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[giveaway]

( A sleepy Steph starts up the video, yawning a little before she takes her thumb off the camera to reveal herself. She's not messy or sloppy or anything like that, just yawning. Her voice is very matter-of-fact and she nods occasionally as she speaks to confirm how right her point is. )

Y'know I think this place needs to give newbies a warmer welcome. Hotels give you like coffee and maybe a fruit basket? We need that, waiting in our suite for us. Maybe with a cute message card saying something like, "Welcome to our city, and oh, remember you're stuck here! Have a mocha on us!" It's common courtesy to give folks some kind of compensation.

( She pauses. She's forgetting something, isn't she... Oh, right! )

Oh yeah, I'm Stephanie. Or Steph. Probably not Stephie. ( Bad memories associated with that one. )  Aaaand I really want a mocha. That actually sounds really good right now. Nice to meet you and especially nice to meet you if you know about a Turtlebucks close to the Wood Sector.

( Confirm her secret identity in this place as an ordinary and hilarious college student? Check. She honestly is seriously thinking about her situation, but for now she doesn't want that to show through as Stephanie Brown. Gotta be safe and all. )

I think that's everything? Laters.

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[giveaway]

( A beat and she finally smiles once again. )

If you pay.

Also, I'm sure one of these coffee places is also a breakfast place so I want to go to one of those. And I want waffles with a buttload of whipped cream and strawberries and a huge plate of bacon and maybe some hash browns... Along with my coffee, of course.

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[trainwrecked]

[Beat. As he takes that in. And then he throws his head back and laughs.]

The only problem with that is the local substitute for bacon. It's... still fish. The rest are almost okay.

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[giveaway]

( Steph sticks her tongue out. )

Blech. I'll manage without it, I guess. Also, I'm not joking just so you know. You're paying.

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[trainwrecked]

Yes, ma'am, I'm payin'!

[And he only briefly thinks, do you know how long it took you and a few others to make me not automatically pay for every meal I share with a dame, now that I have the money to do so? because... that was then. This is now.]

And you get the full treatment. But mostly, the best coffee.

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[giveaway]

It better be the best coffee I've ever had. Or I'm making you eat the fish bacon. ( Steph laughs. )

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[trainwrecked]

Best coffee on the turtle. But I'll survive the fish bacon, since you didn't add that bit.

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[giveaway]

You are a brave soul. Oh, totally forgot, when exactly is this breakfast extravaganza happening? Like what works best for you- ( Sudden realization and her eyes go wide ) Crap, I just realized I don't even know your name. Oh my god, I'm sorry, I didn't even- Wow.

video; 30% encryption

[trainwrecked]

... my bad. See? Still stuck on past stuff.

Name's Bucky. Sergeant Bucky Barnes, for the most curious.

[Except for one person who's possibly not curious, but chances are that person won't take it well, anyway, so - encryption.]

Good to see you, Steph.

[Not 'good to have you here'. All things considered, it's probably not... not for her, anyway. But it's good to see her again, anyway.]