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[The message opens on Allison trying to look Very Serious. She'd be steepling her fingers except the camera is on one of her wrists and that'd mess things up.]

So. Unlimited shopping funds. Along with having fun and treating ourselves, what I see here is an Opportunity.

Behold, your bar and café-

[The view pans over the bar on the side of the mess hall and then the café counter next door.]

Decent, yes. Serviceable. Quaint. But basically just an afterthought tacked onto the mess hall. But! Especially with the ship's growing population... What if we went big?

I'm talking getting our own room and making a snazzy new dedicated bar-and-cafe! Custom tables! Lounge chairs! Jukeboxes! Maybe a dance floor. Nachos.

[Her spiel over, Allison suddenly takes a -10 penalty to all confidence rolls.]

So, uh, what does everybody think? And like... What do you want out of a café and/or bar?

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Oh yeah, that's the basics!

[Allison squints at the video for a moment. Oh no it's a tiny sweetie-pie!]

Hey, I don't think I've seen you around the All You've Got before. The current café may be small right now, but I can still get you a hot chocolate and a muffin!

I haven't visited before. [ Sakura ponders on this for a second. ]

Maybe I should come by sometime. It sounds like it'll be fun!

You definitely should! I'll fix you something nice. On the house.

[It's funny because everything in the ship is free, haha! Allison will drive this joke into the ground, just watch her.]

That sounds great! I like sweets, do you have anything with sugar in it?

[ Kids and their sugar problems...! It was still nice of Allison to offer though. ]

I hope I'm not asking for too much.

[Jesus Christ how can one child be this adorable? Allison wants to make a joke about how Sakura is so sweet she doesn't need any more sugar, but decides it would probably come out weird.]

Too much? Other than caffeine, sugar is what the All You've Got is all about!

We've got hot chocolate, we've got smoothies, we've got cans of pop and juice boxes! There's fresh baked goods and chocolate bars and candied nuts! Boxed cookies, and of you really hate yourself, packaged snack cakes!

So come on down!

[Maybe she should make an advertisement once the new place is ready...]

Horray! It sounds like there's enough food for a party.

It'd be nice to bring everyone there and have some kind of gathering. Then we could all eat snacks and talk about many things.

We can have fun together! [ Sakura literally has the mind of a child so when she's told they have sweets her eyes beam with excitement. ]

Well, I am going to need to have a grand reopening after everything is moved and renovated...

Sounds like a good excuse for a party to me!

Yup! Is it okay if I drop by later and help you make preparations?

I'll lend a hand too.

Hey, sure thing! I could use a hand now that I'm literally the only café staff on the ship.

That's great. Just tell me what you need me to do!

Everyone deserves a helping hand.

You're a peach, kiddo.

...also, if you'd ever rather work in a café, I'm in need of a new tiny barista...

Oh, um my name's Sakura Kinomoto. Sorry for not telling you before!

I guess I could drop by and help work or you too. All I do is clean around here. It'd be a nice change of pace!

[Oh no, her name is cute, too.]

Oh, right. I'm Allison. Allison Ruth.

You know, you'd think on a spaceship they'd have robots to do that work.

Yay! Nice to meet you Allison!

I wonder why we don't. It seems quicker to let the robots do it, wouldn't you think so? I'm just a child.

I bet they just want to keep everybody busy and don't have enough jobs or something.

Maybe!

Adults work like this all the time don't they?

Sure, but kids shouldn't really be working full time. You've still got a lot of learning and growing to do

You're right. I'll grow up and become a super adult!

It just takes time! For now I'll let the grown ups do harder jobs.

[Had she ever been this young and cheerful? Young, yes, the cheerfulness though... Eh.]

That's the spirit! Give it some years and I'm pretty sure you'll make a Grade A adult.

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