PRP- Paranoia -Sour

[DrDog]

Frances, of course, can't live in sacramento on just the pay she gets as a night guardswoman. Funderland is generous, but not that generous. In addition, she works for a local Brewer, Device Brewing. She seems to be a regular both at the bar and in the brewery, as well as at the micro-winery down the road.
Or, there is her church, Our Lady of Guadalupe. An old catholic church serving the downtown area, she has been known to be very popular there, and while she is never loud about her faith, she is certainly a believer.

The motley star at the map. The church is East of Funderland, the beer and wine to the West. Where to go first?

[Titania]

East or West, East or West.
In the eternal struggle between Orient and Occident, virtue and sin. She's picked her poison.
The spirit, the mundane, fun variety, not the Holy One.
Besides, she wasn't Catholic.

[Ram]

Ram spotted Titania and waved as he approached.

"Hey Eleanor," he greeted the Fairest "So, uh," he looked around curiously "What's the plan?" He always liked having one but even more now. The two Springs seemed to think there was something to discover here with what was going with Frances but Ram couldn't see it. Though hopefully it would be less awkward than talking with his own co-workers and having a misunderstanding about drugs. Again, having a plan could probably help with that.

"Got a bar, a brewery, and a winery. Which are we hitting up?" He had little doubt she could talk her way into a tour if they needed to see the manufacturing side.

[Sonnie Wu]

"Bar, duh." The Spring Beast was naturally drawn towards the fun option. "If she's having problems, she's gonna go where the booz-ahol is! Right?"

She did make a certain amount of sense on that point. People often drank their problems into submission. Or tried to, anyway.

"I mean, unless she's a real bible nut or something," she shrugged. Sonnie hadn't heard anything like that about Frances.

[Titania]

"Of course, of course", she engages the giant of a man right when the monkey joins their little meeting. "The bar is the most plausible place"
Besides, they all needed a social outing, every now and then.

[Ram]

“I mean, maybe,” he replied when Sonnie suggested the bar as a place Frances might go to drink “But she also works for the brewer, so she might not shiii…” Right Titania “sit where she eats.” That didn’t make much sense “She might not want them to think she’s got a drinking problem.”

Still he followed “Most plausible place for what?” he asked as he held the door open for the two women.

[Sonnie Wu]

She grinned in amusement at Ram censored himself, seemingly for the benefit of the ladies present. What a gentleman. Aside from that the Beast cocked her head to one side in brief thought, then smiled and shrugged, "We'd fit in at a brewery better than a church, anyway. Church groups can be pretty insular. Bar patrons don't care who you are. They're usually too drunk to pay attention. And if it doesn't pan out, we can go sit on a pew. Shall we go?"

[Tiny]

The group heads west, and quickly find Device. The late afternoon means that the last tours are starting for the brewery, and that the bar is open and just starting to see a trickle of post-work employees.
The bar itself boasts a number of beers to choose from, not only from device, but a few other local brews. They have several tasting flights on chalk boards, many comparing their style vs. Fieldwork or Urban Roots.
Long bier-hall style hightops run down the center of the room, with several empty chairs along the sides near power outlets, like a coffe shop for people to do some work at.
The bartender is chatting up an old man, while a waiter is struggling with the POS system.
The motley finds a seat at the bar, and the bartender comes over to them. She has a light punk rock aesthetic, but for those with discerning eyes, her hair can easily be undone to hide some of the more aggressive features.
"Be with you in a minute." She calls out, then says something quietly to the other patron, before coming over to them.

2 successes on wits+composure

Anyway frank, that's what is weird with Frances. Think on it for me please?"

"Hi folks, welcome to Device. We have lots of great local beer, would you like to taste anything? I recommend the Basilica. It's a triple IPA with over 10% ABV. It'll knock your socks off" She points to the chalkboard of the seasonal brews.

[Titania]

^{"To have fun",} She whispers. It's not often that you get to go bar diving with not just 1 but 2 bodyguards.
She sits at the table, pouring over the chalkboard when she overhears the conversation going on at the bar.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-03-12 00:17:58	Titania rolls 5 to Wits + Composure - 1 (10 Again)	10, 10, 3, 8, 7, 5, 1	3 successes

[Ram]

Ram wasn’t so sure that Sonnie had the right of it. A mischievous and nimble woman, plus a strong and huge man, plus a lovely English woman was probably going to attract attention no matter the place. Bar patrons might not care beyond who they could get with, but bartenders…

It was their job to notice the unusual and the out of tune of reality drunk.

Still, this felt to him like a spring fling. So, the Ogre remained a distant, but present, intimidating force.

“I’ll have the local microbrew,” he said. The wasn’t a Wizened Brewer but he knew there was some you could understand from an open-ended request.

But mostly he stayed a couple steps away from the women. He wasn't interested in them (except to protect). They weren't interested in him (except to protect). A fair and neutral exchange of the bar. Only slightly discredited by the fact that he kept eyeing everyone like they ight be a potential enemy.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-03-12 01:00:53	Ram rolls 5 to Wits+Empathy (10 Again)	2, 10, 7, 2, 8, 8	3 successes