Oaklei Ink- human, but not really. She's a character, waiting for a chance to be in her own novel. She also has her baby sister Jaslynn with her, as well as Leaf, a fox kit who can talk.

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I think I'm gonna do third person 'cause that's easier for me.

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Oaklei pushed open the door of the strange little cafe, wondering where in the wide, dusty, book-page realm she was. She'd just appeared in front of the cafe, and, having read too many books to just walk away from the short, squat, cozy-looking building. Besides, it was raining, something that almost never happened in Once Upon a Time. So, here she was, stepping into the tiny shop. A brown-haired man stood behind the counter. He smiled at Oaklei. "Hello!" he said welcomingly, "what would you like?" "What would I like?" Oaklei asked, confused about the man's intentions. "I mean," the man smiled, "what food would you like to get?" "Oh, but... I don't have any money," Oaklei lowered her eyes to Leaf, who had poked her fluffy, russet-colored head out of the leather pouch on the girl's belt. "Oh, don't worry," the man reassured her, "we have a menu for characters. I know you don't have a currency." He pointed above his head, to where a large, blue board bore the words of a menu. Most of the words, Oaklei didn't even know. Eventually, she settled on two things that sounded good. "I'll get the green iced tea and the berry sponge cake, please," she said slowly. "Coming right up!" the man said, smiling. He whistled quickly, and a young boy slipped out of a back room. The brown-haired man handed a slip of paper to the boy, who nodded and left again. "I'm Sermo. Go ahead and sit down at a table, and your food will come to you. Call me if you need something." Oaklei chose a table next to a window, with clean, chushoined seats. She swung Jaslynn off her back and bounced the baby on her lap gently as she cooed. Shortly, the same boy from before set Oaklei's food on the table, and she split the cake between her and Leaf. The fox kit sat on the table, her dainty black muzzle buried in the white and purple cake.

Ziri is a canisyr, a species I made up that's a dog humanoid. Picture a husky, but standing on two legs, and with oposable thumbs. She wears a dark blue tunic with green embroidery around the edges.

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Ziri strolled into the strange shop in front of her. She had no idea how in Perisso she got there, but it seemed like a nice enough place. Inside, there was a counter to the side, and seats and tables scattered around the rest of the small space. The walls were a friendly shade of yellow. Behind the counter was a short man with smile lines around his eyes who asked what she wanted. She checked her purse quickly and scanned the menu, deciding on a meat pastry. It was then she noticed the girl sitting at a nearby table. Ziri walked over to her and smiled. "Hi," she began. "I'm Ziri. What's your name?"

Lilith is a half demon creature called a tiefling (from D&D). She's very excited to be a part of this!

The door to the café swung open and in the doorway stood a red skinned lady with big curling red horns adorned with glittering jewelry and a long winding tail protruding from her back. She wore a long black coat, the bottom of it almost looked like fire, every swish she made the coat swirled with her, the reds and oranges making her look like a living flame. Her long wavy black hair swung at her back as she wrung her coat out, a small puddle appearing beneath it, rain continuing to beat against the windows of the shop. Lilith looked around before seeing the squat, friendly looking man behind the counter. She sauntered up, placing three round gold pieces down on the counter. "Hullo there," she said with a smile, leaning against the counter. "One mug of your finest and strangest, please." She turned around and strode away before the man could respond. She admired her surroundings before seeing two people seated at a cozy window table. She sat down next to one of them, her horn jewelry tinkling gently as she sat down, just as a young boy came by with a steaming mug. She gladly accepted it and inhaled deeply before placing her elbows on the table, folding her hands beneath her chin, and looking up at the people at the table. "Hullo, and who might you two—or should I say three?" Lilith said, nodding to the small fox kit. "And who might you three be?"