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[charring]

So...this crap again?

[Charlie will be found at The Jasmine Dragon, serving tea to the MASS INFLUX OF PEOPLE OH MY GOD and generally being bitchface about it. Have fun!]

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[Action due to working at the same place! :D]

[tangledintower]

There's so many people here today...do you need help carrying something, Charlie? I can balance a couple of trays...

[action; yay! charlie missed her rapunzel.]

[charring]

Yes. That would be amazing. You're an absolute blessing, Rapunzel. [Charlie? Sounding rushed and a bit stressed because there are suddenly a billion people around? Ppppsh...maybe a bit.] The blue tray and the extra sugars goes to the family of four by the window and the tray next to that, the party of eight by the front door.

[She's carrying trays for other tables and hurrying to get stuff out, even using her ability to keep stuff warm.]

[action; And rapunzel missed charlie!]

[tangledintower]

Don't you worry about a thing, Charlie, I've got it!

[She grins, taking the trays and extra sugars, balancing them all on her arms like a natural.]

You should take a break, you look exhausted...

[action; So guess what thread of theirs I just reread?]

[charring]

You are phenomenal. Let me get a few of my orders out and then I'll sit for a few. [She really is tired, and sort of aching. And, again, all the people. Charlie just does not like crowds. Once the last few trays are delivered, Charlie finds a chair in the back room and pretty much collapses onto it, though the collapse is more for dramatic effect than anything else.]

[draconically]

I beg your pardon?

[ There is a gentleman here amidst the crowd, dapper and dignified in a well-tailored suit as he waits patiently to be delivered a cup of tea. ]

[charring]

[Shit. That was out loud, huh? She winces apologetically and serves the man his tea, even sending a slight push of her ability at it to make sure it was hot.] I'm so, so very sorry you heard that. That was very unprofessional of me.

[draconically]

I can understand distaste of a crowd, but you may want to keep opinions like that to yourself while you're on shift.

[ And yet, despite the seeming admonition, he's offering her a smile that might be called conspiratorial, as though he completely understands. ]

I take it you're not always this busy?

[charring]

I know. I know. [She just doesn't handle large groups well.]

We're not nearly this busy ever. Every once in a great long while does the City usually have a mass visitation like this. I never know when it's coming.

[ action - even though you know him. >.> ]

[yourbestguysgun]

[ Shoulders on the counter. ] So do you do coffee in tea land?

[ action - yay! charlie misses her bucky, just FYI ]

[charring]

Yes. Yes, we do. [She starts making that, grinning at Bucky. At least he's a familiar face.] How are you?

[ action - good, he misses her too ;; ]

[yourbestguysgun]

Oh, thank christ. I been dyin' for a cup of joe, it's one of those days. What's with all the people here?

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[vampiris]

I take it this isn't the first time this has happened?

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[charring]

Nope. Mass influx of new faces for a weekend and then they're gone. This seems like a lot more than before.

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[vampiris]

Well, someone's got to be flipping that switch on and off.

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[headstronger]

[ The young woman who pokes her head in to the Jasmine Dragon seems heartened by what she sees. ]

Tea! At least there's tea here. There's hope.

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[charring]

[Ah, damn. Charlie was almost caught swearing. She straightens, smiles at the woman before speaking.] Tea's good for any and all occasion. Hi! I'm Charlie, your friendly tea-server at the Jasmine Dragon.

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[headstronger]

What a lovely name. Well, yours and the teashop's. I'm Sarah Jane. I don't suppose you've seen a man around here calling himself the Doctor? White hair, frilly coats.

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[socoolbrewster]

[There's an Ed eyeing you curiously, Charlie. He's been watching you for...a good 20 minutes now. Head tilted, cocky smirk in place, and he hasn't so much as moved an inch.]

If you don't like tea, maybe you should think about working somewhere that's not a tea shop??

Just a thought.

action: (really could not help but think 'and so it begins' just now)

[charring]

[...because that's not unsettling or anything.]

I like it here. [She actually does, man. A lot. Which is why she regretfully clocks out for the evening, waving at her coworkers as she collects her backpack and her jacket and starts towards the door.]

action: (pshhh it's appropriate?)

[socoolbrewster]

[He's following you, Charlie. Hope you don't think that's too weird.

...Actually, he doesn't care what you think about it. He's following anyway.]

Nobody likes working customer service, people are whiny asshats.

[clownishly]

[Whirrr whirrrr whirrrr. Nobody else notices this clown standing around swinging a ratchet just waiting for Charlie to see him, whether she's serving tea inside or taking a coffee break outside, whatever the case may be. Because fear is a part of you thus it will always know where you're hiding.]

oh hi other king muse! i love it!

[charring]

[Charlie notices just when she drops an order off at a table, just sort of watching the clown warily before hurrying off. That's not unsettling or anything. No sir.]

bwahaha if you want him to go away tho just let me know!

[clownishly]

[Don't turn your back on him, young lady, because he might just show up as her next customer at another table. Whirrr whirrr whirrr.]

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[unnoticeableslippything]

Got any little cakes, as well? With the tea, obviously.

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[charring]

Yes, we do. What kind would you like? [And she's holding out a menu, smiling.]