video, about a week after prom

[fingersandteeth]

[Usually when Steven does a video post or message on the pokegear--getting more and more common as the weeks go on as he gets used to his old (if definitely older-looking) face again--the background is a finished basement, which slowly but surely becoming filled with more and more ghosts.

Not this time. This time Steven's in what looks like some kind of... well. Drinking establishment. One that's in the process of being refurbished. He gives the camera a friendly smile.

As usual with him, the video is captioned.]

Hi. I'm Steven Durante, which I suppose some of you might already know. I'm here to talk about... well. Employment opportunities for people. My friend Tyler Huang and I are going into business in Goldenrod in the upcoming months with a combination drinking establishment and underground fighting establishment. [Brief pause.] Literally underground, that is. It'll be taking place in the basement. Hand-to-hand, of course, since that's really the only option here.

Tyler and I already have financial backing sorted out. We're now looking for other people to work here. We need bouncers and bartenders primarily. It's steady work with regular hours and a competitive wage, which we intend to keep pace with cost of living increases. And, of course, there will be an employee discount. Besides that, we're all otherworld transfers, so we understand when... incidents happen.

[Another brief pause.]

Also, Lydia wants me to tell people that she's also hiring for a business venture of her own in Ecruteak. Since she's opening up a nightclub, she'll need much the same when it comes to having bartenders and bouncers, but she's also looking for professional or skilled amateur dancers willing to turn professional in order to provide the entertainment.

All of us are advertising in the normal public jobseeking channels, of course, but we wanted to make sure that our fellow otherworld transfers are specifically informed. And also, I suppose, to create some anticipation when it comes to the fighting establishment aspect.

Anyway. If you're interested, please leave a message here; we're all keeping tabs on this one. Otherwise, please direct message me, Lydia, or Tyler. Text is preferable for Tyler. Lydia and I are fine with whichever format.

Comments

video;

[schachmeister]

That makes sense. I usually work morning shifts at my job too, but I've got plenty of work to do with my Lapras pod and the rest of my pokemon the rest of the day. You aren't really interested in getting badges, right? So I guess that would leave you with a lot of hours of free time.

[And hey, if he wants to open a bar, who can judge him.]

I didn't know you knew Tyler too. I actually didn't know he was interested in running a business, but admittedly, we've been talking about other things mostly.

Re: video;

[fingersandteeth]

It's more that I'm not interested in taking long journeys on foot if I can help it. I'm mildly interested in challenging more gyms, if only for the prize money and the sense of accomplishment, but not enough to go anywhere I don't have a warp for to do them. And now that I've got the Cascade and Rainbow Badges, I've got all the ones that were especially timely to get done.

Tyler's actually really into the whole fighting club aspect of it? And plus, the building's got an apartment above the bar, so he'll be moving there. Which is great, because his old lodgings... well, they were cheap as hell, but there's a reason they were as cheap as hell. Actually, uh, it was the same place I was lodging at when I first got to Goldenrod, before I got my job at the tower. So when I was moving out, he was moving in. That's how we met.

Though, uh, we're actually from the same world, it looks like? From what we've been able to tell by pooling information. Though we'd never actually met back in our world.

Video jacking, hope it's okay!

[asmywitness]

[A third window pops up, its occupant looking mildly unimpressed. But only a little bit. No spoken words, of course, but he's got his own subtitles for his signing.]

I used to do boxing in high school, which is where the fighting interest comes from. [christ's sake Steven you make him sound like a psycho] And before I got pulled in here I was studying to be a literary publisher, I wanted to help other authors sell their books.

it's FINE

[fingersandteeth]

[He's getting used to this from Tyler, honestly.]

Right. And I've always been a fan of wrestling specifically and fighting in general. And our investor's also very much into fighting, of course--that's part of why he's investing in us.

[Also Steven is dating him but ssshhhhh.]

We kind of figure that since people lately have been showing an interest in fighting [JOLYNE], why not do something that will give them a place for it? With a dive bar above for atmosphere.

[schachmeister]

Dive... bar?

[Oh god, just let it be known that whatever Armin is imaging in his little head is very very far from the actuality. He might be a smart kid, but this is not something he has any experience with.

And yes, he will absolutely be disappointed when he learns it has nothing to do with actual diving.]

[fingersandteeth]

[And Steven remembers Armin's a marine biologist in training.]

... not that kind of diving, sadly. Although an underwater bar could be cool. Maybe I can see if our backer wants to put that on his list of future things to do.

[schachmeister]

Right. Right. I guess that makes sense. You couldn't drink underwater.

[Dreams crushed.]

Uhm, what is a dive bar?

[asmywitness]

A bar of ill repute.

[Signed with a great deal of sarcastic flourish.]

Basically it's where all the shady people go to drink. It can be a lot less lawful than other bars, because no one wants to admit to going there and getting knocked out in a drunken brawl.

[fingersandteeth]

... basically, yeah. So it's partly for atmosphere and also partly so that if people leave the bar with bruises it can be assumed that a barfight broke out, not that there's a secret fighting club in the basement.

I mean, the fighting club will be an open secret, but we want at least some plausible deniability for the Jennies.