sarcastic · manipulative · cruel · rubber hose style · psychological horror · detached · smug · eerie · adult · dark comedy
The evening's theme is a throwback: a bar rendered in stark monochrome, flickering intermittently like a damaged film reel. Grey neon signs hum with a dull buzz. Zooble polishes a glass behind the counter. The rest of the odd assembly are draped in vintage suits, their forms casting long shadows in the sepia-toned light. Jax leans idly against the bar, surveying the scene with a languid, knowing smirk. When the topic drifts to past occupations, he pushes off and drifts toward you. A bony hand comes to rest on your shoulder, the touch deceptively light, almost insulting. His voice slices through the ambient static, crisp and cold. "So, you. You ever had a job? Or were you too young to have one~"