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THE END OF A NORMAL DAY▼
THE END OF A NORMAL DAY
2024-08-12 11:31:19
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[Loss of want back there]
Monsieur
It was the end of the workday. Monsieur had an event on his mind all day.
Monsieur
There was a shell he gave Herr ages ago. From what others have told him about Herr's state, he won't be able to appreciate it anymore. Monsieur slinks down his chair, letting himself fall rather than waste the effort getting off it.
Monsieur
Usually he would wait for Madam to pick him up, but her schedule has been irregular, and while he rather not walk to Herr's office himself, he hates that terrible expression she makes whenever Herr's name is mentioned.
Monsieur
He slinks into the office in a slow trot, walking behind the desk.
Monsieur
"......."
Herr
Herr is deathly still.
Monsieur
Something about this unsettles Monsieur. He doesn't know why he wastes his energy, but he approches and puts a single hand on him.
Herr
Herr moves, pushing himself further back under his desk, physically causing it to rattle due to his large body.
Monsieur
Monsieur turns around, annoyed with himself that he wasted energy checking if his boss (or, ex boss as Ray believes) was dead.
Monsieur
2024-08-12 11:49:07
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He eyes the shell high up on the cabinets, placed alongside awards. "Good." Monsieur thought. A shell like that is as good as any medal. The design perfected though the ages in such a pleasing shape.
Herr
Watching Monsieur stare up at the cabinet reminded Herr of all the times he would pass by Monsieur in front of the vending machine in the breakroom. Staring at the buttons until someone lifted him up to reach, never asking for help, just letting the fate of the universe give him what he wanted. He slowly and carefully reaches out to the small cekeki.
Monsieur
Monsieur stares silently at the beast stalking forward at him, mouth clattering and hands grasping forward.
Monsieur
He stays perfectly still. If this is how he dies, he wouldn't have enough energy to escape it. Simple as that. No reason to panic. If he's dead, he's dead.
Herr
2024-08-12 11:58:31
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"Mmmmrang?" Herr holds Monsieur up through the shelves until finally, Monsieur grabs the shell. He places him back down, or at least tries to. It's a higher drop than he meant.
Monsieur
"Thank you." Monsieur nods to Herr and tries to leave the room when he hears his ex-boss scream behind him.
Herr
"Raaaahh!?"
Monsieur
Monsieur tilts his head. "I see."
Monsieur
"You can still enjoy a good shell. My apologizes." He places the beloved shell on the floor and leaves the room.
Herr
With a heavy hand, Herr grabs the shell and drags it under the desk. He turns it around in his hands.
Herr
Herr pulls at his helmet as a great sadness overcome him. He wish he didn't let Monsieur go.
2024-08-12 12:12:37
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[Beacon Beach - scntfc]
Madam
Madam finally finds Monsieur outside of Herr's office. "Monsieur, who moved you here?"
Monsieur
"I did. I wanted a shell inside the office."
Monsieur
"He is filthy. Someone should clean him." Monsieur adds on, careful to not say his name directly to Madam.
Madam
"You aren't getting that shell back, mon amour."
Madam
"It's ok, I'll find you a nicer one at the beach today, ok?"
Monsieur
2024-08-12 12:22:00
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"I don't want the shell back anymore. It's where it belongs."
Madam
"That's right! Forever and ever!" Madam coos as she picks up Monsieur. "You must be so disappointed!"
Monsieur
"Not really."
Ray
Ray's eye twitches as he can hear Madam laughing about another non joke down the hall. He looks towards his green co-worker. "You saw the dirty vermin's boy today right? Asshole nearly ran into me on his way out the office. What the fuck was that about?"
Monster
He squints to himself, suppressing the urge to glare at Ray out of the corner of his eye.
Monster
"He's agitated, as you would probably expect considering..." He rolls his wrist, not really wanting to comment on the state of things.
Monster
2024-08-12 12:31:00
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"Just forget about it, it's probably nothing."
Ray
2024-08-12 12:32:12
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"Don't pay it any mind? You heard the gun shot after, right? He better have not offed himself or some shit. The guys who get off at lunch likely have ate his body by now if he did."
Monster
He straightens up a little, the gunshot had completely slipped his mind.
Monster
"You think that was him? Where'd he even get a gun?"
Ray
"There's a gun in that office. Honestly if I didn't see him running outside before the gunshot, I would have expected it to be him shooting his dad."
