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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, JADED. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 005.04.008.13 * CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS has joined 005.04.008.13 <JADED> hey, you've reached Jade. <JADED> leave a message or whatever and i'll get back to you. <JADED>** God, I hope this shitty thing actually works.

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[Jade doesn't care if Jason doesn't have a solid plan, she still wants to know everything about his almost plan, his idea.]

Okay, but if you do, what kind of business would you wanna open? A store?

God no. I've had enough of the public. I'd do something I'd only have to talk to people to contract to. Maybe I'd be the wholesaler supplying goods to stores.

[He's making it up as he goes, knowing more what he doesn't like than what he does, but it's starting to seem like a decent idea.]

Oh my God, that sounds cool. You'd be good at it.

[Jade's sincere even if her assessment is partially because she knows Jason's not great with the customers. Any job that gets him far away from direct customer interaction seems like one that's better suited for him than working at Pandemonium.]

You think?

[There's a certain wariness with which he asks that question. All his life he's been told, mostly by his mother, that he would succeed if only the opportunity laid itself at his feet. But he trusts Jade more than he trusts the woman who raised him.]

[Jade nods enthusiastically, spurred on my Jason's interest.]

Yeah. Yeah, of course. You're like, meticulous and organized and shit. And you wouldn't have to work with a ton of customers or anything that you hate. It'd be great for you. I'd buy fabric from you if I could.

I do hate customers. But that's hardly their fault. I don't like much of most people.

[He considers a career more by what he wouldn't have to deal with than what he would actually enjoy doing, but a smile does slip across his face as he sips the coffee and gets the shop set up.]

You like me.

[Jade's not sure why she says it, immediately wishes she didn't. Jason doesn't have to admit that he likes her. He could throw Jade's words back at her just because he's still upset with her from their argument weeks ago. She struggles to find a way to soften her claim.]

I mean, you don't hate me, at least.

You're probably the only reason I didn't say I hate all people. [He shrugs, as if that's no such great admission.]

That said, since you're running a business, I don't imagine you need your tip income anymore, so I may just lay claim to that.

... Thanks.

[The admission is a big deal to Jade but that doesn't stop her from rolling her eyes as he continues. Of course Jason's going to expect more tips now. But she's not ready to give them up.]

Dude, we all know you take more than your fair share already. And I'm the reason we get most of those tips. It's not like you're a shining example of good customer service.

That's not true. I get tipped just fine. I just had to learn how to speak to customers in this neck of the woods. [He drops into that hypnotic manticore voice when he says that, then winks at her.] So long as they get their coffee without a fuss, they don't have anything to complain about from me anyway.

[You know, except for all the times he picked fights with people over them having drinks that were too frilly, or girls not wearing modest enough clothes, or god forbid two men come in holding hands. Or all the times he knocked things off tables just because the cat instincts made it seem like a good idea.]

[Jade shakes her head slightly. She knows that Jason uses his weird monster powers to get better tips. She doesn't really approve, but it's not worth fighting Jason about it. Besides, if he uses it to get the worst customers to give them the best tips, she can't really complain. Some of the customers deserve to be tricked into treating them better.]

Dude, I know customers who ask me when you're not working. No offense, but you're, uh, not the best with them. Which is fine. You're good at other stuff around the store.

You do not. You're exaggerating. And even if you weren't they're not the sort of people we want around anyway. [Jason looks for an instant hurt, then annoyed at feeling hurt, then he just sort of doubles down into a spiteful rebuke of being bothered at all and vows to be even more of a pain to any shifty-eyed customers he pegs.]

[Jade tries to hide her surprise at Jason's reaction, the tendrils on her back only swaying slightly. She had honestly thought Jason knew that some of the customers didn't like him, she even thought he might be proud of that fact. Obviously not.]

Yeah, okay. I'm exaggerating a little.

[She's not.]</small.

That's what I thought. [He feels she's lying to him, but he doesn't press it. He knows he pushes people away, but part of him always hopes to connect. It's a part he doesn't like about himself, that yearning for human contact that makes just living as a hermit in the woods an unfeasible fantasy.

It all doesn't sit well with him, so he changes the subject.]

Have you taken an ad out in the paper for your business?

[It's still weird that Jason seems to care what the customers think of him. Jade never would've said anything if she knew it'd bother him. She's more than happy to latch onto another topic of conversation.]

No? I talked about it on the network.

Not that I'm opposed to you limiting your clientele, given the...attitude our meals in heels tend to have, but only monsters can access the network. Don't you want their money too?

... The locals aren't from modern times. You think they'd still want more modern clothing?

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Maybe. Some people like to feel ahead of the trends. Besides, you have things here that I can wear, so your clothing isn't that far out of the realm of reason.

[He realizes after a beat that that sounds like a diss, and gives an awkward fangy smile to show he meant well.]

[Some of the less modern styles she has in her shop just for her friends like Jason, not that she's going to tell him that.]

I guess you're right. I'm just not sure if they'd wanna buy from a shade. I tend to freak people out.

[Jade will never realize that when it comes to monsters, she's actually not that intimidating.]

You? You at least don't have a tail. [He knows he commented about how weird shade eyes were before - a sentiment he stands behind - but he doesn't bring it up now.]

At least you can turn into a cat and look normal.

And that does me so much good when I can't use my thumbs or speak. [He rolls his eyes.]

[Jade pauses, considering something. Were forms can talk, why can't Jason's cat form?]

You know, that's kinda weird. Soeki can talk when he's a bear...

[Jason's brow furrows.]

How? The teeth aren't shaped the same at all, to say nothing of the tongue. I can only talk now because it's just my canines that are fangs.

You'd have to ask him how, I'm not the one who turns into an animal at night.

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