#devinstone:start

[mancinishae]

“I understand it was Valentine’s Dayjust yesterday, but how much did people actually drink last night?” Shae shook her head, leaning back on her chair as she brought the cup of coffee in her hands to her mouth. A quick sip was taken, the hot beverage enough to brighten up her day after a long night attending guests at Miss Mary’s, mostly lonely people that needed an entertainment for the night, or couples that enjoyed the show put up by her girls. “You wouldn’t believe the amount of people I’ve seen struggling to pull a door that clearly says push.”

[sebastianalarcon-blog1]

After a long day at the station, Sebastián was happy to kick back at a nearby bar. He took a moment though, leaning back against the outside wall to take out a cigarette. Nasty habit, but one he’d picked up to get through the long days when it all seemed like a little too much too often. The smoke escaped him slowly, as he watched a few couples leave the place with nothing but happy faces. “Some people are getting lucky tonight, huh?” He let out to no one in particular, a soft chuckle following his words.

[gabrielwindsor]

It wasn’t often anymore that Gabriel got a chance to have the evening to himself and when he did, he often spent it outside of his home, often feeling trapped there otherwise. Finding himself at one of the local bars, nursing a scotch, he turned his attention to the person occupying the stool next to him. “I’ll put all of your drinks on my tab if you can just get a song to stick in my head that isn’t any of the songs off of the Frozen soundtrack,” he nodded, the look on his face suggesting he was entirely serious. His daughter had recently discovered Frozen and he was almost ashamed to say he knew the entire movie, word for word, by heart. “Any song at all.”

[er1cdier-blog]

                              LETTING out a low whistle, Eric shook his head. “Whew,” head shaking, he let out a light chuckle, twisted with an edge of nervousness. “That was a close one. One point’s better than none but... we’re in a hole.” A pause before another shake shifted his head. “Have you been following qualification for the World Cup in Russia? If not then... I probably sound crazy.”

[andrewpaxtcn-blog]

                              Brows furrowed, Andrew stood at the quaint intersection, head shifting this way to that. “I...” face falling, his hand lifted to point down one street, only to turn on his heel and look down another, as if caught in indecision. “I coulda sworn this was the right way...” Scrubbing a hand over his face and into his hair, a sigh escaped him. This just wasn’t his day --- or month, really.

[sawyrcampbell]

“Apparently asking a religious leader if they wanted to come back to mine to get illuminaughty is a bad idea. Who knew…”

[mrnoahdevin-blog]

Noah sighed softly as he looked up from the rough draft he had been attempting to jot down as he drank his coffee. He took a sip of the drink before spotting someone nearby, “You know, I was trying to get ahead of the game, impress my professors by being the guy that’s got everything together so I might get a teaching fellowship next year but ... I think my brain’s just not ready to kick back in after the break yet.”

[kathryngray-blog1]

“I swear, it’s a miracle I haven’t lost my keys at this point.” Kathryn replied, letting out a soft sigh. She had been losing everything lately which wasn’t like her at all. Things seemed to be falling apart around her and she didn’t know what to do at the moment. Kathryn let out a soft sigh. “I hope your week is better than mine.”

[elijahwalker-blog1]

“Not to be a total hick or anything but the barbecue around here is a fucking joke.” Elijah gave a look of disgust and shook his head. “It’s all, like, vegan low-fat tofu bullshit. If there isn’t a slight chance you’ll have a heart attack, it isn’t proper barbecue. I’m excited to not be living in a red state anymore, but my god, at what cost.”

[isabellacortez]

“I have had to change my scrubs three times in the past twelve hours.  Three.” she stressed.  “Which means I’ve had three different people’s bodily fluids on me today. So honestly, I would not do that if I were you.”  Isabella warned sharply.

[athensambrosia]

Athena sighed, turning away from the person that was trying to talk her up. “I dream about the day some dumbass won’t hit on me while I’m trying to relax after a fucking long day.” She wasn’t talking to anyone in particular, unless being loud enough for the guy to listen counted.

[ryke--meadows-blog]

Ryke ambled through Devinstone with a slight annoying pain clinging onto his knee from his injury. He didn’t care if it was burning because all he wanted to do was to explore the town he used to call home. The nostalgic town brought back both good and bad memories of his glory days in high school. Some things were still the same, but with time came the inevitable thing called change. People move on and the past is forgotten-- just like him. It’s now been a few days since he’s back in the quaint town. but the only thing that could occupy his mind was the topic of how he was going to approach his parents-- the ones who resented him for leaving and pursuing his dreams. The ones who ignored him for the last decade. As these thoughts were running through his mind, Ryke looked down at the pavement before he crashed into someone. He instinctively reached out to make sure the other person didn’t fall due to his large frame. “Oh, sorry! I didn’t see where I was going.” he quickly rambled out, as he tried to regain his balance.

[brielaurent]

“Sorry, pal, you’re gonna have to save your marriage at some other flower shop because this one decided not to have a working fridge last night,” Brielle shrugged as she dismissed the last of their clients, with a wave of the wilted flowers in her hand. Perhaps it was a bit harsh, but she knew that particular client to send flowers to his wife way too often for it to be normal. “Now, where was I?” She muttered to herself. The sign on the door read ‘No Flowers, Fridge Problems’ and she soon grabbed the tape to glue a few of the wilted ones to the door. 

[skylarmoore]

“To sneak in, or not to sneak in, that is the question.” She muttered aloud, her gaze set on the flashing lights above the cinema. IT was just premiering and with the influx of people it’d be easy to go by unnoticed, especially for someone of her height. Skylar looked up at the person nearby, just then noticing their presence. “If you’re judging me, I suggest stopping, do you know how many people pay to watch a movie they end up hating?”

[nate-colbert-blog]

Nate was sitting at the bar in the Two Dragons with a glass of scotch in hand. What the hell am I supposed to do here? he thought to himself as he stared at the amber liquid as if it held all of the answers to his problems. “This is fucking shit.” he murmured out loud, thinking he said it in his mind before he downed the glass and slammed the drink onto the bar.

[vivian-becton]

“Well I see it this way --- you have two options: One, pick something from the variety of options listed on the menu provided --- or two, get the hell out my shop.” Yeah business wasn’t exactly booming these day at the coffee shop, but that didn’t mean she’d bend over backwards for the sake of her overly choosy or difficult customers.