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Coffee Talk Staff
The Barista
The Player Character, who serves drinks to the regulars and regularly chats with them. They sometimes offer them advice for their problems, and whether they succeed in helping them or not depends on the drinks they serve (and also wether or not they give them gifts, and which ones, in Episode 2).
- Ambiguous Gender: The barista is never referred to in a gendered manner.
- Ambiguously Brown: The only glimpse you ever see of the barista is during the drink-making segments- you can see their hand holding the cup. Their skin looks significantly darker than Freya's.
- Ambiguously Human: While the glimpse of their hand during the drink-making segments proves they're not one of the more colorful races (such as a succubus or orc), it's possible they could be one of the more human-like races (such as a nekomimi or werewolf). In fact, they look humanoid in the bonus comic "Father Knows Best..?", but their head is turned away from the viewer. No reference to their race is ever made during the game. ...until the very, very end, where the post-credit sequence reveals they're a half-Earthling member of Neil's race.
- Badass Normal: Implied to be this by Freya, who states they're "good with [their] fists." We never see this in action, but we do see them display inhuman levels of Nerves of Steel when Gala shows up transformed on the night of the full moon. The end of the game reveals this to actually be a subversion: due to being a product of the relationship between Neil and an unknown woman from Earth, they actually possess some form of Hybrid Power, one of which is Time Travel.
- Deadpan Snarker: Usually to Freya by ribbing at her dream to write a novel.
- Hybrid Power:
- The other half of their lineage isn't stated but being a hybrid with an alien parent technically makes them, as Freya describes it, "a superhero." The end of the game reveals them to have Time Travel powers, represented by the game's feature to allow you load and replay any day on the calendar after one playthrough.
- In Episode 2, Amanda calls the Barista "Café Offspring", to Baileys' confusion. The Barista just exchanges knowing glances with Silver (formerly Neil) as a Call-Back to The Reveal in the previous game's stinger. When Baileys leaves the café, he calls the Barista a "guardian angel", and once he's gone, they say to themself, "More like a guardian hive mind". In Silver and Amanda's bad ending, Silver instead assures the Barista that his alien protection organization, S.A.V.E., will do everything they can to protect them from "vanishing". Baileys is still confused, but the Barista refuses to elaborate.
- Nerves of Steel:
- They're able to keep a cool head and serve a sedative to Gala in the middle of his Fury.
- In Episode 2, Jorji is shocked by how the Barista can be so calm about the possibility of the dead hawthorn tree, which was left behind by the fairy that was killed by a drunk driver, being haunted.
- Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: In your second run, the Barista's regulars are shocked to learn that the Barista knows some things that the regulars don't know yet, particularly events that will happen to them later on thanks to the Barista's time traveling.
- Save Scumming: The Barista's secret power, and provides a Story And Game Integration for players replaying the game and making better decisions.
- Vague Age: Even when Baileys flat-out asks how old the barista is, the only answer they give is "old enough to open a coffee shop." And when Hyde asks them in Episode 2 if they will wait for him, even a century or two later, they just remark, "That is very perceptive of you, Mr. Hyde." Since they're a half-Earthling member of Neil/Silver and Amanda's alien race, their true age is muddied further.
Coffee Talk Customers
Introduced in the First Game
Freya Fatima
A human woman that works in a newspaper's short story section, but intends to break into fiction writing. She earns a chance to do so, but she has to finish her book in a short period of time.
- Alliterative Name: Reading the stories on The Evening Whispers app reveals Freya's last name to be Fatima.
- Curtains Match the Window: Her eyes are the same shade of green as her hair.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has a lot of snarky moments, particularly with The Barista.
- Foil: At one point, the Barista compares Freya to Hyde, pointing out that they both can be a bit blunt but mean well.
- Gamer Chick: Freya describes the games she likes as "weird, obscure art games."
- Hipster: Freya is a writer with green hair, tattoos, and spends her time writing short stories in a local coffee shop. Myrtle flatout describes her as having "the look of an artsy hipster."
- I Should Write a Book About This: Freya decides to base her novel off the coffee shop and its customers. Identities withheld, of course.
- Must Have Caffeine: She comes almost every night for a triple shot expresso. This habit intensifies the further she gets along her novel draft.
- Put on a Bus: She's absent for the duration of Episode 2 due to travelling for research on her next book. She comes back on the final day, though. This is because Fahmi, who wrote her character arc in Episode 1,
Died During Production, and half of Episode 2's story had to be rewritten to pay respect to him. - Secret-Keeper: Once the Barista does post-game objectives via time travel, Freya begins to pick up on it when the Barista slips their knowledge of events already occurring. She uses this for her book, but is still coy about the inspiration, though she knows you know. Neil commends her for her unexpected perceptiveness about it.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Freya describes her relationship with her unseen younger brother this way.Freya: He's the good kid and I'm the rebel.
- Workaholic: As she works on her novel, the other patrons remind her to take a break so she won't overwork herself, but she becomes more obsessed with it as time goes on.
