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songerein2023-03-15 06:26 pm
open 🌠🐾 the starflower café and sanctuary
Which: Open mingle log
Where: The Starflower Café and Sanctuary
What: It's the grand opening of Tifa's new café/bar and animal sanctuary! Come meet and play and cuddle with animals, have a drink, eat some delicious food, chat with friends or make new ones! Whatever you want. Forward dated to next week.
Warnings: High levels of cute
Upon entering into the rustic-style building, the paw-shaped chimes ringing to welcome you, you'll be greeted by a large white, rose-covered dog who will bring your attention to the small basket of flowery crystals, the sign above them stating that they can be turned into candies and jams with the help of dreamotion. Lyria will be there handing out a variation of animal ears for anyone to wear if they would like. Out and about around and in the café, you'll find a big red panda walking around! She's trading hugs for goodies, so be sure to pick out something for her as well while you're up at the bar if you'd like a cuddle!
The main floor features the bar and café proper with the walls filled with vines of shimmering blue starflowers. There is a wide space for tables and chairs, both for larger parties and smaller ones, with the center featuring a broad wooden tree fit for perching for both cats and birds alike. To the right is the bar counter, as well as a glass case showing off the wide selection of desserts that they have available for the day. To the left in the far corner is a small lit fireplace surrounded by comfortable seating. Next to that, there is a glass case filled with merchandise for the café, such as coasters, engraved glasses and mugs, plastic samples of pet treats that are available. Alongside them are the glass figurines of the corgis that Eustace had made at the Dream Faire. Beside that, there is a set of glass doors that will take one out to the patio outside.
The second floor boasts more intimate seating, tables mostly made for two or three, as well as floral-themed couches set up at each corner. Here, the berry turtles have a small fountain pool, as well as a terrarium set up for them.
Should one decide to go outside to the patio in the back, not only will they find tables and chairs, but despite the cooler weather, the garden is blooming with colour. Among the designated play areas for the animals as well as all along the outer walls of the café, there are starflowers, roses, lilies, and daisies all in bloom. Take a walk through the garden, and stop by the pond to visit the fish.
As your orders are taken, keep an eye out for the pair of blue lovebirds that fly around delivering them from the floor to the back to Tifa!
There are plenty of places to play with the animals or simply watch them, so grab a drink, some food, and a seat, and enjoy your stay at the Starflower Café, Bar, and Sanctuary! 💙
with love,
🐕 I. MEET THE ANIMALS
A. THE DOGS. Of course, this wouldn't be Eustace and Tifa without the presence of the corgis. All seven of them wear matching bandanas around their necks, along with Tifa, Lyria, and Eustace, to show that they are part of the Starflower family. Rather, they are here to serve! Have you placed an order for food? They will happily carry out your order to your table and demand praise and pets afterward. Do you need a cuddle? They can help with that, too! They'll do tricks for anyone who has a treat to offer, like dancing, handshakes, and even singing, if you are so inclined to listen. Be careful, however! Should Idris get too excited, he might create a gust of wind that could knock your table over, or Aerona might steal something valuable of yours in an attempt to get you to play with her. They may be well-trained, but they are still corgis!
Some of the flower dogs have also made an appearance today. Rose will be gifting everyone small crystal flowers as they walk in that, as Eustace, Tifa, and Lyria will explain, can be turned into floral candies and jams. Edelweiss will greet people with small flowery fireworks that he sheds from his fur, but don't let him get too excited, or the café might have a fireworks show on their hands... Watch out!
The corgi puppies that were announced last month are making an appearance on opening day as well! Lyria has set up a playpen in the center of the café for anyone who would like to meet with and play with the new corgi puppies under her and Rhonwen's supervision. Sorry, they are not up for adoption yet!
B. FAIRY KITTENS. There are three winged kittens flitting about the café, and they are extra curious. If you aren't careful, you might find your pants covered coloured sprinkles if Sprinkles (yes, that's her name) wanders too close, or in glitter if Shimmer shakes herself off near you. Flutter's butterflies like to stay close to her, but sometimes they do lose track of where she is and both Flutter and the butterflies become distressed, so please help to reunite them again!
They are all still learning how to use their wings, so give them a hand or a word of encouragement. Mirabelle, the plum fairy that resides in the building, will tell you to take them outside to the back where there is plenty of space, and the pollen of their flowers will help give them a boost... and who knows, you may start to feel it, too! Think of it like fairy dust.
