[ME] one shot, two shot, coppertone-red

Mateo

"If you cry, you are breaking your own rules," Mateo trills as Flora brings him in for a hug, the botanist giving her a warm smooch to the cheek before drawing back. "And I could never outshine you, little sister. Nobody can - and you must never forget it." Blowing her a kiss and peeling away to the bar, his eyes are already roving on a certain lanky young man who has perfected the art of seeming disinterested.

"Well, if they do, then that is entirely their decision," he croons to Vesper as he sidles up, shimmering and jingling in his coin shirt like an invitation. He accepts the drink - made by the demigod and slid to what he can only guess is his sister - and raises it in a cheers of gratitude, tilting his head to Calypso. "Very well said," he purrs his point, tipping her a wink and taking a very healthy sip of something velvety and citrus with one helluva burn.

It's at that point that Flora 2.0, aka Kaisel appears, with Koa in tow, and Mateo just about has time to lift his drink again in a greeting for his fathers as they arrive - and to spot Everest shooting his shot - before he's caught up in the chaos of it all. Reminding himself to find his best friend later and ensure he's alright, the botanist watches as connections are made and broken, leaving Vesper manning the bar and Koa needing to get drunk as shit.

"I am an expert at helping with that," he says, beaming and beckoning the Dragoon over. "I do not suppose you are allowed to take a shot with us?" This he directs to their demigod bartender.

if anything could fall at all, it's the world that falls away from me

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!