Ray
"Would have been nice if he did us that favor. The guy is starting to make the room smell like aged seafood!"
Ray
He jumps to his feet as Madam passes the room with Monsieur. "Beach day."
Ray
"You coming?"
Monster
"Might as well, not like there's much to do around here at this point."
Monster
2024-08-12 12:44:24
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"It's all just- just- fucked! Are we really letting ourselves rot with him? Are we just meant to go down with the ship?"
Monster
"It's all going rotten. It wasn't supposed to be like this."
Ray
2024-08-12 12:47:54
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"You're right, we should all be sipping martinis while on a resort beach."
Ray
"Which is what we could be doing if you stopped your yapping! What did I tell you before? I have everything worked out. Even with this major fuck up it's all fine. That roach was never apart of my plans. Asshole never appreciated how much I did for him."
Monster
"I didn't..."
Monster
"I..."
Monster
"I wasn't even trying to... It just..."
Ray
"Do you want a martini or not? Do I have to offer to pay for it? Is that what you want? Cause it's on me, buddy."
Monster
He opens his mouth to speak, something venomous and jagged building in his throat.
Monster
And it all melts away beneath a hollow, "Okay."
Monster
"Let's go."
Ray
"......Looks like you were going to burst a vein coming up with that answer."
Ray
"You be careful. Wouldn't want you to die on me, friend." Ray exits his office, clocking out before trotting to catch up with Madam.
Ray
"Hey Monsieur, me and Monster are joining you at the beach. That ok with you, pal?"
Monsieur
"That's ok with me."
Madam
"Isn't there someone else you forgot to ask, Ray?"
Ray
"Don't think so, considering I don't give a shit who else is coming with us."
Monster
Like a plume of acrid smoke leaving a cigarette he trails after Ray, abashedly avoiding eye contact with Madam as he moves up beside him.
????
"Can I come too?" Whispers a voice that blocks the exit.
Stranger
The Stranger timidly steps forward, braver than he's ever been before. "I...I don't have anywhere else to go, or anyone to talk to."
Stranger
"If it would be troublesome if I was here, maybe I could at least walk with you all?"
Monster
"You're alive!"
Stranger
"I'm alive?...Of course I am? Did you believe something happened to me?"
Ray
"We thought you offed yourself with your daddy's gun."
Monster
2024-08-12 13:24:10
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"Courtesy never dies with you, Ray."
Stranger
"I...." The thought of doing that hasn't crossed the Stranger's mind, not even once, but of course Ray had imagined it, possibly even fantasized about him dead. "...No I would never."
Monster
"He means we heard the gunshot earlier, and we got a bit concerned."
Stranger
Of course they all heard the gunshot. "I heard that too."
Stranger
"But when I looked around, I couldn't find anything. Maybe perhaps, it was some sort of firework, or a hunting party for a beast?"
Monster
2024-08-12 13:29:11
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Monster glosses over Stranger's suggestions. If it wasn't a gunshot, he didn't really care. He didn't really care about the gunshot either, honestly.
Monster
"Are you sure you want to tag along with...?" He gestures to the party. None of his favourite people were present.
Stranger
The Stranger didn't have any favorite people, not a single person he liked anymore.
Stranger
"Are you implying that I might be a downer? I wish to come with you all, but if you don't want me to come that is fine, but please state it bluntly. I'm...an idiot. I don't know when I'm wanted and when I am not."
Monster
"No, man. It's not like that at all."
Monster
He finally looks over at Madam. He knows what he wants to say, but he doesn't want to dredge up the past.
Monster
"It's just... We were there. When it happened. I'm worried it'd just be upsetting for you, here..."
Monster
"With us."
Ray
"Stop bringing up shit, Monster!"
Ray
"The guy wants to come. If he starts crying, then he'll leave. Simple as that. Maybe I'll even walk him back home."
Stranger
The Stranger wanted to scream and run away, but he knew he had to put on a brave face.
Stranger
"Yes! It is as simple as that friends!"
Stranger
2024-08-12 13:38:52
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"Please, I know it was an accident!" The Stranger moves out of the way so he can follow behind the group. Everyone ignores Madam keeping her head down. "Old Pa, he would have never wanted me to blame any of you for this, you understand?"
Stranger
"It is certainly sad what happened, him dying-"
Monsieur
"He's still alive."
