12th Hat

[busy_fists]

[Action; outside 311 Miller Street]

[Regain time for Dad! He's had pretty good luck with these in the past, so he eagerly opens the package, pulling out a PDA and a very official-looking piece of paper. Putting the PDA in his pocket without even sparing it so much as a passing glance, he just stands there on the front lawn staring down at the paper. On his face is a strange expression somewhere between wistful remembrance, bemusement, and vague shame.

He isn't paying much attention to anything else while he's looking at whatever's on the paper, but anyone who wants to look over his shoulder will see that he's holding a restraining order from a district judge barring him from coming within five hundred feet of anyone affiliated in any way with a Cirque du Soleil performance.]

[Text over the Nadesico's wireless network]

[After he's gotten over the shock of the restraining order, Dad has apparently decided to give the old PDA a whirl. To his surprise, Mayfield appears to have a functional wireless network set up, so anyone with a computer, cell phone, or other electronic device set up on the network may see someone with the handle pipefan413 performing a number of incredibly inane updates about ties, pipes, and hats throughout the rest of the day. All of the updates are made under the label 'Serious Business.']

pipefan413 has entered the chat.

pipefan413: Current status of tie - pressed and clean. Pipe running low on tobacco, but backup supply is plentiful. Hat showing signs of wear. May require starching.

pipefan413: Brief baking mishap has resulted in wet flour on tie. Applying dish detergent and cold water. Will update with results.

pipefan413: Flour successfully removed from tie, which has been hung up to dry. Procuring replacement tie from bedroom.

pipefan413: Pipe refilled with tobacco.

[It goes on like this for entirely longer than it should.]

Comments

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[tsunmuse]

I see you got some stuff back. [Ako was in her usual outfit now, of her pink shirt, suspender shorts and such. A change from the usual sundresses she wore, but it was now finally clothing from home.]

[busy_fists]

Yeah, heh... never thought I'd see this again.

[tsunmuse]

What is it exactly?

[Wireless Network]

[eternalcameo]

(Of course Asagi would totally take advantage of a wireless network. One way or another, she obtained a cell phone and actually being able to text and all that made things worthwhile.

On the chat, she's been lingering with the handle "GunslingerGirl04" and all of those notifications, while she's excited to see someone else online, are getting a little annoying.)

GunslingerGirl04: Great to see that not even Mayfield can escape Twitter's grasp >_>

[busy_fists]

pipefan413: My usual message board is hosted back home, so I had to make do.

[eternalcameo]

GunslingerGirl04: Pretty sure everyone here isn't as concerned about your tie as you are

GunslingerGirl04: Unless it's expensive as fuck

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[vividly]

[ Vivio was on a jog, but pauses when she notices someone outside his house with a strange expression. ]

Hm? Um, Mr, are you okay?

[busy_fists]

Hm?

[Oh, huh.]

Yes, I'm all right. Sorry.

[He does still look slightly uneasy, but he doesn't want to worry this cute little kid.]

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[hawkeward]

[Sorry, Dad, Hawke is nosy and intrusive by nature, and that look on your face has piqued her interest. So she just walks right up to him and looks over his shoulder, no shame at all. She has no idea what Cirque du Soleil is, but ouch, a restraining order doesn't sound fun at all.]

Happy memories, hmm?

[busy_fists]

[He shrugs his shoulders, shaking his head back and forth.]

Until I was escorted out of the performance hall, at least.

[hawkeward]

Oh? Sounds like a good story.

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[falsereligion]

[sup have a girl sitting on your roof.]

You got banned from Cirque du Soleil, ojisan?

[busy_fists]

[Looking up and chuckling just a little.]

That's right. Wasn't really my proudest day.

[falsereligion]

I admit I'm curious. What'd you actually do? [she snickers.]

Network - too lazy to think of a username

[roadroller]

my hairbow's doing good too I guess

[but what is this I don't even.]

[busy_fists]

pipefan413: Good, glad to hear it.

[roadroller]

you're the first person I've seen to have a tie blog though... most people do them for like. their dog

it's much cuter if it's a dog, you know

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[relic_hunter]

[Don't mind him, he's just walking on by and... oh! Hey! That guy seems pretty interested in that piece of paper. Time to take a closer look.

Sneaking on up, he peers over the man's shoulder and reads...]

What's a Cirque du Soleil?

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[busy_fists]

It's a troupe of circus performers. Sort of.

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[relic_hunter]

Circus performers?...

[Thinking... still thinking... Oh well.]

What else do they do?

[genkibot]

[Since getting its wireless capabilities, Tachikoma has been passively monitoring the only network it knew of.

So it was quite surprised to suddenly see some new chatter on it. But not enough to ignore responding to the new user.]

genkibot01: Hello! That is a lot of information about your pipe and tie! They must be really important to you!

[busy_fists]

pipefan413: Of course. Every proper gentleman needs to take good care of his pipe, hat, and tie.

[genkibot]

genkibot01: I didn't know that... Then again, I don't think any of the members of Section 9 would be labeled 'gentlemen' normally.

genkibot01: Oh, except maybe Director Aramaki! I bet he has a pipe and he always wears a tie!

genkibot01: I don't think he has a hat though. You think he would, if only to shade his bald head from the sun!

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[pinkscarflady]

[Have a raised eyebrow.]

Something interesting in the mail today?

[busy_fists]

Haha... it's a little embarrassing, actually.