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isleofavalon2021-07-12 03:53 pm
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Picture Me Upon Your Knee, Just Tea for Two, and Two for Tea (Magnolia Café Mingle)
🧙 WHO: Makoto Kino and all Magnolia Café employees and customers!
⚔️ WHAT: Café mingle!
🕒 WHEN: Any time during July before the event.
🗺️ WHERE: The Magnolia Café!
⚠️ WARNINGS: Copious amounts of tea and pretty desserts? No real warnings yet, but will add as necessary.
It’s officially summer in Avalon now, and not only that, but Camelot has passed Celliwig’s trials and helped with the solstice rituals to help keep the sun and moon going another year! And of course Naoto and Makoto took the opportunity to go on a shopping spree! What does this mean for the Magnolia Café besides tons of delicious iced teas? The houseplants and flowers decorating the indoor planters and outdoor seating trellises have a few new additions, including bonsai versions of metallic-wrought magnolias and stained-glass dogwoods, blown-glass orchids, and celadon succulents.
The menu also has a few new Celliwig flairs in addition to its usual offerings, including popping juice boba and agar jelly! July’s special tea is a sweet, minty, earthy and tart juice made from red shiso leaves, with a vibrant rose color and refreshing taste perfect for beating the heat! As for the dessert menu, there are not one but two special offers this month: delicate, freshly baked macarons in a variety of colors, or for those wanting a cooler, more substantial dessert, the café is now offering anmitsu with fresh summer fruit, agar jelly cubes and black sugar syrup from Celliwig, and house-churned ice creams based on a selection of teas!
So stop on by, order something refreshing to drink, chat with other customers, or your coworkers if you happen to be an employee! Bottoms up~!
⚔️ WHAT: Café mingle!
🕒 WHEN: Any time during July before the event.
🗺️ WHERE: The Magnolia Café!
⚠️ WARNINGS: Copious amounts of tea and pretty desserts? No real warnings yet, but will add as necessary.
It’s officially summer in Avalon now, and not only that, but Camelot has passed Celliwig’s trials and helped with the solstice rituals to help keep the sun and moon going another year! And of course Naoto and Makoto took the opportunity to go on a shopping spree! What does this mean for the Magnolia Café besides tons of delicious iced teas? The houseplants and flowers decorating the indoor planters and outdoor seating trellises have a few new additions, including bonsai versions of metallic-wrought magnolias and stained-glass dogwoods, blown-glass orchids, and celadon succulents.
The menu also has a few new Celliwig flairs in addition to its usual offerings, including popping juice boba and agar jelly! July’s special tea is a sweet, minty, earthy and tart juice made from red shiso leaves, with a vibrant rose color and refreshing taste perfect for beating the heat! As for the dessert menu, there are not one but two special offers this month: delicate, freshly baked macarons in a variety of colors, or for those wanting a cooler, more substantial dessert, the café is now offering anmitsu with fresh summer fruit, agar jelly cubes and black sugar syrup from Celliwig, and house-churned ice creams based on a selection of teas!
So stop on by, order something refreshing to drink, chat with other customers, or your coworkers if you happen to be an employee! Bottoms up~!
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It's cute. She'll have to remember to come by here more often.
The girl behind the counter is swooping this way and that, humming away and keeping herself busy, so Tifa will wait until she has a moment, or when their eyes finally meet to flash Makoto a smile and lean her elbows on the counter.]
Red shiso leaves, huh? [She's eyeing the special drink on the menu. She's never really been much of a tea-drinker, and when she was, it was mostly the generic teas that she could easily find in the slums of Midgar... which weren't many.] Never heard of them. What's it taste like?
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[Oh hey, a new customer~! It's not too long of a wait since Makoto keeps one eye out for the counter as she does her tasks.]
Hey, welcome to the Magnolia Café~! [As for the questions...] Shiso leaves are a plant related to mint and basil and other herbs in the same family, and they come in a lot of colors. So the juice has that same sort of minty flavor, but it's also kind of earthy and tart, and we add some sugar as we brew it for sweetness. If you've ever had hibiscus tea, it's kind of like that!
[Midgar would be absolute hell for her, especially with only one decent source of plants in the city.]
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[But she doesn't seem to be done picking things out just yet! She came in for a snack too, and the macarons look appetizing. Something she could easily take home in a box and save for later when the craving hits again, too.
While she mulls over the dessert selection, she brings up the tea again, just to make conversation.]
There isn't a lot of different teas where I'm from. At least, not in the lower parts of the city. It was pretty hard to come by, so this is all new to me. Most of the time, it'd just be regular green tea. None of these special flavours.
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[And off she goes to pour Tifa a shiso tea, once she confirms whether the young woman wants it for here or to go.
Oh awesome! In that case, we have plenty to try out; Naoto-kun blends all the teas himself. [She's so proud of her boyfriend~] We also have lots of treats to go with them in you're interested.
