Can this really count as coffee? [OPEN]

[Jason Simple]

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Jace liked coffee--to a point.

He had the sort of relationship with coffee that a lot of people had: it kept him awake late into the night, but he did not like its taste for very long. It was unappealing to his taste buds, but it kept him alive and studying with its sweet, sweet caffeine. It wasn't the best flavor in the world, but ever since he had come to Hammel and smelled the stuff even, he had been addicted to it. He wasn't a total addict--he didn't have withdrawals if he went a few days without, and he could function without caffeine, but for some reason he couldn't stay away from the acidic, bitter stuff. It made no sense, but he'd learned to stop questioning certain things in this town.

And so it came to be, when he was walking through the mall this lovely Tuesday afternoon, that a scent that hit his sensory field of smell stopped him in his tracks. It smelled oh so very familiar, but far too different from what he thought it was to truly be that object. It was too... Sweet-smelling. Like a delicious baked good. Jace turned and looked for the source, following his nose until he saw a white paper cup with a familiar dark green stamp on the side, steam emanating from its uncapped opening, a bit of foam nearly spilling over the side. He walked up to the teenage girl holding the wonder and pointed to it. "Excuse me." He looked from the person to the cup. "But what's that?" The girl looked at him strangely, but responded instead of just turning and walking away. "It's a mocha latte with cinnamon and sugar. You should try one." she pointed to a shop in the mall that Jace hadn't noticed before, and he thanked her before walking up to the front of it. Starbucks Coffee the sign above the door read.

Jace gaped at it for a moment, then stepped in and walked up to the counter. Interestingly enough, there was no line. There was a rather excited-looking barista that asked for his order, and Jace looked up at the menu. "Um." There were just so many choices! What was it that the girl said he should try? "Um. A, um, Mocha latte?" He tilted his head to the side as the guy at the register asked if he wanted anything else. He looked at the case full of baked goods, and his mouth began to water when he saw the pumpkin bread. "Some of that." He said, pointing to it. "Please."

Three minutes later, Jace was nine dollars lighter, but so very much happier with the pumpkin bread half-eaten before he had even tried the coffee. He took a seat on a bar stool and prepared to drink what he thought couldn't possibly taste half as good as it smelled. But when he took a sip? Pure bliss.

Now he was a total coffee addict.

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Coffee. Who didn't like a good cup of coffee? Okay so it wasn't the best straight up, it was actually kind of gross when it was black coffee. The good stuff was Starbucks' Caramel Frappucino. That was the usual for Adrian anyway. Everyday that she wasn't busy, she went to the mall, straight to Starbucks and ordered one. She was a complete and utter addict when it came to the caramel frap. It was bad for her, yes, but she worked out enough that she burnt it off. She drank it while she walked around the mall, that burnt off all the calories...right? Not that it mattered to her anyway. Coffee was good. Simple as that.

It was Tuesday afternoon and she had just gotten off the phone with her mother and the nurse. Coffee also helped stress. This was the perfect day for the smooth, cold, caramel goodness. Adri was actually a little too excited about it. She got out of her small lime green station wagon and walked into the mall. She wasn't dressed up, she didn't look pretty, but that didn't matter as of right now. It wasn't like she had anyone to impress. She went straight to the counter and ordered her usual. Once she got it, she turned to find a seat.

She felt a different power in the air, which meant obviously a meta was here. A student maybe? One she definitely didn't recognize. Once she got a little closer she spotted a boy a little older than her at a bar stool. She thought about it for a second and then shrugged and sat beside him. "First time at Starbucks?" Adrianna asked with a smile. She could tell by the look on his face. He was in coffee Heaven. She took a drink of her frappucino and closed her eyes at the taste of caramel. It was definitely addicting.

[Jason Simple]

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Jace was thrilled with the sudden development that coffee could actually be something to look forward to, and sat there with some expression that may have been mildly strange to onlookers, since he was just kind of staring into space with this childlike smile that came as a result of the mocha deliciousness. He sat there for about two minutes, completely absorbed in that first sip, before he realized he still had a full cup in his hand. Then, he took another sip. He could still taste the underlying essence of the original coffee, so it wasn't entirely just sugary sweet flavor, which made it just that much more amazing. He sat there, sipping the stuff gingerly as to not deplete the supply of hot, tasty goodness, and just thought of how they managed to get that flavor balance exactly right, and if he should have really gotten caffeinated coffee because he already had a decent amount of energy, but he figured it didn't matter. He generally didn't really crash after any amount of caffeine intake.

