Chapter 123: Thinking Clearly
"Wow, that’sh shtrong! It burnsh sho good!" Grinned Colt, swaying slightly as he slurred and let out a hiccup.
"Ugh, you’ve clearly had way too much to drink. Most people would’ve passed out or puked their guts out by now," Responded Lexia dryly, before taking a sip of a cocktail.
It was the 25th of April, 1919, and things had started to settle down over the last few days. Following the incident with Exalt, a number of the villages, towns and cities saw a brief uptick in crime, with criminals looking to take advantage of the chaos caused by Exalt.
The kidnapping incidents in Garnet City, which Ravella had dealt with a few days ago, was one such example. Fortunately, it was all just petty criminals at work, so the Knights were able to put a stop to the rise in crime before it could become a more serious problem.
It was currently around 8 PM at night, and Colt and Lexia were having a round of drinks at a bar after finishing up their patrol shifts for the day.
"Hehe, I’ve got a shtrong toleransh, I can hold my boosh better than mosht. Plush, I like that nawshush feeling you get when you drink too mush, a-and hangoversh are great too!" He laughed in response, his face flushed.
"What feeling? Wait, were you trying to say ’nauseous’? I can barely understand you anymore...I, for one, hate getting too drunk. I prefer to just maintain a nice buzz without getting completely wasted," She huffed as she took another sip of her drink, before adding as she gave him a narrowed side glance, "You’re such a masochistic weirdo, you better not become an alcoholic."
"Aw, come on, that wush a pretty tame inshult by your shtandardsh, you can do wayyy better than that! Alsho, I only do dish onsh in a while, I don’t wanna get addidcated-...addid-....a dick-...heh, dick. Wait, what wash I shaying...?" He trailed off with a perplexed look on his face.
"Addicted. Come to think of it, you do only drink this heavily on occasion, you usually just have a couple of drinks at most and-...never mind, you’ve clearly lost complete track of what we were talking about," Sighed Lexia as he looked at her in confusion, before adding, "Let’s just talk about something else, I guess. Like, uh...what do you think of me?"