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[fathers_cleric]

John Preston hasn't been here

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[gotham_knocking]

Knox notices the silly hat and stuffed bird. Being the curious sort, he heads closer. He also notices that this man looks sorta like that guy from the World Eaten By Dragons, albeit healthier and better groomed.

"Er, Ahoy there?"

[fathers_cleric]

John Preston affixes the man with a stare.

"....What?"

He hasn't noticed the bird. Please excuse him for being rude.

[gotham_knocking]

"Um, sorry. But don't you know you're wearing a pirate hat. And a stuffed parrot?" How can someone not notice that?

[fathers_cleric]

John Preston blinks-clearly the man's an idiot-

Until he sees the parrot and the hat.

Preston's face breaks into a half smile and he removes them, muttering about the bar.

He smiles, "...Thanks."

[gone_byebye]

"John! Hi!" Ray comes trotting down the stairs with Francis at his heels. "Wow, I haven't seen you in.... a... okay, Bar seems to've gotten you a day late for Talk Like A Pirate Day."

[fathers_cleric]

Preston flinches, but manages to smile, "-...Talk Like a Pirate day?"

[gone_byebye]

If the Chinese had a God of Blissful Obliviousness, he'd look a lot like Ray. "Oh, yeah. September the nineteenth. International Talk Like A Pirate Day. It's a fairly ridiculous holiday that doesn't mean anything at all except that a lot of people take the opportunity to dress up like fictional depictions of pirates and go "arr!" and "ahoy!" a lot and call each other 'matey'. Nice hat you got, by the way."