11th Key: You are...not a pirate...

[sumofallreds]

[Action A: 7134 Brooks]

[The house is surprisingly quiet, without the hum of Galleon engines overhead. But why would there be that? This is the house of the Marvelous family! Your average down-on-their-luck family; father working hard at the barely-paying job. See him now? He's picking up the paper as breakfast is getting ready. Anyone inside, or on the streets can come up and say hi.]

[Action B: L'Déplaisant]

[Marvelous is working hard for once, getting food out to the lunch/supper crowd, his head beginning to twinge in between tables. But he'll still have a smile on his face as you call him over.]

[Action C: Phone]

[Marvelous will be in agony by this point, having found a certain large piece of cardboard in his front closet, along with that strange red coat. He needs someone to talk to about it: anyone he can.]

H-hey....any of you...know what's going on?

Comments

Re: A

[sumofallreds]

I suppose, yeah.

[And the aching will subside as he goes back to 'normal.]

Sounds like a good plan to me. It'll be good to get out and relax.

I'd go with it. The short-order guy is in a much better mood. And maybe a salad as the side?

Re: A

[chalicejoker]

Yeah, everyone's been working pretty hard lately. A little fun couldn't hurt. I mean, we're all living in the greatest town on Earth, why do we need to be stressed out?

[He'll set the menu down now and give Marvelous a cheerful nod.]

Sounds good to me.

Re: A

[sumofallreds]

Some great town...stick me with.. OW!

[Bad Marvelous. Stay in line.]

Ahem...I'll get your order back there right away.

Re: A

[chalicejoker]

Maybe you should see someone about that headache.

[That's about all Hajime's droned brain can see wrong with the situation, sadly. He'll just give Marvelous another smile.]

Thanks.

Re: A

[sumofallreds]

Tried. Date had no clue what it is...

[A lie...he'd never gone to see him. But it seemed like as good of an excuse as any...]

Re: A

[chalicejoker]

[Like Hajime is really capable of spotting lies right now...]

That's too bad. You probably just need a good night's sleep.

Re: A

[sumofallreds]

Maybe. I have to get through work first though.

Re: A

[chalicejoker]

I'm sure you'll manage. We've all got days like that--just have to take a couple of aspirin, buckle down, and get through it. It's the American way!

[So much denial if he's ever reminded of this conversation again. So very much.]