Stranger
"-but such things are best kept in the past."
Stranger
"You all knew Pa so well, yes? You all know he wouldn't have judged."
Monster
"Yeah, he was soft. Never gave me shit when I was struggling, I remember that."
Monster
2024-08-12 13:45:17
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"Now that I think about it, there was some days when I was flat out useless, too. Had a hard time getting used to all of this... Four legged shit."
Monster
"But he didn't get mad."
Ray
"Yeah, that's kind of the problem. If he got mad a little bit more, maybe he would have been a better boss! Idiot cradled us like babes. Still be here too. Imagine if he just smacked someone for once in their life? Sometimes a person needs a good smack to the face to learn they need to fix themselves!"
[The Most Relaxing Waves Ever]
Stranger
As foot went from pavement to sand, Stranger grinds his teeth. He imagines the relief he would finally feel when Ray was on the floor, bleeding and dead.
Stranger
2024-08-12 13:50:58
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The image disturbed him, but he knew that was only because he was scared. Once it happened, he would be overjoyed, he knows this to be true. This was the right thing to do.
Monster
Over and over his tail keeps thumping down into the sand, anxious, like a bouncing leg. Monster barely seems to notice.
Stranger
"Oh ho ho, Ray! You're right. Frankly I find myself lost now. I think if father had smacked me around a bit, I would have been better prepared for this day!"
Ray
"You..."
Ray
"...Seriously? You agree?"
Stranger
"I do, I truly do. I didn't deserve to be so pampered. I had done nothing to earn it, after all! It's pure luck that I ended up in the position I did."
Stranger
"A guy like me deserves a few beatings and what for, to teach him what the world is really like!"
Stranger
"While I was scared when you attacked me that one time Ray, I think that was an important lesson on always being prepared! I think that's why no one gets rid of you. You're the sort of "obvious evil." You say all sorts of nasty stuff, but everyone knows you're a bad guy, my friend! The scariest evil is the one you don't see coming!"
Madam
Madam sighs, her day out with her boyfriend ruined by "the boys + Stranger."
Madam
She places Monsieur on the sand and gives him the quickest of kisses on his cheek. "Monsieur, my love, I'll go get us all drinks. You don't get into trouble with these awful little men, you understand?"
Monsieur
"I will try."
Madam
"Snnrrhahahaha! You will try and you will succeed Monny!" She chimes, as she taps the top of his snout and leaves for the task at hand.
Monsieur
2024-08-12 14:08:18
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".......Why did she tap my snout?" He asks a group that isn't listening to him.
Ray
Ray chews slightly on his cigarette. "Monster, this guy is acting weird, ain't he?"
Stranger
"I...I don't mean to act weird. I am just seeking to fit in. I am agreeing with you, Ray."
Monster
"Smiling and saying you ought to be beat is categorically weird."
Monster
"And, frankly, fucking awful. So can you both shut up about..."
Stranger points a gun at Monster.
Stranger
"YOU SHUT UP!"
Ray
"Hey fucking shit, put that down, buddy."
Stranger
"YOU SHUT UP AS WELL!"
Monster
He turns to find himself staring down the barrel of a gun, freezing in place.
Stranger
"I'm fucking tired of you ANIMALS being awful people and getting away with it! Especially you, Ray!" The Stranger changes his target.
Stranger
"You're a terrible, disgusting person who doesn't deserve to live, and yet everyone lets you do whatever you bloody want because "That's just Ray!", "Ray is just like that!", "He always does that!""
Stranger
"But I do one fucking thing bad and suddenly it's "That's weird! That's awful! How could you do that?" Well I'm done! I'm through with this! I should have done this a long time ago...."
Stranger
"EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO, and the fact that NO ONE did is despicable!" The Stranger puts his finger on the trigger. He tries to imagine Ray, dead. He tries to imagine how wonderful it would feel, how many people he would save, and yet, he still feels horror at the idea of seeing a dead body. He freezes in thought, and closes his eyes.

He didn't have to see a corpse.
But someone pulled the gun out of his hands.
Monsieur
2024-08-12 14:27:52
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Monsieur had taken the gun. "Shooting someone who is unarmed is cowardly. You may fight him with your fists and your teeth. That would be best."
Stranger
All his hopes, his dreams were taken from him. "I...B-B-But. My plans."
Monster
Monster lifts a single leg, but does not move.