C. BUNNIES. Have you looked away for a moment and looked back to your table to suddenly find something missing? Maybe a bite has been mysteriously taken out of your meal? Look more carefully and you might find a small pair of ears peeking out from behind your plate or your cup of coffee. Look even more closely, and you will discover that it is a small bundle of fluffy, white fur. A bunny? But how? It's the size of your thumb nail, maybe smaller, and it's sniffing at your food. Or maybe it's searching for a warm place to curl up and sleep, and your hair is just the right temperature. They're completely harmless and are just looking for friends and playmates! They are quite fond of paper, and will grow excited (and in size, but only by a little!) if you can fold up these small colourful squares of it into animal-shaped friends for them! Just be careful if you're eating a salad! They may have ended up finding their way in there!
D. OTHER ANIMALS. There are plenty of other animals to meet and play with! There are some 🐢 berry-shelled turtles 🐢 that will drop off raspberries or blueberries for you if you share your salad with them, a 🕊️ pair of birds 🕊️ that will sing a love song for you (and your special someone if you've brought them), and will belt poems for the whole café to hear. They'll also preen your hair if they think it's a bit too unruly. There are also 🐠 a few fish 🐠outside in the pond that will put on a light show for you if you wave at them.
There is a large selection of toys and treats appropriate for every animal so feel free to interact with them however you'd like. For the full list of animals, please refer to this list! And, if you've brought your own pet, the animals would be happy to meet and socialize and mingle with them! Be sure to grab some of the homemade treats, as well!
🐈 II. FOOD AND DRINKS
A. SPECIAL DONUTS. Made with love and care, these donuts are a special item for the opening week of the café. There's a wide selection to choose from, and all of them are based on the animals that they have up for adoption at the moment. As well as a set of them for the corgis because we all know they would be jealous if there weren't. There are also limited edition Eria and Clover donuts—those who have visited Eustace and Tifa's treehouse will be familiar with them. They come in different flavours—vanilla, maple, matcha, chocolate, double chocolate, jelly-filled vanilla, so feel free to choose one!
However, they may have been crafted with a little too much love. (This is all a work in progress!) So, depending on the flavour you choose, you might start to notice some residual effects. Nothing too scary! Well, depending on who you are.🐱 Sprinkles donut: No matter what you do, this vanilla sprinkle donut will have you leaving sprinkles everywhere you go. You may also start to feel yourself floating on air when you walk? Uh oh, or maybe you really are walking on air! Don't worry, it's only a few inches, and the effects will wear off quickly enough.
🐺 Eria donut: While you won't feel cold, you're suddenly gifted with a brief bout of snowy dreamotion after eating this powdered jelly-filled donut, allowing you to create snowflakes that turn into powdered icing when it touches your food. It will also cool off anything you touch, so be careful not to let your coffee get cold!
🌹 Rose donut: This floral flavoured donut will have you leaving behind rose petals that can be later used to turn into candies or jams, so be sure to collect them when you find them!
🍃 Idris donut: This minty flavoured donut will make anyone who eats it feel like they're moving faster than they actually are. Are you running? No, but it will definitely feel that way. A bit trippy...
B. Drinks. Of course, a bar and cafe wouldn't be one without drinks! And once again, these ones have ended up with some effects. None of them are harmful, but you may find yourself being very popular with the animals...☕ Flavoured Cattuccinos: These cappuccinos (choose a flavour, any flavour!) are as fluffy as they can get! With this, the animals in the cafe will be drawn to you and will relentlessly seek out cuddles until you leave. Be careful, if you drink it too fast, you'll be inundated with cats, dogs, bunnies, and birds trying to steal sips of your drink.
🍵 Corgi Tea Lattes: These tea lattes (currently, they come in matcha, chai, and earl grey flavour), will make the drinker feel nostalgic, whimsical, incredibly relaxed. Drink too much, and you might find yourself dozing off into a daydream...
🍹 Starry Night: The Starflower Bar's special! Comes in alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions! The drink will simply make you feel warm and happy no matter what mood you are in, and will make you feel tempted to cuddle with animals–or someone else–for a while.
