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I'm sorry for what happened.  I didn't mean any of it, of course, b-but.  It still happened . . .  And I still did what I did.  I don't know if I can really apologize enough.  I'm sorry.  I'm really sorry . . .

[There is sniffling for a few moments before Lucas seems to calm down.]

I don't know if I can make up for it . . . But I ( Read more... )

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Hi, everyone.

As foreman of the section of the factory responsible for producing canned beets, I'm pleased to announce that we've pretty much got things covered for the rest of the week.  I think we're about 2000 cans of beets over where we need to be.  In light of your hard work over the last few months as members of the ( Read more... )

[for household]
What is that horrible racket at 5:30 in the morning?
If you stumble downstairs to check out the noise, you can find Lucas standing on top of a chair yanking at the smoke detector in an increasing state of panic as time passes and the noise continues.   On the stove is a pan of frying bacon that wasn't actually burned when the smoke ( Read more... )

[open call]
 . . . Hello?  Um.  Is this . . . Is this the right number?  This is Mayfield Elementary . . . ?

I'd, um.  I'd like to call in sick.  Lucas . . . Last name?  Ushiromiya.  . . . . . . . .  There isn't any -- A-Ah.  Lucas . . . Lucas Fawlin . . . Grade 7.  No, I just haven't been feeling well . . . Ah.  Mostly fever . . . . . . . . A ( Read more... )

[He awoke in a bed.  That was strange.  He had gone to sleep on a chair, having successfully made it around the neighborhood to visit anyone who was ailing.  The Netherlands hadn't yet returned when he'd snuck back into the house, pretending as if he had never left in the first place. What was even stranger was that he was apparently in his pajamas ( Read more... )

Um.

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Carry the . . . 2, right?  And then . . . Hm.  That's not right.  Maybe I have to do long division . . . Or calculus?  I heard someone mention calculus before, but I don't know how it's any different from calculation . . .  Is that when I put the 4 underneath the bracket  . . . ?  And make it so that there are enough 4s to go into 9394 ( Read more... )

[private, unhackable because it's an action]
Huh? . . . Your wallet?  Um.  No, I don't think so.  Don't you usually keep it in your pocket?  . . . Take it?  Why would I -- I don't even really like using money at all . . . Ah . . . B-But I haven't used any -- Um.  I really haven't . . . No, I didn't spend any money at the dance, 'Dad'.  I wasn't ( Read more... )