01 Job Hunting

[belfire]

Who: Fabulous Demon Overlord Kazuya and YOU
Where: Virgo ward
Summary: Kazuya looking for a job - well, trying to, anyway.
Warnings: Demon Overlords do not do jobs.

Kazuya had come to an unfortunate truth.

He needed a job.

He couldn't go back to his own world with his Bel powers on the fritz, so until he discovered a way to get them working again, or a portal home of some sort, he would have to get comfortable for the amount of time he would stay here. Which meant he would need to get an income, i.e a job.

It was a bit weird to think about, really, since he had thought that doing something as mundane as working was beyond him now. His days were to be filled with the war against God, not doing human work things. Could he even consider himself human anymore? Probably not. He found it hard to think in human terms at times and even his ability to empathise was starting to erode away.

But that was depressing to think about. Let's go back to the lesser evil: working.

Kazuya thought that it would be best to go through the Virgo ward, since it was the shopping ward, but nothing really enticed him. He couldn't see himself working retail - he doubted he could keep his temper if he had to deal with difficult customers - but there wasn't much else. Maybe he could do warehouse work...

Urrrrgh...

So here, have a frustrated looking Demon Overlord mooching about the shops. Got job offers? Brilliant! If you want to simply bug him? Even better!

Comments

[grancenturio]

"If you intend to block the shelves, could you pass me a lightbulb? One of the fluorescent ones."

Nessiah wasn't impressed with people who mooched around not buying anything.

[belfire]

"Huh?"

Kazuya snapped out of his brooding at the unimpressed tone, turning to the source of the voice. He did a slight double-take at the bizarre get-up, but considering he himself wasn't wearing socially normal clothing, decided he couldn't really say much.

"Oh, sure," he said after a pause, turning back to the shelf and picking up a fluorescent lightbulb. "Sorry. Kind of got lost in my head there."

[grancenturio]

"Yes, I thought so. I usually prefer to brood in libraries or in parks," Nessiah commented. "but I suppose supply stores are also acceptable."

[belfire]

Kazuya snorted, holding out the box. "Well, I'm just thinking about getting a job, but - well, retail won't really work for me."

[grancenturio]

Nessiah takes it from him. "It wouldn't suit me either. Thankfully there are more jobs than that available."

[belfire]

"Are there? I haven't been here long so..." Kazuya trailed off, frowning slightly. "Know any jobs then? Aaha, wait," abruptly, the Demon Overlord laughed and waved his hand with a small grin, "Man my manners have gone downhill. I'm Kazuya."

[grancenturio]

"Nessiah." Nessiah smiled just a little. "I've been looking into becoming a librarian - at least the people who need help seeking books are marginally more intelligent than those seeking groceries, the theory is."

[belfire]

"Unless they're looking for trashy romance novels," Kazuya said slyly. Hm, a library, huh? Nah, he would die of boredom in there... "Well you look like the bookish type, so it would probably suit you."

[grancenturio]

"You judge too quickly," Nessiah chided. "But in this case you're correct."

[ontheirside]

Gabriel had spotted the kid wandering around as he, himself, made his way to his shop.

There was something about him, something that didn't sit well with him; something like what he felt around Naoya, but more.

Still, Gabe was only quietly paranoid, so he stopped out side his shop and began to unlock the door. Who did early morning starts anyway?

"You lost or do you find enjoyment in wandering around aimlessly?"

[belfire]

Kazuya paused at the voice calling out to him, and turned to face the stranger. Immediately he felt his hackles raise, although he couldn't quite touch why - a very unfamiliar sensation was coming from this man. An almost divine aura, sort of like how Amane was when possessed by Remiel...

Was this an angel? Shit, had they followed him here...?

Kazuya kept his expression blank, even though he was openly wary, his scarlet eyes slightly narrowed. Best not to jump to conclusions. This guy didn't look like he recognised him, in any case, and he didn't feel like an angel he met. Not Remiel, Sariel, or Anael...

"...just looking for a job," he said after a brief pause, reaching up to fidget with the collar of his dark cape. "You know, money and all that."

[ontheirside]

Gabriel unlocked the door and stuck the key in a pocket before turning to face the kid, arms crossed. "Yeah, money. Isn't that a bitch?" He'd never needed money before and, really, he didn't need it now, not to survive, but it was still nice to have. Besides, the shop gave him something to do; something you needed when you were an easily-bored Archangel.

He shrugged. "You wanna work in a candy shop? There aren't any other employees right now and, hey, you get to sample the merchandise, if you want to." It wasn't that he needed help but this guy was looking for a job and Gabe didn't really like working by himself.

[belfire]

"A candy shop?"

That would mean he would have to deal with little kids, wouldn't it? They would be drawn to the candy shop like vultures to a corpse, and Kazuya was - well, okay with kids, but when gaining his Bel powers and casting aside his humanity, he had noticed that his patience and temper had shortened considerably when it came to screaming humans.

