The Legend of Lucent city

Chapter 3

When I was a kid, and had done something bad like put boogers under my sister's seat, there were terrible consequences. This was known as the naughty seat. Facing a corner of a room for 2 minutes was tiring when you were 4 years old; it demanded all of
your thoughts for longer than a normal child's attention span and when the timer was up you ended up faking the lesson you were supposed to learn just to go and pull some kid's hair 5 minutes later. It was toddler jail.

But now that I'm older there were jobs in this lifetime that no spieces should go through just to 'learn their lesson'. The result for my tardiness was to be the official 'sign spinner' or to hold a directional billboard (the less humiliating name) for 'Good
Mart'. I could now die in peace.

My co-worker died from laughter as I stood like a stone pillar, shame written all over my bright red face; steam gently flowing from my ears. My colleague suddenly decided to
chime into the situation after collecting his unnecessary howling, 'Dude, I've been here for like 3 years and no workers I know have ever managed to get that job!'. His giggles resurfaced.

'Moe this is no time for that sort of behaviour. If you don't quiet down right now your fired!', my boss growled.

Moe silenced his chuckles but a smirk was definitely still present on his pale face. I was handed a small stack of black and light blue clothes,
assuming this was my official 'Good Mart' uniform.

'There's a toilet in the back for you to change but watch out for betty, she likes to bite.' my boss informed me, a hint of humour hidden in his tone of voice.

Only then was i beginning to question if this job was really worth it or not... I didn't have the best thought processor in the world. I started to imagine who Betty was. Was she the cleaner? Maybe the security gaurd? Anything was probable.

I anxiously put one foot in front of the next untill I arrived at my destination. *DING*

Next stop: the mysterious restroom at the back of the supermarket. Maybe if I think of the worst scenarios then it might not be so bad.

I walked up to a large, off-white door, reaching for the clean-ish looking handle and using most of my energy trying to open the darn thing. A knot the size of a football was lodged in my windpipe; my hand searching desperately for some sort of device to
switch the light on.

*CLICK*

Wincing a little at the blinding light-bulb, the first feature I came across was the grim looking toilet seated in the centre of the cubical. There was some untasteful graffiti spralled along each wall and also colorful swear words; so shocking I almost brought some of my own spit back up. However, I saw no sign of life reasonable enough to be called betty, let alone enough to bite.

He has to be joking... I'm totally getting revenge on him some day, maybe the day I quite so he can't do anything to me... hehehe...

I swiftly changed into my uniform, finding it a little odd that it fit me perfectly.

Stretching to pull the rope, something caught my eye. Or someone... In the top corner of the stall I saw the biggest spider I had ever laid my eyes on. My eyes widened like saucers; taking a massive gasp of air, I shakingly pointed my index finger to the beast.
'BETTY!!'

I sprinted like Usaine Bolt to 'Good Mart's front doors, sweat gathering on my neck and forehead; goosebumps spreading like a wildfire. Did I mention I was petrified of most bugs to ever exist?

I met up with Moe and Mr. Funny guy staring out the window. Curious, i jogged up the two of them, assessing what they were galking at.

'Boss, no offense but.. HOW COULD YO- wait what are those people doing?'

My Boss' eyebrows knitted together, like he was deep in thought, 'Watch carefully Aggy, and take note.' I placed my hands flat against the delicate glass door, eyes squinting at the commotion outside. 'Get out there and adertise this supermarket like your life depended on it', he straightened to his full height, shoved the cardboard sign into my small quavering hands and pushed me out the door.

'Wait- I don't know what I'm doing!'

'Good Luck out there Aggy!' Moe hollered at me as the front door gently shut, leaving me to impress both my new colleagues and competition across the way.

Well here goes absolutely nothing...