Lua Miller
- Bespectacled Cutie: Come Episode 2, Lua now wears a pair of round glasses. This does not distract from her cuteness in any way.
- Beware the Nice Ones: As she warns the F.I.R.E. Agent in Episode 2, she'll normally avoid conflict, but if pushed too far, it'd be a bad idea to make her VERY angry.
- Cute Monster Girl: A cute succubus.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Lua's parents highly disapprove of her dating an elf, as they believe Baileys and his family will mistreat her for being "lower" than them. At the end of Episode 1, she introduces Baileys to her family, and while there's tension they're slowly attempting to getting them to come around.
- Edible Theme Naming: Like Baileys, she's named after a kind of liquor (in her case, "Lua" comes from Kahlúa.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: It turns out Baileys and Lua first began dating after Lua patched up Baileys' injuries, which he got fighting Cognac for having cheated on Lua.
- Living Mood Ring: The markings on Lua's horns glow red when she's angry or agitated.
- Nice Girl: A nice and gentle succubus. Interestingly, her niceness can be considered part of the problem with her relationship with Baileys: despite him saying that he doesn't care about his family, she fears that if he ever wants to end their relationship, she'll have led to him being estranged from his family and without his elven privileges for nothing.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: In Episode 2, she and Baileys exchange sweet compliments, to Hyde's disgust when he enters the café.
- Stepford Smiler: Lua's self-summary on Tomodachill hints at this- it's the first stanza of the French poem Clair de lune. The full poem is about a tragic romance, and the first stanza in particular makes reference to "charming masquerades and dancers... almost sad beneath their fantastic disguises," which speaks to her fears that her relationship with Baileys can't last. During the climax of their arc, she makes specific reference to putting on "a lot of masks" during their fight just to continue life as usual, which surprises Baileys.
- Succubi and Incubi: Lua is a succubus, but surprisingly, her sex life goes almost completely unmentioned and she's not portrayed as any more or less promiscuous than the average person. On the other hand, the negative stereotypes about succubi are hinted to be a big part of why Baileys' family is against their relationship.
Baileys W.
- Abusive Parents: As a child, he used to see his parents fighting all the time, and he mentions that elven high society isn't good with keeping up appearances when they're around family. His late great-great-aunt was the only family member who truly cared for him, and he even if he wants to leave his family, he still misses her dearly.
- Affectionate Nickname: His girlfriend Lua calls him "Bai".
- Commonality Connection: In Silver and Amanda's bad ending, Baileys bonds with Silver over leaving their birth families behind to start a new life. Baileys decided to abandon his elven family due to their disapproval of him dating Lua, a succubus, while Silver left his alien hive to live undercover as a human and help other aliens who are in hiding from the government.
- Edible Theme Naming: Like Lua, he's named after a kind of liquor.
- Everyone Has Standards: Baileys used to be a ladies' man back in college, and originally only got close to Lua (who was dating Cognac at the time) so he could sleep with a popular succubus named Rose. But when he found out Cognac was cheating on Lua with Rose, he immediately punched Cognac in the face and got into a fight on Lua's behalf, which indirectly led to Baileys and Lua dating.
- Family of Choice: He considers the other patrons as found family, to the point that he invites them to his and Lua's wedding in Episode 2.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Baileys tells Freya that his parents were horrified when he switched from a business major to an art degree, blaming Lua for being a bad influence on him. This is one of many reasons he's so eager to leave his family.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: It turns out Baileys and Lua first began dating after Lua patched up Baileys' injuries, which he got fighting Cognac for having cheated on Lua.
- Hipster: Described as a "hipster elf" by Lua.
- Househusband: In Episode 2, he plans to become a stay-at-home dad for his and Lua's future children to ease up her workload.
- The Hyena: Baileys is a minor example; his sprites frequently do a "laughing animation" during conversations, such as during his September 28th conversation with Freya.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Baileys has blue eyes, helping to denote that he's a good person despite being a little rough around the edges.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Baileys can be a bit brash and rude at times but is ultimately a kind person. This is best exemplified in his Establishing Character Moment - when you serve him his first order (if you complete it correctly), he makes a snarky comment about the barista's latte art (calling it "cute") but compliments the actual drink itself. It's heavily implied that being with Lua brings out the best in him.
- Really Gets Around: When telling Freya about how he got together with Lua, he makes reference to being "active" in college.
- Rebellious Spirit: He's willing to leave his family, and lose the privileges associated with that family, if it means he can keep dating Lua. However, this causes a problem, because Lua doesn't want him to lose his family over her.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: In Episode 2, he and Lua exchange sweet compliments, to Hyde's disgust when he enters the café.
- Took the Wife's Name: Briefly discussed. When Lua affectionally calls him "Mr. Miller," Gala asks if Baileys decided to take on Lua's family name (with his starting with "W"). He replies that they're keeping their last names, but will gladly change his if Lua wishes.
