Wellspring Arms- Wednesday

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It wasn't Sabine's normal day, but she had some new stock in and figured it didn't hurt to be here an extra day. So she got in after the assembly, brushed off all the tinsel, and got to work.

And once that was all in and stocked and inventoried she could relax a little with a sketchbook. Designing ugly sweaters because oh yes, she saw that challenge and she was in.


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Faye had been on the island for a little over a week now, and as much as she kept insisting that she was just staying for a minute, she...kind of liked it. Sure, she missed the guys and Edward (though good luck getting her to ever admit that), but this was also the way she'd lived for three or so years, now.

And while Fandom had been charming the hell out of her, she had also not realized there was a gun store here, and that was right up her alley. So, she wandered in with her Glock strapped to her upper thigh, because that was just how Faye rolled. Holstering your gun like a normal person was for people who didn't routinely get into sexy gunfight situations.

"Nice hair," she greeted the girl with the sketchbook. She actually meant it seriously, considering her own hair was dark purple.

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"Like yours too." Enough that she'd have it someday! "Are you looking for something?"

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"Kind of just looking around. I thought this whole town was like, adorable coffee shops and karaoke bars," Faye replied with a little smile. "No idea this was even here."

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"We don't get a ton of business," Sabine admitted. "But come invasions, we come in handy."

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"People keep warning me about these invasions," Faye laughed, like a person who sincerely did not know what she was talking about and thus felt comfortable blowing it off. "Should I stock up on bullets in case something happens?"

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"Doesn't hurt," Sabine said. "But know that it might also literally not hurt them. Sometimes bullets you have here don't affect them, sometimes whatever it is has to be defeated by something weird like dancing, but I feel it's good to be prepared."

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"Dancing?" Sorry, she wasn't that weirded out by it, but she still had to question whether she'd heard it right.

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"The snow monsters were defeated by dancing," Sabine said with a sigh. "Wasn't a fan of that one."

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Faye eyed her, tilting her head. "So these things just show up sometimes? There's not, like, native snow monsters I haven't seen already, right?"

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"We usually have something come on though at least once a year that we have to defend against," Sabine explained. "I guess it's always possible something lives here that might attack but I'm pretty sure someone would have noticed by now."

This was how you ended up surrounded by spiders someday, Sabine.

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"I mean, I wouldn't count on that," Faye noted, having recently been bitten by something that was living on her own ship that she wasn't even aware of.

She glanced around the store, curious, before offering a little wave. "Faye, by the way."

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"Sabine," she said. "You're new?"

Like radio hadn't been enough of a clue.

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"It's weird how you all know that, you know," Faye noted good-naturedly. "Like, I've been to some small towns but this place is something else."

Also the radio thing though, yes.

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"We're a little different here, but that's part of the unnatural charm," Sabine said lightly.

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"I'm kind of thinking of sticking around," Faye admitted. "It was just going to be a passing-through thing - I'm working on getting my ship fixed and then I was gonna take off - but you guys are really kind of...unnaturally charming."

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"Not the first time I've heard something like that," Sabine admitted. "Are you starting to get set up yet?"

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"Kind of." By which she meant she was living on her ship and hadn't really come to terms with the idea that she'd need to find somewhere more permanent.

And, really, speaking of - okay, this actually pained Faye to ask, but she was running low(er than usual) on funds, and people actually seemed to lock up their valuables around here. "Don't s'pose you guys are hiring?"

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"We could be, if you're interested," Sabine said. "What day would you want?"

Since they only worked once a week.

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Faye kind of stared at her for a moment, because that sure was easy. "Tuesday," she said, based on exactly nothing except that it meant she wouldn't have to be in for almost a week. "I'm good with weapons, in general. And I know my way around a lot of different kinds of guns."

Qualifications!

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"I figured. People who don't never come in here," Sabine told her. "Want to start next week?"

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"Sure." Seriously, she should have tried getting a real job before now, if it was always this easy. "Are you my boss?"

Like, no judgement, but Sabine seemed pretty young to be in charge.

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"I'm kind of interim manager till someone takes the place over," Sabine explained. "Good thing I like responsibility."