2009-07-06, 01:51 AM
Entry 67. June 18, 2009.
[x] Go to the grocery store together.
"Even you? There's really nothing wrong with eggs. You can make many great meals out of them. Wait...wow why am I arguing this of all things..."
"Haha. Fine, fine, Melanie. Wanna go to the store now and help me restock properly?" Felix suggests. Melanie bounces up eagerly at the suggestion, not wanting to pass up a chance to teach Felix how to grocery shop. The light rain outside reminds them of the vicious storm they just endured. "That sure was a crazy storm, wasn't it?" Melanie says as she gets into the car. "Yeah, came out of nowhere. I hope it's not a bad omen or something," Felix laughs.
At the Gledenberg grocery store, Felix parks his car next to the only other one there. It's rare to see so few customers, but he passes it off as due to the storm. Inside, Melanie makes Felix grab a cart and urges him towards the produce section first. "You're in dire need of vegetables," she says, grabbing a head of lettuce. "Whoa, let's not get hasty. There's a good reason I don't have veggies," he tells her. Melanie eyes him skeptically and asks, "Why?" "Well, you see... I dislike them," he answers, fully aware that's not going to be good enough. Melanie frowns and puts it in the cart. They walk around the quiet store together, with Melanie filling the cart with things she thinks will be good. When they enter the bread section, Felix notices a familiar face.
"Hey Nick!" Felix calls out. Nicholas turns around and sees Felix and Melanie walking up to him. "Hello you two. Quite a full load you got there," he comments. "Yup! Felix didn't have food, so I'm making sure that doesn't happen again," she smiles. "And you? Looks like you're getting enough for an extra person or something," Felix laughs. Nicholas gives him a dangerous look, but relaxes quickly. "Like you, it seems I'm quite bad at keeping food at my house," Nicholas replies. "So that's your car outside? I didn't recognize it," Felix says casually. "Yes, my personal car. I'm not always driving the cop car, you know." The three finish their shopping and go through check-out together. After loading up their cars, Felix and Melanie wave good-bye to Nicholas and head home.
Felix stops suddenly in the road when he notices a familiar van parked in his driveway. He parks along the curb and spots James running over to him. "Felix! There you are! I wanted to talk!" James shouts, getting more soaked by the minute. "How about you get out of my driveway first? I'd like to get into my garage," Felix says, scowling. James looks uneasy, realizing his mistake, and runs back to the van. He pulls out and parks along the curb. Felix drives into his garage and shuts the door before James can run in under it. "Should we deal with him tonight?" he asks. "Might as well... We shouldn't be rude," Melanie answers. Felix relents with a sigh and lets James inside the house.
"Help us carry in the groceries and don't make me regret letting you in," Felix says. James obliges quickly and the three carry in the groceries together. Melanie starts putting everything away where she sees fit and Felix asks, "So what do you want James? And it just couldn't wait?" He notices James attempting to dry himself with some paper towels. "Sigh... I'll go get you a towel. I want some answers." Felix returns with a towel and hands it to James. "Yes, thank you. I'm sorry about this, but it couldn't wait. I found out some startling news this afternoon and I wanted to tell you as soon as I could," James explains.
"Well?"
"Lizor has disappeared."
"What? How? When?"
"Yes, no one can find him. We don't know how it happened, but he's been missing since this lunch. He was seen at work this morning. Apparently he never came back, and now he can't be contacted."
"...seriously? How does such an important person, especially now, just disappear?"
"Your guess is as good as mine, but we suspect Rose is involved."
"But...how?"
"We don't know. Are you positive you haven't been in contact with her? We need all the help we can get."
Felix is torn between whether to tell James or not about everything he knows. He certainly doesn't trust James and Garet, but he wonders if having an ally wouldn't be such a bad thing. He tries to hide the uneasy look consuming his face...
[] Insist you know nothing and haven't met Rose.
[] Trust James and let him know what you've learned.
[] Admit you've met Rose, but lie about other details.
