Book Haven, Tuesday

[genesishero]

So, while last week was technically supposed to be Evan's first shift at the bookstore, pollen wouldn't have been at all conducive to learning how to work a till. So, today he was finally here, getting acquainted with the layout (not that he didn't already know it off by heart) and how to work the till (which was, in fact, an altogether new experience for him.)

And the entire time, there was a big smile on his face. He was, if not a kid in a candy store, at least a geek in a bookstore, and that made today good.

[Open but skimping on the OCD today!]

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Oh, like Rosalind wouldn't come downstairs to check on her minion employee on his first day.

She watched in the stairway for a bit, half-tempted to stay there and see how long it took him to notice, before shaking that off (it was childish and she wasn't going to sink to that level) and stepping into the store, coffee in hand.

"Good morning, Evan."

[genesishero]

"Good morning, Ms. Rosalind!" Oh, he was all kinds of chirpy this morning. "I really like what you've done with the place!"

In fairness, there were books. It could be a dingy basement, and he'd still be thrilled to be working here.

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

She was just glad she had her coffee in the face of that much exuberance.

"It's clean," she said, vaguely amused. "But thank you, I suppose. Do not be alarmed if there are further changes in the next few weeks." Rosalind sipped her coffee. "How has your day been so far?"

[genesishero]

"Productive," Evan replied, beaming. "I came in after training and walking my dog, and then I reacquainted myself with the store's layout and looked over the till, and I'm pretty sure the till is straightforward enough for me to figure out, but I wouldn't mind being shown, just to be certain."

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"Of course," Rosalind said, since that was logical enough. Though she liked his initiative.

She drifted over to the till.

"What sort of training do you do in the mornings? Combat?"

He didn't really strike her as the sort.

[genesishero]

And yet, he was nodding.

"Combat," he agreed. "And self-control with my powers. Out on the beach where I can see people coming, just to be safe."

The little guy was full of surprises, right?

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

He was, though they weren't bad ones, so far as Rosalind was concerned.

"Is it likely that someone would be unsafe if you didn't keep an eye out?" she asked mildly, no judgement in her voice either way.

[genesishero]

Evan was quiet for a moment, and then he nodded a little.

"About thirty feet out into the water, there's a patch of sand under the waves that's been reduced to glass." He gave a little, noncommittal shrug. "I'd rather keep damage like that to the landscape, instead of people."

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Her lips quirked slightly.

"I'm sure the people appreciate that," Rosalind said, then added briskly, "Come here, I'll show you everything about the till."

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Evan nodded and made his way back toward the till, slightly less enthusiastic than he had been a moment ago, but with a kind of relieved look on his face.

It was good, he decided, to be employed by a woman who took what he could do in stride.

"Thank you," he murmured, and if it was about the crash-course in running the till or for not making a big deal out of the conversation they'd just dropped- Well, that was anyone's best guess.

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

She made no mention of his thanks, other than a brief smile in his direction.

"Attend," she said, once he'd come over. "This is how the till works…"

Rosalind's instruction was simple, blunt, and concise--much like she tried to be. Also, learning to work a till wasn't particularly difficult, especially as the till wasn't a very complicated one.

[genesishero]

It was kind of refreshing, actually, finding out that the till worked more or less the way he'd thought it would. There were a few functions that would have tripped him up later, though, like the code to type in to get the totals at the end of the day and so on, but Evan was a quick learner- Rosalind only had to go over those things once, and then he had it.

"And that's all there is to it?" He smiled. "Piece of cake."

[give-areason.livejournal.com]

"That's all," Rosalind said, nodding slightly. "You're a fast learner."

She liked that!

[genesishero]

Well, it was good to be approved of!

"I get that a lot," Evan replied, smiling. "I was one of the best in my class, back when I went to a school where grades actually kind of mattered."

Actually. Kind of. It wasn't like the Jean Grey School students were going to be running off to college or anything.