"Come on, guys! One more round, jus' one more!", roared Brick and slammed his empty mug onto the counter of Moxxi's bar. The colossal man's booming voice was slurred by many jugs of Rakk-ale and worse liquors.
Moxxi's Bar lay strewn with the remnants of what had probably been the biggest party the city of Sanctuary had ever seen. Empty tankards covered every flat surface in the taproom. Over at one of the tables, Zer0 had managed to stack them up to a pyramid that had almost reached the ceiling. Now however, it lay in shambles after Axton and Salvador had used it as target in their shooting contest. Axton had later mysteriously disappeared, and coincidentally since that competition nobody had seen Maya either. Salvador however was still there, at least physically. The short vault hunter was lying on one of the plushy benches and was happily snoring away. He might have overextended himself during his drinking contest with Brick. Or his drinking contest with Axton. Or the one with Lilith, Krieg, Marcus, Dr Zed or Mr Torgue. Most of them had long since found a place to sleep, whether in a bed, in the pub or in the gutter. The only still sober person in the room was Moxxi. She was standing behind the bar and cleaning glasses in the most sensual way possible. Her well-versed hands kept thrusting her towel deep into the warm and wet jugs, making sure to polish even the most intimate of places. All the while the buxom innkeeper was still sporting her enticing smile, seemingly unscathed by the evening's stresses and strains.
"I think," Lilith put a slender hand on Brick's shoulder, both to hold him back and to steady herself. Her fiery orange hair was disheveled and hanging in front of her face. She was looking at her friend slightly cross-eyed, she had also drunk her fair share of booze. The slender Siren raised her right hand and prodded Brick's massive shoulder. "I think you've had enough, big boy."
Brick looked at her like a sad little puppy. "But- but... We just defeated Handsome Jack!", he shook his fist insistently. "An' Hyperion! An' the Warrior! We jus' saved the whole goddam' planet, don' you un'erstand?"
"Yea victory", mumbled Salvador from his bench before dozing off into his drunken slumber again.
"Yes, Brick, we've won. That's why we've been drinking all day. But now we gotta go to bed, okay?", Lilith tried to persuade him once again and pulled his massive arm. The dead drunk mountain of muscle didn't move. Lilith helplessly dropped Brick's paw and looked at Moxxi on the other side of the bar. "Moxxi, could you give me a hand getting him off this chair?"
The barmaid smiled her alluring smile. "Oh of course I'll help you get him off." She winked at the svelte woman. Moxxi stopped polishing glasses and put down the towel. Sashaying around the counter and teasing her gracile finger along the shiny surface, she came over to Brick who was still downcast about his empty mug.
"Hello there, Sugar", Moxxi purred and traced her finger teasingly up his arm, "You seem to be the only man still standing. Unfortunately, I have to close up the bar now, but I wouldn't mind continuing the party somewhere else...", she gave him a meaningful look.
Brick's cocked his head and mustered her.
"I am alluding to sex", she explained, slightly annoyed.
Brick's face immediately lit up and he scrambled to get of his bar stool. In the process he forgot his state of inebriation and almost fell, fortunately for him Lilith was in the way. Unfortunately for Lilith, Brick fell on her. The Siren was forced to push him back to his feet in order to keep herself from getting her own slender frame squashed on the bar floor. Not an easy feat, given Brick's gargantuan frame. Somehow, the juggernaut managed to regain his balance and stagger towards the door, guided and stabilised by Lilith.
The odd pair stumbled outside. The bright neon sign above Moxxi's Bar tinged the dark street in a sultry claret red.
The former Queen of the Underdome stopped on the door sill behind the two."Just go on ahead my lovelies, will you? I just have to take care of few things in here", she chirped.
Brick stopped and turned around. He eyed her suspiciously, opening and closing his fist indecisively. "Is this sum kind'o trick? You jus' want me to get out o' your bar!", he growled and wrenched himself away from Lilith's supporting arm, which inevitably sent him swaying. It was a grotesque picture. The wavering monster of a man was towering over the unarmed Moxxi while trying to seem scary, but he only ended up looking like a miffed schoolboy.
His narrowed eyes couldn't match Moxxi's sly smirk. "Do you really want to take that risk?" She gave her bulging chest a slight jiggle and cocked an eyebrow.
Brick grimaced and gave in. "But you hurry! 'cus when you don't come I'll jus' go to bed!"
He turned on his heel as elegantly as a rat-arsed bullymong and stomped off.
Lilith watched him stumble into the night before giving the older brunette an impressed nod. "That was... easy."
Moxxi winked. "I make everyone look easy."
The siren giggled and brushed a few strands of flame red hair from her face"Well, I'll better go after him and make sure he doesn't run into a wall and tries to beat it up or something."
"You do that. It would be a shame about the wall."
Lilith giggled again. "Good night, see you tomorrow!" She gave a slightly awkward wave.
"Good night, Sugar." Moxxi blew her a kiss and watched the fiery siren scurry into the night.