I hope this hurts- Mouthwashing

Crew Orientation

(Curly's POV)

The ride to the Pony Express factory was far, but overall bearable. As I park our car I notice some other vehicles parked in the Employees only bay and assume it's our coworkers that made it before us.

"Ready to start work?" I ask, Jimmy groans a bit but replies "Ready as I'll ever fuckin be" he gives a faint wheezy cough, most likely from the cigarette he was smoking earlier. But eventually we head out of the car, grabbing our bags and heading inside.

When we entered we were greeted by one of the other workers holding a clipboard with a cheerful expression, "Welcome to the Pony Express factory, are we visiting or working here today!?"

Jimmy seemed quite uncomfortable with the workers enthusiasm but spoke first, "Work, were here to work" he spoke with words not necessarily mean but more of 'Seriously?, we have Pony Express Uniforms on'

"Great!, We are always happy to have new workers for our team!" Jimmy seems annoyed by this person and gestures for the other worker to continue their 'Forever Speech'

"Anyways, Last names please?" The person asked, Jimmy went first "Zare" the worker checked the clipboard, I assume to find his full name "Zare, Zare..Oh! Jimmy Zare!" They announced, Jimmy nodded uninterested in the enthusiasm.

The worker then turned to me and asked the same question, "Last name?", "Curly" I answered with a soft smile, noticing they didn't even need to look at the paper to recognize me, "Grant Curly!?" I nod, They seem to know of my previous deliveries for this company, and excitedly let us In, "The others should be there already!"..

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(Jimmys POV)

I wave the person dismissively as I walk past them, Curly follows gently waving to the worker as we left them by turning the corner.

The sound of talking emits, and echo's through the slightly quiet halls, a mix of 3 voices. 1 female, and 2 male.

I sigh knowing I'll have to somehow get along with these people, Curly realizes this and gently holds my shoulder "It's gonna be ok" it brought a tiny bit of comfort as we make our way to the meeting room to well, meet the others.

We eventually reach the door, and without hesitation I open it. The talking that once residen in the room quiets down as the other people turned to look at us.

Definitely an interesting type of characters present in the room, From a shy dark haired girl to a happy go kid to finally a grumpy oldish type man.

Curly smiles at everyone, "Hello everyone!" he says while pulling out a paper from his pocket, everyone seems curious of who Curly is and less who the fuck I am..which I could care less.

"I am your Captain, Grant Curly or just curly!, and this is my Co Pilot Jimmy Zare!" I groan annoyed at his enthusiasm at saying my last name, and rest my back on one of the pillars holding the foundation of the facility.

"Hello!" The kid In the Hawaiian type unbuttoned shirt says enthusiasticly, which can say either 2 things about this kid. 1. No plans or direction in life or, 2. Parent issues.

Curly seems happy on the kids enthusiasm while, I'm kinda annoyed. But I just hope this kid can cling to someone else and not me..

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(Curly's POV)

I smile at the kids enthusiasm, a small chuckle escaping my mouth as I look at my list of everyone's names. "Alright everyone, I'm gonna say your name and I want you to say your occupation on the Tulpar and a little about yourself"

Everyone seems to nod, except of course Jimmy. -Which is no shocker on my part.-

I look at my list, "Okay, Anya!"

The shy appearing woman slowly raises her hand a bit, "T-thats me, I'm Anya Musume..the nurse of the Tulpar, and while I did fail to graduate from medical school I do still try my best to help everyone" with that she finishes speaking and slowly lowers her hand.

I smile, "Nice to meet you Anya" she gently smiles back before slowly looking away.

I call the next person, "Alright, Daiuske!"

The kid in the Hawaiian type shirts raises his hand in a heartbest while jumping, and with a proud smile says, "I'm Daiuske, or Daiuske Juarez!..um, I really like art and making everyone happy!" He still jumps, most likely In need to get rid of energy.

"Your occupation on the Tulpar?" I ask, Daiuske chuckles embarrassed "Right whoops, I'm the Intern!"

He says not as enthusiastic like before, probably from embarrassment. But regardless I smile, and call the last person, who is assumed to be the older looking guy, "And I assume your Swansea?" I ask and he nods.

"Swansea Harold, I'm the mechanic for the Tulpar.." similar to how Jimmy talks he seems quite interested in chatting, in which I leave behind anything about him..before I do my things about me..

"Well, I enjoy snow surfing and weightlifting", I was gonna turn to Jimmy so he could say something about himself but he gave me the death glare..

I rub the back of my neck before I turn back to everyone, "Well, we should probably start boarding!" And with that we all all start boarding on.

-Oddly, what I've noticed is that Anya seems to walk far faster than the others when Jimmy walks by her...-