Who: Mr. Bush and Open Where: Kitchen When: Six bells in the forenoon watch What: Failing to make coffee Rating: Low to medium; swearing and threats
He'd found coffee. It was in a garishly coloured packet that he would never have recognized if it hadn't had COFFEE written on it. There was much more besides written on it as well, but the word COFFEE was there, and he had to trust in that.
The rest of it, however, was eluding him. He couldn't even figure out how to boil water. He couldn't see any fuel for the stove, and, in fact, the stove, if it was the stove, had no visible means of heating. At this point he'd give anything even for a cup of Styles' coffee.
"Confound it!" he shouted finally, hurling the package of coffee across the room. Luckily it didn't break. "The Devil take it!"