Open Awful, Bad, Terrible Aim

Her expression had been relaxed as she listened, but as soon as he pointed out that she'd never asked him a riddle, her eyes widened, and her signature, ear-to-ear grin spread across her face. Now he'd done it.

"What bird is able to write?" She was already snickering.

The joy on her face was immediately destroyed. She didn't so much stare at him with disappointment, but rather, with intense disgruntlement. Offense, even.

"...You're no fun," she said finally. "Alright smarty-pants, what has cities, but no houses; mountains, but no trees; and water, but no fish?"

The man never would have seen such a bland, disapproving look on Haritia's face before. She thought hard for a moment, wincing, as if trying to push away her drunken haze just for the satisfaction of stumping him. She'd completely forgotten about her half-finished glass at this point.

"Alright. Who cuts and burns and wears all white, but brings joy, rather than fear?"

As Theo took a moment to think about it, she got hopeful. The grin had slowly begun to return to her face, but drat. She was crushed once again. She scowled.

"Geez, I'm really out of practice," she complained. Then she looked at her whiskey. "And that's probably not helping." She pushed the glass away.

"Alright, I'm done. You win for now, bub," she said, making it clear that he had won this battle, but hadn't won a war he seemed to have started.

"And I'm bored. Wanna bounce? Help me out if I take a swing at another dude?" she grinned.

Haritia slipped a few-bucks tip under her glass. She had a tab running, so she didn't have to worry about paying anything, so she simply turned, and gestured with a big swing of her arm for Theo to follow.

Outside, it was pretty chilly. The sphinx shivered and hugged herself, seeming thoroughly disgruntled by that breeze. She started down the street with determination to get home, where it was warm.

"So you don't sleep, huh? That sounds lame," Haritia began. "What other weird shit do you do at night? And is it that you don't need sleep or that you can't sleep?"