[action .010] ACTION FOR EVERYONE

[arlen_lowell]

[no matter who you are, when you wake up this morning, it'll be to a furious pounding on your front door, or the doorbell being jabbed repeatedly. Maybe you answer the door by yourself, or maybe your roommate or lover or parent or whoever you live with came in to tell you that someone is asking for you, but whatever the case when you eventually

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[motherofgodbro]

[She rubs her eyes, leaning against the door frame]

Arlen?

[She's wearing nothing but one of her father's large grey tee shirts, as she hasn't gotten around to buying any clothes yet]

What're you doing here?

[arlen_lowell]

Taking you to breakfast, brotato!

[he's grinning a lot and looking almost frighteningly happier than he did when she last saw him]

Come on, my treat and everything. We're going to eat bacon until we cry.

[motherofgodbro]

[She's starting to wake up now and getting a lot more into the idea]

Well, okay. Just, let me get dressed, a'right?

[She gestures down to the big grey shirt and steps back to let him in so he can sit down while she goes and puts on her one outfit]

I'll just be a minute. Don't need to brush my hair or anything.

[Her hair looks even worse than usual and she fusses with it for a minute until it looks normal]

[arlen_lowell]

[Arlen sits down and waits, and fools around with one of Harry's pens]

You don't brush your hair?

[fatherly mode kicking in]

Won't you get snarls and then it'll hurt to brush them out?

[arlen_lowell]

Well...

[he just stops for a moment, though his grin doesn't fade]

Sure you are! It'll be great! Come on!

[arlen_lowell]

[he just gives her a huge, unapologetic grin]

Not at all.

Where do you wanna go?

[shiftyredlamp]

...What?

[arlen_lowell]

Breakfast! You! Me! Now! Come on man, hit the deck! I mean... come with me. Breakfast.

[shiftyredlamp]

Uh...Alright?

[arlen_lowell]

Great! You got a favorite restaurant or should we pick someplace at random?

[reunionrsvp]

[...Zack? No. Not Zack. But this is exactly the kind of stunt he'd pull back home.]

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Fine. But quit grinning like an idiot.

[arlen_lowell]

Done and done.

[he stops grinning, but then he starts again]

This is gonna be great.

[reunionrsvp]

Let's just go.

[He thinks for a second, then turns sternly toward Arlen.]

...Do I know you? Or do you make a habit of showing up on strangers' doorsteps and ask them to breakfast?

[arlen_lowell]

Alright, you're the boss.

[he starts forward, and doesn't seem fazed by the stern look]

Nope, we've never met before. Figure I ought to start making an effort to be sociable around this crazy place.

[arlen_lowell]

You'll know me pretty soon! Come on!

[arlen_lowell]

Essentially kidnapping people? If you said "hey fuck you man go home" right now, I'd do it.

[but he's grinning]

Sure, I can wait.