Bender 9 - Working

[hisnameisthecaptain]

[[Location: The Grocery Store. ]]

[The Captain is ringing up your food!

It appears The Captain does have responsibilities and depression won't make those go away. So he goes to work. Unfortunately he hasn't held down a steady job almost ever in his life, so this was frustrating for all involved.

You'll see him. He is the only register open today. His line is huge. His manager keeps coming over to berate him. The Captain was not doing that great a job!

Any of these events are possible!:

--The Captain rang up your stuff then accidentally locked the register. Now you have to wait for a manager and you have an ugly, grumpy ex-superhero staring at you. Feel free to thread jack anyone who takes this option as they are only a few people ahead of you!

--Same as above but it happened to the person in front of you or a couple ahead. Others feel free to thread jack this one and chat it up in the line that may never end.

--He gave you the wrong change, the register drawer is closed, he'd have to get a manager. It took 10 minutes for the last guy to get his correct change back. Do you risk it? Again, thread jacking is great here too.

--You notice he has a hidden flask under the register because he doesn't fear drinking in front of customers, just his manager. Do you call him out on it? Do you report him? Do you ignore him?

--You notice he stole a grape or opened something he just scanned for you to grab a quick bite. He's hungry. What do you do?

--He is ringing your stuff up and is obviously a bit dyslexic. He is typing the numbers in wrong. It's taking forever.

--You have a coupon. He is staring at you blankly, he obviously has no clue what that is. What do you do?

Take any of these or make up one of your own for the store just to draw comments and go! Enjoy!]

Comments

CR with Captain is like a Choose Your Own Adventure!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[After waiting 10 minutes in line for just a pack of cigarettes, Theo was ready to lose it. He hated Mayfield already.

He throws the pack down in front of the Captain, then slams a dollar down too, looking furious.]

What is the goddamned holdup?! What -- no, these are 90 cents, not 9 dollars!

[Sniff... is that alcohol?] Are you drunk?

It always ends well too!

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[90 cents! That might have been one of his problem. He stares at the numbers trying to remember how to get this machine to say yes and open the cash drawer.]

☠☠☠☠ you, this job's stressful.

[To justify his drinking of course.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[He recognized that flowery language! So this was the guy on the phone? How typical.]

A trained monkey could do this job. It helps if they're sober to do it though.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Yeah well I don't come harass you at whatever job they stuck you with do I?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Ha! Like I go to any stupid assigned job in this place. From what I hear they'd do something like put me to work in a flower shop or something equally idiotic.

[He roughly shoves a dollar at you.] My change please.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain takes the dollar and pockets it.]

You want change? Go ☠☠☠☠ yourself.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hey! Give that back, asshole! [He reaches to the Captain's pocket to take it back.]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

☠☠☠☠ you, call it a ☠☠☠☠ tax.

[The Captain would struggle with the man. Grabbing the offending forearm and pulling it into the air. This was going to end poorly.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Captain finds that Theo weighs practically nothing, like the kids was mad from glass or something. He looks surprised for a moment, then infuriated. He struggles vainly in your grasp.] Hey! Let go of me, you goddamn ape!

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain frowned at the guy and just gave him a straight jab to the nose. Releasing the man's forearm as he did so.

That did it though, his manager was already heading over.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo stumbles back from the punch, completely shocked and holding his face. The boy just cracked like a vase. He's a mix of enraged, scared and confused. He made me bleed he actually punched me oh God what happened]

Y-you fucking broke my nose! You son of a bitch! I'll fucking kill you for this! [Theo regrets leaving his new home without a weapon, but he supposed there wouldn't have been one anyway. Instsad he'll lob the nearest item at hand's reach and throw it at you.]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

Hey! ☠☠☠☠!

[The Captain is going to do the only mature thing there was to do about this. Takes his metal whiskey flask, rears back, and pegs the guy as hard as he can right in the head.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo reels from the shot. Oh shit did that hurt. Now he's lost He composure completely and he lunges at the Captain, trying to grab his throat, when he's restrained by a drone employee who starts dragging him out of the store. Theo struggles against him inaffectively.]

I WILL kill you, you ugly drunken son or a bitch! Don't think I won't!

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[He might get his chance, The Captain is also getting thrown out. He might be losing his job if he is lucky.]

Oh, that does it. I am going to ☠☠☠☠ you up so bad...

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Once thrown out, Theo gets into an awkward defensive position, though ready to throw a punch at a moment's notice. Despite that, he looks nervous.]

So?! Do I have to kill you in front of all these people?!

