The interviews went better than Fenris could have hoped for, a good amount of thanks to Katia for helping to put him in a less tense state. As a result, he was able to get a much better read of the applicants and determine if they would be well suited for the job both professionally and morally. Among the few who were selected from the larger group who were not privy to the underlying nature of the café aside from the unconfirmed rumors floating about were Morgana and Amalfia, a vampiress and ram anthro respectively. It was obvious during their interview that both of them had more timid and introverted personalities, but there was something Fen picked up on a subconscious level that told them they were well suited for the job. If there was one thing he embraced most about his animalistic traits, it would be his honed instincts for reading people.<br/><br/>It was now just after the breakfast rush, three days after the new hires had accepted the positions and Fen was once again nervous as he stood behind the counter of the main café. Morgana and Amalfia would be showing up at any moment to start their first day of training and getting fully immersed into everything that was Café Enigma.<em>You have no reason to be nervous. Yes, they are going to be introduced to The Enigma for the first time, but it really isn’t any different than inducting a new preferred customer. You’ve had a chance to sit down with them and meet with them on a personal level and your instincts gave you nothing but good signs. Things will work out in the end.</em>Letting out a deep, calming breath the fur attempted to ease away some of his anxiety.<strong>“I should have given Katia a call…”</strong>He muttered under his breath, knowing that even if he had done so the breakfast rush would have prevented him from leaving his post.<br/><br/>Fenris watched as the minutes passed at a painfully slow pace until he recognized his new employees walking along the exterior of the building, making their way towards the entrance together.<strong>“Well. Here goes nothing.”</strong>With an effort of will, he shoved as much of his anxiety into the deepest recesses of his mind and adorned his best supervisory mindset. This is to say he was his usual friendly self, but with an added assertive undertone. Fen greeted the two women with a warm smile as they made their way from the door to the counter. It wasn’t too hard to pick up on their own anxiety that was typical with anybody starting a new job.<strong>“Hello, I’m glad to see you both arrived early. Nervous about starting your first day?”</strong>He asked in an attempt to break the ice as well as getting it out in the open.<strong>“Good, that means I’m not the only one who will seem a little edgy for the next several minutes until we get settled in. Come on back and we’ll get started with the general information portion of the tour. Fortunately this isn’t a large chain establishment, so you won’t have to worry about cheesy instructional videos that will try to put you to sleep three minutes in.”</strong>It wasn’t his best attempt at humor, but at this point he was doing what he could to ease their tension while keeping his own in check.<br/><br/>As they made their way around the long counter, Fen called out over his shoulder.<strong>“Nissa, the trainees are here. Can you come manage the front of house for me?”</strong>A silky effeminate voice called out an affirmative to his request and appeared through the staff doorway a moment after the two found their way to his side.<strong>“Ahnissa, this is Morgana and Amalfia.”</strong>he said to the woman in curly auburn hair, gesturing to them accordingly as she greeted them.<strong>“Ahnissa is the manager typically in charge of the back of house operations, but is as knowledgeable of this place as I am. So if you have any questions, feel free to ask her if I am not around.”</strong><br/><br/><strong><em>”Manager?”</em></strong>She replied in a playful tone.<strong><em>”Since when did I have that title? Does it come with a pay raise?”</em></strong>Fen responded with an amused chuckle.<strong>“It’s been your title the moment we had people for you to manage. As for a raise, it will– Oh! Look at the time! We better get started with the training so they will be ready to help out for the lunch rush.”</strong><br/><br/>Ahnissa glared at Fenris with a deviant smile as he led the way to the small office in the back of the café.<strong><em>”You may get away this time, but you can’t use them as an excuse to avoid this conversation forever!”</em></strong>The canine responded with an exaggerated villainous laugh, his plumed sable and white tail wagging lightly as he walked. The small administrative space just barely had enough room to snugly fit the three of them as two chairs faced his one with a few feet separating their knees. Once Fen shut the inwardly swinging door, the area at least offered shoulder room even if they were forced to slightly intrude upon one another’s personal bubble.<strong>“Sorry about the tight squeeze, we’ll only be in here for a little while so bear with me.”</strong>This was the most he had ever crammed into his tiny office that was mainly used as a storage for necessary paperwork and filing, but he needed some place private to speak and he wouldn’t dare bringing them into The Enigma without giving them some sort of heads up even if it was empty at the moment. Once again, the feelings of uncertainty began to build up in his chest as he prepared himself to drop the alliteral curtain.<br/><br/><strong>“Before we get started, there is one thing that I need to clarify with you two just so we can get it out in the open. I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors about this place; that there is a secret room where a select group of individuals can escape to in order to partake of illicit substances and enjoy all sorts of carnal actions with one another.”</strong>He said in a tone that suggested he had reiterated it for the hundredth time for the sake of pointing out just how absurd it sounded. From there he spoke considerably faster, eager to get it all out there while making sure he could still be understood.<strong>“Weeeell, those rumors are true even if grossly inaccurate. There is a room that is hidden away from the rest of society where people whom I deem trustworthy can find refuge from their daily lives. A place where they are free to relax and enjoy one another’s company in whatever manner they wish and can do so without concern of being judged. It doesn’t <em>always</em> take the form of carnal actions, but it does happen quite often. Furthermore, we do offer additives to beverages to those select customers that resemble the effects of illegal drugs, when in all actuality they are a literal world apart from what can be found circulating around the streets. In fact, these additives are technically legal since they have not yet been discovered by the FDA and thus are not deemed a controlled substance.”</strong>Taking a moment to draw another deep breath, he was glad he managed to get all that out and hoped neither of them would storm out of the office and make a call to the local authorities.<strong>“So… That seems as good of a place as any to field any questions or concerns you may have.”</strong>