He had to bite the blood out of his tongue to stop himself from laughing hysterically.
Smokey the fucking Bear was asking for his drink order.
“Nothing for me, please,” Sariel said with a polite shake of his head.
“Uh, bear?” Seymour managed to choke out. He coughed. “No, I meant beer. No. Scratch that. How about, uh, Jack and Coke. Double.”
The bear gave Seymour a quizzical look, but asked Sariel, “He with you?”
“Yes,” Sariel replied.
“Mr. Kalt expectin’ you?”
“No.”
“Well.” The bear smiled. “If he asks, I never fuckin’ saw you.” He tapped the bar and then stepped away to help another patron.
In front of Seymour appeared a short glass tumbler full of brown liquid and ice.
Day meowed and eagerly bopped her paw on the bar.
She pouted when nothing appeared.
“Sorry, kitty girl. I’ll see if they got any milk whenever he mosies back this way.” Seymour raised the drink to his lips but paused. “Wait. Is this even fuckin’ safe?”
“Yes.” Sariel nodded. “It would do Lovecraft’s no favors to poison their customers.”
“Sorry. Was just thinkin’ ’bout them faeries and ya’ know.” Seymour knocked the drink back in two big gulps. “Whew! Okay. Now, ’bout this plan.”
“We are ready!” Day cheered.
“So, uh…” Seymour slurped at the ice.
Fuck.
Not get killed by monsters while looking for a robot head stolen by bad monsters in a monster club?
“Might I make a suggestion?” Sariel asked gently.
“Suggest the fuck away.”
“Day is invisible to everyone except those who have been in possession of Norbert’s magical items, yes?”
“Yeah?”
“Which means no one would be able to see her.”
“Yup. That’s what invisible means, last time I checked.” Seymour gasped as the pieces finally clicked into place. “Oh! Day! You can totally be a lil’ fuckin’ spy kitty!”
“A spy?” Day’s eyes widened.
“Yeah!” Seymour grinned. “Whatcha’ think?”
“Yes!”
“You are tethered to the Inro, correct?” Sariel asked. “Do you know its limit?”
“No.” Day hummed. “I was able to reach the street from Clancy’s apartment though! I think I can go pretty far, especially since I can pass right through the walls!”
