Help Wanted (Closed)

[kempff]

[Kempff/Iris]

A sign was posted up in the town center,
Help Wanted
Criteria: Willing to work in a number of situations, communicate on a regular basis, serve in a position of employment under employer, and work for long periods of time.
Terms of pay are negotiable.
Please take an attached map to find interview site at new construction.
and it seemed a hullabaloo was created by it.

When the applicants made it to the new hotel in construction, the one thing they all seemed to remember was the odd song playing. "Relax the atmosphere said the interviewer."

That had been six hours ago. Everyone had been turned down, though some lied to with a "keep you in mind".

The constant tapping of a quill had been continuing for sometime, a sound slowly drilling deeper and deeper. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap! And it began to speed up, yet all the same it continued to be just as drull.

Kayin Cosmas Anselm had imagined...better results. Worthwhile applicants, partly serious people. He got grandmothers, children, homeless, and even anthropomorphs (Kayin despised the last for no good reason).
Please just let this day end...it can't get much worse..but let me just get done with this and just leave already.. Kayin's hopes were real and worthwhile, at least to him. He didn't know how many more oddly dressed kids waving foam weapons around he could take.

[Iris|Kairi]

Suddenly a pair of petite hands slammed down on the table he'd been tapping his quill on, one of the maps under the hand. She was none-to-quiet in her arrival. The red-headed girl was leaning down and forward slightly, violet eyes piercing as she looked him over with a wave of the usual hostility. But frankly, the girl needed munny to survive, so she'd even stoop to taking jobs posted up.

"Take out the regular basis communications and I'll take it." she spoke roughly, leaning back and crossing her arms. Kia was one of those people that just cut right to the chase. "You better pay well." she added, narrowing her eyes.

Oh, what was she getting herself into? The thought of this made her grind her teeth, but she was also very hungry.. it was shameful. But the munny she'd mysteriously come to have after those missing two years only lasted so long, and it seemed the world was just at a place where no one would hire a fiery whip-wielding mercenary.

[kempff]

Kayin wass startled at this sudden entrance. The aggressive nature he felt just from entry was unusual. The ferocity in her face seemed inhuman. That she came in suddenly was no deal; her character made the matter. And her voice..

"Hmmm...," He looked her over, eying every inch (and glad that his lean into his chair makes his exact spot of focus unclear, "noting this girl's assets") and came to some conclusion. "take it out? Well that's fine, honestly I'd care less if the one with me communicates." A bold answer to a bold statement.

Not waiting for a response he ventures to pay. "Oh..pay is no problem, it's the terms of the job payment you'll have to accept. It's an end of reward, barring my death or your own." Kayin is playing games currently, though serious about the pay. This girl seems...ready, but he's not about to seem desperate or not test her. "Think you can live with it?" Pun intended, as well as insult.

[Iris|Kairi]

"I can live with it fine," was the gruff reply. The red-head leaned back now, crossing her arms, violet eyes trained on him in an intense glare. "You keep me fed and pay me at the end, hire me. BUt if you try and get out of paying, I'll hunt you down and gouge your eyes out with your severed fingers." she threatened, shifting her weight onto one leg. She flipped her ponytail over her shoulder.

"Do we have a deal? And please, spare me the terrible puns."

[kempff]

Gouge out my eyeballs...with my severed fingers?! Great, a b***h, well damn I'll live with it...

"We have a deal, and I'm particularly glad already you decided to not communicate." Kayin stood after filling out the form for Kia which noted their terms of agreement and her employment under him, he then pushed it across the table and handed her the pin.

"Written record, it just states my name, my task, the terms, where it was signed, and you just need to sign at the bottom. No talking required." Kayin announced with a wry grin, already having fun with the lack of communication from Kia. "And I already crossed out the communication bit, if you go back on it I'm afraid I'd have to either have your vocal cords taken out as compensation or not pay you. The former of course."

[Iris|Kairi]

"Hm, if you try, good luck." she said simply, looking it over then signing it. She looked him over. No, she didn't really know what she was getting into entirely, but if it involved something to keep her busy and keeping her belly supplied with nutrients, then whatever. She was game for anything. She was bored and alone and out of money and out of crap to get into.