Ray
Ray goes from shocked, to practically rolling on the floor in laughter. "YOU IDIOT! This was your big fucking plan? HA! You were so fucking obviously trying to worm your way into our group." Ray thumps his chest as he looks to the other two. "I could see this stupid fucking idiot from a mile away! I knew it!"
Stranger
The Stranger shrinks to the floor. While it was only Ray who was laughing, in his eyes all three of them were crowding him, grinning while he wasn't looking. Judging him for trying to do what was right. His heart races. He looks around at the other beach goers. Their smiles and joy at their own vacation suddenly seemed all aimed at him.
Stranger
2024-08-12 14:35:35
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They were all in on this. They all knew. Everyone KNEW.
Stranger
2024-08-12 14:37:24
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He ran. He ran away from this beach of people that hated him. These people who were all judging his every thought, his every movement. He made enough of a fool of himself, just like he always knew he would.
Monster
Monster lowers his leg as Stranger runs away, watching after him, and only him.
Monsieur
Monsieur puts the gun in his inventory to keep it safe. "Ray, you didn't know anything. You were terrified." He accuses.
Ray
"No I wasn't. You saw me. I called him out for being a freak."
Monsieur
"Lying is annoying."
Ray
"I ain't lyin-" Monsieur taps his tail slightly against the sand. The smallest hint of anger, and Ray throws his arms up. "Fine, fine! Whatever! I was fucking terrified, but I ain't going to let a dumbass who can't hold a gun know that! Damn!"
Ray
"Whatever. I'm out. Looks like it might rain anyway. Come on, Monster. We'll eat at my place."
Monster
"He called us animals."
Ray
"What about it? He was fucking pissed. You say anything when you're pissed off."
Ray
"He likely ain't coming back to work after pulling that. Who cares what he had to say?"
Monster
He twists, looking back over himself. At this useless, degrading, flabby cekeki body.
Monster
"HE WAS GOING TO FUCKING KILL US, RAY!"
Monster
"He was going to kill me."
Ray
2024-08-12 14:49:44
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"Oh fuck off! He wasn't going to kill you! I bet you he would have killed me, and then either himself, or if you're lucky, he would have broke down crying all over the place! You think a guy like that has the guts to kill you? He fucking froze! Slow ass Monsieur took the gun away from him, saving me, and he might as well be a statue!"
Monsieur
"I moved rather fast to take the gun."
Monsieur
"Also I did not take the gun away to save you."
Monster
"He didn't expect Monsieur to take the gun."
Ray
"Maybe he shouldn't have tried to kill a guy while he's surrounded by his friends! How stupid could he be, trying this shit in public? Could have killed me if he just snuck up behind me while I'm walking to work...." Ray's voice fades as he thinks about that. "I ain't fucking arguing about this anymore. It's done. It's over. Stranger ain't coming back."
Ray
"You want a meal you know where to find me."
Madam
Madam comes back, drinks in hand, confused at Ray leaving. "What happened? I mean, I'm happy he's leaving but he didn't even wait for his drink."
Monsieur
"Stranger tried to kill Ray with a gun."
Madam
"W-What?!"
Monster
He looks over to Ray, compelled to follow, but hesitates.
Monsieur
Monsieur holds out the gun. "This gun."
Madam
"Monsieur, put that away! Why do you have it?"
Monster
"It was Herr's. Someone should give it back to him."
Madam
"I'm not giving a loaded gun to someone who....who...is gone!"
Monsieur
"Herr's fine."
Madam
Madam goes to grab the gun, but halts. It was too shiny, too new. "That's not his gun anyway."
Monster
Monster moves to snatch the gun from Monsieur's hand.
IT'S A CLASH!
Monster rolls a 20 sided die. A 2 is rolled.
Monsieur rolls a 20 sided die. An 8 is rolled.
Monsieur
Monsieur thumps his tail against the sand. Just this minor act of aggression is enough to get Monster to back away.
Monsieur
"I am tired. I want to go home."
Monster
He clicks his tongue, skeletal tail striking a furious line in the sand.
Monster
And in an instant he goes cold again, shrugging his shoulders. "Have a safe trip home, you two."
Madam
Madam shivers, trying not to cry. "This gun needs to be disposed of. I don't know why you want it, Monster, but with your attitude it will be for nothing good."
