Happy hour

[likesthecoat]

Summertime, and the livin' is easy...

Though if you're Ianto Jones, the livin' is pretty much the same. Aliens to track, new technologies to explore, humans abusing the flotsam and jetsam from the Rift for their own gain...all in a day's work.

Coming to Milliways for a bartending shift is so simple by comparison.

TODAY'S SPECIALS
Woo Woo
Peach Bellini
White Sangria

COFFEE
ANY WAY YOU LIKE IT

Comments

[sky_child]

There is something about the COFFEE that speaks to Link. Ianto might be able to guess what that something is just by looking at the sleepy doe eyes of the boy climbing the stool, and the bags that sit beneath said sleepy doe eyes.

Still, he's not about to put strange things in his mouth like some people who share his name, so he will ask, "Excuse me--but what's coffee?"

[likesthecoat]

"It's a hot drink--or cold, if that's what you'd like--made from forcing water through ground coffee beans," Ianto explains. "It's got a pungent taste, so most people drink it with sugar or cream, or both."

[sky_child]

"I don't know what a coffee bean is," he states simply.

He's gotten a lot better about not being so hesitant to just say 'i dont understand'.

[likesthecoat]

"Here, I think we have some whole ones..." He rummages through canisters and finds one of whole beans, and takes one out to show the bloke. "These get ground up."

[sky_child]

He leans forward just enough to get a good look at the bean. It looks...weird. "But it's sort of like tea, right?"

[likesthecoat]

"Sort of," says Ianto. "It can be invigorating, rather than relaxing, like tea."

[sky_child]

Invigoration? "I'll take it. The coffee, I mean."

[likesthecoat]

"Right," says Ianto, "let's start you easy." He pours a cup of what's been brewing behind the bar, and gives it to the bloke, along with the sugar bowl and a little pitcher of cream. "Two sugar cubes and enough cream to make it look pale is the usual way people take it."

He, of course, is beyond such things as "sweetener."

[sky_child]

Ianto's advice is wise, but Link? Link is an ADVENTURER. He likes to delve into the UNKNOWN and experience it RAW.

So step aside as this adventurer takes a sip of the coffee, untainted, and--

"Hmm."

Actually? It's not too bad. "We don't have anything like this in Skyloft," he says, looking at the bowl of sugar and pitcher of cream. He adds a little of both to the coffee, then takes another sip. That's not too bad, either. In fact, a little better...

But he doesn't add much more than what he's already put in. He does have some notion of temperance.

[likesthecoat]

"That's the name of your world? Skyloft?

"It needs a place that's very hot all year long to grow properly."

[sky_child]

He nods. "Yeah, I guess it's not hot enough where I live. Is it warm enough here? I've been outside, and sometimes it's way hotter there than it is at home."

[likesthecoat]

"At Milliways? Oh, no. It's a lot like where I'm from, a country called Wales.

"Bar must get her coffee from some...coffee planet, I imagine."

[sky_child]

"Oh. So it's not from Earth?"

artistic rendition of player --> /o\

[likesthecoat]

"It's from Earth," Ianto says, "but other planets have it too. I've had some from a planet called Klingon, for instance."

[sky_child]

"Did it taste different?"

It should be noted that Link's been taking quite a few sips between talking. He seems to like the little bean!

[likesthecoat]

Good! Ianto enjoys making new converts.

"It was very strong. Very, very strong."

Strong enough to make his boss's industrial strength brew taste like cafe americain.

[sky_child]

He wrinkles his nose. "This is strong enough as it is... But I like it! I wish we had this stuff back at home."

In no small part because he's feeling slightly less sleepy than he did before, and given how he's always sleepy, that's a very good thing.

[likesthecoat]

"At least you can get it here," says Ianto sympathetically.

"May I ask...are you an elf?"

[sky_child]

It takes Link a second to remember what he's talking about. Most people try to...skirt around the pointy ears.

"I don't think so... We call ourselves humans, but I guess I look enough like an elf to other people? Someone explained to me what they were... He was an elf, too, but... I guess, what's the difference between a human and an elf?"

[likesthecoat]

"Mostly the ears," Ianto says. "And magic. Humans tend not to have inherent magic, though I suppose that depends on the world they come from. Maybe some do."

[sky_child]

"Magic...?"

Oh, he knows what magic is. It's just that...nobody...in his world can use magic. At all. There's an exception to this, of course, but she doesn't know she can use it, yet, and neither does anyone else.

Skloftians are some boring elves for real yo.

[likesthecoat]

"Powers," says Ianto. "To, er, do stuff outside of normal methods."

He's not really sure what it is, either. The only magic he possesses is coffee-related.

[sky_child]

"I know, it's just...nobody I know can use magic at all."

[likesthecoat]

How ironic is it that Ianto would like to say, 'Too bad'?

"And you're not an elf."

[sky_child]

"Yeah. Maybe I should make a sign that says 'Hi I'm not an elf' and wear it whenever I'm down here."

Which might not be all that helpful to others, as it'd be written in Hylian.

He also might look less than amused to be saying 'down here' instead of 'walk into the bar', but he figures sulking won't make the door unlock any faster.

[likesthecoat]

[ooc: Mind slowtiming? I'm a lot more tired than I realized and can't keep my eyes open.]

[sky_child]

[ ooc: s'cool! :D ]