raise your glass (open, last r.p with alice)

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Alice sighed and hauled herself onto the bar stool, her eyes were still red from crying. She'd lost everything. A stupid mistake she had made. Everything was gone... the horses, the stables, and what would happen to Jacey and Matthias? Jacey was due to give birth in two months, but now what would happen was yet to be found out. Wiping her tears away for one last time, the lady behind the bar came over. She had long black hair with a full fringe and spoke with an English northern accent. What ya' havin' love? She asked politely. Alice looked up from her hair and ran her fingers through her layered blonde fringe. Vodka and tonic please. She replied, pulling her pocket mirror out and sorting out her eye make up. Awaiting her eyes to dry, she rubbed away the smudged mascara. The lady came back over. Here ya go love. Two dollars fifty cents please, Alice took her money out and placed it on the side. Thank you, She smiled, taking a sip.

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Skylark Fletcher wasn't often one to go for a drink. Being tipsy with two legs missing below the knee, prosthetics or not, was a stupid idea. But the blonde young man liked the taste of alcohol all the same.

That was what brought him to this town, to this very bar, far from the actions of Green Horse Fields. There had been, practically, a small war that had prompted Miles Muse, the Prison Hill owner, to stand up and take immersive heat for his actions. Virtually unknown, he'd suddenly turned into a minor celebrity. Typically, the trouble makers of Prison Hill were Erin and Connor - not a middle aged man with grey hair and matching eyes. His head trainer, however, didn't want the infamy. He'd been through one sable literally being burned to the ground, and that was enough for Skylark. Besides, some people had worse. Like Alice. His brown eyes spotted the woman on the bar stool, and he walked over, sitting down beside her, his drink in hand. "I heard about everything." He said quietly, nodding to her. "I just want to offer my condolences. And I guess I'd like to say you can always build it back, and that I wish you luck, whatever you do." He offered her the slightest of smiles. "Trust me there. Mourn it, but don't let it kill you, okay?"

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Taking a deep breath, Alice held in the tears and took a sip of her drink. Watching as the blonde approached and sat beside her, she turned and offered him a smile. Listening to his words, she bit her lip and gulped. Alice nodded. "Thank you... erm, sorry... I've forgotten your name..." Alice said, giggling slightly. The glass moved to her lips again as another gulp of the vodka and tonic went down a treat. "I'm leaving town tomorrow morning. I just wanted one last goodbye." She said again wiping the delicate tears away from her eyes. "Jacey is running the stables now. We get to keep some horses but Star Thoroughbred's have gone back... and Instant Success..." Alice burst into tears again, her favourite colt had gone, after getting so far with him. She wiped the tears away again.