ใ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โข ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ | 21+ MDNI ใ โThose bound by superficial rules who do not use their pawns to the utmost are fools.โ
He's putting the cat down, but he isn't happy about it as he tried to argue.
"Goodness, I was under the impression that men who fancy cats were perceived as a green flag. Are they not?"
"๐๐ค๐ช can procure one on my behalf. I won't be caught dead exchanging money for some cheap imitation myself."
Ciel corrected he didn't outright reject the idea either.
"Otherwise everything seems fine enough back here."
A little disorganized as it took him a moment to โ
"Well, they say imitation is the best form of flattery."
Such a trivial little thing to get uppity about, if only Sebastian wasn't more interested to see how far the boy's pettiness would go instead of verbalizing so aloud.
"I'm not so sure a mouse usurping a rabbit is โ
โ assess which areas of the stockroom housed what, with some boxes opened in the midst of being unpacked he imagined. But definitely could be worse as he turned back around for the exit.
"Let's go then. Make sure the townhouse hasn't gone up in flames while we're in the area." โ
"Yes, one of the shoppers."
Ciel began.
"There was something on their person that caught my eye. A keychain."
The boy recalled as the image of the little trinket the little girl carried flickered through his mind.
"Whatever character it was- That ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ resembled my โ
"๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ช๐ณ..."
The reprimanded employee acknowledged before dismissing themselves in a bow and relay the message to everyone else on board while the butler in black followed his master in tow.
"My, no praise for any of their hard earnings? Best be careful โ
โ Bitter Rabbit far too much for my liking it's either a coincidence, or an intentional knock-off of the real thing."
With its little regal attire and all his brow twitched at the audacity if so.
"Calling it so so brazenly without any real proof will only hurt the Funtom โ
โ downtime. If they have time to lean, then they have time to clean and then some."
The boy ordered before venturing to the back for further inspection of things.
"Are we clear on that?"
"Not fast enough with how many empty shelves I'm seeing here."
Sales were happening yes, but replenishment? Not so much the surprise visit didn't help the staff's cause to prepare ahead of time. But alas,
"See to it that staff begin putting things out whenever there's โ
"๐ -๐ ๐ฆ๐ด!"
The Funtom associate awkwardly confirmed.
"๐๐ฆ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ..."
Their head sunk into their shoulders in mild shame as some of the shelves were โ