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(Setting) G&K CafeBar
| >Being a relatively small cafe, it only features a couple of tables and a counter. Sleepy mafioso guard sits sipping his coffee in the corner near the exit.
>Behind the counter stands the young woman in chocolate apron over black suit. Her waist long, chestnut color hair was put in a ponytail. Soft smile on her face made her deep, green eyes seem even deeper.
>Bandage is now gone from her head, and almost nothing reminds now of the injury she sustained.
| >Relatively new addition to the cafe interior, a young girl in the waitress uniform sits at the counter, chatting with the young woman behind it. Her bright red eyes shine in the hall's twilight, and shoulder blade length, fluffy blond hair is tied into tail with a big green ribbon.
>"Play the guitar, play it again, my Johny..." sings the music box in the corner, going through the long forgotten songs of the old world.
| >A man wearing a black suit and a hat enters the bar, scratching at the curtain beard on his chin
>He approaches the counter
"Excuse me, could I get something like Whiskey?"
>His eyes are hidden under the rim of his hat
| >>327267
>Cautious gaze of the mafiosi guard in the corner followed the man all the way to the counter.
>Woman behind the corner lit up with a smile, and put down the glass she has been polishing reflexively.
"Welcome to G&K," ->She said in a charming, soft voice, smiling all the while,
- "We have quite a collection of whiskey here, do you want anything specific? Or barmen's choice?"
| >>327274
"I'm not feeling for anything too fancy, but surprise me."
>He smiles and sits down
"Still, this is one nice place you got here."
| >A tall girl with blond hair enters the building, yawning loudly as she does
>her purple eyes check all around the room, finally settling on the women behind the bar, whom she approaches
"Hello, I'd like a Sugar Rush please."
>She sits down, yawning again
| >in an orange flash, a man appears
>well, drops down
>he manifests a few feet in the air before falling flat on his face
>he is wearing some sort of specialized combat armor
>it looks like he was in a gun fight recently
"owww..."
>he says through his helmet
>he gets up
"huh? Where am i?"
>and looks around
| >>327277
"Why, thank you."
>Bartender lady looked the man all over, then put a finger to her temple and closed her eyes. After a second of thought, she let out a silent "aha!", and took out a single brandy snifter. Couple of quick movements, and snifter was filled full with warm whiskey, couple drops of water following suit. She put the glass in front of the man, smug smile across her face.
"Nothing, but a straight bourbon whiskey for a gentleman like you. Old Pogue, original."
| >>327280
>Woman in the apron turned her head to the newcomer, leaving the man in the hat to enjoy his drink.
"One Sugar Rush, coming right up," - >She said, as she turned on the mixer and put in the settings,
- "Although we don't use BTC stuff, so it's gonna be stronger than karmotrine. Would you like some coffee with it?"
| >>327287
>The man nods a few times
"That's the kind of thing I like to hear, thank you."
>>327285
>When the man falls, he reaches for his lower back as if to grab something, but after realizing that no one seemed to have ill intent, he returns to his drink with a sigh
| >>327295
"No need, I'm more of a fan of the sweet tastes over the bitter ones."
>She chuckles
"I'm Reiko, Reiko Isuoa, by the way."
| >>327285
>Mafiosi in the corner dropped his meat bum he was about to chew, but, being used to Glitch City shennanigans, carried on with his lunch.
>Bartender girl behind the counter raised her brow, and winked to the waitress, who, with a heavy sigh, stood up and approached the spontaneously materialized man.
"Welcome to G&K CafeBar. May I, uh, take your order?" >She asked with a light russian accent, rolling every "r".
| >>327298
"Pleased to meet you."
>Bartender woman returned the chuckle.
"Mina Springfield, at your service tonight. Just call me Mina." >She said with a soft smile.
"You seem awfully sleepy. Tough night?"
| >>327308
"Guess you could say that, been tracking down a possession of mine for a while now... I lent it to a friend, who simply vanished along with it."
>She sighs
"Things could be going better in my life right now."
| >>327304
"bar?oh!
Im sorry for the sudden intrusion.
In that case, a...brandtini please."
>there is a rustic German tinge in his accent, feint but there,and rather gentleman like despite sounding young
>he takes a seat at the bar and occasionally fiddles with the device on his neck
"what district is this in?
If you dont mind me asking"
| >>327310
"That's some friends you have. No offense given."
