The Perk, Monday Late Morning/Afternoon

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The Perk, Monday Late Morning/Afternoon

After his radio broadcast, Kanan had taken a bit of time to walk the dog and just kind of get his head into the right place before making his way down to the Perk. He had tentative coffee plans with Kaidan, who he'd left with plenty of questions since the last time they'd talked, and who he kind of wanted to check up on anyway. The guy had a good head on his shoulders, and Kanan wanted to make sure he was settling in well on the island, after all.

So, after dropping Stance off back home again, he headed into the Perk and ordered a peppermint tea.

The barista, who was far too used to him coming in and asking if they carried caf yet, kind of blinked at him for a moment before shrugging and filling a cup with hot water and tossing in a teabag. Kanan smiled, paid, thanked her, and went to find a seat by the window so he'd be easy to spot if Kaidan managed to make his way in.

And even if he didn't, hey, it was a nice enough day. People watching by the window while sipping at some tea seemed like a decent way to spend it all the same.

[OOC: Open perk for all your hot leaf water and/or Kanan needs!]

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Rey had already heard radio before going out to get some things done, so when she spotted Kanan here, she decided to duck in. "Morning." Ish.

"Morning, Rey," Kanan replied, nodding a hello and raising his tea in greeting. "I hear you finally had your bit of portal luck, huh?"

He was happy for her!

And also he was going to miss her, dang it.

Seivarden placed her order as usual.

"And please don't touch it with your hands."

"We don't serve tea," the barista said, possibly trying to keep a straight face.

"What?!" Seivarden looked almost insulted.

The barista pointed at the menu, where the word 'tea' had been crossed out and replaced with 'hot leaf water'.

"You've got to be joking."

Kanan was not going to laugh. Kanan was not going to laugh. He was just going to sit there with his own tea, which he'd ordered as such, and not going to laugh.

"I didn't even have to put them up to that," he mused, leaning back in his seat.

Oh, his day had just gotten so much better.

"Finally," she said, smiling a little. "Not until August, though. I half expect them to cancel it by then."

And she had mixed feelings!

"Well, if they cancel it, at least you know it can be set up. Come and get me and I'll yell at a gnome for you," Kanan offered. "It isn't likely to get anything accomplished, but it'd be satisfying."

"You're just trying to make fun of me, aren't you?" Seivarden snapped at the barista. She turned her head to look at Kanan.

"I'm guessing you put them up to this."

Kanan just continued to sit back with his ~~tea~~ hot leaf water, holding up one hand and looking not bothered at all.

"You know, I actually didn't," he noted. "I think they decided they don't like being verbally abused every day all on their own. I wouldn't want to steal their thunder, here."

"Thank you. I almost wouldn't mind seeing that anyway,," she grinned. "I didn't expect to wait this long, but at least I'll have time to prepare."

"I'm sure your radio broadcast was a source of inspiration."

Seivarden shot a glare at the barista, who, regardless of whether Kanan was behind it or not, must have been in on it.

"There you go," Kanan chuckled. "Gives you time to pack, stock up on anything you might miss once you do back home. All that good stuff. Have you got any big plans for when you get back there?"

"I'm flattered you think I'm inspiring, Seivarden," Kanan chuckled. "You're really too kind."

He paused, and then his expression went a little more serious.

"Look, I've been meaning to call you on this one for a while, but do you think you could lay off the students, at least? I know you're hell-bent on being miserable and taking everybody down that hole with you, but most of the people who show up at the park on Fridays are kids. They don't deserve you mocking them on the air like you do."

Oh, Kanan was trying to be the good person here.

"I'm sorry if you have to deal with them breaking down crying because of my broadcasts," Seivarden said, looking annoyed rather than sorry. "Please send them my apologies."

That was because Kanan was a good person. Take notes, Seivarden.

"No, apologizing is your job. I'm just trying to fathom what sort of person takes that much satisfaction out of picking on kids who didn't do anything to deserve it. Because they hang out with me? Come on, that's sad."

"I don't single out those kids because they hang out with you." Did that sound better than saying 'I pick on everyone on radio'?

