Now that everyone had survived graduation, it was time to celebrate with brunch foods!

Shhh, tasty traditions were important.

There were tables and chairs set up in the park, along with a buffet of moddable brunch foods. Hopefully, anyone nursing a hangover or multiple hickeys could hide that business in front of their loved ones!

The radio in the shop was on and refused to be turned off no matter how much Alec fiddled with it, which meant that he was stuck listening to an agonizing, unending chain of pop songs, each one more nonsensical than the last ( Read more... )

"Oh, this is ridiculousThe shipment of arrows that had arrived at the store today were all pink and plastic, with heart-shaped arrowheads. Alec was thoroughly unamused. He immediately started taping the first box back up, not willing to leave it open for so much as a minute ( Read more... )

Alec signed for a shipment of heavy weapons early in the morning, and spent the rest of the morning wondering if these guns should even be displayed. They used focused radiation to create a destructive beam and were apparently based on alien technology. They were also, it was worth noting, about half Alec's height, width-wise ( Read more... )

Second verse, same as the first, but a little hung over and ( Read more... )

The freaking heat was out at Dite's today. And sure, Sparkle had called someone in to come beat the furnace into submission, but in the meantime, it was freaking cold. And it wasn't even like there was anything of any substance in here to keep warm under. Lingerie? Not exactly made for warmth, after all ( Read more... )

Now that those vending machines were gone, business had picked back up at Freedom Arms, and in the spirit of capitalism, Alec was rolling with the momentum by advertising a sale.

BUY TWO GUNS, GET THE THIRD FREE

He had, however, thrown out the sandwich board sign that Ron had made him wear. There was a limit to what he would do for this job.

There wasn't a radio broadcast from Handsome Jack this morning. He'd said his piece last night, and today was just a waiting game. Hyperion's men were patrolling the town throughout the morning (and shooting errant psychos who were starting to roam further and further away from their original area) but other than that, Jack just let everyone stew ( Read more... )

It turned out that there were worse things than temporarily dying. Like standing outside a weapons store wearing a sign at his employer's request.

( poor Alec )

Contrary to what was often the case, Alec was not oblivious to the recent weirdness that had been affecting the island. There were inept mundanes carrying guns. You'd better believe he was paying attention ( Read more... )