OPEN::Just trying to get by

[thewaythatiam]

Who: Astrid Farnsworth and YOU! Come say hi to one of the new members of your cohort.
What: Astrid's finally ventured out of her room at the Valhalla and is getting coffee.
Where: Queequeg's
When: Sukkardi, around mid-day
Notes: ...Astrid is awkward?
Warnings: None yet.

It took a couple of days for Astrid to feel comfortable venturing out after Olivia let her out of the room she arrived in. It was a precaution, mostly - if she could try to come to terms with everything being different before she went out, she could probably avoid having a meltdown in public, and she very much wanted to avoid that.

Olivia had mentioned a place that served coffee, and she was more than a little excited by the prospect of being able to drink coffee regularly. That's what drew her outside, eventually - a nice, simple task that would have something she enjoyed involved in it. And she made it without any mishaps.

So now she's sitting at a little table in the corner with a big mug of coffee with cream and sugar and a plate with some sort of danish-like pastry on it, slowly and methodically chipping away at both.

Comments

[thewaythatiam]

"I do not mind."

Astrid really doesn't know what to say about any of the rest of it. She doesn't really know how often new people are added to the cohort (yet), she knows nothing about this girl, and she doesn't know where to start asking questions.

So she decides that drinking her coffee is the best plan. Kaitlyn seems friendly enough, and probably has a better idea how to kick off this part of the conversation than Astrid does.

[djravenfall]

Well, that's good, because Kaitlyn was probably going to sit anyway. She takes a long sip of her coffee drink, letting out a contented sigh as she slides comfortably back into her chair. "So, how's it been treating you so far? Baedal, I mean. Some- people apparently have a rough time makin' the transition. Not that I... really blame them. This place can be a bit overwhelming." That's a bit of an understatement, Kaitlyn chuckling at her own comment.

"I've been here... almost a month?" She hasn't been keeping strict track, the days sometimes sort of blend together. "It's... not too bad. Seems like things get kinda ugly sometimes, but I guess it's like that anywhere you go. But most of the people seem friendly enough as long as you're not a jerk." She eyes Astrid for a moment, as if trying to determine whether or nor not the woman is, in fact, a jerk. Doesn't seem like it so far.

"So, where're you from, if you don't mind me asking?"