sirenspull | thirty sixth dance

[Today, the NV turns on as the girl on the screen is walking down the produce aisle of a grocery store, though she's not necessarily looking to buy anything.]

It's been a while since I was here! I don't usually go shopping or anything like that, but I thought it would be good if I tried to get a job again since it's the summer. I don't want to just sit around, after all!

[She smiles, before something to the side catches her eye - there's a fly sitting on an apple. Alarmed, she reaches for the piece of fruit, pulling it out of the middle of the pile where it had been resting. Of course, this sends the apple just above it falling down, and when she reaches over with her other hand to grab it, she slips. The hand that had been going for the falling apple instead hits the pile as she tries to save herself from falling, but all this really accomplishes is sending a good amount of the apples onto the ground.]

Oh, oh, jeez, I didn't mean to—

[From behind, there's a gasp from an onlooker, and she casts a worried glance behind her, starting to run before promptly tripping over a fallen apple. Muffled laughter can be heard before she picks herself up, sprinting down the aisle before she thinks to turn the NV off.]

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I'm your friend, I don't care if it's fair or not. You okay?

I think it's more important that the kids have fun. That's what you do at camp, anyway.

...man, I think I need to get another 2nd job soon. The stadium just isn't giving me enough hours, but I don't want to go back to Sam's.

[She pauses, but the smile is evident in her voice when she speaks.]

Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you, Joe, that's really sweet of you to say.

I guess it depends whether they'll even let any of us near kids any time soon. It's sad... I hope they find that girl soon.

What happened at Sam's?

Hey, anytime. I've knocked stuff over before- everybody does.

I hope so too. I've been keeping an eye out for her.

Nothing, I just...quit, and I don't think Sam wants me back.

Maybe not quite as much, though.

I'm glad. Hopefully we can prove it wasn't us soon!

Why wouldn't he?

We just... It hasn't been the same since Tifa died. And since he was a slave, last year.

You haven't been getting along?

It's just weird.

I used to look up to Sam a lot. Before he became a pushover, holding me back.

Holding you back? What do you mean?

You know. Like he was my dad or something. Trying to keep me from getting involved with stuff I know I could probably handle.

...What stuff?

Maybe he's just trying to make sure you don't get hurt.

But he's just my work-boss! He's not in charge of my whole life!

Well, yeah, but was he trying to force you to do stuff or was he just giving you advice?

I didn't need that kind of advice. And I don't need that kind of job anymore.

Merlotte's is still in hot water with AGI breathing down its neck anyway. I don't need to be involved with that.

But if it was just advice, maybe he was only trying to help.

I definitely wouldn't want you to get mixed up in anything like that, though!

But you're different, you're my friend. You don't act like you're in charge of me or anything, ever.

Did he act like that? I'm sure he didn't mean to... Did you try talking to him about it?

I don't feel like talking anymore. I'll find another DJ job.

Finding another job is fine, but... Were you close or anything? You really don't want to fix things?

There's nothing to fix.

This is who I want to be.

I didn't mean fix yourself! You're perfect, I mean, y-you're fine.

I meant with him. I mean, if he left tomorrow, would you wish you had done anything differently?

Perfect? [Something perks in his voice, and he's surprised for a half-second, before smoothing back into cocky self-confidence.] I mean...sure. Yeah. I don't want to change anything about me-

If Sam left tomorrow I'd be sad, but at least I wouldn't feel guilty because some AGI agent shot him in the back while he was running the register and I couldn't help because he told me to keep my head down and out of it.

... I mean he gave me a great start. But I've got other things to do. I just don't know what those things are yet.

Well, maybe not perfect, nobody's perfect, but... You're a really amazing person, so you don't have to worry about changing or anything.

Yeah, I think that makes sense. Do you have any ideas of what you might want?

Thanks. That's um.... you're...really someone special to me too, Ahiru.

[Oh. Wait. It's...too late to take back words like that.]

Pickles is gone now, so I've sort of lost my hot tip on being sound man for bands. I need to get in with the managers at Twins, to see if they'll let me do things there.

I got a couple of gigs on my own, graduation parties and stuff, birthdays, a couple of weddings- (Jinx hasn't asked me to do hers yet.) But it's hard to count on that as a steady second job.

Maybe you could ask Jinx if you could do hers, if it means a lot to you!

Have you ever thought about anything other than music?

It's a little bit weird. We haven't exactly been close friends since the whole baby thing...y'know. And Gabriel. So it's really weird for me. Anyway she's probably already got some Purgatory sound guy lined up.

I'd be in security, if anybody'd take me seriously enough to let me.

Or I could just use the machine at our house to make bigger batches and sell ice cream, I guess. It's summer.

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