The Adventures of Pete and Pete - Tag to Piotr

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Peter hadn't seen Piotr around and that was weird. It was not the sort of weird that triggered that spider-tingly feeling he got sometimes when He Had a Bad Feeling About This. It was the weird, sorta uneasy feeling he got when he was sure that he left the apartment door unlocked and Aunt May wasn't at home.

Peter briefly hesitates at the door to Piotr's room before giving it a rap.

"Hey, Piotr, you there?" Peter pauses. "It's me, Peter. Peter Parker."

And the half-second after his surname leaves his lips, Peter taps his head against the door and lets it stay there. Why did he say Parker? It wasn't like this place was crawling with Peters.

[EP] And the bitter liquor sweetens in the amber cup

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"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," Kitty murmured into the bottom of her second beer.

Everyone knew the grumpy cleric's soulmate had arrived at the beginning of the month. It was impossible to miss her, somehow the most vibrant person in almost every conversation even if she wasn't talking. It was impossible to miss him, suddenly a thousand pounds lighter, quicker with a smile, sharper with a smart-ass remark, and occasionally forgetting not to smile. It was impossible not to see them, when they fell into each others' orbit, him the earth and her the moon, except that he orbited her.

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Kitty told herself, but thinking of herself as Job wasn't helping her hate them any less, when it was hardly their fault that she'd arrived scant days before Wyatt left her. It wasn't anyone's fault, not even His.

It just was.

The truth if she let herself hear it was that Wyatt loved her but he'd be happier doing something that mattered. Happier trying to make up for the things he still blamed himself for that he shouldn't. And the truth, if she'd let herself speak it was that she loved him, but she'd never felt the kind of passion that made binary star systems or moons and planets. They didn't have that kind of gravity.

Which somehow only made it sadder that Abby was gone too, and Laynia had slipped away between one week and the next. Laynia would've said something sweet and made her cookies. Abby would have told her if she was going to quote the Bible, she should pick something a little less maudlin than Job, or pick science metaphors that didn't seem so exclusive.

But they were gone, another healer who wouldn't make her sicker if she went in with alcohol poisoning was gone, Wyatt was gone -- and Liz and Peter were finding each other at the same time Kashaw got the only thing that he wanted. She was happy for them all, but today... today...

Kitty leaned across the bar and shoved her glass under the tap. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away," she muttered again. She'd lost Lara who'd made her heart race and Wyatt who'd been kind enough to make up for the mistakes. She could be maudlin as Job or at least Leonard Cohen if she wanted to.

Bulletin Board Post

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A flyer adorned with little cupcakes and pies appears on the bulletin board with simple order forms pinned below.

The Slayer's Cake 2 is now open!

Stop by the bakery window in the Copper Cafe for treats, both sweet and savory. Fresh baked breads, croissants, cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, we can do it all!

Our daily offerings will usually vary based on our whims, but requests are always welcome.

Come by any day and grab something delicious. If no one's behind the counter, just help yourself!

For Valentine's Day, we're taking special orders! Menu items should be ordered on the page below by Tuesday, February 13th for delivery on the 14th. (But if it's a little late that's okay too.)

If you're looking for something extra special, stop by and talk to Pike or Rey directly

Spa Day - Tag Pike

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Bo hadn't realized how tense she was until she had been given a massage and then left to relax with the faint sound of music accompanied by dim lighting in the spa. Now she lay there, face covered in a greenish-white mask with cucumbers on her face, she exhaled a little. "Yeah, okay. I definitely needed this."

She couldn't see her friend, but she knew Pike was lying beside her on her own table. Even back home this had been a long time coming. Sometimes she and Kenzi would do little spa days at home, but with the Garuda, she hadn't really be able to take time for herself.

(ooc: Backdated to Feb 5)