Keres & Orrick

Keres was not one to rise early in the morning, and, in fact, most of the time she slept in until around 11 am. She had woken up today, however, before the sun appeared in the sky and when all the birds chirped from the safety of their branches. She was incredibly tired and certainly not in the mood to deal with a ton of customers today, but the shop wouldn't really pick up until around noon. It was still relatively early, enough so that Keres would have normally still been sleeping. She had woken up from a disturbing dream that she almost believed had some relation to the "spirits", and while she wouldn't admit it to herself, she had been to shaken to fall back asleep. So instead she sat in her room, which was on the second floor of her building, above her shop, quickly changing into something more appropriate for work.

Once she was satisfied with her outfit she meandered downstairs and into the back room, which served as the kitchen and dining room. She made herself a quick cup of coffee and as it brewed, she headed to the front room of her shop to flip over the 'closed' sign and unlock the door. The street looked fairly empty, which filled her with some relief since she was fully awake yet. She also lit the numerous candles around the room in case someone actually did show up.

((I am so so sorry about the wait aah. Two weeks went by really fast))