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A dark figure walked the many winding street of Gaia, top hat perched atop a head of short red hair, a Kitsune mask hanging off the back of her head and raven perched upon her shoulder. She patted the bird upon its head and fixed her silk collar as she came around another corner to a small building make of yellow brick at the corner of a strip of businesses. She pulls a ring of keys from the pocket of her black royal jacket with it’s gold trim and proceeds to flip through the many old keys upon the ring until she came across a large brass key with a heart shaped end and approached the building.

The building was small with large windows lining both sides, giving it a good view of the street and anyone who might pass by. The windows on the western face were much larger then the North side of the building stretched from floor to ceiling and the entire length of the wall, leading out onto a small wooden patio encircled by a low iron fence. Several black iron tables sat within the patio's confines, awaiting whom would sit upon their high backed iron chairs with their fancy arm rest and curled legs, wondering what stories would come their way this morning.

The woman placed the key in the lock at the front door, a red door with a large pane of stained glass fixed into the middle. A pair of two female symbols had been delicately cut out of soft rose pink glass and cut with beveled edges that caused the shadows from within the shop to jump at odd angles. She slowly opened the door and closed it behind her. Lines of tables took up the length of windows, there chairs balancing upside-down upon their surfaces. The woman crossed to the long bar at the back, taking down long legged stools with circular red leather seats as she walked along its length. She admired the shine of the rose wood counter top as she flipped up the far end of the counter and circled around behind the bar. The back of the bar was covered in a large sheet of glass that reflected the emptiness of the bar back at her. She glanced around and hoped that it would not stay empty for long. She longed for many happy faces to fill those tables, but first order of business would be to find some staff to help serve the customers that she hoped would attend her business.

She took account of everything behind the bar. The refrigerator was fully stocked with many forms of refreshments. Mugs and cups of all forms hug upon hooks before the back mirror, waiting to be filled, while saucers were stacked along long shelves. Several bags of coffee had been tucked under the counter and she checked the fountain to find it was filled with many forms of soda. Along the far end of the counter was a glass display case filled with many different sweets, pastries, cakes and more goodies then the mind could imagine. A small floor model refrigerator took up the floor against the back well, filled with different colours and flavours of ice cream. There were also several packs of cones lined up next to the fridge, from the plain to waffle cones dipped in chocolate.

With a nod of approval she knelt behind the bar to find a piece of card stock and a pen, then seated herself at one of the stools behind the bar. She placed the pen to paper and began to write in the fanciest scrawl that she could muster.

“Employment desired!
Wanted: Waitresses, bartenders and more…”

She considered striking out the ‘Bartender’ part considering they did not sell any alcohol of the sort, but decided to leave it.

“Please slide your resume through the slot and I’ll get back to you.
Kathryn K Williams, Kim’s Prince.”

She looked over her work and let out a sigh, her penmanship was shaking and hard to read at points, but it would have to do for the time being and she hoped it would get her message across to anyone who bothers to read it. She moved around the bar to the front door and placed the sign in the window, making sure to lock the door before crossing the room to a door in the far corner. She took a glance up at the clock to see it was nearly eleven and panicked. She needed to get to work on her novel before it was time for lunch or she would get nothing finished. Quickly she exited the café through the door and rushed up a long, steep, set of stairs. Above the store was a small apartment. The living room sat at the front of the building, a large window allowing the light of a new day to pour through. A couch sat at the far end of the room, while an entertainment unit took up the other wall, covered in an array of stuffed animals. The kitchen was as empty as the living room and she moved to the other rooms in the apartment.

Across the room she find a long hall with a door to both sides and one at the far end, which lead to the bathroom. She quietly opened the door to the left to find her wife quietly reading a book. She decided not to bother the girl and let her be for the time being. Turning around she entered the next room, which was the study. A small laptop sat upon a long table awaiting her. She sat heavily in the small swivel chair and turned on the machine. Within moments it came to life and she hunkered down, ready to get back to work once again.

Players

Staff:
Kims_Prine – Owner
TheRedWolf_13 – Co-owner

Customers:

Kat stretches from her laboured writing spree at that sound of knocking upon the door. Hurrily she heads down the stairs, through the cafe and to the front door. A small bat hanging in the corner of the cafe decended to land upon her other shoulder and she smiled at it.

"Afternoon there." She pet the bat on the head, then opened the door to see who was there. She did not seem even slightly surprised by the sight before her and bowed ever so slightly to greet the new arrival.

"Welcome to the Rose Cafe." She said with wave of her hand, gesturing inside, "Please come right inside."

Her raven cawed on her shoulder, "Welcome! Welcome!"

Quickly she took down the chairs from one of the nearby tables and offered a chair for the girl.

"All are welcome here." Kat stated, then glanced around as if in search of something, and then ran to the back of the cafe. Her voice drifted through the empty room, "I have a perch for your bird around here..." She called out from a closet in the back, "And your dragon can use a chair I guess... if that would be alright." She continued to rummage, the sound of metal bins and other unidentifiable sounds filled the room.

"Ouch!!" She cursed under her breath as she removed a tall golden bird stand and proceeded to grumble as she shoved the remaining items back in the closet and started back to her guests, "Here it is!!" She explained, perch in hand. "I'm sorry for the mess. The place was just finished the other day and I've yet to get everything arranged, in fact my wife and I just moved in upstairs and are still settling in. Which is why I need a second hand, or three. Do you have any experience at Restaurants or Cafes?" She inquired as she set the perch next to the table and sat down upon a chair, taking her hat off to wipe the sweat from her brow.

"Well..." Kat glanced around the bar, "We will need someone to take care of the front counter. I planned for this place to be for people to sit down and have a good drink or a bit of something to eat." She glanced out the window at the rather empty streets outside, "but it would seem there is no one around, and here I was thinking that there would be many other walking these street."

Kat let out a sigh of defeat, "Maybe a cafe was the wrong idea... I just thought starting something would bring people in and give them a place to gather..." She settled onto a stool near the bar, "I would need to you watch over the bar during the day and hopefully we will be able to find more staff to help out when things pick up... if they do..."

"I hope so." Kat replied, "Well, maybe we should clean up a bit and make it appear that we are open for business and then people might actually drop in."

With a stretch she crossed the room to the large window that lead to the porch, "I guess we should start with open up these things and getting some air in here." She stated as she unlocked the windows and began to slide them away into a hidden space in the wall which brought the nice cool area into the cafe.

"If you could turn over all the chairs, I'll start to sweep up." She requested as she ventured to the back closet to retrieve a broom and began to sweep the hard wood floors.

Kat looks around the cafe, "Maybe start up some coffee or something... I don't know..." She umms and uhhhs nervously.

The hairs on the back of Kat's neck stand on end at the sound of the laughter. Her hands clench the broom so tightly that her knuckles turn white. Slowly she turns to see who had entered her cafe, forcing a grin upon her face.

"Welcome to the Rose Cafe." She said with as much cheer as she could muster, trying not to let out how much that kind of laughter effected her, "May I help you?"

"I'm not sure..." Kat heads behind the counter to take a look see, "I'm not good at mixing drinks. I'll see what I can do." She checks a drink list behind the counter and goes cross-eyed at the instructions, "Ummm..." She grabs various random things from a shelf under the counter and begins mixing out of sight of the others. When she is finished she sets a cup upon the counter, inside the cup is bubbling green steaming broth.