Caritas, Monday

[1000yearstoolate]

"No, we don't have that one either," Seivarden said with a sigh, after having looked through the beer selection again.

"Really? You should, you know. That brewery is great and they're almost local. I tried their Halloween special edition and..."

"Who the fuck makes special editions of beer?"

Seivarden was getting really annoyed with Annoying Vinyl Hipster, who in addition to vinyl and old-fashioned photography had, unsurprisingly, turned out have an obsession with craft beer. 

"I mean, most good breweries? Sometimes they go a bit wild, but there's this place in Grand Rapids, Michigan that makes durian and orange sour beer...."

Seivarden wrinkled her nose. "You put fruit in beer?" She made a gesture with her hand. "Not that I know anything about beer, but if you want something fruity I recommend the specials. They're... fruity."

AVH stared at her, possibly trying to decide whether this was a joke.

"It's not like it's tea we're talking about," Seivarden added.

"You like tea? I have a friend who imports tea from some really small Indian plantations, fairtrade, he visits the places regularly..." AVH began.

Seivarden, who normally would have jumped at the possibility to discuss tea, said: "Where I come from we have a whole planet of it. Although I admit there are quite good ones here too, if you stay away from the tea bags."

No one could beat a Radchaai at a tea discussion, especially not someone with Seivarden's background, and since Annoying Vinyl Hipster didn't manage to turn the conversation back to beer, he eventually ended up with a mai tai, after quite a few subtle insults that had apparently flown over his head.

"Sometimes you just have to accept that the world around you doesn't live up to your standards," Seivarden said sagely, mostly to shut him up.

Today's Specials
Mai Tai
Strawberry Margarita

[Open with SP]

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[special_rabbit]

"So what happens," asked Amaya, lowering herself onto a barstool, "if I wanna take the mai tai and the strawberry margarita and put 'em together?"

Because, yes, she was going to have spent all that time heckling Seivarden over her bartending and then go ahead and be like that once she did start actually branching out.

[1000yearstoolate]

"You get a terrible fruity mix," Seivarden said. "But I won't judge."

Just a little.

"How are you, Amaya?"

[special_rabbit]

Yeah, Amaya was definitely giving Seivarden the most skeptical look ever at that one.

"Kind of wishing I hadn't blasted through my last batch of projects as quick as I did," she admitted, although, really, she'd kind of been on a roll and it was kind of great! "But other than that? No complaints! How about yourself, Seivarden?

"And I'll take that. The mix. Do your fruity worst!"

[1000yearstoolate]

"It could be worse, I suppose," Seivarden said. "So, a mai tai and strawberry margarita mix. At least you don't want it in beer."

[special_rabbit]

"Actually," Amaya said, because how could she not?, "now that you mention it...."

[1000yearstoolate]

"Amaya, please don't make me do it," Seivarden said, with an overly dramatic expression.

[mother_love]

Billy needed a drink after spending all day getting what possessions he had moved into his new apartment. On his way back from a handwavey trip for a few basic things he needed for his new place, he passed by the bar and the sign out front caught his eye.

"A piece of my tropical home right here? You are speaking my language!" he said with a slight grin as he walked up to the bar. "I'll take one of those Mai Tai."

[1000yearstoolate]

"I'm glad someone appreciates them," Seivarden said, figuring Amaya was mostly experimenting.

"I haven't seen you here before," she added, reaching for the shaker.

[SP player in European timezone here.]

[mother_love]

"Tropics has a special place in my heart. Reminds me of home" Billy said with a grin. "And yeah, I'm a bit... new. Just got to the island a few weeks ago, still getting settled in. Names' Billy."

[And SP is looooooove- all good XD ]

[1000yearstoolate]

"Seivarden," she said. "Are you trapped here or did you come here willingly?"

[mother_love]

"Trapped. Very, very trapped," Billy said with a sigh and a slight shake of the head. "But coming to accept it, at least for the time being. This isn't at all where I had intended to be spending the winter (no offense but Fandom was a far cry from the Bahamas) but since I'm here, might as well make the best of it. And a little taste of the tropics sounds good right about now."

[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden placed the Mai Tai in front of him.

"I assume the island have given you a place to live and a job," she said.

[mother_love]

"Yeah just got moved into an apartment. Didn't much feel like wintering over in a houseboat. And I am in the process of getting work lined up as well."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a few bills and put them on the counter as he took a drink.

"After all, gotta be able to keep paying for delicious drinks like this" he said giving a smile and appreciative nod towards Seivarden.

[1000yearstoolate]

"I'm glad to hear it lives up to your expectations," Seivarden said. "I'm not usually a bartender. So what are you planning to do?"