In which its very cold out and Jade wants a job
Jade was excited the minute she heard about Prospit. A cafe, with a greenhouse, and dogs?? yes??? It sounded like heaven on earth, and she couldn’t recall ever having been quite this excited about a public place. Which is why, after visiting once or twice and adoring it there, she had decided to apply. She knew they were looking to hire, and while Jade had never had a job before, mostly because her anxiety had kept her from even trying to apply, she was a lot more confident about this! It was probably because she felt a lot more relaxed around dogs, and if she could work around them, she would be golden. But as Jade began walking towards the coffeeshop, she noticed that what had started as a light powdering of snow was growing into something bigger. She pulled her hat down over her ears, shivered a little, and marched on towards her destination. She wondered if they might let Bec stay there, if she got the job. That would be amazing! She missed her best friend and doggy pal sooooooooooooo so much!! But that probably wouldn’t happen. They probably wouldn’t even hire her anyway! She sucked at talking to strangers, and she’d never made anything more complicated than instant coffee for her grandpa before. Sure, she was a fast learner, and could do complicated equations off the top of her head, completely take a part a computer and put it back together, what if she couldn’t make coffee??? It was snowing even harder now, and Jade considering turning back. Maybe she should do this another day, or not at all.. but as she considered this, she realized that she could see the store off in the distance. There was no point in turning back now! She took a deep breath, and told herself that at the very least, she should buy a cup of tea to warm herself up. She trudged on, stopping every now and then to clear her glasses, until finally she entered the shop. Her glasses fogged up immediately, and she quickly pulled them off her face and cleared them up. She looked around, and realized all the lights were off. Were they closed? Or.. had the snow shut off the power?? Jade jumped as she heard a frustrated scream, and she hurried towards the source of the noise, not knowing if someone needed help or not.
This would never have happened if... if... IF! If anything! If she wasn't the manager, if she didn't work alone, if she just spent her time at Derse like a sane introvert. She cursed every inch of the etablishment, including the lone dog and two cats curled up in the (at least slightly) warm shop, while she stormed about throwing aprons and scarves and plastic wrap over the plants. It worked for palm trees, right? It took her a few seconds to break out of her panic of losing all of her expensive plants, most of which growing fresh ingredients for the shop, and fully process that someone opened the door. No wonder she could hear barking.
"August, shush!" She frowned as she entered the main shop, glad he was in a kennel. "Hi, I'm very sorry but the intimidating factors of wind and snow have startled our electricity into hiding for the time being, so we are, in effect, closed for the night." Kanaya gestured at the darkness, though not at har strange lack of coats and scarves to keep her warm. The plants needed them more.









