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Pastel Goth had known for a while that he didn't exactly resemble his family - neither he nor his sibling looked like either of their parents, but there was more to it than that. Galactic Starpath was a pixie who seemed to have stars in her tail, but she was so much darker than either he or his sibling were. His parent, Poveglia, had a notion of rainbow markings on their spots and they had fangs too... but not the sort of fangs that Pastel Goth possessed. Meanwhile, his sibling, Honeydribble, looked nowhere like Pastel did! Yet something deep within him told him that he knew that they were true siblings. Still, while Honeydribble and Poveglia had spikey teeth (one somewhere of their body) they did not possess the curved fangs that Pastel had been born with. Or... the hunger that came with those fangs.
His foalhood had been a learning experience for both of his parents. They realized that raising a vampire foal wasn't all that different from raising nonvamps, they just required a different diet. It helped that Pastel wasn't particularly picky and it had been his mother's idea to try and mix their blood in with smoothies when Pastel went outside on play dates with other foals and got a little peckish. Through one great idea, Pastel Goth's career plan had come to life. Growing up, he always tried to mix his diet with other, tastier treats. Since vampires were able to eat food and drink typical pony substances too, he spent a lot of his adolescence and early adulthood with Honeydribble, finding new things to pair with a wine glass... without the wine in it.
It didn't take long for him and Honeydribble to come to the conclusion that his lifestyle might be something that other vampires crave. To be able to spend time with your nonvamp friends, casually sipping your dietary needs through a straw or a to-go cup from Moonbuck's Coffee, all while no one else was the wiser! Or, if you were out on the town in the evening, hanging out with your fellow vampires and wanted to get a drink that supplied your dietary habits and calmed those sugary cravings too! Pastel Goth was sure that an idea like this would make the lives of his fellow vampires so much easier and he was already constructing a drink menu, while Honeydribble was doing their part to find out how creating a nonprofit blood bank would work in present society.
However, there was one pressing matter that Pastel would always come back to - he didn't know anything about owning or operating a cafe! How did would he know what to price his drinks or cafe snacks at? What should the hours be? Would he be able to operate it just himself and Honeydribble, or would he have to hire other ponies to help? Clearly, he needed to do some research on the area. He started going out of his comfort zones - bringing along cooling pads and charms to keep him cooler in warmer climates. He refused to step hoof in the summer region, but managed to step into the neutral region, where things were cooling off for the upcoming seasons. Just his style. It was in Dream Valley that he ventured through the small town of Everville and by extension, he found himself poking his head into a cozy cafe one evening.
"Hello?" He asked, for the sun was beginning to set. He only ever went outside with an umbrella (to protect from the sun, not the rain) but preferred to go out at night, where he was more at ease. "Is this cafe still open?" Surely it must be, for the door was unlocked. He started inside, peering around at the decor. At his side, was a reusable water bottle, only... it wasn't water inside. "Is anyone here? I should very much like to order, if I may." He continued, before finally coming to stop at the counter. He peered up at the menu. Goodness, what inviting options! @Trinkuh