What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?
[x] Go to the grocery store together.
"Even you? There's really nothing wrong with eggs. You can make many great meals out of them. Wait...wow why am I arguing this of all things..."
"Haha. Fine, fine, Melanie. Wanna go to the store now and help me restock properly?" Felix suggests. Melanie bounces up eagerly at the suggestion, not wanting to pass up a chance to teach Felix how to grocery shop. The light rain outside reminds them of the vicious storm they just endured. "That sure was a crazy storm, wasn't it?" Melanie says as she gets into the car. "Yeah, came out of nowhere. I hope it's not a bad omen or something," Felix laughs.
At the Gledenberg grocery store, Felix parks his car next to the only other one there. It's rare to see so few customers, but he passes it off as due to the storm. Inside, Melanie makes Felix grab a cart and urges him towards the produce section first. "You're in dire need of vegetables," she says, grabbing a head of lettuce. "Whoa, let's not get hasty. There's a good reason I don't have veggies," he tells her. Melanie eyes him skeptically and asks, "Why?" "Well, you see... I dislike them," he answers, fully aware that's not going to be good enough. Melanie frowns and puts it in the cart. They walk around the quiet store together, with Melanie filling the cart with things she thinks will be good. When they enter the bread section, Felix notices a familiar face.
"Hey Nick!" Felix calls out. Nicholas turns around and sees Felix and Melanie walking up to him. "Hello you two. Quite a full load you got there," he comments. "Yup! Felix didn't have food, so I'm making sure that doesn't happen again," she smiles. "And you? Looks like you're getting enough for an extra person or something," Felix laughs. Nicholas gives him a dangerous look, but relaxes quickly. "Like you, it seems I'm quite bad at keeping food at my house," Nicholas replies. "So that's your car outside? I didn't recognize it," Felix says casually. "Yes, my personal car. I'm not always driving the cop car, you know." The three finish their shopping and go through check-out together. After loading up their cars, Felix and Melanie wave good-bye to Nicholas and head home.
Felix stops suddenly in the road when he notices a familiar van parked in his driveway. He parks along the curb and spots James running over to him. "Felix! There you are! I wanted to talk!" James shouts, getting more soaked by the minute. "How about you get out of my driveway first? I'd like to get into my garage," Felix says, scowling. James looks uneasy, realizing his mistake, and runs back to the van. He pulls out and parks along the curb. Felix drives into his garage and shuts the door before James can run in under it. "Should we deal with him tonight?" he asks. "Might as well... We shouldn't be rude," Melanie answers. Felix relents with a sigh and lets James inside the house.
"Help us carry in the groceries and don't make me regret letting you in," Felix says. James obliges quickly and the three carry in the groceries together. Melanie starts putting everything away where she sees fit and Felix asks, "So what do you want James? And it just couldn't wait?" He notices James attempting to dry himself with some paper towels. "Sigh... I'll go get you a towel. I want some answers." Felix returns with a towel and hands it to James. "Yes, thank you. I'm sorry about this, but it couldn't wait. I found out some startling news this afternoon and I wanted to tell you as soon as I could," James explains.
"Well?"
"Lizor has disappeared."
"What? How? When?"
"Yes, no one can find him. We don't know how it happened, but he's been missing since this lunch. He was seen at work this morning. Apparently he never came back, and now he can't be contacted."
"...seriously? How does such an important person, especially now, just disappear?"
"Your guess is as good as mine, but we suspect Rose is involved."
"But...how?"
"We don't know. Are you positive you haven't been in contact with her? We need all the help we can get."
Felix is torn between whether to tell James or not about everything he knows. He certainly doesn't trust James and Garet, but he wonders if having an ally wouldn't be such a bad thing. He tries to hide the uneasy look consuming his face...
[] Insist you know nothing and haven't met Rose.
[] Trust James and let him know what you've learned.
[] Admit you've met Rose, but lie about other details.
What are the voices inside Felix's head telling him to do?
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