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[eyeforaneye]

(video: @s.uchiha)

[ The video opens to a view of a simple sign in the quarantine’s common language, a dark green background causing the white lettering of “The Coffee Shop” to really pop alongside a graphic of what appears to be some kind of mermaid or siren. Why does this feel like copyright infringement. ]

It’s my understanding that there aren’t many places like this here. [ So comes the voice from behind the camera, view panning to the right and left to showcase the street he’s on and make it clear just where this particular shop is. Only then does he move forward, the small store’s bell jangling as he steps into what can only be described as an immaculate café, the specials written neatly on a chalkboard in Japanese characters on the counter, booths and tables lining the walls, and plants placed stalwartly in the windows like leafy guardians. ]

So it should receive more business. Now that you’re aware, consider spending your extra money here. [ As he finally turns that camera around, revealing a dour young dark-haired man in all his glory. ]

If you need more information, I suppose it can’t be helped. I’ll address concerns.

(action)

[ Feel free to stop in! Expect a quiet one-armed man behind the counter cleaning an already spotless work station in his down time. ]

Comments

[leatherdaddy]

Damn right there is!

You were acting so cool, high and fucking mighty like some kinda princely blademaster and you're making lattes?

[ Gladio is so disappointed! What a let down! ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ ... ]

I think I understand now. You wanted me to be a little flashier and more interesting because I have a serious personality.

Is that how it is? Or do you just think I'm acting above my station? [ Either one of these is actually a little bit amusing to him and that doesn't happen often. ]

[leatherdaddy]

More like beneath.

[ Gladiolus has seen you work the battlefield, don't give him that load of crap. ]

Tch! What a waste!

[eyeforaneye]

[ ... oh. ]

So it's like that... Being able to fight bars me from doing other things?

[leatherdaddy]

[ Huffs, puts his hands on his hips before answering because... because... hell, he knows people got their own shit. ]

Your coffee had better be worth it!

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[eyeforaneye]

[ ... ]

I think this is already obvious, but...

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[eyeforaneye]

You care far too much about this. What are you going to do if it isn't?

[eyeforaneye]

My expectations are always that way. [ It's the best way to improve. Yuri is definitely not the only one with standards. ]

But you're already critical for someone who hasn't tasted it yet.

[leatherdaddy]

[ This is a bad idea, Gladio's too fired up from his disappointment in seeing such talent wasted on mundane occupations. If it was a passion of Sasuke's, that would be one thing. But if he was simply wasting his skills? ]

I'll challenge you and see for myself if I should care.

[eyeforaneye]

[ This is reaching new levels. ]

You want to fight? [ Well, that would make his day more interesting. ]

UNNECESSARILY DRAMATIC MUSIC?

[leatherdaddy]

If you're just screwing around with that talent of yours, yeah. Yeah, I do.

[ He can't think of anything worse than squandering it when there's a lot of good that can be done. ]

If that coffee doesn't reveal your passion, then maybe your sword will!

[supersweet]

It makes the most sense, right?

[ Metal arms are cool, after all. Jon's eyes go big at the cake and he takes it gently. ]

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[realimperfect]

[ If there's one thing a cop aiming to move back up to investigator always and surely needs - it's coffee. Thankfully for Sasuke her requests are probably going to always be willfully simple, if only because she's a creature of habit who isn't incredibly fond of too much sugar, still.

She sweeps in rather quietly, looking down at a hologram notebook to her volume of Derrida she's currently reading. It's s way to keep people from trying to chat with her, at least, before she's had her coffee, but once she reaches the counter - ]

Black iced coffee, please. [ Well at least she used the word please. ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ He smoothes down his tidy apron when he's joined by a customer, a perfectly attentive employee.

Now if only he could work on smiling at all. ]

... Size, blend, and flavor.

[eyeforaneye]

[ The pause is long, message left unreturned for at least a full minute. Then: ]

They are on the menu.

[eyeforaneye]

[ That's far more polite than he normally is, at least, equally expressionless as he looks her over for a full five seconds without moving. ]

House blend, then? [ Asking is likely unnecessary but if he's going to do this job then he might as well do it carefully and correctly. ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ This would be laughable in its drama to a good number of people, most likely, but Sasuke isn't one of them. ]

You must be pretty confident if you think you can get me that excited. If you're that eager to stretch your legs, however... I'll indulge you. Just know it won't be any kind of fight to the death.

[bespredel]

Consider it a part of my charming personality. [ So deadpan. ]

Besides, I've seen a lot of shitty cafés with a lot of shitty coffee all around the world. There are more failures than not.

[realimperfect]

If that's the best black coffee you have - Actually.. [ She pauses, seems to debate with herself for a moment if she needed this level of caffeine or not. It wasn't as though she was pulling an all nighter or anything. But, then again... she might. Exploring and all of that. ]

What about cold brew? Do you do that?

[ Screw it - caffeine always. ]

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[anthropophagite]

Ah, you are a barista as well? I work at the library's coffee place, myself.

[leatherdaddy]

Nothing so reckless.

Sasuke, if you're just screwing around with this - the least you can do is help me break my limit.

[ Put that skill to something useful at least. ]

[eyeforaneye]

If it were capable of what my first arm was capable of, perhaps. Otherwise, to me, it's more likely to just get in the way.

Is that all that you'll have?

[eyeforaneye]

I can't really consider it anything else. [ However, Sasuke knows absolutely nothing about cafés. Or coffee. So coming up with a suitable argument for why this one is not a failure is going to be a challenge. ]

If you're convinced that you'll find nothing of value, then don't venture any risk. But until you've sampled what's on offer here, your criticisms will carry no weight with me. Bring every ounce of judgment that you have, and I'll face you. [ ... then again he could always just go totally overboard; that's one strategy. ]

[eyeforaneye]

[ Sasuke knows nothing about coffee.

He doesn't drink it, he hasn't studied it, and it isn't popular in his world. However, Sasuke is an obsessive individual and a quick learner, so he's already memorized the menu in great detail along with all preparatory techniques. An encyclopedic knowledge of coffee will come with time. ]

We do. Is that what you'd prefer?

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[liquidate]