45th Hangover - Pod-Captain [Event!]

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[Action | 950 Beulah Street]

[The Captain will greet his not!daughter, cheerful as ever, and even ask her about her classes.]

[Action | Around Town]

[The Captain is walking around, sober and cheerful. Two things you don't see every day.

He waves to people he sees.

He might also ask you about work or your families.]

[Action | The Pharmacy]

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Pharmacy!

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa's stocking up on first aid supplies and some of the commonly found household treatments. Her smile dims only slightly when she sees The Captain being cheerful. ]

Good morning! Just getting ready for winter, making sure we have everything for the flu season.

[ If The Captain has been droned, it means another trip to get any surgical supplies and medications. ]

Pharmacy!

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[Being cheerful is always a bad sign for him, isn't it?]

Of course, of course.

Oh, here's your order.

You got general cold remedies and your order of diet pills.

[ooeeooahah]

[ The Captian being cheerful and rude is a new thing, causing Ilsa to scan him. She replies with an acid smile to cover her distress at seeing him like this. ]

Oh, no - those aren't for me, my husband prefers curves to women who look like underage boys.

[ Something's not right about the Captain, and she has the sneaking suspicion that this ain't him. ]

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[He looks like The Captain, but when did The Captain have a better insult than to curse you?

Even his drone self is usually just cheerful, never really mean.]

Of course he does sweety.

Someone has to.

Can I help you with anything else today?

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa smiles again, unwilling to get into mudslinging. This feels familiar to her, something teasing on the edge of her memory. ]

Nothing else today!

[ She doesn't think she needs to lift his house keys to search his place for clues on what happened. ]

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Very well.

Have a good day, and I'll be seeing you around.

[He waves as she leaves before going to his next customer.]

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa heads straight for The Captain's house, knocking at the door, hoping everyone is out for the day. She doesn't want to abuse anyone to be able to search the premises, but that doesn't mean she won't be able to stun them. ]

[distortits]

[nope.avi

Unfortunately, said house is kind of preoccupied by one purple-haired moe who opens the door soon after.]

Ah, hello! Are you a friend of my fa-- er, not-really-my father?

[ooeeooahah]

[ That stumble is interesting, and Ilsa's not met this person before. ]

Yes, I know The Captain.

[ Ilsa waits to see how the young lady responds to the title. ]

[distortits]

Oh. Is there anything you needed from him, then?

[Fujino eyes her suspiciously, just in case.]

[ooeeooahah]

I... spoke with someone who looked like him, earlier this morning.

[ Ilsa tilts her head, unconsciously, as she tries to sense The Captain's usual emotional signature. ]

I wanted to check to see if he was okay.

[distortits]

...you too?

[She sighs and opens the door a little more.]

I don't know what's wrong. I thought he was droned at first, but still...

[ooeeooahah]

[ Ilsa almost smiles in relief. ] This isn't a normal droning. Even when he's rude, The Captain isn't cutting. When did this start, and is there anything new in the house?

[distortits]

Ah, I believe it started this morning? He asked me on how I was doing on my classes and such. When I replied that I was doing fine, he made some...rather strange remarks. Sarcasm, I suppose.

[She shrugs.]

Not sure if there was anything else new. Do you want to go check, just in case?

[ooeeooahah]

The Captain doesn't do sarcastic, and the person I saw at the pharmacy was wearing his face, but it sure wasn't him.

I would like to check the house and grounds, please. This is starting to sound like something I ran across at home - if it is, we don't have much time.

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[As for the house, everything could seem normal.

Except for the new giant pods laying in the garden.

The not!mom has either been exceptionally skilled with tending the garden or that's not normal.]