🐇 III. OUTDOORS
A. RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY. While for the most part, the weather is sunny and warm, the random weather changes that are happening around town can bring about sudden rain or snow. These small storms won't last long, but a sudden downpour or blizzard will no doubt put a damper on those dining or spending time with animals outside. Try to keep the mood light and cheerful–socialize, play with the animals, tell some jokes, but when it starts storming, it will be time to get the animals back inside–and help chase those storm clouds away! Speaking of clouds, some lower ones have started drifting through. However, they aren't just any ordinary clouds... they're made of cotton candy. Enjoy some sweets! Just be careful, some of the stormy ones are floating in, and those might have a bit more "zing!" to them.
B. ART ATTACK. Some of Eustace and Tifa's dogs are particularly fond of art and the messes that comes with it, so they have set up some stations outside behind the cafe for people to have some fun with the animals. They love to make paw paintings, and will "help" anyone who would just like to do something artsy with it (by help, they will add their own flair to them). Remember those rose crystals that Rose had given to you when you walked in? She'll also sit with you and encourage you to turn them into candies with dreamotion. Or perhaps you can assist someone else?
C. GLASS ART. Remember the glass blowing back at the faire? Well, it's back! Just like the small glass figurines of the corgis on display in the glass case inside, there is an option to create small glass animals using the glass blowing method with a little bit of dreamotion. Create whatever you'd like (it doesn't have to be an animal!), and don't be afraid to ask someone if you need help with either part. If you'd like to take them home, you may, but there is also the option to leave them on display with the others near the fireplace, if you so wish—Tifa would love it if you did!
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Pancakes. Waffles. Any style eggs. Breakfast burger. Breakfast Sandwiches. Oatmeal (hot or cold). Breakfast bowls.
Sides: Hashbrowns. Sausage. Bacon. Toast.
LUNCH
Variety of sandwiches. Burgers. Grilled Cheese. Daily Soups. Salads.
Sides: Fries. Small Salad. Coleslaw.
Opening Week Special: Blinis.
DINNER
Steaks. Burgers. Salads. Stews. Stir Fry. Curry. Spaghetti and Meat Sauce.
(Breakfast and lunch served all day!)
Flavoured Lattes & Cappuccinos. Americanos. Espresso. Macchiato. Drip Coffee. Mochas. Frappuccinos.
(All coffees available hot or iced.)
TEA
Black Teas. Green Teas. Herbal Teas. Floral Teas.
(All teas available hot or iced, sweetened and unsweetened.)
ALCOHOL
Scotches. Whiskeys. Wines (Red and White). Beers. Cocktails.
Special: The Starry Night
OTHER DRINKS
Hot Chocolate. Homemade sodas. Homemade, freshly squeezed juices. Milkshakes.
Vanilla. Chocolate. Strawberry. Chocolate Chip. Butter Pecan. Cookie Dough. Lemon. Mint. Cotton Candy. Matcha. Rose.
CAKES
Lemon. Chocolate. Vanilla. Strawberry shortcake. Black Forest. Red Velvet.
Cheesecakes (lemon, strawberry, white chocolate, plain, blueberry, caramel).
Cinnamon buns.
DONUTS
Maple. Matcha. Vanilla. Chocolate. Honey Glazed. Jelly-filled.
Opening Week Specials: Cherry Blossom donut. Seafarer Maple donut.
If you would like to adopt any of the animals above, please fill out the form here!
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at
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[She waggles a finger at him because there's no way he's getting out of telling her what a complete disaster it apparently was!]
But first... any flavours, or you just like 'em as they are? We've got a few. [And, counting on her fingers...] Hazlenut, vanilla, caramel, cinnamon bun, and white chocolate.
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I'd like to try your vanilla flavor.
[Most of those flavors would go well with his donut, but despite being a professional baker and chef, sometimes he just wants something that's on the more simple side. Once Tifa starts making his drink, he'll take another small bite out of his donut, partly to enjoy the pastry she made, and partly to prepare himself to talk about the Vinsmokes-- mostly his mom.]
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[She thinks she's clever.
With a cheeky grin, Tifa gets to work on making his drink, and if he's looking, she might do a trick or two with the bottle of vanilla syrup—a spin or a throw into pouring a shot of it as if she were mixing the house special cocktail. There's the whirr of the espresso, the buzz of the milk frothing away, and when she sets the steaming cup down in front of him, the foamy milk on top creates the shape of a cat, with eyes, nose, and whiskers made out of sprinkled cinnamon.
And she's going to get right into it before he can try to escape, elbows on the counter, chin propped up in her hands, ready and eager to listen.]
So, about that first time you cooked.
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Very cute.]
