i don’t think i caught your name . / for alice !
HEADLINE: don't smile at me meme
NOTIFY: @sunsweets
CONCERNING: aoife thatcher
small towns are so dreamy, aren't they? a place to float in, to settle, to make your bones find rest when the rest of the world was oh-so-overwhelming! those within it, locked into their own dramatics, lives, in the way in which everyone knew everyone, and secrets really were hard to keep when nearly all its residents had all GROWN UP together. it made coming here a harder prospect for newcomers, a fact that had hit alice when she'd first moved here to settle in at the cafe and tea shoppe that sat in the downtown, for as much of a downtown as it could be called. frankly, it was simply where the shops were, the central hub.
life here, really, FLOWED DIFFERENTLY.
which was why it was always a grand affair when someone new moved in. it'd been the same, years before when she'd started her own business here, but now? it was aoife's turn, so it seemed, her name floating around long before she'd even come to town. after all, the residents could be nosy when considering anyone coming in front what they perceived to be the outside. which in some cases could even mean NEIGHBOURING villages! in face, alice is a little surprised when a blonde girl comes through the door, her lips curving upwards into a pleasant grin. a tourist? their newest resident, perhaps?
alice helps to provide her the selection that she asks for, coffee, tea, cakes, small things to make things feel a little more homey ; alice able to piece together that yes, this was INDEED the new farmer, slipping in a few extra welcome gifts into her bag without comment as she offered it up with a radiant grin. "well i hope that i'll be able to see you more often around here!" alice trilled, explaining a few smaller things to know. "if you want to get a good selection of seed stock, if you come the season before, they tend to have discounts at the store next to this one. and if you need to improve on any of your tools, there's a great artisan down the road that can cover that, and a few other things you might like. our town is really well known for the coral and pearl jewellery we produce thanks to the shores to the west of here~ hmmm... you might even be able to sell anything you find if you're down there? we're always looking for material up here."
" i don't think i caught your name. "
oh, of course! for all the talking she'd done, she hadn't even remembered that, blue eyes blinking twice before she laughed, reaching out to add a cookie on top of the to go cup that she had on the table to aoife to take. "it's ALICE~ and we'll be seeing more of each other, i can tell! please enjoy the treats for now, and welcome to our little village~♡"