Anby approached the counter of the store, placing down at least a dozen video tapes in front of Belle. “Good morning, manager. I hope me coming in early isn’t a bother. I have finished all the films you recommended me last week, and would like to return them to you now. It makes sense that you pursued this as your profession, as you have excellent taste. I enjoyed all of them.” Whenever she gets her cut of a commission fee, that money tends to flow towards the proxy duo’s video store. That and the nearest burger chain.
“I was wondering if you had anything else that you believe would fit my tastes. Or if you needed help with promotion anytime.” - @talesfromneweridu ( anby )
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 when the familiar chime from the front door rang. belle looked up from behind the counter as soon as new tapes landed before her, completely blocking her view from seeing who had just returned such a large amount but the voice that called out from around the stack brought a knowing smile to her face, much as a sweatdrop comically appeared on her brow.
❝ good morning to you too, anby. hah, i wasn’t expecting you to finish watching all of them this quick, but i’m glad you liked them .ᐟ.ᐟ ❞
she began going through each returned tape one by one, scanning them back into the system within the laptop behind the counter, before neatly piling them up on the side for her to put back on display for others to enjoy.
❝ & you want to know something .ᐣ.ᐣ whenever you come in when there’s more customers around, people do get curious & a lot of the time check out the same movies you brought back. that’s the best way to promote the video store if you ask me, so keep doing what you’re doing. ❞
𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐮𝐩 before directing her focus towards the multitude of shelves, her thinking gear running within the depths of her mind as she mentally sorted out movies that would interest anby the most. she just knew that if anby kept this momemtum up, random play might run out of movies to satisfy her need ⸻ suffering from success, one might say,
❝ hmm, funnily enough, this new batch we just received might have exactly what you’re looking for. how many are you looking to rent this time .ᐣ.ᐣ ❞