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[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

Catherine was one of the first customers to walk in. She was wearing her usual attire of a red t-shirt, jeans, fingerless black gloves and her trademark green flat cap. Her jeans were odd, they were a bit torn up on her left side whilst on her right side they are torn off up to the thigh. She walked up to the bar and leaned across it her small amount of bust only just noticeable. She glanced across at Vico and raised a hand.

"Hey bartender, i'll have a white russian with an extra dash of milk" she said. A white russian was her preffered drink and she always had extra milk. She was very cat like in that respect. She loved milk. What was interesting about her order though was that despite speaking the native tongue fluently her irish accent was still clearly in evidence. That had taken more practise then learning the actual language. Speaking the native tongue so it was 100% understandable with an irish accent had been difficult. However, she didn't want to give up on that accent as she thought it sounded awesome and loads of people found it attractive. "Oh and no ice."

As she waited she looked around the bar. She'd been in here a couple of times and it always amazed her that such a classy joint didn't mind her coming in like this and had such a weird name. She ruffled a hand through the back of her dark red messy hair. It was quite short and very messy. Still she appreciated places like this better then most. A place that could serve up tasty food and tasty drinks was a haven for a chef like her. In fact, she had been thinking about seeing if there was an opening here to make some cash.

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

She sipped her drink slowly as she listened to the talk from the bartender. So that was why they called it the Sandvich. An interesting reason. Her english was flawless so she'd heard the order. A free sandwich just for coming in the place? That was a good offer and one she wouldn't refuse particularly if this 'sandvich' as the original owner called it was as good as the hype said. Her own drink had been finished by the time the sandvich arrived and the new drink was placed next to it.

"Well if it tastes as good as it smells and looks then i'm surprised this place isn't heaving with customers desperate to get a second helping." she said complimenting the sandvich. She looked at him then back to the glass then back to him before picking up the glass and holding it up to the light letting it filter through. She considered the clarity, the thickness and then took a deep sniff. It smelt good. She shrugged and downed it. It was really sweet, but had one hell of a kick. Quite tasty, but not as tasty, in her mind, as her white russian. "Nice mix, its like a fruit cocktail that explodes in the mouth."

With those words she picked up the sandvich and took a bite. Flavours and textures exploded over her tongue and her eyes actually began watering out of sheer joy at such a delicious treat. As she ate her way through it she tried not to focus on how good it tasted, but what it tasted like. She was trying to analyse the ingredients so she could try to make it herself for cheaper as she had a feeling that whilst the first was free the second would be a lot more expensive.

"Very tasty." she said and then decided to ask the question. "Does the kitchen here have any openings? I may not look it, but i'm quite the chef."

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

It was truly a satisfying taste explosion. Of course, if someone put their heart and soul into something you expected it to be good. She hoped one day she would be able to create such a delicious meal that people still enjoyed long after she was dead. To her surprise her request was answered with a yes. It seemed she had finally gotten a job where she could learn and test out culinary techniques. A dream come true for a chef like her. She slid one of the menus over to herself and began to look it over. Most of the stuff she knew how to make and a few things she didn't.

"I can make most of this." she said with a nod. "But a couple i'm not sure about. They are stuff i'd love to learn to cook though." She listened to his request and considered it for a moment. He was technically her boss now so she didn't really have the liberty to refuse. She was also amazed that he had come up with something in that brief few seconds whilst she was eating. She shrugged. "I'll give it a whirl, but if it tastes good then I'll want to know the ingredients

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

So her new boss had some talent in the kitchen or at least enough to be able to teach her what she didn't know. That was good. Odd that he'd be doing it in his spare time, but she guessed he had to watch the bar when he was on duty. Still, it was odd to do offer to teach someone work related stuff when you could be relaxing. She didn't let it bother her though. She'd watched as he made the 'emerald eye' as he had deemed to call it. Vodka, cream and mint liquer with some ground up ice.

