After a disgruntled growl from Cobra–which could have suggested many things but that Mira decided to take as a dismissal of his last statement–she slowly stood up and once again smiled warmly at the two of them.
"Well, I suppose I've told you two enough for now. Ultimately I can't force you to take the job…"
She glanced at Cobra.
"…but I do think it would work out the best if both of you are there."
The poison dragon-slayer shot a death glare at the barmaid and nearly bared his teeth in retort. "I heard you the first damn time, demon."
Mirajane only continued smiling at this.
"I think I'll accept, Mira," Lucy stated. Her small smile confirmed that she had been successfully suckered into the role without a second thought–at least this was how Cobra chose to interpret it.
"I'll tell you more about it later, and you can tell Cobra if he accepts."
Lucy nodded while Cobra chose to ignore them again.
Before she left to tend to the other Fairy Tail members, Mirajane's eyes stared directly at Cobra. "Remember, your drink's on the house," she said, before giving the least subtle and most pain inducing wink Cobra could possibly imagine.
There was no way in hell he was touching that thing now. The fact that it was literally poisoned was suddenly the least deadly thing about it.