building we control would be safer... But you'd not get that 'normal' you're after. Having a place we can all live would be great though, Quat. What we really need... Is to get someone on the faculty."

"Sally Po?" Trowa offered. He could have suggested his sister but she was busy with other things. When the war ends, what would Sally do? Maybe she'd be nice enough to help them out for a while. She wouldn't need to spend years at the school. Just long enough for them to get settled in and find their place.

Wufei hummed happily, shifting around a little to melt onto Duo properly. "Sally's a doctor. If the school is fancy enough to have one of those on staff, she'd probably be willing to do it."

"What about one of Quatre's sisters?" Heero suggested. "Or Howard?"

"Who's Howard?" Quatre asked, rather than answering about his sisters. "I'd suggest someone from the circus, but I don't know that they'd be able to stand staying in one place for so long."

Duo leaned his head to the side and against Wufei... Then burst out laughing at the idea of Howard joining the faculty of any school.

"Could you imagine? He'd say no just because they'd make him wear normal clothes and not those Hawaiian shirts. He'd go insane! I think Sally is our best bet here."

"Circus folk wouldn't want to give the circus up for staying in one place." Not until they retired at least and he didn't know any that were nearing that just yet. Trowa considered it some more. "If it comes to it, we can just payroll someone."

Heero snorted out a chuckle. "He looks like the professors in movies. Doc Brown, or Dolittle, or the one with the," he paused to gesture, but it didn't help. "The putty stuff."

"Heero I think your skull got hit harder than we thought," Wufei drawled.

"Those are some very old movie references," Quatre laughed.

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