She'll wake him gently and press a Dyne into his hands.

"Twist the sphere in your hands and it should dissipate. It'll give you your alertness back. You seem to have come a long way; what's your name?"

He twists it, blinks, jumps up. "Uh! Call me Hawk?" He's speaking Finnish. "Don't like my name. Hello! I'm here cause the newspaper man said something about being a druid? It sounded important."

"Oh, I see! You're the one who asked the question about honoring the spirits of animals we eat, yes?"

Nod, nod. "Animals have souls just like people do. No senseless killing. There are... Rituals. Even trolls and beasts need proper funerals to go to their rest. It's important."

"Let me just pop into my private office and get a book for you."

She returns swiftly with a heavy tome in her arms; "The Ryte & Calling of the Druid." 

"A rare edition not written in Druidic, kept under strict contracts with the OTC. Hold out your hand please; I need to key this copy to you so you're the only one who can read it." 

Frown. "...Is it in Finnish?"

"No. It has an enchantment on it that will make it readable to you once I key you to it. And then you can learn about the sacred arts of the druids of the worlds I came from and perhaps gather some power from their study in the service of nature."

"What if I can't read? Not very fast anyway. I was going to bring it to my sister..."

"Then I'm afraid I can't help you there." 

"You don't need much reading in a little village on Saimaa," he says, slightly annoyed. He sighs. "...I'll be back for it. Later."

"Alright then. Good luck on your journeys."

"Yeah. Goes to show ma was right. I really oughta learn to read. You'll be welcome in Inouppakouri if you end up in Saimaa. Mostly immune population. We have good fishing and a nice sauna." He nods his head, and turns around and walks away.

Alas, basic literacy. 

She goes back into her office, puts the book back, and writes replies to her candidates; all three get an interview, having been lucky and/or resourceful enough to get in on the ground floor. Interviews at their earliest convenience at this office, first come first served. 

Lindis shows up not twenty minutes later in a subdued work uniform. She smiles politely. "Good morning. Lindis Ingrasdottir. Thank you for your consideration. Many people aren't sure what to make of the news that other worlds exist, but I feel very lucky to be here at the moment."

Thorn smiles. "You're the first. You're applying for a cashier position, yes? Or would you prefer night security? Starting pay for a cashier is 10 OTC per hour, we can give you the equivalent in kronor if you prefer, health plan is 1/5 of a Ka per year plus quarterly castings of Remove Disease or Cure Serious Wounds. We'll be bringing in a house doctor for that. You'll need introduction to how things work around here, we use technology that's more modern than yours."

"Anywhere you would have me! I could work either positon but I would have some questions about being a night guard. I read through the catalog you handed out to the officers yesterday. Do you use computers for sales and inventory? I presume the magic spells do what they say?"

"We'll likely take you as a cashier then. We use holocomps, which are like computers but have holographic displays that let you interact with them in more ways. The magic spells do what they say they do. There are bins of holding by each desk filled with stock, you can just reach in intending to grab what you want and it'll be there. We'll be accepting kronor at the current exchange rate; we still need to interface with that properly so unfortunately you're likely to have to deal with piles of cash. We accept cheques; we had a company bank account set up for us by the captain as part of his payment for our earlier deliveries. Have cheques made out to the Oifilei Trade Consortium. I am regrettably required to inform you that all the stock is trackable by us and we'll persecute theft. If you or someone close to you needs Ka or other medical attention urgently and you can't afford it, come to us and we'll send our house doctor to attend to it. That is a privilege and not a right; people have tried to monetize it in the past and we have always caught them and persecuted them for fraud. Sorry for the warnings, it's just that local staff often get overwhelmed by the vast wealth they're responsible for handling here. Hence the hiring for night guards and so on. The central portal is used to bring in new stock when necessary. Don't be too startled by the 'vwoosh' sound, that is entirely normal. Am I going too fast for you?" 

...Headshake. "There are definitely people who would try to 'lose' a couple of small things. It is tempting. But I have no trouble believing that you will catch anyone who attempts it. Thank you for the warning. I think Ka and Dyne will be very popular. Will I be able to generate or look up prices for things that aren't in the catalog? Would it be possible to get a commission if I can arrange a particularly special sale?"

"If someone wants something that's not in the catalog ask your manager, who is right over there. She can price and source it custom, she has portal access and the overrides for the computers." She points at Lily, who is in the corner reading a book. "She's your manager for right now. Eventually we'll have local personnel trained for that role but right now you get another genuine OTC agent. As for commission, we've been known to have commission of up to ten percent on sufficiently large orders, particularly if you put in significant legwork to make the sale."

Lily raises her head and gives a little wave.

"Hello, miss." She nods back. "I was thinking I know many people and could do better for you that way than as a simple cashier, perhaps. But I must learn how you do things first, yes? I'll send some telegrams when we're done today, maybe. Is training on the holocomp next?"

"Yes." And she leads her through an introduction to how the holocomps work. 

She has never interacted with a computer that has a user interface before but it's not too hard to figure out. Do they have customer service guidelines beyond 'generally courteous and helpful'?

She can manifest a training manual but it's mostly captured by "generally courteous and helpful" and the rest is generally strange special case stuff. Would she like a manual anyway?

"May as well!"

She glances at the door. She checks the time and says she's not sure if it's just too early or if people aren't able to find the place - it won't be on any of the base maps - she overheard a fair amount of interest earlier. Some big signs would not be amiss.

She has questions about lunch break and her working hours- She's fine to work right away and on eccentric schedules but would rather not work more than 50 hours a week and wants to know the schedules in advance if at all possible. She checks if there are otherworldly books, fiction and non, in the store's stock and suggests them if not. Or perhaps computer-type things with books loaded into them?