the 2nd case

[cabbagehead]

|| Action || Mayfield General Store

[ Sure, he had noticed all the little things happening around town lately. Who didn't? It was the kind of thing that you tried to ignore because it hurts your brain to try and understand any of it. But it's a little more difficult to ignore when it's happening to you. See, Adachi here was just placing the last bag of fresh flour up on the shelf when the entire thing just turns intangible. Which leads to Aisle 5 becoming nothing more than a mess of assorted bags of flour, sugar and other goods along with one disheveled employee laying on top of the pile. ]

Damn it! That's the second time today.

[ He really doesn't look like he wants to deal with this again. ]

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[handsoffmyskirt]

[ That. ]

[ Is a horrible mess. ]

...Do you need help?

[ She approaches calmly, not even slightly deterred by the thought of talking to a stranger. ]

[cabbagehead]

[ He's slowly pulling himself back up and dusting off. And trying to shoot her a sheepish smile. ]

Well, if you wouldn't mind. Don't think they'll pay you anything but, I guess I could give you an I.O.U?

And then I remembered how to spell flour

[handsoffmyskirt]

[ Everything is covered in flour. So much flour. ]

You don't have to worry about that. I like to clean!

...but we might need a broom to clean this up.

[cabbagehead]

Ah, right. Hand on a second. I'll go grab a couple.

[ Aaaand he'll return with a broom or two, gloves, and a dust pan. Pretty basic, but, this is the 50s. He'll hand over her share before moving to clear most of the busted bags out of the way first. ]

I swear, if this happens again I'm just going home.

[handsoffmyskirt]

[ She seems to remain in good spirits as she helps him to clear away the broken bags and setting the ones that are still good off to the side. ]

It's might be less of a headache.

[forever_cheery]

[A head suddenly pokes it way through the shelf. Which is odd, since Adachi's pretty sure it went back to being solid now.]

Oh no! What happened?

[cabbagehead]

[ What the... No, you know what? He isn't even going to question it. His head already hurts enough. ]

Just Mayfield being Mayfield, I guess. Looks like someone forgot to pay their bills.

[forever_cheery]

[And now she pulls herself all the way through the shelf into the aisle with him, floating a few inches above the ground.]

Did the shelves turn incorporeal? I wonder how long this will keep happening... [She'll start helping him pick things up too.]

[cabbagehead]

W-what the hell!?

[ Yeah, she's probably used to these reactions by now. He thought his eyes were playing tricks on him at first, but no. This girl is definitely a ghost. Or ghost like. Excuse him for being startled enough to knock himself into the next shelf. ]

You're-- Wait, are you the one causing all of this? [ Yes, Adachi. Blame the poor helpless ghosty girl. ]

[logic_and_magic]

[Crown has come to the store to get something to eat, cause, drone cooking sucks. He's been all right to move now but it's still sore to do so.

When he comes to the aisle, he see's the giant pile of bags strewn about the place and a man lying on top of it all. Approaching him, Crown looks around at the mess.]

It seems to be all over the place today.

[cabbagehead]

[ Of course, nobody ever actually sees it happening. It's always the aftermath. That's why his 'boss' made him restock the first time. Sigh. Today just isn't his day. ]

Oh, yeah. Apparently we're trying a new stocking method.

[logic_and_magic]

I meant things phasing in and out of their solid state throughout the town.

[Crown will place his hand near a shelf and it'll pass through.]

It is like a mirage...except can regain solid form at anytime.

[needsteaplz]

[Saori was passing by when she heard the commotion. When she does see Adachi on the floor, she comes over.]

A-Adachi?! Are you alright?

[cabbagehead]

[ He may cough a little, but that's really only from a few unlucky bags that happend to burst open from impact. He'll just be trying to dust himself off as best as he can before shaking his head. ]

Other than being a little more sweet than usual, I'm fine. Wish this place would be a little more co-operative, though.

[needsteaplz]

[She can't help but giggle slightly before helping him up and dust him off.]

I know. That's gonna be a nightmare to clean up. Would you like me to help?

[cabbagehead]

[ He'll politely decline because he's a manly man okay!!! and help himself up. ]

That'd be nice, but you've already offered to cook for me. Kinda unfair to be taking advantage of a lady all the time, isn't it?

[needsteaplz]

Don't worry about it. I love to cook for others and it's nice to feed actual people as compared to drones. About the food, it's almost ready. Making some of the items takes some time. Besides if I use my power, it's much more effective when it comes to clean up.

[imoutos]

[ there's a girl watching from a slight distance - one he talked to before over the phone, actually, even if he might not realise since he never saw her.. but she's just shyly staring at the whole thing, as if she's not sure whether to speak up or not. ]

[cabbagehead]

[ That's okay, Nadeko. Since nobody seems to be bothering him for the moment, he'll just lay here for a bit and wonder why in the world he got stuck with such a crappy job. Because being a gopher for Dojima was better than this crap.

Wow, this is actually kind of comfortable, oddly. He might.... start falling asleep even. Oh no! ]

[imoutos]

[ OH NO. Is he really falling asleep, that might be bad! Because even Nadeko can realise sleeping on the job might not be the best plan ever.. so she carefully tiptoes over to where he's lying (trying to avoid getting her shoes dirty, but it's practically impossible, alas) to peer down at him. ]

U-um.. sir..?

[cabbagehead]

[ And cue a small freak out as he flails a bit before jumping up! Oh no, what if it was his boss. Whatever would he d-- no actually he wouldn't care okay. Sometimes he just likes to be overdramatic maybe. ]

Ah, sorry, sorry! Didn't mean to do that. Uh, sugar?

[ Yes, this he is handing her one of the not-totally-messed-up bags of sugar. Smart. ]

[imoutos]

[ ... more staring.

Back and forth, between Adachi and the sugar.. but instead of a direct response, she first settles on pulling her hat further down over her ears, as if she isn't sure what to say. ]

S... s-s.. sorry. [ her voice is really tiny. ]

[grumpiest_tree]

[Hey fellow worker, guess who is giving you a grumpy stare. Well, okay, he kind of always gives you, and anyone else in the store, a grumpy stare, but really, that's just his default face. He merely sighs.]

At least there weren't any liquid products on the shelves this time to make this harder.

I'll go get the broom and dust pan.