Moving Up In The World
Cast: Bunbee, Takagi Hachiemon - age 40
Scorp, Yasuda Takeo - age 40
June, 2013
For all that identifying as self-employed could be a good way of making others assume he was jobless, Bunbee has found that being his own boss has advantages. For one, he has worked for some incredibly bad bosses. Being his own boss, the worst punishment he can receive now is failure. (Not that he has failed.)
He also has unusual autonomy when it comes to his commute. Flexible hours? Certainly. More to the point, however: when he finally earned enough to move his base of operations out of a rickety shack on the roof of a skyscraper, he decided where to go. Bunbee Group still is not a large or wealthy organization. Owning his own building is a far off dream. Holding a lease within two hundred meters of his wife's storefront? That he has managed, even though his new offices are somewhat dilapidated and up three flights of stairs.
The door is kicked open from outside. "Where's Bunbee?"
This catches Bunbee's attention, and he emerges from his office to the sight of a tall, middle-aged man with red hair and a large wooden cane. The man looms over Bunbee's receptionist, but his employee's terror is not an immediate concern.
"Scorp! Scorp, how did you get up here?"
Scorp turns to Bunbee and grins. "Surprise! Buddy, I can climb stairs!"