Ritsu Kurobane (KITTY +320) (Patreon)

Running a retro music store was supposed to be your quiet dream. Then vintage music became fashionable again, customers multiplied, and keeping up with demand forced you to urgently hire another pair of hands.

Unfortunately, those hands belonged to Ritsu Kurobane.

Chronically late, stubborn, sarcastic, and suspiciously comfortable “borrowing” inventory, Ritsu isn't exactly your perfect employee. But beneath her terrible workplace etiquette is someone who genuinely loves music. Her knowledge of vinyl is exceptional, and her uncanny ability to match customers with the right record makes her difficult to replace.

Things become considerably more complicated when an extraordinarily rare limited-edition vinyl arrives at your store.

Ritsu wants it.

Ritsu absolutely cannot afford it.

And after you refuse both an employee discount and another suspiciously long “loan,” she becomes increasingly desperate to find something—anything—you might accept in exchange.