The Perk, Saturday mid-morning

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade's portal had arrived a bit later, but only because he'd gotten to have a layover for five hours in a karking men's truck stop bathroom. He would never be clean again.

"Coffee," he told the barista with a glower. "So. Much. Coffee."

He slumped into a seat and glared at all of the unfamiliar faces outside the shop. Ugh. Fandom. Hopefully most of those people weren't karking relatives.

[OOC: So open.]

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[istherecoffee.livejournal.com]

Jake might have just gotten his memory of Fandom back, but that only meant that the Perk was even clearer in his mind. The Perk had coffee. He needed coffee.

He stumbled into the Perk, looking lost, bewildered and very in need of caffeine.

"Coffee?"

[mycanonhatesme]

Chloe had figured that the portal she'd seen would take her to Fandom, but she wasn't expecting to see someone else she knew here. "Jake?"

[istherecoffee.livejournal.com]

Jake gave her a confused look, which slowly changed into one of delighted recognition. "Chloe?"

[mycanonhatesme]

"Jake!" she said again, but this time it was accompanied by a squeal and a hug. "You're here oh my god hi!"

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Coffee," Cade confirmed, waving to the barista. "This one's mine."

[istherecoffee.livejournal.com]

Jake saw the fairness in this. He waited for Cade to get his coffee, then ordered his own.

He gave Cade a long caffeine-deprived look. "...I don't know you, do I? I mean, I haven't forgotten that I know you, right? Please don't tell me that we used to be best friends."

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I don't know you at all," Cade assured him. "I'm Cade. Are you new?"

[myownface]

Sparkle desperately needed to be anywhere, right now, doing something. Trying to get his shit in order, trying to figure out which way was up... That sort of thing.

Up was hard when the world was a little bit upside-down, and he still had no idea what the hell he was doing, either here or back in Toronto, but--

A familiar face on the other side of the Perk window had him taking a quick veer inside. Partly because Cade. Partly because coffee.

Maybe a large part because coffee.

He'd be with you in a moment, Cade. Sparkle needed to order a coffee roughly the size of his head, first.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade had his face practically stuffed into his own mug, so he completely understood.

Mmm, coffee.

[myownface]

Aaaand now, coffee in hand, Sparkle was kind of shimmying over and flopping into a seat nearby.

"I bet that doesn't have nearly enough booze in it to meet your morning quota," he snarked. Because that was like 'hello' almost.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Since there's some coffee in the cup, nope," Cade confirmed. "Hey."

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke hadn't meant to be here, so there had to be some shopping so she had things, and booked a hotel because Fandom stuff was never just a day, and then came for coffee because dear lord did she need it.

"How much for all your coffee?" Brooke asked the barista. "I'll pay anything."

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Some of that's for the rest of us--" Cade stopped halfway. "Jaina?!"

[gobrookeyourself]

"Oh, I forgot how much I hated that," Brooke sighed, turning to face him. "Brooke. Jaina's the boring one."

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"She's pretty much my great-aunt," Cade offered, "so if that makes you feel better, I think of her as being suuuuuuper old."

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

Jessica had been having a hell of the morning. Spiders, criminals, third-hand interdimensional governmental orders... She needed coffee.

"What do you mean, you sold all your coffee?" Jesse asked the barista. "Fine I'll just have... some tea, I don't know, your choice."

Hell. Of. A. Morning.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

"Blame the girl who looks like Jaina," Cade said, cheerfully selling her out.

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"I despise her and all that she stands for," Jessica said. "I wasn't sure you'd make it back for this."

[future_sandworm]

A coffee and a piece of apple pie seemed like a suitable way to start a day in Fandom. Leto ordered and found himself a table near the window, hoping to catch sight of old friends.

[makemyownway.livejournal.com]

Cade gave the guy with the cool eyes a little wave. "Yo."

[future_sandworm]

"Good morning," Leto replied, inclining his head lightly. "I don't believe we have met before."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela walked through the door into the Perk, eyes sweeping interior automatically. When she saw Leto, she froze. "You," she muttered involuntarily.

Maybe it wasn't too late to leave without being noticed.

[future_sandworm]

Of course it was too late. Leto was reminded of how a surprise felt, a very unexpected one.

"Triela," he said, rising from his chair. "Please, have a seat."

Where she was from and why she wasn't dead he didn't know, but he had seen the look of recognition in her eyes.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah got her drink, spotted Sparkle, and assiduously avoided him before spotting Leto and lighting up. "Leto! Hey, you made it! Is Alice with you?"

[future_sandworm]

"Dinah," he replied, gesturing for her to take a seat next to him. "I'm afraid Alice couldn't be here. It is good to see you though."