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fluxscape2021-05-10 11:31 am
hibana_incursa) wrote in fluxscape2021-05-10 11:31 am
Open DITL post for Gwen Stacy
What: Gwen Stacy and YOU!
Where: Starkbucks, The Caldera, The SuperWaiter Offices, generally around town
When: 05/10 - All day
Warnings: Will update as needed.
It's been roughly two weeks since the setting changed and Gwen still thinks this place sucks. It's just always going to be too hot for her. The people are still rude, if calming down just a bit. But not enough to get Gwen's spider-senses to settle down. She constantly felt just a little bit on edge, and without her old routine of school-work-time with friends-home? She was feeling pretty listless.
Gwen didn't do too well with too much time on her hands. She liked being active, she enjoyed having projects or things to work on. So she decided to try to figure out what was wrong with Haven and why the people here were so against newcomers.
Her first stop of the day:
Starkbucks:
An opening shift, which meant Gwen was out of bed early and getting things moving at the store before they opened at 7 Am. Sadly, there were no pastries today. The baker never seemed to have any to spare, all while selling pastries to residents of Haven, so Gwen chalked that up to still being new and therefor untrustworthy. But there's hot coffee and hot tea. Nothing too fancy, since their espresso machine is very much so gone. And very rarely does the ice maker work, so at best, people might be able to get a luke-warm coffee, instead of iced.
But the roaster in back sure does a great job of perfuming the air with some of the best coffee Gwen's ever smelled. So, there's that. And people can buy it by the pound.
Today, while the baristas are out front helping customers, Gwen's repairing the ice machine. Again. She's gotten pretty good at this, but even with her fix, it just breaks down again eventually and the parts they need haven't been found yet. This is the best she has.
Stepping out into the main room of the coffee shop, Gwen spots someone waiting to order and heads over with a small smile. "What'll it be? Just a heads up; the ice machine is malfunctioning. We won't have ice for a couple hours."
Surprisingly, she actually is sorry about that.
The Music Store:
Listen, there's no school and Gwen doesn't hold still very well. After a two hour gap between jobs, Gwen has reported for duty. While most of the grown ups don't seem to like the newcomers, their kids still insist on ballet classes and drumming lessons and that's what Gwen is here for. While she's not teaching either, she's taking the time to work on her own moves in front of the big, broken mirror in the back. Or she's sitting at the drums, headphones in, as she plays along to something playing from her iPod.
It's very clear she's been doing both for quite some time, and really enjoys what she does.
When the bell rings over the door, somehow she hears it and she stops what she's doing to get a look at who just came in.
The Caldera:
Gwen's gotten the hang of skateboarding. So much so, that she actually visits the Caldera regularly. And true to her natural instinct to big sister people younger than her, she's busy teaching one of the smaller kids how to balance on the board.
When she's not doing that, she's skateboarding, herself. And doing her best to look like she's new at this. She still has a bunch of people believing she's a normal teen, and would like to continue that trend please and thank you.
So while she's steady, there's the occasional moment where she lets a rough patch in the concrete snag her board out from under her, or she takes a fall and frowns about it.
So at some point, there are scrapes and bruises on Gwen, much like some of the other teens at the Caldera. And just like them, she's going to keep skateboarding.
The Metroplex - Most locations open, one closed to Hawk:
Gwen's here for a variety of reasons. One of them is she has karate lessons with one of the senseis. She's been doing this for years, so the only thing she's keeping in check is her strength and sticking. Other than that, Gwen's keeping up with the others in her class, and gladly taking pointers from the instructors.
This is something she enjoys and she's here three times a week for classes, so feel free to come over and say hi. She'll talk to anyone.
[For Hawk: ]
After her class and a super-quick shower in the locker room, Gwen has a very important stop to make. She doesn't really visit the rock climbing section to do any climbing of her own. It's far, far too easy for her to forget she's supposed to keep her abilities in check while she's scurrying up the walls.
But, it's almost time for Hawk's break, and she'd like a few minutes with her boyfriend.
So she heads over and watches him help a student out of the harness, waiting for him to notice her. The student he's helping points Gwen out and Gwen grins, waiting to see how Hawk's going to react.
[SuperWaiter Offices/Deliveries: ]
The SuperWaiter offices aren't that crowded today, but that was because it wasn't that busy. That was fine. This was a side-gig job Gwen could grab whenever and, as Hawk still had a couple hours at work, this was where Gwen was. Waiting for orders and talking to a couple of her coworkers.
At some point, she ventures out long enough to get a few of the noodle dishes for everyone, but for the most part, Gwen's at the office, trying to decide if she's going to clock out early or wait for a delivery order to come through.
When she is on a delivery, she's out and about on her SuperWaiter motorbike. Are you one of her stops? If so, the food is hot and delivered in quick time. So please tip well. She's saving for a motorbike of her own.
[Wildcard: ]
If you'd like to put up a starter that isn't at the locations above, just LMK! I'll be happy with whatever.
Where: Starkbucks, The Caldera, The SuperWaiter Offices, generally around town
When: 05/10 - All day
Warnings: Will update as needed.
It's been roughly two weeks since the setting changed and Gwen still thinks this place sucks. It's just always going to be too hot for her. The people are still rude, if calming down just a bit. But not enough to get Gwen's spider-senses to settle down. She constantly felt just a little bit on edge, and without her old routine of school-work-time with friends-home? She was feeling pretty listless.
Gwen didn't do too well with too much time on her hands. She liked being active, she enjoyed having projects or things to work on. So she decided to try to figure out what was wrong with Haven and why the people here were so against newcomers.
