The New Job

## Characters

Assistant (Rylie)Wallis Gloom

Harold Gloom

Evets

The New Job is the first chapter of Gloomverse. It went from October 4th, 2011 to December 26th, 2011.

## Summary

A 17-year-old girl leaves home after an argument with her parents about her being "lazy" and having no magic. She looks through a magazine to find a job but has no luck, as all the jobs require magic. Before giving up, she sees an advertisement hiring to be Wallis Gloom's assistant, who is an incredibly famous magician. What's even better is that the position requires no magic, but she has to hurry as interviews end soon.
She makes it to the hotel that is hosting the interviews and attempts to look good as she's in line, but it immediately begins to rain, soaking her. Furious, she flips off the "weather gods" but accidentally flips off a man holding a box over himself. She apologizes and attempts to converse by saying "what a good idea to bring a box for an umbrella!" and the man says that the box is his home, causing her to further cringe at herself. The homeless man asks if she's auditioning for Wallis, which she is, she asks the question back, and he says that he was just in the area. She says that he totally should since Wallis is amazing, but he replies that he's not interested and that she should probably just leave. Before they can discuss any further, they are both shoved into a crowd of Wallis fangirls rushing into the building. They're both yelling to be put down, and during this, the girl notices the man's legs are invisible. But she can't continue that train of thought, as she's thrown out of line completely. She attempts to get back into line but there are too many fans, and she's forced to resign, saddened that her day has gone horribly.

A guard tells Wallis that a huge group of fans came in and ruined the line and that he doesn't know who was next. Wallis comes out and asks the crowd who wants to be next, which of course they all scream that they do. He has a hard time picking but spots a girl sitting on a fountain crying to herself. He uses his magic to defy gravity and hop over to her, asking if she's okay. The girl says no and explains what happened, how she essentially got kicked by her parents, and that she wanted to audition for Wallis but got pushed out of line. Wallis asks if she still wants to be interviewed, and she says yes before suddenly realizing she was speaking to Wallis this entire time. He says he's low on time so she'll have to come right now. The group of fans realizes that the girl got the last interview so they attempt to kill her, but Wallis magically bounces them away, and they go off to start the interview.

Meanwhile, the homeless man finds himself somewhere in the building. He seems concerned as to where the "crazy girl" from before went, but gives up and focuses on leaving. He trips on a star-shaped rug and guesses correctly that he has stumbled upon Wallis' room, flabbergasted that he has a permanent room in the hotel despite living not too far away. While straightening out the rug he sees something under the door. A lemon-like creature (magic candy golem) appears from under his hat, telling him to break into his room, but he says he can't, specifically because he can't pick locks. He tries the door anyway and finds it unlocked. The lemon kid tells him to "steal his stuff in the name of our dark overlord" and the man tells them to stop being weird. He sees that the object he saw under the door was Wallis' wallet, surmising that he must've forgotten it while getting to the interview. He looks to a mirror with pictures of Wallis with other people and glares, deciding to take his money after all.

Next, we see Wallis interviewing the girl. He asks some questions and knows that this is her first job, but she says that she was a hard worker at home which could make up for that. He then asks what her magic is, and she reluctantly says she has no magic. Wallis looks confused and asks how old she is, and she says she's seventeen.

(in progress...)