The big day that was gonna change her life had finally arisen. With a backpack and her letter with the info and adress. Emi in her good mood was strolling down the wobbly path as she made her way towards the post office. At first she had thought it would be on quite a remote place but it was not to her surprise. She had to walk the last way just to get to the building and that was a long way already. It had become clear to her that they probably did not need any vast roads to deliver the post. Maybe they did have a big airfield for their bikes. Anyhow she was excited.

The building quickly came into view revealing the old and unkept look of the putside of the building. Emi stopped for a moment and took a quick gulp. It felt kind of scary to get so close to the building. It didn't seem habited at all, was this even the right building?

The path stopped at the front door of the building. Emi shakingly stepped in front of the door and with a trembling hand knocked on the front door. No reaction. Emi waited for somewhat longer and knocked again but was let down with another no reply. Emi did not have the heroic side to look in through the window and decided to simply wait for a while. They might not have opened yet and there did not seem to be any other building nearby.

As time went by other people joined Emi in her waiting game. Apparently they would be applying for the post delivery job as well. Emi introduced herself to everyone and simply chatted for a while as they waited.

Suddenly the front door opened making Emi release a terrified shreek as she was right next to it. She stepped back and eagerly peered into the darkness. There did not appear to be anyone in the building but she was sure she saw something move. Only a second later a creme colored figure dashed out making Emi shreek even more as she moved one of her feet off of the ground in reaction. She spun and fell onto her butt into the flowers at the side of the path. In frustration she swung her arms up amd down for a moment as she visibly pouted.



But as soon as Emi spotted the dog running and frolicking around outside in the flowers her entire mood cheered up. In a bliss she motioned towards the dog for a hug as she thought it was super duper cute. Emi stood back up again and ran after the dog in attempt to pet and hug it forever. They would be living happily on the flower fields till the end of time.

"The workplace should be right around.. Whoa.."

Calum halted at the sight before him, lowering the missive he was reading. Well-tended flora of varying ilk and vivid colors pervaded the green fields. Atop the inclined path lied a rather crude shack, which appeared to embrace the very nature it stood on. If it wasn't for the smoke emitting from its chimney, it would be easy to assume that it was abandoned. Still, everything about it felt... natural. The morning breeze that he felt brush past his being only complemented the invigorating vibes as he walked up the path towards his destination. It was going to be his very first job; the feeling of uneasiness inching on him like a bug. Nevertheless, it was one that he had decided on.

A chance for fateful encounters. To soar through the skies. To find one's own happiness through witnessing another's smile. A simplistic, yet wholesome dream for some, even if considered childish by others.

Arriving at the end of the walkway, Cal finds a young woman; a damsel possessing ashen hair and looking the same age as him. Their eyes met not too long after, and thus a greeting was inevitable. "Good morning to you, miss! I, uh.. assume you're here for the same reason as I am?" The two made light conversation, before more figures came one after another. And by each one arriving, he couldn't help but feel a slight sense of discomfort. He was honestly expecting a more gender-equal ensemble, and this was quite the surprise.

"Erm.. I suppose introductions are in order, huh? Alright then, I'll start! Name's Calum. Calum Pierrepont. Folks call me 'Cal', so feel free to do so as well. Here's to hoping we all get accepted, yeah?"

The exchange picked up and continued from there, up until a certain point. The slight creaking of the door made the ashen-haired Emi shriek by surprise, and the others in tandem. "Y-you're joking.. right? T-the house can't possibly be haunted.." The sole male uttered with shaky breaths, a tad nervous when Emi slowly peered into the darkness.

And, like a scene from a horror flick, it happened.

"UWAAAH!" A figure bound from the doorway, causing his body to jerk backwards by instinct. His precious brown hat parted from his head and he almost lost his footing, like Emi just did. His wide-eyed gaze was glued to the culprit; a dog. Inconsiderate to the people it had just frightened, the creme-colored furball ran towards the greenery and frolicked about. His heart was beating fast, his right palm planted on his chest and he was struggling to catch his breath.

"Man.. Not.. a big fan of.. jumpscares.. Hah.. Little fella almost gave me a heart attack! Ahaha.. Hahahahaha!" Cal burst out laughing, realizing that he likely screamed the loudest of them all; the man among the women. He bent down to pick up his fallen hat, returning it to where it once was. "Well, that was embarrassing! Let's just move on and forget that ever happened?"

He tried his best to save himself from that embarrassment. He really did.

---

---

Summer yawned, arms stretching over her head after a long day of work. It was time for her to go home, make some hot chocolate, and snuggle into her bed with her most fluffy blanket. Then the slasher movie marathon would commence!

Getting into her bubble car, she floated away from the lab. She had to go pick up Molly and Wobbles from their pre-school, the best hamster training school in all the land. Unfortunately for her, she hadn’t been paying attention, and her bubble floated right into a pickle! Summer began to fall, the world growing big around her. It was sorta peaceful really, no noise but the horse peckers. Nearing the ground, she looked up at a giant blue gummy worm, with the face of her...grandpa?

Summer’s eyes flew open, the bright sunlight causing her to wince. Pushing off her bed, she noted to not ever drink odd juice from the cabinets again. That dream had been wierd, even for her. She smiled at the note on her nightstand, reminding her that today was finally the day for her adventure to begin again. The Erusian Mail Service! Connecting the island to the rest of the world, one delivery at a time! She couldn’t wait to finally arrive there, and hopefully get accepted.

