【Ｏｕｒ Ｆｉｒｓｔ Ｄａｎｃｅ】ⱽⁱᵒˡᵉᵗ ᴱᵛᵉʳᵍᵃʳᵈᵉⁿ ˣ ᶠᵉᵐʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ

♤ Twenty - Five ♤

"Violet! There you are! Claudia wants to speak with you about a new request." A woman comes up to us, as soon as the door closes behind me.

She has long black hair and unique purple eyes, which just flick towards me.

Her mouth painted with red lipstick, forms into a welcoming smile. "I see you brought your friend. Hello, my name is Cattleya Baudelaire. I am one of the auto memories dolls at this company."

I bow slightly and introduce myself shortly.

"Violet told us a bit about you. I think it was the first time, I ever saw something like excitement in her behavior, when she said, you are going to visit us." Cattleya jokes around and I quietly chuckle.

"Well, how about we take Violet to the office, introduce you to Claudia and while Violet stays with him, I can show you around."

She smiles and I watch Violet for a moment, to see, how she feels about that suggestion.

But it is really difficult to read her, so instead, I just answer. "Thank you, I gladly accept your offer."

With that, we head upstairs to the third flour and walk towards wooden double doors and also with a sign, indicating that we are now in front of the office.

Cattleya knocks on the door and shortly after, a man's voice tells us, to come inside.

"Hello, I am sorry for the chaos in this room, but I can't get organized with this much important paperwork." A man sits at a desk, which he already mentioned, is covered in a bunch of letters, papers and some ink and feathers.

His red hair is bound in a tiny ponytail in the bag, but still as messy as the chaos around us.

"Should we help you with that?" Cattleya asks, slightly concerned.

The man stands up and shakes his head frantically.

"No need, but thank you. I will somehow manage that myself, hopefully." He mumbles the last part, when glancing over to the desk, before dragging his full attention on our next conversation.

"Well, thank you for coming Violet. I am sure, Cattleya already told you, I have to speak to you and that's why you are here right?" Violet nods and than his gaze meets mine.

"And you are the dear friend, Violet told me about. I hope your travel was comfortable and safe. Pardon, let me introduce myself. I am Claudia Hodgins, the owner of the company."

"Thank you for having me. My name is Y/N L/N, nice to meet you, Sir." I answer politely.

"Oh no need to be so polite. You can call me Claudia."

I nod thankfully. Then, Cattleya takes over again.
"I suggested to show her around, while you two have a talk."

"Of course, you are more than welcome here. Then I will let you out now."

In the hallway again, Cattleya seems to think for a moment where to start the show around.

"As you probably already noticed, the third flour only resists of the office from the president. So let's head to the second floor then."

We walk down one set of the stairs again and I already see a few doors, which lead to several different rooms. "Here we have the areas, where we meet with the client and write their requested letters. Further down the hall, we have the letter sorting room. I guess the name is self-explanatory."

We walk passed the mentioned rooms and I can hear faint voices and recognize the noises of Typewriters being used.

I am able to have a short glance into the letter sorting room and it is the biggest so far. Letters and envelopes everywhere. Shelves full of them, as tall as the walls. I can also see a few brown packages, but just small ones.

At last, we arrive at the breakroom.
"Here we can eat or chat, when we don't have a client right now. Over there is another Doll! Come on, I introduce you."

She takes my wrist and we walk over to a table, where a beautiful woman sits and eats a sandwich.

"Hello Iris! Look who is here."
Iris watches me with big Bernstein shimmering eyes and her short greyish hair really suits her.

"I am Y/N, nice to meet you." I say and smile at her.

"Y/N? Violets friend right? I am Iris, an auto memorie doll. Nice to meet you too. Come sit with me. I have no customer currently and it is really lonely right now."

Both, Cattleya and I, take seats and Iris even offers me a sandwich of hers, but I decline respectfully.

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