At some point, someone else had come in and ordered. He heard the barista shout out Caramel Frappasomething-or-other, and then after a few seconds, there was a girl that seemed maybe a year younger than him sitting on the bar stool next to him, asking him about his Starbucks experience with a friendly-looking smile. He grinned back at her. "That obvious, huh?"

It was weird... He recognized this girl. Maybe she was Meta and was a fellow student, or maybe she had passed by him on the street, or maybe she had been one of the people he watched at the lake. It was very confusing, being in a small town like this. Jace looked down at the cup in the brunette's hand and tilted his head to the side. "What's that? It looks all... Icy." Well, it did. He'd heard of iced coffee, but never truly grasped the concept.

Hopefully the boy wouldn't spend his entire life savings on trying the entire contents of Starbucks in every combination. It would not be very good for his whole human need for food if he wasn't careful.

[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna smiled wider and shook her head, "Nah not that bad." She laughed lightly and took another drink of her frappucino. "I've been here so many times I've lost count. I'm a bit of an addict." She admitted with a shrug. It was probably bad being so addicted to coffee, but if it wasn't meant to get addicted to, why was it so good? Starbucks was meant to be addicting. That was simple fact. It was made for people to get fat too, this stuff was definitely not good for you. Especially on a daily basis.

Adri looked down at her drink, "It's a caramel frappucino. Iced coffee with caramel syrup, whipped cream and an extra shot of espresso. Told you I'm an addict." She blushed lightly, it wasn't good, but she couldn't help it. Damn caffeine. Always got to her. She had started drinking it a lot after her mom started getting more sick. It helped with the stress of things.

"So you a student at Hammel?" She asked. Of course she knew because of the power thing that he had been, but she wasn't sure if he was in college or not. He looked a little older than her. Maybe he knew Ash? Unlikely considering Ash was so anti-social sometimes. The boy had problems.

OOC: Sorry for the short post

[Jason Simple]

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"Oh, that's a relief. I thought I was going to have a problem with people looking at me, going 'hey, you see that guy? He's never had Starbucks before--what a loser!'" He laughed, then watched the girl with amusement in his dark blue eyes, realizing that coffee addiction was something that Starbucks coffee must have been spreading throughout the world. It would be a person with no taste buds that didn't just completely fall in love with coffee after tasting Starbucks.

Jace was impressed with her simple, effortless recitation of what was basically the recipe for her drink. She was most certainly a regular Starbucks drinker if she remembered the names and what it was all made of just so completely. Or maybe it was way easier than he was making it, and it was like remembering his sets. "We should be careful, or soon we'll both have to go to Coffee Drinkers Anonymous. I hear there are some very strange happenings in that club, including staying up all night studying and getting all jittery. Exact opposite of what they said they do."

When she asked if he was a student at Hammel, he laughed, one short, surprised sort of "Hah". "Yes. I am a student there. Are you? You look kinda familiar." Although he looked it a lot of the time, Jace was certainly not a college student. Zac would have liked to use him to get females that were into college guys if he didn't think that Jace had a black-belt in nine thousand martial arts. Really, because this was a tiny bit true, Zac should have thought about messing with Jace less, but he discovered early on that Jace doesn't use his training against "simple annoyances".

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[Adrianna Carstyn]

Adrianna laughed and shook her head, "Nah you should be fine. The only reason people would look over here is because of me, and they'd be saying, 'That girl again? Jeez does she have a life outside of coffee?'" She laughed again. It was true, she was completely addicted. Starbucks was like a second home...how sad was that? She spent most of her time trying out different things, making herself feel more overweight each time. Despite how much she worked out, she still felt guilty eating some of the stuff that Starbucks had. It wasn't exactly healthy food she was eating. Which is why she worked out right after for a good hour. Depending on what she ate.

It was a little pathetic that she knew exactly what she ordered every time and what was in it. She was a little embarrassed for knowing it off the top of her head without having to think about it. That right there was a real coffee addict. Ridiculous. "CDA? Oh yeah I've heard it's crazy. Real strange stuff happens there. I've been to a meeting or two..." She said with a laugh. "Only the hardcore coffee drinkers get accepted into that place. Trust me, you think I'm bad, you should see the worst guy there. Straight up black coffee." She shook her head in mock amazement.

"Yeah I'm a student too. Have been for about six years now. You probably recognize me because not only am I a hardcore coffee addict, I'm also a hardcore social butterfly." Adri nodded proudly. It was true. She got to know anyone and everyone. She liked hanging out with different people with different powers and everything. It was just fun to her. A good way to open up. That's how she had always been.

[[Ooc: It's perfectly fine. No problem^^]]