[D5 LA] Tiff's Tiff and other Miscellany

[Tiffani]

"C'mon, I'll show you."

Tiffani gets up from the bench, gathers up her myriad packages and bags and heads off toward the food court.

"Basically, it's a strawberry drink of some kind. You'll see - they make it right there in front of you. All kinds of weird things they dump in the cup and then they mix it all up. It tastes like liquid strawberry. No kidding."

She gives Jack a sidelong glance. "You do like strawberries, right?"

[Jack Doyle]

"Oh yes." he nodded. "I like all sorts of berries. Blackberries may be my favorite. But, I like cherries, too."

[Tiffani]

"Unfortunately they only come in two flavors - strawberry and orange. So ... well, strawberry is way better than orange. At least in my opinion."

The two of them arrive at the food court where the restaurant is located. It's not a restaurant in the truest sense of the word - just a small store front that literally makes only Strawberry and Orange Juliuses. Tiffani puts in the order for the two drinks after which one of the employees who isn't much older than Tiffani begins filling up two cups with a variety of powders, liquids, and pre-packaged flavor enhancers. Once everything is combined in the cups, they are both put into some kind of heavy-duty mixing machine.

"It's a good thing you like berries because this stuff is pure heaven. Like I said, it's like literal liquid strawberries. You should be warned, however. That being that you're liable to become addicted to it." She chuckles. "Not in the narcotic way one becomes addicted. I just mean it's so good you'll want as much of it as you can drink."

[Jack Doyle]

"I do like sweets." he grinned.

Jack looked around the food court, clearly amazed and a bit bewildered at what he saw. "So many options. So much food..."

[Tiffani]

"Mmhmm, there are a lot of things to pick from," Tiffani says as she slides the money across the counter to the cashier. "But truth be told, you quickly figure out what you like and don't like so you end up with certain habits."

She takes the two somewhat large cups and hands one to Jack.

"Hopefully you'll like these as much as I do, but they're expensive so I wasn't allowed to get them very often. I mean, you know, my parents wouldn't buy me one that often."

She then takes a long drink out of the straw. "Damn that's good stuff. Like ambrosia. So ... what do you think?"

[Jack Doyle]

He took a long sip. Tiffani likely realized it was a bit too long when Jack put a hand up to his temple and grimaced in pain.

"It's... good. Really good."