History VideoGame / CoffeeTalk

** In Episode 2, Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it, and he requests you to give them to Riona on her next visit. [[spoiler:You can give them to Rachel on her first visit, but she'll return them to you because she already knows and follows Lucas on Tomodachill. You can also give the fidget spinner to Gala on his first visit, which he'll use to entertain the hospital children with it. These special reactions count as secret achievements.]]

** In Episode 2, Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it, and he requests you to give them to Riona on her next visit. [[spoiler:You can give them to Rachel on her first visit, but she'll return them to you because she already knows and follows Lucas on Tomodachill. You can also give the fidget spinner to Gala on his first visit, and he'll keep it because he can entertain the hospital children with it. These special reactions count as secret achievements.]]

** In Episode 2, Lucas gives you his contact card and a fidget spinner with his number on it to give to Riona on her next visit. [[spoiler:You can give them to Rachel on her first visit, but she'll return them to you because she already knows and follows Lucas on Tomodachill. You can also give the fidget spinner to Gala on his first visit, and he'll keep it because he can entertain the hospital children with it. These special reactions count as secret achievements.]]

* DevelopersForesight: There's more than one possible reaction towards incorrect orders depending on how badly you messed up in them. Some customers will tell you that it's not what they wanted, but at least it has the ingredients or flavor they requested.

** Episode 2 begins and ends with Jorji and Lucas as the first customers, meeting the Barista on a stormy night. The Barista {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it by saying that it feels like déjà vu, while Jorji and Lucas order the same drinks that were served on their first meeting.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The Fast Forward button is disabled for new dialogue so you won't accidentally skip them in your subsequent playthroughs.

** This happens in Episode 2 when Lua and Baileys exchange SickeninglySweet compliments [[spoiler:during their wedding reception, if the Barista invites Hyde and Gala to it]]:

* TheFairFolk: In the late 50's, "fairies" were an umbrella term for any beings that didn't fit any of the racial categories at the time, meaning that any sentient being that was "incomprehensible", such as ghosts, was lumped with them. As the anti-racism movement progressed, the list of beings classified as "fairies" became shorter as more of them became legally recognized, until only the "true" fairies are left. [[spoiler:It's revealed that "true" fairies were behind the car vandalism in Episode 2. They vandalized cars over a broken promise to keep the dead hawthorn tree because that was the "body" of their friend, the fairy vendor who was killed by a drunk driver in 1959.]]

* RememberTheDead: When fairies die, so do their memories, so they rely on other beings to remember them [[ImmortalityThroughMemory to continue their existence after death.]] [[spoiler:This is why in Episode 2, the fairies running Gnome Noms vandalized the cars parked near the spot where the dead hawthorn tree used to be. The tree, which was the "body" of their friend who was killed by a drunk driver in 1959, was uprooted in January 2023, breaking the promise of the previous mayor to keep it in remembrance.]]

** After the credits of Episode 2, [[spoiler:Riona returns to the café to look for an item she dropped. She tells the Barista the she's found it, reminding them that they should double-check their drawer to make sure not to drop anything again. Riona then gives them a hint to replay the game to find out what's causing some of their items to mysteriously disappear.]]

** [[spoiler:the café that Silver opened turns out to be a secret base for the Society for Aliens and Various Extraterrestrials, or [[FunWithAcronyms S.A.V.E.]]]] S.A.V.E. aims to help aliens who are trying to adapt to Earth life and are hiding from [[FBIAgent F.I.R.E. agents]], who hunt them down, even those disguised as Earthlings, to extradite them.

* TheStinger: After the credits roll, [[spoiler:Neil returns to your coffee shop and tells you that he assumed human form because he was aware of the F.I.R.E agent hunting him down. He also reveals that he's aware of your SaveScumming powers because that's one of the powers of his alien race.]]

** Episode 2 begins and ends with Jorji as the first customer, meeting the Barista on a stormy night. The Barista {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it by saying that it feels like déjà vu, while Jorji orders from them the very first drink they served him on their first meeting.

** Episode 2 begins and ends with Jorji as the first customer, meeting the Barista on a stormy night. The Barista {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it by saying that it feels like déjà vu.

