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after a long day of work at the casino, all of them pile up at the bartender's counter, where ash is looking all three of them over. after noticing that none of them really want to talk: branzy straight up decides to lie down on it, clown (however hard it is to read him with the creepy clown costume) seems to bemusingly look at the wall behind ash and even red, who is usually the most annoying out of them, seems unusually meek.
ash may be an asshole sometimes, but a long day of work also exhausted him to a weird extent and he finds himself making a drink for them. he's not making anything fancy for them though, it would be pushing his "good mood" too far.
clown gets something bitter sweet and absentmindedly says thanks (which is already more than ash expected). branzy gets vodka with coke - he likes getting drunk fast, but hates the taste of the drink itself. he hears him mumble something into his armpits and, probably after realizing that he wasn't understood, raises his hand and does a thumbs up.
red. is a hard one. he seems to be the most "here" (which is not a hard barrier to cross), drawing circles on the counter (if there's going to be a greasy spot because of it, red will get a 100% methanol booze). ash looks at all the alcohol that is left. he smirks.
a shot with a greenish drink appears before red. he looks up at ash, who is standing with matches and already igniting it. red follows his movements as ash brings it closer to the drink and a fire appears over the drink. red once again looks up at ash with the most shit eating grin. looks back at the drink again and he knows. whatever this is. is not fully absinthe bull.
he gulps it anyway.
his first instinct is to cringe. instead of the usual hint of licorice and the weird taste of some energy bull all he tastes is vodka and... something like spinach? after quickly realizing that this is most likely what ash wanted he holds it. instead he says:
"oh thank you ash!" red makes the sentence sound so sweet that he sees ash flinch. "the drink was delicious, keep experimenting dear. it was extremely nice of you to give it to me to try it out!".red smirks and he watches as ash's expression changes drastically and he lifts up the bottle everyone in the casino knows not to touch. a bottle with the most vile of “drinks” that only gets opened when there's a person who could be threat to their business. a bottle that has a name tag "methanol" on which every customer thinks is a joke (but oh how wrong they are).
"say it one more time and that's what you'll get"