In the park, outside the Perk - Tuesday morning

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara sits in the park, opposite the Perk.

It's not that she's trying to work up the courage to go in.

Just because last time she was in there she spilled near-boiling hot chocolate all over the floor and tried to mop it up with the skirt she was still wearing and freaked out at the server and went batshit insane a little crazy is no reason to be embarrassed.

She's going to go in. She's just...

Yeah, okay. She doesn't have an excuse.

[ooc: But she's in a very good mood, and would love to talk to someone.]

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[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han's up early and has gone for a walk in the park.

"Hey, Tara."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Han!" Tara clambers to her feet, grinning. "It's so good to see you! How's Bagoas?"

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han smiles. "Still asleep. He's not a morning person. How's it going for you?"

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara ducks her head, biting her lip through a broad smile. "Good. Um, really good. I'm... kind of with someone, now."

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Glad to hear it. But you're lying to me, darlin', at least about the good part. What's got you up early and staring at the Perk like it's a sacred thing you want but can't touch?"

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara looks up at Han, a little surprised. "You're more perceptive than you look, Mr. Solo."

Her mouth twists wryly. "Last week I... wasn't good. At all. I kind of freaked out in the Perk, and... well, they haven't banned me, but I don't imagine the NPC barrista who works the morning shift is going to be pleased to see me."

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han laughs. "Nah, Bagoas just gets that same look when he isn't telling me everything."

He thinks a minute. "Tara, if we got banned from every place in this town we freaked out, the whole place would close. You want me to go in with you? Rescue guaranteed in case of freak-out."

After Cat 10am ish

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Despite the fact Shane clearly hates her she hopes Tara doesn't feel the same, but she's pretty much ready to leave straight away if she has to.

"Erm hey Tara, I heard something happened are you okay?" she asks a little nervously

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Paige, hi..." Tara looks up and smiles, almost as nervously. "Yeah, it was bad for a while, but I'm okay now. And, um, you? Are you okay? I haven't really seen you since..." She trails off. It doesn't really need to be specified.

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[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"I'm just back to the normal teen angst thing now, which I've got to say is much better than having a evil soul inside your body. So yeah I'm pretty much okay. I'm sorry I've not been about much, I didn't know anything had even happened to you until yesterday, I was worried about you." she tells her

Re: After Cat 10am ish

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Tara bites her lip, gesturing to a chair.

"Do you want to sit down? And maybe, um, explain the whole evil soul thing to me? I've heard a lot of rumours, but I don't really know what happened."

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige nods and sits down sighing "it's all kind of a blur really, I'm not sure what happened, but there was definitly an evil soul inside me no matter what anyone tells you."

She looks at Tara, her eyes a little teary, "I had control sometimes, I-I tried to protect people from it, only people seem to think I was in control the whole time, which I wasn't. She did some really bad stuff to the people I care about most. Most people get that it wasn't me now, Michael knew it wasn't me the whole time, he was the only one that seemed to notice. I remember he tried to help me."

She bites her lip and looks at the ground "I wish you'd been there Tara, you'd have known what to do."

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Paige..." Tara sighs, looking deeply concerned. "Leaving aside anything that happened while you were, um, possessed... how did it get inside you to start with?"

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she says honestly "I really don't."

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han nods a greeting, and gives her a smile, but seems to be preoccupied with making sure nothing unexpected bounces out of his coffee cup.

Re: After Cat 10am ish

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige smiles back, she'd not noticed it was Han, she'd been too busy expecting Tara to freak out at her.

Close to lunchtime

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

Inara came into the Perk. While coffee wasn't her morning drink of choice (too many years of jasmine tea does that to you), she did sometimes like to have a tea that she hadn't prepared herself.

Re: Close to lunchtime

[brambless.livejournal.com]

[ooc: if you're still on, they can totally do that. Sleep, unfortunately, claimed me.]

Re: Close to lunchtime

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Re: Close to lunchtime

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara waves at the incredibly beautiful, omg woman as she comes in. Her hot chocolate is long finished, but after the discussion with Paige she needs something to calm her nerves. Standing, she tries to explain the concept of St. John's Wort to the barrista.

"...I know you don't stock a lot of herbal teas. But if I brought some in, would you sell them back to me?"

Re: Close to lunchtime

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"It can be difficult finding a good teahouse in the town," she says after the barista had gone. Her smile is a rueful one. "I'm Inara. I don't believe we've met yet."

Re: Close to lunchtime

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Tara," she introduces herself. "It's such a coffee mad town. You're another tea drinker?"

Re: Close to lunchtime

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Inara says. "Jasmine, chrysanthemum, oolong, and herbal teas. I find it more soothing than coffee. Although," she added, "with all the goings-on around here, I'm not surprised so many people drink coffee."

Re: Close to lunchtime

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Tara wrinkles her nose. "I am. They're just adding to their stress levels, and around here that's the last thing anyone needs."

Closing her eyes briefly, she smiles. "Oolong. That's what I need." She catches the barrista's eye, and changes her order. "Two?" she asks Inara. "I mean, if you'd like to join me?"

Re: Close to lunchtime

[serra-inara.livejournal.com]

"I'd love to," Inara says. "Two," she confirms with the barista before leading the way to a table.

"I think quite a few people might feel the need for coffee to keep up with everything that seems to happen around here. Although I agree with you: adding to their current stresses isn't something anyone needs around here."