Beer Bros & Bottle Babes

"Ahoy there! Welcome to the Bee Brains & Bubble Bobble!... Bee Bop & Bell Bottoms?... hang on I'll get it. It's on the tip of me tongue."

"Beer Bros & Bottle Babes," called out a manager tiredly giving Jack a bit of a stink eye.

Jack Sparrow snapped his fingers. "Aye, that's it!"

Walt smiled at the Captain Jack Sparrow on greeter duty who'd obviously just gotten off his "break" and was a bit tipsy. "Thanks Jack! It's always good to see ye!"

Jack pulled out his compass. "Need any help finding what ye seek?" He jerked his head in the direction of the rum.

Yang giggled and Walt said with a wink, "Thank ye, Jack. I think we've got our heading." He doffed his hat and Jack did the same grinning to the two of them.

The manager sighed. Jack's antics always made him popular with the customers so it was hard to get mad at him.

Walt went to grab them a carriage while Yang looked around. "Damn! It's even bigger on the inside. It's huge!" She watched Jack have a very animated discussion with a recycling bin. It wasn't the "smart" kind. "Is that... normal?"

Walt nodded. "It is for him." He indicated the numerous rows and aisles in the middle of the store and the coolers that covered the majority of the side and back wall. "They specialize in alcoholic beverages of all types and kinds. From common everyday mass produced beverages like Hetap™️ to many thousands of years old elven vintages. And if something is rare and not on the shelves they've probably got it in the back in special storage or they can get it if a customer orders ahead for a particularly rare vintage. This is where I picked up the ladies Sake. They've also got non-alcoholic stuff too."

Yang gives him a look and Walt shrugged. "They're damn good at what they do and have quite a few locations. I like them and may have invested a bit along with some friends. So what do you like other than Strawberry Sunrise's?"

Yang laughed. "Yeah. I liked getting into the clubs when I was younger. They would have ID'd me if I ordered the alcoholic stuff." They started down an asile of flavored liquors and syrups and sure enough there was the Strawberry stuff. "Ruby tagged along once after throwing a fit so I sneaked her in. She didn't really like "da club" scene. Anyway the thing she loves more than cookies is strawberries so we got non-alcoholic Strawberry Sunrises and... well..."

Walt grinned and picked up one of the bottles she was looking at and put it in their cart. "You found you liked them. Nothing wrong with trying something and finding out you like it. And now you can drink the alcholic kind. What else? Tequila and..."

Yang nodded and grinned. "And grenadine. Add orange juice and strawberry puree. Strawberry Tequila Sunrise!"

Walt nodded. "Done. Well pick up some strawberries on the way home. Friday?"

(("Added to the list and your route home, Boss. Though the ones at home maybe just ripe enough now. Shall I have the ladies check?"))

Walt blinked. "Oh is that right? Damn time dilation messes with the mind. Uh, sure. Please do that."

(("Understood, Boss."))

Yang peered at him. "That bad?"

Walt nodded. "It's kind of a pain. We're weeks ahead of here season wise over there at the moment... providing we don't muck with time further. If I'm going to run that experiment for Chuck I better do it asap when I get back there or we'll miss the season. As it is we're going to be a little late..."

Yang raised an eyebrow. "The Gardners?"

Walt laughed. "No different, Charles." He explained the farming experiment to her as they started looking at a huge range of different Tequila and she shook her head and started to laugh.

Walt blinked. "Something wrong?"

Yang pointed a bottle of Zafiro Anejo at him. "You're excited... about what? Raising chickens and some pigs? You're as excited for that as you are about this mornings craziness... maybe more so!"

Walt blinked holding a bottle of Wasteland tequila. "Is that a fact? Huh." He shrugged and put the inexpensive brand he was holding in the cart as well as taking the ultra premium brand Yang was holding and doing the same. "Maybe we should get some chickens for home..." he thought about Penny gathering fresh eggs and Kali and Senko cooking them up. Eating them with Lita and Neo and Gwen and Jen while Jubes fed Shogo- he shook his head. Yang was staring at him. "Sorry lost in thought a moment. Something wrong?"

