Demier

> *"Welcome to the Sleeping Dragon Coffee House."*
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## Storyline

The Listener enters the Sleeping Dragon Coffee House and come across Dermier, the demon barista. He welcomes then, but soon notices that his new guest doesn't know how they got to the place and that they are nonmagical. He dares to make a guess as to what happened: Since the Listener only remembers falling asleep, he suggests that there has been a "nonmagical plain shift with a minor hint of arcane potential" and that their soul might have slipped out of their body as soon as they fell asleep or attempted to do so. As in these cases, he needs to fill out paperwork which he doesn't wanna do, he offers the Listener to be treated like any other costumer if they pretend to be one as well as answering any question they might have. The Listener asks him where the coffee shop is located, leaving Dermier to explain that the shop is within the space between spaces.

He continues to tell them more about the shop (see Trivia section for more) and finally offers the Listener a seat right next to the window. He warns them about looking outside for too long since "the vastness of eternity tends to be rather entrancing". The Listener then asks how you pay in the shop, amusing Dermier who declares that sleep demons such as him feed off the rest their costumers receive from their sleep blends. Dermier then proceeds to read them the menue, stating that for people who come to their shop the first time, the menue is rather small. The Listener makes their choice and Dermier leaves to get them their drink.

## Personality

Dermier is a calm, relaxed, polite and costumer-friendly sleep demon. He gets excited when he comes across something he has not encountered before such as having an 'ordinary' human stumbling into his shop. He is highly professional as a server, although at one point he even complimented the Listener ('One could make the claim that you're already sweet enough").

He likes to drink sleep aids, with bloom moon as his personal favourite. According to his own words, you can find him sipping down this blend if he has no work the next morning. He also likes to drink pastel cumulus, another blend, waking nostalgia within him whenever he thinks about the dreams he had when being in the state the blend induces.

It seems like Dermier has some knowledge about the human world as he mentions that humans managed to split the atom, may it be because of Puck telling him about his experience there or because he has been there himself.

He doesn't enjoy doing paperwork. He doesn't seem fond of the inspectors coming to see his shop either.

## Trivia

### Dermier

* Is working as a server in the coffee house but also is the proprietor of the establishment.
* He is a greater higher sleep demon.
* Claims that the coffee house has no connection to the underworld in any way and especially not if the inspector comes by, though it probably is connected to the underworld.
* His usual costumers include wizards, warlocks, mages and oneiromancers.
* States that the establishment is only accessible to those inclined to magical power.
* The coffee house might also be "on a back of a magical dragon swimming through the multiverse leaving a trail of rainbows in its wake".
* States that every few weeks, a confused magical being stumbles in his shop confused.
* The sleeping dragon coffee house is the number one proprietor of magical sleep aids.
* Sleep demons allow themselves to feed on 15 minutes of the time that their costumers sleep.
* His branch manager is Puck, who first came up with the idea of having a shop designed to please both costumers and sleep demons after visiting the human world.
* The menue for first-timers include: 1) mellow mountain, a blend of 'subtle acidic flavours that brings forth dreams that conjure the effect of being in tune with nature'. It is also known to create a feeling of peace and satisfaction. 2) bloom moon, an 'adventurous blend' and 'a supernatural experience that forms itself as a series of thoughts and feelings'. 3) pleasant palette, a popular blend and an interesting experience that focuses more on sensations and feelings, rather than an actual memorable experience. 4) senseless slumber, a blend bringing with it the loving embrace of the void, a deep and fulfilling sleep, filled with the idea of warmth. It is also a favourite of returning cliental. 5) pastel cumulus, a beautiful and comforting experience, like being in a cloud of cotton candy.

### The Listener

* Is a human ( apparently with little magical potential)
* Has a memorable face according to Dermier.
* Is called first-timer by Dermier.
* Is called sweet by Dermier.