Jorji Williams
- Flat Character: Jorji doesn't really change over the course of the game and is one of the few members of the cast who doesn't have a "paired" character, acting more as a third minor character to Hendry and Rachel's subplot. He's also notably the only character to not have an end card. He gets some Character Development in Episode 2, where Riona helps him with his case involving deflated tires and his co-workers help him overcome his fear of ghosts.
- Good Luck Charm: He believes that his late grandfather's lighter is a lucky charm because when he drops it after his first visit in Episode 2, he gets into a string of unlucky events. He often keeps on losing it whenever he leaves the café.
- In-Series Nickname: Doesn't mind being called "Pops" by Lucas.
- The Klutz: He tends to drop his "lucky" lighter whenever he leaves the café, so he asks you to return it to him the next time he visits.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: He's afraid of ghosts, unlike his grandfather and one of his daughters, who are fascinated by the unknown.
- Nice Guy: His main point of characterization is being a nice, decent cop. This is most apparent on Day 3, in which he looks after Rachel and gives her a ride home after giving her advice with her dad.
- Parents as People:
- Jorji is a father to three girls but is more defined by his job and his relationships with the other Coffee Talk patrons. According to him, he argues frequently with his daughters, especially his eldest, but still manages a good relationship with them by using their fights to understand each other better. He even admits bribery is a viable option for parents.
- In Episode 2, he reveals that he hasn't spoken to his youngest daughter Missy for over a month after their fallout regarding her neglected schoolwork. He admits that it's hard for a parent to balance between supporting their child's dreams and stepping in if they take things too far.
- Plot Allergy: He's lactose intolerant, so any drink you serve will be an automatic failure if you add milk. However, this doesn't apply in Endless Mode, as he'll still take any milk drink as long as the order is done correctly. If you don't give him his grandfather's lighter on his fourth visit in Episode 2, he'll reveal that in one of his late-night rants while trying to lure in the culprit with a ritual, he once secretly ate ice cream despite his lactose intolerance.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Jorji mentions that there was talk down at the precinct of arresting Gala for being in public while transformed, but ultimately he and the others agreed not to do it, as Gala not only managed to not hurt anyone but also provided a lot of valuable aid to the concerned werewolves that flooded the hospital that night.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In Episode 2, he reveals to the Barista that he's afraid of ghosts, which is why he's scared of the possibility of the dead hawthorn tree, which was left behind by the fairy who was killed by a drunk driver, being haunted.
Hyde
- Ambiguously Bi: Hyde married a woman (going by the brief glimpse in this official comic) some time before he met Gala, but the relationship ended in a divorce. As the game goes on, it's repeatedly hinted that he has unspoken feelings for Gala that may or may not be requited. In Hyde's best ending (or rather, Hyde and Gala's best ending), it's revealed that Hyde is trying to move to Seattle permanently... with the photo changing to Hyde presenting a flustered Gala with a pair of fuzzy handcuffs. The title of the achievement you get for getting this ending? "There's a spark."
- Brutal Honesty: One of his main character traits. This is what gets him in a big argument with Lua when he starts offering his opinion on her problems with Baileys- Freya points out he wasn't necessarily wrong, but he was far too harsh. Baileys, on the other hand, takes Hyde's blunt relationship advice for him well in Episode 2, and Hyde jokingly muses to himself that he should take up a career on relationship counseling because he's bored with his job as a model.
- Coat Cape: Hyde wears his coat like this. Combined with the large red lapels, the look evokes a stereotypical vampire cape.
- Covert Pervert: He brings up the possibility of "kinky stuff... like BDSM" to Gala when talking about methods to calm him during his monthly transformations, only to learn that that's only something that ever happens in werewolf-targeted porn (though he does claim that "a friend" told him about it). He also seems interested to learn about how Neil's kind has sex. And that's not even getting into his endcard with Gala if you complete their story arc.
- Everyone Has Standards: In Episode 2, Lua suggests to Hyde to take up wedding photography when he considers changing jobs. He declines the offer, for while he has his "disgustingly sentimental" moments, he doesn't like weddings because they "give [him] cavities". He then considers it after a one-on-one talk with the Barista, and if he gets invited to Lua and Baileys' wedding as their photographer, Gala reveals that he has agreed to do a photoshoot for another couple.
- Finger-Tenting: This is one of Hyde's main Character Tics, usually combined with giving the player a Meaningful Look.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: He may be blunt at times and like teasing others, but he's a chill vampire who gets along well with the other patrons, even Gala, a werewolf.
- The Gadfly: He has a tendency to mess with people, such as when asking The Barista if they could serve him blood only to chide them for actually taking him seriously.
- Immortal Immaturity: Implied when he mentions in Episode 2 that he got in trouble with the police in the past.Jorji: Was it a "slap on the wrist and let's call it a day" type of thing... ...or the "catch you, catch me" kind?
