Chapter 0 - 1

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You glance in the mirror, shifting a few strands of hair back into their proper place. You pick up your name tag and painstakingly attach it to your work clothes, perfectly straight. Tonight was your first night on the job, and you were going to make damn sure that you left everybody with the best first impression of you that they could possibly have.

You turn to leave, but look back one last time to make sure everything was right before finally leaving your bathroom as you check your phone for the time, speeding up your pace to a jog to make sure you aren't late. You grab your keys and lock the door on the way out.

As the sun sets, and most people are coming home from work and settling in, you are catching one of the last bus routes for the night. It's nearly empty, only two other people on the bus, thankfully. You idly think about how it would have been a struggle to keep your new clothes straight and your hair just right had the bus been as crowded as they are during the day, but you shake that long thought off as you steady yourself with a hand on the seat in front of you, the bus slowing to a stop.

The door opens and you rush to the front, this stop is yours!

Time to get off the bus and finally get to work!

Your new workplace was just a couple blocks from that bus stop, handy, but you still wish it was closer as you're nearly painfully excited to start your job. Your heart rate increases as you slow your pace down, not wanting to seem over-eager to your new partners.

(Downtown Kennel), not a fancy name, and not a fancy building, though you've heard nothing but good things from your friends that have worked here in the past. Lucky for you, you got the night shift, which means you don't have to deal with people at all, just watch the animals, take care of their needs and make sure none of them get hurt.

As you're daydreaming a middle aged woman with an apron bearing the same logo design as the sign walks through the front door, a set of keys clinking in her hand.

"There you are!" She smiles brightly as she speaks to you, "I was just about to lock up and have my post s—" she cuts herself off but immediately continues as if she never had, "post work smoke! Although since you're here, you can just let yourself in and get situated."

She hands you the big set of keys, nearly identical. You hesitate, but hold your hand out and allow her to drop them in your palm.

"Don't worry too much, they're all settled in, all you've gotta do is sit there and look pretty." She winks and nudges your side a little, "Or is that considered sexual harassment nowadays? Well, hopefully you're not that kind of person, but what I'm saying is you don't have to do much so don't look so nervous. The keys are numbered and so are the kennels, there's bottled water in the minifridge and a vending machine in the front if you get hungry." She takes an extra long drag off her cigarette before dropping it into the gravel around the walkway.

She begins to walk off and wave, "Have a good night.. um... What was your name again?"

"It's Jane!" (Female.)

"It's John!" (Male.)

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