[CENTER][SUB][I][COLOR=cyan]I am sitting in the morning at the[/COLOR][/I][/SUB][hr][H3][B][COLOR=turquoise]π’Ÿπ’Ύπ“ƒπ‘’π“‡ π‘œπ“ƒ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’žπ‘œπ“‡π“ƒπ‘’π“‡[/COLOR][/B][/H3][/CENTER] [hr] [color=cyan][i]Time of day:[/i][/color] Night [color=cyan][i]Weather:[/i][/color] Rain Nicole glanced out the window of her store, watching the rain fall on the sidewalk outside. She paused in cleaning the table she was working on and cast her gaze over her shoulder, looking over the rest of the store. There were no customers inside, either in the small cafe area or the larger clothing store. The only other person in the building was Gabriel, working with one of the machines behind the bar. [color=cyan]"Gabe, go ahead and head out. I'll take care of cleanup. I don't think anybody else is coming in tonight. You can take tomorrow off too, if you want. I got a special order today, so I'll probably be working on that."[/color] Nicole smiled at her only employee. Gabriel nodded and set down his rag. [color=turquoise]"I'll see you Friday then,"[/color] he muttered, grabbing his bag and umbrella and heading out the door. Gabriel was always quiet when it was just the two of them, preferring to stay silent if nothing needed to be said. Nicole kept smiling as he left, only letting her expression drop when she was sure nobody could see. Heaving a sigh, she went back to cleaning the tables, not bothering to lock the door yet. [hr] The shop was called The Woven Roast, a relatively small corner store on the Valley edge of Santa Celia. It was family owned, going back two generations, well liked by it's regulars and completely unknown to everybody else. Recently, it had gone through a rebranding, the Cafe side of the business taking a back seat to Nicole's specialty clothing store. With her power an open secret, Nicole wove special traits into her wares, creating scarves that warmed themselves when tied, or shirts that stayed cool in any weather. She even advertised for special orders, if somebody wanted something not on the shelf. The new direction had driven away some of the store's regulars, but with the money she was making now, Nicole could afford the loss of business. Her [i]real[/i] target customers were the type that often needed maintenance on their outfits, so she could be sure she wouldn't be running out of money soon.