tornheart | 10/15 - get a job you losers

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.

Threaded | Flat

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...?

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.

Chikusa Kakimoto - ota

Vermouth | OTA