The Perk, Wednesday, Noon

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smiled as he settled at a table in the Perk, mug of steaming licorice tea in hand. He sipped at it, relishing the play of flavours across his tongue, letting the natural sweetness excite his taste buds.

Good tea was to be savored, not drunk. Even if it technically wasn't actually tea, having no leaves of that plant.

[Open for all your Ronan-ly and/or Perk-ly needs!]

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[intraspective]

Ino wandered in, carrying a scroll and a notebook and headed straight for the counter to order a tea. She beamed at the other person in the shop.

So what if she didn't really recognize him?

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smiled back, quite warmly, and nodded in greeting.

[intraspective]

Taking her tea, Ino took that as invitation to wander over and introduce herself. "Good morning! I'm Yamanaka Ino, I don't think we've been introduced before?" Smile, smile, smile.

[not_in_the_book]

Well, this girl's just all smiles, Ronan thought, grinning. "Good morning to you, too," he said. "I'm not sure, you do look a little familiar. I'm Ronan Nolan."

[intraspective]

After prying answers out of Kabuto last night, Ino was definitely all smiles. There was little sign of her formidable temper today. "I’ve been here since September," Ino said nodding, "so almost everyone looks a little familiar but I keep coming across people I haven’t actually met yet."

[not_in_the_book]

"I've been here since the start of the summer," Ronan said, "and I'm still finding that. It's strange, for a school this small, but it seems to happen." He grinned. "So, how're you finding the school, then? Liking it?"

[intraspective]

"It’s a lot of fun!" Brightly. "The classes are really different from home though, which was a bit of an adjustment." Ino wrinkled her nose, still smiling, "Dad would probably pull me out if I told him ‘bout everything that goes on around here though, so letters home are a bit strained."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan laughed. "Like half the school randomly becoming twenty years older? Even where I come from, that's not easy to explain to your parents, no."

[intraspective]

"Dad... might be able to handle the aging thing, after a bit of spazzing," Ino said grinning, "It was more how I turned out that would upset him." Understatement.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan raised his eyebrow. "Not quite what you expect out of your future, then?" he asked. "Mine wasn't so bad. Busy, but not bad."

[intraspective]

Her lips twitched, "I never imagined going evil, faking my death, and marrying a traitor to my village, no." Pause. "Even if I'm currently dating the traitor right now."

There was more than one reason Ino's letters home were sparse on detail, yes.

"What did you do?" Curiously.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan raised his eyebrow at that, but didn't ask for further details. "I was a doctor," he responded. "And a senior wizard. It made for... a hectic life."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack wandered in, looking over the menu, looking for something new. Hrm. Chai Something sounds interesting.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter was traveling home that night. Which meant voluntarily going to an airport the day before Thanksgiving. There was no way he was going to attempt that without fortifying his system with some good ol' caffiene.

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan smiled as he noticed Peter come in. "Peter! Hi!" He waved in greeting. "How are you?" Getting up, he moved over. "Let me buy you something. Thanks for sitting by me so much last week."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Ronan, hey," Peter said, pleasantly surprised to see him. "Don't worry about it. What are friends for, right?"

[not_in_the_book]

"Apparently they're for ignoring the feverish ramblings of a sick man," Ronan replied. "I'm almost afraid to ask what I said while I was sick. I remember some of it, but..."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Nothing big," Peter said. "Wondering what was going on, something about the secret number to a Swiss bank account - I hardly remember it."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan laughed. "You won't get much out of that account," he said. "But, uh. ... About some of the stuff I do remember? I..." He grinned, deciding to dive in head first. "Well. You are pretty cute."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Well that was unexpected. Peter looked away, since blushing was undignified, and said "Okay, now you're buying me coffee."

[not_in_the_book]

"Sure I can't convince you to try some tea? Licorice, maybe, or peppermint?" Ronan asked, eyes sparkling. "Really, it's so much better for you than all that caffeine."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"I'm traveling during Thanksgiving," Peter said, not buying it. "I need all the caffeine I can get."

[not_in_the_book]

"Traveling home?" Ronan asked, eyes suddenly full of sympathy. "Okay, then, definitely, yeah. Caffeine. What's your poison?"

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Frappucino, thanks," Peter said. "I'm guessing you're not going home?"

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan shook his head, amused, as he ordered the drink and paid for it. "Ireland doesn't exactly observe Thanksgiving, after all," he replied. "Besides... my family and I aren't all that close."