the thmgau rewrite

The Hunt

"Alright everybody! Listen up!"

The group was huddled up in Cherry's dorm room, listening to her every word. Cherry had called the group in for an emergency meeting. It was of the utmost importance.

"The 5 of us are all in immense danger." she warned. "If we do not want to face our demise, we must act fast. We need..."

They all listened in suspense.

"..to get a job."

Everyone gasped.

"A job?!"
"Yes, a job. We will be KICKED OUT OF THESE DORMS if we do not acquire one."
"I thought your mom was paying for all of our rent."
"Well, my sisters snitched on me. Remember the mall?"
"Ahh, yeah, I remember."
"Exactly. Starting on March 1st, we will need to pay our own rent." Cherry explained. "Today is the 20th. We have 9 days to get employed & get paid. The job hunt starts NOW."

Cherry clapped their hands. As soon as she did so, everybody in the room immediately whipped out their phones, searching for places that were hiring in Cincinnati.

"That deli place on campus is hiring!"
"Ooh, you should apply!"
"I should!"
"If you get hired, be sure to give us discounts on the sushi, ok?"

Juniper was having quite a bit of trouble finding a place that he would be interested in. A lot of jobs in the area barely paid minimum wage, which wasn't incredibly ideal when trying to raise $175 in 9 days.

As xae perused the job listings, there was one that caught xaer eye. It was a janitorial job, at a puppet store. Not just any puppet store, because Juniper recognized the name. It was Alph's Amazing Animatronics.

Disregarding the obvious, the job actually seemed quite enticing. It paid well, & based on the description it appeared easy enough to do! However.. Juniper wasn't so sure how well the others would take to working at the puppet shop.

"Yo, Juni! Found anything yet?"
"AH- Uh- Yes, actually! I have!"
"Oh, sweet! What is it?"
"I.. uh.. have to go there right now so I can't tell you but I'll tell you later when I get hired bye!!!" Juniper spoke, a little too fast & a little too nervously. Zhe quickly rushed out of the dorm room, to the surprise of everyone else.

"Wow, they're in a hurry."
"Must be a good job if she's applying that fast."

-

"Fate said what?"
"I know, it's horrible... & right after Sun comes back, too."

Sun & Mr. Moon sat in Time's room. Time had called the two of them in there for a brief meeting, about something Fate had foresaw.

"I thought it would be best to inform you two as soon as possible, since you two were... the most affected by Juno's actions."
"Why would he be coming back, though? Why now?"
"..Fate didn't say. Whether she knows why or not, that's a different story, but.. she told me Juno wanted to destroy the Sands of Time."
"Destroy the Sands of Time?! Does Juno know what damage she'll cause?!"
"It does not matter if he knows or not. What matters is that we have to stop him before he does it... but how?"

Time sighed, sitting in xyr throne. Sun & Mr. Moon glanced at each other, knowing exactly how to stop Juno.

"We.. think we've got an idea, Time."

-

Ding!

Juniper stepped into the puppet store. It looked relatively about the same as the last time, except there were more customers than before. Ze guessed that Sotry's whole "president of the world" schtick gathered some interest in the shop.