Sunbucks Cafe

[NebulaCloud]

After a few moments of consideration, Carina decided to keep it simple. She wasn't accustomed to much in the way of variety when it came to cuisine, and there wasn't any point in overdoing it.

"Just gimme one of those crescent rolls and a coffee," she said as she climbed up onto one of the stools at the counter, folding her arms and resting her elbows on its surface. The lady at the register punched a few buttons unenthusiastically and retrieved a plain white mug from beneath the counter in front of her, and proceeded to fill it with steaming hot, aromatic black coffee.

She glanced over her shoulder briefly at the other officers carrying on with one another at the large group of tables on the far end of the restaurant. For an instant she wondered if she should go introduce herself, but ended up looking back at her coffee mug. The server placed a couple packets of cream and a shaker of sugar on the counter in front of her, but she ignored them.

The heat of the coffee on her tongue made her wince slightly, but she was immediately smitten with its fullness and rich body. Compared to the imitation grounds she was used to back at home, this was a veritable symphony of flavor, and quite a kick in the pants. Even after only the one sip she felt invigorated and alert, and the warm sensation running down her esophagus made sitting by a roaring fire seem like warming one's hands over a toaster.

Glancing to her right, she noticed a gaunt, smarmy looking man with bare wisps of thin gray hair in a brown leather fur-collared coat staring at her from the opposite end of the bar. She locked her eyes directly on his, still holding her mug before her face as she stared over its rim right back at him.

She hadn't said a word, but her message was clear: what are YOU looking at? It wasn't but a beat later that the creep averted his gaze and made a big show of minding his own business. She held her glare a few seconds more before she took another sip of the intoxicatingly delicious coffee and set the mug down to wait on her breakfast.