Signs had been handwavily put up around town throughout the day indicating that this was the place and this was the time. New Year's Eve in Fandom, in one of the abandoned warehouses (although it had been tidied up and decorated). Showgirls carrying champagne flutes, a live band playing, and a big glowy ball hanging from the rafters with a ( Read more... )

Naminé arrived bright and early for her shift, and couldn't help waving to Mokona, or humming along with whatever number the dishes were singing. It seemed to be that sort of day.

The Specials Board read:

TODAY'S SPECIAL
White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
It never goes out of style!She felt like offering free dessert, but wasn't sure how her ( Read more... )

Charlotte York had finally decided that she had lost another battle. Over ten batches of unsuccessful cookies later, she decided that her stove was evil, it probably had something to do with the island, and she was just going to give it up, pick up some cookies from that lovely pastry shop, and call that good. The disastrous attempts of this ( Read more... )

Naminé was still musing about her Mythology class yesterday, and the discussion on myths and realities. She'd had the strangest insight that maybe, in a place like Fandom, everyone's home world myths were just other realities leaking through. Unfortunately, she had thought of that three hours after class had finished ( Read more... )

Tonight was finally the night. Everything was perfect, and, while perfect wasn't quite good enough for Charlotte, she figured it would just have to do. The gallery quietly seemed to glisten with its newness, its modernity, large opened spaces and smaller, quieter nooks and alcoves. Covered the walls on large, bright canvases were the works of ( Read more... )

There was nothing quite so reassuring as the beaming face of the cheese-grater, smiling at Naminé as she opened Café Fina.

Specials, hmm. Naminé was tempted to do another board full of pontifications about art, but had no idea what the current owners might think of that.

So instead:

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Tie-Dyed CheesecakeThat seemed artistic enough ( Read more... )

Charlotte had a busy morning ahead of her, putting up flyers to announce the upcoming gallery opening.

( Gallery Opening! )

It was, Naminé thought, exceptionally nice to have her old job back. And the singing plates and the cheese-grater seemed more thrilled than ever. Viva Fina!

The Specials Board for today:

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake
It's back, how can you resist?

Café Fina was open.

Ah, a weekend away -- it almost made getting back to the island on Sunday a drag, but when Anders got to work and found the reminder note behind the bar he ended up being too busy to mope about that. "Birthday party here? Tonight?!? Tino!!!Once he figured out that it wasn't a prank, he scurried around cleaning up, arranging chairs and tables, ( Read more... )

The cafe wasn't actually open, but Fai couldn't read the open/closed sign yet, and nobody had bothered to point it out to him.

The kitchen utensils were currently helping Fai clean up, sweeping and dusting and washing dusty dishes. The blond himself wasn't exactly helping...he was supervising. While sitting at one of the tables with a cup of tea, ( Read more... )