"I'm surprised you haven't noticed. Have they taken offence or are you just using this as an excuse to complain?"

"Oh, I'm not complaining," Kanan said, raising an eyebrow. "I'm flat-out stating. Lay off the kids. They're kids. They're not my fan club, they're students. There's no call to talk down on them just because you can."

It was a statement that was just shy of edging into a threat. Kanan wasn't going to resort to threats. Seivarden was a complete sleemo, but otherwise, harmless.

So far.

"Anyway, you're one to talk about looking for excuses to complain, aren't you?"

Rey actually looked blank for a second, because it was entirely possible she might never have plans again there. "Not really. I'll have to check in on some things, but that's all."

Well... that was a look. Kanan managed to bite back a wince, replacing it with a little nod of his head, instead. He was familiar with that look, yeah.

"Fair enough. If there's anything you need once you get there, don't hesitate to touch base. Hera and I do have access to some pretty decent markets back home, if nothing else."

"I complain when I have reason to," Seivarden said, looking away.

"Fine, I won't say anything about those kids if they are hurt by it. I don't hurt kids, no matter what you think of me, or my people. I wish you'd stop thinking I'm like those enemies of yours."

As Kaidan walked to the Perk, he mused that in his not too distant path, trusting a large member of the Corvidae family to watch the till would have seemed a little strange, and now he referred to it as 'coffee break'. Sure, he would lose any shiny coins customers paid with, but the raven was getting adept at using the card reader and, so far, returning the proper amount of change from cash payments. Except the coins, but nobody had complained about that yet - and if they did, he'd encourage them to take it up with the bird.

As he pushed through the door, faint strains of ominous music and what sounded like an evil, cackling laugh followed him, instead of the normal pleasant chime of the bell. Kaidan frowned slightly, regarding the bell, then flexed his shoulders back for a moment to ease the sudden sense of foreboding.

Eyeing the menu, he chuckled, "Hot leaf water? Cute. Why isn't the coffee listed as 'hot seed water'?" The barista manning the register mumbled something about how that hadn't occurred to them. One of the other baristas threw Kaidan a grin and went to get the chalk. Not wanting to hold up the line, Kaidan put in his order and patiently waited while a giant mug full of caffeine, chocolate, caramel, and foam was delivered to him.

Carefully carrying the mug to Kanan's table, he took one of the empty seats and grinned, "Morning. I see you've achieved your cup of 'leaves in hot water'. How is it?"

Kanan pulled in a breath and just sat there in silence for a moment before exhaling. Slowly.

Keeping his head, here.

"You're nothing like those enemies of mine," he said, finally. "They're murderers and slavers. You're just one sad, lonely person who needs to justify herself by making everyone around her feel small. I loathe the Empire for what it's done to my home. You..."

He shook his head a little.

"Took me a while to see it, but you're not worth the effort."

"Minty," Kanan reported with a grin. "And maybe a bit too sugary. I might have overestimated just how much sugar it takes to make a good peppermint tea."

A smidgen. Because Kanan had a bit of a sweet tooth and absolutely no shame about it.

"How goes it, Kaidan? Survived the weekend, I see."

"So, legitimately just leaves in water," Kaidan teased, "Since that's a tisane and not a tea. Unless it's a green tea with mint?"

"Survived, no casualties," Kaidan noted, sipping his ~~frothy girly drink~~ cafe au diabetes, "Got a little exciting yesterday when one of the kids wanted to play some sort of duck hunting game. The bird took offense. Loudly. Since I make it a habit not to piss off creatures with talons and 3" knifelike beaks, I settled it by disabling the game. How was your weekend?"

"Just mint," Kanan mused, "I wouldn't know the difference between one hot drink that comes in a bag and another, around here. I'm more the 'ground roasted beans' kind of guy, usually, but I'm trying to cut back on my caffeine. Doctor's orders."

More or less, anyway.

"My weekend was quiet enough. The staff at the diner behaved itself, which is noteworthy only because I don't remember them ever behaving themselves. I'm not convinced they weren't plotting something, mind."

"What kinds of markets?" she asked, finally taking a seat.

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