#blackcatxmagic

Located at Theater of the Mind

"I know, I know! I'm late! But I come bearing bribes and apologies," Lupe sang out as she rushed into the Twilight Cauldron 45 minutes later than she should have. A bag from the Ceramic Cup swung from her hands, her sunglasses just barely on her nose as her sweater hung off of one shoulder and she tried to balance a coffee in the other. She was a hot mess but one that still seemed in good spirits as she grinned once she was face to face with her boss. "Your favorites and some sweet treats. I swear I set my alarm and then I stubbed my toe on the way out my God I thought I was dying and then my coffee maker wouldn't work so I went to the cafe but the line was so long and the guy in front of me must have been ordering for an army because shit he walked out with like four trays and three bags. Insane. Then the coffee I got spilled and so I had to get a refill and obviously flirt with the barista, anyway," she sighed and unpacked the food for them as she rattled off, not even paying attention to if they had customers yet.

She took a big sip from her coffee and slid her glasses up onto her head. "So, did I miss anything fun?"

Located at Copper's house

The wind had picked up by the time Goldie made it to his front door, but it wasn’t the weather that had her heart hammering. She stood there for a long minute - long enough for bag handles to start cutting into her fingers, long enough to start regretting the decision to wear lipstick just to show up on someone’s porch like she was selling Tupperware and not, you know, desperately trying to figure out how to be a sister for the first time in her life. The big thermal bag she’d brought - one lined with foil and overstuffed with carefully selected kosher deli sandwiches, soup containers, and her best attempt at a homemade kugel (store-bought noodles, don’t tell anyone) - sat at her feet. She didn’t even know if he liked kugel. She didn’t know if he liked anything, really. And she hated that.

"Hey Doc, sorry to bother you, you got a second?" Xander usually would have kept it to himself and fixed himself up when he got home but he had a long shift ahead of him. "Sorry about crowding your waiting room though. Patient insisted we brought him here instead. Seems like he trusts you more than anybody," Xander admitted with a shrug. He most knew Doctor Adams in passing from their work. But people in the community seemed to like him and Xander had great respect for that. "It's just the guy was a little agitated when we arrived, he might have thrown a few things, I didn't think it was much but he nicked me here," Xander told him and pointed at the cut on his neck. "You uh mind just checking it out to make sure it doesn't get infected? You'd be doing me a real solid."

Located at Aperture Photo Lab

Located at Thunderstruck Bowling Alley

It was Corey's turn to plan an outing for himself and Ocean, a dear friend who he wasn't interested in neglecting in any way, shape, or form. Corey had never been overly great at planning anything, but as of late, here in Cardinal Hill, Corey had been inspired to give it his very best go. He didn't want to lose those who were important to him, and now more than ever, he understood the importance of keeping his loved ones close. He'd experienced loss before, and the last thing that he wanted was to experience such an awful feeling again. Even if he was being dramatic with his thinking, there was no harm in spending time with those who he cared about most.

Located at Sunny Acres Park

Happy would have never suspected how nice it was to be friends with fellow parents until he had a child of his own. Not only could they provide Happy with invaluable advice - particularly those friends who had children older than Keiko, and who were able to provide him with an insight on the months and years to come - but they could also understand what it was like to prioritise their children over themselves. While other friends often wanted Happy to meet them out and about without Keiko, Dimi seemed more than comfortable with Keiko being with Happy more often than not, and it was nice for the pair to go out with their children together, even if Keiko was too young to provide Ozma with ample entertainment as of yet.

Located in the streets of Cardinal Hill