As usual, the back room of the Cafe Musain wasn't buzzing with activity when Lauren got there. She was always an hour early, always the first to arrive and to set up the places.
The Musain was old. Some early records say it was originally a bar built in the 1900s, and then used as a speakeasy during the 20s, nearly burned down in World War Two, but was still going strong today, but others speculated that the place has been around since it was a tavern in the early 18th century.
Whatever you believed, there was no questioning that the cafe had seen some things, but nothing as great and grand as the weekly Wednesday meetings of Les Amis de L'ABC.
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"We live, we love, we fight, we die!"
"CELA NOUS CONCERNE TOUS!"
"IL EST INTERDIT D'INTERDIRE!"
"Monsieur General, take your first shot."
"Vive les gens!"
"What's one more drink, dollface?"
"They think you are distant and aloof because you are."
"Run. DO YOU HEAR ME? RUN!"
