10/15 - get a job you losers

[kokuyoyo]

Who: Chikusa and anyone who responds to his post
What: Chikusa needs free labor. And this is for a good cause. Mingle log!
When: October 15th
Where: The Hsieh Center, a shopping and art center in Centrium, and, more specifically, the makings of the Lazarus Bell Cafe

Really, the Hsieh Center is a beautiful work of art made into a building. While the outside is as colorful and plant-filled as just abut anything in Eddan (especially the art hub that is Centrium), it's inside that truly signs. Unlike some other buildings with simple floors, the center has a hollow center where you can go to the top floor, look down over the railing, and see the bottom. While everywhere in Eddan is obsessed with vegetation, it really shows here.

So why come to this place?

Well... Chikusa has an idea.

He's already worked with the school for the necessary approval and how funding would work, but the Lazarus Bell Cafe in its current state isn't fit for business just yet. Oh, it's clean, but there's nothing in it, yet. At least, besides machinery that had been left behind because it would have been to much of a pain to take it out of the walls. While some furniture and paltns to start with are being brought up, well...

Yeah. Chikusa doesn't want to do all this work himself.

Anyone who follows the signs that have been set up from the ground floor up that direct any "Green Valley volunteers" signs (small sheep drawn at the very bottom corner of them) will find themselves up at the cafe... and immediately being put to work. There's a lot to set up and make sure on cleanliness, from the bottom floors and some of the plants besides the main trees to the higher up levels including the staff area.

No wonder Chikusa didn't want to deal with this himself.

Comments

Chikusa Kakimoto - ota

[kokuyoyo]

A - sleeping on the job

[And just where is the guy who called everyone here in the first place...?]

[In the staff room up on the second floor, wrapped up in a very thick comfy hoodie and... sleeping. In the empty hole where a bed should be.]

[That's sure what he's doing.]

B - Reluctant Worker

[When he's inevitably woken up and forced to work, Chikusa can be found sitting on a stool near the counter, with his fingers clicking along the keyboard. While his fingers are moving fairly quickly, he somehow seems more exhausted for a guy that was caught sleeping. It drags at his face, and his usual slump is more atrocious than ever.]

[Occasionally, he rubs his hand up the bridge of his nose, bumping into his glasses, and it just.... slides into him crossing his arms on the counter so he can put his face down. He's fine.]

[Other times, he's a bit more forthcoming, not even looking away from his screen as he speaks up.]

Are antique shops better than using Meg's List for furniture...?

B

[mirrors_wish]

It can get expensive in a hurry. You might be able to find some at consignment and thrift shops, though. They're usually pretty cheap.

[Yui knows from experience, having spent most of her life working at her aunt's teahouse.]

[kokuyoyo]

I see... So, those places, then. I'll have to visit them...

[A pause, and he glances back to her.]

...Do you know the best places to buy coffee machines, as well?

A

[transient_specter]

[Yea, that's not going to fly.]

[Chikusa will find a small cup of water poured on his head if he doesn't move fast.]

[mirrors_wish]

Mismatched decor might work out. It makes things seem a little more homey.

[Which, admittedly, might draw more people. But they need enough clientele to maintain a decent cover, right?

But at the comment about the coffee machine, she smiles apologetically.]

No. I was raised drinking tea. I don't know much about coffee at all.

[kokuyoyo]

[He doesn't move fast enough, and there's water splashed all over this beanie and hair even as he jerks upright. His hand jolts, as if to grab something, but then he sees who it is.]

[There's no answer. Just a sulky stare.]

[transient_specter]

[It's fine, he's got a towel, which he holds out to Chikusa.]

If I have to work, you do, too.

[kokuyoyo]

I guess....

[He'll have to flick through things like that... Chikusa isn't sure he knows what 'homey' really looks like.]

I see... I guess I'll have to find another one for those troublesome people...

[mirrors_wish]

It should be fine, either way. This is supposed to be a student business.

[As for the coffee machine, she bites her lip, thinking.]

