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WHO: :RE Café + YOU
WHERE: :Re Café, Nonah
WHEN: February
WHAT: Coffee shop log. To the workers and clients, feel free to make your prompts and tag each other! As usual, the coffee shop opens at 7pm and closes at 2am. The coffee shop closes on MONDAYS.
WARNINGS: tba

Feel free to make your own prompts and tag around!


GENERAL CAFÉ

[ :Re café is a small coffee shop lost in some dark corner of Nonah; it's known for several different things: it opens at weird hours, the whole place is full of trinkets, it has many many TOO MANY books which patrons can read and trade, it’s specialized in coffee and Japanese food, and finally the owner is a nonhuman Ghoul who provides “exotic foods” to imPorts (Read: it provides blood and human flesh).

The trinkets are part of the shop's charm, in a way. A lot of clients leave items there, from butterfly collections to weird statues, and they are often very happy to have their trinket on display. Sometimes, though, Kaneki can be found switching the items, placing old ones in boxes, and overall just looking around trying to make sense of the decoration. Maybe you have new items to give, maybe you want to give a hand when tidying up the place, but if for whatever reason you approach Kaneki, you might hear him say to himself "We really need a garage sale."

Apart from the trinkets there are, of course, BOOKS. Many of them, spread all around the coffee shop. Even near the tables there are small baskets that people can go through to grab a book and read while they are drinking their coffee. Books are for trade (not all, some are Kaneki's private collection): leave a book and take one. Or just drop books you no longer want. And of course, if there is a book in particular you might be interested in, you might find it there, just ask someone - be careful though, the owner can ramble about books for hours.

The coffee shop itself doesn't have a set theme - urban museum book café theme, maybe? - but the food is specifically Japanese. The shop specializes in Japanese food, specifically pastries and sweets, with some more common western sweets in the mix, all home-made and cooked by the owner during the morning/afternoon. While there isn't a huge variety of items to offer, the menu changes everyday, allowing the clients to try new things through the week. : re also offers a variety of hot, cold and iced drinks, heavily focusing on coffee, and they even have latte and foam art available. Veronica's slushies have become quite popular as well, so give those a try too.

If you spend enough time there, beware of your own words! While most won't mind it, if D33 catches you cursing, you better have some change for the swear-jar. No, it's not a joke. He will demand you to put some money there and will want you to learn not to be rude while at the coffee shop. Hopefully patrons won't be too angry about that, but if something trouble arises, both Kaneki can handle it with ease.

While the coffee shop isn't popular (it's usually quiet), sometimes there groups of people coming in, often imPort fans that want to take some pictures and try out imPort foods and often high school girls who are part of Kaneki's fangroup, the Kennibals, who want to update their website with thing things about their favorite hero; they are usually pretty girl, somewhat overbearing and loud. If they are too much, just let a waiter know. ]

PRIVATE AREA (cw: cannibalism, vampirism, blood, etc)

[ The shop isn't known only for its books, coffee and food: it's known because the owner provides unusual foods and special diets to IMPORTS ONLY. In other words, vampires, cannibals and alike can easily find a place to eat. Kaneki holds the right to ask any imPort for their file as proof that they require these special diets in order to survive/use their powers, since by law he can't provide it to those who don't need it; but worry not, he won't bite.

The door to this private area has an electronic lock and the combination is given to clients who need to use it; regulars can certainly go in without any fuss and Kaneki will soon meet them there to take their order. If a new imPort wants to go in, just talk to one of the two and they will be granted the combination to go inside. Anyone else who just wants to be nosey? Well, good luck trying to get past Ken; he isn’t going to let you in so easily.

It doesn't mean you can’t try. Even natives do. From time to time, there is always someone who tries to go in and force the door open in vain, or ask the staff if they can give them a cup of blood with a sidedish of human flesh. Some are just being assholes (after all, not everyone is so willing to accept what goes on here), other are very set on this and aren't joking at all. People can be really weird, after all. ]

RENOVATIONS AND NEW ADDITIONS

[ Recently, most of :Re Café’s staff was Ported-out, thus leaving Kaneki, D33 and Veronica to scramble around while trying to make sure the place runs smoothly. However, some people were willing to give a hand, either as full time or part time, so you might see new faces around! The fans are delighted, and they’ll certainly try to talk to every new face around the coffee shop.

Along with the new faces, there is also a small poster, letting all patrons know that :Re Café will be at the FanPort this year, with their Japanese sweets and food, along with delicious coffee. There is a small note saying they will also be trading novel-books there, and selling some trinkets from the coffee shop, which is a way Kaneki found to get rid of old things and trade old books for different ones.

Around the 7th of September, a new notice will pop up to let everyone know renovations will be starting soon at the coffee shop from the 12th September onwards. At the beginning of the month, and after talking to too many people, Kaneki finally bought the second floor of the building and will be now building another new area for the coffee shop, with a small outside garden area. There are a lot of plans, which Kaneki has to approve before leaving to Mars, so clients and employees will see a lot of people coming in and out of the coffee shop to ask Kaneki to sign paperwork, to have a look at the space, and to even show blueprints of what will be done.
Certainly Kaneki looks a bit stressed, so during quiet times, you’ll find him reading contracts and trying to understand the what he should be doing next (which isn’t as easy as he thought it’d be actually), while sighing a little nervously.

From 10th onward, the owner of the coffee shop won’t be around anymore. He will be going to Mars, and therefor D33 and Veronica (the oldest staff) will be in charge. Pastries and cakes and Japanese food will be bought from reliable bakers and cuisines to make sure the quality of the products will not divert, but the employees who want to have a go at cooking and see what the public thinks of their food certainly can try. The Private Area of the coffee shop will be closed. ]