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[antishinra]

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"Happy Hour's on, folks," Tifa announces to those sitting at the bar, taking a second to dust off her chalky hands and wipe them on the apron covering her skirt. A smile stretches across her face. "What can I get for you?"

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[52_dropoff]

"Gatorade." Charlie's been working out again.

He's also hoping he doesn't say anything stupid to the bartender. (He's still not sure why he put his foot in his mouth last time he talked to a bartender.)

[antishinra]

"Gatorade it is," she answers with a nod, but the nod and smile belie her complete and total puzzlement.

She definitely doesn't know any mixed drinks called Gatorade, and she studied her big book of mixed drinks -- especially the Earth drinks -- pretty thoroughly.

There's nothing called Gatorade on tap, she knows, and she's just going to have to check the fridge to see if it's something chilled. She opens it to look inside and casts a quick sideways glance at the man on the other side of the bar.

"This might be a strange question," -- in spite of herself, she smiles -- "but what exactly is Gatorade?"

[52_dropoff]

"You're not from late 20th-early 21st century America, are you?" He shouldn't be surprised that she doesn't know a drink like this. He's been told that most people order harder things than a sports drink.

"It's a sports drink. Something you drink after a workout, to replenish electrolytes and vitamins. I suppose water will do, too, but since I'm not getting something alcoholic, I wanted something with a little pizazz."

[antishinra]

She grins. "I'm afraid I'm not."

It's a sports drink. Not something alcoholic. That makes her feel a little better.

"But we might have something like it where I'm from. They're called Hero Drinks. One little bottle can replenish you physically and magically," she goes on, turning her attention back to the contents of the fridge. "Oh, here we go."

There's a colorful drink in a plastic bottle with Gatorade written right on the label. Nice and cold, and there's more than one of them, in fact.

"Do you want a specific color?"