10831/Having A Nightcap

Having A Nightcap
Date of Scene:	22 January 2020
Location:	Luke's Bar, Central Harlem
Synopsis:	Another night, a different bar, this time Jessica runs into a rare breed! A teacher!
Cast of Characters:	Jessica Jones, Huntress

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Jessica Jones has posed:
One thing you can almost count on Jessica to do on any given night, is to go out for a nightcap. Well, sometimes she stays in, but then she misses out on the occasional treat of punching a creeper who takes liberties. Tonight, however, she's in a place with relatively well behaved clientelle, a side effect of the owner being Luke Cage. He has a way of maintaining order.

It just means more time to focus on the drinks, and at the moment there's a whiskey flight infront of Jessica, and she meticulously samples them in succession.

Huntress has posed:
Over the last few months New York had become a sort of secondary stomping ground for her. Sometimes it was business. Sometimes it was 'business'. A lot of the time it involved one of the various Mafia operations. On occasion it was just to get away from Gotham for a bit. Even the most stalwart of vigilante guardians needs a break from the grim, oppressive atmosphere.

After a lot of the recent events over the holidays this had been one of those days. Helena needed a drink, and some place there wouldn't be such a high chance she'd have to don the cape and kick someone's ass in a dark alley afterwards. Or at least could leave it to 'the locals'.

Well this place looked like it fit the bill. Not too seedy, not too high class, but appeared to keep itself clean so to speak. Helena stepped in, and after a glance around (old paranoia habits are hard to break) walked over to find herself a seat at the bar. Looks like someone else was already well into her night.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica wasn't much familiar with the on-goings of Gotham, she had far too much on her hands in New York City, and Alias wasn't such a big firm as to branch out. Heck, for the majority of time it was all Jessica, and than occasionally, some help from Kate, her apprentice.

When Helena moves to sit by her side at the bar, Jess turns to look her way and grins, "good, less chance of hearing horrible pickup lines...how is your night going?"

Huntress has posed:
The remark about pickup lines gets a brief snicker out of the woman. "I could say the same thing... It's one of the few nights I've had lately to relax a little, you could say."

She pauses a moment to turn and order herself a drink. Then turns back to look at the woman. Glance at the collection of whiskey. Then back to their owner again. "Looks like you're well into enjoying yours."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"A real terrible one can really ruin your night, and this being New York, well, it gets pretty cringey," Jessica warns, before lifting one glass of her flight and raising it towards Helena, "so let's drink to no bad pick up lines." She grins as Helena takes note of her drink of choice, "I'm a connoisseur, so I drink as much as I can, to keep up," she winks and downs the rest of her glass.

Huntress has posed:
Helena Bertinelli snorts softly. "I don't know. I've heard some pretty cringy ones come from awkward teenagers." It takes a moment for it to settle in how cringy -that- might of sounded. Oops. "Overheard, that is. Not -towards- me." She almost clarifies it being because she works as a substitute teacher, but then realizes that might not actually help the context. Student crushes on teachers aren't unheard of.

Conveniently her own drink is brought at that point, and she picks it up to follow the improptu toast of sort and just put that subject aside. "Does the staff ask your advice on which ones to keep in stock then?" That's a pretty thorough selection there after all.

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Well, teenagers might get a pass, they don't know any better. I was a terribly stupid teen, I can tell you that much," Jessica admits before downing her second glass. "Oh, I'm sure you never got hit on by someone who could be your baby brother," Jessica laughs as Helena tries to escape her own admission. "Oh, they know my preference. Whiskey. Better if single malt, but I'll do blended in a pinch."

Huntress has posed:
Helena Bertinelli meanwhile is just sipping from a simple rum and coke. It's relaxing in being so simple and casual. Compared to what she could have access to if she wanted to.

"I will neither confirm or deny." Which is kind of confirming anyways, but this way it at least sounds like going along with the joke. "Good for a place to know the tastes of it's regulars." She turns partially to lean against the bar and look over the rest of the place again. "Looks like a good place to be a regular, too."

Jessica Jones has posed:
At the 'I will neither confirm nor deny' line, Jessica smirks, and slowly turns to glance at Helena from the corner of her eye, before eventually turning completely to look her straight in the eye. "Please tell me you're not a lawyer, because that was godawful." To the remarks about Luke's, Jessica smiles, "Luke is a class act, he keeps it clean and orderly, you can always feel safe getting a drink here. Not like -some- places in the city."

Huntress has posed:
The response of scrutiny gets a short but honest laugh out of Helena. "No, I am not. Teaching is stress enough as it is." And that's not even the stress she's unwinding from.

"That's good. For him, and for the city. There needs to be places like that... and sadly not as many as there should be these days."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Fuck me, lady, a teacher? You're one psycho bitch," Jessica mouths with a stunned expression on her visage. Clearly, she doesn't include teaching in the list of jobs she would care to try.

"Yeah, Luke's a decent guy, he really is a hero," Jessica says without a shred of sarcasm in her voice. For once.