5113/Bagels. Just. Bagels.

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Bagels. Just. Bagels.
Date of Scene: 10 February 2021
Location: Barney Greengrass Deli
Synopsis: Andi and Carrie meet and chat about relationships.
Cast of Characters: Carrie Kelley, Andi Benton




Carrie Kelley has posed:
Red hair, green eyes, and the last name Kelley. It is hard to imagine anyone less likely to be inherently predisposed to a place like Barney Greengrass. Maybe Kennedy's six blocks down Amsterdam, but not Barney Greengrass. Yet, here she is, in the morning, ducking into the famous Deli with her hands stuffed into the pockets of her hoodie, looking for all the world like she is just a normal regular patron. She blows on her hands once she's inside, and waits in line for a few minutes to get her order in.

In the meantime, she tugs out her phone -- as pretty much every other New Yorker in line has done -- and flips through her apps. Email: bills and ads. Face: A weird message from /Justin/ about his night with 'the guys'. Snap: Pictures and videos of the riot in DC. Twitter: More of the same. She sighs and stuffs the phone back in her pocket, clearly NOT wanting to engage with the world she's currently stuck in.

Andi Benton has posed:
On her way through the neighborhood, Mania expresses a desire to Andi as they swing past a few buildings.

//We are hungry, Andi. We want something to eat.//
<<Yeah? Let me guess. You want something with chocolate, right?>>
//YES, Andi. Find us chocolate!//

This brief exchange comes internally, but within minutes she steps out of an alley. Not as Mania, but just Andi. The symbiote is hidden, tucked away inside, really. They happen to be close to the Barney place. "What a dumb name," Andi mutters under her breath, but after a quick glance at the place from the outside, she shrugs and enters. "Sturgeon King, huh? Well, I guess I'll.."

That's when she gets a look at some of the prices up on the menu board. "Fuck, that's expensive. Guess you gotta be rich to eat here, or come once a month or so." A hand pauses at her side as she considers what to do. Stay, or leave? Do they even /have/ chocolate here?

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley is, by this point, trying to avoid some random older lady who is playing a game of set up the shiksa. She is keeping to herself while being asked, "You want I should ask my Nathan to give you a call? He's an accountant. He could have been a doctor but no, he decided he likes the numbers better than helping people, but he's twenty seven now and he is WASTING HIS LIFE..." It's at this point that Carrie is looking for an ally. ANY ally, at all, in the place, when her eyes fall on Andi. She sees the goth girl checking out the prices on the board, and makes her move, "Oh, I'd love to meet him but my girlfriend just got here..."

She waves at Andi, and quickly hops out of line to try and catch the girl by the arm, so she can lean in like she's about to peck her on the cheek and whispers, "Food's on me, just play along," before she turns and starts to lead back to their spot in line, "This fine lady here was just telling me about her ne...grandson? Grandson right?" The lady looks stricken and says, "Right, yes...well...oh I am up. Good day, nice to meet you, such a pretty couple.." and then turns to make her order.

Andi Benton has posed:
Andi Benton's there in her usual purples and blacks with a little pink, to go along with the purple hair and multiple piercings. She's stuck in her own little world, though there's a surge of excitement through the symbiote when a few chocolate snacks are spotted. That should be all Mania needs, then they can be off on their way again and Andi won't be bothered for...well, really, it'll probably just be a few minutes until Mania wants something /else/ next.

Honestly, it's like having a needy pet, or significant other.

Speaking of, she's snapped out of her distraction and internal thoughts by the approach of someone who claims her arm. It leads to a tense reaction as lips come so very close to her cheek. "What the f..huh?" Play along? Carrie is then filling her in on things, but the woman soon focuses on getting what she came here for. This leads to Andi staring at Carrie, a brow raising.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley lets out a relieved sigh as the woman makes her order, and steps down the counter to get her food -- a sturgeon bialy -- before she waves to the pair as she makes her hasty exit. It's then that Carrie sighs and says, "I'll tell you in a minute, we're up." She steps up to the counter and orders confidently, "One bagel with lox, and a lemon seltzer." And then she turns to Andi, and adds, "And, whatever she wants." As she digs her wallet out of her purse.

Andi Benton has posed:
"Uh. Plain bagel with cream cheese. And some of those chocolate things, whatever they are," Andi states, gesturing toward one of the desserts with a name she can't really pronounce because she hasn't seen it before. "And some water. Thanks." She rolls her tongue in her mouth, causing a piercing there to run along her teeth with a little metallic sound, and she folds her arms together as she waits toward one side. "You didn't have to do that, you know. I don't even know you," she remarks, a hint of suspicion in her tone.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley steps down to the counter, and surprisingly -- suspiciously perhaps -- fast their food is ready. It's wrapped in a to-go bag, because good luck getting a table. Carrie takes it, and hands over the paper cup Andi's water came in to her, "Trust me. I love this place. Best Lox in NYC. It's amazing. Worth the money. But, every. Single. Time." And she leads through the door out onto Amsterdam, before she starts walking up the street to some benches. "EVERY time I am in there, some old lady is trying to hook me up with her son, her grandson, her nephew, her friend's grandson. I once had a lady try to set me up with this nice guy she knew who worked at Loehmann's." She sits on the bench.
miraculously, the bench does not smell like pee, nor is it on the verge of collapse. She opens the bag and holds it out to Andi, "I didn't have to buy you food, true, but it's the least I could do for not having to come up with fifty different excuses as to why I didn't want to call Nathan."

