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[shifting]

All right. We're havin' an event at Merlotte's. It's been too damn long and I've missed the big ones, so I'm decidin' right now that one's happening. ....Wednesday. There, it's decided. M'callin' it "Take Back The Night". There'll be live music and drink specials and all sorts of good times. Just for fun, it'll be a semi-formal theme.

We're also still hirin' for a number of positions, and I'm in need of an assistant manager in a pretty bad way. Come on in for an interview any day this week between 2 an' 4.

[reaching over to shut off the monitor. Stops. Squints.]

...And I'd just like to say to certain unnamed parties that I taste just fine, so fuck you.

[click]

Comments

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[thelittlestbub]

Taste...

[Visible paling. See, she's a tough girl and will take on just about everything, but vampires? Thanks, but she was there during the two Dracula things. She's not too proud to admit she ended up hiding under a table.]

Sam, you ran across the vampires?

[Video]

[shifting]

Huh? Oh, no, no. I just know one who's an asshole.

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

[Visible sigh of relief... don't panic a girl like that!]

Well, most vampires are assholes in one way or another. Something specific?

[Video]

[shifting]

Someone sayin' I don't taste good 'cause I'm a shifter. Like that makes me so much different than bein' human.

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

[Softly:] Mutants taste different than humans.

[Don't ask how she knows that...]

As long as you're staying safe. So, better subject: What's with the shindig?

[Video]

[shifting]

[but Sam considers himself human, fiercely, which is something he thinks but doesn't say.]

We all just need a night off.

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

[Different worlds. She's bought the hype that the humans keep shoving at her: that she's not human. Doesn't mean she's better or worse, she's just... a mutant.]

I can agree with that. Drinking, dancing, the whole nine yards? With... lots of food?

[Video]

[shifting]

No dancin', but everything else.

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

Aww, no dancing, Sam? But... I'm a great dancer... And, I'm pretty sure I could convince the boyfriend to dance with me. [Grins.]

[Video]

[shifting]

If you can find a place to do it, you dance all you want.

You have a boyfriend? When did that happen?

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

[Grin.]

You realize, I'm an Olympic class gymnast, right? Dancing on table tops is easy.

[Blink. Oh yeah. Bad habit of not telling people things.]

Erm. August? At least, that's when I asked Kenzo out... During the earthquake. Well, right after it. But I'd planned to ask him out earlier that day, just the earthquake interfered...

[Umm. Babbling. She'll be shutting up now. Sheepishly.]

[Video]

[shifting]

Well congratulations, girl. I'm happy for you.

[Video]

[thelittlestbub]

Thank you, Sam. I'm gonna see if I can drag him outta work and into something fun for a night. Won't hurt him and god knows we all need it.