>Mina commented, putting the drink in front of Reiko. While it was called Sugar Rush, and listed as such in the drinks card, it wasn't really one. G&K did not use BTC ingredients, nor did it have BTC license. However, as many people new to the bar still asked for BTC drinks, Mina was forced to adapt. This gave birth to the "expy drinks" in the drink card - drinks that were called and made after BTC drinks.
| >>327322
"You don't need to tell me, if I ever see that pes- guy again, I'll give him a piece of my mind."
>She takes the drink and begins sipping it slowly
>>327311
>The girl turns to the man and grins, before turning back, laughing a little
| >>327311
>Waitress girl moved behind the counter as well, lightly tapping Mina on the shoulder as she passed the bartender woman, and reached underneath the bar for a cocktail glass.
"Well, this is Downtown. We do get sometimes customers new to the place, but you're probably the first one to not know even the district you're in." >She responded with a confused smile.
| >The man finishes his drink
"That was something pretty good, if you have more, I still have time for another drink."
>He turns to the other two customers
>He turns back to the counter, now seemingly uninterested
| >>327325 >>327328
>Mina smiled in response to the girl, and moved back to the man.
"Do you want seconds, or is it going to be something different?"
| >>327331
"As you could tell, I like bourbon, so if you have any good one, I'll take it."
>He lifts his hat a little, barely showing his eyes staring at the bartender
| >G&K CafeBar was a small place. It only had a couple tables, and a counter. There was enough seats for dozen people at most, although in the time of need couple more were extracted from the storage. It was never supposed to attract large amount of guests either. This is why there was only so much place at the counter as well - only three seats, all of them occupied now.
>"Funny the way it is..." kept going the music box in the corner.
| >>327326
"aheh yeahhh...i may or may not have recently been in a fight with a crazy mutated bear.
And in said fight, my crazy collar may have gotten the wrong coords.
Which may or may not have warped me here...
That of course did not happen but i suggest you steer clear of [placeholder] street glitz"
| >>327333
>Deep green eyes met with those of the stranger for a split second, as bartender woman reached for a cocktail glass.
"Well then, how about we mix it a little."
>Mina said, and closed her eyes. Her hands moved slow and precise. Bottle of bourbon, bottle of vermuth dash of bitters and a single cherry as a final stroke.
>She opened her eyes, and put finished Manhattan in front of the man, the same soft smile remaining on her face.
| >>327342
"Thanks for that..."
>He takes the drink and pulls out a box of cigarettes
"Mind if I smoke?"
| >>327343
"Personally I don't mind, but some of our other customers might," - >Mina responded regretfully, then pointed to the small table in the opposite corner of the hall,
- "We have an exhaust fan over there, so if you don't want to go outside, you can smoke there freely."
| "anyway..aside from that, any recommendations or house blends?"
>he asks
| >>327338
>Waitress girl nodded dead serious.
"I've gotten into a fight with the bear once, truly astonishing creatures. You must be really tough if you survived that."
>She finished making a simple martini and served it to the man. She never understood the difference between branditini and martini, and no matter how much time Mina spent explaining said difference to the waitress, none of it sink into her head.
| >>327351
>He nods
"I'll go over there, thanks, wouldn't want to bother."
>He heads over to the exhaust fan and begins smoking all the while drinking
| >>327355
"thanks
fight was easy with some ranged weapons.
Although i did not kill it, it should bleed out in a few hours."
>he sips his drink
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| >>327371
"That must've been one hell of a run in..."
>Reiko chuckles again and wipes a tear
"Oh, sorry for butting in. I'm Reiko, Reiko Isuoa."
>She extands a hand with a soft smile
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"Ring the bell if you need anything else."
>Mina said with a guilty smile, before turning to her female customer.
>>327354
"Hmmm, I guess I can recommend you our Low Skies blend. Medium roasted. But it takes a bit of time to serve."
>Waitress said, putting index finger to her temple.
| >>327374
"ah, cyrus, cyrus lechance"
>he shakes you hand
"nice to meet you."
>>327375
"in that case, anything with so much alcohol its flammable please"
| >>327379
"Flammable..." >Waitress let out, thinking of something, before turning to the bartender woman.
"Mina, can you please make Blue Blazer? I don't want to mess it up."
>Mina smiled back, and nodded. They exchanged places, with Mina moving to Cyrus, and waitress moving over to Reiko.
>Bartender lady took out two different mugs, filled one with the whiskey, and the other with clean water. After putting the whiskey mug on the table, she put the water mug on the oven behind her.
| >As the water started boiling, Mina took out a box of matches from one of her pockets, and set the whiskey on fire. Flame went up above the mug as the burning match moved above it.
>Young woman quickly took both mugs, one in each hand, and raised burning whiskey up high - from there letting it drop down into the water mug. Stream of fire connected both mugs, lighting the surrounding furniture up with bright light.
