Atlas thanked O'Brian and took the frosted glass. She took a sip, the delightfully cold beer was already going down smoothly. She did expected some sort of retort from the glorified fix-it man at her friendly dig at his profession though the sudden outpouring of confidence from the lanky man caught her by surprise, raising an eyebrow as he proudly spoke of how he received his nickname.
Wow! Real winner of a place you picked here Atti She rolled her eyes before turning directly to him "Spanner huh?" Looking him up and down deliberately, something about him rubbed her the wrong way. He was obviously a few years older than herself and wasn't exactly unattractive but certainly not her particular style. Atlas thought back trying to place his face as he spoke of her being familiar to him, she had done a few station rotations in her career like most of the people in her line of employment but she couldn't place his face and that irritated her. A smirk crept onto her lips as she heard the reptile man demanded Spanner to get to work, Atlas turned away and reached into her pocket retrieving her credit card, she slid it towards O'Brian with a thanks as Spanner began tinkering with fan. Atlas made a mental note to gain access to the personal files on her first shift tomorrow for curiosity sake.
A few more patrons came and went as Atlas quickly finished her beer, business was obviously good tonight for the bar, captive market really. A Xianluon that had entered caught her eye, a little shorter than the ones she had dealt with before but intriguing none the less, Atti was always fascinated by their skin such beautiful original colours and patterns covered each creature and she had never met any two that were exactly alike.
And for my services Dan, I would like whatever my lady friend is having! She can pay for this one!" Spanner called out.
"What happened Spanner? Run out of enough 'Gentlemanly Charm' to pay for your own drink? Leave the poor girl alone, and maybe I WON'T give the next UTS ship that passes by a call, huh?" the reptilian called out again, there was clearly some animosity between the two patrons by the sound of his voice.
The a third party chimed in "Splinter, was it? If you need a drink, i'd be happy to buy a few for you. I was just thinking to myself it was getting a little warm in here, but now that the vent is fixed, it feels great. Let me pay for your next couple drinks as my appreciation." It was quiet dark haired fellow on the far side of the bar.
"There you go, looks like there's you won't be short tonight" she quipped at Spanner.
Atlas relaxed a little more and motioned to O'Brian for another glass.