On the other hand, he could keep a closer eye on this angel. He didn't seem threatening, but Kazuya knew how angels were like snakes in the grass. Docile at first before lunging out in a sudden bite. Pfft, and people said demons were horrible. Least you knew where you stood with them.

"It's a tempting offer, I guess. You just start up this store or something?"

Sorry for the lateness, I lost the tag. @-@

[ontheirside]

Gabe shrugged and then paused to think about that. "Yeah, guess it's been about a little under two weeks since I opened it, it's still pretty new." It was like the blink of an eye for him, but it was actually a bit of time for some.

"There's no uniform cause I haven't decided how I feel about those just yet, and we're not open Mondays." Well....technically. Gabriel refused to work Mondays, he was the patron saint of them and, besides, they were lousy days to work on, why bother?

No prob!

[belfire]

Kazuya smirked a bit slyly then. "Hrm...well I'm beginning to like the sound of this job already. I hate doing shit on Mondays."

He tapped his foot idly against the ground, letting out a small 'whuff' of air as he stared at the angel from the corner of his eye. His gaze was piercing, as if trying to see through the human disguise and at his true form. Angels had pretty freaky bodies, urgh, just look at Aniel, or Kazfiel. Freaky.

"I'm Kazuya," he said suddenly.

[ontheirside]

He wasn't all that comfortable with the look the kid was giving him, but he met it and kept his usual smirk. "Kazuya, huh? Nice to meet you, I'm Gabriel."

After years of avoiding his own name like the plague, it was funny how easy it was to slip back into the habit. After all, what did he have to fear here? Certainly not heaven.

He held out his hand as an offer to shake.

[belfire]

Kazuya paused. Gabriel? Er, if he remembered his mythology right...that was a preeeeeeetty high ranking angel. His scrutinising gaze increased. This was just weird. He wasn't acting like angels should - then again, the only possessing angel he had ever came into contact with was Remiel - and he was, hrngh, okay, if a bit pompous.

He reached out and clasped the angel's hand in a very strong grip, giving it a curt shake before releasing. Ah. He flexed his fingers, tingles going up his arm. Definitely got something going on there.

"Cool. Kind of an old fashioned name," he said, glancing down at his hand.

[otakuro]

"Hey!"

A familiar voice calls out from a short distance. Atsuro is apparently doing some shopping of his own as he holds a bag or two in his hands. Three guesses as to what he spends all of his money and no peeking at the wires and cables sticking out of his bag. Atsuro and his treasure hoard of computer parts readily head towards Kazuya.

[belfire]

Kazuya stopped and turned at the shout, smiling a little when Atsuro ran up to him carrying - surprise surprise - computer parts. Seriously, that was all he ever bought, and it made Kazuya wonder if he was attempting to build some sort of Transformer robot in his back garden with the amount he hoarded.

"Braved the outside for some computer parts, huh?" Kazuya teased.

[otakuro]

"Oh, yeah, it's cool. You can't see it, but I cast a Shield All earlier to protect myself from sunstroke." Melting in daylight is an affliction reserved for vampires, drows, and people who stay up until 5:00 in the morning grinding for dire wolf spleens. "I figure I can recharge in the air conditioning when I start feeling woozy."

As Atsuro gets closer, he sticks his tongue out briefly at his friend. "I'm surprised you're not melting."

[belfire]

"What do you think this cape is for?" Kazuya grinned, lifting his hands up to tug at the tall collar of aforementioned cape. "It obviously rotects me from the sun's purifying rays."

Although the sunlight was a bit bright, but that was just because he was still getting used to his enhanced eyesight. It was better suited for night time now, really, and on bright sunny days he had to squint a lot.

[otakuro]

"Purifying? Man, did you turn into some kind of western vampire or something?" Atsuro shakes his head and begins to usher Kazuya through the doorway of the store he was standing outside. He fails to notice that it happens to be a lingerie outlet.

"Don't worry. I'll cleanse the corruption in your soul through the power of friendship. It works all the time."

[belfire]

Kazuya looked a bit bemused when they entered the lingerie store, his gaze trailing over the assorted bras and knickers with only a slight curl to his lips. After being set upon by multitudes of Succubae, Kazuya liked to think that his threshold for 'sexy' things was quite high.

So instead of being flustered, he was pretty damn amused.

"So, uh, friendship is what you're calling it now, huh?" Kazuya drawled, turning to his friend with a wolfish grin. "Didn't know you went to these types of stores, man."

[otakuro]

Atsuro, by contrast, was the Naivete King. He stops dead in his tracks.

"...Corruption! Quick, avert your eyes!"

He flings his free hand to cover Kazuya's sight, probably smacking him in the face as he turns on his heels.

[belfire]

Atsuro did smack Kazuya in the face, although it only drew a surprised yelp from the King of Bel before he grabbed onto his friend's arm to keep him in place.

"Ow, hey, no need to play innocent with me," Kazuya said, mostly to tease his friend. He didn't really care about lingerie nor who wore them. Hm, was a decrease in teenage libido normal for a human turned demon? Whatever, worry at a later date. "We can look around if you want."