Corrupted Data...

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Allan woke up and immediately started to get ready to go to the shop. When he walked out, he saw Amy tending to some flowers. He waved to her, and Amy waved back to him.

Allan arrived at the shop a few minutes later. Elias was waiting at the shop for him. "Hey Allan, got some news for you."

"What is it?"

"So, there's a slight chance that the video could have become corrupted."

"And by slight chance, I'm guessing you mean it did."

"Hehe, yep! But it is possible for us to improvise. We do have some similar footage, but it has games in it. Are there any games here?"

"No."

"Oh. Well, I guess you have to buy some."

"You mean 'we', right?"

"Nope!"

"But I don't have the money!"

Elias gives him a $100 dollar bill. "Tell me if you need more."

"Um, okay then."

After about an hour and thirty minutes, most of it being walking, Allan came back to the shop. Elias spoke immediately when he walked in. "Alright, so, um, it turns out that all of the data was fine. But, we accidentally deleted it. So we'll have to record it again."

"So I spent and hour trying look for the place, and I didn't have to go at all?"

"... Basically, yeah. Lol."

"... I understand."

"Everything will be up and running by tommorow. And we'll make sure nothing happens to it."

"Good. Also, couldn't we have just recorded it again?"

"Yeah... Forgot about that... Well, gotta go. See ya."

"See ya."

Elias left the store later, leaving Allan by himself for a bit...

Out on the streets...

Elias manages to recognize Olivia. He decides to talk to her, and hopefully gain her interest.

"Oh, hey. Haven't I seen you before?"

"Hmm... I believe so... Wait, weren't you the guy at the shop?"

"Yeah! I feel like we should get to know each other more."

"Alright. I don't see why not. The name's Olivia."

"Elias. Nice to see you."

The two talked for about 15 minutes, until Olivia heard her watch start to beep.

"Oh, I have to get going!"

"Wait, we can meet up at the shop tommorow."

"Alright, see you there!"

As Olivia ran off, Elias gave himself a victorious "Yes!" and walked off.

After a few hours past, Allan had already closed down the shop. Elias was in his home, doing business things. Olivia was texting a friend on her phone. While Allan was at his house, he saw that a storm would be coming in a few days, while not knowing the exact date. Not a severe one, but there would be a lot of raining for an hour or so. Allan told himself that he would close the shop on that day. Whenever it was.

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