"Hey man, uh... alright, this is gonna be weird, but I got your number through a long line of people--too long to go into details--and I was wondering..." Ryan trailed off as the man on the other end of the line interrupted him with a confused kind of noise that seemed only partially awake, if even human.
"Huh? Whussat?" the voice garbled through the shaky payphone line. Ryan sighed through his nose--he'd hoped that the newly warm weather would stay, but it seemed to be waffling even now. "Sorry, right, man, I just woke up and all... got a banger of an 'eadache, I do..."
The thick Cockney accent certainly wasn't helping. "I heard your band was in New York, yeah?" he talked loud over the phone, the chill in the air making politeness difficult. "I was told you and I might could meet up and talk music a little. I'm a fan, and wouldn't mind getting some tips."
"Tips... you want ta pay us tips? Money's always good, I guess, but I'd ravver you tell me a right good cafe 'round 'ere. I'm tea deprived like you wouldn't believe..." came the slurred response, and Ryan couldn't stop himself from internally acknowledging how sleep deprived the other man was. And possibly needed a sobriety test, too, but that was up in the air.
"You know? Yeah, I know a nice place right around here. Lucky you guys stopped in my city," Ryan chuckled, letting the annoyance ease away. "Yeah, my treat," he said, hoping he'd made enough playing on the street yesterday to pay for two people. It should be fine. "Just meet me at this address, at five tonight, yeah? I think it's on the corner of..."
Retry! wrote:Redeeming 1 Anniversary Token,
the same one as here, redoing this as directed!
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