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[jackanopes]

WHAT in person LuXe is NOT under new management. It's the same man. agement.
WHERE In front of LuXe
WHEN Day 30
(optional) NOTES open for everyone not on a beach

[ If you work at LuXe or have tried to buy a coffee there or have passed by at some point you are probably at least PASSINGLY familiar with it's owner/manager/dictator Handsome Jack, right?

Great.

Because he here is - definitely Handsome Jack - standing outside the shop and peering up at the sign with a faintly unimpressed expression. He's also talking to -- well, probably himself, but it COULD be you, if you're standing close enough ]

Luck-Zay? Looooook..ssss...eehhh..?

LLLLLLLllll...uh. Llllllucksy? Who named this place?

[ Just a regular day ]

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[partcompany]

[Rhys is coming in to check on his coffee shop. Which is definitely under his management now. Because Handsome Jack definitely, absolutely voluntarily left Rhys in charge.

And then he sees 'Jack' in front of it and has a brief panic attack, half stumbling backwards]

J-Jack?!

[jackanopes]

[ Jack twitches, doing an admirable job of not actually startling, and pivots around on his heel in a time-buying, slow rotation ]

Nnnnnyyyes? Yes, Iiiii--

[jackanopes]

[He pauses, clearing his throat, and then tries to arrange his face into something much more suave, much more confident]

--I don't know who that is, but I know who Handsome Jack is! Ha ha.

[partcompany]

[ To Rhys's credit, once the initial rush of bone-deep panic is past, he starts identifying things that are off about this. Jack doesn't have a mask on. And he's acting a little weird. And... probably he should know how to pronounce the name of his own coffee shop that he's been running for years?

He also doesn't appear to recognize Rhys. Which is probably good. ]

...Right. Sorry. Handsome Jack. Only, I thought you were... on a leave of absence.

[mackynations]

[ there's a man heading in - - or he would have been about to head in, if it weren't for the boss he thought was gone standing in front of the shop. he pauses, openly staring. ]

Well, that was fast.

[jackanopes]

Whatever you're referring to, you're so correct!

[mackynations]

[ am I hallucinating ]

I thought you were gone.

[characterarc]

You look lost.

[jackanopes]

Uh, I think you meant to say, 'you look very handsome'.

[characterarc]

[ they look him up and down a few times, clearly sizing him up ]

I guess you're right. Definitely handsome but the cluelessness doesn't add to it, I think it takes away from it.

[keijournal]

[coming from inside the building when he saw him and just

blinking

and staring directly at in an obvious way but apparently is not going to speak first]

[jackanopes]

Yes, I am very good looking, and good at several other things!

[keijournal]

[he just looks. so confused]

Jack?

[proficient_in_photoshop]

[whisper]

Did the new guy not finish him off? Did he end up in the hospital and get... un-masked and rejuvinated or something?

[keijournal]

It's not like you can actually finish anyone off, here...

[this is so weird]

[yajuuza]

- You're back?!

[jackanopes]

Oh uh, no, nope, you're definitely hallucinating my being here and-- uh yeah, I obviously am, I don't know what you expected me to say to that?

[notenoughspoons]

It's luxe as in luxury. So, you're normal then?

[proficient_in_photoshop]

[look who's serving coffee.]

--Look who it is!

[giving100percent]

[was coming to check in with Reigen but.....]

Ritsu?? Ritsu!

[jackanopes]

....Ddddddddefine normal?

[proficient_in_photoshop]

Did youuu... hit your head, boss? Or, more logically, did our new boss hit your head?

[jackanopes]

What? Why? Does it look bad?

[ His hands go to his face, in horror, though he doesn't actually touch it, just hover ]

Oh mannnnnn I am definitely not gonna have the money to fix that...

[selfidentitytheft]

I dunno, I try to avoid ever saying the name aloud. Like I know "luxe?" But that capitalized X in the middle throws me right off.

[jackanopes]

Oh, I like it. Not ever saying the name makes it ~mysterious~. And uh... sexy!