It's difficult to say what exactly drew them all together. Perhaps it
was instinct, internal desire to be with their own kind. Those who secretly
disliked Mutantkind theorized that the owner of the establishment used his
psychic powers to draw them all there for purposes of his own.
They would tell you that it was for the coffee.
No matter what the reason was, each one of the "regulars" at the coffee shop found out about the place by finding a discarded business card. The logo was originally a picture of "The Thinker" holding a coffee cup, but someone had instead stuck a smiley face sticker over it, and painted a third black eye between the original two.
The name, written in delicate yet eye-catching script was "Coffee Superior."
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Enter Madeleine Korben. She is the daughter of Jacob Korben, a politician from California. She is officially dead.
Her name is now Marathell Jacobson, a pseudonym that at once demonstrates her imagination and secret desire to return to her home. She lives in southern New York in a relatively quiet community. She is seventeen years old, a junior in high-school, and loves life. She has her own set of friends, is not mocked by anyone who truly means it, and gets decent grades. On weekends and Fridays she works at the local coffee shop, earning six dollars an hour. She is a singer in a garage band called "Literary Reference."
Marathell is also a mutant.
She does not hide this fact from anyone; neither does she flaunt it. It is a part of who she is, and she accepts it. She lives with her guardian Benjamin Keriman, the owner of the coffee shop. Ben is also a mutant. The members of "Literary Reference" call him "The Original Jedi Master," or for short, "Jed."
Ben hates the name Jed.
Here endeth the introduction.
Here begins the story.
They would tell you that it was for the coffee.
No matter what the reason was, each one of the "regulars" at the coffee shop found out about the place by finding a discarded business card. The logo was originally a picture of "The Thinker" holding a coffee cup, but someone had instead stuck a smiley face sticker over it, and painted a third black eye between the original two.
The name, written in delicate yet eye-catching script was "Coffee Superior."
************
Enter Madeleine Korben. She is the daughter of Jacob Korben, a politician from California. She is officially dead.
Her name is now Marathell Jacobson, a pseudonym that at once demonstrates her imagination and secret desire to return to her home. She lives in southern New York in a relatively quiet community. She is seventeen years old, a junior in high-school, and loves life. She has her own set of friends, is not mocked by anyone who truly means it, and gets decent grades. On weekends and Fridays she works at the local coffee shop, earning six dollars an hour. She is a singer in a garage band called "Literary Reference."
Marathell is also a mutant.
She does not hide this fact from anyone; neither does she flaunt it. It is a part of who she is, and she accepts it. She lives with her guardian Benjamin Keriman, the owner of the coffee shop. Ben is also a mutant. The members of "Literary Reference" call him "The Original Jedi Master," or for short, "Jed."
Ben hates the name Jed.
Here endeth the introduction.
Here begins the story.