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>>174339Amber wishes there was somepony else to clean up the dressing rooms. Anyway, she tidies things up as much as she can. A good-looking store will make customers happy, which will hopefully make her boss happy.
>>174340The store is opened, and while it's not a busy morning, the first customers come in. These include a mare with a filly who loves to bounce around, pick up dresses, and then her mother makes her put them back... on the wrong rack.
>>174341It's impossible to be mad at a filly like that. Amber wordlessly puts the dresses back in the correct positions just after the filly, if at all possible.
>>174342The little orange filly with a pink bow in her mane has more energy than Amber could dream of having.
High Sewn intervenes
"Oh, she doesn't need to put that back. She'd be the queen of the ball in that. And it's surprisingly affordable with our layaway program."
>>174343"It is a really pretty dress," Amber affirms. She makes a mental note to ask what "layaway" is.
>>174344The mare is pressed into buying something...
[1d20 = 5] >>174345>>174344But she has the little filly put the dress back. (on the wrong rack. Again)
>>174346Awww…
Well, there's always another buyer around the corner, at least in non-depression times. Amber will just have to keep herself busy.
>>174347You'll get 'em next time, little pony.
High Sewn has to go in the back to begin sewing, leaving Amber to hold down the store for the next hour or so.
>>174348Amber keeps within eyeshot of the register while she tries to finish stocking various items. Her hunger makes her realize that selling candy bars at checkout would be a nice way to earn extra money.
>>174349Perhaps she can make use of that lunch break...
A customer comes in. And another.
>>174350She would…if she could physically afford lunch. Amber starts to worry over starvation and becoming an unsightly bag of bones. At least the new customers can distract her.
>>174351Perhaps it's worth asking somepony, like Mustard Trim, to pay for lunch.
Both customers kind of just look around. Amber may not be sure if she should be suspicious, helpful, or hooves off
>>174352Mustard Trim is at school, and not only is it rude to keep mooching off him, but wouldn't it be odd for her to show up if she's not a student? Ponies would be asking questions, and making fun of Mustard, and it would be just awful!
She decides to ask one of the customers,
"Is there anything you're looking for in particular?" >>174327>"Big reptile. In the water.""Hmmm, could be another hydra."
>They strip before moving it to shore, and there is danger of losing some bones.Once they're done stripping the flesh off of the carcass, Posey orders them to gather, stack, and bundle the bones.
Posey watches the display with a blank expression. She picks up a hydra skull and looks into it.
"These would make for a half-decent Bone Lurker, perhaps several. It's a shame I didn't bring equipment to transport the entire cadaver, but it can't be helped." she says, mostly to herself
She looks towards the third ghoul, the one she does not control.
"You, what was your name when you were alive?"
>>174354The ghouls obey.
The skull is elongated, thin, with a small bend down, and over all perhaps smaller than expected.
Posey doesn't have a great view of the ghoul, but what she can see is that it is certainly not a pony. It's large, presumably bipedal, more or less primate-form in appearence, with a naked (if rarely visible from this angle) near-flat face, and hair that spreads in the water. Its shoulders are wide, and its forearms are large.
With a rough and gruff voice, it replies,
"Sakar"
>>174307"I... I'm not sure" She answers, ears briefly moving down, then back up
>>174306She wants this bed and this dresser and this set of chairs would be lovely but also there is this set of chairs, and wouldn't a love seat in the living room be nice? What about a couch?
>>174366Well, first off, they also need a dining room table if they're getting chairs. What do each of the chair sets look like? Kira also comments that the superior length of the couch means even she could potentially use it.
>>174366Silver tilts his head at the kirin.
"Anything you are hungry for?"
>>174368She looks down
"Maybe"
>>174367"A table. Oh, yes. We need that. Oh, and maybe little coffee tables. Or end tables. And a table in the bedrooms."
Mostly permutations of wood, though she can get them with leather or synthetic backs.
The longest couch is perhaps 9 feet... not quite big enough to fit Kira if she doubles back
>>174369"Well, what are you hungry for, silly?"
>>174369Real leather or fake leather?
>>174371Tentatively looks real, or at least, more real than other obviously plastic options
>>174370She lowers her head
"Bread?"