Some time after school and after John... dealt with the situation Canade got ready to attempt a part time job that Hill and Jane set up. More to see if she could enjoy or deal with it. Canade herself thought this was akin to throwing a baby bird off a cliff and seeing if it could fly, but... Hopefully this should be enough to show she shouldn't be in this time period. That said whose idea was it to get her the part time job at a maid cafe? If it was Hill then mom probably wouldn't feel comfortable leaving her daughter in his care, but if it was mom... In the cosplay maid outfit Canade wondered if her mother was looking at her from the future right now. The manager Gwen came around the back. She was a fashionable woman, and this was one of the new businesses that came to capitalize on the Priestess craze.
Smiling Gwen clapped her hands once and said "You look so cute Canade! So I heard about your situation, and don't worry I have a few positions you can fill without having to worry too much about communicating." In the end she was stuck doing a lot of cleaning, and little tasks here and there. But whenever she had to interact with a customer often there would be a small issues. When the customer would figure out she was mute they would be a little more calm, but it was an issue... The food was good though.
Back at the Hill's living room Canade was laying on a sofa thinking about the day... It for sure was exhausting... All points of stability in her life. Yumi isn't exactly Yumi yet, Merica isn't even born yet, and mom... while she's nice it wasn't quite the same. She went to her tablet and wrote "Mom, this isn't working. Can I go home now?" As if that would do anything. There was no way to know when Mother was watching, but writing it down felt good. She looked down the hall and little Heather was in her room doing something. Well if she has to stay here... maybe she should at lea- In her field of vision someone seemed to be phasing into her time space... Did Mom actually come because she wrote those words? However when the figure got more defined it was obviously Merica... Well not exactly what she had in mind, bu-
Merica looked around and then said "...This isn't the right time... or Canade did we do some remodeling or something?"
Canade shook her head and then started to sign something akin to "No, mom brought me back to around when Priestesses first started showing up. Didn't you come to take me back?"
Merica sighed obviously tired from a full day... or the equivalent of a day or something of work and said "...Actually I was just trying to get home. Your existence was a good anchor, but I guess I'll need to figure something else out... Actually I think I remember mom talking about this and... things look pretty ok here. Should probably get going, seems a little girl's going to be coming and I probably shouldn't be seen... At least yet. Probably will see about visiting every so often, but with Priestesshood... who knows?" Merica looked down the hall not seeing Canade sign something but Merica was already fading from this time. Merica wouldn't see her... maybe if she... Please- Canade let out a small grunt, but it wasn't heard...
A few moments later Heather poked her head out of her room and walked into the living room and said "Hi Canade, I thought I heard someone talking... sorry.... um.... was your day ok?" Canade's day for sure was not ok... it was stressful and right as soon as she thought she found something familiar she left because Canade couldn't find the whatever she needed to make a sound...
Canade thought to herself "...Well if there's ever a time to start trying... Alright Heather is a nice girl... one step at a time just say Hi... push air out of your lungs and do those mouth shapes that people use to form words..." A small breath and instead of a grunt she made a short h sound.
Heather confused asked "Um, w hat are you try-" Canade having taken a deeper breath ended up making a longer h sound, but couldn't make herself do anything more than something that was an odd grunt. Heather at first thought Canade was being odd, but seeing her try to speak was kind of exciting at some point... then Canade started to look a little blue in the face. The mute girl then collapsed as she forgot to breathe.