Bold = spoilers
Characters: Luke, Tear, Anise, Ion, Guy, Natalia, Jade, Asch, Stripping Bartender.
For those of you who haven't played through Tales of the Abyss. The main character Luke fon Fabre is "kidnapped" by a random ninja girl that attempts to kill her brother (who is Luke's trainer). Her name is Tear, and they get blasted away by sound magics… further in the story we find Anise and Ion the fon master (who really cares) Natalia is the princess of Kimlasca and Guy is Luke's servant. Jade (also known as Jade the Necromancer) is the head of the enemy military and is on his way to Kimlasca to arrange a treaty. A ton of crazy stuff happens (not going into detail) and now Luke knows that he is Asch's replica! And is very sad. So they decide to go the Sandy Bar to cheer him up… Let's see how that goes…
So the group walks into the Sandy Bar, Guy with a large smile on his face, Jade with his everyday overconfident look walk to the bar and sit staring at a stripper wearing nothing but a red silk thong and swirly nipple covers. Anise and Ion walk over to a table in the back corner far from the bar and sit down. (they're inseparable and underage)
Tear, Luke, Natalia and Asch walk over to the bar and sit down next to two old men. Natalia blushes because she is sitting between two guys and doesn't know which one to like.
"Hey Luke… why don't we get a few drinks?" says Tear trying to comfort him.
"I don't want to… (sighs) I don't even think that I belong in this world, yet alone deserve to get a drink." responds Luke with a disappointed look on his face.
Tear sighs and orders him a drink anyways.
Meanwhile Anise orders her and Ion some Transicola Margaritas and which she tells Ion is "non-alcoholic" but really is one of the most alcoholic items on the menu.
"Hey Ion, would you mind if we returned to Daath after this? I really miss my parents." Says Anise staring intently into Ions eyes looking at Luke's reflection but can't see very well.
"Sure Anise. I don't mind. I really need to get back to my paperwork anyways; but are you sure you want to leave Luke? Tear seems to be making her move tonight…" Anise looks over and sees Luke leaning against Tear crying and Asch clenching his fist out of anger because his REPLICA! Is such a crybaby.
Guy and Jade are having their good old time with the sexy stripper at the end of the bar. Guy has already guzzled down three jugs of the strongest beer the Sandy Bar has to offer and Jade is just enjoying the company of an almost naked girl dancing just to please him… or so he thought because he seems to have forgotten that he came here with a group of 7 others.
Guy reaches up to put some gald into the ladies thong right between the vagina and the ass.
"Give me some more time and I'll make it well worth your while." He says to her with an awesome face smile that the stripper finds creepy but oddly inviting. So she decides to enjoy his company a little more.
Jade (just now noticing that the stripper is talking to someone else. Wow he must really be drunk) stands up tall slamming his hands on the bar with his knees pushing his chair out behind him several feet.
"Where are you going my beautiful tulip? You're scent is making me fall in love with you, and if you please me enough you'll be able to quit this job and live in the Malkuthian castle with me and the emperor."
Jade's words sent a shiver so creepy up the stripper's spine that she regretted ever becoming what she was then.
Guy quickly stands up to oppose the scary creeper that disturbed his beloved stripper friend.
"Stay away from her you creepy bastard!" screamed Guy pulling the girl over to him. (he's apparently no longer afraid to be touched by girls) "She is my beautiful girl and you cannot have her!"
Hearing the commotion Luke and Asch look over to see Guy and Jade in a tug-of-war with the stripper acting as the rope. (honestly she doesn't want to go with either because of why they want her.) So Luke having been forced to down a couple of beers and Asch who has only split about five Transicola Margaritas with Natalia get up to break up the fight.
Luke trips over a bar stool and falls flat on his face and with his right arm pulls himself back onto his knees. Asch (being the smart one) walks between the rows with his arms out so he doesn't fall, but Anise comes in walking over to help Luke up falls on her ass in front of Asch making him fall over her into a somersault into the two fighting guys knocking them over and their mouths open and close conveniently over the strippers thong pulling it down with them.
With a scream the girl drops her hands to her vagina and runs to her room on the upper floor of the bar.
"Now look what you did you perverted Assholes!" Screamed Tear and Natalia at the same time.
"Ha ha ha" replies Jade. "She's just a stripper. She has no actual feelings." And then removes himself from the scene.
Luke and Asch put their hands on both of Jade's shoulders bringing him to a halt. And as if it were planned to be… "You're an ass hole Jade." They both say in unison.
Jade continues on his way out of the Sandy Bar smirking on his way.
Guy looks up the stairs with an upset look on his face. He's not upset that the stripper left, but upset with himself for letting things get so out of control. Even in his drunken state he still felt guilty for what he did to the poor girl.
"I'm going to apologize to her…" he said to the group; his voice full of sincerity.
Guy was a genuinely kind guy so no one was surprised to hear him say it. Luke and Tear were even encouraging him.
Guy still had a kind of sad face on but it was more because his guilt was making him feel sober which only added more guilt and with his sobriety came his girl phobia. But no matter how scared he was, he was determined to apologize to her and hopefully get her to accept it.
So Guy walked towards the stairs and then disappeared from the groups sight…
A loud yawn sounds… Anise turns to Ion and says "It's time for "us" to go to bed"
"But I don't want to…." Ion whines. "I want a couple more of those transicolas. They're nonalcoholic, so I can have as many as I want."
The manager walks over with a puzzled look on his face. "Excuse me sir, but Transicola is one of our most alcoholic drinks."
"WHAT!" Ion screamed. "Anise you told me it was nonalcoholic!"
Anise looks away blushing. "That's because I wanted you to get drunk silly."
Luke looks over suspiciously… "Why would you want that…?"
"You'll see." Replies Anise winking as she speaks.
Anise grabs Ions hand and pulls him towards the door. "It's time for us to go to bed." And she runs out the door with Ion barely able to keep up behind her.
Both Asch and Luke shake their heads in drunken confusion and simultaneously say, "Whatever"
Luke has always thought of Anise as quite an annoying, odd, hyper little girl, so it's no surprise that he wasn't shocked when she suddenly took off. She uses a doll in battle… so there can't be anything right with that girl… or so he told himself as he and Tear went to sit back down at the bar.
Tear was not as drunk as the others because she wanted to keep tabs on Luke's behavior and she gets a little tipsy when she drinks too much. Still, Tear was playing the drunken game… leaning on Luke, talking like a crazy drunk lady… just playing on everyone's drunk side; with Luke definitely believing it.
I must make him happy Tear thought to herself as she leans on Luke's shoulder and yawns. But what can I possibly do? I mean… I don't even think he notices that I'm here. It's like he knew what she was thinking because right after thinking that, Luke put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.
"Tear, are you tired?" Luke asked with a smile on his face. The first smile she had seen on his face in several days.
"A little… I think I should go lay down at the Inn." She replied, with red in her cheeks that just wouldn't go away.
"I'll walk you back, I don't want anything to happen to you." said Luke as he rises from his stool at the bar and picks her up from her chair and carries her like a baby angel.
Shocked that Luke can still keep his balance after downing 7 beers, Tear wraps her arms around his neck just in case his drunkenness takes over and he falls to the floor.
With Tear in hand Luke walks out the door, into the streets on his way to the Inn. Leaving Asch and Natalia the only ones left at the Sandy Bar.