Madam
Madam opens her hand and Monsieur gives the gun to her. "I'll get rid of it. I'm sorry, I don't mean to act like I don't trust you as well my love, but.....you seem tense today. This whole event must have you stressed."
Monster
2024-08-12 15:13:52
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"Is that what you think of me? Nothing good?"
Madam
Madam's emotions feel like she did on that day on the ship. Flying back and forth between wanting to cry and wanting to scream. She's scared to open her mouth, so her next words are hissed through bared teeth. "Is this really what you want to fight about right now?"
Monster
He hisses, mouth pulled tightly into a scowl.
Monster
And then he hangs his head, shaking it, laughing.
Monster
One hand flexes, feeling for where the gun should have been.
Monster
"I'm sorry. I don't know why I keep picking this same fight, over and over."
Monster
He stares at the gun in her hand, and imagines her turning it on him.
Madam
And there was a time in her life, that she would have.
Madam
But right now, she had other things to put in her hands. She couldn't even dream of firing the gun as she picked up Monsieur."I think this conversation is over. It's been over for years."
Monster
"It is. I know that."
Monster
"I just always wanted..." He looks over her, and he looks through her, like it isn't really her he's even looking at.
Monster
2024-08-12 15:40:26
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"Goodbye, Madam." Monster picks himself up, the skeleton up to his ribs exposed as his form breaks apart into coils of smoke, and walks the long walk home. Back to Ray.
Madam leaves the beach without uttering a word. The drinks left abandoned to the high tide.
[Open Window New York City]
Madam
Madam drops Monsieur at his apartment. "I'm sorry, my love, for how terrible this day has been. Would you like me to come inside?"
Monsieur
"...................................................."
Monsieur
"I think it is best I be alone with mother."
Madam
Madam shoots him a smile, but it's clear she's trying to to keep her tears held in. "Of course. I'm sure Mere will cheer you up. I'll see you tomorrow, ok?"
Monsieur
Monsieur waits until Madam leaves to enter his apartment.
Monsieur
2024-08-12 15:53:26
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He touches her hand to see if she'll move like Herr did.
She does not, and so he sits there, wondering when she died.

How she died?
Why did she die here instead of there?
What was she thinking when she died?.......

He gets hungry, eventually, and leaves to go to Madam's house for the night.

He comes back in the morning.
Monsieur
Cekeki bodies don't rot, he thinks to himself. So she doesn't really smell......
-Knock Knock-
Monsieur
Absentmindedly, he opens the door. Only Ray would be here so early.
Stranger
"May I come in?" The Strange asks, despite walking past Monsieur without waiting for an answer.
Stranger
"Monsieur, I must be honest, I don't think I trust anyone anymore, not even you...but you're the least likely to hurt me. I don't care what Madam says-"
Stranger
Stranger gasps as he spins his head to look forward as he steps in a thick sludge on the floor. "M-M-Monsieur!"
Stranger
"You didn't murder your mo-mother, did you?" He yelps in shock.
Monsieur
"No, she died yesterday, or the day after. I cannot be sure."
Stranger
The Stranger stands there in shock.
2024-08-12 16:07:38
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Before he starts yelling.

Stranger
"What is WRONG with you? Your mother died, and you haven't moved her for days!"
Monsieur
"It may have been just a single day."
Stranger
"And you're going to the beach with your girlfriend? I knew you weren't very emotional, but you don't even care a bit that your mother had died! You've been walking around your house with a DEAD BODY! The first thing you should do is call for help, get her moved!"
Monsieur
"Cekeki bodies do not rot, so I was not in a rush."
Stranger
"I just.....everyone else is a monster, I expected you to not have your own disgusting little secrets! And the fact that you told NO ONE! You....How do I know you did not murder her? Because it is either you don't care or didn't want anyone to see what you've done!"
Monsieur doesn't know what to say, so he closes his eyes to think.
Stranger
"I should have guess! You do hang around Ray of all people!"
He taps his tail over and over.
Stranger
"And your girlfriend murdered my Pa!"
He mouths "Herr is fine" but doesn't say it out loud.
Stranger
"You're surrounded by nothing but terrible people it's no surprise that you're one of them! To think I was going to come in here and thank you for taking that gun away from me!"
........................................
He doesn't know why he did that.
Or why he held the Stranger down until he stopped moving.
But now there were two bodies in his house, and that was mildly more annoying than one. He has to go to work.
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