The sun had only just begun to rise. Birds were chirping as the dim light began to creep through the forest. Over a fire, a human woman in druidic garb was half minding a small kettle of boiling water, though most of her attention is on the coffee beans she’s grinding with a mortar and pestle. Around her sleep a teifling man with olive green skin and long dark hair and a little white Kobold cuddling a very large black dog. An elk grazes at the edge of the clearing, keeping an eye out for anything that might harm the party. She dumps the finished grounds into a small bag and places the bag in the kettle. After a few minutes, the smell of fresh coffee begins to float over the campsite.
“Lilisa, you made coffee” said the teifling, sitting up sleepily “I love you.”
“It’s not done yet” said Lilisa “Can you mind it for me? I was going to get something extra for breakfast. If I have to eat just travel rations one more time I am going to scream.”
“I’ll take care of it” Said the teifling, getting out of his bedroll “Should I wake Gaby?”
“You may as well” Said Lilisa, getting up from the fire to collect her things “she might not be happy about it, but give her some coffee if she’s grouchy.”
“Can kobolds drink coffee?” said the teifling “I didn’t think they could.”
“It shouldn’t cause any problems.” Said Lilisa, making her way over to her elk companion “aside from maybe making her more hyper than usual.”
“Well alright” Said the teifling “if you say so. I don’t think she can physically become more hyper than she is now though.”
“We’ll see” said Lilisa as she hopped onto the elk “I’ll be back soon, hopefully with something.” She steered her elk into the woods and trotted away.
The teifling made his way over to the sleeping kobold.
“Hey Gaby.” He said “Gaby wake up.”
Gaby made some sleepy kobold noises, but did not wake up.
“Gaby!” he said, gently shaking her “It’s time to wake up.”
“mmm… I don’t wanna.” said Gaby
“Too bad.” He replied “wake up.”
“Woofwoof is comfy though…” said Gaby, clinging more tightly to the dog
“It’s almost breakfast time.” he said coaxingly “You get to eat.”
“Alright Mercy…” Said Gaby, sleepily sitting up
“The coffee should be almost done, want some?” said Mercy, walking back to the fire
“What’s a coffee.” Said Gaby “Is it like ham?”
“No, no it is not.” Said Mercy with a chuckle “It’s a drink, like tea or juice. It makes you more awake.”
“I think I will have some then” said Gaby, following Mercy “I am very sleepy.”
Mercy took the coffee pot off the fire, pouring a little bit into a cup for Gaby to drink.
“Here.” He said, handing her the cup “Give it a try.”
Gaby took the cup, took a sip, and immediately pulled a face.
“Is… it supposed to taste like that?” she said, crinkling her nose “It tastes… bad.”
“Yeah, you get used to it.” Said Mercy, pouring himself a cup “It’s worth it for the extra energy you get.”
“Is it?” she said, taking another sip and pulling an equally disgusted face. “It doesn’t seem like it.”
“Well, some people flavor it, but we didn’t really have the space for that stuff in our bags.” He replied, “Once we’re in the city, I’ll take you to a coffee house, then you can get something really nice.”
