If you ever smell coffee in the dead of night, if you hear papers constantly flipping back and forth, frantic scribbles of pen against paper. Do not worry too much, that is just Espresso brewing his research.
He was never fond of sleep. Sure, it would feel nice every once awhile, but it held no use to him. It was in his very dough after all.
Espresso is a scientist/mage who was the one that created coffee magic itself. Graduating from the prestige School of Parfaedia....and yet he was on the brink of eviction due to not paying his debt on time and earning low income.
One day, he finished a project he had been working on for weeks, and was planning to present them to a group of scientists and an Elder. Hoping to convince him to fund his work, and allow him to enter the Institute....instead he accidentally saved the entire Crème Republic, got hired to work alongside a buffoon of a commander, and is forced to travel around the world to find these five great heroes that could be crumbled for all they know....great. JUST GREAT!
After all he went through, maybe just perhaps, he can take a small nap.
On most nights, his mind would be blank, his dreams would be forgettable, or that...nightmare will appear again. This time, however, he can perfectly understand what was going on in his surroundings. He can feel, see, touch, smell almost everything. And there is always this...stranger in his dreams. Always wearing the same outfit. A blonde man, wearing a gown that would glimmer with each step he took like the night sky, a large hat he would always re-adjust, and a classic monocle. He seemed...
