9352/Meeting for Coffee

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Meeting for Coffee
Date of Scene: 28 September 2019
Location: The Coffee Bean - Manhattan
Synopsis: Nita and Ivory cross paths once more, and meet Mercy at a coffee shop.
Cast of Characters: Namorita, Mercy Thompson, Ivory




Namorita has posed:
Namorita hasn't been a student for years, but she still likes visiting student hangouts such as The Coffee Bean. It reminds her of a comfortable time in her life. A simpler time.

Unlike most Manhattan residents, Nita is dressed quite casually. The two-piece green outfit that would be better suited for swimming, and while she does keep a pair of sandals clipped to her bag the Atlantean blonde is boldly barefoot. It's as if she's just -daring- for someone to enforce the 'no shoes' rule.

Padding into the familiar place, she waves to the barista and places an order: caramel mocha. Sweets aren't common underwater and chocolate is even less common, so Nita's developed something of a sweet tooth over the years of being on dry land.

Coffee prepared, she finds her way to the comfortable corner of a sofa to settle.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Given the raining bodies incident, Mercy's come here for coffee, straight from she shi kai kan practice, and she's limping just a little. She got caught on her thigh, and she's not happy about it, with a bruise...but after classes, coffee it is. Plus, she's got time to kill before going back to the shop, too. She gingerly slides into a chair and stretches her legs out with a grimace. She's got time to kill. And...she....wants coffee.

Mercy's dressed casually, t-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes on today as her hair's untied and hanging loose and dowd, Mercy watching everything going on on in the coffee shop. She rubs her shoulder, thank you strike on it.

Ivory has posed:
While technically never having been a student, Ivory did liked student hangouts because one could see the current things in fashion with the crowd they catered for. Jeans jacket with a huge cat on the back and dresed distinctly feminine for today, they had opted to go without a scarf and with a skirt for the say. Yep, Saturday noons are kinda nice for a late girl breakfast. Or lunch.

As they slip in, they looked around in their hunt for a breakfast snack - well, breakfast for her. Lining up for the barrista, her eyes wander over the menu, stopping at white chocolate mocca, then dashing to the offered snacks to go with it. Bagle... with pastrami? Oh yes. Not really looking at the people yet, she lines up the counter to order, babling something that was halfway nonunderstandable, only realizing after a couple moments of the barrista's confusion she did say nonsense to repeat. "Eh, sorry... a Pastrami Bagle and White Choclate Mocca please?"

Namorita has posed:
Namorita sits in her corner of the sofa, one leg crossed over the other and ankle wings fluttering idly. Mug raised to her lips, she drinks slowly and enjoys the flavor. After a few sips she begins to look around the coffee shop.

The girl with the black hair has been in a fight, from her body language. Practice, perhaps? Yes. The hurt looks recent and her clothes aren't torn. Then to the bar... she smiles. Yes, Nita recognizes Ivory. And once Ivory orders and their gaze shifts, Nita offers a more direct smile.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Mercy stretches and sips her own coffee, watching everything going on, with her own coffee. Setting down her cup, she nods and bites into the little cookie. Loking over, Mercy nods and rubs her shoulder again, and moves over t o the couch, coffee, bruised shoulder and thigh and all.

"Hey" she says. "Mind if I sit here?"

Ivory has posed:
Ivory grabs her own breakfast and smiles back at Namorita, liftin her cup as she closes in on her. "Hey..." she starts, then stops a moment as Mercy asks namorita to sit. Another nod is given to the other young woman, then she continues herself. "Didn't thought to see you here. Mind if I join you?"

Namorita has posed:
Namorita gestures towards the seat, palm-up, at Mercy's question. "Be my guest." she replies, offering a head tilt and a small smile. Looking to Ivory, then, she replies. "Atlanteans aren't supposed to drink coffee, is that it? And please do. There's plenty of room." To Mercy she offers. "I'm Nita, and this is Ivory."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Mercy does indeed sit, gingerly a little as she nods a thanks. "I'm Mercedes, or Mercy. Whichever you prefer" she says favoring her right shoulder, the one without the bruise. That's gonna hurt in the morning. Sipping her coffee, Mercy looks to Ivory with a smile, holding out a little pack of cookies, the mini ones. There's the wrapper of one in her other hand, too, the one with the cofffe cup.

