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Cafe Luke's, Thursday

The brightly colored hair was wild, man, but Boaz just wasn't feeling that scene, today, you dig? He washed that right out, combed his hair, had himself a shave, then headed downstairs to the cafe, where he got himself some coffee and a slice of leftover birthday cake, then parked himself in the window with a notebook.

He could just feel the beat of the world today, man. Could feel its energy. He just had to get it down on paper, translate it into words and sounds and send it back out into the universe.

"Soooooo," said the cook. "Are you going to cook at all today?"

"Don't wig out, man," Boaz told him. "You'll drive all the hep cats and chicks away."

Today's specials
Open mic
No squares allowed

Luke's was open. Sort of.

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For those cats who want to dodge the black and white phenomenon.

Cade was broke (all of his money went into fixing up his bike, man), but he wouldn't miss out on an open mic! He found a spot to sit in a corner and fixed his hair.

Compulsively.

Just don't go ape on him. Just stay cool, he's in orbit.

"Hello?"

Okay, you'd have to excuse Kaidan for sounding a little dubious in the wake of that specials board.

"Hey there, Daddy-o," Priestly greeted coolly. "What's shakin'?"

"I'm... not sure," Kaidan said. "You time-displaced?"

Or was that a 2000s thing he didn't know about?

"Time-displaced, man, I gotta start using that." What was more hip than starting your own slang, man? "But no, man, no, I'm just in orbit over here. Been interviewing my brains, focussing my audio on the universe, you dig?"

"No," Kaidan said slowly. "No, I don't... dig."

"Aw, now don't go all cubed on me, man."

"Cubed--?"

Oh, what the hell. Kaidan rubbed at his forehead. "I just wanted to order a steak sandwich," he said. "Uh. Not cubed."

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Surreal was hungry, and it was easier to pick something up than try to defend her food from ~~vultures~~ classmates if she cooked in the common room.

It would help, however, if the board had something she could read.

"Can anyone translate that into common, for those of us who don't eat... 'squares?'" she snapped. "How does one eat a square? It's a shape."

Boaz laughed softly. "Eat a square, that's good, honey. But no, no, squares are wet blankets, you know? Anyone who's dullsville. Noodle it out."

Surreal just blinked at him. "Not human?" she asked, skeptically. "Or local in any way, shape, or form?" Given his, um, monochrome coloring? "Not that I'm from around here either, but sugar, I don't understand a damned word you just said."

"If it's not edible, why is it on the menu board?"

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"Aw, honey, you just gotta get hep with the cool lingo. Take your time, keep your claws sharp." Boaz shook his head fondly. "You're a hell of a shape in a drape, so I guess I can take the time. Not that I'm quail hunting or anything."

None of this was helping, no.

"Me? I've been around forever, man. I just happened to finally plug myself into the scene, you know what I mean?"

"My claws are plenty sharp--" SURREAL DON'T SMILE LIKE THAT. It's scary, and only Cara thinks that's cute. "--but I did catch the flattery, sugar. You get points for creativity, but I'm not for hunting."

Well, he could try. That might be funny.

"And the scene is..." Surreal looked around, putting a finger to her lips in thought. "Taking up space in the diner and writing cryptic messages on the specials board to get pretty girls to talk to you?

"Honey, you are everything plus, but like I said, I'm not hunting here." He preferred chicks who were already hip, you dig? "The scene, the hipster jungle, the bright disease." No, wait, that wasn't right. "I was just working on a piece over here, hoping to get some fellow beats up in the house, get our juices all flowing. I was pretty Dixie fried last night from the gin mill, so I'm starting slow. Don't wanna get a zonk on the head, dig?"

Really, it was kind of like he was just throwing words at the wall to see what stuck.

"Diseases aren't typically bright, and if they are, you ought to get that looked at by a healer." Now she was just messing with him, to see what came out of his mouth next.

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Kitty didn't know why she was still carrying around the little blue ball she'd found, but it was pretty and she liked it and so it was just going to be her temporary accessory, apparently.

"You spelled 'Mike' wrong," she said helpfully, because Open Mike Night made total sense.

"Did I?" Boaz checked the specials board, then shook his head. "Nah, lady, that's spelled correct. You wanna take a turn on the stage?"

Kitty paused, frowning as she considered it. Thinking was hard, okay.

"Yeah," she said. "Where is it?"

"In your mind, sweetheart." Boaz tapped the side of his head with his pen. "All the world's a stage, and the mic, and the audience. Just open up and let the beats fly!"

Yeah, he wasn't going to help make that thinking any easier.

The frown deepened. "How do I turn on that?"

Take a turn, Kitty. Not turn around on a stage.

"How ever you wanna turn, kitten."

No, he didn't remember her name. She was just like a tiny hepcat waiting to be born.

"You could turn a circle or a phrase. You already turn some heads."

Considering that was one of her nicknames, she didn't even blink at that.

Because she was too busy trying to figure out the rest of what he said. "I... what?"

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Like Priestly wasn't going to be a beatnik. Come on, now.

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