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[mace_pray_love]

[Here's another newbie! Jessica turns on the recording, has that awkward moment of waiting for it to start.]

now? ok! Hello everyone! I'm Jessica. I'm new here and I've got a few questions.

[She holds up one finger.] Is killing kaiju the only way to make money around here?
[A second finger.] What sort of style clothes do you wear to a wedding in this town?
[A third finger.] Does anyone have experience setting up a shrine?

Thanks in advance! If I can help any of you out with healing or monster clean-up, count on me!

[She flashes the camera a smile, then has another moment of blinking and fumbling to disconnect the recording.]

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[mace_pray_love]

As long as I get paid for working extra while you slack off, I’m game!

But genuinely, if you’ve got leads at City Hall, I’ll take ‘em.

[byoukyu]

Honestly? That sounds like a deal.

(NO SERIOUSLY HE WOULD TAKE HER UP ON IT... big, "I'll give you 20 dollars to fill out this form for me" energy.)

I work in disaster prevention. It's been pretty busy lately so I'm sure you can help out in the mean time.

(With the kaiju venturing into the city this month and everything, there sure is plenty to do. Please.

It also won't take long for Jessica to receive an email from a user named @/asaboo. As promised, it is, in fact a list of open jobs supported through city hall. Some of them are part time and others full time. There's no way Harumasa assembled all of that on his own, especially while he was talking.)

[mace_pray_love]

[Hey, if the city doesn't stop this untrained teen from doing Asaba's job at least part time, they're gonna get what they get.]

Thanks! I'm sure I can handle it.

[oh, the unfounded confidence of youth]

[byoukyu]

(The city needs help... send in the teenager.)

Aaah~ Newbies are always so eager. You know... if you really want something to do, I might need a little bit of help with something right now...

(Yes? Maybe? How eager is she...)

[mace_pray_love]

Oh? What is it, and how's it pay?

[Unless it's part of her priestess duties, she can't be working for free right now, after all.]

[byoukyu]

Hmm...

(The fact that he has to think about payment...)

It's pretty easy work but I just don't want to do the extra overtime today, you know? So how about... a couple thousand kryptos?

(Not a whole lot, to be honest, but it depends on the type of work, right?)

There are some evacuate centers around the city and we have to make sure the supplies inside them are still good since thugs like to steal supplies and sell them during disasters for higher prices. Most of them can be checked with databases but some of them aren't really maintained by any person or robot so we have to check those manually.

I had Asaboo figure out the most efficient way to check them but a couple are still a little out of the way... how about checking those?

[mace_pray_love]

[Going far out of her way to do an easy task that someone else could do if they weren't so committed to not moving? Sounds like a side quest to her!]

Sure, that's simple enough. And if there's thieves there, I can teach 'em a lesson!

[byoukyu]

(We love a girl who loves fetch quests.)

Great! I'll send you a list of shelters to check out.

(And sure enough, a list of about 4 shelters pop up. Three of them are relatively close together but the last one is in a totally different direction.)

Usually you'd need a verification code from city hall or another department to check buuuuuut~

(Wait for it. This is the sing-song tone of a procrastintor that has figured out some sort of hack,)

Working for LILITH also gives you permission to inspect them.

[mace_pray_love]

Got 'em!

[Nothing about that seems fishy to her. Why shouldn't she, a teen who just got there, have credentials to get into important, secure facilities?]

Ok, so I just scan my wrist and it'll open up, right?

[byoukyu]

Yup! Easy-peasy.

(This world sure is pretty lax.)

Of course, if you run into any trouble... you can call me. I might be a slacker but I wouldn't be a very good senior if I let my juniors get in trouble!

[mace_pray_love]

That's nice of you, but won't you be too far away to help?

I've got a spell I can use to get away if I need, so don't worry.

[Although, technically if she did run into trouble, she could use her escape litany and then call Harumasa in as backup.]