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 Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:09 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:14 pm
(Other than the page stretching, you're good. Please try to reduce the size of the picture so that it isn't stretching the page, okay?)
Dee walked in and was impressed with how the cafe looked very much like Katie's place in Forget-me-not Valley. She sort of wished it resembled more of a moon drop flower or a huge tea pot and cup with a moondrop flower hanging out of it.
Using her magic, Dee just fixed the sign. It was wooden, still read "Moondrop Cafe" on it, but below was an image of a teapot with a moondrop flower in the center of it. It looked much better and something that should have been franchised in Flower bud village.
Remembering her mission, Dee proceeded upstairs and found Lucia without much trouble. She said to the shop owner, "Excuse me, Miss Lucia, my name is Empress Dee. I wish to inform you to try and get many, many customers here and quickly. As of lately, a mysterious shadow has been sweeping over the land and those who are absent or have no business within a certain amount of time are turned to stone. The Keitaro's Keep inn has many such statues in their garden. I had to store them there because of the amount of people who have tried to leave our village. I've even sent out for a priest to help keep the curse at bay, but so far, there hasn't been a single stone turned back to normal. If there is no activity and everyone who is in this village now active is turned to stone, then I shall disappear, never to be seen again. And nobody will be able to save me. The Harvest Goddess herself is a statue thanks to this demon!"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:35 pm
 ✣ ✤ ✣POST: Lucia exhaled loudly as she sighed in relief, wiping the cool sweat from her forehead as she reached her room with the last of her luggage and dumped it where she stood, turning around to find a woman standing there. "Please call me Lucia, Empress," Lucia said, pulling the hems of her skirt to outwards and curtsied. Unfortunately the good atmosphere had been destroyed but the recent and horrifying news that had reached her ears. Lucia paled at the news of the mysterious shadow who seemed to be taking the activity of the recent and leaving them in the village as warnings that this was only the beginning if the activity in the village would disappear. "Good heavens, then I guess I must bring bout my skills of the herbal drinks and use of baked delights in my cafe," Lucia said, quite positively. Placing her slender, delicate hand upon Empress Dee's shoulder Lucia smiled, as if to say trust me, "I will bring back everyone, I will not turn into stone and fail you." Lucia held such determination in her eyes as she stroke, quite the strange pose. Giggling, Lucia lightly tapped her head and poked her tongue out, "I shouldn't be so confident when I haven't even prepared my home and store's display of food and drinks," she said.
"I'm sorry to have to say this but can you please leave for a little while, I need to set up shop," she said, walking past Empress Dee and to the front of her store where she left the door open to get rid of any excess dust or dirt. Her light brown hair swished in the wind as she walked to the kitchen where the steel tables were covered in quite alot of stock. lots of flour, herbs fresh fruits, sugar, milk, things that were used for baking, she also had vegetables, peppers and spices, poultry and meat from the butcher and alot of wine and drinks. Lucia sighed loudly, it was going to take forever. "Might as well start somewhere right?" she giggled to herself, picking up the boxes of mangoes and heading towards the large fridge; which had basically been a whole entire room, a very big room at that. Placing the fruits in the shelves labeled fruits she put them on the tallest shelf, dusting off her arm and laced her slender fingers together. Lucia had come here over a week ago to label things so she'd put them in the right places and set up the furniture in the cafe and her apartment, even her kitchen wear had been ordered in that week.
Walking out of the fridge, Lucia grabbed the boxes of strawberries and bananas, wheeling them in with the Wheeler, placing them in the right spots and walking out again, soon all the fruit, vegetables and dry items were where they were supposed to by. Lucia stared at the meet blankly, she wasn't scared of it at all. Sighing deeply, Lucia had moved all the meat refrigerator. Her long brown hair went over her face as she leaned on the bench, there was still the cheeses, dried fruits, tea leaves; her custom made tea leaves that she'd created.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:57 am
 It was a quiet evening as the priest made his first steps into town... His listless gaze crossed over the scenery taking in everything about it. It was a quiet place, a little odd, but still very nice to stroll about in. Not much noise, or commotion, just a quiet, peaceful place... His eyes seemed to almost stare off into an abyss as he lost himself in thought, thinking of his older life, the things he's seen and was forced to do... It was a horrible place that he needed to escape from, would this place be that shelter that he so desperately needed?
Such questions would have to wait though, as an aroma began to fill his nose, the smell of pastries, sweets, tea, and freshly made bread... His expression never faltered once as he looked about to find a cafe, the smell of the delicious bread enticed, and intoxicated him, making his stomach growl, though his expression never changed... Without hesitation he found himself heading into the small building, and begin looking about for the proprietor of this fine place.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:09 am
✣ ✤ ✣POST: The bell seemed to have rung in her cafe, "Coming!" her soft, velvet like voice called from the kitchen, brushing off the dirt as she'd just finished packing up all the items. She sighed in relief, she had baked things this morning and prepared the tea, coffee and sandwiches for display and purchase. Looking at the long haired man, Lucia smiled, her femininity and beauty had always been her best qualities. Lucia had soft brown hair and light crimson eyes. Her lips were soft and pink all the time and she had quite the curves in the right places, this young girl looked up at the tall man with a fine build and what looked like purple eyes. "Is there anything you wish to take? I don't actually want to sell on my first day sogo ahead and take something, it's on the house," Lucia cooed.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:19 am
The priest looked to her, his expression never changing but he was moved so by her generous nature, honestly he was not used to such kind things, from the place he came from... He began to slip away into his sub-conscious, but realized that now wasn't the place to do so, he gave a nod to her as his way of saying thanks, but his expression never changed even for a second, the same haunting gaze traveled with him, as though it were either a curse, or a mental ailment... He was having trouble finding what he was looking for however as he brushed his hair to the side to reveal his face, only to have it fall over half of it once again... "Do you... Have some simple bread..."
