busy_fists: (A call from dad)
Dad Egbert ([personal profile] busy_fists) wrote2011-11-29 05:21 pm

2nd Hat

[Phone]

Well, you heard that little girl on the phone yesterday!  Let's get decorating!  Maybe we can make it into a kind of neighborhood competition - the best decorated house on each street wins a prize.  What do you say?

[Action; 311 Miller Street]

[Well, Thanksgiving and the nuclear wasteland that apparently comes with it in Mayfield is over.  And like any good red-blooded American citizen could reasonably expect to be on the weekend immediately following, Dad is standing at the top of a ladder in front of 311 Miller Street wrestling with a string of hopelessly tangled Christmas lights.  He seems to be managing well enough, but there's always the odd knot to untie or a missing bulb somewhere on the line.]

How's it look?

[Yeah, he's talking to you, random passerby.]

[Action; Achewood Bakery]

[According to a phone call he got right after he finished hanging up the Christmas lights, Dad evidently has a job working as a baker.  News to him, but he chalks it up to another of the town's strange idiosyncrasies, kisses his wife goodbye, and heads downtown to his new place of employment.]

'Morning, everyone!  Looks like I'm going to be working here starting today.  Anything I should know before I get started?

[Once he gets down to business, Dad is actually a pretty skilled baker.  One would think he spends a sizable amount of his spare time doing this sort of thing, and one would be right.  However, on his first day he's spending almost the entire day churning out nothing but cream pies of various sorts.  At the end of the day, coworkers may notice him walk over to the leftover pies that didn't sell (of which there are easily dozens) and pull out his wallet.  Seconds later, the entire stack of pies is gone.]

[Action; Mayfield General Store]

[After work, Dad heads over to the general store to pick up some vital dad supplies.  In particular, he seems to be buying ludicrously large amounts of Barbasol brand shaving cream and pipe tobacco.  By the time he's done, he's got several carts loaded up with bulk crates of the stuff.  It's probably going to take him a couple of trips to bring it all to the front to pay, but at least loading it into the car won't be much of a problem.]

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
We'd be the only house in town that has one.

[identity profile] infinitemars.livejournal.com 2011-12-05 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear. Well, I'll have to keep an eye out for possible pranks I guess. Just make sure you get some real food in that basket too.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-06 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Can't complain so far. I feel pretty at home baking, honestly.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-06 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Think of how jealous the neighbors will be!

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-06 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, don't worry, I will. Man cannot live on pie alone, after all.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-06 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I can't wait to see their faces as soon I can figure out how to get the town to send me back Zazzerpan the learned.

[identity profile] infinitemars.livejournal.com 2011-12-06 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's very true. [Another smile] I'm Kira, by the way.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-07 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
...Zazzerpan the Learned?

[He hasn't heard of this one yet.]

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Pleasant smiles back!]

The name's Egbert. Nice to meet you, Kira.

[identity profile] change-seasons.livejournal.com 2011-12-07 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It is good skill to have.

I used to live with women, terrible cooks. Still, they cook so you do not tell them it's bad.

[identity profile] infinitemars.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You as well. Do take care.

[She bows slightly and starts off to finish her shopping]

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Words to live by, my friend.

[identity profile] change-seasons.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Same theory goes with all things women do. Doesn't matter how good or bad.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The crown jewel of my collection of wise and powerful wizards.

[Straight face.]

They decorated my house quite stylishly.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the same way for anyone, really. You should always appreciate someone putting in effort for you.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Funny you should mention decorations. I always set our place with harlequin statues. Mostly for John, really - he always liked that kind of stuff. But they kind of grow on you after a while.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-10 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Rose has always shared my interest in wizards, too. Perhaps we could find a way to combine the two decorating styles? Wizards and harlequins....

At the very least it would be unique.

[identity profile] change-seasons.livejournal.com 2011-12-11 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, at least they try. And thought sometimes counts more than result.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure we could find a way to make it work.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And practice makes perfect, no matter how bad you are at something at first.

[identity profile] change-seasons.livejournal.com 2011-12-12 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
For some.

Some old dogs do not take to new tricks so well.

Woman I live with, she cooks for many years. Never gets better. Still, she cooks.

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
I think it would be very cutting edge. Probably something no one has tried before.

We'd be veritable decorating pioneers.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, points for trying, I suppose.

[identity profile] busy-fists.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
So, wizards in clown clothes or harlequins with pointy hats and robes? Or maybe a little of both?

[identity profile] pinkscarflady.livejournal.com 2011-12-13 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps artful alternating knicknacks?

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