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KANGAI
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[descried]

... What the hell was this person saying about me that you think they're going to murder me?

[suddenlybees]

Hm? Something about their dog? ...Did you kick anybody's dog recently?

[ You live in a mobster town, Kangai, people will murder for less. ]

[descried]

Uh, what?

[please, kangai is a twink who is far more likely to be kicked by someone's dog than the other way around.]

[suddenlybees]

Kick. Dog.

[ Maybe a dog kicked Kangai and hurt its foot in the process and now there's some mobster after Kangai's life. ]

Never mind. The point is, that's some sorta shady establishment and Xie Lian planted you there for a reason, so don't go wasting the opportunity, yeah?

[descried]

Duly noted. Why did I even come up in conversation?

[suddenlybees]

Hm? Isn't it 'cause you're the new kid? Gotta dunk on the new kid~ Plus, you were scheduled for the day- you shoulda seen the guy's face, how quickly he bailed just 'cause it's you and him!

[ It's

bullying, maybe, but it could also be more than that and so Kano came to Kangai to be nosy about it ]

[descried]

The shop's only been around for a few weeks! We're all new!

[suddenlybees]

You're the newest of the new, the largest target! In the pecking order, that makes you bottom rung!

[ It's relative, Kangai. Relative. ]

How's the shop doing, anyways? I sorta got banned from it, so I can't go in and see.

[descried]

... Were you the one who put the motor oil in the drinks?

[suddenlybees]

No.

[descried]

Are you sure? How'd you get banned, then?

[suddenlybees]

Umm... hm... Indecent exposure? Counterfeit bills? Sometimes these things sorta just happen, you know?

[ Kano should be banned from more establishments than he is, but surprisingly he's not. It's not important. It's fine. They can talk about something else. ]

[descried]

Uh... no. Those sound pretty deliberate to me.

[suddenlybees]

Haha, yeah.

[ Yep ]

So, how's the shop doing?

[descried]

Well, it would be better if we hadn't somehow served motor oil to people during the auction.

[suddenlybees]

Just "somehow," huh? How'd you manage to mess up that badly?

[ The people in the best position to do something like that wouldn't be Kano, but somebody who actually works there. Kangai. ]

[descried]

I don't know, okay? No motor oil was involved in the process of making those drinks.

[suddenlybees]

[ In the tone of disbelief: ] Mmhm.

Maybe someone's trying to sabotage the new shop, burn their rep to the ground or something~ A rival store? Your old store? Maybe they're exacting revenge on your behalf so they can snatch you back~

[ Maybe Kangai really is an exemplary employee and all this is an elaborate scheme to force him to return. ]

[descried]

I seriously doubt I'm that valuable.

[suddenlybees]

The family head vouched for you, right? Believe in yourself a little, Kangai~

[descried]

I'm pretty sure it's just because I helped him out in a grocery store once.

[that or xie lian is playing mind games with him.]

[suddenlybees]

What, so he returns favors tenfold, huh? Just like that!

[ A generous family head. Not really the sort you'd think of to be a mafia boss, hence the rumors he's not cut out for the job, Kano thinks. ]

I once poured ice cubes on his face when he had a nosebleed... How do you think he'd repay me?

[descried]

Why don't you ask him? Besides, aren't you from the other family?

[suddenlybees]

Is that a problem?

[descried]

Should you really be cozying up to the head of the other family? Is your boss going to like that?

[suddenlybees]

Nah, he hates it!

[ Chuuya really really hates it, and didn't even want Kano to work at the Fight Club, a sort of fake neutral zone. ]

But that's just fine, isn't it? Xie Lian's fun, and it's not like we talk business or anything like that- the guy knows better than that.