The alarm rang waking all the girls up at exactly at seven so that they could get an early start at job hunting. Though they were all still distraught over losing Chun, Anya seemed to have it the worst with the refusal to get out of bed or leaving the boarding house. The others had to force her out of bed and eventually Anya gave in and got up. François came into her room and handed her some clothes.
"I am wondering, where did you get these clothes?" Anya asked François as she handed Anya a long blue skirt, a buttoned up red top, a pair of fake glasses, and a hat for her hair to be stuffed in.
François put her finger on her lip and smiled "I borrowed Alice's magic wand, don't tell her."
Anya nodded her head in agreement and put on the clothing, then stared at herself in the mirror. "How strange, I almost look like Ukraine."
She shivered at the thought of her older brother and left the room to meet up with the others who were sitting on the couches by the fireplace downstairs.
"Hey Amelia, when can we visit Monika again?" Feliciana asked. She was wearing a short, plaid skirt with a tan shirt and a red jacket along with a little cap.
Amelia, who was wearing a blue shirt with a square pattern, short tannish grey pants, a cowboy hat, and her brown bomber jacket put inside out, looked at Feliciana and smiled. "We'll make sure to visit her before we leave for Iceland, kay?"
Feliciana nodded at Amelia, her eyes shining like stars with the thought of seeing Monika again.
"Hey Arice, what are we going to do about Chun? Do you think she's arright?" Sakura was wearing a short, black school girl skirt with a white blouse and a black sunhat.
The others thought about the situation. "I don't know, we can't exactly track her without being put at risk of getting traced back and if we do go after her we may face being captured ourselves. What we did wasn't exactly legal in the eyes of their governments." Alice huffed out a frustrated breath.
Alice was wearing a black, long sleeved turtle neck with a green plaid skirt and her hair had been cut off to just below shoulder length. Before François cut Alice's hair, it reached down to her thighs.
"Ah…Anglettere?" François was wearing a blue dress with a red tie and her hair was taken out of her normal bun.
"What is there something wrong?"
"Your hair, it's much too long." François pointed out.
"So?"
"It's a dead giveaway, come here." François pulled out a pair of scissors from a drawer.
"Like hell I will, you stay away from my hair!" Alice scooted back to the wall, holding her hair protectively.
"Look, I don't want to be caught just because you refused to cut off that mop of hair!"
Alice glared at François then moaned. "Fine, but you better not make a fool of me." She sat down on a chair in the bathroom and watched as her long locks of blond hair fell into the sink.
François put down the scissors and Alice looked into the mirror to see that her hair was not only cut quite well, but it was also styled to a French woman's touch.
"You like it, non?"
Alice gazed into the mirror, looking at herself like she was a whole new person.
"I-I do."
François frowned. "But were going to have to get rid of these glasses," she reached for the glasses but Alice slapped her hand away.
"Are you crazy? I can't see a thing without these!"
"Mademoiselle Alice, try and be reasonable. Think of the others."
"NO!" Alice refused but then François swiftly grabbed them off her face.
"I'll give them back if you promise to only use them when absolutely necessary."
"Fine, fine! Now give them back!"
When all the girls collected downstairs, they decided to split up into twos while job searching: Alice and François, Anya and Amelia, and Sakura and Feliciana.
"We meet back here at approximatery eight."
The others agreed and they went their separate ways, Alice stumbling everywhere without her glasses on.
Chun was brought back to the white room only instead of being tied to a chair she was only handcuffed just for reassurance (though she could easily pick the lock). The other countries surrounded her and China began the interrogation.
"So can you tell us anything aru?"
"No, not really aru."
"What do you mean by that aru."
Chun smiled. "I don't know where they went, and even if I did they may already be gone. We were originally planning to travel to the United Kingdom but I'm not sure if that ever worked out aru." She knew she could trust the guys to help them now but she had to stay cool about it and make it seem like she still had reason to lie to them.
"The UK?" England looked at her with suspicion. "Why there?"
"Don't ask me aru." She rolled her eyes at the British man, slightly peeving him off to her amusement.
"Well then that's our next destination, come on guys!" America laughed as he ran out of the room dimwittedly.
"Where in the bloody hell do you think you're going?" England shouted as he left the room to chase America down before he did something stupid.
"faible d'esprit (morons)" France walked out in a huff, following the two others.
"Da, shall we go then?" Russia asked.
"The sooner the better I suppose." Germany said.
"Waah, but I don't want to go to England. Their food tastes like old socks and crushed dreams!" Italy whined as Germany dragged him out of the room, then being followed by Russia.
"I hope this isn't just another rie."
"I think we can trust her, we talked yesterday while you were "guarding" the room aru."
Japan tugged on his collar. "I'm sorry but I courdn't stay awake any ronger."
"Ha! it's fine little brother." China slapped Japan on the back as they left the room together.
Chun sat there alone for a moment then shouted. "AIYA, AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING ARU?!"
China ran back in embarrassed and unlocked her hand cuffs. Then they all left to search the entirety of England for the missing girls.
Back in England the girls were still in the midst of job searching. François recommended a lingerie store but Alice detested against such a thing, then Alice thought that a book store would be nice to work in but François argued that a book store was boring and the workers normally didn't wear cute outfits. After pestering each other about what job to look for they decided to try the café at the corner with the "Hiring" sign in its window. The two walked into a little shop by the corner and immediately they could tell how short staffed it was with only one girl working the cash register, taking orders, and making all food.
The two girls exchanged looks and walked up to the bustling girl.
"Um, excuse me miss?" Alice tapped the girl on the shoulder lightly but it had scared the girl half to death.
"Oh don't do that!" She winced.
"So sorry, but we saw the Hiring sign outside and we would like to…" The girl didn't let Alice finish.
Instead she just tossed two aprons at the two and told them "first test, start cooking and cleaning. Hurry now!"
Alice and François looked at each other then quickly put on the aprons. "You clean the tables and I'll cook." François ordered.
Alice was about to detest having to clean but she quickly got over it when someone dropped a plate, shattering on the floor. "I've got it!"
The two quickly got to work, François attempting to cook English food for the first time while Alice bustled around, sweeping the floor and cleaning off the tables. Though the two were exhausted by the end of the day, their efforts paid off nicely.
"Thank god you two showed up, I had to fire my last employees for stealing from the register and I've been helpless ever since."
"Does that mean…?" Alice looked at the woman with a shine of hope in her eyes.
"Indeed, consider yourselves hired."
François and Alice gave each other a congratulatory hug while jumping up and down.
"This is wonderful!" François was actually overly ecstatic.
"Wait one moment, what's the pay?" Alice looked at the woman seriously.
"How about seven pounds; not including tips; for the both of you?"
François looked at Alice, who looked back and nodded.
"We'll take the job."
The woman smiled happily. "That's wonderful; Let me find your official uniforms in the back. Oh, and you may call me Miss Rosa."
The girls watched as Miss Rosa left to the back room and came back with two small boxes. She handed one to each girl, and watched as they opened it. Inside the two boxes were short skirted maids dresses, a head ruffle, and a pair of black shoes; Alice looked at the dress in horror though François was more than happy.
"W-what are these?" Alice asked tensely.
"Hmm? They're your uniforms." Miss Rosa answered. "This is a maid café after all."
"Oh Alice what fun! I thought only Japan had these types of cafes!"
"Hmmm, this is sure to bring trouble." Alice looked at the maid outfit, thinking of how ridiculous she'll look while wearing it.
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