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Dark nearly chuckled, but he wasn't one who laughed freely or often, "Well, as long as nothing important is broken or lost, I am sure you will not be fired, although if you are, perhaps it would not be the worst thing in the world, unless all you have ever wanted is to work a typical boring...

"Well..." Dark paused, and thought about it for some time before saying, "I am retired, and have been for a good few years, now... I used to be a professor, but it was never really what I wanted to do. I never found what I really wanted to do, career-wise, but I enjoyed it, fine. It let us live...

"I know, " Dark nodded, which was his closest approximation to a smile, "I am very old, you know, most of the events of my younger years have long since been smoothed over." He wasn't trying to be dismissive, he only wanted to let the younger man know he didn't need to seek to comfort him.

Dark inhaled slowly, and leaned back in his chair and gazed at the ceiling, "I know that well enough. My wife hardly spoke with her father, when he still lived, and even had my parents lived past my twelfth year, I would not have spoken with them," he looked again towards Alexander with a...

Dark nodded, "It is a nice place to live. My wife and I used to live in the city, we had a little apartment... we only moved into the suburbs so we could have our house," He, again, glanced out the window, "It is good you keep in touch with your family, though. When I was your age, I did not...

"She lives with me, ever since she became a single mother, so I could not keep them closer if I tried," He explained, "but I suppose your family is not near you?"

"Oh, no," Dark replied, shaking his head, "I am sorry to have confused you. She works in the city, I meant. No, if she worked here, I would sit nearer to the counter." His eyes sparkled when he spoke about his daughter, and he looked down at his tattooed hands, almost as though he were...

"I live outside of town," Dark replied, "my wife used to work in the city, though, and my daughter works here, now, so I visit often."

"G.M. Dark," the man replied, with a slight nod, "it is good to meet you, Alexander. Are you... from around here?" Dark asked. He wasn't particularly great at small talk, but since they had made introductions, he thought they may as well chat.

"I would not say that. I have nothing against them... although, I suppose," the man said, finally capping his pen, "I find them difficult. More than I used to. But they are not all bad, I suppose."

"No," he man shook his head slightly, and looked down at his tattooed hands, "it is alright. I am not upset... the season, you know... and you are not the first person to drop your tray."

The man in the corner's head jerked up when the table clattered, and for a few moments gazed with fierce, yellow eyes before turning back to look at the street. He wasn't angry, or even annoyed, he simply always had an intense, fiery quality to his eyes. Even old as he was, his eyes seemed...

A few blocks away from the buisness district to the east, and a few blocks away from the museums to the south, lay a coffee shop. It only opened a year ago, and was fairly popular, although that was likely attributed to its aforementioned location. Lawyers, suits, accountants, and the like...

Daizi nodded, "My husband's biological parents were like that... they didn't have substance abuse problems, he said, but... some people marry, who shouldn't, and they feel trapped, and then they have a kid on accident and feel even more trapped, and they both blamed him, and each other. My...

"That's what I was saying about him!" Rose chirped, popping up in her seat a little, so that she was sitting on her knees on the chair, "I thought it was suspicious as all get out that he sent them through the woods, claiming that, 'Yes it's slower, but it's safer,' and what happens? They...

"I should warn you, he is very exacting. If you write the date month-date-year and not day-month-year, he'll make you redo it, and he takes tardiness extremely seriously," Daizi paused, realizing she might be scarring Damien off, and explained that her husband had OCPD, "he's been in treatment...

"I wish my back recovered so quickly," Daizi griped, "but I suppose that's a privilege afforded to the young and not pregnant... and I will be taking you up on the free dessert offer." Rose half laughed, and said, "I'm sure I will too, although I'll probably ask for it to-go. I'll eat it after...

Eric's joke took Daizi by surprise, and it was enough to shake her out of it, "You sound like my sister," she laughed, "at least here we're with your's and not mine. Kayla's a 999 operator, she'll know what to do. Of course, I keep telling the parasite that I very much can wait to meet her. I...

Rose, being the only one who was still sitting at the table, yelped in surprise when the tray came clattering down and all the glasses shattered. She wasn't hurt, she wasn't even wet, but she was certainly startled. Daizi, however, didn't react at all. The most she did was sigh. Similar...

It was the first day of the Fall semester at Oakfield Community College. It was a respectable little school, as far as community colleges went. It had a high transfer rate and a high graduation rate, they beat the nearby University in a friendly basketball match, much to the Dean's pride, and...