Case No. 41
CAFE & DINER FIRST CAFE · LONG BEACH, CA · WITH OPEN DOORS
RECEIPT #006
FILED UNDER: DINER-CIC
DATE: 09/19/95
EMPLOYEE #62
Crap. Well, we did, in a way, find our customers. But of course, haberdashery is involved and not in a fun way, in a too tight and ill-fitting way. We're going to try and get this coffee delivered piping hot, but there's a good chance things will go ‘72 on us. Especially considering we've only had about 24-4E hours to prepare. There's also a good chance we'll miss our window to deliver this coffee, in which case we'll need to wait another week to try again. Of course, if Miss. Xulfa is as bad as we think she is, then we won't have another week. So, it's now or never.
Our customer that we're after likes his coffee hand-delivered, and access to his house is hit or miss at best. He lives in a very "gated" community that only opens its gates every Wednesday. Luckily tomorrow is Wednesday. But these "gates" only open for one hour at a time. So, we need to be in and out before the gates close again, or we'll be stuck in that gated community for an entire week. Until now, we have not given our new customer a name, and for a good reason, he's not a "customer" in the conventional sense. He is a haberdasher but not a Canadian. I'm not even sure if "haberdasher" really covers what he is. He's more of a "scientist" or perhaps "occultist" better suits him. Of course, we don't really serve coffee to non-customers customarily, so I'm not sure how he should be addressed in terms of a receipt.
I wouldn't want to step on any toes unnecessarily, so for now, we'll just keep referring to him as our "customer." At least until the Owner lets me know what the best name for him would be. Until I know for sure, I'll just leave it in the CAFE, you know?
Do I really want to throw myself into an unknown gated community? Or well, throw myself and Hamilton? Can't stay that I do. To be honest it is… frightening. Oh well, it's what I signed up for. Ready or not, we have to do it. Could be my last receipt, but let's hope it's not. Right now, I've got to focus on the task at hand. One cup of Cafe and Diner coffee coming right up. Whether or not our "customer" wants it.
RECEIPT #003
FILED UNDER: DINER-ASG
DATE: 09/20/95
EMPLOYEE #53
Everything is set up for Thursday at la Diamant. At least on my end, anyway. I know the old man wanted to go do some scribbles around the place, but that is outside of my area of expertise. Even if Mr. Gray is a no-show, I think it'll still be a fun time nonetheless. Always down for some darkwave industrial goth music, and have you seen me in black lipstick? I know, right?
This "Perversion" thing is actually a bit more interesting than just a hot, sweaty, goth hop. As you should all know by now, LA/Cali is a bit of, mm, shall we say, "hotspot" for Canadian tourists. And I'm not just saying that as a Vancouverite. I mean, full-fledged Ottawa weirdos love it here. Something to do with the geography, I guess. Got the Hotspot, the Hotbed, and Hotsprings. Three very tourist-trappy places. Now, of course, there are other "hot" places, but for the most part, we see tourists come from one of these three hot places and kinda wander out to elsewhere minus some specialty airports dotted around. Speaking strictly for the States, of course. Actually, airports are kind of an American thing. From what I understand, it works a bit differently elsewhere in the world. I mean, still methods of long-distance travel, but not quite the airports we're used to. Heck, the "hot" places aren't even "airports," even though we still call them that. They're more like, hm. Not sure.
Anyway, what was I talking about? Right, right, "Perversion." It's a scam. Well, okay, maybe not a "scam," but it's a front. Not sure how far up the top it goes, but it's a full-on Canadian destination. The goth theme just makes for an excellent cover. It's harder to spot a sunny Canadian amongst a bunch of black-clad teens. All this to say... The old man might have some, uh, trouble with his sidewalk chalk drawings tomorrow. I mean, knowing him and where he comes from, I'm sure he can handle whatever that trouble may be, but we also need to be guard tomorrow night. I assume Mr. Gray won't be the only one there to dance.
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