11295/Let's have a drink

Let's have a drink
Date of Scene:	04 April 2020
Location:	Lobby, Hyperion Hotel
Synopsis:	Buffy brings Katsumi to meet Cordelia.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Cordelia Chase, Bakeneko

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Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers has returned to the Hyperion, determined to check up on Fred again and to talk to Angel about something. But when she steps in and peers around she sees none of the above. "Hello? Anyone home?" she sighs, stepping towards the bar, "Well, might as well have a drink while I'm here.." and if no ones here, maybe she can get one for free..Whee!

Cordelia Chase has posed:
"Justs me" Cordelia calls. "Angel's not here right now but if you leave your name and numbrr. I'll pass a message along. Oh it's Buffy? What're you doing back here? I thought us scaring angel was enough for one week. But come on in" Cordie says getting to her feet as she too heads for the bar. For different reasons. Being drunk on the job? Bad, bad idea. Still though, she pauses stepping into the bar room itself...great. Doses she have to be bartender now too?

Bakeneko has posed:
Buffy made the mistake of taking a stray in, so to speak. Now she's stuck with it.

Katsumi is strolling just a few paces behind the Buffster, hands neatly linked behind her back, short skirt a-flounce. "Is this a hotel?," she asks as they move through the lobby. "Buffy, come on, take a girl to dinner first!" Trotting forward, she tilts enough to bump shoulders, teasing, remarkably light smile playing on her face. And they're bar-wards bound!
Hers new voice is added to the mix, and Katsumi wheels around to focus those inhumanly-magenta eyes on her. "What, was she kicked out've the bar or something?," she asks. And with an impish grin, adds, "I hear she picks fights with people in'em."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers rolls her eyes at the sight of Cordelia, "Oh, it's you again. What joy.." she replies dryly, clearly no love lost between these two, "Geez, I just can't get used to seeing you here now.." she shrugs, glancing at Kat and smirks, "Heh, well...Hotel is one of the functions of this place. It's also a supernatural detective agency and a hotel and...Just get us a drink, a Cordy..Please? Oh hey, this is my friend Katsumi. Kat meet Cordelia.."

Cordelia Chase has posed:
The no love lost is mutual, it seems. "Did you take in a stray, Buffy? Wee talked about this in school, remember" Cordie says dramatically. Then she looks to Katsumi, as if inspecting her to see if she's worth sneering at. Cordie though is more concerned with Buffy. "You said a drink. What drink do you want? I assume your plan is to get drunk and what, go bang on Angel's door?" she snipes. Ohh, Cordie is still as cold as ever when it comes to her and Buffy's relationship. Even if they have a constant tug of war and a batltle to one up the other....Cordie does not believe in tact.

Bakeneko has posed:
Eyebrows slowly lift in expectant challenge when Cordelia addresses her so haughtily. The fact that Buffy brought her to a /paranormal investigation agency/ isn't lost on her. It's bizarre, and she has plenty of questions, but within the concentric circles that are Miss Oshiro's priorities, Cordelia is the one in the forefront.

"What's up with B**** Pudding over here?," she asks with a venomous smirk of her own, a hand raised to indicate Cordelia. "And who's Angel? Is he like a side piece for ya?," she asks, her gaze adjusting more directly to Buffy.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers narrows her eyes at Cordelia, "Cordy, Cordy, Cordy.." she clicks her tongue, shaking her head, "You haven't changed /a bit since highschool, have you." she laughs and shakes her head, "What, you think I'm that desperate? I'm not you, yknow..How about you fix us a couple of beers?" she grins and winks at Kat, "Dont mind her, she's always like this..Old habits never change.."

Cordelia Chase has posed:
"Desperate?" Cordie asks and jst....gets the beers anyway. Cordie's got a comeback but bites her tongue for now. If anything, a drunk slayer's a problem. Still, though, she thunks the beers on the bar. "I'm not the one coming in here, and making snide remarks about how Cordelia's not changed a bit. Look at yourself, Buffy. You come here, demand I get you alcohol, and oh yeah, take in her" she says and looks to Katsumi. "Is she even old enough to drink, Summers?" she asks.

Bakeneko has posed:
"So what's the history?," Katsumi asks bluntly. "One of you steal the other's man? Snubbed a sleepover? Don't hold out on me!"

Thoroughly nosey but evidently in good spirits, Katsumi tracks Cordelia's movements to the bar. And ultimately, to the beer she plonks down. The remark gets a bright giggle from the Japanese punk, her fingers lifting to girlishly cover her lips. "And now she's being flattering! Fire'n ice with her, isn't it?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers chuckles, shaking her head, "Cmon Cordelia, chill out, I'm only kidding. I mean...Heys it's pretty cool, you working for Angel and all, guess I'm just trying to get used to the idea.." eyes flick towards Kat, arching a brow. "Angel? side piece? Hardly..He's his own person, owner of the Hyperion...And Cordy's boss.." and that amuses her somehow. "As for her age, I'm not sure..How old are you, Kat?" as for their history, she just shrugs, "Oh you know, classmates, rivals..She was the Queen Bee, didn't approve of my choice of friends, even though she dated Xander for a good while.." she's enjoying this. Oh yes.

Cordelia Chase has posed:
Cordie shakes her head at Buffy. "You remember those three words. Bygones be bygones?" she asks and steps over towards Katsumi and Buffy for a moment, turning her head to ake both of them in. "So. What's your deal anyway? You come in here, match me barbed jab for jab. What's up?" Cordie asks Katsumi with a careful, guarded tone to her voice

Bakeneko has posed:
"Me?," innocently coos Katsumi to Buffy. "Twenty-two. Wait..." She suddenly peers at the blonde, a bit more sharply focused. Her gaze darts quickly to Cordelia, then back to Buffy. "Oh my god! You weren't the preppy! She was! You dethroned the popular girl, didn't you! That's why you two are living a Taylor Swift song!"

Katsumi grins widely, now that she's pretty confident she's got this whole thing figured out. Her attention gets to shift onto Cordelia now. "My deal?" She fans her fingers against her chest, as if scandalized. "I'm just new around here. Gettin' a lay of the land. Enjoyin' the show." Beat. "This Xander guy cute?," she asks with a tiny, wicked smile.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smiles at Cordy, "Of course. How about we start with a fresh page? I'm game if you are." she grins and winks at her, though there's the old competitive look in her eyes, "Easy there, she's a friend of mine, one with a bit of a...Well, something I need to talk to Giles about really, though I just wanted to introduce her to Angel.." she shrugs, "Xander is a good friend of mine, although I will never understand how he and Cordy ended up together, no matter how brief." she shrugs, "Dethroned is such a strong word. Never threatened her 'status' although I suppose she doesn't see it that way.."