the noise and confusion

[waywardnoblet]

Chuck had never been in an explosion before. He had a dream, once, in which his wife exploded, but dismissed that as nothing more than a silly nightmare brought on by some late night Thai. He would never want his wife to explode! Why would he want that? He loves her. That's why he married her. Anyway, it was a thoroughly unpleasant dream, filled

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[heartheearth]

"Yeah, yeah, take your big drama fest somewhere not in the middle of my training area?"

Why, Chuck, you may want to take notice of the tiny barefoot 12-year-old Asian-looking blind girl behind you. And then either talk to her in an entertaining way or move.

Depending on her mood, she will kick your butt with rocks.

[waywardnoblet]

Chuck spins on his heel, turning to face the tiny girl with a glare.

"Who are you? You're not one of my students!"

He points the golf club at her in a very accusing manner. No, he doesn't realize she's blind. Chuck doesn't realize a lot of things.

"Did you see what happened? Because I had nothing to do with that explosion."

[heartheearth]

"Oh, yeah, I totally saw it. Just like I saw the sun rise and like I can totally see whatever it is you're waving around in the air," she says dryly, and waves a hand in front of her face.

"Hello? Pay attention, here, I'm blind!"

[waywardnoblet]

"Oh."

Phew.

"Well, then, just forget I said anything. There was no explosion."

Judging by the look of the area, there really was no explosion. Why the hell is he in the middle of a park? The explosion that didn't happen couldn't possibly have thrown him this far.

"Have you seen another man around here? Goes by the name of Geoffrey, has hair that gently curls around his head, dark chocolate eyes..." He swoons sighs.

[crashiscoming]

Scout's been skipping through Grant Park. She has been working out her worried issues, mostly by killing people. She's sated, for now, but she's incredibly gleeful.

She bops right up to Noblet and pulls vigorously on his sleeve. "BANG BANG!" she shouts in his face (or, as close as she can yet. She's kind of tiny). "BANG BANG BANG!"

[waywardnoblet]

Chuck jumps.

"JESUS, Jerri! What the hell - yoooooou're not Jerri."

Uh. Ooookay.

"What do you want?"

[crashiscoming]

Scout looks confused. "Jerri?" she demands. "Not Jerri, who?"

And then he asks a question. "Have what want, yeah, yeah? Haaaave." Wait until Noblet discovers her spelling, much less the way she talks.

[waywardnoblet]

Obviously, Chuck thinks, this woman must be from another country. Her English is terrible.

"I'm sorry, I only speak English. Because this is America."