Ivory has posed:
Ivory Valentine nods as Namorita introduces her, settling onto the Sofa. "Nope, I just thought you had that fancy coffee machine in your office," she teases, taking a sip from her own mix of vanilla, coffee and chocolate butter and putting up a smile. "Mercedes... like the car? Or was that named after a girl?"

She shakes her head on the cookie offering, lifting her bagle and taking a bite from that instead.

Namorita has posed:
Namorita's raised foot bobs lazily and she nods to Mercy. "Nice to meet you, Mercy. You're moving like you were either just mugged or are fresh from some contact-sport." She takes another sip and smirks at Ivory, then. "I do have a fancy coffee machine, and an assistant to operate it for me. But a girl likes to get out sometimes, you know?"

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Mercy laughs, her eyes ligghting up a little. "She shi kai kan training at the dojo, actually. I got caught on my thigh and my shoulder when somebody decided punching me in the face was a good idea. I deflectd it and caught their fist to my shoulder. Let's just say once I got them to run into the sensei, it wasn't pretty. That guy took a swing at the sensei. EMTs had to come cart him off to hospital with a fractured sholder. He didn't give up in an arm lock" Mercy explains, watching Ivory over her coffee and eyeing the bagel. Why didn't she think of that?

Mercy shakes hear head. "Hey if I'd have got mugged, you'd know about it. I'd be arrested and the cops would probably be freaking out for arresting a Native woman. Or my father would get me out of jail in some insanely convoluted scheme" Mercy shrugs. "Which'd involve doing a dozen things just to get out of my cell, no doubt. or I'd just literally walk out of there" she muses, looking impressed, biting into a cookie again. "So how's things?"

Ivory has posed:
"Sounds painful. Combat training I mean, getting beat up on purpose? not my style," Ivory chuckles a little as she eats from her bagle. "Though if I get mugged, I think I might manage to come out somewhat ok. Well, that's unless they got a gun. Still hate the weeks I had to heal that flesh wound from the stray. That's what I get for helping a blue furry guy."

Namorita has posed:
Namorita looks amused, however, and chuckles softly. "Ah yes, combat training." she replies knowingly. "While some prefer intellectual challenges, Ivory, there is much to be said for regular physical challenges as well. In many ways, combat sharpens the mind as well as the body." Looking over to Mercy again, she offers. "We could spar sometime, if you wish."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Mercy shakes her head with a laugh. "Sure, let's" Mercy nods "I'm usually at the shop or the dojo" Mercy says with a smile. "She shi kai kan is a form of karate, then. It's meant for soldiers, but my sensei teaches it me. It's a small group, but..." she says, "It's similar to sabaki style" she adds with a quiet nod and a sip of coffee, then biting another cookie before dipping it in cofffee to stir th ecoffeee around. "So" she says to Ivory. "What's up?"

Ivory has posed:
"Oh, not much is up. Just working on the next collection and all... I mean, the usual. And trying to dish out the contract with Oracle Inc in a way we all can prosper." Ivory notes, giving a little wink to Namorita. "I don't say all is intellectual, but I just don't like getting beaten up. Hurts."

Namorita has posed:
Namorita returns Ivory's smile, lifting a brow at the wink before sipping her coffee. "I have learned many styles, most of which are more suited to fighting underwater. But I would be interested in this 'shi kai kan' sometime." Chuckling, she gestures towards Ivory then. "That which does not kill us makes us stronger. I believe that was a quote from a Chinese philosopher."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
Mercy nods. "Oh do come along. it's a form of karate like I said. So" she nods turning her attention to Ivory, then back to Nita. "Tell Sensei you know me, if you show up to the dojo" she adds with a nod and a wink of her wn, then she's turning her attention back to Ivory, though Mercy looks out the window. "Sorry, I was just expecting more bodies to fall off of roofs" she sighs, sipping her coffee.

Ivory has posed:
"Ugh... yea, but it still hurts and that's a pain. Literally." Ivory contends to Namorita, then looks over to Mercy, her face wincing. "Don't remind me of that day. It was horrible."

Namorita has posed:
The conversation continues through another round of coffee, this time with bagels for all. In time Nita rises. "Well I suppose I should at least put in an appearance at the office. Thank you very much for the company, and we'll have to do this again soon."