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[cupio]

[ There are a lot of people here. Clary watches them and tries not to get her hopes up. As much as she'd like to see her mom, Simon, Luke - she knows that life doesn't work out that way. Still, her smile is a little brighter when she flicks on the feed. ]

Okay, here's the deal. If you know me, come for coffee. If you don't know me, come for coffee. [ Tucking her hair behind her ear. ] Got it? Good.

Comments

[Video]

[gayspider]

Are you trying to get yourself killed by asking anyone to come to coffee with you?

[Alec will remember to say hello at some point.]

[Video]

[cupio]

Alec.

[ Her smile is bright, sudden. Even though they are not exactly friends, he's a familiar face. Jace will be pleased, she thinks. ] The coffee's not bad enough for murder. You could come and try it.

[gayspider]

[Alec is off, striding towards her.]

Magnus says people have murdered over glitter, I'm not taking any chance.

[cupio]

Was Magnus the one who murdered people over glitter?

[killerstyle]

What if I don't know you yet, but I'd sure like to?

[ :3 ]

[cupio]

Totally acceptable.

[ What? She's only human. ]

[killerstyle]

[And he is, after all, extraordinarily good-looking.

...Also modest.]

I know.

[Grin.]

So, do you take your coffee the way you take your men?

[video]

[hischair]

Buy me a coffee and you'll own my heart, or at least my good opinion until the caffeine runs its course. Where am I heading?

[video]

[cupio]

So what you're saying is I have to supply you with constant coffee? [ This has worked for her anyway, given her the confidence to talk to people she doesn't know. So she grins and tilts her head, showing the coffee shop through the feed. ]

It's off one of the side-streets near the fountain. Here, I think I can send you directions. [ Using complicated future tech to text a man who probably thinks this is outdated, oh well. ] Did you get it?

[video]

[hischair]

Yeah, I did. [ Consider him en route. ] And no, thankfully. I think just the one coffee and your shining company will get me through today just fine.

[ Charming? Trying. Heck, if she's buying him a coffee, she's a goddess. ]

I'm Captain James Kirk, nice to know you.

[intelligently]

Is it good?

[cupio]

It's hot?

[ A welcoming smile. ]

[intelligently]

It'll have to do. Where is it?

[ voice ]

[verlor]

Ex gratia salutem. Is that the idea?

[ voice ]

[cupio]

[ She recognises that voice, doesn't she? But it's as though she can't place it and despite the way it sends a shiver down her spine her tone remains friendly. ]

I don't know what that means. I've never been great with Latin.

[ voice ]

[verlor]

I'd tell you to take it for your family motto—but it would be a shame to abandon the one you already have.

[saturniapavonia]

Weird. I got this biggest urge for coffee.

[cupio]

All part of my evil plan. Lure people with coffee addictions. [ Her smile says it's not really an evil plan tbh. ]

[saturniapavonia]

Oh well. What's one more? Is this on your dollar? It could get expensive.

[acherontamovebo]

[There's a fleeting surprised look on Sebastian's face before he smirks.]

Hello, little sister.

[cupio]

[ For the second time today her blood runs cold. There are subtle enough differences that even she notices them and Clary knows enough of the way the City works to understand alternate universes, to comprehend that her ... that he might come to her twice and be different and the same all at once.

It still doesn't help. ] You're supposed to be dead. [ Jace had told her, hadn't he? ]

[acherontamovebo]

Third time lucky, perhaps.

I'm sure you'll try again.

[cracktheelectrum]

[Isabelle arrived, randomly mashing buttons until the familiar redhead pops up on the small screen. Coffee Isabelle thought she'd been invited to a warlock party, not some coffee date with the not-quite-mundane girl. She quickly scans the area, spotting what seems to be the only coffee shop before making her way over the the place, feeling somewhat overdressed for what is quite clearly not a party.]

[cupio]

Isabelle.

[ Her delight is probably not directly proportioned to how they usually are. But Clary has been in the City for a long time that anyone she is familiar with is better than nothing at all. ]

I didn't know you were here! Take a seat.

[cracktheelectrum]

[Isabelle blinks twice before sitting, seeming almost confused.]

Okay...? Mind telling me what you're doing here? Shouldn't you be out endangering Jace's life fighting Forsaken? Or did you get tired of being annoying and settle down for coffee instead?