You might have to ask around. I think...John's family has a cafe? He might know better. Or anyone who drinks coffee.

[kokuyoyo]

[Still sulking, Chikusa accepts it.]

I've been working... This whole thing has taken forever....

[transient_specter]

Then ask for help. It's not as if you won't get it from me.

[kokuyoyo]

Hopefully that will be a good enough excuse.

[He leans back from his computer, sighing.]

I wonder if we could just... make them deal with tea instead. That's easier...

Vermouth | OTA

[secretmakesawoman]

A - Arrival

[Vermouth arrives at the Hsieh Center despite her suspicions. While she would rather keep her codename a secret, she has none of her usual backup in this world. In this strange predicament, a little risk was worth the potential payoff.]

[Any tension she initially felt melts away immediately once she reaches the cafe. "Christina" had seen the plans for it after all. So having a teacher show up doesn't seem weird at all.]

[She walks in with a cheerful grin.]

Can staff help as well?

B - Busy work

[Once situated, she gets to work cleaning the place up. These kinds of chores suit "Christina" better than Chris Vineyard, but she needs to keep up appearances in this place. Once the floor is swept, she hunts down a mop. Anyone passing will get a courtesy smile.]

Watch your step. The floor is wet.

A

[secretmakesawoman]

[Well... Vermouth had expected to find him here, given his involvement with the cafe, but not exactly like this.]

[Her teasing nature getting the better of her, she pokes Chikusa's cheek. Wakey wakey.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Pausing as he wipes at his face, Chikusa eyes him a little bit.]

...Isn't that what I'm doing?

[transient_specter]

That's not how you ask.

[It's like he's dealing with a very young Kanon again.]

You say 'please', for one.

B

[lovelledup]

[Yep. Fine. That's exactly what Chikusa having flopped down with his face just barely not laying on the keyboard looks like. Besides he's aware that Chikusa was off napping when briefly no one could find him earlier.]

If you need sleep that much, you should go home.

[de_light]

["Tristan," unawakened as he is, is blissfully unaware of this cafe-in-the-making having any particular purpose. In fact, he hadn't heard of the project at all, until he happened across the sign talking about Green Valley volunteers and decided he was curious. He isn't poking too far into anything, but Christina is easy to spot and someone he recognises. He slows a bit at her words, glancing to his feet, before letting his gaze wander around the room and then back to her.]

This seems like quite the project.

[secretmakesawoman]

["Christina" beams at her fellow coworker, slowing down with the mop for a moment. Even if she knows her life here is fake, she has no intention of dropping the act. The role of "Christina" could be useful in the future.]

You could say that. Have you come to lend a hand?

[mirrors_wish]

[She shrugs.]

It would be something unique. And it might excuse us having less people around, if people who like coffee can't get it.

[kokuyoyo]

[Almost immediately, a hand reaches up to swat at the offending hand, and Chikusa's eyes slowly open to a squint. When he sees the particular woman- well. He's not exactly surprised. While he hadn't dealt with the new blood too much, he still recognizes faces.]

[Especially considering none of the enemies in that dungeon had any.]

So you woke up.

[kokuyoyo]

[Aw fuck, manners. Chikusa actually makes a face.]

...It'll help them out too...

[de_light]

[He shakes his head.]

I saw the signs downstairs and was curious to see what was happening.

[It's a bigger project than he was imagining, and with so little in the space as it stands, it's hard to tell what the vision for it is. He wonders what it'll look like when it's all set up.]

Though I could if you need.

[He doesn't have anything else pressing.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa's voice is mildly muffled.

I always want to sleep.

[lovelledup]

Saying that is a little funny after you went to the trouble of gathering us all here.

[From where he's standing, it's more that Chikusa always wants to be working on something. That's what it seems like, anyway, with the way he's taken charge of so many things regarding the Awakened. It's something Gladion can respect, and relate to in some ways. Though it makes the fact that Chikusa is talking to him with his face in his arms on a computer desk slightly worrying.]