I'm thinking it's going to go: Claire gets the job, but has to work remotely from home because there's nowhere for humans to live in Cubetown, so they get to stay in Northhampton.
Edit: OR, they want to offer her the job, but cancel the offer when they find out she's human instead of AI.
Once again, in either case, I feel that would have mentioned it the job advertisement if they were offering remote work or if they required an AI.
I mean, Claire did say it was super vague and they're just allowing her to come up with her job on the spot, apparently. I can't imagine that they'd fight her being remote too hard, maybe assign her a coworker AI in the building to be her hands in the cube and her doing the directorial work from afar, perhaps commuting every once in a blue to check up on things.
But also honestly, even before this it felt like Jeph just wants Martin and Claire be less of a focus in favor of Faye and Bubs, Yay and Basilisk, the Vtubers and Co, etc; honestly I'm exhausted of most of the human's inane melancholia, Marten has not gotten any less directionless and boring, and I'm kind of in love with the whole new wave so the new focus personally is not a problem for me (except I love Claire's Type A, I relate so hard, so I'll miss her).
My guess is that Claire and Marten will move, and we'll have an arc or two focusing on them getting settled and into hijinks with the other AIs before another one pops up in about 3-4 arcs from now.
I'm kinda hoping that by the time Martin and Claire visit:
- The AI repair shop will at least be profitable, if not thriving
- The VTubers have to do at least one con (bonus points if members of the gang not in the know go to the Con to see them and hilarity ensues)
- Basilisk and Beeps will have gotten at least one case off the ground successfully (maybe they'll need to enlist Cubetown for fundraising?)
- Yay gets to spend more time with Aurelia (too gd wholesome for that to have been a one-off moment)
- Clinton and Elliott are thinking move-in (so Claire will need to be the big sister again, as much as they bicker it's too gd wholesome when they're supportive of each other)
- Winslow and Momo get to do... literally anything
That's my hope, anyway