Don't worry about the zebras

[trulyoracular]

Behind the bar and dispensing drinks in little more than a loose tank top, Olaf feels like he's found his calling in life.

(Never mind that this isn't actually him working so much as he'd ducked behind the bar to steal his own drink, accidentally served someone else a drink, and that had been two hours ago)

Olaf's pretty sure that he could do bartending on a regular basis. After all, he knows his liquor, he's had endless amounts of experience listening to people's problems, and being an oracle means that he not only usually has a solution, but most of the time, it's pretty sure the right one! True, 'most of the time' for Olaf depends on the sun in the sky and a lot of other factors, but he's pretty sure that he's having a good day today.

He serves up a screwdriver, a sex on the beach, listens to a hotel guest mourn her ill luck with men, and drinks a beer all before he notices that there's someone new having approached the bar. True, he's not actually the bartender or anything, but given that Olaf pretty much fills his days with a hazy miasma of slacking off and generally not giving a damn, he thinks that playing at bartending for the day can't hurt.

Of course, if this gets him banned from the bar, that could have some severe ramifications down the line.

"What can I get you?" he asks cheerfully and hopes the answer isn't 'your arse out of here, now'.

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[speedy_queen]

"I kind of figured that one out," Thea says easily, sliding out of her seat and behind the bar to show him how it's done.

"All right, so, when you make a martini, you never shake it. I know James Bond tells you to but he's an idiot," she says, pulling down the bottle of Ketel One and the vermouth. "So you stir it so you keep the taste."

[trulyoracular]

Olaf keeps close to her, though with just the hint of distance to make sure he's not intruding too much. She's a beautiful girl who knows alcohol and has a nightclub. He needs to be careful on this one. He leans over her shoulder, grinning as he watches her hands. "You look like a professional," he praises. "I bet you've had a bunch of practice. I take it you've also kicked a bunch of punters out, too?"

[speedy_queen]

Thea grins. "I have security for that. I've never actually kicked anyone out myself, personally. I like to run a clean club. We had a drug problem a while back."

That was an understatement but it was better to approach it from a business owner's standpoint than a personal one. "But I think we've got it under control. I don't mind people having a good time but if you're taking something dangerous...that's not okay. Not when it's my club."

[trulyoracular]

Olaf generally has a drug problem by living, but he thinks that it's not fair to compare, seeing as he usually only does the amount of drugs he does to cope with the visions an oracle has to deal with and it's not like he's going to die. Reborn every day. "Maybe you could take me to your club sometime," he suggests, though he would have to clean himself out for that.

[speedy_queen]

"Really? I mean, I could, if I ever went home again. Right now, it's the last place I want to be," Thea explains. "So no such luck. But if you ever find yourself in Starling City, you should go to Vertigo and tell the head bartender that you're a guest of Thea Queen. They'll comp you everything you want."

[trulyoracular]

"I'll keep that in mind," Olaf agrees, dragging one of the stools around so that he can get comfortable and settle in. "Maybe you could come to Auckland, instead. I've got a cousin who runs a bar, too. Nothing as nice as a club, but the atmosphere is relaxed and the drinks are free," he promises, even though they're absolutely far from it.

[speedy_queen]

"Free? How are you going to make any money if the drinks are free? I mean, I might comp a friend every once in a while but I'm a businesswoman," she says, grinning at him. Thea is actually proud of her business acumen and her ability to make something out of nothing. She took Verdant very, very seriously, maybe even more seriously than Ollie had.

"I'm in it to make money at the end of the day."