[He pulled a folder full of receipts and flipped open a book that he kept all of The Last Drop's current numbers. He began to lip up the ledger with the receipts one by one, marking them off and making small notations where he was pushing applying a little extra to certain lines.
His pen paused at the sudden sound of a trash can falling beyond the house. It had been emptied just that day, and honestly, he hadn't been producing much garbage in the house. It was rare enough that he was even here these last weeks.
Slowly, he set his pen down, tilting his head so that could he listen for other sounds that someone might be trying to enter. He waited and when no further sound reached his ears, he expected whomever it was had left again and returned to sorting the receipts and entering them in the ledger and making them off. He then verified the coin on hand and supplemented more in as he could with miscellaneous costs associated with running such a business where tips were frequent.]
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Date: 2024-06-24 01:32 am (UTC)His pen paused at the sudden sound of a trash can falling beyond the house. It had been emptied just that day, and honestly, he hadn't been producing much garbage in the house. It was rare enough that he was even here these last weeks.
Slowly, he set his pen down, tilting his head so that could he listen for other sounds that someone might be trying to enter. He waited and when no further sound reached his ears, he expected whomever it was had left again and returned to sorting the receipts and entering them in the ledger and making them off. He then verified the coin on hand and supplemented more in as he could with miscellaneous costs associated with running such a business where tips were frequent.]