Noxxus made his way down the street, running his hand along the sides of the buildings to guide himself. It was pretty early, so besides the occasional sound of footsteps, there wasn't a lot of people outside yet. That was the only reason Noxxus woke up this early. The less people to run into, the better.
Once he was starting to get close to the store, he heard someone walking towards him. "Hey." It was Lara, his assistant. She got there before him, as usual. "Oric and Blyte aren't here yet."
"No surprise there." He said. They usually took a while to arrive. It wasn't a huge issue, though, since they still get there before there are a lot of customers. He handed the keys to Lara. She would have a lot less trouble unlocking the door than he would.

Noxxus heard a soft buzzing sound as Lara turned on the lights. They both went behind the counter in case any customers came in before Oric and Blyte showed up. Fifteen minutes passed, and there was still no sign of them. Lara sighed. "Why did you hire those two in the first place? Were a couple of idiot teenagers really the best candidates?"
"Believe it or not, they were." Noxxus said. "It was hard finding people who were willing to work here."
Just then, he heard loud music coming from a car driving by outside. Moments later, Oric and Blyte came through the door.
Lara seemed angry at them. "You're late again."
"Only fifteen minutes. It's not that much."
"Well, you come in fifteen minutes late every day. If you add it up, that's-"
Noxxus decided to interrupt. "I'll handle this, Lara."
Lara didn't say anything else. She just left the room.
"I've given you two plently of warnings. How many times is this going to repeat?"
"You're not firing us, are you?" Oric said.
"Not yet. I'm giving you one more chance. This is your last warning."
He then went into his office, leaving the two alone. He could hear Blyte talking as he left the room. "He's told us that a million times. He won't fire us."

Lara was in there, shuffling some papers around."There was a bit of a delay on that fungus you ordered last week. You'll have to wait two more days for it to come in." She put the papers down for a moment. "Please tell me you did something about them."
"I told them this was their last chance."
"Their 'last chance' was three months ago. Fire one of them, at least."
"I will, if they're late again tomorrow."
"Alright." She was about to leave the room, but peeked back in for a second. "If you don't, then I'm leaving."
Noxxus sat down at his desk. He had a decision to make. He couldn't let Lara go. That meant it had to be one of the boys, or both if the other one doesn't get the message.