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Instructions for the night shift at Star Gas Station (red note)

10. You will only have a few minutes.

Drop whatever you're doing, run to the employee break room, and find a large switch panel on the back wall. Turn off all the switches to completely power down the store.

This will make the store look closed and customers may leave to find another location. This will anger Fred, as he is a local, but it will help scare away strangers.

Go into the pantry on the right, lock and bolt the door. Put your phone on silent mode and text Ann.

Don't try to get out of there.

Several customers may enter the store. Fred will also go inside since the store will appear closed, but he shouldn't find you if you remain still.

You can nap until the end of the night, the main thing is not to snore.

If all goes well, we'll pick you up in the morning and pay you triple your salary for all this trouble.

Instructions for the night shift at Star Gas Station (yellow note)

The yellow sheet didn't seem particularly interesting: there were the usual tasks like mopping the floor, making sure the hall was clean, washing the windows and glass doors if necessary, and taking out the trash at the end of the night.

Instructions for the night shift at Star Gas Station (red note)

8. This only happens when you're not busy enough or the store is dirty.

You may see Fred standing in front of the store, looking in. If this happens, stop what you are doing and don't show that you have noticed him. Quietly sit behind any shelf in an unlit part of the store and start making noise, rearranging the snack and drink bags.

Don't get up again.

You want him to hear you, not see you. He won't want to bother you if you seem busy. You can peek through the shelves to see if he's still there, but be careful.

9. Finally, the most important rules.

We usually only have one local neighbor, Fred, who comes over every night. But on very rare occasions you might get unlucky and there might be more.

Unfortunately, only Fred is relatively harmless if you follow the rules. The other aliens are dangerous.

There are multiple monitors on all the walls of the store. If you ever see all four gas station shadows facing the same direction in the parking lot, it's a bad sign.

This means that there are strangers from other places nearby and it is best for you to evacuate.

Instructions for the night shift at Star Gas Station (red note)

6. At or around midnight, have a bucket of mop, water, and soap ready. At 12:05 AM, head to the back of the store, to the cold drink aisle, and mop the floor there continuously until 12:25 AM.

DO NOT leave this aisle or stop mopping the floor before the specified time for any reason.

You may feel like someone is watching you, and you may have a strong urge to leave the passage and hide. Do not give in to this urge. Behave naturally and do not show fear.

You can walk up and down the aisle until the time is up. The guide recommends keeping your head down, keeping an eye on the clock, and wearing headphones with music to drown out extraneous sounds. The quality of the wash doesn't matter, but it is important that you appear engaged in the work.

7. There is a monitor on the walls near the cash register with images from the parking lot surveillance cameras. It is different from the other monitors. You don't need to check it too often: once every 30 minutes, at the beginning and end of the hour, is enough.

If at any time at night you see a dark figure on this screen, standing in front of the camera and looking straight at you, calmly and slowly duck under the cash register so you can no longer see this monitor.

We call him Fred.

Wait five minutes, then use the small mirror under the cash register to discreetly check to see if Fred is still there. If he hasn't disappeared, continue checking every five minutes until he's gone.

Instructions for the night shift at Star Gas Station (red note)

1. A clean store with engaged employees is a happy and busy store.

2. Spend most of your time working in a lighted part of the store, unless it is impossible. Half of the lights are always off.

3. Turn off half of the store's lights by 10 p.m. It doesn't matter which half you leave lit, but once you've made your choice, don't change it until the end of the night. Turning off all the lights will make the store look closed. You'll need the unlit part of the store later.

4. If you need to use the restroom, leave the door ajar to monitor the surveillance camera footage on your TV monitors.

5. During the night, you may notice puddles of water and a thick layer of dust on the floor and tables in various places. Try to clean them up using the mops and dust brushes provided. Puddles and dust create the impression of an abandoned and neglected store and attract attention. A clean store is a happy and busy store.

We recommend that you walk around the store from time to time and check for any water or dust that may have gotten in. Don't forget to check the employee break room.

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A standard gas station with a small grocery store and posters like "cigarettes for $2.99" or something. There's also a monitor with cameras. What sets this gas station apart from others is the clocks. There are a lot of clocks inside.

Skeptical and rational

A loyal and caring friend

Decisive and courageous (to the point of recklessness)

Deredere

Favorite exclamation "Blblbl"

Likes: sweets, tenderness, cats, and when they call him "Twix" because this abbreviation of his name sounds sweet.

Dislikes: his parents (that's why he ran away from Endu to another dimension), rudeness when called "Fred" instead of by his first name. Although the gas station owners constantly call him "Fred".

Twixell is tall, about 178, slender and thin, with long legs and a flexible physique. He is the son of the dragon Endu (the Ender dragon, the woman who rules Endu, accordingly Twixell is considered a prince), although he is only half a dragon (the other half is a demon). His skin is completely black, without any natural human shade, which makes it seem smooth, like a shadow or polished obsidian. Under the sleeves on his wrists he hides old scars from a ruler, and on his back he wears a training whip. Two vertical lines stand out the most - there were once wings. On his neck there is a rubbed mark from a tight collar, which is now hidden by a scarf. This was part of his "upbringing" from his mother. His facial features are almost invisible, as they merge with his dark skin. Only his light, shining white eyes without pupils stand out clearly. His lips are painted with white lipstick.
The hair is thick, slightly disheveled, of medium length. It is dark gray or almost black in color, but in front it is crossed by a large light strand, and near the ears it turns into long light tips. A pair of small light horns grow on the head, which smoothly bend back. On the left side of the hair is attached a small decorative figurine in the form of a cubic mob from Minecraft with white square eyes and a mouth.
A wide dark scarf decorated with white wavy lines covers his neck. His outfit consists of a loose black bomber jacket worn over a white T-shirt and wide dark cargo pants with large pockets. Decorative white chains are attached to his waist, completing the look. He wears simple dark sneakers. A long, thick tail with wide light stripes stretches behind him, resembling the tail of an ender dragon or a large lizard.