John was in the back, trying to make curry from scratch. It had been a while since he had tried. He wasn't the best cook, not really but he could when he wanted to. It was sort of like alchemy. It required the right measurements, the right timing, and John was good at that sort of thing with his magic so why not with cooking? He had measured out all the ingredients he needed to make his curry and laid them out ready to use. He wasn't quite in the mood for applying chaos magic to his cooking, at least at this stage. He was sort of wanting to impress Maryanne with his cooking and he wasn't sure why. He never liked failing all that much. At anything.
Joe offered a friendly smile to Maryanne. "Joe will do, please, if you don't mind?" he asked. Normally he was all well and good with being called Mr O'Hara. As a guest, as someone talking to colleagues and associates. It just didn't feel quite right with some people on the station. Or maybe he was just charmed by her accent. Almost a taste of home.
"Well I heard you had opened this place up and I thought I'd come along and try it out. If you're open that is?" he asked.