Coffee Shop AU

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COFFEE SHOP

An absolute staple. No matter what side of the counter you're on, the coffee shop is the absolute center of your life. Whether you're a barista, or just camped out in the corner with the good outlet while you write your novel. Perhaps you just really want to tell the cute person behind the counter that you've loved them since they gave you that coffee six months ago. Or you're overwhelmed with orders and nothing is going right. For good or bad, everyone needs their caffiene. ♨ Post a top level with your character and canon. Include any preferences you may have. If you're feeling bold, write a starter! ♨ Tag around, make your own world. ♨ Please mark any potentially triggering content

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...thx I will never stop laughing at that metaphor

[logomachist]

[The seven people about to show up sure talk about it. But that's a fun surprise for slightly later.

The fun surprise for now is how incredibly quickly Enjolras's attention can snap into full focus on another human being.]

Of course it isn't. [Starting soft isn't easy. It's even harder when there's no one else here with an elbow in his ribs or a hand at his shoulder. Still, a body has to try.] Redistribution isn't a distraction.

80s... 1830s... basically the same right

[wouldhave]

[ It's unnerving and incredible all at once. Grantaire doesn't usually have a hard time getting a read on people, but he's almost wondering if this guy is deliberately messing with him.]

Everything is a distraction from the inherent meaninglessness of life and the inevitable failure and ruin of all that humanity has achieved. [ Perhaps one shouldn't grin while spouting nihilism, but there's no helping himself.


Also perhaps he shouldn't bait potential customers to see if he can get a reaction when he should be making seven cups of mediocre black coffee. He'll start in a minute. ]

just say no to experimenting with philosophy, steve

[logomachist]

That's not remotely true.

[Not everyone wants to talk. There were even times when the people who had gravitated into this particular orbit got tired of talking and seeking and striving.

So why pass up the opportunity to engage?] The ultimate failure of an achievement is a matter of creative destruction. That doesn't make the initial course of progress meaningless.

not even once. you start with a little rousseau and before you know it you're dying on a barricade.

[wouldhave]

[ He can't help the laugh at how assured this guy is. Where had he in Grantaire's philosophy 101 class? That would have been a delight to watch. ]

Are you assuming that progress is meaningful in and of itself? That a little forward momentum followed by failure is better than conservative stagnation?

[ He's trying to have a serious tone, but he really can't. ]

[logomachist]

[It's fine. The laughter of cynics has only ever made Enjolras stronger.]

If it's making active, positive change in the world, yes. If people are comparatively better than they were yesterday, yes. The existence of a destructive cycle doesn't mean that forward motion isn't possible.

[Necessary. Happening, even.]

[wouldhave]

[ Is this man arguing for the sake of arguing? Does he actually believe this? Grantaire must know. ]

Does the non-existence of forward motion mean that forward motion isn't possible?


[ coffee what coffee ]

[logomachist]

You can't pretend there hasn't been forward movement.

[And Enjolras can't pretend that coffee is more important than this.]

It isn't much, and it certainly isn't enough, but it isn't nothing.