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Post by Slingshot on Mar 17, 2012 11:28:48 GMT -5
M7W1D4. Open.
It's a sale day at Wyatt Toys. There are two cashiers working as fast as they can, two salespeople on the floor, one manager attempting to simultaneously soothe and deny an irate customer, and one red-headed employee staring at the ransacked Barbie aisle with something like dread.
"Oh, [frak] me sideways," Slade says, drawing an irritated look from a nearby father.
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Post by Duskwing on Apr 10, 2012 11:44:31 GMT -5
Guido Ala is not actually at the toy store to buy toys. He's just a bit turned around. The burly man in the dark blue suit saunters over to the nearest employee. "Hey, youse guys! Anyone know where the Ferngully Bar 'n' Grill is? Floofle map says it's s'posed to be right around here, only dere ain't no sign out front sayin' so."
Slade's curse catches Guido's ear and he frowns slightly. His finely-tuned ear for obscene language tells him that it was subtly off, and he absently adds, "Dat's frag, not [frak]."
He glances at the activity in the narrow aisles out of habit--ambushes can come out of narrow aisles like that--and something catches his eye...
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Post by Slingshot on Apr 13, 2012 18:14:00 GMT -5
"That's a whole different thing entirely," Slade grumbles. Not too loudly, though, because customer. "And Ferngully's a block over."
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Post by Duskwing on Apr 17, 2012 13:30:56 GMT -5
Guido frowns and says, "What'd dey move it there for?"--but his attention isn't really on the matter.
Guido stalks forward into the action figures aisle and stares at the alien robot figures. He stares at Dorito-Starscream with a puzzled frown.
"Dat's the wrong colors for Screamer, and dat mold is all kinds of fragged up. He oughta be red, blue and silver, and look kinda like dis gal here," he says, pointing at the royal blue "Skystrike the Decepticon Seeker" figure.
His eyes widen as he spots another figure, this one in dark blue and purple labeled "Combat-Damaged Decepticon Seeker". There's something not quite right about it, and he mutters, "I never woulda let dat kinda damage stay unfixed. Who's the [bunionhead]* who sc..scu...uh, designed dis?"
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*Network TV cartoon standards again.
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Post by Slingshot on Apr 20, 2012 13:52:55 GMT -5
Slade stiffens. Hidden behind his shades, his eyes slide towards the man looking at the Transformers. Decepticon!
"Yeah, well, you can write the company that makes 'em if you don't like 'em. And don't go asking me if we've got any others in the back - all the Autobots and Decepticons we've got are on display."
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Post by Duskwing on Apr 21, 2012 18:47:57 GMT -5
Guido stares blankly at Slade for long moments, then furrows his brow, looking a bit confused. "Huh? Whaddya mean? They're just toys." He shakes his head and starts to turn away, then turns back to the display. "Dunno why I said that," he mutters almost inaudibly.
"Gimme dat one," he says, pointing at the generic dark blue and purple 'Combat-Damaged Decepticon Seeker'. "Dat character got a name?"
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Post by Slingshot on Apr 24, 2012 14:28:00 GMT -5
Slade gets the generic Seeker off the rack and hands it to Guido. "That's Duskwing."
Curiously enough, if Guido checks, the figure doesn't have a name on the packaging at all.
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Post by Duskwing on Apr 27, 2012 12:37:08 GMT -5
Guido Ala takes the boxed toy from Slade and stares at it for a moment. "Yeah, that's the right name," he mutters. He doesn't bother to read the box text now, though he may later. Nor will he notice that the name is not printed on the box anywhere, nor on the 'how to transform' instruction sheet. The Mafioso carries his purchase up to the counter, pulls out a wad of bills, and peels off a fifty.
"Need change," he grunts.
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Post by Slingshot on May 15, 2012 13:15:53 GMT -5
"Yes, sir," the cashier says as she processes his purchase. She bags the toy, hands him change and his receipt, smiles, and wishes him a good day.
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Post by Duskwing on May 20, 2012 7:22:22 GMT -5
Guido departs the store with his new toy in its bag clutched tightly under one arm. He isn't going to give any street punks the chance to steal his Duskwing! If they try, well, he's got two fists and Colonel Colt to back him up.
When he gets home, 'Duskwing' is going on the nightstand next to his alarm clock, and wherever he is posted after that, 'Duskwing' gets pride of place next to his other souvenirs.
Maybe Guido can find someone clever to fix the battle damage, though. He doesn't look quite right all messed up like that.
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Exit thread unless stopped
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