The Onix

Chapter 8

*Anonymus P.OV.*

"PINKIEE!" She screeched again.

Even as she yelled she knew pinkie pie wasn't coming back. Customers shoot her with quizzical glances. Some snicker. She rolls her eyes at the crowd.

"What are you looking at?" She snarls.

People immediatly turn around and go about their buisness.

She sighs and drops her head. That girl has been too much for her lately.

A young brunette woman in a pencil skirt and red lip gloss scurries over to her.

The woman picks up her head, sighing and turns toward the brunette.

"What do you want Tira?"

"Well umm several racks of nail polish have been demolished." Tira mutters clutching her clipboard to her chest.

"I can see that." She says clenching her fists.

"Stocks have dropped by 0.534 percent and customers have been leaving the store sooner than I calculated. Our color variety of eye liners has been deminishing also. Several employees including Lizandra,Dolive and Gero have been demanding a raise."

She walks away as Tira rambles on, following her nimbly like a mouse. She unconsciously stops listening to Tira, knowing that the idiot girl will get off topic and start ranting about something she could care less about.

She opens one of the back doors. Inside is a placid room painted grey and strewn with boxes. Rather drab she would say.  She tugs a fluffy white hover chair from the corner and into her office. Once arriving at her office she positions the fluffy chair a few steps away from the door but close enough to her desk and plops into another hover chair at her desk. She scans her organized desk. To the right is a holoscreen and to the left is a mini bonsai tree cut into the shape of an elephant . In the past elephants were known as the wise and sacred giants of the savannah. Keeping the peace with their ivory tusks and elegant grey trunks. They were plentiful in the United Nations of Africa yet poaching of their ivory tusks led the guardians to extinction. People didn't know what beauty they had until it was gone. At the very frount of the desk there is a shiny plaque that reads MANAGER. A little blue holographic woman pops up on the holoscreen. Her hair is wrapped in a tight knot on her head and she wears a tight buisness suit. She steps out of the screen and hops onto her desk.

"Good afternoon Miss." the holoscreen woman said politely.

"Hello Tafeda. What brings you here?"

"I heard Tira's wailing and I wanted to know if I should start the count down."

"Yes I believe you should." The manager said smirking. A blue timer pops up starting at 7.

"-then Mira said to me "I knew him since kindergarden therefore he's my property." He doesn't even like her! Her butt resembles a soggy waffle!" Tira starts to cry. The clock reads 5.

"But if Suni was here he would say that mine looks like a pancake trampled by a herd of elephants! Then thrown under one of those vehicles with circular rolly things that stay on the ground!" she wails. 4 seconds.

Her legs start to wobble and she teeters side to side."I don't know about life anymore! I just can't take it!" She weeps and stumbles toward the desk.

3-2-1 and Tira collapses into the hover chair weeping."What is love?" She mumbles."Maybe I'm not good enough!"she wails. Her hair falls out of its bun and tumbles down her head like a curtain.

The manager rolls her eyes as she watches Tira pathetically having a breakdown.

"Need anything else miss?" Tafeda asks.

"Not right now...But later there will be. You're  dismissed till I call you back again." she says.

"Yes miss." Tafeda replies and she disappears into the air.

"Now I have to deal with this idiot."the manager thinks to herself.

She stares at Tira's pathetic crying figure.

"TIRA!" she shouts.

"Hmm?" She whimpers glancing up.

"Get it togethere! You can't let a rotten man spoil your day! There's going to be tons more fish in the sea. Let Mira have Suni if he wants too! Suni is a pathetic shadow of a man anyway. He doesn't know the difference between being drunk or doing actual work. Look at me Tari!" She says forcefully.

Tari looks at her slowly looks at her and connects her purple eyes with the sparking grey eyes of the manager.

"You are an amazing being. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The more you hang around these dashing yet idiotic men the more you're going to degrade yourself! Now stop being an idiot and straighten yourself out! Use the spine and common sense God blessed you with girl! Sit up!"

And she did. Tari straightened her back and wiped the tears from her eyes. Her purple eyes shinned with newfound confidence.

"Now," said the manager. "I'm gonna cut to the chase. Your red lipgloss looks horrible on you, take it off. It makes you look like one of those horrifiying Barbie dolls that went out of buisness for unintended worldwide mental abuse."

Tari slouches a bit but wipes off her lipgloss with a napkin.

"And," she continues "I can see why the drunk bastard said your butt looked like a pancake trampled by elephants, that pencil skirt smooshes your bootie into a pancake. A pencil skirt a day takes your tush away!"she said cackling.

Tari still holds her posture but tears run down her face.

Tafeda pops up on the screen. "A bit harsh Miss. Why not give her a tip?" She whispers.

The manager sighs "Tari, do 30 squats before you head to work to inflate your toosh again. Don't come to work without doing them. If you do and you're late to work you will be excused. And finally wear a light matte burgundy lip to bring out your eyes. There's some in Area ML4 of the store. You can "steal some" if you know what I mean. No more pencil skirts. Wear whatever makes you comfortable but still look professional. You're the best assistant I've had in 3 years. And you've never failed me."

Tari's eyes are bulbous as she processes what the manager had just said to her. An incredibly wide grin spreads across her face.

"Thank you Miss! Thank you!Thank you." She hops out of the chair and leans over to hug the manager.

"Tut tut. I don't do hugs. " she growls.

"Oh yeah...Thanks anyway!" And with that Tari skips out the store with her clipboard in her hand.

"I didn't dismiss you." The manager mutters but she shrugs it off. She has better things to worry about.

Tafeda pops up on the screen. Her pencil skirt has been switched out for a loose fitting blouse and jeans.

"So you heard what I said to Tari?" She says raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah..I thought I should try something different..."

"When are you not listening?" She said sighing.

"Never really, my speakers are built into the walls."

"I know, I know. What's the matter though Tafeda? You usually don't come until I call you."

"Yeah..about that. I know that when Tari does her daily wail you and her get slightly distracted. So I fixed the stock and ordered more eye liners and nail polishes.I also gave Dolive,Lizandra and Gero a three percent raise "

The manager smiles. She honestly knew she didn't need Tari but Tari needed her for moral support. She was such good friend to Tari! What would the poor girl do without her?

"Also," Tafeda continued" I thought about what you said earlier about your-"

The manager narrows her eyes at her.

"Nevermind I just thought....What are we gonna do about Sharna Blackwood?"