The Perk, Thursday Afternoon

[sampippy]

The unthinkable had happened:

Xanthippe was being told the funds she had with her weren't enough to pay for the extra special coffee order she'd just made. Look, she'd forgotten her cards at the dorms but like, the change she'd somehow managed to scrounge up from the pockets of her fashionably careless flannel had to be enough to pay for it, right

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[got_hijacked]

Rhys was more than ready to go with a firm 'not my problem' but something about the situation almost made him homesick for Hyperion.

"How much more is it?"

[sampippy]

The barista, looking like he did not want to be here for any of this, rattled off how much was missing. It wasn't much, but still enough that he'd probably get in trouble if he just let it slide.

"God, how poor can this place be that you can't just, like, overlook that," Xanthippe exclaimed. Not having figured out yet that maybe she should start cooling it down, now.

[got_hijacked]

"Oh... kay," Rhys said, fishing out money he totally found in a dumpster to just pay for it.

[sampippy]

The barista thanked him with the deepest sincerity. If also a lot dryly.

Meanwhile Xanthippe, still in I will fight this injustice mood, considered the merits of refusing to let him pay, on principle. But... she also really just wanted that freaking coffee.

"Thanks, I guess."