Welcome to Gaia! ::

Ever since being hired at the Sugar Star, Elissa felt like she had a new lease on life. Her old place went under for a few reasons, notably a decline in the clientele, both number and behavior wise. She had a feeling that the previous owner was making strange or straight-up bad decisions under the table and eventually just collapsed the place on top of them (not literally, thank goodness).

Her small Negaverse accomplishments (if grabbing a weird Eternal senshi right away was a small accomplishment) helped, too. It felt nice to be doing things and to have these things matter one way or another.

In any case, Elissa greeted the new visitor with a bright smile and a wave. "Welcome to the Sugar Star!" she announced, being the very definition of a welcoming NPC. Her eyes followed Rin around the cafe, and while this woman had her charms, the eyepatch and anxious demeanor were mildly concerning. Still, there was a way around that. "Do you need help picking something out? I know it can be hard when everything looks good, or if you don't know what coffee is what."

Elissa tapped her chin, already putting too much thought into what would work best for the young woman's meeting. "It depends on your definition of messy. I don't think you can go wrong with the chocolate croissants. Or even the regular ones. If the flaky crust is too messy, then..." She paused as she mentally ran down the inventory in her head. "I think fruit bread can work, too. There might be crumbs, but it shouldn't be too bad. I recommend the strawberry bread."

Her smile sweetened slightly after that. The stakes were more than pushing a sale for now. She genuinely wanted this girl's meeting to go well, even if she knew none of the details. If she could help with that, why wouldn't she?

"So a picnic then? That sounds like a good time. I hope it goes well for you." The reaction to the mention of strawberry bread gave Elissa a little jolt of glee. "Yes! It's exactly that. The bread is made with strawberries instead of bananas. And there's other kinds, too, like lemon and blueberry bread."

The acceptance of the chocolate croissants gave her another little boost. Nothing felt better than hitting the nail on the head! "Okay, I'll get those wrapped up for you," Elissa said as she went to do just that. "Anything else you'd like?" She hoped that the strawberry bread would continue to pique some interest.

Elissa couldn't help but smile at the request for advice, though it was partly a nervous reaction as well. Frankly, Elissa wasn't terribly experienced with the romantic either. A stray boyfriend or two on the tail end of high school and then nothing much at all. Was that odd? Well, she could mull over that later. "Hmm, well..." She paused thoughtfully to turn over what little she knew, then gave an awkward little giggle. "Honestly, I wonder about that too. I do wish I could help you narrow it down, but I never figured it out myself. If you ever think you're onto something, you can certainly come back and tell me!"

Since she'd left the lure of a quest of sorts, she figured that introductions were in order. "By the way, I'm Elissa," she said, tapping her nametag as she did. "What's your name?"