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maskormenace2018-04-07 08:36 pm
forgeabettertomorrow) wrote in maskormenace2018-04-07 08:36 pm
001 - VIDEO
[There's the sound of some fumbling with the communicator as someone struggles to get the thing oriented and recording. For a moment, there's a flash of one giant, emerald green eye close up to the lens as the owner inspects the device.]
Is this...is this thing on? Is it recording...? Gods dammit...how the hell...
[More fumbling. Then another voice offscreen can be heard: 'Hey boss, you want me to show you how to--']
No. Look, I got this. Go over there and finish checking the inventory and let me--
[Finally, he manages to get the comm aligned and recording. The blue haired newcomer looks absolutely exasperated.]
Okay, I think I've got it. Anyway, I'm not sure who all can see this? But I'm having some issues here. Now, I, for one, am glad that I was provided employment upon working here. I kinda wish it was more in my field, but hey, beggars can't be choosers, am I right? I've run a shop before. I know business. I know how to sell. I can sell a full set of plate mail to an eighty year old wind mage. My point? I can do this job. Here's the problem:
[Darin tilts his comm to show his store, namely the Thot Topic in Nonah that he has been given management of. The store is in great shape and people are shopping and being helped by the staff. But over by the entrance there stands three seemingly disaffected teens. Two girls and a guy, and they are all taptaptapping away at their phones.]
Can someone explain to me what the hell is happening here? They've been here for hours. They're here every other day, it seems. They don't talk. The best part? Hang on.
[Okay, looks like we're moving now. Darin walks over to the group and not-so-discreetly circles them while holding his comm aloft. Maybe some eagle-eyed viewers might catch one of them texting 'omg, the old blue haired guy is back guys lmao' before Darin walks back to his original position towards the back of the store.]
Did you catch that? Did you? They're sending those messages to each other. They're talking to each other! Through their little devices! Instead of using words! Culture shock my ass, is there a priest or something out there? Because I think these kids are possessed and I do not deal with ghosts. Seriously, if anyone can offer me any insight into what the hell is wrong here, I will give you ten percent off of whatever the hell you want from my store. Hell, make it twenty percent.
Is this...is this thing on? Is it recording...? Gods dammit...how the hell...
[More fumbling. Then another voice offscreen can be heard: 'Hey boss, you want me to show you how to--']
No. Look, I got this. Go over there and finish checking the inventory and let me--
[Finally, he manages to get the comm aligned and recording. The blue haired newcomer looks absolutely exasperated.]
Okay, I think I've got it. Anyway, I'm not sure who all can see this? But I'm having some issues here. Now, I, for one, am glad that I was provided employment upon working here. I kinda wish it was more in my field, but hey, beggars can't be choosers, am I right? I've run a shop before. I know business. I know how to sell. I can sell a full set of plate mail to an eighty year old wind mage. My point? I can do this job. Here's the problem:
[Darin tilts his comm to show his store, namely the Thot Topic in Nonah that he has been given management of. The store is in great shape and people are shopping and being helped by the staff. But over by the entrance there stands three seemingly disaffected teens. Two girls and a guy, and they are all taptaptapping away at their phones.]
Can someone explain to me what the hell is happening here? They've been here for hours. They're here every other day, it seems. They don't talk. The best part? Hang on.
[Okay, looks like we're moving now. Darin walks over to the group and not-so-discreetly circles them while holding his comm aloft. Maybe some eagle-eyed viewers might catch one of them texting 'omg, the old blue haired guy is back guys lmao' before Darin walks back to his original position towards the back of the store.]
Did you catch that? Did you? They're sending those messages to each other. They're talking to each other! Through their little devices! Instead of using words! Culture shock my ass, is there a priest or something out there? Because I think these kids are possessed and I do not deal with ghosts. Seriously, if anyone can offer me any insight into what the hell is wrong here, I will give you ten percent off of whatever the hell you want from my store. Hell, make it twenty percent.
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I work at in the strip mall right outside at the Brrrrilliant Bootique, "the year-long Halloween store."
If you ever see a dude in a costume standing outside, it's PROBABLY me.
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feel free to pop in whenever you want Ill treat you to a soda or something on your break
Just ask for Darin Altway
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Terry McGinnis, by the way.
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Good to meet you Terry and thanks for helping me feel a little less like a fossil
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And no worries, good to meet you too. Thanks for keeping an open mind about us possessed kids.
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Hey it wasnt that long ago I was a teenager too
Ive done plenty of dumb things
hell I still do dumb things
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So what you're saying is you're interested in the 21st century update to stupid stuff? I can help with that too.
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Terry I like the way you think
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Good. Then I can earn that free lunch.