Thank you. [Sanji takes a small sip from the 'cataccino,' letting the sweet flavor warm his mouth before he swallows. But right, he owes her a story, no more delaying.]
First time I cooked, it was for my mother... I wanted to make her something special. I snuck into the kitchen and tried to prepare cooked salmon for her, but not only did I burnt it, but I sliced my fingers while trying to cut it. I'm surprised that I didn't set the whole kitchen on fire with everything I did wrong.
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[Her expression turns from interest to worry, and her eyes dart down to his fingers because that was not the sort of start she was expecting!!!]
Were you alright!? No serious injuries?
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Luckily, they were just shallow cuts. [And he doesn't scar easily for whatever reason. Okay, there's a reason nowadays, but all this happened before his shitty genes activated.]
I did have some of the maids worry about me though. I probably owe them an apology for all the trouble I caused.
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Was this before you knew you wanted to do it more? The cooking and baking, I mean. Or was that when you decided that you wanted to?
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[Instead of the constant training and fighting Judge put him and his siblings through. Getting time to himself and actually creating something meant a lot to him, even if it wasn't good at first.]
It did help that my mom was always happy to try whatever terrible dish I made. She encouraged it, actually.
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[There's a distantly bittersweet smile that crosses Tifa's face. It's been a while since she's thought about her own, but there were also the other mothers in the village who had taught her what she knows now that she misses dearly.]
Is that what inspired you to get better? Your mom?
[And now she wants to hear more about this kind-sounding woman.]
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[Sanji catches the slightly bitter expression, but he doesn't push on the topic. If she wants to bring it up, she can, and he'll be happy to listen, but he's fine leaving it alone for now.]
She certainly played a part, but I just wanted to get better at something I truly enjoyed. If I had a lot of fun making terrible food, then it'd be even better if I started to make something that people can genuinely enjoy.
[Plus, it was an escape from all the other shit that was going on during that time.]
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[And now she runs a café that she built all on her own from the ground up...]
I wish my mom was able to teach me all that stuff, but the other women in my village growing up ended up taking up the mantle. I learned a lot from the other moms.
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[He's going to make his own restaurant someday, probably not in this world, but back home, once they find the All Blue. Course, he has to check on Zeff and the others to make sure their sorry asses aren't dead.]
They sound like wonderful ladies. [He got that implication that Tifa's mom wasn't around for her childhood-- possibly her entire life.] After my mom passed, I eventually found myself onboard a floating restaurant out at sea and it's where a grumpy old man really taught me how to cook. Also had a bunch of other chefs on board that helped every so often.
Takes an entire team to teach someone how to cook sometimes, eh?
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It really does, but I don't think that's a bad thing.
[Some might see it that way, but—]
You learn a lot of different things from different people when you've got more than one person to learn from. One mom wasn't much of a baker, but another was, you know? So I learned how to do a little bit of everything. ... Except bartending. That was all through books.
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[And it's a nice sort of surprise. Sanji may consider himself to be an amazing chef, but he's also willing to learn and see what others can do. It's not a competition, that sort of shit doesn't interest him.]
And now I'm meeting people from different planets. Hard to not appreciate somethin' like that. [A bright smile emerges from Sanji.] When I learn from you, it's also like I'm learning from the lovely ladies that taught you as well.
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It really is a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn't it? Meeting people from whole other universes, even. Though, it's funny how even some of the simpler things are the same across them all, you know?
[She motions to the donut as an example.]
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[If he tries to think about it, it's sort of amazing that a lot of ingredients are shared between different planets and everything. But he's not the type to put too much thought into it, other than just thinking that it's pretty neat. Food's food in the end and he's just here to cook.
He smiles at the donut in front of him, taking another bite and matching it with the coffee she's made him.]
We all just figured that a round pastry with a hole in the middle is called a donut. Ever cooked with sky fish before?
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[Though now he has her interest, and it does sound like something she'd love to try cooking with one day... whatever it is!]
What is it!?
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[Maybe they'll show up here one day and he can show Tifa-chan first hand. He can imagine it now, bringing a sky fish to her lovely restaurant and personally showing her how to cook one.]
One of the natives taught me the way to prepare them, since it required a certain technique. They definitely have their own robust flavor. I'm assuming you don't have anything like that in your world?
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[She's trying to imagine what it might look like...]
So, wait... it's not a bird, but flying fish... I'm having a hard time picturing a feathery scaled thing.