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 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:09 pm
The Crisco was slipping. That was about the only thought flitting across Archie's mind as he approached the empty checkout lane and clumsily dumped his groceries at the end of the counter. This was supposed to have been a short shopping trip, cookie baking supplies for Alek and that was all, but his purchases had multiplied until they contained a load of more random items like pretzels and ginger ale and pudding cups and way more cheese than was strictly necessary for anyone.
"Sorry," he said to the checkout girl. She was... interesting. He pulled off his hat and tucked it under his arm, feeling oddly disrespectful now that he was actually speaking to another sentient being. His gloves he left on as he rearranged his cans, boxes and bottles on the whirring conveyor belt.
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:15 pm
The yellowy skinned female smiled warmly up at Archie as she started to ring him up. "S'okay Meesta. Youse okay." Pangea explained with a nod. Her voice wasn't really accented so much as she was choosing to say things oddly. And seemed to have a weird tongue to wrap around words, long and curled into her mouth.
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:38 pm
He wanted to ask her where she had come from, but for all he knew the weird checkout girl was a Gaian since birth. Some of the people on this planet didn't look any different than the criminals he knew, Archie's adopted son being a prime example. Sure, Panda was a god, but the only real planet the child knew was Gaia, or at least Archie thought it was.
Oh well. What could it hurt? "Are you from here?" A low buzzy fuzz crept into his brain as he said it and he stuck a finger in his ear. Great.
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