Sei

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[Half of Seborga's negotiated lesser punishment of a week-long house arrest is over, so today after school he's out and about!  He feels a little guilty about snatching some of Romana's grocery money to take Len out for cake before, and has decided that it's time to get a job.  Of course, he's still pretty unmotivated to really work all that hard,

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[motheringnation]

[Sighing and half pushing the drone woman away.]

It's alright, I'll take this customer.

Oh Yekaterina, you're so kind.

[Ukraine tries not to roll her eyes as the drone woman leaves.]

Hello Seborga. Can I help you with anything?

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[He perks up immediately with a big bright smile.]

Oh! Hi, Ukraine! Looking lovely as usual!

[motheringnation]

[She laughs.]

You're too kind.

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[He laughs cheerfully as well, flashing his best wink and smile.]

Anyway... I was hoping I could get a job here.

[motheringnation]

Ah, I'm afraid I'm not allowed to hire people here.

[sub_umbra_sedi]

Why not? I know a lot about flowers! Almost all of my economy is based on them!

[motheringnation]

W-well....I don't know...

I d-didn't think we were allowed to get real jobs...most of the time they just tell us where to work.

[sub_umbra_sedi]

...Oh.

That's stupid!

[motheringnation]

W-well....maybe we could t-try letting you work here for a while...an-and see if anything happens?

[sub_umbra_sedi]

Really? That sounds good! Working in a flower shop with a pretty girl - who could ask for more?

[motheringnation]

A-ah...r-right.

[Someday Ukraine will be used to people paying attention to her. Usually the siblings scare them away.]

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[Well, he hasn't met either of them here yet, so he's feeling pretty self-assured in tossing around compliments like that. But if Russia were to walk through that door right this moment, he'd be running straight through the wall like a Looney Tunes character.]

So what do I do first?

[motheringnation]

[A smart plan no doubt.]

Ah well, you can sweep the floor if you'd like. That still needs to be done today.

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[Seborga gives that a sort of noncommittal nod - he'd rather work with the flowers, but oh well. At least he's helping Ukraine out!]

Okay! I'll take care of it!

[And he starts out sweeping the floors, but eventually he gets distracted and starts making pretty flower arrangements instead. He's actually rather good at it.]

[motheringnation]

[Shakes her head with an amusement but leaves him to his new work.]

[sub_umbra_sedi]

[Later on he brings her a single rose, smiling.]

Have I made enough money to buy you this yet?

[Hurr durr totally forgot what his job was supposed to be.]