Xzotic: Employee review

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:26 pm

"I'm not trying to be." Jez said, pausing to thank the waitress as a bottle of wine was placed at the table and a couple of glasses poured. "I'd love to get closer to people, to have more friends. I... it's really complicated." She took a long sip of the wine, the emotions swirling around inside of her a mix of apprehension, embarrassment, guilt, even a little fear. And lots of self-doubt.

"Ayami, you're a sweet girl and someone I would consider a friend. But I'm afraid that if you got to know me too well you wouldn't want to be around me anymore."

by **Ayami Morita** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:43 pm

"Bleh. That's a negative attitude."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:48 pm

'It's one reinforced by past experiences." Jez said. "I think you would understand, you haven't had the rosiest of pasts either. Few of us have I suppose."

by **Ayami Morita** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:51 pm

"Yeah, I suppose I have."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:04 pm

Jez topped off her glass of wine, raising it across the table toward Ayami as their main courses were set down.

"Then here is to new, more pleasant memories."

by **Ayami Morita** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:19 pm

"Indeed," Ayami said, dinging her glass.

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:47 pm

And with that Jez dug into her meal, eyes going wide at certain dishes and her face flushing at some of the spicier offerings. She started to loosen up, in part due to the wine and in part the company, asking Ayami to share some of her favorite stories from working at the club, among other events.

by **Ayami Morita** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:48 pm

And Ayami did so, eventually loosening up herself!

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:08 pm

Later, with their plates cleaned and the bottle of wine emptied, Jez was slowly eating a bowl of rose ice cream, her eyes half-lidded as she enjoyed herself.

"Y'know Ayami... I don't have many friends, here or back home. I know we don't know each other that well but I think that you're probably my best friend in the whole wide world right now."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:15 pm

"I'm sorry to hear that, Jez."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:25 pm

"Shouldn't you be flattered?" Jez asked with a dopey smile. "Quality, not quantity."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:52 pm

"If you say so..."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:13 pm

"Don't be like that." Jez scolded Ayami. "You are incredible and lovable and if you don't start admitting it I'm gonna..." She lifted her spoon, threatening to force feed the girl.

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:46 pm

"You're gonna what?"

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:56 pm

"I'll give you an ice cream headache." Jez threatened.

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:59 pm

"Pfft."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:22 pm

"...it probably wouldn't work. Your head looks like delicious sherbet."

by **Ayami Morita** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:10 pm

"...do not eat my head."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:24 pm

"I will if you force me to. And then I will have lost another friend. Though for a different reason at least."

by **Ayami Morita** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:01 pm

"So you don't normally refer to people as desserts?"

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 3:48 pm

"Only special people. With awesome hair."

by **Ayami Morita** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:35 pm

"It's just hair..."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:30 pm

"Hair is very important! It's organic fashion, it speaks a lot about people."

by **Ayami Morita** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:09 pm

"It's just hair."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:06 pm

Jez leaned across the table, resting on it.

"But it's very pretty hair. I wish I could pull that look off."

by **Ayami Morita** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:37 pm

"You probably could. IT'd be a bitch to do, though."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:55 pm

"It took me forever to get my hair this long, I wouldn't dream of cutting it short again." Jez said. "I don't think it'd suit me. Which is why you're so lucky. You were born this way."

by **Ayami Morita** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:02 pm

"Yeah, but....yeah."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:45 pm

"... can I tell you somethin'?" Jez asked, her voice going a little quiet. "It's a secret. But I need you to promise you won't get mad."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:59 pm

"Shoot."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:24 pm

"Well, I... I'm telling you this because friends should be able to confide in each other and I really don't have anyone like that. I just really hope that you won't think of me differently.

Jez was giving off a lot of emotions right now. Fear, anxiety, and self-doubt mostly.

"My real name isn't Jezabelle. Or rather it's not the name I was given by my parents."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:16 pm

"Oh?" she said, really more confused than anything else.

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:49 pm

"Yeah." Jez said. For once the normally very confident and professional girl looked small and weak.

"The name I was given at birth was..., Joseph."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:06 pm

"That's odd...they expecting a boy?"

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:33 pm

"Yeah. And they got one."

by **Ayami Morita** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:49 pm

"You're a twin?"

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:02 pm

Jez shook her head, not quite sure if she was spelling it out well enough but her nervousness kept her from saying it outright.

by **Ayami Morita** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 5:10 pm

"What the hell are you talking about, Jez."

by **Jezabelle Sherlock** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 6:29 pm

Jez looked a little miff and frustrated. "I wasn't...!" She started to say before she looked around. She leaned over the table, cupping her hand so she could whisper into Ayami's ear, her shirt pushed into the melting ice cream.

"What I'm trying to say is that I wasn't born a girl, Ayami."

by **Ayami Morita** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:39 am

"Bullshit."

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