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>Reiko cringes at the flame and looks at the man foolish enough to order that with a confused expression
"... this is messed up..."
>She coughs and then speaks up
"I'd like something sweet again, if you please."
| >As soon as whiskey finished its way down, other mug was raised - and the process repeated itself. Mina kept mixing flaming liquid, letting it fall freely from one mug to another - yet not allowing a single drop to miss it's target.
>Once she finished mixing, she poured the drink into a small rock glass. One teaspoonful of sugar and a lemon peel later, she put the cocktail in front of Cypher.
"Your Blue Blazer." >She said with a smile just as bright as the fire before.
| >>327399
>Waitress girl gestured to Mina, as in "I've got it", and took out a clean cocktail glass... and filled third of it with clean vodka. Some kind of colorless liquor followed in, making the second third of the glass, and then some sort or red juice filled the rest. She mixed the drink with a straw, before squeezing in a bit of lime and serving now finished cocktail to Reiko.
"Cosmopolitan." >She said, plain and serious.
| >>327403
"Thanks a lot."
>Reiko smiles and takes the drink, still eyeing the man that appeared out of thin air earlier
| >The man with the hat seems to have finished drinking and smoking, and heads back to the counter
"So, how much do I owe you?"
| >>327411
"Since you're first time, I thin I will make you a nice discount." >Mina smiled, as the man got her attention.
"Let's see, it would be 30 nuyen for all."
| >>327401
"thank you"
>>327399
>he downs it in one slow, long gulp
"ahh.
Not the first time my drink was on fire"
| >>327421
"Well aren't you nice."
>He hands over the 30 nuyen
"Me and my partner struck big recently, so I might visit again."
>He waves with a smile and leaves through the front door
| >>327425
"Looking forward to it!"
>Mina waved back to the man, with a smile that could made Buddha jealous.
| >Short, older-looking gentleman entered the bar. His simple grey suit was complete with a small red handkerchief in his jacket's chest pocket. Long and thin scar on his forehead, just a little below his grey hair, stood out on his grumpy, deeply-wrinkled face.
>As soon as the man entered, mafiosi in the corner hurriedly stood up and gave the man a deep bow.
"Mina, I'll have a meeting here. Sorry to bother."
>Man said in a low, rough voice. Bartender woman simply nodded.
| >Gotten her permission, man turned around to wave to the mafiosi guard, and then sat at the table at the opposite of the entrance wall. He positioned himself so that he would face the entrance, leaned to the back of his chair, crossed his hands and closed his eyes.
| "lovely place"
>cyrus pays
"but i must be off as i am now intoxicated and in large sums of pain from the bear fight,most likely to get knocked out in 10 minutes.
Now if you exc-"
>he falls to the floor unconscious
>afterwards his unconscious body disappears in an orange flash
| >The flash lets Jhensen enter unassumingly, taking a seat at a table, away from, or to the edge of the guard's line-sight. He settles in quietly, pulling his phone and earphones out.
| >>327519
>Springfields weren't stupid, however. Jhensen managed to enter and take his seat no problem. However, the design of the cafe itself prevented him from escaping the mafiosi guard line of sight. The entire hall was, essentially, a triangle. Bar counter and kitchen behind it occupied one side, while the other two sides were entrance and plain wall respectively. Anyone sitting in one of the corner had the full view on the interior - and this design choice was intentional.
| >>327519
>The waitress girl behind the counter noticed the newcomer, and was about to approach him when she noticed the earphones. She quietly walked up to Jhensen's table then, left a menu book on top of it, and with a short bow went back to the counter. 'If the customer wishes to be left alone, they should be left alone' - this was one of the important rules at G&K, and part of the reason some of the shadier people liked the place so much.
| >Jhensen was happy that she left him alone, but respectively gave her a small head bow in reply, browsing, and setteling on getting a coffee. He pulled out his earphones, and raised his hand to get the waitress' attention.
| >Jhensen whimsically pops out the suitcase he's been carrying, and walks over to the bar.
"Can I ask for a favor?"
| > Fox nervously enters, his usual denim jacket replaced with a just-as-old looking bomber. He scanned the room nervously, not even sure who was going to be the one that expected him. His first drive was to simply go to the bar, which he did before he even realised he was doing it.
"I'll just have a blue fairy please. Thanks."
| >A rotting, human like figure enters the establishment while taking of his Nekopara themed jetpack. His T-shirt is simple. Black, with the Fakku.net logo printed on the chest. He also has jeans.
