The Brazen Turtle Rides Again

[jirk]

Characters: Jim Kirk, Prussia and open!
Date: Feb 4th/5th
Location: The Brazen Turtle
Situation: Bar fight/general mingle log, with threadstarters for fun and shenanigans!
Warnings/Rating: Violence, maybe some swearing. Shouldn't get too intensive! See the post for threadstarts.

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[parallels]

Can I get you anything?

[Hello Thor, have a tiny bar tender here to look after you!]

[veryveryfrightening]

[This whole time he hasn’t even given a look to where his drinks have been coming from, but Clara’s voice lifts his gaze. Tiny, yes. He’s taller than her while sitting if he sits up straight.] Yes, ale or mead. Both if you have them.

[But he can’t stop himself from asking the obvious:] You work here?

[parallels]

Erm. I'll need to have a look.

[She wrinkles her nose as she tries to remember what exactly is ale and what is mead. It's a pub, they must have them right? She never realized how complicated this was. Then she grins.]

Don't look the type, do I?

[veryveryfrightening]

[But she recognizes why he asked, and it gets him to give her a smile in his answer.]

No, I would think a single drink might knock you down; but I have regretted passing judgment on a woman before. [He has the scars to prove it. As always with him, even through something like alcohol, manners.] I am Thor. Anything you have will do. It’s simply the taste I am used to.

[parallels]

Clara. Thankfully, I've found what you're looking for. I think.

[This beer is called ale, so must be it right. She fills the glass and passes it towards him.]

Well, while I agree you never out to judge a girl by her looks, this time you're right. Not exactly a pub girl but I'm here to help out a friend.

[veryveryfrightening]

[Taking the glass, he nods. Definitely it and he's happy to drink it down.]

It's hard to say what seems out of place on this giant turtle, and I'd have believed that you could hold your own. [He held up the half empty glass.] Help by serving drinks? That sounds like a friend indeed.

[parallels]

I'm actually a bit of a lightweight.

[She admits with a shrug and her eyes widen slightly at his ability to consume enough ale that would probably have her giggly and confused.]

He sort of ended up running this place and I just wanted to make things a little easier for him. He's done quite a lot for me.

[veryveryfrightening]

[Don’t ever watch a drinking contest between him and Tony, Clara. Ever.]

So he’s yours then? [No shame at all in the honest question as he drinks the other half easily enough.]

[parallels]

[She blinks.]

Sorry?

[veryveryfrightening]

[Oops. He's just going to milk that drink for all it's worth while shaking his head. Of course he misspoke, look at all the empty glasses in front of him.]

I should be. Assuming is becoming a problem of mine tonight and making my first visit an ill fitting one. Shall we start over again?

[He smiles and holds out his hand.]

Good to meet you again, Clara. I am Thor of Asgard. [Royal pain in the ass.]

[parallels]

Pleased to have a second go at it. Clara Oswald of Lancashire.

[She grins and shakes his hand, which completely engulfs hers.]

And don't worry, you're forgiven. Though, are you looking to forget something.

[She gestures to the many empty glasses.]

[veryveryfrightening]

[That gets him to laugh. Tiny as that handshake was, he is humored by her moxie.]

As much as I would like to think of my charm, I was not planning to use it instead of juulan. [Leaning back to get his hand into his jean's pocket, Thor pulls out a string of coins, the way the kedan carry their money around.]

And if it helps at all, I'll even wash them myself. [Grinning, he hands the string over for Clara to determine the amount of payment.]

[parallels]

Maybe you've assumed too much again and I might have accepted it.

[She grins at him and then reaches over to gently count the coins on the string and pulls off the proper amount. She gives him the last drink for free.]

No need to wash them, I've got it.

[veryveryfrightening]

You’re a good soul, Clara of Lancashire. [Lightly teasing over the free drink, but he’ll let this one last longer than the others. After a sip, he sets his fist on his leg and considers Clara unabashedly with a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips.]

From which world do you hail? [His first guess is always Earth, but he’s been wrong on that before, so best to ask. Assuming been biting him in the butt a lot lately.]

[parallels]

So people have told me.

[She grins and settles herself on the bar next to him. Since Spock left, she's eager for company that's easy and light.]

Earth. I've visited other worlds, but Earth is home.

[veryveryfrightening]

[Thor’s eyebrows shot up at her mention of other worlds and he sets his glass down to swivel on his seat to face Clara.]

I never would have guessed it of you. On Asgard, we have the Bifrost which we use to travel to different realms; including Earth. There are very few here that are familiar with it.

[parallels]

I dunno if they're technically other realms but other planets, yeah. Been to a few of them.

[she wrinkles her nose in curiosity.]

Bifrost?

[veryveryfrightening]

[She’s got his full attention now.]

The Bifrost is managed by Heimdall, Asgard’s gatekeeper. With it, he can send us through space to any of the nine realms. Any that need our help shall get it; not all the realms have warriors to fight their battles.

[parallels]

In these realms, in any of them, did you ever meet a man called "the Doctor"?

[veryveryfrightening]

Doctor Banner. No one by the title alone though. He is a friend of yours?

[parallels]

Yeah. And helping people of all realms is sort of his thing too.

[veryveryfrightening]

Then it is a shame our paths have never crossed. Your fellow traveler I take it? [Boon companions, he has them and misses them too.]

[parallels]

Yeah, my friend.

[veryveryfrightening]

[With the back of his fingers, Thor slides the drink over to Clara.]

Tell me about him.

[parallels]

This is going to knock me out.

[she lifts the mug before taking a sip and making a little face. But she keeps drinking out of restlessness.]

He's weird. Really weird. Always talking about things no one understands. Always has energy for new people and new places. He makes everything seem amazing. And he helps people, he always helps everyone he can.