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[elec_hakushaku]

"This is the place," he says as he and Asuka step through the portal. What he had told her was that it was a cafe. What he had neglected was that it was at the top of a very tall tower (possibly because it's been so long since he was last here that it was forgotten). If one doesn't mind heights, it offers a pretty nice view amidst all those rust-

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[beyond_regret]

Her grip on his arm tightens as she looks around. Breathtaking. She can barely look away from the clouds to glance at the bar. "Yeah," she answers distractedly.

[elec_hakushaku]

He raises an eyebrow at the tightened grip, but starts forward anyway. "You alright?" He almost makes a joke about her head being in the clouds but that would be way too cheesy even for the canon he comes from.

Ahead, tending the bar, is a girl in a rather silly uniform involving hot pants. She stops twirling her hair and chewing her gum in boredom when she spots the prospective customers (apparently, they'd walked in during a slow period).

"Can I help you?"

[beyond_regret]

She smiles at him, finally releasing his arm. "Yeah."

Asuka flicks a look of sympathy at the bored looking girl. "Yeah, we'll have a couple of --" She studies the menu, but doesn't recognize any of the names of beers. Apparently they don't serve the kind of cheap piss she is used to drinking here. She picks the beer with the most funny sounding name. "-- Uh. Those." She points. The girl snaps her gum and fills a couple of pint mugs from a tap. Asuka has unwittingly selected an excellent Barvarian beer brewed by monks.

[elec_hakushaku]

Elecman recites the number to the charge account he's using to pay for this. It's not his or his operators, just one of several accounts he's picked up online (really, people are far too free with their information) that he cycles through for minor expenses. Once the brews are good and paid for, the girl slides them towards the two. How she manages to do so without spilling the small mountains of foam on top, well, that's a house secret.

He hops up on one of the bar stools. This kind of furniture he likes. No chair back to contend with, so no awkward struggling before he can sit comfortably.