"God damn it. Is nobody hiring?" The voice came through the gritted teeth of a muscular, green-eyed man with dark, shoulder-length hair swept back in a low ponytail. He had hoped that making an attempt to tie his hair out of his face would make him appear professional, or presentable, or... just not like a bum. Not that he felt like anything better than a bum as he did his best to walk ever. So. Calmly. Out of the grocery store where he had just been rejected offhand for a job.
The man's name was Orpheus Blake, and he was beginning his day just as he had for the past month. Badly. That is to say, this morning, like every other, he dragged himself out of bed and began job hunting. And this morning, like every other, he was not having much success.
Almost as soon as he was out the door of the grocery store and walking down the street again, he gave a nearby rock a solid kick, sending it skittering along the cement of the sidewalk. His eyes searched for new targets - stores or restaurants just opening their doors, maybe even someplace with a "Help Wanted" sign, not that he'd had any luck finding those.
Orpheus stopped in a bed and breakfast, followed by another grocery store. The woman at the bed and breakfast was at least kind enough to take his resume, though the look on her face was not very promising.
Eventually he found himself walking through the doors of a small diner and up to one of the servers, who was mindlessly wiping down an already gleaming counter. "Hey, um, any chance you can tell me if this place is looking to hire?"
The server, a round-faced schmuck who, Orpheus guessed, was still in his teens, shrugged noncommittally. "No idea." The server continued to scrub at the nonexistent grime on the counter, as though bored by Orpheus's presence.
"Look, kid, could you at least get your manager for me?"
"Um, okay." The server disappeared into the kitchen, and Orpheus slid onto one of the stools at the counter to wait.
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