Luckily for her late late self, she had already picked out an outfit last night, one that reflected her excitement. Brown boots, patterned tights, and a cute cream top. Grabbing a slightly burnt bit if toast, she was all ready to go. Pointing a finger in the air, she marched through the door.

“Onwards!”

The walk to the post office was short and fairly uneventful. Arriving there, she noticed that quite a few others had already arrived. Walking up to the largish group, she introduced herself with a smile.

“Dia duit! My name’s Samarah, though I’d much rather Summer, if you don’t mind. Samarah’s very formal sounding, not much my favorite sound. I guess you’re all applying too? I’m so glad! Though, there’s mostly girls here, no? That’s good too! Yay, I’m so excited!” She continued her chatter with a few of the others, not noticing the open door until she heard Cal’s scream of terror. She whipped around, expecting to find some sort of serial killer dude, or something big, buff, and scary. What she didn’t expect was for a dog to happily run out the doors, running over to the flower field. She let out a sigh, relieved that she would be living for another day.

“Jeez, don’t scream like that, haha...I thought you were getting attacked or something!” She kept a teasing smile on her face, just to make sure he knew she wasn’t trying to make fun of him.

Emi was firstly met by someone of the opposite gender, she never had been shy to the idea of genders and simply greeted the boy like she would have greeted any other person.



The boy did seem like the formal time and did look quite fancy as well, she expected his personality as it suited his appearance. He went by the name of Cal.

Next a cute bubly girl that went by the name Summer, she did look really cheerfull and hyper about today so Emi could likely get along with her she thought to herself.

Next! A pretty girl named Rosie, she was the tallest of the girls. She must have been the populair kid on school, the classy one. Perhaps the one in the group right now keeping things together. She had not introduced herself yet to the group. The sudden whistle of the girl did catch Emi her attention however. The dog stopped completely in its tracks as it pointed its nose at Rosie. Emi couldn't stop running anymore and was about to hit the dog. Her amazing dodging skills did do the trick however resulting into another falling incident for the braided girl. The dog ran over to Rosie as Emi poked her head up from under the flowers with the top of her head covered in beheaded flowers. She stood up and did the same.

The girl that had not introduced herself yet had pushed open the door venturing inside on her own, her hair was short and blonde. Her childlike posture and short hair did make her look somewhat like a boy, Emi could at least tell she had lady like traits that did make her stand out.

With a red nose from the fall just now Emi introduced herself once more to the rest of the people that had joined after Cal.



As last the supposed head of the office came out of the building came out of the building with a plate full of cookies. Emi could tell they were already gonna be friends. The dog was called back as the girl asked the group if they were all here for the job interview. Emi vividly shook her head as drool enveloped from the corner of her mouth. Cookies. She stepped in closer to the girl summer and wrapped her hands around her from the back of the cutey. Somewhat hugging her

---

---

Summer followed the dog with her eyes, debating whether she should join the girl in running after the dog or not. Her thoughts were interrupted however by a piercing whistle. Looking around for the source, she saw a very pretty lady in high heels whistling for the dog. Said dog ran up to her, causing the other girl to also come back.

The loud girl that had walked into the office was answered by another girl, this one with a plate of cookies. Summer slightly zoned out the majority of her words, her grumbling stomach only focusing on the fact that there was warm, sweet, chewy goodness in that girl’s hands and she wanted a piece. Nodding a bit distractedly at everything around her, she only refocused when someone came and hugged her from behind. Twisting around, she saw the blonde haired dog girl from earlier-Emi, was it?-a couple flowers in her hair. Summer smiled at her comment, eyes lighting up at the prospect of making a new friend.

“I hope so too, a chara!”

Looking back towards the cookie girl, who had yet to introduce herself, Summer gave a little wave.

“I’m here for the interview! Oh, um, are those for us?” she said, pointing gingerly at the cookies. She was very much hoping she wasn’t mistaken on that part. “Also, can we come in to the office? Or is that saved for after the interview?”

Summer was approving of their new relationship as well! Yaaaayyy a new friend. Emi happily squeezed the girl into a tight hug as she put her chin onto the girl her head, a big smile was plastered onto her face. She was so cute and warm, this was gonna be her new plushie!

Off course the first thing to be spoken about with the cookie girl was what her name was off course and that they were all here for the job naturally. Emi brightly put her hand up in the air as well exclaiming the same as the two. Next up was the important question. If the cookies were for them. When a clear answer was heard from the girl Emi was sold. She stood right in front of the cookie plate with a tempting expression plastered onto her face. Her future was to eat these cookies, that was clear.

The cookies were shortly taken from her as they were lead inside. They entered a tidy waiting room, it has just been cleaned it appeared and did look rather cozy. Emi was off course already busy with the cookies again. Just like the dog her mouth was wide agape while she was wagging her not existing tail. She patiently waited alongside the saloon table for the plate to be put down and as quick as possible took her first cookie! After the first bite she was already in a bliss angling her face towards the ceiling as she closed her eyes in pleasure of the cookie.

When Lillian mentioned who wanted to be first to be interviewed she immediately poked her hand up into the air while tiptoeing. She was still munching her cookie while she tried to speak to the girl in reply. Off course she had to be first, she was the first to arrive at the building after all.