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Konoe-san. I'd like to ask you for a favor. Would you hear me out?

A favor? What kind?

It's very simple and it won't cost you anything. Just a little but of space and time. I'd like you to hold onto a book.

A book?

Sure, I guess. What kind? It's not something cursed, is it?

What? No. Of course not. It's a cook book. Mine. [A beat.] Well, it's just the list of recipes I have in my little device. I've just put it to paper.

[That is a cookbook Bishop.]

Oh sure, I'll look after your cookbook then!

There's more, but I'll only tell you in person. Are you at your place? If you give me the address I can fly over and deliver it.

Sure! I'm in Level 2, Crystalia Lane!

[ Konoka sends him more detailed directions via an app. It leads to a small house in a futuristic (to them), lightly wooded neighborhood. ]

Okay. See you in a bit.

[Upon getting the details he sets off. It was a but odd for people to see an owl flying about with a wrapped package in it's talons, one guy even tried to catch him when he stopped to check his heading, but he makes it to the specified location. Stopping a little bit before to admire the area, he likes this place, and soon there's a knock on the door and Bishop is there with the book wrapped in brown paper.]

Good evening. I hope I'm not interrupting anything.

[ Fortunately, she knows better than to get stuck in the middle of something while expecting a guest.

As such, Konoka was expecting him, and answered the door promptly. ]

Not at all! I'm taking the time to relax. Come on in!

[He smiled as he stepped in but, he doesn't go further than the entrance, already unwrapping the package revealing a big dark blue leather bound notebook with a bishop chess piece engraved on the lower right corner of the cover.]

Before I hand this over, I want you to know I made this in case something were to happen to me. That's why I wanted to tell you in person. I disappeared once, and then I was in the hospital for a time, I don't want to burden Marie with that again. So, I put it all to paper so at least, you'll have those at any time.

[ At once, as he explains himself, Konoka sobers up. She knows what that's like. ]

Understood. [ She nods. ]

Though... why are you giving it to me, rather than Marie?

[He smiled.]

Because I've troubled Marie enough, and giving her something like this with that kind of message may just bother her. If you have it, at least she might think it was just a gift from me to you. Which it is, in a way.

[He pauses.]

She's such a bright and caring person, and I'd hate to add another frown to that pretty face of hers.

I see.

[ Yeah, Bishop giving that book would put a lot of burden on Marie. and Konoka didn't like that thought at all. ]

I wouldn't want to make My Qu--ah, Marie sad either.

Besides, I'm at least a competent cook, when it comes down to it.

[ This might also be a good reference for when she just wants to cook at home. ]

Thank you.

[He's glad she understands, a big weight off his shoulders as he hands her the book.]

Feel free to use it whenever you'd like. I made sure to be very clear with the instructions and - well, you'll see. I hope it serves you well.

Great! I wouldn't mind trying out a couple of recipes.

[ And just like that, Konoka would be right back to her regular cheery self. She took a moment to thumb through the book in her hands. ]

Take care, okay? Next time you get hurt, contact me if you can.

[Konoka's cheerfulness was always welcomed, it's part of the reason he entrusted it to her. If he did vanish or whatever else, he trusts that she can deliver it without exacerbating the situation.

He smiles at her once more and dips his head before quietly heading out the door with a wave.]

[ this is the right place. right? "love bites." they've even got the little hiring sign and all. at this point, she's walked past so many lunatian shops that they stop really registering as weird. of course there's an ice cream shop making cum jokes. of course there's a lemonade place called "squirt's." that's just sort of life now - that's the new normal, you know?

still, she's got to admit, the idea of working somewhere a little more risque... it's kind of nice. not having to deal with the whole presentable, polite, good christian kid look. like, she's never washing dishes at cracker barrel again, she'll say that much. so she looks over her resume, bites her lip, and finally strides in with all the confidence an anxious sanguis devil can muster. ]

Hey! Hey. [ a bit loud of a start. she clears her throat, trying to keep projecting without getting too loud. ] Uh, is the manager in? I noticed you were hiring, and kind of wanted to drop off a resume...

