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[neurotoxicity]

[ The video feed initially just shows the entrance to the cemetery at dusk. There's some fluid movement as the camera moves past Grave Concoctions, the local alchemist, and then forward a few steps towards a small strip of somewhat rundown buildings. The camera stops in front of one of the buildings on the far left side and then just zooms up and down on it. There are lights on inside the building and it clearly looks like someone's been inside and cleaned it up. Overall it's small and the outside is in need of a bit of help.

Ivy turns the camera to face her. She's got a thick white scarf wrapped around her neck and a large silver cross can be seen dangling down. ]

I've fixed the inside into what I want for the most part. [ She's to the point, it's common for her when she's got a specific goal in mind. ]

But I need some help for a few other things. I need the outside fixed up, there's some loose brick, and it needs some paint. Inside I need six barstools in black. I don't care about the material, but they have to be black. There were booths in there already, but I want them painted red. [ She's very specific. ] The kitchen is basically just the woodfire oven but that's enough, I don't need much more fixed with that. I've gotten the décor down.

[ Wait she's forgetting something. ] It's going to be a pizzeria. [ Probably should explain that right? ] I also need help with a name. If you have any suggestions, let me know.

[ A pause ] I can pay anyone that's willing to help clean up the outside and do the few other things I mentioned. I might also need some help running the place. I don't need a resume, just proof you're competent.

[ And she just ends things there. Ivy has A+ asking people for help skills. ]

Comments

[bufubulous]

Quite right! Though I expect knowing there is a delicious dish to enjoy would also be a good draw for people to stop in.

[ A date, hm…? Yusuke hadn’t the experience, but he could see her point. ]

I see? Having walked by the taverns I admit they don’t seem particularly elegant for a date.

[neurotoxicity]

I have to get customers to come in first to know that the food is delicious.

[ So there needs to be a step one incentive. ]

They weren't. I'd never recommend it.

[bufubulous]

I will keep that in mind should I ever be in such a position to need a location, and old enough to enter.

[ It was not something Yusuke expected would come to pass in this place, but it seemed like decent life advice! ]

[neurotoxicity]

How old are you?

[bufubulous]

Sixteen currently, given the rules for our lodgings here, I presume that also means I wouldn’t be welcome in a tavern either.

[neurotoxicity]

I wouldn't have guessed 16. But you're right, Tavern's probably not the best place for a kid.

[bufubulous]

Is that so? [ Yusuke supposed some might have made the mistake before, given his height and his voice could make him seem older than he was. He wouldn’t call himself a kid, but it also stood to reason that he wasn’t exactly an adult by most standards, so he goes with it. ] But yes, though I am sure it could be an interesting place, I tend to stay clear of it.

[neurotoxicity]

18 would have been the least. [ Even if he did seem a bit...odd he still seemed less like a kid than 16 would make her guess. ] You're very independent. [ She chuckled. ] It's not interesting. Most kids wouldn't be so well-behaved about not going into one though. Whose really going to stop you here? [ Something made her think the guards wouldn't entirely care. ]

[bufubulous]

Hmm… I had never thought that. [ It was interesting information, though. Perhaps it could be useful should they run into a place that required someone to be that old…? It was something to keep in mind, although she did make a good point. ] Perhaps no one would? Especially if they don’t realize I’m as young as I am… I suppose I’ve never had a desire to enter a tavern to have tried, though if I thought I might gain some artistic inspiration while there, it could be worth it.

[neurotoxicity]

Can't see how there'd be any harm in it if you didn't order anything to drink.

[bufubulous]

That’s also true! Perhaps I shall have to have to visit one and see what happens, then.

[neurotoxicity]

I'd recommend not going when it's getting near closing time.

[bufubulous]

Really? I shall keep that in mind, then. Though I wonder why not?

[neurotoxicity]

Most people left around that time are really drunk.

[bufubulous]

Ah! Yes, that would be true. I suppose there are many who could get rather rowdy to be forced to leave at closing time. [ Not that it was a concern, though it would be rather unsightly. ] Then I shall keep that in mind and perhaps look in during the early evening.

[neurotoxicity]

Just be careful.

[bufubulous]

I shall be sure to, thank you.