Family Bonds

Agency

Zarc sighed as he left his workplace for the day. His boss had been pretty passive-aggressive about the babies all day, and the duelist was sick of it. It was definitely time for a change in workplaces. Fortunately, he'd been able to call back some of the Duel Agencies that had offered him a place in their work, and he now had tours scheduled to check out five of them that day.

"I hope I'm able to find a better place," Zarc said as he buckled the babies into their new car seats. He noticed that Yuto was awake, but the little eggplant wasn't crying. He just looked up at Zarc with a bit of drool around his mouth.

"I'm sure you'll find a great place!" Clear Wing said brightly. "I always thought you were too good for this agency anyway! Your boss is gonna wish he had done more to keep you happy!"

"Definitely!" Dark Rebellion agreed, gently cleaning the drool off Yuto's face with a soft baby rag that had come in one of the fan gifts. "He really sucks! And you're the most popular duelist in this agency! Losing you will lose the agency most of their fans! And by the time your boss realizes it, it'll be too late!"

"I can't wait to see all the other agencies!" Odd-Eyes said. "Especially the daycare centers! I wonder if there will be cute little puzzle floors in them?"

"Well, let's find out!" Starve Venom said. Zarc nodded and got into the car, and started driving. It was about a ten minute drive from his workplace to the first agency he was touring, and by some miracle the babies were nice and quiet. Odd-Eyes started cooing to Yuya as they arrived at the agency, and Zarc could hear the tiny tomato gurgling back happily. Zarc smiled and parked the car, and the dragons helped get the babies out of their car seats and into their carrier basket.

As Zarc walked into the agency, he immediately noticed that it was much nicer and cleaner than his current agency. The lights were a lot brighter too, making it easy to see.

"Oh, hello there!" the receptionist at the front desk said cheerfully. "You're Zarc, aren't you? Welcome, welcome! You're here for the tour, right?"

"Yes, I am," Zarc said. The receptionist smiled brightly, "You can have a seat in one of those chairs, while I call the boss in!"

Zarc sat down in one of the chairs, and set the baby basket down. His first impression of this place was that it seemed like a major improvement from his current agency. If this tour remained as impressive, and if the rest of his tours were equally or near equally impressive, then he would certainly be better off working in one of them than he was working in his current agency!

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By the time Zarc finished touring the agencies, he was exhausted and hungry. The babies had started crying for milk halfway through the first tour and near the end of the fourth too, and for their diapers to be changed at the end of the second and last tours. Fortunately, the people showing him around were very understanding, and the lady on the fourth tour even gave him a bit of parenting advice. At least the babies slept soundly through the entire third tour!

Zarc stopped by the Sukiya drive-thru near his house for some gyudon, eating it as he drove home. He could hear Clear Wing humming a lullaby to the babies, who were sound asleep by now.

"Well, I knew I was going to be switching agencies, but I didn't realize just how hard it would be to pick a new one," Zarc sighed as he pulled into the driveway of his apartment complex. "I mean, they all really impressed me! It's going to be hard to decide which one to join!"

"Why don't you sleep on it?" Dark Rebellion suggested. Odd-Eyes nodded, "And maybe call in sick tomorrow if you still can't decide."

"Or just quit on the spot," Starve Venom said as he gently tucked Yuri into his blankets.

"You know, I might just do that," Zarc mused.