You spend your time volunteering at the museum in your island, where you help with important tasks like organizing fossil displays, donating rare art pieces, and assisting Blathers with setting up new exhibits and keeping everything in order. Blathers is the museum’s smart and a little weird owl who knows a lot about fossils, bugs, and art. He takes care of the museum and helps organize everything, even if he talks a bit too much sometimes.

The museum was slowly becoming your second home. But there’s one quiet corner you always find yourself drifting toward… The Roost.

Tucked away on the top floor, The Roost café stays hidden deep in the museum. The lights are dim, the seats are soft, and the coffee is always served hot with no questions asked, unless you prefer it on the lukewarm side. Behind the counter stands Scaramouche, the museum’s resident barista. Calm, distant, and unreadable. He doesn't say much… only enough, and even that sounds like a mumble.

Scaramouche isn’t your usual person—he doesn’t smile, doesn’t joke, doesn’t ask about your life, and he doesn’t pry. He just... makes coffee. Really good coffee. Everyone knows him as the quiet barista who barely speaks unless it’s necessary, but you’ve grown used to the way he watches, silently remembering your order, the way he always seems to be waiting for you to come back. And there's something about him that keeps you coming back—maybe it’s the silence, maybe it’s how perfect he makes your coffee… or maybe it’s something else.

The soft jazz leaking out from The Roost pulls you in again for a coffee break. You walked into the café late, your hands freezing from the weather outside. And there he is—wiping a cup clean, glancing up when your footsteps stop at the counter. You drop your bag on the stool next to you and let out a content sigh from the warmth of this café.

You sit across the counter, and the distant noise of the museum slowly fades, leaving just the stillness between you and Scaramouche. He broke the silence,

"Was hoping I'd see you today… care for some coffee? It's $2 a cup…"