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain ends up taking some scrapes as he hits the sidewalk face first. Slowly pushing his tipsy self up as he heard that threat.]

You really want to be ☠☠☠☠ don't you?

[The Captain does a stumbling punch, putting his weight into a right hook aiming for Theo's face or chest.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[It was pretty clear from the start that Theo has no idea what he's doing. He sees the Captain coming at him, trying to quickly formulate a palm in his head, and instead gets barrelled over instead.]

Shit! Get off me! [He pounds weakly on the Captain's head. It's clear this kid has no strength in him whatsoever. ]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain was an idiot, a little intoxicated, and very angry at being kicked out. He gets up enough to punch Theo hard in the jaw, taking his own weak pummeling.

Pushing off Theo's chest to stand up.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo being pinned under Cap had no choice but to take the hits. It was almost too easy. That hit was definitely going to leave a mark.

After he pushed off his chest, Theo started to get back up, glaring, baring his teeth and holding his jaw. If He had anything weapon-like on him, he wouldn't have hesitated to kill the Captain right on the street. But in a hands-on fight, Theo was week as a kitten. Even he didn't know how had off he was until now.]

You… son of a goddamn whore… I will get you. Don't think I'll ever forget your ugly face.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[As Theo tried to get up, The Captain hit him again to knock him back down.]

You better remember it. I'm The ☠☠☠☠ Captain, and I'm your worse nightmare.

[The Captain, being the hero type, would give Theo a hard kick to the ribs while he was on the ground.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo would be pretty much helpless at this point. Still suffering from the negative effects of his last spellcasting just the day before he arrived here, he lack any energy or stamina for a physical fight. He'd do his best to block the kicks and mutter nasty things through his teeth.]

_{No idea… who you're fucking with…}

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[He'd Stomp on Theo's head and kick him hard in the stomach. He continued to beat the poor man as he continued to be angry.]

What was that? I didn't ☠☠☠☠ hear you!

[The Captain would kick him again to keep him from getting right back up before moving to grab a nearby waste bin.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Blood. Blood was enough.

Taking some of the blood dripping from his own face, Theo started to weakly scrawl on the sidewalk next to him. Something arcane-looking. He continued to mutter, but instead of insults he was doing his best to recite a spell between heaving breaths.

But it wasn't working. Nothing happened. It was just a simple spell to knock the Captain down, beginners' stuff, but he felt no power, no reaction.]

…shit.

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[He'd dump the garbage on Theo and then smash him on the back with the waste bin. Leaving it on him as he yelled down at the guy.]

Stay down unless you want some more.

[The Captain could fly, but had no other power. This was a win though! Something he didn't get often. Technically this wasn't something he could be proud of though.]

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

-Jotaro is a step away from punching him (again) and ringing up his own order.-

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[He slowly presses one key on the register... nothing. Tries another...]

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

-Star Platinum is clenching his fists... not that the Captain can see that, but he's there.-

[ahoge-goddess.livejournal.com]

[Shinki seems to be losing some composure. Some]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[Doesn't notice. At one point he just slams his fist on the register, screwing it up. Great, definitely going to need a manager to handle this now as he jammed the register.]

☠☠☠☠!

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

...

-Okay. Fuck this.-



-Given most people can't SEE Star Platinum, no one could possibly know that shout was accompanied by a hammer of a punch.-

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain would fall like a sack of potatoes taking it in the side of the head and not actually seeing it coming.

His ability to take a hit didn't seem to change much sober or drunk. Chances are a Manager would take over for now after they assume he slipped and hit his head.

The smell of alcohol on him didn't help.]

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

Tch... about damn time.

[ahoge-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't think you should hit people to get ahead in line.

[Because while she didn't see anything, she's not stupid]

I assume this at least...

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Manager was taking over while The Captain was groaning on the floor. Ringing up orders at a decent pace.]

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

I don't really care what you think.

[ahoge-goddess.livejournal.com]

How rude.

[stardust-legacy.livejournal.com]

Tch... yare yare daze.

[tappingoff.livejournal.com]

[ Maxxie is trying to buy alcohol for the fifth time. While perfectly legal in Britain, he is very underage in America. He's just hoping that the Captain's drunk/sympathetic enough to ring him up for it. There's also a packet of cigarettes and a few sheets of thin paper. ]

[heartstar-blues.livejournal.com]

[The Captain stares at him deadpan for a few moments. Was he going to deny this kid his purchases while smelling of alcohol himself?

Another long moment before he says.]

How much did the shelf say that paper was?

[No obvious price tag, The Captain had no clue. He also did not seem like he planned to stop the kid. The Captain was amazingly responsible.]