Tonio Satore

It was still strange to Tonio even after a month to walk down a street that was firm beneath his feet and not cross the canals of his beloved city and home. Siren Cove was different, there was an English word he was sure for it but it wasn't the same as Venice. It didn't hold the same buzz of magic, of life; the tourists following young student guides holding umbrelllas in various shades aloft, the grandmothers carrying their shopping up the smoothed transit edges of the bridges or the yelling and bustle of the tightly packed city.

Here in Siren Cove none of the corner stones of each building were etched with magic to keep the city from sinking. If anything magic existed here, it was hidden well.

"Out of sight, out of mind." Tonio muttered to himself in Italian as he crossed the street, waving at one of his younger cousins. Ducking into the back, Tonio called out a greeting to old Sal and kissed the older man's cheeks before he moved through the kitchen quickly. No one had forgiven him yet for the kitchen fire even if it hadn't been his intent to set the stove on fire (it had been the opposite in fact but well, magic had a way of working against him these days.)

Ducking quickly through the door out into the restaurant, Tonio smiled as he spotted his aunt and headed towards her.

"Ciao bellissima," Tonio murmured, kissing his aunt on the cheek as she scalded him for his cheek and impertinence. Smiling at her, he took the white apron from her and the tray as well. They didn't trust him in the kitchens but he hadn't messed up an order yet. Which was a miracle considering that they wouldn't let him have paper and pen since the inked tornado incident and the fire incident and the fish tasting like chocolate. Tonio could be trusted to work, to help out but not to pen and paper which was just another joy of the curse those idiot Cancherello's had put upon him. "How can it be impertinent it is the truth zia? You are the most beautiful."

"Cheeky boy. It is a good thing I love you." Tonio laughed as she pinched his cheeks before hitting him in the arm to get on with his work. Finger pointed at him, Tonio tried to look bashful beneath his zia's steely gaze. "Don't forget to lock up tonight and no flirting with all the women."

"Zia, you wound me. I don't flirt with all the women, just the beautiful ones." Tonio called out, grinning as he moved out to greet the next customer to walk through the door.


ooc: catch tonio at any part of his shift or just after he has locked up. satore's is an italian family restaurant and serves the best italian coffee