✍ chapter twenty-four

[capricious_god]

[hear that giant intake of air? sounds like someone just startled themselves awake. Who did that? Chuck did that.]

Oh. Oh, God. [scrambles toward the desk, picking up the clock] What.. seven... AM or PM?? Someone quick!!

Is it seven AM or seven PM??

[more shuffling around...] It's still light out!! Dammit daylight savings!!

[scrambles to grab

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[imnot_likeyou]

Seven PM.

... You okay, Chuck?

[capricious_god]

PM? [a pause] PM???

Oh... oh, man! [he sounds destitute here]

This is just... I mean, great. Just, great.

[throws the shoe on the ground, it goes thunk]

Late. Totally late and just... yeah.

[imnot_likeyou]

... Late for what?

[capricious_god]

IthinkIhadadate... [clears his throat]

I mean, I was meeting a friend. Before two o'clock. It's way... way past that now though. [heavy sigh]

[tehoniongirl]

Out of 10 caisos? Here's your change, sir. Enjoy your drink!

[Tuesday nights aren't exactly the busiest of shifts, especially when the whole town is surrounded by a swamp, so when that customer is taken care of, Jilly doing another round behind the counter of the WildKat, just... tidying. It's too slow to do much else.]

The Coffee Shop where Jilly Works.... FILTER to the end!

[capricious_god]

[he bursts through the door... and then realizes that was a bit -overdramatic- of him, so he shuts it quietly and glances around the place]

Hi. Hello. [cuts through the crowd]

All teh way.

[tehoniongirl]

[startled, she whirls around as the door bangs open because, well, this is Paradisa. That could mean anything. But surprise fades into a slightly bewildered smile when she recognizes Chuck]

Well, hi. [she thinks about asking what happened to him earlier, but she's guessing she'll find out soon enough from the urgent look on his face. Besides, she doesn't want him to think she's upset. So, have a smile instead.]

[capricious_god]

[finally made his way over to the counter]

I totally missed the before two o'clock thing. Sleep and me, we don't... I mean, I don't really sleep very well. Well, not normal hours at least.