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Who: Ilsa, Keita, Anyone (after opening)
When: Early-late morning
Where: Sugared
What: Ilsa comes back, meets a new coworker, and learns an unwelcome bit of news
Rating: PG
Status: Open, In Progress

Ilsa woke before the sun, but although she'd arrived home very late the night before, this wasn't unexpected.

She was impatient for the day to start. She missed town.

Odd, that. She'd been anchored off-shore for two weeks, yes, but craving the sea all the while. These breaks of hers were merely necessary - the smallest consolation, and so very far from enough. So if the horizon were always catching her eye, it wasn't supposed to be the one with skyscrapers. It would be infuriating if it weren't so ridiculous.

She dressed sleepily in the dark, and drove to Sugared in the pre-dawn light. The morning had a soft grey quality, moody but not sad; comfortable, quiet. She rather wished someone would make some damn noise. None of her kin had visited her (and she was glad of it), so she'd had no one but fish to talk to for two weeks. She was rather looking forward to the first few customers.

Ilsa reached the shop as the sun rose. She wasn't surprised to find it closed - she wasn't the only one to work mornings, but she'd come a little early today, as she planned to leave a little earlier, too, if Amelia didn't mind staying.

She stepped into the kitchens, turned the radio to something loud and gloriously obnoxious, and started on the cinnamon rolls.

Who: Yuuta Hiroki, Keita.
When: Saturday night.
Where: Ultimately, Yuuta's apartment.
What: Movie time with the adorable kitsune, and the more than slightly awkward unseelie.
Rating: Pg-13
Status: Open and in progress.

Yuuta left his apartment with just half an hour before the bakery closed. He walked through the Cove, only mildly interested in his surroundings. Earlier in the day he had lingered around his office, putting in a couple extra office hours for students who were convinced (some rightly so) that they were in academic trouble. It wasn't until Evie, his teacher's assistant took it upon herself to sit in his office. And stare, until Yuuta was talking about anything and everything to get her to leave. He let it slip that he had plans for the evening and the young woman's smile turned downright predatory as she leaned in and demanded details.

He shuddered, looking around, just in case she had taken it upon herself to follow. In all honesty, if the positions were reversed he'd follow as well- just to watch the train wreck that was sure to happen. Yuuta got downtown, and turned onto the street where the bakery was. He saw Amelia leaving the shop, holding the door, and talking a mile a minute to someone still inside. A small, smile graced his face when he saw Keita leave the store. He waited until Amelia had locked up the shop, before approaching, careful to drag his feet a bit. The alpha was apprehensive about him on a good day, he didn't want to give her any reason to mistrust him further.

She turned to face him anyway, looking between Yuuta and Keita, a wicked grin (very similar to the one Evie wore in his office) on her face. Bangles jangled as she ruffled Keita's hair, stalking off on high heels that Yuuta knew cost more than the alpha would ever let on.

"Hi." Yuuta offered, hands in his pockets. "Want to grab something to eat and then start the marathon?"

Who: Keita and Yuuta Hiroki
What: A chance encounter at Sugared
When: Friday afternoon
Where: Sugared
Rating: Probably PG
Status: Ongoing.

To say that Keita was proud of himself was a bit of an understatement. In all of the years that he'd been alive, he'd never held an honest to god job. He'd never had the need. Why did he need to? Kitsune were tricksters and notorious kleptomaniacs. Those two traits put together meant that Keita had never had a need to work in his life. But something about starting anew in the States made the kitsune want to start over and go straight. No pulling tricks or using illusions to get what he wanted/needed. It was easier said than done. Somehow he was managing. So far.

His first day working at Sugared had been interesting. He'd shown up at the bakery eager to learn and just eager because it was his first job. Ameilia had been wonderfully patient with him while he learned the ropes around the shop. Icing the cupcakes, cakes, and other sweets hadn't been all that hard. He'd learned how to do that in their first encounter. But actually learning how to make the various sweets at Sugared had been an ordeal of it's own. Keita had eventually been moved to the front to learn how to work the register and handle customers after he'd shown that he didn't know how to bake. Flour, sugar, and eggs had been everywhere in the back. Somehow it'd managed to get all over himself and Amelia.

Over the rest of the week Ameila braved trying him out in the back of the bakery again. This time around Keita took his time and learned how to bake the various sweets. By Thursday he was able to bounce back and forth between working the front with the customers, and working in the back baking and icing everything. Keita proved to a good employee and a very quick learner. Somehow Amelia had trusted him enough to leave him in the store while she'd attended to council business. Now the sweets that he made looked nearly as good as Amelia's and were hard to tell apart. Keita was proud of himself. He enjoyed his job.

Keita smiled to himself he brought a new tray of cupcakes out from the back, the front of the bakery beginning to smell of the next batch of cupcakes being made. He carefully arranged the cupcakes in the display and wiped his hands on the pink apron he was wearing over his clothes. Amelia had handed it to him on the first day and said it was the only other one she'd had. Keita wondered if she just wanted to see him in pink. Shaking his head to himself in amusement, he placed the tray in the back with Amelia before going to the front when the bell above the door chimed.

Who: Keita, Amelia Drake.
When: Afternoon.
Where: At Sugared.
What: Keita meets the big bad wolf and somehow ends up with a job.
Rating: G/PG
Status: Finished.

( Thankfully I don't taste like cheeseburgers. )

Who: Yuuta Hiroki, Keita
When: Friday April 15th- back dated.
Where: Mexico Canteena.
What: An over-crowded restaurant, an antisocial fey, and a kitsune with a new found love for tacos.
Rating: G.
Status: Closed and completed.

( There are a few that can make glamour like the Unseelie and Seelie. There are fewer that see through it. What are you? )