002 🌠 starflower sanctuary and a surprise

[starshower]

Senders: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart
To: All
Subject: A couple special announcements!


[The message will come across the journals in the morning of the 11th, and before Tifa already begins writing, there will be inky, smudged, and noticeably small paw prints decorating the corners of the page.]

Hey Reverein. Tifa here! Eustace and I have another announcement to make. Two this time, actually.

First, some of you might already know this, but I've been wanting to open up my own place here in town. Been something of a goal of mine for a while, and now that the wedding's over, Eustace and I have been working on making it a reality.

Next month, we'll be opening up a bar and café just off the main plaza, and I'll be serving drinks, coffees, and food, but this isn't just going to be any café. Our plan is to turn this into a sanctuary for stray animals around town that might need a home, some food, or someplace to keep warm. Everyone will be free to meet the animals, and who knows... Maybe one of them will catch your love and attention, and they can find a more permanent, stable home.

Or, if you just like animals, feel free to come play and spend some time with them.

Look for a notice in your journals around this time next month! Hoping to have a grand opening when the time comes and see you all there, so be sure to stop by the Starflower Sanctuary and Café when we do!


[And last but not least...]

We have some new additions to the family.




[And their ink is smudged again as more pawprints appear across the paper. That's it. That's the end of their announcement. They have seven puppies to wrangle, so please bear with them!]

[OOC: both are available to respond, but Tifa will mainly focus on inquiries about the café and Eustace will field comments on the puppies.]

Comments

[starshower]

I hope so! I'm doing most of it for the animals, but I love cooking and all that, so it's a win win!

Only thing I've got so far is a "Puppaccino".

[grandduchess_anya]

That is amazing! Everyone, people and animals like, are going to have a great time. Great drinks and a place for animals to stay: I think that it might be the place I might frequent after work and where Pooka can meet more animal friends too.

Puppaccino is a pretty neat name. I would like to try out it when the sanctuary opens.

[starshower]

I wouldn't mind having some regulars. It was always nice to see familiar places back at Seventh Heaven.

So, if there's any favourite foods that you'd love to see, let me know and I'll see if I can whip it up specially for you.

[grandduchess_anya]

Oh I agree with that sentiment too. It is often nice to have some regular customers coming by on a frequent basis.

Maybe some small blinis or buckwheat pancakes could count as a food request perhaps?

[starshower]

Blinis? What are those? Never heard of them before.

[grandduchess_anya]

They are small pancakes that are very popular in Russia. Usually they are made of buckwheat flour and yeasted butter (although unyeasted butter is also commonly used) and you can put any garnishes you like. You can have it with sour cream and caviar or jam and butter.

My brother used to love them a lot. I can imprint an image of it for reference.

(Anya makes a quick imprint of an image what a blini looks like to help Tifa out.)

[starshower]

Oh! These sound and look wonderful, and not that hard to make at all. I'll see what I can do. You won't mind if I put a small, personal twist to it, do you?

[grandduchess_anya]

Oh yes, that would be greatly appreciated! I can’t wait to see what you will come up with.

[starshower]

And I'll look forward to seeing you and Pooka there. I'll have treats ready for him day one!

[grandduchess_anya]

Same here as well. I will be looking forward for its opening real soon. Even Pooka will be excited for it too.