Hyde: All I can say is, live long enough, you'll try everything. - Living Forever is No Big Deal: He's aware that he'll outlive his mortal friends, but he's long gotten used to it. On the other hand, he has all the time in the world, so he's in no rush. Either way, he doesn't make his immortality a big deal most of the time, but according to Gala, the only constant in life he can't get used to is change. This is why he longs for the past, like reconnecting with his old dwarf friends.
- Mayfly–December Friendship: Implied in Episode 2, when he mentions an old friend from Lagos who used to make him Zobo. Lua and Baileys take notice when he says that she was a good friend.Hyde: When you've got a vampire's lifespan, friends come and go.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: When Hyde tells the Barista how Gala saved him from two dwarves on their first meeting, the Barista asks Hyde if he could've fought them back himself because vampires are supposed to be "strong". He tells them that "just because [he's] a vampire, it doesn't mean he knows kung-fu."
- Otaku: In Episode 2, Lua and Baileys are surprised to learn that Hyde's into anime and knows what a Tsundere is. Hyde is interested in how anime portrays emotions, and he tries watching an episode whenever he can.
- Pretty Boy: He's a supermodel who's explicitly described as attractive by The Barista. He claims that attractiveness is a natural trait of being a vampire.
- Really 700 Years Old: Despite his supermodel look, he's nearing 40 years old by his species' standards and "nowhere near as young as he looks" because he's a vampire.
- Silly Rabbit, Romance Is for Kids!: In Episode 2, he declines Lua's suggestion to become a wedding photographer when he considers changing jobs, not just because he doesn't like weddings for being too sweet: He also doesn't believe that marriage is everlasting. He speaks from experience because he divorced his wife.
- Speaking Like Totally Teen: In Episode 2, on his final visit to the café in playthroughs where Lua and Baileys show up late because they postponed their wedding, Hyde greets the Barista with "Yo". It's his attempt at "younger people's speech", which Gala finds "a little disturbing".
- Tsundere: Gala describes him as one in Episode 2, having learned it from the time Hyde watched anime at his place. Hyde describes himself as harsh towards others but slowly warming up to them, especially after helping Lua and Baileys with their problems.
- Undeathly Pallor: According to Hyde, inhumanly pale skin is a trait of all vampires in this world.
- Vampires Are Rich: When Gala mentions that the "vegan" blood substitute Hyde uses is expensive, Hyde just casually states that he can afford it. Hyde's implied to be fairly old and references having several different careers over the years, so it's likely to be a case of accruing wealth over time.
- Vegetarian Vampire: He's one of the vampires trying a "vegan diet", and he used to get "blüdwyne", a synthetic blood drink, from the café back when it used to be a bar.
Gala
- Bilingual Bonus: Gala is derived from serigala, the Indonesian word for "wolf." His soundtrack when he's turning into a werewolf is named "Gala Gila", which means "Gala's being Crazy" or as his name implies: "Crazy Wolf".
- Carpet of Virility: He has a noticeable bit of chest hair.
- Covered in Scars: Gala has many faint scars on his arms as well as a couple on his face. While not outright stated, it's heavily implied that these are all self-inflicted, a result of him trying to keep himself from hurting anyone else during his monthly Fury.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Gala is a war veteran who was broke and struggling to find work around the time he met Hyde. It's also heavily implied that he was suffering from PTSD, as he and Hyde make allusions to a "problem" he had around this time that Gala pointedly does not want to elaborate on but was enough for Hyde to push him to seek therapy. Hyde mentions that the war "messed with his head" and caused him to believe that he only good for his strength, and it wasn't until getting professional help that he was able to get out of this mindset and make a career shift from bodyguard to hospital admin.
- Drink-Based Characterization: People assume that he likes to drink because he's a big, burly guy, but he actually likes soft drinks instead because he doesn't like the taste of hard ones.
- Gentle Giant: He's the biggest customer among the regulars, but his heart is just as big as him, so long as he manages his Fury. However, young children are still scared by him because of his size.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: His Tomodachill profile picture shows him surrounded by cats.
- Long-Lived: According to Hyde, Gala is from a long-living species, though Hyde also laments that he will eventually outlive Gala because vampires are immortal. In Episode 2, Gala mentions that werewolf lifespans are between that of humans and elves.
- Mellow Fellow: Despite being a werewolf who goes through monthly "Furies," Gala is easily the calmest and most easygoing of the cast. While he displays an average range of emotions his expressions are always subdued and he never raises his voice... with one major exception: When he appears in the coffee shop while transformed on the night of the full moon after not being able to restrain himself in time.
- Nice Guy: A friendly guy who took a job at a hospital to help others. He ends up helping several other patrons of Coffee Talk, such as offering advice to Baileys or helping Hendry get medical attention after he's been in a fight, and he's deeply ashamed at himself for scaring Freya and The Barista when he appears at Coffee Talk while transformed.
