4th Joke - On The Job [Action]

[xochipilli_cursed]

[[Aaron is at his job at the bowling alley. The job is pretty boring. Put balls away, buffing balls, pull up the bumpers for your kids (or you if you are that bad), clean up, re-rack pins, and much of the same. Still, Aaron will sneak off now and then and try to fix a lane problem or ball return before the drone mechanic gets to it. Hopefully he doesn't get caught!

So many things could happen at a bowling alley.


A) You need help finding shoes, a ball you can use or some other set up for the lanes and Aaron is attendant on call.

B) Need to order a beer or some fries? Aaron is taking his shift behind the counter.

C) Maybe the lane is screwy, maybe Aaron will help you out instead of making you wait for the drone.

D) He's in the back alley throwing out trash. What are you doing in the back alley anyways!?

E) Harass him while he is on the job, say hi or just blame him for something.

F) Catch him on his way home in uniform, exhausted and with a few scrapes from his extra work.

]]

((As always, anything usually goes and ask for the extremes.))

Comments

A...ish?

[canhaspasta.livejournal.com]

[I don't know what Chibitalia is doing at the bowling alley and neither does he. He was taking a walk around town to explore his new home, and this place was noisy and crowded, so he's curious. He's staring at one of the empty lanes right now, looking lost.]

A it is!

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Aaron sees the kid and smiles walking over.]]

"Hello! You want to play?"

Re: A it is!

[canhaspasta.livejournal.com]

I... I don't know. What is is?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Bowling. You throw a ball at the pins down there."

[[Looks around, well it couldn't hurt could it? Aaron walks over and pulls up the bumpers before grabbing the lightest kid ball he can find. Handing it to the kid.]]

"Just walk up to the line, don't cross it and throw your ball."

[canhaspasta.livejournal.com]

Okay~

[A game sounds fun. And this one seems fairly non-violent. There is no worries about him throwing it, though. He can barely carry the thing.]

Ungh!

[He, like many small children, winds up rolling it with both hands. It goes slowly, and off kilter, but a couple of pins still fall at the end. Hurrah for bumpers.]

I hit them! I hit them, did you see?

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Yep! Hurray! Here..."

[[Shows the kid the ball return. The ball pops back up.]]

"Keep your fingers away but it'll bring the ball back. You throw twice, and then it gives you a whole new set of pins. Have fun, I'll keep an eye out for you."

[canhaspasta.livejournal.com]

[Italy is amazed. Completely. And is also a master at stating the obvious.]

Oh! The ball came back all on it's own! Like magic! How did it do that?

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

[One of your coworkers has been asked to get a ball that's stuck in the ball return! But he just started this week and he has no idea what he's doing. He's poking at it with a broom.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Someone told him Drones were really dumb. He runs over to help.]]

"No, no that's okay."

[[Gently nudges the broom tip away. Walks over and turns off the ball return, opening up and reaching down to pull out the ball. Closing it quick and putting the ball on the wrack.]]

"See, just call me if it goes down and I'll get it. No problem."

[[What happens if drones maim themselves? Aaron didn't know.]]

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Ah! Wait! Show me how you did that!

[Most drones don't have Welsh accents. Nor wave at you so enthusiastically.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[No, they don't. He blinks.]]

"Oh. OH! Sorry! Um... yeah. I can show you.

I'm Aaron by the way."

[[Trying to hide the fact he thought you were a drone.]]

"Are you new around here?"

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

[He laughs at that.] New? Oh goodness no! I've been in town for... a bit. Longer than I care to have been. Granted, this is my first week at this job! Pleasure to meet you, Aaron, I'm Cynric.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you Cynric. I'm still kind of new to town. Also my first week at this job but some of it is more my speed.

Word of advice, jamming random things into machines tend to make the problem worse.

Now let's open up a ball return on a lane that doesn't have people playing."

[[He seemed in a far better mood now that he realizes he has a non drone coworker.]]

E

[doastheromansdo.livejournal.com]

_{( don't ask him what he's doing in the bowling alley, it's a long story. which began with him wondering if he'd ever been bowling and then attempting to figure it out based on how much skill he had. )}

Oh, hey! I didn't know you worked here.

_{( can i handwave and say they've already been acquainted/know what the other looks like? :] )}

Sure, they are both in high school so makes sense

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Hey!

Yeah, I didn't realize to recently either. Not that cool of a job but I'm told if I don't do this the town punishes you."

[doastheromansdo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I definitely think it's best if we keep the punishing to a minimum.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"So did you get stuck with a dull job or is yours more fun?"

[doastheromansdo.livejournal.com]

Um, basically all I do is have a dozen drone kids following me around once a week. No pay, either.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"That sounds either really annoying or really disturbing. I can't really decide which."

F

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Sitting on her step, throwing a ball up in the air.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[Pauses on his way home to smile.]]

"Whatcha up to?"

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

[Glances up. Oh hey, you're her new friend.]

Playing.

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Whatcha playing?"

[[He's a bit worn down after his day but seeing her doing something was hard to pass up. He wasn't sure what to expect of the Hell Girl but he was determined to figure it out.]]

[miss-enma-ai.livejournal.com]

Toss.

[Up, and down, up and down.]

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

"Toss?

Having fun?"