Chapter 6: staff meeting and decorations

**** Steve P.O.V.

I nodded to her before looking at Phil who seem to return to us again.

" umm.. umm.. " he cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment before addressing me," I will tell you what you need to do after we are done with today's staff meeting. You already know my and Cora's name, let me introduce you to the others. "

He pointed at the 2 guys in the secluded corner that were silently opening boxes that contained decorations. they both waved at me before focusing on their work again.

" Those two are the waiters working here, the one with red hair and brown eyes is called Karl while the one with black hair and brown eyes is called Edward." Phil addressed me before pointing at the pair of girls that are sitting on the middle of the bench," these two are the waitresses of our establishment, the one on the left with brown hair is called Sara, and the one on the right with blonde hair and blonde eyes is called Kara."

" Ethan must have already introduced himself to you I presume," he asked me to which I nodded," the last girl is the fellow receptionist and a close friend of Cora, she is called Emily," he said pointing at the girl that seem busy on her phone but she gave me a half-hearted salute with a cheeky smile.

My eyes automatically went to the last person in the room that was sitting with an account book and a calculator, he was also the only person in the whole room that was not slim but rather a little healthy and chubby. It did not make him any less attractive than others though rather it appeared to be suited with his personality.

" that is Robert, he is also a waiter but he also maintains accounts related to petty and regular expenses so if you need something, ask him. " Phil said to me before clapping 3 times to get everyone's attention.

"Okay, now that introductions are over, let's get to the real issue that will be dealing with today. As you guys know already that Christmas is only 12 days away from now on, I think It is time that we put decorations around. Karl and Edward already opened the boxes so we only need to put them now. We will divide the work between us, girls are responsible for decorating inside while boys will be responsible for decorating outside. You guys have 2 and 1/2 hours to get the job done as we will be opening at 11. Any questions? " While he may get distracted sometimes, I could see why he was appointed on a leadership position now. when no one said anything, he nodded before turning to Robert," Are you done? " he asked him to which Robert nodded and passed him the account book.

" Okay then, get to work already," he told all of us.

**** ten minutes to 11 am.

I spend my time helping my co-workers with decorating the whole restaurant until now, Now that we were done, I was going to Phil to get my mascot costume so I could wear it.

I knocked on the door before entering the room, Phil turned toward me as I entered.

" you guys finished decorating already?" he asked as he put down the account book and got up from the seat.

After I nodded to him, he told me to follow him, " your suit is in the storeroom, let me show you changing rooms while I'm at it too." he said as he lead me to the storeroom.

He unlocked the door and entered inside, after a few moments later, he came outside with a carefully packed box.

He handed it to me while speaking," your suit is inside this, You will be taking care of it until you worked at blueberries." he then lead me to the male changing room and turned to me.

" You will be wearing it and for the most part standing outside with Ethan attracting children's attention. when you noticed that all the seats are already full, You can come inside and roam between the tables and serve candies to the children present on the tables. " He told me what I need to do.

" Can I be creative in terms of attracting attention or do I have you just follow the procedures?" I asked as I opened the door.

" that is up to you as long as you grabbed the attention, just remember to not overdo it," he told before returning to whatever he needed to do now.

I entered the room and opened the box to discover that my costume was an otter with a plate as a hat on top of him. I changed into it before going outside to find Ethen doing his duty.

" While hiding that face of yours is a waste of your talent, I have to say that you looked perfect in the costume man," he remarked with a smirk.

" Thanks, I guess," I said to him.

For the rest of the day, I spend my time behaving like a mischievous otter either outside or inside. Sometimes I would try to appear playfully angry at the kids while other times serving them candies. Some were easy to impress while others tries to behave like adults but failed to hide their interest in me.

I and Ethan quickly became fast friends as we spend time together. We took turns to eat lunch in the staff room.

We were allowed to go home after 7 pm as even though blueberries stay open until midnight, the staff for the night was different than in the day.

I learned some basic things about my co-workers from Ethan during our chat, like how all of the staff except me were born in this town.

We said goodbye to each other after our shifts were over as I walked toward miss Agatha's apartment. I didn't visit the supermarket as I already had groceries for today at home from yesterday's shopping.

I returned to my room and took a bath before preparing dinner and eating it.

Today was eventful enough that I almost forgot that I was a transmigrated person and while this world looked normal on the surface, the supernatural was heavily present in it.

I took a walk in the garden after I ate my dinner to digest it, surprisingly I was not alone to take a walk as I observed many people doing the same, some were listening to music while others were sharing what they experienced during the day.

I returned to my room after some time and ended my day as I returned to bed after setting an alarm for tomorrow.

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