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[partcompany]

WHAT In person; LuXe is under new management (?)
WHERE Outside LuXe
WHEN Day 27 afternoon

[ Do you remember that 1.5 scale cardboard standee of Handsome Jack that's outside LuXe? Yeah you remember that. It's been there on and off. It definitely needed to be replaced after the zombie apocalypse, but Jack was never any less fond of it.

Now, though, there's a tall, skinny dude in a slick black suit outside LuXe who appears to be taking it down. Or... attempting to take it down. He doesn't really appear to know how to accomplish this gracefully, and finally he accidentally knocks the thing over in a way that makes it hit the ground face-first with a loud clap, and he straightens and sighs, rubbing a chrome hand over his face. ]

Great. Cool. I guess I see why they didn't carry these in the company store now.

Comments

[lovelyspecimen]

[...SNERK.

not even trying to disguise her snickering. finally, something amusing to alleviate all the weirdness of...whatever this place is.]

[partcompany]

Yeah, yeah, go ahead and laugh. You'll regret it some day when you... uh... aaaalso have to accomplish some awkward task in public and don't do it flawlessly.

[lovelyspecimen]

[that is a lot of words that Pandora isn't even going to bother pretending to listen to.

instead, she's reaching for the chrome hand she saw, because that was cool and something new.]

[appliedscience]

If you want to try blowing it up, know that I've been waiting to do that for a while. Maybe under the cover of night.

[partcompany]

As satisfying as that might be in certain respects, it also has some awkward implications for me. Plus, I'd like to keep the collateral damage to a minimum.

[appliedscience]

Yeah, don't want to get you fired. Jack isn't all there. Which someone really should have told you before you signed on at this place.

[thirdact]

[quietly watching rhys do this with an air that definitely leans more sympathetic than anything]

If it's waterproof, it's likely cleanable.

[partcompany]

I'm not really worried about cleaning it. Right now I'd just like to get it in some kind of storage space so it's not just sitting out here... staring.

Or... standing out here? I guess standing is more accurate, since it's a standee and everything.

[thirdact]

[subtly glancing between rhys and the knocked over standee]

It'd depend on your definition of eyes.

[cw_suicide]

[you know you're having a day when you just had a bunch of emotions about a dead friend and then a second one turns up.

staring from afar because. no way. no way no way no way THIS KIND OF THING CAN HAPPEN?]

--Odasaku?

[combatclairvoyance]

[That voice sounds really different from the outside.

Just kind of pauses and stares.]

[cw_underage]

[





blinks ]

I feel as if I just saw you ...

[2beautiful2live]

[Oh it's you again]

Find him yet?

[yajuuza]

You should just burn it.

[partcompany]

A compelling proposal, but I feel like burning Jack in effigy at this point would be inviting things upon myself I don't really deal with.

Plus there's like, 98% chance it's fire-retardant, and then I'd just look dumb.

[mackynations]

[ woah that's my asshole boss you're taking down there buddy. he does go over to hover a bit ]

Would you like some help ... ?

[partcompany]

That would be great. I'm pretty sure I just need to pull the... thing, out of the bottom of the thing. But then I have no idea how I'm getting this thing inside.

[keijournal]

[here is a guy in a suit coming out of the store.

he looks sort of perplexed and sort of perturbed]


This seems like a weird way to attempt suicide.

[partcompany]

I would call it more of a calculated risk. You know Jack, I see. He... he left me in charge for a while.

[nihilmancy]

[Raising an eyebrow. She has passed by this place many times but never went in.]

New management?

[partcompany]

More or less. Jack's still the owner, but I'm running the place for now.

[clocked_out]

[Dave is hanging outside of Heavenly Grounds eating some of that white cheddar popcorn from a bag]

Oh, shit, are we finally getting some coffee shop drama? I'm ready to be snitty as hell and deliver some lawsuit-worthy burns here.

[partcompany]

Uh-huh. In that case I suppose I'll start assembling my legal team.

[punchiest]

You fucked up.

[ in case, you needed someone to be unhelpful. ]

[partcompany]

Yeeeeah, thanks. If you have any expert standee knowledge, feel free to impart it on me.