[Don't think she doesn't notice you eyeing the macarons~ There are quite a few flavors to choose from too.]
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Tifa's cheeks flush when Makoto points out the treats—oops, she's been caught! Sweets were always her favourite thing to bake back at Seventh Heaven, so naturally she's more drawn to them everywhere else, too! How long has it been since she's had one of these?]
I'm all ears. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in these macarons, though... but I wouldn't mind an expert opinion.
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[One tall, cold glass it is, not needing much ice since it's already chilled, leaving more room for the drink. And a little red shiso leaf for garnish.]
Well, the expert is extremely biased... but the macarons are pretty amazing. Naoto-kun makes them himself! Then again, so are most of are offerings! Im the mood for a particular flavor?
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Would you judge me if I said all of them?
[She laughs, almost whimsically. She's in heaven right now.]
I'm in the mood for... something tart. The yellow ones... Are those lemon? Think those would be good with the tea?
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[The returning chuckle is a sign that no, Mako's definitely not judging. (Plus, really, she's been around Usagi's appetite for so long, Tifa's not even close to judgment levels yet.)]
Yeah, they're lemon. And yeah, honestly I think anything would be good with this tea as long as it's not too strongly flavored, so the macarons are perfect. How many do you want?
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[Whatever flavour they are, they're pretty. Honestly? She would buy out this entire store if she had the money! Alas... she can only afford a dozen today.]
So you said that the owner makes all the pastries in house? He must be a pro baker then. Not even I know how to make these...
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Let's see... lemon, raspberry rose, aaaand matcha.
And honestly, yeah, Naoto-kun's amazing! I'm no slouch at baking myself, but he can run circles around me sometimes!
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Although she is more interested in hearing about all this baking these guys do...! So she humours herself with more questions, this next one being offered with a sheepish smile when she realizes that she must be asking too many. She loves hearing about other people...]
So what kinds of things do you like to bake then?
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Me? [A soft chuckle as she fills out that order.] Pretty much everything, but I'm really good at pies and cakes. This place has been great for learning new recipes too!
[It pays to visit a new world almost thirty years ahead of the curve in culinary advancements.]
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[But Tifa brings a hand to her lips, and she breathes out a sharp gasp when her eyes land on the box.]
Sorry. You've probably got a lot going on, I don't wanna take up too much of your time... Just... I haven't met a lot of people who like to bake as much as I do.
[Not only does she enjoy it, but it brings back a lot of memories of home. The scent of cookies, the way an egg settles into the batter... It reminds Tifa of a simpler life that she misses every now and then.]
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[A soft laugh as Makoto shakes her head.]
Not at all; I wouldn't spend time talking about it if I didn't want to. Makoto Kino.
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It's strange to think that she's meeting so many new people here, who share both the same and different passions that she does. A long time ago, this wouldn't have been anything she'd expect, and would often look on at others as they chatted over steamed buns, but... This is nice.]
Tifa Lockhart.
[She props a chin on her hand, elbow on the counter.]
Used to run a bar back home, but I'd serve other things too. Made cakes and all that every now and then, but that was about all I had time to make. They were pretty popular, too. [There's a glint of pride in her eyes.] I kinda miss it, to be honest.
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[Ah, she knows that look. Even if she has a few of the girls and Mamoru here now, she still missed the meet ups and parties the whole gang would have over treats, usually of Makoto's making, plus or minus help from Unazuki.]
Yeah, and the apartment kitchens are kinda small... You can probably talk to Naoto-kun about baking here, if you want. Or one of my other friends runs a karaoke bar, you can either cook or tend bar there.
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A karaoke bar, huh...? That sounds kind of fun.
[Most times, people would just set up their own karaoke outside on the streets of the slums, and anyone walking by would join in if they wanted. That or customers would sing along to the jukebox in Seventh Heaven over their drinks, loud enough for the entire street to hear. She has some fond memories of those nights.]
I might have to check it out, at the very least, but I'm trying to save up to open my own. It'll be a while, though... Jobs're harder to come by around here.
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Oh nice! Let me know if you need help with any quests! I'd offer to swing by once you're open, but...
[Well, minor. And anti-underage drinking magic.]
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You say that like alcohol's the only thing I'll be serving.
[If she ever did open a bar, it would be exactly like Seventh Heaven, without a doubt.]
Gotta make sure there'll be a little something for everyone. Don't know if I could sustain a business here on just drinks.
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That's very true. In that case, I'll keep an eye out, and see if anyone I know might want a job there.
[At this rate, all the food and drink industries in the area should form a job network or something.]
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[They really should form some sort of network... A network to help each other out and scratch each other's backs to help build the otherworld business world.]
So how much do I owe you?
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Let's see... a dozen macarons and one red shiso tea... that'll be 2000 gold.
can prob wrap! 💖
Keep the change. And make sure to give my compliments to the chef in the back.
[She hasn't even tried the baked goods yet but she knows they'll be phenomenal.]
Next time I come back, I'm getting everything else.