video; un: shiro

[shiro2hero]

[Oh hi Shiro, long time no see on the network. That's because this is a last-ditch effort. He looks pretty darn not great, despite the fact it's Sleep Season for Warmbloods. Maybe it's the Arena. Maybe it's the River. Something honestly, sincerely traumatic that's happened already.]

[His face is in his hands, hunched over the counter in his kitchen. The omni in front of him. Voice haggard and quiet. Like he has a migraine.]

I will pay... however much anyone wants. For coffee beans. Espresso beans. Don't even have to be cooked. Roasted. Doesn't matter.

[... Or it's caffeine withdrawl.]

Or tea leaves. I don't care.

[Please, he is Suffering.]

Comments

[droptheious]

...Weird choice for an example there but don't worry. I can get you regular coffee. Want me to bring some over? It won't take him long to grow it.

[This does nothing to ease his concerns.]

Like...the regular sort or something more sinister?

[shiro2hero]

Oh, right - Pineapple pizza is something people tend to either hate, or love. Either a great flavor or a bad one, depending on who you ask.

And ah - maybe.

[Another light shrug.]

Like the "haven't had a decent caffeine intake in weeks" kind.

[droptheious]

I've had pizza a couple of times now, I'm...not sure how pineapple would work on it, but I guess some people have weird tastes.

Oh. Right, that...that'd about do it, I guess? [He doesn't know, he's not good with bodies, that's Eddie's remit. ]

Well, no worries! I'll get that fixed for you soon, okay?

[shiro2hero]

Yeah, that's why it's so divided. Some people think it's gross, some people love it.

I owe you my life. Or something close to it.

[droptheious]

I don't think it's that dramatic, Shiro. It's just coffee? It's not like I took a bullet for you or anything.

Besides, it's Fern's, he's the one you owe, I'm just the deliverer of the aforementioned coffee.

[shiro2hero]

Varian.

I feel like I'm dying. So yeah, it's that dramatic.

I owe both of you then.

[droptheious]

Okay, okay. I get it. It's a bad time for you.

[Honestly, Space Dad. ]

I'll be around with it as soon as I can. To rescue you from this coffee-withdrawn hell.

[shiro2hero]

House is in Crenshaw. Black Lion's on the roof. Hard to miss her.

[droptheious]

Got it. I can use the lamps to get there- I'll admit, it makes walking around way easier. I'll be there soon.

[shiro2hero]

Sounds good. There's one right outside the house.