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[stardustish]

Who: Sylvia Kawano and you!
When: Juril 1st - 4th, some closed prompts from the 5th on
Where: Various
What: Working at the Cat Cafe and Kitty Quest + some closed prompts in the comments.
Warnings: Mentions of character death later on

purramid cafe.

[ working at the purramid cafe has been an interesting experience, to say the least -- sylvia enjoys her job and has learned a lot about how to be a barista! ...however, she's still a little clumsy with handling dishes sometimes, and while she hasn't broken anything, she's prone to letting things spill a little or overflow from the cups. she's getting better at it, promise...but that doesn't mean she's without unhappy customers. ]

Miss. You filled the cup way too much, and now there's a coffee splatter on my shoe!

Gah-- [ sylvia gasps, but she doesn't really turn around to face the customer because she's in a scramble to make her next order. she gives them a few hurried glances and an apologetic look, but it doesn't seem to placate the woman at all. ] Sorry about that! I'm really sorry, I swear I didn't mean for that to happen!

It doesn't matter if you meant it or not, you got my brand new shoes dirty with a coffee stain!

[ feel free to tell sylvia to be more careful, or tell the customer to take a chill pill. or watch. maybe you're the customer who's next in line, even! ]

blink and miss 'em.

[ sylvia is among the volunteers at pile's petagorium, doing her best to rally all the cats together. she has a bowl of cat food next to her and has attracted a few kittens to her side, but there are still a bunch running amok. she's not very good at this, judging by the frantic expression on her face. she didn't have to work with the cats at the cafe, so she has...absolutely no experience in this department whatsoever, and it shows in how she can't quite get the cats that aren't hungry to settle down.

she reaches for one that sniffs at her feet, but the kitten poofs just before she can touch it. she heaves a heavy sigh, shoulders slumping as she runs a hand through her hair. ]

This was a mistake. Ughhh, this was such a mistake.

[ she tries to say that under her breath, but it comes out a little louder than she'd intended for it to. that being said, a little help would be appreciated! ]

Comments

[stardustish]

Nah, not bullied! Just, uh, I'm a little new to being a barista, so I'm still trying to figure things out.

[ granted, she's a lot better now than when she'd first started? but she still gets angry customers from time to time... ]

Hmm. Body awareness. Maybe! I don't know, I feel like I kinda know my body pretty well because of my training, but it's all the little techniques that comes with making drinks that I gotta work on.

[ she's trying to keep a positive attitude about it all, though. still, he'll be able to tell that it's not entirely sincere. she's still pretty worried about all of this and frustrated that she can't get it down. ]

Do you want me to make you a drink, Jonas? You can tell me what you think. It's on me.

[coherer]

Oh, right, your training. My bad, I keep forgetting everyone else is a superhero. (an expected chuckle at this, though jonas hooks an arm over the back of his chair to give her an appraising look.)

I hear being a barista's, like, one of the toughest jobs ever. Don't get too pretentious about coffee beans, though, okay? (a wink, motioning to the menu board.) I'd really like to try one of those caramel lattes. With the whipped cream and little sprinkles on top.

(#dessertdrinks)

[stardustish]

Hah! Superhero, huh? I like the sound of that.

[ she's never been called that before, and it makes her feel nice. makes her feel like she's doing alright.

when he makes his request, she already starts gathering her supplies. a larger cup, whipped cream, sprinkles, caramel drizzle... ]

Hey, with my level of expertise? You'll be thankful once I become a coffee snob! I'll tell you what all the good blends are here and everything. [ she gets to work on that latte, though. she's kind of nervous about it, especially considering what just happened, but jonas is a friend. he won't be too hard on her if she doesn't make it perfect, she hopes... ]