14533/Beer and Sunshine

Beer and Sunshine
Date of Scene:	05 September 2022
Location:	Josie's Bar, Clinton
Synopsis:	P.I. and Princess have a meet. Cute.
Cast of Characters:	Jessica Jones, Starfire

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Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones sits at the bar with a half-drunk beer at her side. Technically, she's not supposed to smoke inside, but she's basically got her own corner of the bar and as long as she stays down there and doesn't bother anybody, Jessica won't throw anybody through the window for complaining about it. That's...sort of a deal, right? She's chatting with the bartender slightly.

"I tried that vape stuff, but it's just weird. Feels like using a wiffle ball bat to crack somebody in the noggin. I'd rather just have the real thing."

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r walks into the bar. Lots of people do that every day, but this is Starfire we're talking about. Heads turn. Jaws gape. She's wearing her superheroine costume which hides very little skin, just enough to barely qualify as not being indecent exposure. She can be conservatively described as incredibly gorgeous. A long red mane of hair. Curves to die for, an extremely pretty and innocent face. Plus, there's the orange skin and the fact that she's six foot seven. Certainly exotic.

Oh and she's not exactly shy either. With a wave and a loud "Hello friend Jessica!" she makes her way to a stool next to the woman drinking. "I shall have what she is having! As long as it is delicious beer." she says to the barkeep.
She sits on the stool and swivels to face Jessica. "It has been a while has it not? I have been in outer space. What have you been up to?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones can't help but stare at Kory, because she's the kind of person you stare at. The view's great and nobody's going to ask what it is that's striking about her cause...well, look at her!

"Princess," Jessica manages to say, "Put her on my tab," she says, waving to the bartender, "I got her. Yeah, well, I can't say I've been anyplace that exotic. But I do see plenty of Uranus," she teases.

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r smiles at Jessica "That is very kind of you. I am not destitute merely because I am a princess-in-exile, all Titans have an expense account... but I shall happily accept a beer from you as a gift between friends. If you will tell me all about seeing Uranus." She picks up the beer that gets slid over to her and slams back a large gulp. The alcohol never seems to affect the Tamaran much, but she loves the taste. Beer is sweet to her rather than bitter.

Almost as good as mustard.

Almost.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones puts out her cigarette, "Oh, for real? Then fuck it, put my stuff on HER tab, then. You heard the lady," she says. "I do technically work for a livin', but business is a little slow. Cheating husbands mostly sticking to Tinder and weird internet roleplay sites these days, it's harder to catch 'em unless you're a keyboard monkey. Which I ain't," she sighs. "Starting to make me miss sitting on a rooftop stalking a stranger at a cheap hotel."

She takes a long sip of her beer, "The uranus thing is a joke cause it's the name of a planet in the solar system, but it's also a nickname for your butthole pucker. So cheap, dirty minded people like me make jokes about it."

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r giggles and stage whispers to Jessica "yes, I was aware of the joke. I have been working on my sarcasm-through-innocence. Robin says I am getting good at it."

She pulls out a Titans card from *somewhere*, it's not exactly clear where she could hide any accessories in that costume... passing it along to the bartender to be scanned, and then disappearing it back into... did it get tucked into?... no. Trick of the light.

"I am sorry that work is slow for you. I know that can be difficult. I do not have a cheating husband for you to check on, I am sorry."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones laughs, "Well, I'm not surprised at that. Not sure about the sanity of any dude who would cheat on you. Man must be compulsive," she says, not unadmiring of Kory's charms.

"Eh, something will come along, it always does. People always up to no good in this town, one way or another. Just question is if there's any money in it."

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r finishes her beer and orders three more of the same for herself. Superheroining is thirsty work!

"It is kind of you to say. I assume you are complimenting my beauty? I think you are very pretty yourself Jessica."

She pouts at Jessica's pessimism, "Perhaps so, you'd know your own job best, but in my experience many people also have a great capacity for doing the right thing for each other. They just need to be given an opportunity and an inspiration to do so."

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones nods, "I guess that's one way of putting it. Was a time I probably would've been real hateful about it, but I try to be mature. Plus...yeah, kyou are really hot. I figure you know it, though."

"I'm glad you think so, because I'd rather someone as powerful as you have a good opinion of the world. I like you sunny and happy and feeling yourself. It's the depressives like me you gotta worry about."

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r's laugh is like a ray of sunshine in that gloomy bar. Patrons notice and some even smile. Her happiness is infectious like that.

"I am not unaware that I am pretty. It has many advantages. People generally are very eager to help me. In most cases their reactions to seeing me are pleasant."

A heartbeat pauses. Just as Jessica is taking a sip of beer, Kory leans forward a little, looks right into her eyes and says "And it certainly helps when I want to find someone to have sex with" That was said so innocently and casually, she had to have timed that on purpose.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones had been lost momentarily in the grain of the bar when her eyes flick back up to see Kory leaned forward towards her, captured a bit by those eyes and basking fully in that radiance. She blinks for a moment, looking a bit stunned, before she finds herself again.

"Yeah, I...yeah, that would...that would help," she manages to say, caught off guard for a rare occasion. She's usually the forward one. "Most people help me because I pester the shit out of them."

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'rs lips part and her warm smile becomes a full teethy self-pleased and happy grin at Jessica's reaction to her advance. She didn't get a spittake out of it, but perhaps something more fun.

"You have never pestered me that I can recall. Although if you are ever in trouble feel free to ask for my help. I'm always happy to be there for friends who ... need me."

Yeah, that pause was deliberate. The scantily clad alien princess is apparantly a tease. Who knew?

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones could've guessed. She is a detective, after all. Okay, she was kind of a shitty detective sometimes, in the Sherlock Holmes sense, although she did better than people gave her credit for. People including Jessica herself. Nobody hated on Jessica quite like Jessica.

"We all got needs, that's for damn sure. Some more urgent than others," she says.

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r practically purrs. Isn't her race supposed to be descended from cats or something? Which is frankly ridiculous, she looks nothing like a feline. Though she does an astounding impression of a happy little kitten purring away.

"This is true. I trust that if you have any particular urgent needs I can assist with, you'd let me know, wouldn't you Jessica?"

There is a conspicuous silence from the bar locations around the two of them, and a noticeable sense of people very carefully not staring.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica Jones flicks her tongue against her teeth. People were going to talk no matter what she did. Not that she cared about her reputation. Fuck, she was called a slut half the time she walked down this street anyway. Only by people that she couldn't see, though. She'd stuffed more than a few guys into trash cans over the years.

"Maybe we should get outta here..." she says, gesturing towards the door.

Starfire has posed:
Koriand'r giggles and slips her hand into Jessica's hand and practically tugs her off the stool and to the door with that bubbly energy. "I thought you'd never ask!"

There are a few whoops and cheers from the bargoers, which completely wash off Kory's back like water off a duck. She has zero shame and lives life to the fullest. And maybe for once those calls are more good-natured than Jessica is used to? Starfire's irrepressible personality seems to have won them over for the moment.