Sprig 04: Lack of communication shouldn't be a problem...

[grumpiest_tree]

Action | Around the Grocery Store | Morning

[Having been here awhile, Groot has gotten use to a daily routine working at the grocery store. Stocking shelves, working the register, managing the employee drones, etc. He's not sure if he actually is a manager there, but some of the drone employees defer to him, so maybe he at least has seniority. As such, he's thinking of just testing the limits.

He's noticed the drone employees chasing out the 'pets' of the town before, and he figures its time to see if they fear losing their jobs more than following rule to make this place seem like a normal grocery store.

So, on the morning of this particular day, he's placed a large signboard in front of the store, written in bold letters to make sure it grabs anybody's attention:

All Sentient Creatures are Welcome!
He takes a step back to see how it looks.]

There now. Hopefully that will make it obvious when some of the animals can shop here. And a good way to see how much the drone employees will listen to me...

Comments

[spinningorange]

Mayfield's willing to try anything. If it really does something specifically against pets, then we'll find a way through it!

[grumpiest_tree]

Well that's the spirit. Banding together is a great way to get through trouble.

Anyway, is there anything I can help you find today?

[spinningorange]

Oh yes! I'm picking up basic groceries, but I wanna bake a cake today and we don't have any flour!

[grumpiest_tree]

I believe flour is in aisle five, which is right over here.

[And Groot is being nice enough to show you the way!]

[spinningorange]

Thank you!

(How nice of him! She'll just browse through the aisle real quick and pick up the bag she's looking for. Got that one down!)

Oh, and eggs! I can't forget eggs.

[grumpiest_tree]

We keep the eggs near the other refrigerated products like milk. By the back wall here.

[spinningorange]

Great!

(And off she goes to get the eggs and bring it to the counter. Looks like she managed to find everything else she was looking for, too. And she has the money in hand.)

Will this be enough?

(It should be. Her housemates helped her do the math!)

[grumpiest_tree]

[Groot rings her at the register and takes the offered, handing back some change.]

Just fine. One moment and I'll get these in bags for you.

[Some careful bagging later and Groot has her groceries ready.]

Alright, here you go.

[spinningorange]

Thank you very much!

(Chen respectfully bows for him and takes up the groceries.)

Bye! I'll see you later!

(And there is one happy cat girl flying out the door, groceries in hand. What an awesome day this proved to be! She can't wait to tell her housemates about it.)