But now she had to put up with this pretty boy. Wonderful. He seemed like a real winner...

"...When do I start?"

[kempff]

"No so shut the hell up and do as I say, remember it's in the contract." He said tucking the paper into a folder and putting it into his pack. Kayin felt Kia wouldn't violate it, if she did she'd have no source of easy food, which from looking at Kia she didn't get regularly.

"First thing, we're eating at a restaurant here. We need to be ready for what's to come. After that, checking into hotel and first thing tomorrow I'll tell you what's up. Expect us to leave this place noon tomorrow. Got it? Just nod." He said the last bit quickly and raised a hand in case she began to speak.

[Iris|Kairi]

It was like he threw hot water on her. No, boiling water. It flew all over her.

Her eyes sharpened and gleams suddenly, rage leaking into them. "What...did you just say?" she asked, her voice tight and low. No one talked to her like that and got away with it. He didn't know her very well. A contract, food, money...it didn't even matter once she was mad. Nothing did. She didn't care.

She jumped up on the table, having to do so to basically meet him face to face, and grabbed his collar, jerking him toward her roughly. "You don't talk to me like that." she growled, though managed to calm herself before she mauled him. She released her steel grip and jumped back down, crossing her arms again.

[kempff]

Kayin was a bit annoyed by Kia's temper, which stoked his own and somehow, just somehow he wasn't angered to the point of hitting her. Oh fine...I'll not say that, but you will pay for this.

"Fine. Can we go eat now?" He asked calmly with a small smile on his face.

[Iris|Kairi]

She gave a curt nod, arms still crossed as her temper still raged, though she was able to keep it down. This was going to be a looong journey...she was almost regretting it already. Except for the thought of food... her stomach growled loudly as if to tell her to hurry. Was she really starving that bad?

Actually, yes. After the anger rush left, she found herself lightheaded. Once she was sure her legs would work, she started stalking off to the nearest restaurant.

[kempff]

Kayin smiled and nodded with Kia's reaction, then felt dumbfounded when she walked off and led the way. Alright...fine you can find the place...I guess... More than a little perturbed Kayin clenched his fists till they turned a light red so he wouldn't bring out Kia's anger again, he wasn't apt on fighting his employee in public.

"Do you know where we're going?"

[Iris|Kairi]

So he'd stick to fighting her in private..?

"Of course I know where I'm going." she barked agitatedly, walking with her arms crossed, navigating the streets for the closest and one of her favorite restaurants. Geeze, did he think she was stupid? He was one of those males. She could feel her hands heat up just thinking about it. "You can handle a girl leading, right?" Sure, her voice was a little condescending, but that was Kia. Queen of...Mean. At first anyway. It'd be a rough first few months, in both senses of the word.

[kempff]

"I'm paying you to do it, you should be asking yourself." Kayin replied non-descriptively. If she got lost he'd wait until she got annoyed and blew a fuse and then would kindly lead the way. Kayin smiled happily and followed, taking note of what he thought were signs of a very interesting and fun to provoke personality.

[Iris|Kairi]

She lead him around another corner and right into a small restaurant. Sure, it was small...but it smelled wonderful. Apparently the food was affordable too. "SEE?" she asked pointedly before stalking past the waitress to take a seat. Wooden chair legs screeched against the wooden floor, then thudded once it was back far enough from the crudely crafted table. She plopped down into the chair. It was undeniably sturdy. Sure, she wasn't heavy, but it didn't move or squeak as she sat. Quality carpentry.

The restaurant really was nothing more than a hole in the wall. It was very small, possibly family owned. It's one window had quaint red-checkered curtains framing a dusty old window. The front door was always open, only a podium blocking the direct path. You were supposed to stop there and wait apparently. The place was empty except for two mid-twenties women and the old cook in the back. In the very back corner was a small bar, apparently only open in the late hours.

After only a moment, Kia picked up the one page menu, looking it over to see what the special was.