- Noble Wolf: A kind werewolf who works at a hospital specifically to help improve and save lives. He's so adverse to the idea of hurting others that he usually breaks furniture or hurts himself during his monthly transformations to lower the risk of danger to anyone around him.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Gala is a war veteran, and while he currently seems well-adjusted, both he and Hyde make allusions to him being in a bad state during the 1960s, to the point that Hyde eventually got him to go to therapy and get a job that didn't involve him using violence against others.
- Unstoppable Rage: This is what happens to werewolves during their monthly Fury, and what makes them so dangerous. According to Gala, he usually tries to focus his fury into breaking objects around him or injuring himself, hence why he's Covered in Scars.
- Wonderful Werewolf: As long as he takes the remedy to calm his Fury, Gala is a chill werewolf who gets along well with the other patrons, even Hyde, a vampire.
Rachel Florencia
- The Baby of the Bunch: Rachel seems to be the youngest member of the cast, and is definitely the most immature. She frequently points out that, being eighteen, she is "officially" an adult and is deeply frustrated by Hendry continuing to (in her view) treat her like a child. Older patrons of the shop tend to look out for her, particularly Jorji, Gala, and even Freya. In Episode 2, she gets the some of most obvious Character Development, having clear career plans, using her status as a popular idol to help other patrons and being much more mature in her relationship with Hendry.
- Cat Girl: As a nekomimi, this is how she appears in her bipedal form.
- Commonality Connection: In Episode 2, she and Lucas bond over how they overcame racism to become the celebrities they are in the present. Rachel had to deal with the wrong assumption that all nekomimis are hired only because of their cuteness, while Lucas struggled with being stereotyped as a reckless party animal and being the subject of cruel pranks.
- Cute Monster Girl: A cute, young Cat Girl Idol Singer.
- Daddy's Girl: Despite her strained relationship with her father, she still loves him, and in Episode 2, she decides to stay with him to take care of him instead of moving out.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: In Episode 2 she has the most noticeably different hairstyle out of all the characters compared to the previous game; her hair has been cut shorter and it has a dyed yellow streak in it. Fittingly, she's also gotten older and more mature.
- Idol Singer: She's a former member of a girl's group who's recently gone solo.
- In-Series Nickname: Lucas simply calls her "Rach".
- It's All My Fault: Rachel feels this way upon learning that Hendry not only got injured by fighting some men who were talking badly about her, but that they were men hired by the manager Hendry had warned her repeatedly about. It's even worse on a route where Hendry doesn't receive medical attention quickly enough, leaving him paraplegic.
- Little Bit Beastly: She has the appearance of a normal human with cat ears and a tail.
- Nom de Mom: She uses her deceased mother's maiden name as her last name.
- Stage Names: In Episode 2, she goes by "Nekochel" as her stage name for her experimental music collaboration with Aremy Jendrew.
Myrtle
- Amazonian Beauty: Appropriately for an orc, she's noticeably tall and built, with all of her sprites highlighting one of her thick, muscular forearms. This apparently doesn't deter men either, as she's been hit on in public enough that it's become close to a Berserk Button to her.
- Cute Monster Girl: Myrtle's a tall and muscular half-orc woman with noticeable fangs, but that doesn't keep her from being attractive, especially once she makes friends with Aqua and becoming more open and smiling more.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts off as the only character who doesn't acknowledge other customers or engage in conversation, but after meeting Aqua she slowly becomes more talkative and amicable, even becoming acquainted with some of the other customers.
- Not So Stoic: Her first meeting with Neil reveals she does not like being hit on when she wants to be alone. It's the first time in the game she shows any real sort of emotion. She also starts smiling more when she starts hanging out with Aqua.
- The Quiet One: Myrtle is the first customer in the game you encounter that doesn't immediately engage in conversation with you, leading The Barista to quickly deduce she's the type to keep to herself in coffee shops. Neil, unfortunately, is a little slower on the uptake.
- Statuesque Stunner: It's a bit hard to tell by sprites since everyone's naturally always sitting, but in her endcard with Aqua it's apparent how tall she is.
- Terse Talker: She starts out as this, saying the bare minimum what she needs to order a cup of coffee.
- Workaholic: While part of this is the nature of her job forcing her into a lot of crunch time, it's clear she has workaholic tendencies naturally when Aqua realizes she's never even thought to ask for vacation time in the past few years.
Neil/Silver
Click here for their appearance in Episode 2 (SPOILERS)
An unusual customer who comes from "far away" who always wears a spacesuit. Neil is dedicated to their mission to find love on Earth.
- Accidental Pervert: Neil's blunt attitude and commitment to their mission to find a breeding partner makes them come off as a bit... shady at times, as seen in their official side comic and Aqua's reaction to seeing them behind the counter at Coffee Talk.
- Alien Among Us: They try blending in with the other patrons by learning their culture and etiquette, and in the Stinger, they become a human to fit in better and hide from the authorities.
- Ambiguous Gender: Neil seems amused at the barista's confusion at how to properly refer to them and states they can call them whatever they like. The barista settles on addressing them as "sir" but uses neutral pronouns when talking about Neil to other people. Freya and Hyde do the same, and Myrtle and Aqua refer to Neil as "he". The true ending reveals him to be a handsome, slender, white-haired man.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Neil's biology is never really explained in detail but we do get the key detail that they drink through their finger.