She raised the glass and inspected the colour of it once more. It was quite a pretty drink. She took a small sip. The vodka in it was quite strong, but it was offset by the smoothness of the cream. She was just glad he hadn't chosen an orange liqeur to add to it as well or orange juice instead of cream. Not only would that have ruined the taste completely it would probably have messed up the beautiful colouring. It was quite palatable, particularly after the first sip. Not as nice as her favourite White Russian, but she felt over time she might actually begin to enjoy this drink more. This man, this 'vico' was an amazing bartender to be able to make a drink that suited someone when all he had seen was her drinking one drink. Most, if they attempted at all, would watch a person drink several drinks, find the common element and then make something from them. He was very impressive.

"A tasty mix and the name suits it fine. I'm Catherine West, a lot of people call me Kitty though." she said with a grin. "You can me that or Catherine. Up to you boss."[

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

Catherine said nothing, just blushed slightly, as his compliment. Cathy was a new one, it seemed a lot less formal then her proper name, but more like an actual name then her nickname. It was nice sounding. She nodded in response to saying he'd be back shortly once he'd dealt with the customers.

However, it seemed he wouldn't be done dealing with them anytime soon because the bar began to fill up quite quickly now a certain time had passed. It seemed there weren't very many bar staff other then Vico either. She shrugged and rose to her feet before swinging herself over to the other side of the bar.

"Looks like ya needed a hand Vico." she said with a mock salute to him. Her speciality was food, but she had enough skill to mix up some basic drinks and pour stuff like lager. "Hope ya don't mind me stepping in." Without another word she began taking orders, serving drinks and generally just doing what any good bartender would do. She didn't look the part, but she did a good job.

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

"When it comes to stuff like food and drink there isn't a lot that I can't do." she said as she mixed up some complicated drink that a man had ordered. It was called Russian Skittles, a shot of 6 different flavored sourz and then a shot of vodka all mixed with lemonade. It was an insane mix and very pricey, but also very tasty. She was surprised anyone had heard of it because it was quite unknown. Whenever she'd ordered it people had no idea what the hell she was on about.

As the comments about them making a good couple she just slid her hat down a bit to hide her eyes and hopefully a bit of her blush and kept working. The music played by the musicians was quite soothing even if it wasn't really her style. She was a rock girl at heart, but she didn't have the heart to tell Vico. He seemed to be enjoying the music.

"Pretty good Vico." she said with a grin. Her grin was quite infectious. "A few drinks I had to look up, but i've had no real problems so far."


Note: Russian Skittles is a drink I made up in real life. It has a counterpart called the Dr.Jackyl where you replace the vodka with Jack Daniels. Originally, it only had four sourz, but I felt more sourz = better and more skittley.

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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[catherine west]

Catherine tried to ignore the statements of the patrons, but her blush was getting more and more obvious. She turned away from them for a second and splashed her face with some cold water. That at least cooled her face down a bit. If she blushed much more then the water would probably be steaming, but instead it reduced her blush. She quickly dried her face and then returned to serving just as Vico asked for some rock to be put on. Much more her style. However, what amazed her was that he had picked that just after she'd been thinking that. Could he read her mind? Or was just good at reading people? I suppose she came across as a bit of a rocker, though not too much.

She watched Vico do his performance with the drinks. He was quite an amazing guy. She was almost hypnotised by it. However, she was snapped out of her revelry by the sound of a hand slapping the bar next to her sharply. SHe turned slowly and saw an impatient looking customer. She bowed her head slightly.

"Sorry about that. He's quite amazing with his cocktail making isn't he?" she said with a smile and quickly made his drink giving him a bit extra for free due to the wait. It wasn't his fault she'd been distracted after all. The man however didn't seem happy enough with that and still looked angry. He began calling her names degrading her for her gender. A glint came to her eye and if Vico looked at her closely he would notice her fist clenching. She wouldn't do anything if the man stopped, but if he didn't then few would be able to stop her.

"If our service offends we apologise." she said her voice cracking as she tried to keep herself calm. It was difficult though. Her irish blood was beginning to boil. She turned away from him, but his tirade didn't stop. The glint behind her eye was rapidly turning into a spark and Vico would notice she was clearly restraining herself a lot. However, a small spark was beginning to form around her hand, very, very faint, but clearly storm flame.

[Vico Adriano Tsukino]

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