The Beach, Monday after classes

[iwishiwasbig]

The last twenty minutes were kind of a blur for Dave. He'd just been going to the beach for some fresh air at the end of summer when some people he was pretty sure worked as npcs clerks at local businesses brought over a grill and some food and set up a volleyball net and, you know, other various beach cookout things. Dave somehow immediately ended

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[ihavediabetes]

Stacey had been planning on bemoaning the last day of summer (shut up, Labor Day was so the end of summer) by spending it on the beach. She wasn't surprised to find anyone else here, but she was surprised that there was grilling.

"I didn't know there was a barbecue," she said.

[iwishiwasbig]

"Yeah, I was kind of... recruited into being a party cook," Dave explained. "And then the party left. But at least that means there's food."

[ihavediabetes]

"The party left the food on the beach on Labor Day?" she said, while looking over what there was to see if there was anything she could eat.

[iwishiwasbig]

"Apparently they had a better party to go to," Dave said. "Oh, uh, we have burgers, veggie burgers, chips, pretzels, dip, potato salad, but I think that came from somebody at the pet store and he smelled funny."

[dirtiest_skank]

"...was there a party and no one told me?" Olive wondered, noting the amount of food and whatnot and the disproportionate number of people.

[iwishiwasbig]

"They didn't really tell anyone. And then they left me here with all the food," Dave said. "But they seemed nice." The smile on his face when he said that was both polite and very clearly sarcastic.

[dirtiest_skank]

"Rude of them," Olive declared. "It's okay, boy I've never met. I'm here to help you eat this food that you could have easily laced with rat poison. I'm a giver."

[iwishiwasbig]

"You're sure putting a lot of faith in me after suggesting I might be poisoning people," Dave said, taken aback just a tiny bit.