- Bizarre Alien Reproduction: Neil isn't able to go into details with people who haven't agreed to the "mating ritual" but claims that their kind is "flexible" with how they do that, and also goes as far as to assure Freya that "they will not hurt anyone, physically or mentally." It doesn't seem to reassure her.
- Chosen Conception Partner: Well, seeking one out anyway. Neil's mission, and the primary reason for being on Earth, is to breed with a female in order to provide the planet with a hybrid with their race's special abilities to protect from any yet-to-be-known threats. Thanks to Neil's limited understanding of Earth communication, their search is a difficult one. In Episode 2, he accomplishes his mission in his good ending by successfully going out with his online date Pearl, although he changed his objective from finding a breeding partner to simply finding love.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Comes off as this due to their extremely alien nature while also wearing an astronaut suit.
- Commonality Connection: In his and Amanda's bad ending, Baileys bonds with him over leaving their birth families behind to start a new life. Baileys decided to abandon his elven family due to their disapproval of him dating Lua, a succubus, while Silver left his alien hive to live undercover as a human and help other aliens who are in hiding from the government.
- Expository Pronoun: Neil refers to themselves with "we" suggesting that their species are a Hive Mind. In the post-credits conversation, Neil has switched to using "I" to show how much they've improved at blending in on Earth.
- The Faceless: Neil always wears a spacesuit, helmet included, so their face is never seen. There's not even any guarantee that Neil really has a face. ...until the post-credits sequence.
- First Time Feeling: When the Barista makes the correct cup of coffee for them to "drink" in their second visit, they experience a myriad of flavors and feeling they never encountered before, and dubs the event momentous to their research.
- Hive Mind: They and Amanda are part of the same hive mind, which is why they have similar mannerisms when talking to the other patrons. However, Amanda's mental link with them is becoming tenuous because Silver is becoming more human.
- The Illegal: On September 30, a F.I.R.E. agent drops by the café to look for an alien wearing a spacesuit. Neil then reveals in the stinger that he's the alien being hunted down because he's also an illegal alien in the literal sense. As a result, he's going undercover as a human, and in Episode 2, he changes his name to Silver.
- Meaningful Rename: He's since changed his name to Silver in Episode 2, to reflect his new appearance and how much he's grown during his time on earth.
- Limb-Sensation Fascination: In Episode 2, he tries out having a human mouth by ordering his first drink since he became a human, now that he can taste properly with one.
- Literal-Minded: Even if they're informed of the meaning of idioms, they have a hard time getting them because they take them literally.
- Living Mood Ring: Their helmet's visor flashes different colors depending on their mood, like yellow for happiness, red for anger, and pink for excitement.
- Named After Somebody Famous: His name is an Homage to Neil Armstrong.
- Shy Finger-Twiddling: One of Neil's poses is tapping their fingers together in an embarrassed or uncertain manner. He still does this even as a human.
- Spock Speak: He tends to speak formally and use technical terms, prompting the other patrons to tell him to speak "normally" when the Barista teaches him how to talk to them on his first day working at the coffee shop.
- Vague Age: Their citizen card in Episode 2 has their date of birth redacted, although being an alien already makes their age nebulous. He physically looks like a young adult man in his human form, but his exact age in Earth years is unknown.
Aqua
- Apologizes a Lot: Aqua often apologizes, even for things like rambling or thinking she's spoken too loudly.
- Bespectacled Cutie: Aqua wears glasses and fits the typical "shy cute nerd" archetype.
- Curtains Match the Window: She has blue eyes to go along with her blue hair.
- Cute Monster Girl: Aqua is a cute mermaid with fins and an octopus-like lower half.
- Gamer Chick: An aspiring game dev who lists video games as one of her favorite things on her Tomodachill profile. In Episode 2, one of her status updates shows her playing Super Brawl Pals 2 on the Switch.
- Nervous Wreck: It's a bit subdued but Aqua clearly has a bit of social anxiety and gets worked up pretty easy, to the point that she needs to take a moment to catch her breath when she thinks Neil has kidnapped the barista and taken over the shop. Her side comic documents how she needed multiple attempts over several nights to work up the nerve to simply enter Coffee Talk in the first place.
- Our Mermaids Are Different: She's a mermaid with Ear Fins, fins on her shoulders, and also has tentacles instead of a typical mermaid's tail.
- Shrinking Violet: Though she's able to greet new people and strike a conversation okay, Aqua is constantly anxious throughout, sometimes speaks in whispers, and was very hesitant to host her indie game at the latest gaming expo until Myrtle insisted on accompanying her. In her comic, she stays outside the coffee shop, and gets too flustered to enter when anyone speaks to her, finally resolving to go in on her fifth night.
