Peppercup Passage
Mina
“A small girl about 90 cm tall with flour on her cheeks, a striped apron, and dark curls tied with a ribbon.”
Mina is a quick-eyed little baker's helper who stands about as tall as a teapot, always alert to the smallest change in the lane. She loves noticing patterns in people and places, and she can be a bit too certain that she knows what is about to happen next.
3 stories feature Mina
Where you've met them
The Awning Trouble
A row of market awnings in Peppercup Passage has started snapping and folding whenever the wind changes direction, shooing customers away from the stalls that need them most. The stallholders cannot keep their goods dry, and the whole market strip is at risk of shutting down if the awnings cannot be made steady again.
Tea Delivery at Lantern Sweep
At the far bend of Peppercup Passage, two neighborhood routines are colliding: the early tea delivery is arriving just as the lantern sweep is beginning, and neither can pause for the other. With cups clinking, brooms swishing, and the lane narrowing around them, the passage is about to become jammed from end to end unless a new way through is found.
The Bell in Peppercup Passage
When Peppercup Passage’s doorway bells chime out of step, Mina spots Tilo, a lost notice, and Pippa all at once. Each one seems to be pulling the lane in a different direction, and Mina must choose where to go first.