Taking Care of the Store (A 40XP Silver Quest)
You're taking care of a store (or maybe a restaurant, or maybe a business like a hair salon).
You don't own this business, oh no—your work here is steady and permanent, but it probably doesn't pay as much as you want and it's definitely not getting you any upward mobility. It's a way to pay your bills (or debts) or to save up for a long-term goal at best, but that's something, right?
Eventually, though, you'll have to decide if it's time for you to stop waiting on your bigger dreams, or if you're not quite ready yet.
("Why is this quest so long?" because i had a lot of ideas, ok)
(Also hat tip to jennachat where due to further discussion this quest became silver rather than purple)
Major Goals:
The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when you:
[ ] Come up with an innovation or scheme to make the store a little better in some way, be it sales, special events, or cunning merchandise arrangements.
[ ] Get lost in a moment of imaginative play or daydreaming on the job about how your ordinary life might become fantastical or adventurous.
[ ] Cover for a fellow employee slacking off, or a friend shoplifting.
[ ] Make a plan to get the hell out of this job and this place, whether you intend to act on it or not.
You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 20 XP.
Quest Flavor:
1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:
- Find a strange product on the shelves or in the storeroom that you don't remember stocking.
- Give customer service with a smile when you'd really prefer not to.
- Spend time people-watching the customers, and dwell on what they have that you wish you did.
- Try your best to explain away a mistake or minor indiscretion to your boss.
- Watch the street through the window on a slow, rainy day.
- Slip and break something you're carrying.
- Indulge in a petty act of retaliation toward an inconsiderate customer.
- Let a coworker who you think has it harder than you have something you wanted (a better shift, your share of the tips).