[ is this even how applications work anymore? she's going off advice from when she was like... fifteen. this sucks and was a bad idea. ]

[ It's a quiet moment. Love Bites is never horribly busy outside lecture hours, but today had been especially slow. Konoka, ever a restless spirit, sometimes meandered just outside when there weren't any customers and put her healing magic to work, usually because the slight roughness of level three meant someone or another got injured.

Of course, doing this in a maid costume or her red form fitting dress just wound up pulling attention anyway, so Konoka seemed to have unknowingly made her store more famous.

So when she saw a Moonblessed, and a familiar one at that, she wasn't surprised. ]

Welcome!

[ Konoka's greeting is cheery and almost innocent. Not a drop of sultry to be heard. She's in the maid costume today, form fitting and suggestive, but not all that risque. Marie had picked it out for her for Salon de Marie, after all. ]

Oh, I know you! Long time no see!

[ She remembered her from just before the doll incident, but that had been a while ago. ]

Come along, let's chat! I'm afraid I'm still getting the hang of running a business like this so the process isn't all that formal.

[ if venus were a reserved, cool person, she'd play off that connection immediately. that's what you're supposed to do when you want to get hired, right? make connections, bring them up. network, that sort of thing.

venus is not a cool person. ]

What? [ she sounds completely clueless. for a good second, she just stares at konoka, like a deer caught in the headlights. then something clicks, some hamster starts running in the wheel, and venus lights up. ] Oh! Oh, right, from the cafe? We talked about... um...

[ she's. she's blanking on it. this is going terribly. so instead she just lets konoka take the wheel, nodding and trying her best to stay smiling instead of giving the terrified look of panic she kind of feels like giving. ]

Oh, no worries! I can't even imagine what running a place like this must be like, haha. I mean, I sort of can, because I had to handle most of Saturn's paperwork for her? But also that was a different city, and we- she just worked from home, so, I mean...

[ she trails off once again. right. pay attention to the manager during an interview, don't just talk over them. she can do this! ]

Haha, it's fine, it's fine!

[ Konoka just decided to pull up a chair and offer Venus one, and then sit down in another. ]

Ah, are you good with paperwork? I mean, I'm largely looking for folks to work the register while I'm not here, and help with the customers that need it... but if you can act as a second pair of eyes to make sure I'm not messing up paperwork, then that would be great!

Well, if you're interested in what I sell though, then I'd rather let you enjoy that.

Nnnnot really? I mean, I can do it, but I always get caught up on the small details. Like, whether I'm supposed to do this before or after the deduction part, you know?

[ it's not a no, though, at least? still, the part she's more interested in is- ]

-I guess I'm mainly looking for, you know. Something to do? Like, it's easy enough to get money around here, so that part's not that important... I just want to feel like I have something I'm helping with. Is that normal? I feel like most people would love to just... not do anything.

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Ah, okay.

[ Konoka tapped her chin thoughtfully. ]

In that case, you'd largely be acting on the register. Do you have any interests dealing with either sex toys or BDSM?

Oh! Oh, uh, yeah. I mean, sort of? [ how much info is tmi here? i mean, konoka did ask... so venus just opens her mouth and lets words sort of tumble out freely. ] The sex toy part I've got a lot of experience with. I mean, not a lot lot? But still like, probably more than most people. I actually got asked to do a few demonstrations for them back when I was in Duplicity- sorry, that's the last place I got kidnapped to? And I don't know as much about BDSM, but I'm pretty sure I still remember most of the knots that you're supposed to do for. Uh, the rope stuff? Shibari, right. Also I was technically a contracted submissive for like a year but like half of us were since if you didn't contract you got auctioned off and-

[ she stops. she takes a deep breath. ]

Sorry! Sorry. I'm rambling, aren't I.

[ She supposed that was TMI, but more in the literal "how am I supposed to filter out the important parts" than information she never wanted to know. ]

It's okay! I got the gist. I think.

So you know your way around toys, and you aren't scary, that's all I really need. You're hired.

If you want to know more about BDSM, I've got pamphlets and a couple of books in the back.

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