Andi Benton has posed:
Andi Benton bites her tongue, figuratively this time, as the food comes swiftly. She's got to go along with this, because even if the food is essentially comped, the other girl's got it all. Only the water's in hand and that isn't going to satisfy her 'friend.' That won't be enough by any stretch of the imagination.

"I don't really do lox. Just plain is enough for me," she says, and the more she talks, the more it might be realized she's got a bit of a Philly accent. Once they've reached the bench, which she finds she doesn't have to do anything with to make it safe to plop down on, she remarks, "You could have told her no, and to leave you alone because you don't do arranged dates and shit."

With her portion of the food now in possession, she finds herself compelled to eat dessert first.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
"I could. I could have told them about Justin, my boyfriend, but then they'd ask what he did and why isn't he here with me, and what do you mean he doesn't eat fish? Who doesn't eat fish?" Carrie says, taking on a passable enough New York accent. She sounds straight Gotham when speaking regularly. She takes out her bagel and unwraps it, before pulling it apart slowly and taking a bite of one of the halves. She does not comment on the dessert being eaten first.

"Plus, knowing my luck, I tell that lady to eff off, and she's the wife of the best friend of Barney Greengrass himself and now I'm banned from the place forever. This was safer." She explains, before taking another large bite of the bagel. She chews for a couple of moments, and adds, "Also, you looked hungry, and I wanted a little company for a bit while I had breakfast because the world is garbage and I don't want to deal with it."

Andi Benton has posed:
Andi Benton begins to part the wrappings for her own bagel, shifting it around in place once it's been opened up. "I guess you've got a point, especially if you like the place. It'd be kind of shitty if you got thrown out just because of that, though."

After a moment she adds, "The chocolate's not bad." To Mania, chocolate is /never/ bad. What's bad is not having enough. Craving it? Well, who doesn't like it?

"So you needed an excuse. I get it. I'm..not really, uh, in any relationships. Or I sort of am, but it's complicated. Andi, by the way. You sound like you come around here a lot." A period of silence follows, then she says in a quieter tone, "Yeah, things suck a lot of the time."

Carrie Kelley has posed:
"You ever see Seinfeld? It was set just up the street here, and you tell me Elaine insulting Barney Greengrass' granddaughter and getting banned for life isn't a three episode arc somewhere in there." Carrie replies grimly, as she finishes off the first half of her bagel. She opens up her can of seltzer, and then takes a long drink, before she nods.

"I...uh...I'm good at knowing my way around cities. And my boyfriend, idiot that he is, his family's apartment is just over on 86th here." She points in the direction of the Park.

The comment about not being in any relationships gets a rueful grin from Carrie, "Keep it that way. Even if the perk is semi-frequent trips to Barney Greengrass...sometimes it just ain't worth it. And, Carrie. Carrie Kelley. Nice to meet you Andi." She holds out a hand to shake the other girl's in a friendly manner.

Andi Benton has posed:
"My dad watched it," Andi says of the TV show, and whether or not she knows what she may be /really/ saying by pointing that out, it doesn't stop her from doing it. "But, yeah. I get what you're saying. I've been out here about a year. Actually, Happy Harbor, but I don't know what's supposed to be so happy about it. It's just a place." Her attention turns in the direction indicated, but she merely nods. "I hang out in the city a lot, so I know a few spots."

Now she tears into the bagel with a bigger bite than expected, getting it all chewed up nice and good before she swallows and speaks again. "I don't really need the drama, you know?" After wiping her hand off on a napkin, she meets the hand with her own. The grip is a firm one, almost like she's trying to show she's strong, not weak. Could be a little strange. "Yeah, you too. I was looking for a place or two to check out later on."

Carrie Kelley has posed:
"That's about Justin's only redeeming quality. Drama is about zero. Because he's about as basic as you can be." Carrie replies, before she nods a little to Andi, "Well...I'm gonna be around the city for a couple days. Maybe I'll see you around?" she asks, before she takes a big bite of her own, finishing off the last of her lox bagel. She washes it down with some more seltzer, and then, her phone starts buzzing. The name on the screen: Justin. She grimaces and picks it up.

"Yeah? Yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah...yeah...yeah. Bye." She hangs up and explains, "He wants me to meet him on Broadway and 78th, he says it's the BEST BURGER PLACE EVER...so...glad I had the lox." She sighs very quietly, and then tosses the empty bag into a nearby trashcan. "Here's my deets, call me," she says, handing over a card with her name and phone number and email --'@batfamily.net'? -- and all that cool stuff. "If you get into something exciting, ESPECIALLY call me."

Andi Benton has posed:
Andi Benton's about halfway through the bagel as she asks, "Life without drama? That's a thing?" She has doubts, that much is for certain. Before she can say anything further, the call comes in. Very one-sided when it comes to the part she can hear, leaving her shaking her head as she uses that as a chance to down the rest of the bagel while Carrie's looking off down the street in the opposite direction. Wait. How'd she do that so quickly? Things that make you go 'hmmm.'

"Broadway and 78th? Maybe we'll..ah, I'll check it out sometime." She covers for the faux pas without much hesitation, left to squint at the card and the e-mail domain. "Huh. Yeah, I'll..do that. Sure. Well, thanks for the food, and don't let that guy boss you around."