The Cafe

**The Cafe** was the second lore event. It consisted of Sap and Sleepy's deaths.

## Plot

Aims and Sap order from Sleepy's cafe. They leave out the side door to the patio to talk. It begins innocent, but soon enough, they come to a mutual suspicion of Tommy being the real murderer of Friend. Soon into their conversation, Aims notices Sap giving her odd, fearful looks. She asks why. Sap hesitates, but Aims cuts xem off, saying "You know what lying did last time, Sap." Xe confesses of their worry of future murders if they keep pursuing the truth. Aims questions Sap how many lives xe have, confusing xem -- for, Aims had told Sap xe were immortal. A purple-eyed, manic Aims draws her sword, and spills Sap's blood all over the patio repeatedly. Her eyes return to normal, and she panics at the scene, fleeing to her home with Sap and Mozz in Flower Mafia.

Aims finds Sap already waiting for her, gore of xer death exposed. Xe dryly laugh, peering into her eyes soullessly. "When we first met, you weren't like this. A monster." Even as Sap speaks, Aims blankly stares ahead, considering how to tell Mozz, Sap's partner. She interrupts xem, reasoning that she's killing in order to keep up one of her deals. Sap flares, daring Aims to kill xem with her diamond pickaxe. She doesn't hesitate to mutilate Sap, and leaves in cold rage, pickaxe left behind.

Sleepy wrings out the last bloody towel with a sigh. She observes the scene and resigns to pay a concerned visit to Flower Mafia. Along the way she runs into Techno, and brings them along. They enter unknowing of Aims lurking nearby, and find Sap. They ask why they're there, causing Sleepy to become confused. Breaking her lighthearted composure, she exclaims that she isn't just a silly cafe owner, that she knew something was up by the sheer amount of blood. Techno adds on that they were a witness, and explains what actually happened between Sap and Aims. Sap attempts to deny it, but Sleepy notices the pickaxe, and wonders if they forgot. Sap gives up and admits that they remember, that Techno was right. They ask Sleepy and Techno to leave, but as Sleepy is letting Techno out first, they call for her to come back. They reassure that nothing is wrong, that they are trying to pursue their goal of immortality. Sleepy flinches as they explain their deal with one of the gods. She tries to get them to know it's not worth it, and they are unable to respond as Sleepy presses on if they know what it's like. Sap isn't able to respond. Sleepy hesitates to leave, but returns to her cafe. Aims quickly drops from her hiding space to question Sap.

Sleepy is reflecting on the events that just occured when the cafe bell rings. Aims comes in, making Sleepy jump to her feet and equip her armor and shield. She hisses about why Sleepy was at Sap's, and Sleepy attempts to hide it, but Aims exposes her eavesdropping. Sleepy becomes defensive, remarking that Aims must be a fool for thinking immortality was a good idea.

Her raised shield saved her from Aims' strike with her diamond axe, for Aimsey had donned her netherite to kill Sleepy. The two fight, slowly ending up outside, and eventually Sleepy falls with a final strike from Aimsey's axe.

Aimsey heaves. "I'm such a fool, then, Sleepy?"

Sleepy woke in her bunker, realizing Aims had killed her. She gets up and prepares a bag of supplies, setting off.