Her first stop of the day:
Starkbucks:
An opening shift, which meant Gwen was out of bed early and getting things moving at the store before they opened at 7 Am. Sadly, there were no pastries today. The baker never seemed to have any to spare, all while selling pastries to residents of Haven, so Gwen chalked that up to still being new and therefor untrustworthy. But there's hot coffee and hot tea. Nothing too fancy, since their espresso machine is very much so gone. And very rarely does the ice maker work, so at best, people might be able to get a luke-warm coffee, instead of iced.
But the roaster in back sure does a great job of perfuming the air with some of the best coffee Gwen's ever smelled. So, there's that. And people can buy it by the pound.
Today, while the baristas are out front helping customers, Gwen's repairing the ice machine. Again. She's gotten pretty good at this, but even with her fix, it just breaks down again eventually and the parts they need haven't been found yet. This is the best she has.
Stepping out into the main room of the coffee shop, Gwen spots someone waiting to order and heads over with a small smile. "What'll it be? Just a heads up; the ice machine is malfunctioning. We won't have ice for a couple hours."
Surprisingly, she actually is sorry about that.
The Music Store:
Listen, there's no school and Gwen doesn't hold still very well. After a two hour gap between jobs, Gwen has reported for duty. While most of the grown ups don't seem to like the newcomers, their kids still insist on ballet classes and drumming lessons and that's what Gwen is here for. While she's not teaching either, she's taking the time to work on her own moves in front of the big, broken mirror in the back. Or she's sitting at the drums, headphones in, as she plays along to something playing from her iPod.
It's very clear she's been doing both for quite some time, and really enjoys what she does.
When the bell rings over the door, somehow she hears it and she stops what she's doing to get a look at who just came in.
The Caldera:
Gwen's gotten the hang of skateboarding. So much so, that she actually visits the Caldera regularly. And true to her natural instinct to big sister people younger than her, she's busy teaching one of the smaller kids how to balance on the board.
When she's not doing that, she's skateboarding, herself. And doing her best to look like she's new at this. She still has a bunch of people believing she's a normal teen, and would like to continue that trend please and thank you.
So while she's steady, there's the occasional moment where she lets a rough patch in the concrete snag her board out from under her, or she takes a fall and frowns about it.
So at some point, there are scrapes and bruises on Gwen, much like some of the other teens at the Caldera. And just like them, she's going to keep skateboarding.
The Metroplex - Most locations open, one closed to Hawk:
Gwen's here for a variety of reasons. One of them is she has karate lessons with one of the senseis. She's been doing this for years, so the only thing she's keeping in check is her strength and sticking. Other than that, Gwen's keeping up with the others in her class, and gladly taking pointers from the instructors.
This is something she enjoys and she's here three times a week for classes, so feel free to come over and say hi. She'll talk to anyone.
[For Hawk: ]
After her class and a super-quick shower in the locker room, Gwen has a very important stop to make. She doesn't really visit the rock climbing section to do any climbing of her own. It's far, far too easy for her to forget she's supposed to keep her abilities in check while she's scurrying up the walls.
But, it's almost time for Hawk's break, and she'd like a few minutes with her boyfriend.
So she heads over and watches him help a student out of the harness, waiting for him to notice her. The student he's helping points Gwen out and Gwen grins, waiting to see how Hawk's going to react.
[SuperWaiter Offices/Deliveries: ]
The SuperWaiter offices aren't that crowded today, but that was because it wasn't that busy. That was fine. This was a side-gig job Gwen could grab whenever and, as Hawk still had a couple hours at work, this was where Gwen was. Waiting for orders and talking to a couple of her coworkers.
At some point, she ventures out long enough to get a few of the noodle dishes for everyone, but for the most part, Gwen's at the office, trying to decide if she's going to clock out early or wait for a delivery order to come through.
When she is on a delivery, she's out and about on her SuperWaiter motorbike. Are you one of her stops? If so, the food is hot and delivered in quick time. So please tip well. She's saving for a motorbike of her own.
[Wildcard: ]
If you'd like to put up a starter that isn't at the locations above, just LMK! I'll be happy with whatever.
Starkbucks
"I was expecting a little more to this place."
Re: Starkbucks
Ah, well.
"But the coffee's good. Very rich, low acidity. And roasted fresh, daily."
A rattling sound from nearby and the sound of something falling and Gwen smiles. "Ice is working. If you give us fifteen minutes, we can make you an iced coffee."
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The coffee shop is currently dead, affording Gwen the time to get the ice machine up and running. She turns and starts a fresh pot of coffee brewing, making sure the beans are ground just right and setting it up to brew a bit stronger than usual. That way, when it's poured over ice, it won't weaken.
"Not many people coming in. When they do, I don't think it's the lack of caffeine making them pissy."
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"Mmm. They do seem to be on edge all on their own." Her gaze goes back to Gwen. "You're in charge here?"
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She sets about prepping ice for coffee as she talks, the ice being the really good small chunks that still allow a lot of room for coffee, and not the big ones that take up a ton of space.
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"We have half-and-half and sugar, if you'd like either of those. I'm afraid supplies are limited. I've been in this universe for a few months. Nine, I believe? I'd have to check the calendar."
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"When they were gotten rid of, Driftcrest went from ski town to mountain village in the summer, so I think the Unseen were somehow keeping it winter. And then we found ourselves here."
She has more, but a customer has come in and are grumbling about a black coffee that they want right away.
So Gwen gets them their coffee, takes their money, gives them their change and is pleasantly surprised when it's dropped into the tip jar.
"Thank you very much!"
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She watches the interaction between Gwen and the local with interest. More on the local. Grumpy, yes, but still managed to tip. Perhaps Gwen is growing on them.
"So the desert landscape is new. Since the train?"
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"Not the worst way I've traveled the multiverse."
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See? It's not good.
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