"Yes, we should report to our posts first." Mud Duke nodded, deliberately steering the conversation away from Kaia. He sounded carefully composed.
"Which areas were you assigned to?"
At his question, Na chuckled. "We were just talking about that when you came out!"
She went first, repeating what she knew: she would be working as a growth assistant at the Pod Sanctuary.
Wine Cup reported that, like Ice Woman, she was a Frost Worker at the Shaping Workshop.
Once they had finished, Milk Dragon raised a "hand" made of bundled straw. The black-line eyes beneath its hat brim curved. "My turn! Hmm, the information in my head says I'm a packer at the Coronation Hall."
"It says I'll gather the finished products from the earlier areas and add the final decorations." It paused, waved an arm tied with ribbon, then pointed to the colorful balloons floating behind it. "Basically, I'll put the finished chocolates and candies into boxes, tie ribbons around them, and stick on decorative paper."
Wine Cup said, "That doesn't sound too hard?"
Compared with being a Frost Worker or a growth assistant, Milk Dragon's job sounded fairly simple.
Milk Dragon took off its hat and scratched its prickly straw hair. "I think so too. Couldn't they just hire ordinary people for this?"
Na said, "Maybe there are difficulties we don't know about."
Milk Dragon shrugged. "No idea. I'll find out when I get there."
Mud Duke spoke last. "As I said earlier, I've been assigned to the Dream Brew Cellar as a fermentation worker."
"My job is to go into the cellar and speed up the aging of the chocolate."
At that, Mud Duke glanced at the mirror in Wine Cup's hand. "Have you started the livestream?"
Wine Cup nodded. "I have, but I don't know whether