XIX

[rashness]

[So Sanji went home over a week ago. Honestly, Seventh Heaven’s been struggling to stay open since and he been conspicuously closed in the mornings where it hadn’t been before since then that time. You see, while there is a part time chef (Spock) and four members of the serving staff left, there is only one full time chef and at least one of the serving staff members isn’t coming in.

Oh, and there’s also a robot. Specifically mecha Sanji. It’s been picking up the cooking slack some, but for all of its frankly impressive robotics, it still can’t really think for itself or do much more than copy stuff it’s already seen prepared. ...Well and shoot lasers, but you know, robot. That is, until Pascal came in sometime yesterday and gave him some programming to "help" out at the place.

Or rather, to get more help. Which is way, sometime in the the afternoon today the robot steals Rin’s journal when the boy isn’t paying attention to make the following voice entry-]

[Voice / Action]
[This post begins with a hideous mechanical thing coming onto the picture, and beginning in a mechanical voice-]

My name is Sanji. We need more shitty workers at Seventh Heaven. Would you like to-

[And then there’s a sound of surprise as Rin comes into the room and exclaims-]

What the hell’re you-! [WAIT ISN’T THAT HIS JOURNAL HAS THE ROBOT GONE ROGUE? Pascal warned him about this!!]

Hello Rin. I am recruiting more shitty workers.

Who programmed you to-- no, dumb question. Just stop it already!

But we need more-

Hydrozz-- aalo nii-san! No, Hydra- Oh come on! [And at this point Rin gives up and goes to tackle the robot, because he turned his face back to the journal to continue his speil. And he seems to struggle with the robot for a bit, including an explosion before a shout of of-] Tell me you damn shut down phrase already!

Hydroxylammonium nitrate-- [And then a buzzing sound before, upon hearing the word, the robot shuts down. Rin sighs in relief and goes to pick up the book himself-]

S...sorry ‘bout that, everyone. [A beat] ...But the thing kinda has a point. We’re short handed, and while we don’t have a new boss or nothing, or even a head chef, if anyone’s willing to help us out however you think you can, could you stop by Seventh Heaven? I’m Rin, by the way, so I guess me and whoever else is here’ll be talkin’ to you.

[Because he wouldn’t want to pull a fast one on Miyabi or the others or anything. He’s really got no authority to do this in the first place...

And for the action portion, true to his word, Rin will be at Seventh Heaven all day. For once, he isn’t in the back cooking, so you might not be able to get a meal, but that’s because he’s manning the fort for anyone who might willing to help out here. This post was made in response to this OOC post]

Comments

[Voice]

[rashness]

I don't have my hair clip with me right now, you know!

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

Huh? I'm sure your hair looks totally awesome without a clippy thing, don't worry about that. Sooooo focus!

[Voice]

[rashness]

The clip's what I use to focus!

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

Dude, I totally didn't know you had to use a clip to focus. I thought you were all worried about your hair looking messed up! [...] All the stuff I've been saying hasn't being going in one ear and zooming out the other, right?

[Voice]

[rashness]

No? [...No?

Yes.]

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

[Damn it Rin.]

Phew, that's good. It'd kinda be a bummer if all the stuff I've been telling you wasn't even sticking! Anyhoo, go grab a clip and we'll get right back to it.

[Voice]

[rashness]

The clip's at the house, Pascal. I can't jut leave Seventh Heaven to head there. I've gt people to wait for here.

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

Eh, guess not. [Stepping out now would probably be a idea yeah, she can get that/] Welp, looks like I'll hafta bring a clip down for you then! Or gel or somethin' like that.

[With Cheria gone she isn't sure if they even have hair clips lying around anymore, but there must be something around here that would help hold hair in place.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

Wha-- no breaking into my house!

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

Didn't even cross my mind! I was gonna grab you somethin' from around here. Ooh, think a pipe cleaner would work for your hair?

[She's got plenty of those around her room, somewhere. They're so fuzzy and bendy, who doesn't want a pipe cleaner wrapped up their hair?]

I thiiink I've got some blue ones lying around, you're a blue type of guy yeah? Maybe yellow? Awh I'll just bring 'em all!

[Voice]

[rashness]

No! No, of course pipe cleaner isn't the same, what's wrong with you?!

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

They might not look the same, but they can totally work the same! You just need to use a little bendy work. Heck, a pipe cleaner is probably way better than some boring hair clip!

[Voice]

[rashness]

There's no way that's going to work. Are you serious?

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

For seriously serious! C'mon, I'll bring some over right now so just hang tight, okay? Buh-bye!

[Aaand she's gone.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

Bye?!

[What.

He has a bad feeling about this...]

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

[A couple of minutes later and Pascal is bursting through the doors to Seventh Heaven.]

Guess who!

[And look, she's got a pack of unopened pipe cleaners in her hands! So at least she's going to be using clean ones to mess with Rin's hair.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

[She really came. He was in the back, but he was just peaking out from the kitchen to see her come in and- oh]

Pascal?

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

Bingo! Give the man a prize! [The prize is pipe cleaners.] Hold still for a sec, your hair will be outta the way in no time.

[Ripping the pack open, Pascal takes out a pipe cleaner and wags it in the air as she moves towards the kitchen.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

-You can't seriously be on the pipe cleaner thing! No way, I don't wanna! [In fact, he even recoils with no small bit of alarm]

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

C'mon, it's just one teensy-weensy pipe cleaner! Besides, once your focus is all in the right place or whatever we can move on to the main event.

[The main event being teaching Rin the codeword because it's fine the way it is and it was the codeword that got them onto pipe cleaners in the first place.

Oh. And checking Mecha Sanji. That's like the main event ƒ.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

[Well it's in the back, so she'd have to go through him! And he stands in the way of the door, defiantly!]

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

[Oh good, since he's standing there and not trying to get away Pascal will take that as a sign to go ahead! She's soon reaching up to grab some of Rin's fringe so she can start twisting the pipe cleaner around it.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

Who said you could do that?! [He can't shove a woman like this-! ...Oh wait, yes he can. A light shove to try to get her to stop doing that]

[Voice]

[castbytheglyph]

[Gosh Rin. Pascal throws her hands up and stumbles back a little, dropping the pipe cleaner and letting it fall to the floor.]

I'm just tryin'- [Oh! She makes a fist and slaps it down into her free hand.] I get it, you just wanna put the pipe cleaners in yourself. You shoulda said somethin' before you got all pushy!

[She takes out the pack of pipe cleaners and tries pushing them into Rin's hands. Take them. Go on.]

[Voice]

[rashness]

Hu- no, I didn't wanna put it in at all! [But he takes it anyway, given it's been forced into his hand. He looks down at how much sticks out of his closed hand and sighs, stepping aside so she can get to the robot in the back]