Second in the Jar

[sherpahat]

[Voice / Action]

Okay, that's it! There has to be more kids here than I've seen or met before now, right? Any kids, step up! We could take our own house! Stay up late! Eat whatever we want! Find aliens! Have imaginary friends! All sorts of stuff! That's how T would do it- Step right up for it, the Kid's Club!

[...But really, he misses

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[voice]

[asobouyo]

I'm a kid!

...But I don't think my papa'd want me to stay at a different house.

[voice]

[sherpahat]

Awesome! ...You're excuse because your dad's here though, no problemo.

Re: [voice]

[asobouyo]

Oh, okay! But can I still be in the club? I've never been in a club before! Not never!

[voice]

[sherpahat]

Iiii'm not really in a place to say "no girls allowed" - that wouln't be good karma either, so of course you can.

[Action]

[minimonsterdad]

[Loki reads the Kid's Club sign absently as he nears the item store entrance.]

Shillow...?

[Action]

[sherpahat]

Yes, shillows.

[Throw me a bone here for Loki's apparent age by the by but- Dil goes for the box next to him either way pulling out! What looks like if you added a shoe's bottom and a compartment on a foot to a pillow]

The ultimate in comfort and footwear.

[Action]

[minimonsterdad]

[He's supposed to look 10, but hell if I could've guessed it either]

It's... very creative. [But that's about all it is.]

[Action]

[sherpahat]

Not. My best work - but it's comfy and easy to wear. Want some?

[He holds said shillows out for Loki now]

[voice]

[no_use_running]

[It's Ami again, all back home now - and, coincidentally, lonely in a house with her comrades gone.]

You know... I think it might be better if you stayed with someone who can look after you a little.

[voice]

[sherpahat]

...Whoa there Ms. Mizuno, I'm not asking anyone to be my mom.

Re: [voice]

[no_use_running]

That's not it! Just, everyone needs help sometimes.

[voice]

[sherpahat]

True. So do you have a suggestion?

[Action]

[fonon_professor]

[Dylan will find Gelda inside the school building, organizing her office. It's Friday, meaning there are no classes today, but she felt like getting out of her own house and doing some spring cleaning. Her belongings have really been piling up in there and the shelves needed a good dusting.]

[Action]

[sherpahat]

[...Man there has to be a teacher in the halls somewhere, right? Friday is a school day! Where's he kids?! Where's the teachers?! The vice-principal?! He wanders the halls for some time, trying to seek these things out]

[Action]

[fonon_professor]

[Gelda was just running a wet cloth over her now-empty shelves when she hears footsteps in the hallway. Carefully, she steps down from the stool she was standing on and opens her door to see who'd be wandering the school today.]

Hello?

[Action]

[sherpahat]

[It's a ten year old boy with a sherpa hat that has dentures dangling on the back of it!]

Oh- uh, hey.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

[... Sigh. More kids on their own. She can't ignore it, but the question is how to go about this delicately.]

Would you be willing to accept a suggestion?

[Voice]

[sherpahat]

--Uh, sure thing.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

There aren't that many children here now, but the ones left on their have been staying in the seventh community building. There are still plenty of empty rooms... perhaps you can talk to a boy named Taichi about it.

[Voice]

[sherpahat]

Taichi... okay, so apartments for kids? Got it. I can do that - no probelemo-

[...]

So there really aren't a lot of kids?