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[The feed abruptly opens to PANTS. Who doesn't love pants? Wait, is that....yes, that's somebody's crotch. That's nice. The camera jostles and suddenly changes its view to a FACE in REVERSE MYSPACE ANGLE! Whoever's holding the poke'gear has accidentally turned it on with all his nervous fumbling. Who the hell is this?]

A book store...In college. It was a little store on campus.

And how long did you work there, Mr. Townshend?

A month and a half...maybe. Maybe two.

Really? Did you quit or...Mr. Townshend?

[Henry, who had been staring dead ahead up until now, has shifted his gaze off to one side. His eyes are tracking something--probably the people walking by the shop window outside.]

There are a lot of people here...

Mr. Townshend.

I quit because I found a job somewhere else...

Oh? Where was that?

A nursery...the kind with plants. Not little kids. H-heh.

I see. And how long did you work there? [The man off-camera sounds like he's losing his patience. This guy had to have ADD or something.]

I worked there for...three semesters. I liked it there. Nobody really came.

That sounds nice. You'll have to forgive me, these questions sound silly, but I have to ask them. Have you ever been arrested?

Arrested? Well...no! Of course not--Ahh!

[CLATTER PLOP the poke'gear goes tumbling to the tile between Henry's battered shoes. The sound causes the poor man to jump a good three feet.]

Ha ha, calm down, Mr. Townshend! No need to be nervous!

I'm not nervous!

I see...I think that's all the questions I have for you! I'll take your phone number and ah...get back to you. Thank you for your interest, Mr. Townshend...Mr, Townshend?

[Herny is staring down at the 'Gear's screen at the little flashing red light next to REC. D: What does that mean? The feed ends.]

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_{[An INTERVIEW? Where the hell did this guy find a job that wanted to INTERVIEW you first as opposed to the centers and shops where they basically checked to see if you were a human being and not a Ditto first and then handed you an apron and a five-day contract?]

[the answer to that question of course is that not everybody goes for the regular cheapo stuff like you do, Heather, duh. How else is Henry supposed to fuel his shoe addiction.]}

... Didn't get the job, huh?

_{[Poor guy.]}

[HEATHER, YOU GET A HENRY FACE....OR PART OF ONE.]

_Nope.

_{[She's squinting at the camera a little. Henry is an unfamiliar face-- she doesn't realize it's the same guy who was posting those photos and stuff yet since she's never seen him actually film himself.]}

Where the hell were you trying to work, anyway?

_{[HHHHGGGG PEOPLEING IS SO HARD. He sighs a little through his nose. He's got some sad eyebrows goin' on there. ]}

There was a place that sold old fashioned cameras and did photo framing. _{I thought it'd be nice or...something.}

Really?

_{[Jeez, Cherrygrove had some crazy shit hidden up in those beach shacks. Maybe that town wasn't as small as she thought. Underground beach people.]}

Well, you should probably know that most places here don't really like hiring us foreigners in general. I mean, they're not as picky in the bigger cities, but there's still only so much we can get.

You'd have better luck trying at one of those little marts or something.

_{[Henry loved those little hidden places. The loved the atmosphere...and the fact that they were hidden. He grimaces a little at Heather's advice.]}

I was afraid of that. They were nice cameras though.

_{[THAT'S NICE HENRY.]}

They probably thought you'd steal them.

_{[... Just because YOU have a history of being a bit of a klepto doesn't mean EVERYONE does, Heather. ... Oh wait Henry does have all that hotel soap. 8Ia]}

_{[Henry actually moves the rest of the way into the frame. He TRIES to form a >8c but his face just wasn't used to making that many expressions]}

What? _{I wouldn't steal anything!}

Hey, I never said you WOULD.

Just that they probably think you would. A lot've 'em don't like us foreigners much.

I thought they were only paranoid in Bark..._{Pine Bark...} New Bark Town.

_{[HENRY SAD.]}

They've got chips here.

_{[HENRY...WILDLY OFF TOPIC]}

Well, they're not as paranoid as they were in New Bark, but they're still kinda-- .... wait, what?

Someone's a bit jumpy.

You can't be too careful.

Even if you're just applying for a job?

You're never going to get work like that.

I really screwed that one up. I forgot how easy it was to get nervous.

You don't appear to be competent in a working environment with that level of anxiety.

[ Good grief, someone with even worse people skills than Leon. He feels kind of bad for the guy. ]

Maybe you shouldn't bring your 'gear to the interview, next time. Less distractions.

I thought I put it in my pocket.

_{[Yes, it just MAGICALLY MIGRATED to your hand, Henry.]}

Well, try to keep it there, in the future.

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