The Perk, Sunday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

As it seemed there would be nothing out of the ordinary raining down from the skies or popping out of closets today, Kate had ventured out of the dorms and into town, where she’d headed straight for the Perk.

The person behind the counter gave her a slightly frightened look when she came to order coffee. The staff wasn’t going to forget how they’d once tried to tell her they wouldn’t serve her any more. She had nearly had to wrestle one of them for that gigantic takeaway cup.

This time, however, she was a much more pleasant customer, and got what she wanted without any fighting. She then took a seat by a table near the door, so she could watch the people coming in while she sipped on her coffee.


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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was having a bit of a sluggish day, so he had the notion that coffee would help make him awake-er. Couldn't hurt, right?

He waved at Kate, coffee in hand. Mmmmmmcoffeeeeeee...

[vanillajello]

Kate waved back with a smile. "Hi, Jack. Bored of dorm coffee too?"

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Well, this is all in different languages and stuff, so it must be better, right?" he answered, all caffeine and smile.

Oh, Jack. Logic.

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed. "Of course. At least it gives the impression that it's fancier, and that's all that counts. And the coffee in the dorms can sometimes be pretty nasty."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"This stuff hasn't been sitting in the pot for the past two days, either," he said. "I mean, I like strong coffee, but not when it tries to drink me."

[vanillajello]

"Don't give the island any ideas," Kate grimaced. "Coffee that tries to drink you isn't beyond this place's abilities. Eww."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Ugh. Right. Last thing this place needs is coffee that can organize and hates being stuck in cups.

[This needs to be the next WTF day, if not an Invasion.]

[vanillajello]

"With the amount of coffee people consume here, we'd be doomed," Kate noted, looking into her cup.

[I agree! :D]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"We'd have to fight back, with...with water or tea. Or maybe soda. Diet non-caffinated versions of the real thing." Which may be the only reason that it existed.

[vanillajello]

"Since that stuff is undrinkable anyway, I'd gladly use it as a weapon," Kate grinned. "But I'd save all the soda. And probably some of the tea as well."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Tea is good," he said, sipping coffee. "It has its place, like coffee. And it's decent when mixed with coffee."

Because everyone poured coffee into a half-drunk-tea mug because they were too lazy to wash cups.

[vanillajello]

"Tea is okay when there's no coffee. Like in Mitchell's class," Kate said, raising an eyebrow. "But why would you mix it with coffee?"

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"It was...an experiment," he said. Which was true, sort of.

[vanillajello]

"Uh huh," Kate said with an amused smile. "I bet it was really scientific and everything."

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Well, not really," he said. "I only had one cup, and it already had tea in it..." He shrugged.

[Work tiemz. SP?]

[vanillajello]

"So not really an experiment, and more just being lazy?" Kate chuckled.

[SP is good.]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes lazy is an experiment," he protested.

[I leave for the RenFest in 6 hours, so mega-slowplay unless you want to wrap up]

[vanillajello]

"No. It's just lazy."

She didn't have much to add to that, except some more laughter.

[Fade out?]