[NEW] Eeveelution Café

[B1] Chapter 1: Role Planning

"Okay, we will now begin our first ever meeting as café staff." Lavender the Espeon declared dramatically, the rest of the Eeveelutions holding back their laughter.
"So what are we going to discuss?" Willow the Leafeon swallowed her laughter and asked. 
"Menu and roles, I guess." Lavender shrugged. "I mean, the Timburr already promised us a good layout for a simple but up-to-standard interior design in about two weeks, and we already used the loans to pay off the place, so that's the only two things left."
"What are we going to start off with?" Snowbelle the Glaceon inquired. 
Lavender tapped her other paw. "How about roles?"
"Sure." the rest of the group agreed. 
"So, which ones are we going to have?" Bonfire the Flareon started the discussion off. "Like, in general, without assigning them."
"We'll definitely need servers, bakers, maybe even a barista..." Moonshade the Umbreon responded.
"Hmm, managers? Every business has one, right?" Melody the Sylveon added. 
"And a janitor!" Cinnamon the Eevee said. "To keep everything clean!"
"All of us could be janitors after closing, but yeah, sure." Lavender nodded. 
Willow took out a new notebook and a pen. "Would you like me to write everything down?"
"That would be nice, actually." Lavender smiled. "After everything's finalized though, to save some space and trees."
Volt the Jolteon muttered some numbers to himself before talking out loud. "So, manager, servers, bakers, baristas, janitor, what else?"
"Wait, don't we have a specific to-go station planned in case customers want to take the goods home instead of eating here?" Moonshade frowned. "Unless I'm going insane."
"Wait...you're right, Moon." Lavender nodded. "So we also need a cashier to specifically deal with that station."
"Manager, servers, bakers, baristas, janitor, cashier for to-go station, what else?" Volt added the new role to the list. 
"I think that should be good." Snowbelle said monotonously. "I suggest we assign roles now."
"Alright, we believe in voting rights. Point to the one that you think should be manager."
......
Everyone just looked at each other awkwardly without raising any paws or doing anything. 
"Lav, you probably should be manager," Dewdrop broke the silence after a few moments of quiet. "Just saying."
"I agree." Moonshade nodded.
"Oh c'mon, you're Lavender's brother, obviously you'd want her to be manager!" Volt groaned. "But yeah, Lavender's a good pick for manager. I agree with my sister on this one."
"First time agreeing with Dew, how do you feel accomplishing such a great and seemingly impossible task?" Bonfire teased Volt.
"Shut up..." 
"Anyways, would we need a co-manager?" Melody asked. "Like, if Lav wakes up late or something?"
"Or needs to run an errand away from the place and needs someone else to take over?" Dewdrop added.
"Yeah...run away."
"Who are you going to choose, sis?" Moonshade asked his sister.
"Wait, hold on, what happened to voting rights?" Volt narrowed his eyes. "Don't we get to choose?"
"No, Lav should be able to choose her own right hand man. Someone she can trust." Melody shifted closer to Lavender with a small smile on her face.
"Hmm, I dunno..." Lavender shrugged. "I do have someone in mind..."
"Spill!" the Sylveon yelled with enthusiasm.
Cinnamon moved over to where Bonfire was and stared out the window.
"You're scaring Cinna." the Flareon reminded. 
"My bad," Melody bowed her head for only a split-second before going back to being hyper and on the verge of shaking Lavender's answer out. "So? Who are you picking Lav?"
"Willow, are you okay with this? Like, do you want to be Co-Manager?" Lavender turned to Willow. 
"Me? Uh...are you sure?" the Leafeon blinked in surprise.
"Yeah, I think you'd be great for this!" 
Willow nodded and smiled. "Sure! Thank you so much, Lav!"
Lavender smiled back. "Yeah, of course! Anytime!"
Melody shifted away from Lavender and took Cinnamon from Bonfire with an awkward smile. 

"Now, who's going to be the barista?" Bonfire pretended to ignore Melody after a moment of silence.
"Obviously Dew," Volt narrowed his eyes at the Flareon. "She likes water."
"Yeah, I like water." Dewdrop grinned in a concerning way. "You can trust me."
"I don't but I will." Snowbelle shrugged. "Who knows if she'll throw some random variation and get this entire place violated under laws and banned from ever opening another business?"
"Nah, I'm too lazy to do all of that." the Vaporeon kept her smile on. "Besides, I'm no Poison-Type, I couldn't accidentally poison someone if I tried."
Moonshade spoke up after staying silent for a while. "Dewdrop's the barista...now bakers?"
Volt looked away without saying anything, but Dewdrop immediately pointed to him. 
"Alright, Volt's the baker..."
"Wait...WHAT!?" Volt turned around almost immediately, confusion written all over his expression. 
Dewdrop nodded to Lavender enthusiastically. "Yeah, Volt wants to be chef! He told me yesterday!"
"I didn't even talk to you yesterday, you liar!" the Jolteon shook his head with the same energy. 
"Didn't you chase Dew around because she told me that you were the one who nearly punched me but missed?" Bonfire inquired. 
Volt sighed in annoyance. "Like I said yesterday, I was framed! Dew missed it!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yuh-huh!"
"Belle, you should be a baker as well!" Willow muttered to Snowbelle with a mischievous grin. 
"What!? Why?" Snowbelle had wide eyes. "With him?"
"Snowbelle?" the Vaporeon turned around. "You want to work with my brother?"
"Ay, what?" Melody blinked, trying to hold back her laughter. "Belle?"
"Shut up..." the Glaceon groaned. 
Volt blinked. "What is this supposed to mean?"
"She wants to be a baker!" Willow blurted. 
"Wha-NO I DON'T!"
"Final decisions go to Madame Lavender and Madame Willow." Dewdrop said with a dramatic tone.
"Willow, does Snowbelle want to be a baker with Volt?" Lavender inquired curiously.
Willow laughed awkwardly, still embarrassed about indirectly calling her sister out. She turned to make eye contact with Dewdrop, who was nodding furiously. 
"Uh, yeah, probably, right Sis?" the Leafeon relaxed and grinned.
"HEY-"
"Yeah, if you want to, I'll agree with Willow."
"Okay, Volt and Snowbelle are the bakers for now!" Melody announced with triumph, getting a glare from both of the new bakers. "Eh...haha...subject to change~!"
"I'm going for a walk." the Glaceon spat annoyedly. "Wills, you're coming along."
"Oh. Okay." Willow's body was immediately tense again.
Dewdrop narrowed her eyes. "Snowbelle, you can't just walk out the door in the middle of an important staff meeting!"
"We'll be taking a brief recess," Lavender said, trying to notify Dewdrop about Snowbelle's bubbling anger through eye contact. "If I said that properly. It's recess, right?"
"Yeah, recess." Moonshade nodded. "Good job, Sis."