New Employees

[cottoncandypink]

What Wilford hopes is the next morning (it's hard to tell, the way time is funny), Wilford is waiting at the bar with a cup of coffee. He's supposed to be showing Autor around his new job, but he has a sneaking suspicion he might have somehow skipped forward another few weeks.

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[herr_bookman]

Autor almost smiles. The dog is angry at cacti. Autor has never seen a cactus in real life, and is tempted to poke the plant himself, but doesn't. He allows Buster to bark and wander and play more than he did on the way to the store, but he's still on high alert for strangers.

[cottoncandypink]

Buster doesn't bark at any more strangers that come their way. Not even the joggers in their neon spandex.

He gets excited again when they come into view of the house once more, and starts jumping and running in circles around Autor. What a fun adventure! Didn't Autor think this was fun?

[herr_bookman]

Autor almost gets tangled up in the leash, but he mananges. He approaches the house, eyeing the giant cactus that blocks the back door. "[Strange,]" he murmurs to himself, and crosses to the front door with Buster.

Unlocking the front door takes only a moment, and Autor enters the house. He shuts the door and unclips Buster's leash, hanging the lead in its place. Then Autor crosses to the kitchen to put the food away.

[cottoncandypink]

While Autor puts everything away, Buster runs a few laps through the house, shaking off the feeling of the leash on him. He tolerates the leash, but that doesn't mean he likes it. Once he feels better, he hops back up onto the sofa with his bear and rolls around, apparently falling asleep mid-roll with his back twisted and his hind legs straight up into the air.

[herr_bookman]

Autor finishes straightening out the fridge. He bought enough to make meals for himself for the next week or so, as well as food for Buster--with extra eggs.

After passing the dog on the couch with another almost-smile, Autor settles into his new room. He figures out the netbook and decides to use that rather than his own while he's in Wilford's world. The ex-soldier still thinks this is the easiest job in the multiverse.