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Who: Kaveh and YOU
Status: Open
Where: Surasthana Cafe on Eltrut!
What: The grand opening of a book cafe.
Warnings: God I hope not.

[Kaveh hasn't talked much about what he's been working on for a few months now, because he wanted this moment to be a surprise (and because he didn't want to be scolded for overwork). It has finally paid off, now, with the grand opening of the Surasthana Cafe, just in time for the deep end of the fall season. The cafe is cozily furnished and warm, the smell of lovingly brewed coffee floats through the air, and soft music plays from Mehrak.

Kaveh isn't expecting a huge rush on any given day--this was done for his own sake more than anything, but now on weekday afternoons, the little book cafe can be found and people can stay a spell, enjoying expertly made coffee drinks and some light reading in a ridiculous plant paradise.

If you have any requests for new kinds of books, or wish to purchase various accessories, stop by the front counter! The owner is happy to accommodate you, after all.

ooc: you may also treat this post as a mingle and toplevel accordingly, just mark if you are doing so! Otherwise, Kaveh will be coming for you!]

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[ he had honestly been expecting a rebuttal, or at the very least a more hesitant acceptance, so alhaitham's easy response makes him feel... a little embarrassed, actually. it's a strange feeling, one he hadn't felt for a few years. the feeling of making a friend.

it's difficult to mask an unexpected emotion like that, the pleased little smile on xehanort's face refusing to be tamed even has he shifts awkwardly and looks back out the window. it would've been nice to still have some coffee in his mug to hide his face behind. he doesn't really know how to be friends with adults - he barely understood how to be friends with his peers, not that any of them had ever minded. this, too, would be something else to learn.

he's looking forward to it. ]

If any texts about other worlds catch my eye, I'll bring them to share as well. [ that's what mutual interests are for, right? ] Though I don't think my experience will make much of a difference. It's not a magnet.

[Mutual interests are definitely good. It's perhaps the easiest way for Alhaitham to be able to talk to people in a way that doesn't feel exhausting after its over. Of course, it can only do so much, but its still a far better start than nothing at all.

But with that having been said, Alhaitham definitely finds himself not minding Xehanort at all. It's an almost refreshing change, really, seeing as how he finds himself disagreeable with most other riftfarers—even the ones that come from his own world too. For all that Alhaitham does not care about being agreeable to others, he won't deny the lack of constant friction is nice, in its own way.]

That may be so, but it'll at least help to filter out some of the noise from everything else. [Seeing as how Alhaitham has no experience about the topic at all, any little bit of it is pretty much invaluable to him right now. Xehanort being willing to share and help only makes it better.]