August: Caffeine and Cohabitation

[demiurgency]

WHO: Billy Kaplan + you!
WHAT: August non-event stuff
WHERE: Around the city!
WHEN: First two weeks of August
WARNINGS: Nada


[Open: coffee shop shenanigans]

[All in all, this whole barista jam? Not too bad. Billy basically feels like he's been getting the college experience without the actual classes. Not to say that there's no studying; he's been reading everything he can find both on the Dualis internet and in the (very outdated) print library near the dorms, trying to do what he can to help figure out just what they can actually do to help. Or what he can do to help. He's been spending time with his brother, Seifer, Nida, Tim; he's made friends with his co-workers, who feel like your stereotypical coffee shop crew. All in all, it's pretty good.

He's comfortable. And maybe that should be weird, this place being what it is, and with that explosion and the weird broadcast and all, but honestly? It feels like home in a way even home hasn't in a very long while. So yeah. He's comfortable.

And it shows, the way he whistles cheerfully behind the counter, all but dancing as he restocks biscuits and wipes up sugar spills, eventually swinging out from behind the counter and cheerily greeting patrons:]

[a]
[To a customer at a table, drinking a cup of coffee and reading a paper:] Hey, need a refill?

[b]
[To the person bending over to read the sign on the window that reads 'Now Hiring:'] Looking for a job? Usually the job fair handles that, but the boss likes to do things the old-fashioned way, too.

[c]
[To the person waiting to place their order, making some Bold Fashion Choices:] Wow. That outfit is absolutely killer.


[Rinoa: new old friends]
[Billy's been roommateless for so long he'd just kind of assumed he'd gotten stuck in a double all to himself. Not that he was complaining; it was nice to have the space. A little lonely sometimes, after how close he'd gotten used to being to Tommy, but not bad at all.

But apparently that's changing, as he hears the beep from the doorway that signals an authorized user entry. At least he hopes it's changing, as he leaps up from the bed, looking startled; the other option would be much more nefarious, and a roommate would definitely be preferable to, say, an axe murderer.

The door opens, and he opens his mouth to speak--and then doesn't, his mouth hanging open for a very different reason as he sees who exactly it is. After a long second or two, he finally manages to get the question out:]

Rinoa???



[Nida: just because]
[Hey. Hey. Hey. Guess who's texting you, Nida? That's right, it's your boyfriend.]

Hey, you❤️

Wanna go for a walk?



[Tommy: diner days]
[Some things don't change no matter what dimension you're in. No matter where you go, sometimes you just get a serious craving for pancakes at 2am, and there's only one place that satisfies:]

Blue Billy needs food badly. Wanna hit Spenny's?

[It's no fun if you go alone, right?]

Comments

[skyward_eyes]

Walk? Walk. Hmmmmm... Do I have the ability to go for a walk?
Yeah, love.

I'd be glad to.

Coffee Shop (a)

[helpdesk_hero]

[This afternoon David hadn't managed to find the coffee shop he normally went to, where he could spend some time with Aqua and still have some nearby businesses he wanted to hit up. So instead he'd come to the next place he could find, had even come in during Billy's break so that he'd missed the witch the first time.

At least the coffee was good and reasonably priced. He settles down to enjoy his paper, making notes on a pad of paper. And then the voice. David lets the paper fold over in his hands, leaving him looking up at Billy Kaplan.]

Yeah. Still like it black.

Coffee Shop : A-ish

[yondu]

[A person strolls in with a tool box. A very blue person, who has all the signs he's spent his morning working, comes in carrying a tool box. He checks a work order in front of Billy, squinting down at a mechanical tablet.]

Was it y'all who had the repair order for the ice machine or did they mess it up an' get the addresses bass ackwards again.

[He's going to have to angrily call his manager again if that's the case. Damn this having a manager, man. He misses being a captain. At least he knew where the hell he was going.]

[etherealsage]

[It's not as though she's come with much on her. The truth is, Rinoa is still trying to wrap her head around what little she's been told. And she's still partially annoyed that the questions she has are the kinds that weren't inclined to be answered.

But in the end, she decides that the best option is to... Well. Make the best of it. At least she gets to have a roof over her head. They could have simply made her sleep out in the street and it doesn't sound like that's the kind of thing she actually wants to do.

Billy's greeting, however, and the fact that he... knows... her name... is beyond puzzling. She could get it if someone in passing said it and he was just verifying it was her, but there's an inflection in his tone that denotes otherwise and for several moments, she simply pauses in the doorway.]

...What?

[Because that's the best she can come up with on such short notice. And inwardly she kicks herself. Maybe she just misheard him?

She sticks out a hand to make up for the moment's confusion and grins widely.]

Yep, that's me! I'm Rinoa. It looks like I'll be staying with you for a while. Hope you don't mind!

[a]

[ichoosefight]

[ Yes, it's true, Steph reads the paper sometimes. Given that's mostly because she doesn't have embedded sources of intel here, but it's also nice to see what sort of trouble reporters are trying to stir up on a given day.

She looks up to smile at Billy like a woman in love. ]

Always.

[ It's the coffee she's in love with, in case there was ever any question. ]

[expeditiousness]

[does he want to hit spenny's. a speedster's metabolism means tommy's pretty much always hungry, so ... yeah, even at 2am, tommy is down for diner food. a few seconds after billy sends the text, there's a knock on his door, because tommy didn't bother texting back, just zoomed on down to the next floor.]

You really gotta ask? [he gives his twin a lopsided grin.] Have you met me?