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She didn't look as though she was in a very good mood, Kasei. She looked the exact opposite in fact. Jumpy, scared. Zack noticed that she wasn't wearing any make up, and this girl always was. He kept staring at her for a minute as she sat there, looking down at the bar in front of her. Zack poked her right shoulder and said: "Hey... What's up?" and tried a faint smile. "Do you want my hat? Is that it?" he asked, joking. Zack took a sip of Guinness and then spoke again. "Okay, what you need is a drink, and guess what?" he said leaning closer, making a face at her with big eyes. "It's on me!" knowing full well that everything was being paid for. Therein lies the joke, only Zack hoped she'd get it.
The sound of heels against the floor reached his ears, as he was busy ordering a drink for Kasei. Zack turned his head slightly and finally saw the blonde curls at first, and then discovered the face of his lead singer. She spoke firstly to Kasei, and then to himself. "Hey you," Harlyn said "How's it going?".
"Hey," Zack replied and looked at her with his almost always serious face. That was just how he looked when he was relaxing, not because he was angry. "I'm fine," half convincing. Then he looked at Kasei as she answered. "What about you?" he shot back at Harlyn, and put a hand on her back.

And then the last part of their band joined them. Giles. As he ordered and the bartender didn't understand squat of what he said, Zack let out a laugh, unable to hide it. "Nice man.. Speak normal English man..." he said and slapped him playfully on the back. As he then ordered drinks for them all, he put his hand over his heart and said: "Oh how you know me all to well, my love!" with overdone affection. He was in a good mood tonight, fortunately. He just had to make sure he didn't overdo it, and become a nuisance to everybody. Then again, that was never the case. "I'll have absinth!" he said to the bartender, and he served it the exact right way. "What'll you have?" he asked Harlyn to his right, and nudged her.
Further to their left, more people were coming to the bar. Well... one person had joined the lonely woman at the bar, smoking a cigarette. THey seemed more and more familiar, but stil Zack couldn't put a name to them.

"I helped you to bed," Zack said and shook his head. "Not an easy task man...And you went out cold too."
Zack waited for the sugar to melt on the spoon and then poured it into the absinth. He looked to his left at Kasei, and then to his right at Harlyn and Goat.
"Together?" he asked and waited for their consent in downing the shot, hearing mumbling from the unknown woman and the man who'd joined her, but unable to make it all out. The word Nerveshock caught his ears though and he raised an eyebrow as he tilted his head back, drinking the shot.