Miscellaneous Street - The Soap Opera
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Daniel's special dinner is ready. The table is set for two, the 6 year old is ... somewhere, Jenee puts the last dish on the table as Daniel walks into the apartment.
Smells lovely. You really needn't have gone to all this effort, you know
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Now, what's this very important news you've been meaning to tell me?
It can wait. Have a seat. Would you like a glass of wine? or a beer?
...at the bookstore...
"IT ATE HOW MANY MARINES?! OH NO!"
Read the manual. Page 75.
This last page is genius. These two plot threads - two "scenes" if you will - running alongside each other like this, the back-and-forth, it's perfect. For some reason it's really making me chuckle.
Jenee, you're not trying to get me drunk, are you?
Would you believe that a customer today had the nerve to call me oblivious? He kept saying I hadn't noticed... something or other. He waved a newspaper in my face and then stormed off.
Would you believe that a customer today had the nerve to call me oblivious? He kept saying I hadn't noticed... something or other. He waved a newspaper in my face and then stormed off.
Ziyal sits in her peaceful backyard, sipping a mug of spicy hot cider while she re-reads (once again!) the latest correspondence from Vulcan. 
Apple cider is so good; she wonders whether it's available on Vulcan.
Suddenly, she hears a little rustling noise near the back gate and freezes. Too much weird stuff going on in this town!
Whew, it's just a cat! Leo slinks into the yard and gracefully sprawls out at Ziyal's feet.
"Leo! Does the Crazy Cat Lady know that you're here?"
"Neow."
"I didn't think so. Well, you can stay until I finish reading this last letter, but then you have to go home."
"Meow... Purrrrrrrrrrrr."
Ziyal finishes reading the letter. Leans back in her rocker and stares at the stars, wishing she could see Vulcan. The gentle motion of the chair + the dark + soothing sound of purring = Ziyal falling asleep in her rocking chair...
Apple cider is so good; she wonders whether it's available on Vulcan.Suddenly, she hears a little rustling noise near the back gate and freezes. Too much weird stuff going on in this town!
Whew, it's just a cat! Leo slinks into the yard and gracefully sprawls out at Ziyal's feet.
"Leo! Does the Crazy Cat Lady know that you're here?"
"Neow."
"I didn't think so. Well, you can stay until I finish reading this last letter, but then you have to go home."
"Meow... Purrrrrrrrrrrr."
Ziyal finishes reading the letter. Leans back in her rocker and stares at the stars, wishing she could see Vulcan. The gentle motion of the chair + the dark + soothing sound of purring = Ziyal falling asleep in her rocking chair...
Ouch. Oof. OMG.
Is there a doctor in the house?
Brace yourself, Hippy Lady. This place is going to need feng shui up the yin yang.
Is there a doctor in the house?
Brace yourself, Hippy Lady. This place is going to need feng shui up the yin yang.
OMG these baby ribs, Jenee, these baby ribs, OMG...
I hope my stuffing myself isn't causing you any trouble - I know you've been a little ill in the mornings recently. I'm sure it's nothing bad, probably just the change in weather - you look absolutely radiant!
I hope my stuffing myself isn't causing you any trouble - I know you've been a little ill in the mornings recently. I'm sure it's nothing bad, probably just the change in weather - you look absolutely radiant!
Flashover
Lieutenant Commander
...at the book store three hours later...
"Well R.J. I'm sorry but when Dr. Shrewsbury and Mr. Crowe sealed the portal it totally destroyed everything in a nine-hundred foot radius. If it's any comfort we managed to find a copy of 'Clifford The Big Red Dog Gets Neutered' and a first edition copy of 'The Flying Harlot #1' in the wreckage though..."
"Well R.J. I'm sorry but when Dr. Shrewsbury and Mr. Crowe sealed the portal it totally destroyed everything in a nine-hundred foot radius. If it's any comfort we managed to find a copy of 'Clifford The Big Red Dog Gets Neutered' and a first edition copy of 'The Flying Harlot #1' in the wreckage though..."
*Hears an explosion and walks downstairs.*
The whole front of the first floor of the deli is about obliterated. From what I can hear, sounds like the front windows on the second floor and some of the shingles are gone too. The back room, being built of SuperLite block has survived pretty much intact. The windows are cracked, but that's about it...
The whole front of the first floor of the deli is about obliterated. From what I can hear, sounds like the front windows on the second floor and some of the shingles are gone too. The back room, being built of SuperLite block has survived pretty much intact. The windows are cracked, but that's about it...
Thank goodness for my back up stock at the U-Store-It location in Arkham.
Is there a doctor in the house?
Is there a doctor in the house?
Thanks heavens for that, because I can't find that Clifford title on Amazon. Can't think why...
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Hippy Lady surveys the damaged book shop from a safe distance. Yep, this will definitely take more feng shuiing than fresh curtains and a pot plant, but she'll wait 'til the shop is actually rebuilt. She turns around and walks back home, feeling a bit unsettled. Demons from another dimension are one thing, but prompt insurance adjusters and builders who show up when promised are downright spooky.
BTW, Jenee, are you missing a child? My last few head counts have come up with 7 kids, and I could swear I only have 6. Yours must be the one who washes regularly and won't touch lentil nut loaf.
Oh no. No evasions this time. I don't care if Chuthulu himself storms Misc Street and starts copulating with Godzilla on the front doorstep. Besides, you've already seen the bookstore in flames from back when I blew it up.
Now (*moves to window and draws the curtains, blocking the flaming inferno that was the bookstore from sight*), what's this important thing you have to tell me?
Come on Jenee-baby, just tell me!