- Shy Blue-Haired Girl: A shy, soft-spoken blue-haired mermaid.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: Aqua is the first customer to ask for a drink by name, not by ingredient. If the player hasn't already figured out how to make a Masala Chai by then, it can be difficult trying to make it.
- Water Is Womanly: A shy, demure mermaid named Aqua.
Hendry Furlong
- Fantasy-Forbidding Father: The main source of conflict between Hendry and his daughter; Rachel wants to pursue a solo career as an Idol Singer, after being part of a girl band group, but Hendry disapproves of that choice in career out of fear for her well being, and overall sees her as a little girl to be protected. To his credit, Hendry did work in the music industry extensively and saw first-hand all the shady stuff that goes down, and is ultimately proven right about Rachel's chosen manager. In the best ending, he becomes her manager.
- Little Bit Beastly: He has the appearance of a normal human but has the ears of a cat. He also has a tail, but it can only be seen in his social media profile pic.
- Papa Wolf: Hendry may seem like a bumbling old man but he has the nerve to take on several grown men in the form of a housecat for talking badly about his daughter.
- Properly Paranoid: Rachel and even Jorji point out Hendry's mistrust of Rachel's new manager based on a gut feeling seems to border on paranoid, but he turns out to be right on the money.
- Put on a Bus: He's absent in Episode 2 because he's busy helping Rachel with her career. He shows up on Day 12, towards the end of the game, however.
Introduced in Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly
Lucas
- Character Blog: He has a Twitter account here, which is managed by the main Twitter account of the game. His username is the same one on his Tomodachill profile.
- Commonality Connection: In Episode 2, he and Rachel bond over how they overcame racism to become the celebrities they are in the present. Rachel had to deal with the wrong assumption that all nekomimis are hired only because of their cuteness, while Lucas struggled with being stereotyped as a reckless party animal and being the subject of cruel pranks.
- Disappeared Dad: His father died of natural causes when Lucas was in high school, and the latter was surprised when he learned from his attorney the week after that his father passed down the house to his mother and siblings.
- Does Not Like Spam: He used to like coffee such as espresso until his stomach "turned against [him] and decided to just hate it". He orders lattes because they're not too strong, but he goes for a matcha for his first order because he still misses the strong flavor.
- Drink-Based Characterization: He goes against the stereotype of strong drinkers since he orders intense drinks to make up for the fact that he's really not.
- Embarrassing Nickname: During his time at Pro House Vlogs, he was called "baby-goat", "Satyr-boy", "Party-Goatie", or "Mr. Exxxcess".
- Fauns and Satyrs: Judging by the goat horns on his head and the goat legs on his full pic of himself in one of his status updates, he's a satyr. He also comes from a One-Gender Race, which is why it took his species a while to be legally recognized as Sapient (intelligent and bipedal) beings.
- Gender Equals Breed: Implied: Since he's from a One-Gender Race, his mother is either a human or another fantasy being, and he and his brothers take after their late satyr father.
- The Hyena: He often laughs during his conversations with the other patrons.
- Hypocrite: Despite hosting a prank show, he doesn't like pulling pranks himself because he believes they're the lowest form of entertainment. Rather, he helps in production and marketing behind the scenes. This is because he was the subject of a traumatic prank during his time at Pro House Vlogs, so he doesn't want to be directly involved in them again.
- I Am Not My Father: He regrets being the subject of pretend date videos for the production house he used to work at because it reminded him of his late father, who would "fish" for partners the same way.
- Innocently Insensitive: When he hears about Riona's struggles with discrimination as she strives to be an opera singer, he genuinely tries helping her overcome it by suggesting that she advertise herself as an underdog who can prove everyone's expectations wrong with her singing. Riona, who just wants nothing more than a chance to properly sing, calls him out for "selling a caricature" of her, and he apologizes for offending her.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: He grew up in a family so large, he couldn't count all of his siblings even if he wanted to. It's implied that his dad was a swinger because his siblings are "everywhere".
- Mellow Fellow: A chill customer who enters the café with a big smile on his face and talks casually with the other patrons.
- Must Have Caffeine: When he was younger and broke, he'd drink lots of Bee'n Buzzy, a highly caffeinated drink that's concentrated with milk and honey, to replace his meals. However, this made his stomach extremely acidic, which is why he can't handle coffee anymore.
- No Sense of Direction: He gets drunk during his business meeting with his team and then gets lost in Kerry Park at midnight, prompting Riona to drive him home. In playthroughs where Riona stops visiting the café, he instead struggles to find his way home on his own and gets a hangover the next day.
- The Nicknamer: He likes giving nicknames to the other patrons such as "Pops" for Jorji and "Rach" for Rachel.
- "Not So Different" Remark:
- If the Barista gives Myrtle the wrong drink twice on her first visit, she'll get into an argument with Lucas regarding Aqua breaking her trust with her. She then tells the Barista that Lucas is a "weirder version of Freya" because of his nosy chattiness, to his confusion because he hasn't met her.
