KINT01
[Date | Nov-21-24]
[Barista | Vanilla]
[Subject | Business as Usual]
[File Reference | KINT01]
Cherry called it a “leap of faith,” but let’s not kid ourselves—it was a wild shot in the dark with a prayer attached. Abbey’s ivy seeds were the inspiration, sure, but the execution? That was all us. Seeds alone can’t really patch boundary tears, not when we only had a handful to work with. So, we did what we do best: improvise.
What if we could engineer a version—or a “strain” of Abbey’s ivy that could not only fill the tears but “stitch” them back up over time? It’d be better than just throwing the seeds in rot-infested soil and hoping for the best. Cherry suggested altering the seeds using her special cocktail formulations. And so… we started working on the Cafe’s latest late-night drink, the “Golden Seam.”
I won’t bore you all with the specifics, but it’s a drink with gold flakes (from when we dealt with Mina), gin (from Abbey’s berries, specifically), and a shot of Fireball (from Cherry, naturally). The gold flakes are more than just a flourish. Mina’s domain is Greed, and hopefully, we’ve upgraded Abbey’s ivy to be just that—greedy. It’ll feed off of a specific frequency of frayed boundary lines and, in the process, close them and keep growing.
Now? We just need to try it out. Honestly, the thought of gin with Fireball makes my stomach turn, but—Cherry seems game. I guess she and Hazelnut have a more… “open” palate. Worst case? Things go horribly wrong; we end up poisoning our customers, we piss off the Department or the Coven or both, and then we have a different set of problems to contend with. But honestly? I think even the worst case would work out for us if it finally spurred the Department to do something—anything—about this problem.