Check-In: Not-Mother Hen

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Kitty sat at the bar with a cup of coffee and her notebook, watching the 'welcoming committee' make themselves busy. Liz was here, as she'd promised Kitty she would be and Kitty gave her a quick smile of encouragement.

One of the worst things about Check-In Days was that you never knew whether it'd be a whole long day of no one arriving, one spectacular fall from the ceiling and dropping dead after another, or anything in between. It made it hard to know what to do with yourself. After awhile, you got used to it and just kept on with whatever you'd do otherwise, and know that if you didn't step up for a new arrival, someone else would. But for someone not used to treating it like a responsibility to be here, especially someone with Liz's anxious need to be perfect at it, Check-In Day could be emotionally exhausting.

So Kitty made sure to have milk warmed for hot cocoa and her plans for the obstacle course handy in case Liz needed something to do with herself. Otherwise, she was working on a modification of Cerebro to see if she could start detecting new arrivals.


[ooc: Regular check-in day gathering post. If you want Kitty, ping me.]

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Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

Alec did not carry a pen with him. "No, but the bar has to have one, right?"

He got up and when he did, he was aware he definitely had a buzz going on. Thor was officially the best drinking buddy - no judgement either like a certain 16 year-old.

At the back of the bar he was able to find one. He held it out across from the bar, then paused. "You ever have a muffdiver?"

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor takes the pen into hand, uncaps it, and starts penning something down on the coaster.

"What's a muffdiver?" Clearly, Thor has not had one.

When he's done, he wordlessly hands the coaster back over to Alec for approval.

Look forward to fighting alongside you in battle sometime soon. - Thor

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

He looked at the coaster. He was pretty sure Peter was going to need to change his pants when he got this. "Perfect "

Alec started getting the materials together. "It's a right of passage on Earth."

When the drink was ready, he presented it to Thor. "Alright. The challenge is you have to keep your arms behind your back and with your mouth, find and grab the shot and down it without ever using your hands."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

This was no right of passage he had heard of. Still, he figures that Alec, who was presumably a resident of Midgard, would know Earth's right of passages better than he would.

Thor looks down at the drink, foaming with whipped cream. He looks back at Alec, and folds his arms behind his chest.

"Sounds easy enough," he says. Thor leans forward and dips his face towards the cup, whipped cream smothering his beard.

As his mouth works through the shaving cream, his teeth clink against the glass. He nips at it again and this time, his teeth catch it.

Thor bends his head backwards to send the beverage down his throat.

As Thor finishes it, he loses his grip around the rim; he just barely manages to catch it before it hits the table, then sets it down with an audible sound.

Thor grins at Alec proudly, his beard still covered with cream.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

Yep, that had totally been worth it. "Congratulations. You've passed." And maybe for a moment Alec considered not handing him napkins, but then Alec reached for a pile of napkins and handed them over to Thor. "Like a champ."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"Is this ritual for those of drinking age?" he asks, taking the napkin from Alec and making neat use of it. The rite of passage had been messy, but it had been delicious as well.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

He nodded. "Yeah, usually a sign you're turning the age for drinking and presably better sex. Easy people to spot at a club." Most of the time anyways.

"The best is when the person can't do it."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor chuckles lightly. Thor nods his head towards Alec.

"Could you do it?" he asks.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

A far too amused grin crossed his expression. "Oh, I have a lot of experience with muffdiving." And then he winked because, yes, double entendre all the way.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"So you do this often?"

Thor gestures to cream-filled glass that once held the shot glance he picked up with only his mouth. He remains oblivious to the double entendre.

"Show me. I'd like to watch. To learn your technique."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

He started to make a second one. "Remind me to teach you about Earth slangs and double meanings."

Once the drink was made again, Alec put his arms around his back. He leaned forward. His lack of need to breathe meant that he could stay down a lot longer than most. He didn't go straight for the shot. Instead, in long, fluid motions he licked away the whipped cream before leaned more in and retrieving the shot. He threw his head back and downed the alcohol, then took the shot glass out of his mouth, grinning proudly. He only had a little bit of cream on his chin and nose.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor claps, clearly impressed. "Leave no ground untouched."

Still, Thor wonders if there was some reason for Alec's strangely sexual display. Thor briefly wonders if there was some reason for it, concludes that Alec may be sexually into him, and decides he would be okay with that.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

"Have to have a party trick to get people's attention, right?" He wiped away whatever was left on his face.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"Well, you've got mine."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

"Uh... what?" Alec blinked and looked confused. He didn't think he was that drunk, but had Thor suggested what he just suggested?

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor blinks right back.

"Wait, are you -- are you heterosexual?" He points at the glass, perplexed. "That whole thing with the tongue. Weren't you coming onto me?"

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

While Alec was fairly confident he would be fantastic at giving head to another guy, the thought of actually doing that was very unappealing.

"... No, definitely not coming onto you." Maybe he had drank too much? "It's called a muff-diver, Thor. As in, you know, a woman's -" He made a vague circle gesture to his crotch area.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"Ohhhh," Thor says, suddenly enlightened by the explanation of Midgar slang.

"Many genders have muffs, though," he says. "Not just women. I have seen them with my own eyes."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

"Are we talking aliens?" Because Alec was kind of getting lost here a bit. "And... you've seen a lot of them?"

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"Most of them, yes," he says. "I've slept with a few Asgardians. Just one human, though."

Jane.

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

He could respect that. In fact, he pursed his lips together and gave a slight nod as if to say 'alright then.' "I can respect that. And you'll have plenty of humans and other things to choose from here if you want." Alec had slept with a gnome on several occasions - something he thought he'd never do.

"Just, you know, not with me. Sorry. Way more into women."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

"I can respect your dedication to a single gender," Thor says. He gestures to the cup again. "I'm sure you're a skilled lover."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

Somehow that praise from someone like Thor - who Alec was learning quickly seemed pretty straight-forward and honest about most things - was validating. He'd never admit it, but it made him inwardly beam.

"I try to be, anyways." That was supposed to be him sounding humble, but his tone of voice held more confidence than it should for that statement. "I don't think you'll particularly have a problem here, if that's you're thing. Plus occasionally there are otherworlds and those are interesting."

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_ormbreaker]

Thor grins at the compliment. "If only being a skilled lover was enough to keep someone at your side," he says somewhat wistfully.

The wistfulness is short-lived, though, as he takes another swig of his beverage. Thor is starting to lose count of how many bottles he's had, but clearly, it's still not enough.

"The attractive redhead mentioned those other worlds," he says. "What do you do there?"

Re: Comparing Sizes - Tag Thor

[st_x5_494]

There weren't that many red-heads. River Song? Emma? He hoped Thor didn't mean Mildmay, otherwise he'd have to question Thor's taste.

"Well, the last time it opened up it was a space station... Slept with a few people, then ended up bringing Spider-Man and a friend of mine to a strip club, promptly got into a bar fight with some cat alien people and got arrested. So, you know, the usual."