* BookEnds: The game starts with Freya as the first customer thinking about writing her novel. The game ends with her as the last customer there, [[spoiler:having had her book draft accepted by the publisher]].

* HypocriticalHumor: Freya engages in this a ''lot.''
** One of her favorite ribs is “old man,” which she uses on more than one of the other characters. Naturally, she is quite put out when Rachel calls her “grandma.”
** She is quick to scold characters for being blunt or pushy, forgetting that as a reporter she’s equally guilty of doing the same. This leads to more than one instance of her putting her foot completely into her mouth.

* RememberTheDead: When fairies die, so does their memories, so they rely on other beings to remember them [[ImmortalityThroughMemory to continue their existence after death.]] [[spoiler:This is why in Episode 2, the fairies running Gnome Noms vandalized the cars parked near the spot where the dead hawthorn tree used to be. The tree, which was the "body" of their friend who was killed by a drunk driver in 1959, was uprooted in January 2023, breaking the promise of the previous mayor to keep it in remembrance.]]

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Rachel and Hendry, and by extension all ''nekomimi,'' can shift into cats. Apparently it's most usually done to make commuting easier, [[spoiler: but towards the end of the game Hendry transforms to hide his identity while taking on some thugs badmouthing Rachel.]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can deliberately serve the wrong drinks to your customers, and in Episode 2, there's an achievement for making Riona walk out on your for not getting her orders right too many times.

** In Episode 2, the Vindication Act was passed to recognize the sentiency and rights of non-Sapient beings. Sapient beings are classified as "intelligent and bipedal", such as humans, elves, orcs, gnomes, and halflings. However, other races such as satyrs and banshees take a long time before they're recognized by international law. Because there are only a few banshees in the world and sirens are better favored as sopranos, Riona, an aspiring soprano, is extremely frustrated with the prejudice she gets as a banshee.

*** It's pointed out that it's unusual for the café to only serve drinks. [[spoiler:When Riona breaks down crying over her regret in following her dream to be a soprano singer despite the prejudice against banshees, the Barista cheers her up by making her a Berry Blue Hibiscus "Pie"... which is actually a drink that ''resembles'' the pie she ate the other day.]]

** In Episode 2, Hyde orders a "bold, red" hibiscus drink on his first visit, but inconveniently, you don't have ginger available on that day. He'll happily take any hibiscus drink you make for him, but he'll remark that there's only one drink of that kind that he had enjoyed, wondering if you can make something close to it. This is a hint that the drink in question uses ginger as one of its ingredients.

* AncestorVeneration: Every April, Hendry takes his daughter Rachel to her mother's grave, and also her grandparents' graves when her mom was alive, with their extended family joining them if they're visiting. As is customary for ''[[BakenekoAndNekomata nekomimis]]'', they clean the gravestones, bring food, and have a feast while catching up.

* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Elves and vampires are both seen as this.
* InterfaceScrew: Trying to check your phone [[spoiler: while Gala is in rage]] will have him slam the table and not let you check the recipes for the Gala Had.

* TheFairFolk: In the late 50's, "fairies" were an umbrella term for any beings that didn't fit any of the racial categories at the time, meaning that any sentient being that was "incomprehensible" was lumped with them, even the malicious fairies. As the anti-racism movement progressed, the list of beings classified as "fairies" became shorter as more of them became legally recognized, until only the "true" fairies are left.

* PopTheTires: In Episode 2, there's a car vandal that's been going around the city deflating the tires of some of your customers, including Jorji and Riona. Jorji heads the investigation to find the culprit, and Riona reports that her car's tires got deflated near a metered parking spot in front of an abandoned library, on a seemingly deserted street near a busy area that had a dead hawthorn tree surrounded by remembrance trinkets. [[spoiler:It's revealed that the fairy-folk were behind the crime, as they vandalized the cars over a broken promise to keep the tree because that was the "body" of the fairy vendor who was killed by a drunk driver in 1959.]]

* PopTheTires: In Episode 2, there's a car vandal that's been going around the city deflating the tires of some of your customers, including Jorji and Riona. Jorji heads the investigation to find the culprit, and Riona reports that her car's tires got deflated near a metered parking spot in front of an abandoned library, on a seemingly deserted street near a busy area that had a dead hawthorn tree surrounded by remembrance trinkets.