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Ye Old Nice Cream Parlor is a 1950s pharmacy style sky scraper, only 50 stories high. It has black and white checkerboard floors, winding spiral stair cases, brightly colored walls, doors and curtains, and has tall, elegant 10-foot-tall windows over-looking Sapphire Park.

It is a popular place for neutral citizens and people under sixteen to hang out. There are several koi ponds in the building and a garden on the second floor.

Roleplay!

Acantha dashed into the sky scraper, a piece of buttered toast in her mouth. "I can't believe I'm late," she grumbled groggily as she fumbled for the keys for the door. As soon as she had a grip on the right one, she unlocked the main diner. She looked around the room, and saw no one else. Then she saw the clock, which read 5:00 am "You have got to be kidding me. My alarm went off an hour earlier again?!"

Taliesin laughed quietly to himself, quiet enough that Acantha was not able to hear it. "Hi," he said in a sarcastic tone. He leaned against the side of the ice cream parlor as Acantha unlocked the door.

"Sweet babies!" Acantha dropped the keys, stumbling back into a booth, "Talie, quit sneaking up on me like that!"
She stood up and promptly slipped on the keys.
"F- I mean, ow."

((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliesin It is British! I was right!))

"Brilliant, Ace," Taliesin said, rolling his eyes at her. "You make it so easy." He stepped into the Parlor behind her and helped her regain her balance.

((LOL))
Acantha sighed, and slapped the back of the sarcasm-loving botanist. "I'm, way too tired for this, you dork." She flipped the lights, and made her way to the juke box in the corner. "I don't imagine you came in this early to scare me, right?"

(( =) ))

Taliesin rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Nah, wanted to get some work done in the garden and saw you here." Taliesin followed her.

"That's nice. I bet the fish will be glad to see you." The green-haired girl eyed the options, jingling three coins in her hand. "Country or Rock?"

"Rock," Taliesin said without hesitation. "I haven't seen the fish yet today." He leaned back against the wall next to the Juke Box.

((Sorry-was watching a program on prehistoric Australia :D))
After punching the numbers and the clinking of the coins, The buzzing of an electric guitar and glissando of a piano filled the room. "Hey, let me get you a malt. Or coffee? Ooh, I could make a mix of both!" The energetic waitress sprinted to the kitchen, not waiting for an answer.

((It's fine. I'm not allowed to show you Intruders because of the MA eps, apparently. =( ))

Taliesin shrugged. "Whatever you want to make," he called after her with a wink.

Acantha strutted out with a plate of donuts, a bowl of cherries, and two glasses of frothy liquid. "I found some coffee ice cream for the malt, haha." She placed it on a table by the juke box.

Taliesin laughed. "Looks like you found more than that." He nodded at her and picked up a doughnut.

"Yep!" Taking a sip of her drink, her eyes drifted towards the staircase. "Say, what were you planning on doing in the Garden?"

"Gardening?" Taliesin said with a shrug. "I guess you don't have any plans for almost an hour." He grinned.

((Hello? Gallifrey to Elf?))

((Yep. Posted))

((haha whoops))
Acantha blushed vigorously, chomping on a few pitless cherries. "N-no I don't. I was going to sleep but I can't imagine how my manager would react to walking in on me drooling on a bench..." She paused, plopping another cherry in her mouth, "I guess I could lock it back up and visit the Forest section for a bit."

((lol))

"Or we could just eat here," Taliesin suggested, sitting down. He laughed at her blush.

Acantha eased in to an easy going smile, her eyes half closed. "That sounds good."

"Okay," Taliesin agreed before picking up another doughnut to eat. He sighed.

Crossing her legs, she glanced at the time: 5:20. Acantha slurped the malt through her straw, almost at the bottom of the glass. "So, how are you doing?"

"I'm alright. Suli was going to meet me at the Gardens, but she can wait." He smirked. "And I suppose you're tired?"

"Please, I'm awake-" She yawned, "-awake enough."
((btw can the sing along to Don't Stop Believing? I thought it would be a good idea XD))

((Street Light People aka Speed Like Fifo. Aka, yes you may.))


Taliesin laughed. "Yes, bright eyed and bushy tailed, I believe you."

Acantha was about to reply but was distracted by the tune that began to stream from the Juke box. "Just a small town boy~ livin' in a lonely world~ He took the midnight train goin' any where." She winked at Talie.

He rolled his eyes. "I think it's small town girl," he commented, smirking, before continuing her backwards version. "Just a city girl, born and raised in South Detroit, she took the Midnight Train going anywhere."

"A singer in a smoky room, the smell of wine and cheap perfume...For a smile they can share the night, It goes on and on and on and on!"
((Hey I'll be over in like 10 minutes))

((Okay))

"Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard, their shadows searching in the night," Taliesin continued, "Streetlights people living just to find emotion, hiding somewhere in the night." He grinned. "'Cept it's just early morning."

"Haha, and it's almost 5:45," She said,"You shouldn't keep Suli waiting so long."

"She can wait," Taliesin replied, rolling his eyes.

She chomped on more cherries, and gave no reply.

Footsteps approached the door, and there was a loud "hmph".

"Hey, Suli," Taliesin greeted his sister, who marched over and slapped him. He rubbed his cheek. "Ow. The hell?"

"You left me waiting for an hour, and I got in a fight," Suli snapped, her hands on her hips.

"I told you," She giggle-snorted through a mouthful of cherries. "You shouldn't have kept her waiting!" She turned to Suli. "Are you alright?"

Taliesin shot Acantha a glare while Suli smirked. "Yeah, I'm fine," Suli said, smiling at the other girl.

"Thank goodness!" She beamed.

Suli grinned.

Taliesin pouted. "Don't I get any sympathy for being slapped, Ace?"

Acantha narrowed her eyes at the botanist before giving him a kiss on his sore cheek. "Maybe a little."
she said as she took the empty glasses, the plate, and the bowl (where there had once been cherries) back to the kitchen.

Taliesin grinned. "You'd better." Suli punched him in the arm.

Acantha washed the plates, oblivious to what ever was happening in the parlor.

Taliesin and Suli seemed to reach and accord, both contenting themselves to await Acantha's return.

She walked back out, taking notice of the time (6:00) and grinned as fellow coworker Echeveria walked in.
"Hi-a, Echy!" She chirped.
"Hello. Don't you seem... peachy." the part-time janitor said groggily.

((gtg bye))

((Clearly, I had to go first. =) ))

Taliesin laughed. "Perhaps you should go get a coffee, Echy." He received an elbow in the gut from his younger sister.

Echeveria shot a glare at Taliesin before making her way to the janitor's closet.
"She's not a morning person," Acantha said, sliding another coin into the juke box.

"No kidding," Taliesin said, grinning. Suli laughed. She rubbed her neck.

Acantha had seen to tidying the parlor up earlier, so Echy did not have much work to do other than mopping the floor. She brushed her wet hands dry on her grey jeans. Unlike Acantha, she was allowed to wear casual clothes as long as she had the shirt with her name tag.
Acantha sat with Suli and Talie.

((brb))

((gtg))

Suli smiled. "So, how are you, Acantha? My brother professed his undying love for you yet?" Taliesin blushed and mumbled something under his breath.