[i]Dammit, should have picked someone more obscure. She's gotta be suspicious now.[/i]

Hoshizora Aiko leans back as the pink-haired woman moves forward, as if repelled by some invisible force. She asks what Aiko will do if she doesn't get the job. Shit. This woman probably planning to throw Aiko out in the cold the moment she stepped in here! God, this was such a [i]stupid[/i] thing to bank on! Damage control; what can she say so she won't seem desperate? She had close friends in the area who were willing to take her in, but the commute was prohibitive? No, she can verify that easily, and then Aiko will be in an even worse position. What can she bluff with? She reaches into her bag, fingers curling around a plastic bag of newspaper clippings.

[i]Worth a shot.[/i]

Aiko pulls out the bag cautiously, opening it and sorting through ugly little slips of paper.

"W-well, this is the closest one, but I've researched and there's a s-surprising number of companies these days that offer employee dorms. I'd really like to, uh, be close to school, though. I get carsick easily. If that fell through, I'd, uh, probably see if the shrine a few miles from here could take me in while I got my bearings. After that, er, I can't say I really planned that far ahead, honestly."