>>18112235The meeting had gone well, all things considered. There were always people, everywhere you went, who wanted to crush your dreams or make you feel like you couldn't do a thing. That never really changed. But with this contract, Andi was a shoe-in to get her P1 and kick off her career as an American wrestler! Despite the negative tone of the interaction, she's over the moon. On her way out, Andi waves and smiles at the intern.
>"Hey, thanks for showing me in! Mind if I ask you a question?"The intern manages to only flinch a little bit this time. "Wh-what is it?"
>"I'm new in town, and I'll be outta money in no time if I get a hotel. What's a good place to stay when you're first getting started out?"The intern sighs. "Well, the WWA Apartments by HALCYON are supposed to be affordable--"
Andi laughs and shrugs.
>"Probably need a bank account and a credit card to get one of those. Guess I should take care of that soon now that I'm here, I've got a job, and I'm sticking around, huh?"The intern blinks. "Are you asking me for advice? I'm not a financial advisor or anything....."
>"Heh, all right. Hey, can I crash on your couch for a day or two? Just until I get on my feet? I won't raid the fridge (much), I'll clean up and do chores, maybe fix a few things around the place--"The intern frowns. "I live in a studio apartment with five others. And we don't have a couch."
>"Can I crash on your floor, then?"The intern lets out a long sigh, as thick and heavy and wet as the dark rainclouds that dump their watery effluvia across Spaghetti Town today.
"Look, you didn't hear this from me, but if you go stay in the Dojo, Priscilla Divine's covering the expenses for everything, hardly anyone's actually staying there, and I've heard it's not like anyone's gonna throw you out--"
>"Great! Thanks, guy!"Andi slaps the intern on the shoulder in a friendly way, and doesn't look back as he yelps in terror and scoots far back.
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