Note: All Characters, Settings, Concepts, etc. were created by SIU, and are in no way mine. This is a fanfiction of Tower of God because there just isn't enough ToG fanfictions! I am using the original names for the characters like Koon for Khun, and Lahel for Rachel sometimes, and the new names like Hatz others. This takes place after the Floor of Death Arc but before the Hidden Floor Arc, except for the flashbacks of course.
Part One: Baam and Alcohol
Baam, the 25th Night didn't particularly like Sake, nor did he like Wine, nor Beer, Vodka, Champagne, nor any type of alcoholic beverage of the sort. It's not like he had anything particularly against it, he just didn't like the flavors or textures that came with adding alcohol to drinks. Back before Baam and his friend's unfortunate parting, Baam saw how Shopin had looked almost possessed after he had one too many cups. It would have been almost scary if not for how humorous the act was. Before the thoughts of Lahel had taken over Baam's mind, he had asked Mr. Koon why Shopin was acting so strange.
"He was drunk Baam"
"Okay, thanks Mr. Koon"
Drunk? As a verb, drunk was the past tense of drink; this something Lahel taught Baam early on. But as an adjective? Baam had never heard of such speak before, and so he asked Mr. Lero Ro a little later on.
"Excuse me Mr. Lero?"
"Yes Baam?"
"What does drunk mean?"
"Well, to be drunk, err... It shouldn't concern you Baam"
"Is it a bad thing?"
"No, not necessarily, it just isn't important Baam. Now you should think about what you're going to do about Lahel"
"Oh, right!"
Mr. Lero Ro never gave an answer to the question, but that didn't cross Baam's mind once. The next time Baam heard of the term was during his five or six years training with FUG. He heard from Ms. Hwaryun that Mr. Jinsung had switched Mr. Hansung's coffee with Ale and was now hiding.
"Control three bang, focus the first one, then make two more. Concentra-"
"Ms. Hwaryun?"
"I didn't say you could stop Baam"
"Sorry, just one thing please"
"...Alright fine, what is it?"
"What's Ale, and why is Mr. Jinsung hiding?"
"One; it's an alcoholic beverage, and two, it's because Jinsung got Hansung drunk with it"
"What is being drunk?"
"You said just one thing Baam, now back to practice"
"...Alright"
And so, after his reappearance as Viole, Baam still didn't know what being drunk was. Not that it was the main thing on his mind or anything. One "Workshop Battle", a reunition with his friends, and a haircut later, the term had somehow managed to wriggle its way into Baam's mind again. However, it did not come from any sort of relevant experience, no, it came from nowhere, as if his mind had stumbled upon it after wandering so aimlessly for so long.
"So, how did you even fight a B Class Regular Viole!? There was boiling acid and the roof was collapsing, and, and everything!"
"Well it wasn't just me, Mr. Rak and... Huh"
"Uh, dude? You're spacing out"
"Sorry Wangman, random question occurred, what does being drunk mean?"
"Uh, have you been living in a hole most your life?"
"Yes"
"Well that explains that... Anyways, being drunk is when you have too much sake, beer, wine, anything that contains alcohol really"
"So if you just stop drinking, wouldn't you not get drunk?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Then why is it so common?"
"Because people are stupid are don't know when to stop Viole. But you'll be fine, and you don't seem like the type to drink anyways"
'Rachel told me that I didn't know when to stop...'
"...Thanks Wangman"
"No problem"
So, too much of those drinks meant getting drunk it seemed. Though that seemed odd to Baam, because he'd seen before Rak had finished five cups and was fine before, while Shibisu was walking funny after only two... Baam decided that he would have to ask about that later on. In the mean time, Baam would try to avoid alcohol as much as he could. There were a couple close calls though, the biggest one being shortly after Kaiser was auctioned off, and before Yuri and Karaka fighting closed off any window of space they had. The was a short toast to another floor survived, and it seemed everyone in the room was looking at Baam to drink from his glass. Thankfully, Koon had saved him, by switching out whatever was in Baam's cup for water when no one was looking. Shortly after, Baam had to quietly thank Koon, to which Koon had just replied,
"No problem"
However, Koon came too late during Baam's current predicament, which was bad, really really bad. After visiting Lahel, Baam had came back to the gang to see a couple tables, a few chairs, some bowls of drinks and some card cases set up. Baam asked Ms. Hwaryun what was going on.
"With everything going on, Evan thought that something was needed to take the edge off if everyone's shoulders for a bit, and Yuri thought a party was in order since the train gives out supplies once in awhile"
"Oh, alright, then what are the drinks in the bowls?"
"I'm almost certain the one on the left is alcoholic, and the right one is some sort of chestnut blend wit-"
Now, it isn't like Baam was named after chestnuts or anything, but he did like chestnuts a little bit. Okay, so he liked chestnuts a lot, and it might've been part of the reason of his name... But that wasn't why he didn't think about whatever else the drink could've been mixed with, and that definitely wasn't the reason he was already on his fourth by the time Koon walked in. Speaking of Koon, he'd asked Yuri about what was going on.
"Well, Evan thought the air was getting a little tense so I put this together to lift the edge off of everyone's shoulders"
"...Alright, well may I ask what is in those two bowls?"
"Oh those? The first one is just three bottles of the Hell Train's booze that came in, and the second one is some blend that Hwaryun knows how to make"
"Wait, I thought therethere were five bottles that came in, so where's the other two?"
"Well... Just between you and I, I may have spiked the second bowl with the remaining two bottles"
Now, Koon wouldn't have been alarmed by this, especially knowing the type of person Princess Yuri was, but he was alarmed by this. He was alarmed by this because it looked like Baam was finishing his fourth and starting on his fifth cup of whatever was in the second bowl.
"...Is that why Baam is walking funny?"
"Wait, WHAT!?"
TO BE CONTINUED!
