Characters

Shop owner? Where do they work?

Alai: owns a cat sanctuary and has a Very Thorough vetting process if anyone even LOOKS like they wanna adopt a cat (all of which are strays that he himself rehabilitated)
Julien: works mostly in his fathers church, and at the 24 hour convenience store on the corner
Nikko: bodyguard for hire/fighting matches
Osian: Retail Hell, Waiter whose soul is slowly leaving his body, tries to pick up musician gigs at bars, hits up open mic nights, Tries Very Hard
Siobahn: getting jobs tailing his brother, dishwasher/busboy in restaurant, a Different retail hell, but has a hell of a customer service persona, people mostly charmed by the accent. Usually in bed when brother is working a gig or ope mic
Kou: lowkey street urchin wanderer

Ed: either owns a flower shop, tattoo parlor, or BOTH with Al
Winry: Mechanic/autoshop owner/worker

haneul: works in a bookstore, and old one
Seung: bodyguard