Yang had watched him be something he usually wasn't... super obvious. He had stopped with a goofy but contented smile picturing their home. She was going to tease him about it but then saw happy he suddenly was. She could tell he was thinking about all of them in his home... their home. *It's a nice smile,* she thought. *I don't think he's caught on yet to the others plans they've been scheming up yet.* "Nope," she said. "Not if it makes you happy. I was just thinking I like eggs too."

Walt smiled and added Yang and Blake to his mental picture. "Noted. Grenadine... oh and we need some vodka, we've been running low, though it looks like Willow has a good handle on reigning it in. I was worried she was an alcholic but I think she was just a problem drinker."

Yang nodded. "She does seem to be doing better- what the hell?!" She saud looking at the bawling redhead sitting on the floor surrounded by busted bottles.

Walt groaned, "oh hell," realizing they were in trouble and tried to turn the carraige but it was too late. The redhead had already grabbed the two of them and cried hysterically. "Waaaaahhh!!! What am I gonna do?!?! Bwaaaaahhh!!!"

Yang tried to get away but the lady was crazy strong... emphasis on the crazy! She watched Walt smile and pat her on the shoulder. "It's going to be okay, Lucy... tell you what... we'll... buy some Vitameatavegamin, ok?"

The redhead stares at the both if them blinking back tears. "Really? You guys'd do that fir me?"

Walt looked at Yang and jerked his head. "Huh? Wha- Oh! Err... yeah, uhh Lucy? We'd be... happy too?" She gave a confused smile.

Lucy smiled up at them. "Oh you both are the best! Here let me help!"

"No-no-no!" Walt said. "I'll get it. You just deal with the mess okay? Maybe go get a mop?"

Lucy nodded and turned back and Walt smiled and put a couple of bottles of Vitameatavegamin in the cart. "Crap. Quick before she comes back!"

Yang shivered nodding. "She was crazy powerful! What the hell?"

Walt nodded. "That's Lucy. What the hell is she doing working here? What numbskull authorized that! Lucys are super sweet and nice as pie but they're incarnations of chaos. Try to avoid them the poor dears. Like the furry, spitting guy Nora mentioned she's another very powerful gag character. Looks like she was selling Vitameatavegamin this time."

Yang blinked looking at the bottles. "What the hell is it?"

Walt sighed. "It's literally in the name. Vitamins, meat, vegetables and minerals. It's actually good for you but tastes really bad and it's more than 23% alcohol so, yeah."

Yang made a face. "Are you really going to buy it? Just ditch it."

Walt shook his head. "It's Lucy... I wouldn't dare! I'll just drink a bit everyday until they're gone. Friday, set a reminder please and also flag this location as a "Lucy" sighting on the network. Her fans will be happy and shell likely be fired by tomorrow. I wonder what crazy sumbitch owns her?"

(("Noted and marked."))

"Come on," he said. "Let's make our escape and finish shopping while we can."

[Walter Stark Penny Polendina F.R.I.D.A.Y Neopolitan Pyrrha Nikos Nora Valkyrie Yang Xiao Long Blake Belladonna Kali Belladonna Sienna Khan Willow Schnee Glynda Goodwitch Zwei Ahnassi Lifts-Her-Tail Senko Sayoko Shinozaki Roberta Cisneros Haruna Sasha Blouse Ilulu Rachel "Raven" Roth Manami "La Brava" Aiba Tsuyu "Froppy" Asui Haruhime Sanjouno Anastasia "The Baroness" Cisarovna/DeCobray Demona Mystique Pirotess Lydia Aela the Huntress Serana Mission Vao Curie Ada PAM KL-E-O Merida Gwen "Gwenom" Stacy Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee and Jennifer "She-Hulk" Walters

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