"...you really said that in public." (Week 3 prompt)
Sept 8, 2023 4:03:15 GMT -6
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Post by Katelin Arnett on Sept 8, 2023 4:03:15 GMT -6
Welcome to the Waffle House in North Augusta, South Carolina. Just off Interstate 20, across from a McDonald's on Frontage Road. It's early on the morning of September 3rd... to the point the sun hasn't started rising yet, but Waffle House is a 24-hour restaurant. Inside what would otherwise be a non-descript checkpoint for truckers and crack dealers sits the esoteric Katelin Arnett and her paradoxical beau Logyn Bailey. Katelin technically can't eat at this restaurant, as it goes against her judaistic beliefs to do so. But Logyn 100% can, seemingly munching on a bacon cheeseburger to playfully spite her partner.
"Enjoying that burger?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Bailey swallows that bite. Despite her physical make-up, she still needs to eat like any other human being.
"Nothing like an utterly greasy, carb-filled, complete detriment to my health to start my day."
"Must be nice."
"It is. Shame you can't partake."
"You've technically known me for fifteen years, not once have I ever regretted my diet... my views... you know."
Bailey just nods, taking another bite of her burger... therefore her next words are muffled.
"Yur-kner... tick-nick-lee... I dun-kn--"
"Chew, swallow, then speak, hon."
A la Mr. Krabs swallowing a giant pill, Logyn finishes that bite.
"NGGGH! ...I don't think I have a religion. Logan with an A isn't religious, far as I can tell..."
"Which it's fine if you're unsure. I'm not gonna force you to be Jewish... just like Logan didn't force you to be a Christian."
"He's a Christian?!"
"Born-again with his wife, if I remember right..."
This gives Logyn a quick pause as she squints.
"Huh. Never would have guessed."
"Well, he was agnostic before... I suppose being an engineer by trade didn't help him form much of any religious belief. Never seemed interested in it... hell, when I was with him in high school, he was into Dragon Ball and Crush 40."
"Yeah... I, unfortunately, remember that part..."
"It was so... of the time period. So, 2007."
"For my own sake, I'm glad he grew out of that... he'd have probably called me... something or other, I dunno. I'm not the weeaboo he was."
"Cell Jr., given that's effectively what you are."
"Junior?!"
Katelin chuckles a bit to herself, knowing that's exactly the reaction she'd get.
"What, would you rather me call you Lazuli? Because that's the other thing that came out of his favorite character."
"Yeah, because at least 18's hot, even canonically!"
"But I thought you weren't a... what was it, again? A weeaboo?"
"He's seen a lot of hentai."
There's a quick beat of silence. And I mean quick.
"Gross. But also, I'd believe it. But also also... you really said that in public."
Bailey just sheepishly takes the last bite of her burger, all the while Katelin sits with a smirk. Bemused, but amused nonetheless.
"What can I say? Your jokes have really rubbed off on me."
Logyn just kind of mumbles to herself, knowing she's lost this little roast-off.
"...you're the joke..."
"Enjoying that burger?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Bailey swallows that bite. Despite her physical make-up, she still needs to eat like any other human being.
"Nothing like an utterly greasy, carb-filled, complete detriment to my health to start my day."
"Must be nice."
"It is. Shame you can't partake."
"You've technically known me for fifteen years, not once have I ever regretted my diet... my views... you know."
Bailey just nods, taking another bite of her burger... therefore her next words are muffled.
"Yur-kner... tick-nick-lee... I dun-kn--"
"Chew, swallow, then speak, hon."
A la Mr. Krabs swallowing a giant pill, Logyn finishes that bite.
"NGGGH! ...I don't think I have a religion. Logan with an A isn't religious, far as I can tell..."
"Which it's fine if you're unsure. I'm not gonna force you to be Jewish... just like Logan didn't force you to be a Christian."
"He's a Christian?!"
"Born-again with his wife, if I remember right..."
This gives Logyn a quick pause as she squints.
"Huh. Never would have guessed."
"Well, he was agnostic before... I suppose being an engineer by trade didn't help him form much of any religious belief. Never seemed interested in it... hell, when I was with him in high school, he was into Dragon Ball and Crush 40."
"Yeah... I, unfortunately, remember that part..."
"It was so... of the time period. So, 2007."
"For my own sake, I'm glad he grew out of that... he'd have probably called me... something or other, I dunno. I'm not the weeaboo he was."
"Cell Jr., given that's effectively what you are."
"Junior?!"
Katelin chuckles a bit to herself, knowing that's exactly the reaction she'd get.
"What, would you rather me call you Lazuli? Because that's the other thing that came out of his favorite character."
"Yeah, because at least 18's hot, even canonically!"
"But I thought you weren't a... what was it, again? A weeaboo?"
"He's seen a lot of hentai."
There's a quick beat of silence. And I mean quick.
"Gross. But also, I'd believe it. But also also... you really said that in public."
Bailey just sheepishly takes the last bite of her burger, all the while Katelin sits with a smirk. Bemused, but amused nonetheless.
"What can I say? Your jokes have really rubbed off on me."
Logyn just kind of mumbles to herself, knowing she's lost this little roast-off.
"...you're the joke..."