>He walks up to the bar and sits down, with the jetpack on the floor besides him
"Could I get the menu please?"
| >a girl walks in
>her blonde hair waving through the air upon entry
>one could say her presence was...angelic
"hello umm im here about a briefcase?"
>she says while curiously surveying her surroundings
| >Reiko seems to be busy sipping her drink, but nonetheless looks at the new arrivals with a curious gaze
"... That's weird, I was told this was a quiet place..."
>She tilts her head in confusion
| "Yeah. You work fast. Here's the briefcase."
>Jhensen holds out a briefcase, and a cred stick.
| >>331462
"yes sir"
>and with a quirky she puts on some sort of backpack
>she walks out the door briefcase and credstick in hand
>you can her the sound of thrusters when she leaves
>huh it was a jet pack
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>Waitress girl that stood at the counter was about to answer, but backed off once she noticed the short meeting happen. She waited patiently for it to conclude,
>>331041
>Putting a menu in front of the new customer, trying desperately to ignore the fact that they were rotting. Unlike most places that used holo-tablets, this menu was made of real paper. And handwritten. It was really more of a calligraphy piece, than a menu, with each word and each letter unique.
| >>331483
>Once she provided the other customer with the menu, she turned back to Jhensen.
"Would you like to take it with you?" >She asked, seeing as the man was standing, as if about to leave.
| >>330463
"Mister Ayanami!"
>Mina exclaimed happily, as she noticed familiar figure.
"Always glad to see you here. One Blue Fairy, coming right up. How are you doing?"
>>331460
"My apologies, it's rarely this crowded here" >Mina whispered softly into Reiko's ear as the girl lowered her guard.
| >>331753
"Yes please, and make it double if you can."
>Jhensen stops, and thinks...
"...And you you have any armour plates?"
| >>331787
"Not at the moment. Do you wish to place an order?"
>Waitress girl took out a small digital notebook from her apron pocket, completely unfazed by the question.
| >>331793
"No thanks, I was hoping for a quick replacement. That'll be all, thank you."
>Jhensen smiles.
| >>331751
>He looks at the menu. He then looks up, and stares at the bartender and some of the customers for a bit.
"I'll just take a beer then."
>After ordering, he takes a quite suggestive doujin out of his pocket, and starts reading it.
| >>331755
"It's nice to see you too Mina!"
> Fox flashes a smile and a thumbs up. He then leans over and drops his voice
"I was contacted by someone for a meeting here? Do you know anything about that by any chance?"
| >>332008
>Waitress vanished in thin air with a short bow, before reappearing with a big flask cup in her hand barely two minutes later.
"You double espresso. It will be 75 zenny total."
>>332215
"O-one beer, coming right up."
>Mina nodded, as her cheeks reddened a little at the sight of the doujin in customer's hands.
>>332271
>As she turned back to Fox, still slightly flustered, she leaned in as well — closer than necessary — putting the ready Blue Fairy on the counter.
| >>332271
"That someone would be me," — >Mina whispered with a wink, then straightened up,
— "It might take a bit though, as you see, it's quite lively today."
| >After quickly reading 1/3 of the doujin, the zombie looks up at the bartender again.
"Excuse me. I'm looking for someone with a red handkerchief. Have you seen them?"
| >>333367
>Mina suddenly tensed up as she heard the 'zombie" mention red handkerchief, her eyes quickly glancing towards the grey-haired gentleman in the hall. She closed her eyes, putting a big mug of beer in front of the customer, and nodded in that direction (>>327506 >>327507), once she regained her composure.
"If you're, by any chance, referring to doctor Kitsukian, then they have mentioned awaiting someone not so long ago."
>Her usual smile slowly returned to her face.
| >>333425
"Thank you."
>Garrett pays, pockets his doujin, takes the beer and starts walking towards the older, well dressed man. When he arrived, he took a seat at the man's table. He let the jetpack stay.
"Hi. I am Garret. I believe you are the man who's going to give me tactical training."
>He pulls out his doujin again, and continues quickly reading through it while drinking his beer.
| >>333249
> Fox blushed slightly at her wink and quickly covers himself up with his hand.
"Take your time. I'll just sip my drink and sit down until you're free, okay?"
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| >Located in a small, easy-to-miss alley, five minutes away from the Downtown Distrtict main street, is a G&K CafeBar. Small, warm, quiet haven, with old-school, 1960-th themed wooden furniture and yellow gas lamps.
>Despite only being known to a few chosen, G&K welcomes any guest clever enough to discover it.
>It is a popular spot for the Springfield family mafia meetings, and as such is known in the underworld to be under their protection, making it one of the safer places in GC.