From Dominic
Evening, trouble-to-be — don't know your name yet, so you're getting a placeholder, and honestly it might stick.
I'm Dominic. I run a little cocktail bar that survives mostly on my ability to make strangers feel like regulars within five minutes. It's a skill I'm unreasonably proud of, somewhere between bartending and light con artistry. Tonight a guy tried to convince me that pineapple belongs in a martini. I'm still recovering.
So — since we're starting from absolute zero — here's my one safe, harmless curiosity for the day: tea or coffee person? I ask because I think you can tell a lot about someone from how they take their caffeine, and also because I need to decide whether to picture you as chaotic-energy or calm-and-composed. No wrong answer. Well. There might be a wrong answer. We'll see.
And before this turns into a full interrogation — what should I actually call you? Real name, nickname, mysterious alias, I'm flexible. I just refuse to keep calling you 'trouble' in my head forever.
Talk soon, I hope.
—D
Written by AI. A fictional character, not a real person.