There was a strange sense of giddiness that overcame Lucy as she knelt down before the scattered pieces of sugar glass, and for a while, she just stared at it absentmindedly. So this was it; she was really going to be one of those girls who worked for a living. She wondered what her parents would think. They would be so surprised to see her actually cleaning something (other than her dessert plate), that's for sure. Would they be proud, though? She heard her mother say she wasn't good for anything that one time… Suddenly thinking about them made her heart hurt, so she tried to banish any such thoughts immediately. In any case, if they're back together, they probably don't have much time to think of her. Her father would be too lost in his ecstasy. Even she could tell her parents' relationship was an unhealthy one, but her father unfortunately fared so much better with her mother.

Her eyes started to sting and she didn't like what would follow, so she shook her head wildly and began picking up the pieces like she was instructed. [i]It's work time[/i], she chanted over and over, [i]not drama time[/i]. She picked up each piece gingerly, as though the shards would shatter to even tinier parts if she weren't careful, and gathered them all in one of her gloved hands. Mr. Sakaki said to put these in the trash bin afterward, so Lucy looked around the bakery for anything that remotely resembled the container. Upon failing to do so, she approached the mouse boy, who had just finished quarreling with Mr. Mohawk. She overheard him asking for things to do a while back, so she thought he could help her out. Kuro had just finished helping removing the trays, so he didn't seem too busy.

"Here you go," Lucy said, smiling as she handed Kuro the shards she'd picked—though not before wrapping them in a napkin, of course; she had more sense than that! "Thank you!"

Then she scurried off, pushing past the kitchen doors to find her mentor and report her first successful endeavor. Tall and discernibly pink, Lucy spotted him almost immediately. She waited until he had finished whatever business he had with Kiku, who seemed to have some mishap with the floor, before marching toward him and standing at attention.

"What do I do now?" she asked excitedly. Didn't she just gain one experience point? That means she's closer to wearing the cute pink apron! While she awaited her orders, she snuck a glance back at the kitchen, where a tantalizing aroma drifted and carried all over the bakery. She wondered when she would get to eat some of their pastries, and willed lunch time to arrive soon.