Another day at work(PAARS)

[WingSong]

Amber hummed to herself a bit as she flipped the sign on the door to "open," then stepped behind the counter. The mare grinned out into the street expectantly as she waited for the first customer of the day.

Ten minutes passed, and by then her smile had drooped considerably. She sighed, swiped a fashion magazine off the counter, and dropped into one of the salon chairs, spinning back and forth absentmindedly as she thumbed through it.

((Y'all can come on in. ))

[Teal]

Sand Diamond trotted in the store, her hair silky and carefully wavy as always. She sat down in front of Amberlocks and said, "Hey, um, Miss Amberlocks, I am looking for a job, would you be hiring right now?". She grabbed her purse and started to look for her curriculum. She already had trainee jobs at Frilly Frocks' and Daffidazey's. She handed Amberlocks the paper, grinning and waiting.

[spookytale]

Glitterlilly bounded up the steps and plummeted back into the salon.

"Ok, like, I was thinking! Like, I found some glitter and you could TOTALLY put it in my hair and I'd look sooooo pretty!"

She jumped up into a seat and spun it around. And around. And around some more.

[Teal]

"Um, I suppose you could use gel. It makes your hair look shiny too, and kinda wet" she told Glitterlily. "I don't think glitter is the best choice... you'll have to wash your hair, like, a hundred times to wash it off"

[WingSong]

((Ooh yay, Lilly's here. ))

Amber put on a new big, friendly smile for the mare. "Just one moment, darlin', I'll get the forms!" She reached under the counter and pulled out a few papers, and when she looked up, she was surprised to see the filly in one of the chairs.

The mare was pleased that Diamond seemed good at giving out tips, but had learned that it was often best to humor Glitterlilly, and decided to intervene. "Uh, actually, Lilly darlin', I think glitter would be a right nice look for ya." Worried that contradicting the other mare's advice would discourage Sand Diamond, she turned to the other mare and said, "Oh, and I think we can settle for ya just tellin' me your name. You're good as hired!"

With that she set the papers carelessly back on one of the counters, and headed over toward Gliterlilly with a comb.

[spookytale]

A new hire? GLitterlilly eyed Sand Diamond. Well...she didn't look crazy. She debated between showing her the ropes of the salon, or just playing with her glitter. In the end she stopped scowling and leaned dangerously over the edge of the salon chair to flash Sand Diamond a winning, if mischievious, smile.

"The gel will make the glitter stick BETTER!"

[Teal]

Sand Diamond sneezed carefully, looking down.
"Sweetie, you'll be taking glitter off your hair for the rest of your life" she tried to explain, but then noticed the forms and started to look for a pen. "Oh well, the glitter will look fine..." she muttered, trying to change her mind. "And we could try just putting it on the tips of your hair, so it won't be hard to take off..."

[WingSong]

Still focused on keeping both ponies happy at the same time, Amber nodded enthusiastically at Sand Diamond's input. "I think she's onto somethin' Lilly! Now...did ya remember to bring the glitter with ya, or should I look for some?"

The mare wondered if she had any in the attic, with various other accessories and supplies.

[spookytale]

"So....what's bad about taking glitter off my hair for the rest of my life. Like, isn't that good?"

She held up the little container of microfine glitter, it was an opalescent orange.

[Teal]

"Uh, nice color?" said Diamond, looking at the small container. "And, by the way, uh, as long as you like glitter I think it's OK keep taking glitter off your hair, but what about when you don't want it anymore? Then we have a problem." she ranted. "But... I think with a good shampoo you won't have that problem." She tried to soften her rant with that last phrase, and waited the results.

[WingSong]

Amber frowned at the glitter. She was sure there were worse things the filly could want to do with her hair - she was just having trouble thinking of them at the moment.

She listened to Diamond's mini-lecture and nodded, agreeing, "Right, we'll set ya up with some nice shampoo, and you can pick what it smells like an' everything!" More to herself, she added, "Hm, and a fine-tooth comb..." At that she started digging through a drawer in one of the counters.

To Diamond she called over her shoulder, "Hon, why don't ya start brushin' that glitter into li'l Glitterlilly's mane?"

[Teal]

"OK!" she said, as she grabbed the glitter and started pouring it on Glitterlilly's mane, watching a white mare come in the building and sit near Amberlocks. "Are you the owner?" Daffidazey asked, smiling.

[WingSong]

((Yays, I love Daffi.))

Amber nodded, although she didn't take her eyes off of Diamond and Glitterlilly. If the mare was going to be her new employee, she needed to know her technique...although something like pouring glitter into a pony's mane didn't really have a technique to it.

Snapping to her senses, she risked a glance away at the white mare. She had unusually long hair, something Amber loved to see when it was properly taken care of. "Oh, why hello there, darlin'! Is there somethin' ya need?"

[Teal]

"Yes, there is" Daffi looked around. The salon looked pretty neat. "You know, I'd like to sell the patent of my hair-twister; I'm pretty sure it'll make some success here."

And, just to keep track, Diamond kept glittering Glitterlily's hair.

[WingSong]

((Lol. That really will take forever to get out! And yays, the hair-twister!))

Amber gave her full attention to the white mare, plopping backward into a salon chair and resting her front hooves on the back of it as she stared at her. "Oh, wow... I do declare, I just got through readin' an article about it in one of my magazines! Rather controversial, isn't it? Does it damage the hair of the pony that uses it?"

Despite her suspicions, she brightened up to add, "My word, ya really are a pioneer in pony hair fashion, aren't you?"