Keith (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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maskormenace2019-09-23 11:13 pm
lonered) wrote in maskormenace2019-09-23 11:13 pm
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[This is new for Keith. He monitors the network, of course, too paranoid not to pay attention to everything that's going on around him, but actually posting something? It's out of his comfort zone. It's the vlog all over again.
So he looks awkward, like he can't believe he's actually doing this. But he is. He's still wearing the green apron that makes up his uniform (the Moonbucks logo just barely visible in frame), mullet tamed back into a little ponytail. He's got a coffee in his hands, and he's tucked himself at a table back in the far corner of the cafe he works in. He's on break.]
Is it really that bad if someone spells your name wrong on a coffee cup? I mean, the drink's right. I always get the drink right. Isn't that the important part?
[Someone has had a few complaints apparently.] It's loud and busy in here. How am I supposed to hear the difference between Bob and Bog? ...Bog could be a name. I know I've met a Bog.
[They were an alien, but that is not the point. He spreads his hands in a "see? a point!" gesture. And in this gesture he uncovers his own name written on his cup. Somehow he's left off the "h" and and scrawled the "t" in such a way that it looks more like a "f" and anyway, he's currently drinking a coffee that belongs to "Keif."
This problem goes deep.
Anyway.]
Sometimes I think this job isn't a great fit. Also I'm pretty sure I'm going to smell like pumpkin spice for the rest of my life. There's not even any pumpkin in it.
[Keith's having that kind of day.
Anyone who wants to catch him in person at work, feel free to find him brooding into his coffee on his break. And feel free to have been personally victimized by Keith's inability to get names right on coffee orders.]
So he looks awkward, like he can't believe he's actually doing this. But he is. He's still wearing the green apron that makes up his uniform (the Moonbucks logo just barely visible in frame), mullet tamed back into a little ponytail. He's got a coffee in his hands, and he's tucked himself at a table back in the far corner of the cafe he works in. He's on break.]
Is it really that bad if someone spells your name wrong on a coffee cup? I mean, the drink's right. I always get the drink right. Isn't that the important part?
[Someone has had a few complaints apparently.] It's loud and busy in here. How am I supposed to hear the difference between Bob and Bog? ...Bog could be a name. I know I've met a Bog.
[They were an alien, but that is not the point. He spreads his hands in a "see? a point!" gesture. And in this gesture he uncovers his own name written on his cup. Somehow he's left off the "h" and and scrawled the "t" in such a way that it looks more like a "f" and anyway, he's currently drinking a coffee that belongs to "Keif."
This problem goes deep.
Anyway.]
Sometimes I think this job isn't a great fit. Also I'm pretty sure I'm going to smell like pumpkin spice for the rest of my life. There's not even any pumpkin in it.
[Keith's having that kind of day.
Anyone who wants to catch him in person at work, feel free to find him brooding into his coffee on his break. And feel free to have been personally victimized by Keith's inability to get names right on coffee orders.]
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He's not actually visible in frame - he has the comm laying flat on a table - but he's making an effort.]
--Wait, if it's not actually pumpkin, what is it?
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[Keith nods gravely, even if he isn't sure he can be seen at this point given the camera angle and all.]
But aside from the lies, mostly cinnamon and nutmeg. Cloves and something called "allspice" which sounds like a lazy way of saying miscellaneous. But I looked it up and it's actually a thing.
[Somewhere, in the reality he's supposed to be in, his very culinary friend Hunk is probably twitching and has no idea why.]
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[He can still see the screen from where he's sitting and he appreciates how seriously Keith takes this topic.]
Allspice does sound totally made up. Or like- that's what they should call the drink if all they're gonna put in it is spices. Right?
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[Thank you. Keith is glad he's not the only one who's had that thought.]
It's insanely popular though, so I guess most people are good with it.
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[Clearly Keith is not consulted for product development or marketing though. Oh well.]
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[Well, he has at least one supporter.]
So, did the government or whatever set you up with this job?
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Yeah, it's the one I got assigned when I arrived.
[He shrugs.] I never exactly had a regular job before. I was a pilot. And a Paladin. [And a covert operative space ninja sort of thing? He's not even sure what the word is for the Blade of Marmora.]
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[Because he was a rich high school kid and then he was dead. He has no idea what a Paladin is, but...]
I bet you could still be a pilot here, if you wanted. You just might have to take a test to, like, prove you know what you're doing before you go flying anybody around.
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[He misses the sky a lot, and getting back to it feels like the right thing to do.] I guess other imPorts have looked into the air force thing before.
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