14 Third Mission
The bell on the door rang as it opened once more. Alan turned to find an unexpected but familiar face there: Alexander Willington III.
Tom said, "Alan, let me introduce you to the owner, Alexa-"
Alan cut him off, "We've met. Mr. Willington, good to see you again."
Alexander was shocked to see Alan, someone he'd all but forgotten about after meeting him a week or so ago. "Yes, quite, hello. Your name was…"
"Alan Pender," Tom supplied. "My friend. He'll be purchasing this property today." Tom's tone was vaguely threatening, indicating some displeasure that Alexander had forgotten Alan's name.
"Of course! Alan! Good to see you again. And please, call me Alexander, no need to be so formal," Alexander hurriedly changed his attitude, trying to pacify Tom. Inside his head he cursed his luck. First he drew Tom's ire because an employee of his had fired this Alan Pender, and now he even had to kiss up to Alan and sell one his prime pieces of real estate at such a low price he'd be taking a loss on it. Still, it was better than getting driven out of business by Tom.
Alan just nodded and said, "Well, should we do this?"
They spent some time discuss the particulars, and eventually signed off on a contract that Tom had pulled from somewhere. Apparently his legal team got pulled in last night too.
Just like that Alan was now the owner of his own building. Admittedly, if his business failed and he couldn't pay off the loan the bank could take the building as compensation, but still it was his.
The system suddenly dinged and a new notification flashed in front of Alan.
"Congratulations Host for completing the mission. Distributing reward."
"Host has received title: Cafe Owner."
Alan was itching to check the reward, but he forced himself to wait as he engaged in polite conversation with Tom and Alexander.
Finally, he managed to usher them out of the building, promising Tom that he'd call him once he opened for business.
Closing the door behind them, he locked it and leaned it against it with a sigh. Then he looked at the notification.
He tapped on the panel in the air, and it changed to a new screen describing the reward.
Title: Cafe Owner
Description: A title given to the owner of a cafe.
Effect: Decor Rating function added to system.
"Decor Rating function?" He questioned aloud.
"Yes, Host." The system spoke. "The Decor Rating function allows the Host to design the interior of the cafe in the system at which point the system will rate the design out of 100."
Alan was speechless. In most novels, didn't the system just decorate the interior for him? Just his luck that he got stuck with a system that just further judged him.
"System, there's really no need to do that. I'll manage just fine on my own."
"Negative, Host. The system will judge Host's decor ahead of time to cover for Host's lack of style."
"System what are you talking about? I have great style." He struck a runway pose as he said this.
"Host, system does not yet have the Fashion Rating function, but based on empirical data collected Host is not stylish. Work hard to unlock the Fashion Rating function Host."
Alan sighed. The system really wasn't good for his self-esteem.
Alan looked at the screen again and equipped the Cafe Owner title.
As soon as he did another notification dinged into appearance.
"Commencing Third Mission."
Alan looked at the notification and tapped it to reveal the mission.
Mission: Designing a cafe.
Description: Host must design a cafe that achieves a rating of 90 or higher by the Decor Rating function.
Reward: Cappuccino
Tom said, "Alan, let me introduce you to the owner, Alexa-"
Alan cut him off, "We've met. Mr. Willington, good to see you again."
Alexander was shocked to see Alan, someone he'd all but forgotten about after meeting him a week or so ago. "Yes, quite, hello. Your name was…"
"Alan Pender," Tom supplied. "My friend. He'll be purchasing this property today." Tom's tone was vaguely threatening, indicating some displeasure that Alexander had forgotten Alan's name.
"Of course! Alan! Good to see you again. And please, call me Alexander, no need to be so formal," Alexander hurriedly changed his attitude, trying to pacify Tom. Inside his head he cursed his luck. First he drew Tom's ire because an employee of his had fired this Alan Pender, and now he even had to kiss up to Alan and sell one his prime pieces of real estate at such a low price he'd be taking a loss on it. Still, it was better than getting driven out of business by Tom.
Alan just nodded and said, "Well, should we do this?"
They spent some time discuss the particulars, and eventually signed off on a contract that Tom had pulled from somewhere. Apparently his legal team got pulled in last night too.
Just like that Alan was now the owner of his own building. Admittedly, if his business failed and he couldn't pay off the loan the bank could take the building as compensation, but still it was his.
The system suddenly dinged and a new notification flashed in front of Alan.
"Congratulations Host for completing the mission. Distributing reward."
"Host has received title: Cafe Owner."
Alan was itching to check the reward, but he forced himself to wait as he engaged in polite conversation with Tom and Alexander.
Finally, he managed to usher them out of the building, promising Tom that he'd call him once he opened for business.
Closing the door behind them, he locked it and leaned it against it with a sigh. Then he looked at the notification.
He tapped on the panel in the air, and it changed to a new screen describing the reward.
Title: Cafe Owner
Description: A title given to the owner of a cafe.
Effect: Decor Rating function added to system.
"Decor Rating function?" He questioned aloud.
"Yes, Host." The system spoke. "The Decor Rating function allows the Host to design the interior of the cafe in the system at which point the system will rate the design out of 100."
Alan was speechless. In most novels, didn't the system just decorate the interior for him? Just his luck that he got stuck with a system that just further judged him.
"System, there's really no need to do that. I'll manage just fine on my own."
"Negative, Host. The system will judge Host's decor ahead of time to cover for Host's lack of style."
"System what are you talking about? I have great style." He struck a runway pose as he said this.
"Host, system does not yet have the Fashion Rating function, but based on empirical data collected Host is not stylish. Work hard to unlock the Fashion Rating function Host."
Alan sighed. The system really wasn't good for his self-esteem.
Alan looked at the screen again and equipped the Cafe Owner title.
As soon as he did another notification dinged into appearance.
"Commencing Third Mission."
Alan looked at the notification and tapped it to reveal the mission.
Mission: Designing a cafe.
Description: Host must design a cafe that achieves a rating of 90 or higher by the Decor Rating function.
Reward: Cappuccino
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