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Emil inclined his ear as the barman murmered something to him, so happening in doing so to turn his head towards the stage, seeing Leon talking to Evie.

"I think he was cunning plan sending us to get drinks." Emil huffed. He chuckled at Lucien's suggestion that he didn't stand a chance, and added, "Maybe after his drink his chances stand not so good."

Hal thanked Lucien for the drink, raising it in a toast gesture, and followed Emil back towards the stage.

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"Awesome!" Kyle exclaimed, clapping his hands together and stepping up to the microphone. "Let's just do those three songs; more than we need to sound-check but it means we can figure out the links at the same time."

"Whatever you say." Leon replied with a mock salute. He looked over at Emil and Hal arriving back onto the stage. Emil was shaking his head with a dumb grin on his face, trying to make reference to Evie who was now on the other side of the stage. Leon shook his head in return and shrugged, 'What?' He took the pint glass which was passed to him and looked at it quizzically. "Jack and coke?"

"Right." Emil said, "That's what you've got."

Leon raised an eyebrow and gave the drink a sniff. Yep, definitely whiskey in there...in good proportion too.

"What were they running some sort of promotion at the bar?"

"No, just crazy happy barman." Emil grinned, slinging his bass over his shoulder and taking his position on the other side of Kyle. He plucked a few notes and ramped up the volume on his bass until he could hear himself.

"OK, John?" Kyle called out, unable to see if John was actually up in the sound desk yet. "What do you want, she we just start running through a few songs and let you do your thing while we play?"