“Finding everything alright?” He asked casually, glancing at the customer to his right. Mr. Sunglasses had been in the shop for a few minutes. He didn’t like to swarm when people came in, tried to kind of feel them out for himself before approaching. But the moment the guy lingered around the crystals adjacent to where he was putting away a small pile of books was when Tris’ attention snapped to him. It would seem even the Frey wasn’t safe from demanding people doing their holiday shopping, he’d been snapped at a couple of times by people trying to find a specific kind of cluster already this week. He didn’t need that kind of negative energy in his life so he figured he’d just be a little more vigilant when it came to the section. @cyrus-hayes

“Whoa, hey man, I’m sorry.” It was early, his head was definitely not in the office, and he’d nearly barreled right into Cyrus on his way into the break room on his conquest for coffee. Clapping a hand on his coworker’s shoulder in apology, Warren made his way over to the coffeemaker with a small sigh. It’d been a weird morning, one of those days where he was still in the previous day completely. Warren had squarely sat at his kitchen table just pouring over notes mindlessly. Work was a distraction for once, with Naomi being back he felt like he was just constantly worrying about her. And Mallory. And the Bordeaux’s in general. For once in his undead life, he felt on some kind of edge. Offering a small chuckle, he nodded over towards his coworker with slight, almost sarcastic smile as he poured himself a new cup of coffee. “Rough night.” @cyrus-hayes

“You’re Casper’s guy, right?” It wasn’t something he’d normally ask, Lucian normally let the other BITE employee’s that weren’t Casper, Mallory, or Naomi alone to do their jobs. But he was curious about someone who worked so close to someone he considered a close friend of his. And in a weird, kind of irrational way, he was kind of jealous. Not that he couldn’t get a job there himself, he’d thought about it from time to time. When he felt like burning the whole damn bookstore down. He had zero clue what he wanted to do though and despite being a college drop out, he knew Mallory and Casper would probably give him any position he felt capable of within reason. Taking a sip of his coffee, he looked to the guy lingering around the desk of the original’s (new, he wondered if the other guy had quit or been fired after the pen throwing incident) receptionist. He’d seen him around before, caught him slipping into Casper’s office as he’d slipped into the one near his that usually remained empty. What made him curious enough to strike up conversation with him was he got a….Weird sort of vibe, an unfamiliar one. @cyrus-hayes