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:52 am
On his way to the forest, however, Keitaro smelled a wondrous aroma! The scent of fresh green herbs wafted through the air. "Odd," he thought, "I thought the herbal shop was closed down because Kei and Dante were leaving the village. Hmm, well, maybe this place took some of the leftovers."
Entering the Cafe now, Keitaro saw the Priest there and thought, "Oh, that's the guy Dee wanted to see! That's the priest she hired!"
Saying allowed however, "I will have 2 baked chocolate chip muffins and a glass of strawberry milkshake to go please."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:16 am
✣ ✤ ✣POST: Lucia nodded, taking up the loaf of bread and wrapped it, slipping a large cookie into the bag as she handed it to the priest. Turning her head she saw another man appear, it seemed that Empress Dee's worries were nothing, seeing as Lucia now had two customers, hopefully they'd stay active and help her turn the people who were stones back to normal. "Certainly," Lucia chuckled, reaching down for the muffin holders and popped two of the chocolate chip muffins in. Tying her long brown hair into a ponytail she took the fresh strawberries near the mixer and added in milk, strawberries and sugar, adding the ice as well so that it was cold for the customer. With a quick whirl of the machine, the milkshake had soon been completed.
Lucia poured the pink drink into a plastic but and slapped the lid on, poking a straw through the childproof lid. Placing the drink on the counter and letting her hair fall to her knees all in the same. Quite remarkable that Lucia had done such jobs so easily and it had been fast too. "No need to pay me, just come around next time 'kay?" she chuckled, her light crimson eyes looked at them with joy as she stepped back and looked at the mess she'd made, soon that had also been cleaned up in quite a short time as well, the counter had also been sparkling/
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:15 am
Mano could only give a solemn nod to her in thanks, his expression never faltered, not even once, the same glare always stood on his face, never changing... Although he was quite taken back with her kindness, to be so young and full of joy, it was simply a wonderful thing... He took the small loaf out of the bag and unwrapped it, then took a small bite, less then half a cheek full, and began to mull it over while glancing over the shop... "Thank... Thank you for your kindness... I am Mano... A priest of the goddess... Is there anything I can do to repay your kindness..."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:11 pm
 Ari ran in fast as ever her hair streaming behind her. "Guys i have information you want to know someone who was a stone- Ah! Him! That guy with the muffins!! Oh wait a sec hi new guys im Ari owner of the general store and for now flower shop owner." (Changed my pic hope thats ok)
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:22 pm
Mano As the young priest was asking the younger lady if there was anything that he could do to repay her, suddenly a girl came in rushing through the door, her expression showed fear and shock, something was wrong... Was a priest needed here that badly? Or was the forces of the darkness just that powerful everywhere... He wrapped the bread back into the small bag he was handed earlier and decided that he could wait to eat, for now he was concerned and worried over what the young lady said. Although, his expression never changed once, his voice always that same mono-tone, and his gaze always seeming to stare right through you... "I am Mano... Priest of the goddess... Is everything ok Miss Ari... Can I help you somehow..."
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:41 pm
Keitaro bowed to Lucia and replied, "Of course! I'm that hotel owner across the street. I'm Keitaro, the owner of Keitaro's keep. The original owner."
Sipping his drink, he then turned to Mano and said, "Perhaps you can help us out after all. When I came to after a long, long nap, I saw stone shattered all around me. And there were statues in my backyard! These statues were too life-like to be actual statues, but if they are just statues, the artist behind it all was a real genius. Oh, and the Goddess is also made of stone right now too. I saw her in the garden."
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:11 am
Ari looked at Mano and smiled. "Sorry to cause you any trouble but you wear hired to help with this correct? And im assuming you also just stepped into town. If im right these two things are connected i think he woke up because more people showed up!
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:46 am
The young priest only stood there, gazing to her with the same blank expression that he always had, he had heard, no... He had known personally of this strange power before... He had dealt with people turning to stone due to lack of activity... Things, memories began to churn in his mind once more and bring up horrible, horrible thoughts... Quickly he had to escape from them before anyone here could tell that something was wrong... However, no matter what the case was, the same blank expression always hung from his face, listless, emotionless, and lack of expression... He did care a great, no, a huge deal, however his face, and mind had locked away showing how he could feel, instead he only gazed to them with that hollow stare...
"I see... I am glad that... You came back sir... It fills me, and this town... With hope to see that..."
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:21 pm
 Ari grabbed Mano by the arm. "Come on lets explore town! Your new im new I just moved in let alone got settled so i haven't had a chance to look around. Lets go!" Said ari dragging mano out the door.
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