- On his third visit, he tells the others that he plans to turn his prank show into a talent showcase segment so he can support the prejudiced like Riona in achieving their dreams, much like he was when he was rising to fame as an influencer. Riona faces cyberbullying for being a banshee who's believed to only bring bad luck, while Lucas's satyr race is stereotyped as reckless party animals. This is why he wants to apologize to her for accidentally hurting her feelings in his misguided attempt to help her overcome her anxiety in becoming an opera singer amidst the racism.
- Oh, My Gods!: He tends to swear in the name of Zeus or the gods in general.
- Rags to Riches: He grew up in an impoverished family, with his late father struggling to make ends meet. After his father's death, Lucas refused to sell the family house to his older siblings and fled to Los Angeles. Desperate for money, he joined a production house, even if he was mistreated as a content creator, but he eventually rose to fame and became the successful influencer he is in the present.
- Trauma Button: During his time at the production house, his housemates sabotaged the fuel indicator on his car and sent him out on an errand, causing him to be stranded on the road. They then pretended to be armed, masked racists who were going to attack him and take his car or worse, before revealing that the entire thing was a setup for a prank. The incident finally caused Lucas to snap for the first time, and was the main reason for him leaving the Pro House. It's also the reason why he's afraid of the dark, as well as driving by himself.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He's afraid of the dark, and when a blackout happens, he nervously darts his eyes about. Jorji asks him if he's alright, but he claims that "everything's peachy".
Riona Sheerin
- Appeal to Tradition: After deleting her audition video due to cyberbullying, she plans to find fame the "traditional" way as opposed to using "shortcuts" or going online. Rachel, on the other hand, argues that the entertainment industry is rapidly changing and that "traditional" doesn't always mean "better".
- Beware the Quiet Ones: She first enters the café without introducing herself to quietly listen in on Jorji and Lucas's conversation. But when Lucas incorrectly assumes that she's being chill about the cyberbullies she encountered after posting her audition video, she enters a screaming fit and causes the second blackout at the café.
- Creepy Loner Girl: She used to live in seclusion and far away from cities because she looked "significantly different" back then. When she started working as a taxi driver, people freaked out at her and canceled her, which is why she switched jobs to being a delivery person.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: She constantly faces people who hate her because she's "scary", so during the appeal period, she tried to make herself look less "frightening" so that she can feel loved.
- Internalized Categorism: She breaks down crying because she regrets following her dreams after hearing Lucas's and Rachel's stories on how they dealt with racism in the entertainment industry. She believes that she can only go with the "status quo" just because she's a banshee who can't establish good connections. Thankfully, the Barista cheers her up with a Berry-Blue Hibiscus "Pie", and she overcomes her self-loathing when Lucas offers her to be his co-host for his podcast, using the platform to advocate against racism.
- Our Banshees Are Louder: She has sullen dark eyes, pale purple skin, and stringy blue hair, and her wails are believed to curse people with bad luck. Her screams get worse and her hair frizzes up when she gets angry, and she causes a blackout at the café in one particular fit. As a semi-spiritual being, she disappears when she dies.
- Youthful Freckles: She's a young adult banshee with a freckled face.
Amanda
- Alien Among Us: Like Silver, they're doing Earth research to better fit in with its residents. They start out awkward at first by calling Lua a "purple Earthling", and then a "four-appendages Earthling" after she tries correcting them.
- Ambiguous Gender: Despite their feminine name, their gender is indeterminate like Silver's when he used to be an alien. The Barista calls them "Ms.", Silver uses "she/her" pronouns around them, while the other patrons use "they/them" pronouns when referring to them.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: Like Silver, they drink using their fingers as straws.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Like Silver, they come off as an eccentric alien in a spacesuit who's trying their best to communicate with Earthlings.
- Expository Pronoun: They refer to themselves with "we" because they're part of the same Hive Mind as Silver.
- Hive Mind: They and Silver are part of the same hive mind, which is why they have similar mannerisms when talking to the other patrons. However, Amanda's mental link with them is becoming tenuous because Silver is becoming more human.
- Literal-Minded: Like Silver, they have a hard time getting the nuances of Earthling language, like when Lua asks them what brings them here.Amanda: Please define your question. Do you mean here on this planet?
Lua: That too, but also here, in this café. - Living Mood Ring: Like Silver, their helmet's visor flashes different colors depending on their mood, like yellow for happiness, red for anger, and pink for excitement.
- My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That: When Silver gushes about the qualities of his online date Pearl, Amanda detects that his hormones are boiling.
- Shy Finger-Twiddling: Like Silver, they sometimes tap their fingers together in an embarrassed or uncertain manner.
- Spock Speak: Like Silver, they tend to speak formally and use technical terms.
- What Is This Feeling?: They don't understand how Earthlings can feel a much wider range of emotions than their species, so they suggest that movies should be captioned with the emotions the characters are feeling. When they try Blue Lightning for the first time, they struggle to experience its taste, but they still get a kick out of it.
