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[alwaysimpure]

[For a change, Sirius actually looks happy as he puts up a new post. This can be attributed to a single fact.]

I've been working on it with Kaylee for a long time and recently I actually managed to fix her up completely. Not quite the same I used to have, but close enough.

[With that he tilts the watch a bit and holds his arm out so a motorcycle he's currently sitting on comes into view.]

She already made it through some rides, so no worries there. Just one question and I'm sure at least one esteemed expert is watching my every move as always anyway and can answer: Are there any air traffic rules for this place?

[Actual pictures after the cut. This is forever how I can justify this PB choice.]

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[alwaysimpure]

Alright. I don't know, I've never employed anyone, I guess I'll ask around.

For now, I don't know, just tell me how much you want.

[stillpretty]

$2,000. I want $2,000 a month.

[ Mostly that just sounds like a good number to live comfortably since basic living costs are all covered already. Since she really only has to care for herself.. plus possibly medical costs, knowing the kind of trouble she ends up finding eventually. ]

Unless you don't make anywhere near that much, then I'll figure out another number that I didn't pull out of nowhere because it sounds nice and even.

[alwaysimpure]

I can do that, no problem. Just come by the shop when you've time, I'm really in just about always, working on stuff upstairs.

[Sirius, this is not how you manage a business. But whatever, she seems nice!]

Er. Don't come upstairs, I've got that part pretty heavily warded.

[stillpretty]

[ Hey, it's only a little above California minimum wage if you assume she's working full time.

..Which she probably won't, but hey. ]

What's upstairs?

[ Sirius, if you tell Buffy not to go upstairs she's going to want to go upstairs, possibly while you're not around... ]

[alwaysimpure]

It's where I work. [Mope. Drink.] brewing potions, experimenting with spells, charming objects, the like. Magic laboratory, I suppose.

I can show you, maybe after cleaning up some, you just shouldn't walk up without me letting you through the wards.

[stillpretty]

[ Oh if he can show her then it's not half as snoop-worthy.

..Still a little bit, but less. ]

What happens if I get caught by the wards?

[alwaysimpure]

Depends which one catch you.

[He pauses, considers, and grins.]

And how many at once.

[stillpretty]

So if I happen to want to bring you a mocha while you're hard at work I'm going to end up a purple dragon with an oversized nose and a bad case of malagosomethingosis?

[alwaysimpure]

If your urgent need to bring me a mocha can't wait until I've lifted the wards for you then yes, that's what it means.

I promise I'd give you a raise for so much dedication though.

[stillpretty]

Alright, if I ever want to get bonus pay on top of a sick leave, I'm set.

[alwaysimpure]

Well, no one ever said it's a risk-free job.

[stillpretty]

Good thing I can handle risk better than most people.

[alwaysimpure]

Figured as much. Found a stake yet?

[stillpretty]

Not mine, but I'm dealing.

[alwaysimpure]

Better than nothing. I'm lucky I got my wand, that would have been impossible to replace here.

[stillpretty]

Lucky for me I can just kick in a broomstick if I really need one.

[ A beat. ]

A regular one. Not a flying one.

[alwaysimpure]

I was about to say. Although if you ever come across a free-range flying broomstick on this island, I'd advice you to duck, and fast.

That one's a bit mean-spirited.

[stillpretty]

If it attacks me I'm not responsible for how many pieces it ends up in.

[alwaysimpure]

Try burning it, if you can. Not sure if the pieces might not just turn into volatile splinters.