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There had been a lot on Dwight's mind. More than usual, which was probably to be expected given everything that had happened over the few weeks. He had tried for the last few days to get back into a routine of sorts, but it was proving a bit of a challenge.

As proof to that fact, Dwight was down in the shop, not working on any new project but rather sitting at the counter. Several books were spread out in front of him. Photo albums to be exact. And it was at a slow and methodical pace that he slowly turned the pages looking at the photos and the memories on each page.

It was likely going to be another unproductive day, but if anyone needed him, he was there and the door to the shop was open.

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How about multiple someones? In appropriately multiple senses of those words? Because it wasn't long after the place was open that Marc and Watts ~~who would ping in on his own~~ came in.

If Dwight was the kind of guy who paid attention to clothing he might notice Marc was wearing a combination of his and Steven's clothes but managing to somehow make them look more put together than Steven did. Almost as though they'd planned for a bit of switching today.

Regardless, the accent was always the giveaway as Marc said, "Hey. How's it going?" and gave Dwight a once over like he possibly cared about the answer more than he would for the average person.

Not that Marc ever cared, of course.

Dwight looked up when he heard someone, or several someones as the case may be, come in.

"Marc, hey. Good to see ya again after... everything." Dwight put down the album he had been looking through and stood. "Things are... Alright, mostly."

Not that Marc cared... Perish the thought!

Marc nodded in understanding. He may have glanced over at Watts at that point. But in general Marc was giving off a more watchful vibe over Watts than his usual.

"Steven said to say hi," Marc told him, because it would be a thing if Marc didn't. "Anyway, looking to hire you for some work. A lot of work, actually."

"Tell him it's appreciated, and the same." And then Dwight's interest was definitely captured at that last bit. "Now I've never been one to turn down work so, you have my attention."

"It's gonna be at the Midnight Manor," Marc said, since fair warning and all that. "We're going to try turning some of the space into a boarding house. We're not planning on starting big but we've got fuck all for furniture. That's where you come in if you want it."

Dwight was silent a moment, letting that process for a bit as he considered Marc and Watts. "Are... we sure that is a good idea? I mean I know it.... (that was so weird to say) wants to try and be decent and play nice.... but do we have any sort of contingency plan in place? I mean, I understand what it's like to be judged for something you have zero control over... but we're sure this is the best way to deal with the whole 'sentient living house' thing?"

"Same contingency plan for us living in there," Marc pointed out. "And nobody's coming in who doesn't want to be there."

Marc had what might be termed as some strong opinions on that last one.

"Right... so what exactly is it you need from me to get this little experiment up and going?"

"As much furniture as you feel like making," Marc said. He took out the folded up floor plans Steven and Watts had been working on yesterday. He gestured to the countertop, silently asking if Dwight minded if he put the plans down on it. "We've got shared rooms and guest rooms and they all need something."

Dwight nodded and then joined Marc and looked at the floor plans. "Not a bad layout, simple but still nice" he said, considering the layout for a minute as he counted up the rooms. "How soon are you thinking of occupying the first rooms?"

Steven would be proud when he heard about Dwight's approval of the floor plans.

"Fuck if I know?" Marc admitted. "Not exactly expecting a line out the door for obvious reasons. But same time we wanna keep the place on the right track. Even if nobody's in there it should still feel like a place people would want to stay in. Was thinking maybe focus on the common rooms and maybe 2-3 guest rooms to start? At least get some beds and bureaus in?"

"Yeah, that makes sense. I asked cuz there are two ways I can approach it. I can assembly line the stuff, basically make all the beds, then all the bureaus, and so forth. Or I can go room my room, make everything for one room, then just do the same for each new room." Dwight considered the floor plan again and nodded. "Either way would work for me really."

"About how long do you think it would take?" Marc asked. "Say if we got a dining table and chairs in there and then focused on the rooms. We talking months or weeks?"

"Probably best to go one room at a time. That way you'd have at least some availability to start with and we can just add from there?" Dwight thought for a moment, doing some quick calculations in his head. "After the basic dining tables and all... I'd say if we go with a bed and bureau for each room to start, we could get 3 rooms ready to move in by the start of the semester next month?"

"Sounds great," Marc said. "And I'm happy to pay extra if it's a rush job. I'm assuming you don't mind cash."

Specifically cash that was likely to come in the form of a stack of bills, potentially even in a currency of Dwight's choosing.

"That'll be fine- I'll let ya know how the progress goes. You have good timing though cuz I should have a big order of some pine coming in a few days. Will give me time to get some plans drawn up and then I can get started on everything."

Marc knew absolutely nothing about woodworking so he just nodded in agreement, assuming what Dwight said was a good thing. "All right. Well let me know. Don't want you feeling like you got the short end of the deal."

Was it a great negotiating tactic to tell the other guy you'd pay pretty much whatever he asked? No. But if Marc wanted to fuck over the person he was buying from he wouldn't have come to Dwight. The whole point of this was for it to be mutually beneficial.

Marc indicated Watts. "Those two are gonna be gone this weekend but next week we're hoping to move in on our side. So we should be around if you need - I dunno. Measurements or whatever."

Again, Marc knew nothing about making furniture.

"You gonna be okay with coming inside? Won't hold it against you if you're not."

Watts was indeed, here! And once his hat had been hung off something that was decidedly not a hat rack, he greeted Dwight.

“Mr. Hendrickson. Good morning.”

And there were plenty of hooks and tools around that would work well as a makeshift hat rack, no worries there!

"Watts, morning" Dwight said with a nod in greeting. "You are looking well. Feeling better I trust?"

Look they all had been a little worse for wear after the whole being trapped by the creepy house thing. Dwight wasn't gonna dwell on that more than what was necessary, but he did care how Watts was getting along and all.

“Much,” he answered truthfully, because while he wasn’t quite back to his regular self, he was doing far better than he had at the start of the week. “Yourself?”

"Getting there" Dwight answered just as truthfully. "Just trying to process some things. Memories and all that the shack... house... whatever it is... dredged up" he said with a small nod to the photo albums.

Watts followed Dwight’s gaze, expression turning a little wistful once he realized what the photo albums were.

“I find myself doing much the same,” he admitted.

Dwight nodded and then took a breath and pushed that all back down. There was a time to deal with all that later.

"So, I hear things are progressing over at the house with... Midnight was it?" Sorry it was still odd talking about a sentient house and all.

“Midnight Manor,” Watts confirmed. “It seems rather enthusiastic regarding the idea of becoming a proper home- we barely need to think of a room or space we would like to have and there it is,” he said.

"Well that's a convenient change from before" Dwight said with a small laugh. "Sounds like you're gonna have a lot of space to fill."

Watts nodded. "It seemed a shame to keep it all to ourselves, which is why we thought the boarding house might be a good idea. Of course, I know some will be- understandably- concerned, but it can't change if not given the chance to, so. Here we are."

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