-Capital Crocus Mall, 2:00 P.M.-
Walking into Capital Crocus Mall while wearing her casual outfit of black long-sleeved t-shirt, long white skirt, and black dress shoes with black purse slung on her right shoulder, Lucia entered Capital Crocus Mall to start her first job as a member of the Legal guild Luminous Rose. It had been a few months since Lucia had done work of any kind, so she was taking this job to ease herself back into the magical workforce before she started going to far-flung places like Haunted Guild and Silent Cemetery on more dangerous jobs. The job she had taken?
Lucia was here to try and help a socially awkward young man who wanted a "real" friend. He was so painfully shy that he did not even have Lacrimanet friends because he was afraid that no one would like him. He had hired her to help him out by spending a bit of time with him and talking to him.
It was not the most glamorous job, the most exciting job, or even the most helpful to humanity as a whole, but Lucia wanted to try and help someone when they needed a helping hand the most. In her previous experience as a Guildless mage sometimes the smaller jobs that were overlooked by some paid off the most. Besides, she did not need to be in the spotlight to do her job as a helper to those in need.
Lucia recalled from the job notice that the fellow in question had medium-length black hair, wore glasses, and was of average height. He was also a bit overweight. Finally, his name was David Mitchell. However, the notice had failed to tell her where to meet him, so she would just have to find him.
Lucia walked into the food court and saw a young man matching David's description on the job notice standing off to the left side of the entrance of a bookstore named The Scholar's Resource. He wore a black jacket over a white t-shirt and black cargo pants with black tennis shoes shoes. He looked like he was intensely uncomfortable being out in public. Deciding to ask him if he was David Mitchell, Lucia slowly walked up to the bespectacled youth and spoke to him.
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Hi there. I'm Lucia Winchester, a member of the guild Luminous Rose. Are you David Mitchell?" Lucia asked the dark-haired youth. He made eye contact with her and blushed, then lowered his eyes to the ground.
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Y-yes. I'm David Mitchell. I d-didn't know that I hired someone like you to t-talk to me." He replied without making eye contact. Lucia was not sure what he meant by that remark, so she kept silent and let him explain.
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I-I'm sorry. That sounded so terrible. It's just that I didn't expect a b-beautiful lady to actually want to have a-anything to do with me." David apologized for the harsh sound of his previous remark, again without making eye contact with Lucia. Lucia figured that that was what he was getting at, but she did not want to assume anything. Now that she had learned exactly what he meant, Lucia shrugged off the unintentional harshness and spoke to him again.
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It's all right, David. What did you want to do in the mall today?" Lucia asked the shy youth. He slowly raised his eyes to make eye contact with the blonde and looked like he wanted to talk to her but just could not find the words. Lucia patiently waited for him to muster up the courage to talk to her. She could tell that he was visibly and genuinely stressed out by trying to talk to her and was not faking it to gain sympathy. In this kind of situation patience was a virtue.
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