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open ✨ life can be harsh, it can be bitter.

Who: Tifa Lockhart feat. Cloud Strife & YOU
What: September catch-all. Tifa tries to find something else she enjoys outside of Heavenly Blanc, and drags Cloud along for the ride.
Where: Where the threads happen
When: When the threads happen
Content Warnings: N/A

𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 '𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦.
𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 & 𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚊 ★ 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚙 ★ 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 ★ 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍 ★ ♫

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★ SUSHI & BBQ IN WALL MARKET ★

[You may have seen them: hand-written posters plastered to the walls of Heavenly Blanc, Merlaut Apartments, and even Wall Market. The penmanship is neat and cursive, and the addition of drawings are meant to lure one's attention, with each poster having a different one than the next, but they all are printed with the same thing:]

𝒞𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝓎 𝒲𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓀𝑒𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒻𝑒'𝓈 𝐵𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈!
𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒞𝒶𝓃 𝐸𝒶𝓉 𝒮𝓊𝓈𝒽𝒾 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐵𝒶𝓇𝒷𝑒𝒸𝓊𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓝𝓞𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓝𝓖!

[If one were to journey to Wall Market, the smell of meat will linger in the misplaced sector, and may even filter into the caves, but one thing is for sure: it smells damn good. Of course it does! This isn't Tifa's first rodeo with a barbecue, and she's passed down all her knowledge to Cloud, who will be manning the grill or the sushi rolling station while she takes orders and works the prep line.

While it does smell delicious, there is plenty to be desired about the final presentation of the food. The sushi is rolled crooked, and the rice is falling apart or squished into the fish, and the meat skewers are overcooked or overloaded with pieces (or both) and drizzled in way too much sauce, making them nearly impossible to eat without a mess. Tifa says nothing to Cloud, letting him sort that out himself, but when they hand one over to a hungry customer, she'll flash a sheepish smile.]

Still working out the kinks, but I promise it's tastier than it looks!

( ooc: please let us know if you are picking the sushi or the meat! )

★ THE LEMON CELLO CHURCH ★

[Alternatively, you could have seen the posters calling your attention to a different location, but still with the same precise handwriting. Tifa had promised Aerith not long ago (or a long time ago, time means nothing) that she would help her out with turning the church into a proper business—a flower and cake shop—and it just so happens that Cloud's interests had aligned with hers. So exciting!

So here they are, working at this makeshift bakery together where they've helped Aerith set up the tables and chairs in preparations for guests, each one decorated with a simple centerpiece: a vase with a single flower. Tifa has forced an apron she found inside Heavenly Blanc around Cloud's neck to make him look "more presentable and welcoming"—that SOLDIER uniform doesn't do him any good in either department, especially for a bakery, and she dons one too, although much more willingly.

As soon as anyone wanders into the church looking curious or hungry, she'll stuff the tray of samples into Cloud's hand and nudges him to the entrance with her.]

Welcome to Lemon Cello Church, a little taste of Aerith's home in Sector Five! [She calls out happily, waving. She thrives in this business stuff!] We've got some samples here if you'd like to try some! Take your pick.

[She nudges Cloud a little closer.

On the tray, there is a variety of different bite-sized cakes ranging from lemon, the house specialty, to vanilla, chocolate, and even cheesecake! This place really went all out when it imprinted, and just like the Wall Market supply, it seems to fill itself up again when no one's looking...

Anyway. Take one!]

( ooc: tag order will be you → cloud → tifa, unless other circumstances come up! )

[Back on the road for Tifa's Grand Adventure to finding other jobs and hobbies she's passionate about! It was during a conversation with Lance when she decided that she would give her all into becoming the greatest Pokemon rancher in all of the Void... starting with the chickens, if one could even call them that (or Pokemon, but no one has told them otherwise).

She's conveniently found some useful items that have washed up on the beach that she thinks could help her in building the fence and coop that she promised to put together—pieces of lumber, metal scraps, bits and bolts, even some tools!—that she's carried all the way back to the forest surrounding Mortis Lake where the featherless birds are most commonly found.

Anyone within the vicinity will be able to hear a mix of banging and rattling, whether it's echoing through the trees... or in their own heads (sorry!) followed by an uttered string of curses when it doesn't sit quite right, not in the way she would like it to.]

Oh, come on! If I just will it to work, would that be enough!?

[At the source of the racket, Tifa will be standing with what appears to be a square of wooden planks nailed together, but it's crooked and looks like it will fall apart the moment she takes her hands off it. She's strong, but not the greatest at carpentry all on her own, so any help would be... nice...

Alternatively, she's had to wrestle with the chickens over the course of her project. She's barely started and they've already started climbing all over her supplies, and she's had to rush over and pick them up one by one to move them off so none of them hurt themselves on the pieces of sharp metal. It's like she's babysitting a group of toddlers: they're loud, fast, and don't understand a word she says.]

Now, you behave! [Her voice is stern as she waggles a finger at them, once again unaware that she may be overheard from a distance.] I'm trying to build you a home, you know!

[Has she been talking to the chickens? Yes. Yes, she has.]

Edited 2020-09-03 15:17 (UTC)

[After all that work cooking meat and building a fence, it's nice to have somewhere to go where she can relax and let go of all of the tension that's built up in her muscles... and to wash off the smell of beef. Tifa's been to the bathhouse before to shower, but hasn't been inside the baths yet, deciding to wait for the lights to start working again before giving them a try.

At the entrance, she reads the sign with some apprehension knitting into her brow: no towels in the bath? ... What is she supposed to do if someone else is in there?

Well, what's the harm, right? It's just a towel.

Anyone who's inside the bath already will receive a greeting when she strolls in, hair up and a towel wrapped securely around herself. When she dips her toes into the steaming water, she exhales in a relieved sigh. It feels nice... What she wouldn't have given for this back in Midgar, except this one is exceptionally cleaner than any of the bathhouses she would have expected to find in Wall Market.

When she recalls the rules written out in plain sight, Tifa presses a finger to her lips.]

Don't tell anyone.

[She then begins to lower herself slowly into the water with the towel still on. Please stop her... Please. For the love of god, stop her or watch her teleport away.

Or, you can find her outside, having just been kicked out in the blink of an eye. If you're passing through, a girl in a towel will magically appear directly in front of you, looking surprised and having no idea what the heck just happened. Her legs are dripping wet and she's cold, and it takes a moment for the realization to sink in that she's no longer inside the bathhouse.]

Huh—!?

[ For anything else you'd like to do with Tifa this month! You know the drill: feel free to slam a starter down, or contact me via PM or at

crystariums if you'd like to plot something specific! ]

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