~ Perfect Blossom Tea Room ~

[Malaclypse 666]

"Roppongi Control, this is the Waverly's 5th, with a shipment for IND."

"Very well, Zoner.. docking granted."

The sleek yacht moored gently, and a few of the VIPs bound for the Sigmas took advantage of the brief layover to visit the shops on the main plaza level of Roppongi.

Reggie's "shipment" for IND was actually small enough to fit on a small hovercart, which followed him like a devoted puppy as he strode purposefully towards the double doors of the Blossom.

Piled on the hovercart were six cases labeled "WLLC Shaking Mountain Dark Roast", and atop those, two smaller cedar boxes, hermetically sealed. A discrete label on each proclaimed "Canaria Cheroots".

Reggie guided the cart to a storeroom door at one end of the long main bar, and handed a manifest to the perplexed barkeeper.

"To the attention of Jay Simon, if you please, Garcon. Courtesy of the Veranda Gang. And, if you wouldn't mind brewing up a pot of the Dark.. I'd like to check your filtration and brewing apparatus."

Reggie then walked over to a pegboard on the wall behind the bar, and began to search the pegs for something. His search finally netted what he sought.. a large, and somewhat dusty coffee mug with a name laser-etched into the side. The name read "'Pops' Warbucks".

"Well, at least Jay and his crew still consider me an 'Alumnus' of sorts," thought Reggie, as he proceeded to a deepsink and thoroughly washed out the old mug.

The smell of the brewing coffee seemed just right, and soon, he verified that the Blossom's coffeemaker was adequate to the task.

"Will the passengers of the [TAZ]Waverly's.5th please return to docking port 14. Disembarking in ten minutes."

Reggie smiled at the barkeeper and said "That's my cue. Pilgrims from Baffin to the Hawaii.. where no doubt they will undo half the good we did them at the Geode. My compliments to Squire Simon, sir."

Reggie finished his coffee, and headed for the dockinig area.

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