9: TV Time/Carly's Proposition

[Mike]

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A few days later...

Mike was in the rec room trying to hook up his TV (which was damaged slightly from Fayette's driving "skill") when Ralph wandered in. "Hey Mike." he said as he approached, "What's up?"
Mike looked up, "Oh hey Ralph." he said, "Not much. Just trying to get my TV to work... so far I'm getting nothing but static though."
"Anything I can do to help?" Ralph asked.
"Nah... I'm beginning to think it's a lost cause... it got pretty beat up on the truck ride over here..." Mike said, frowning at it.
"Can I take a look at it?" said Zangetsu, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"GAH!" Mike jumped in surprise, "Why do you always do that?!" he said, catching his breath.
"Do what?" Zangetsu asked, puzzled.
"Never mind..." Mike sighed, "Sure, go ahead... it's not going to get any more broken than it already is."
Zangetsu nodded and then disappeared behind the TV.

[Mike]

Mike sighed, "I was hoping it would get some local channels or something but I guess I was expecting too much..."
"Hey, I've been living in the forest. Just having a roof over my head is an improvement." Ralph said, "I mean this place even has electricity!"
"Yeah, you're right. We are pretty lucky knowing about this place... I wonder why no one ever comes here anymore?" said Mike.
"That's weird..." Ralph said, "come to think of it, I've been living here in this forest for a long time and I never once came across this place."

[Mike]

"It's the scent I think." Layla said.
"When did you get here?!" Mike asked, surprised like usual.
"Oh I just walked in... I was looking for the kitchen. I'm kinda lost though... heh." Layla said.
"What do you mean by scent?" Ralph asked curiously.
"I'm pretty sure I overheard Glen or someone talking about it... the scent of this place keeps outsiders away. It's hard to find if you don't already know where it is." Layla said.

[suspicaman]

"There you go." Zangetsu said, suddenly reappearing beside Mike. "I fixed it." He had a burger in one hand and the remote in the other and was flipping through channels, he was currently on channel 3476.
"How did you...?" Mike began to ask but changed his mind.

[Mike]

Then Simone, Aven, and Lashana walked in. "Hey." Simone said, "I heard there was TV here."
"From who??" Mike asked, *I mean we just now fixed it...* he thought.
"Zangetsu." Aven said simply.
"But he's been..." Mike started.
"Hmm... well maybe he told them that he was gonna fix it." Ralph suggested.
*but I hadn't told anyone about the TV...* Mike thought, but decided not to say.
"Hey guys! I brought the chips!" Yukity said as he walked in. Zangetsu walked over and took the bag, opened it and pulled out a burger.
"Burger?? But how?? WHY!?" Mike asked frustrated.
"Oh that's cool. I didn't know there were chips that came with hamburgers now." Ralph said.
"There aren't." Mike muttered.
"Oh hey I like that show! Go back." Simone said to Aven who was now flipping through channels. The others had already sat down on a sofa.
"Wait... where did that couch come from?" Mike asked.
"Wasn't it always here?" Ralph asked.
"No."
"Oh. ... Hmm." Ralph shrugged, "Well whatever. It looks comfy anyway." and he promptly sat down.
*Why doesn't anyone notice that stuff but me?* Mike thought, then he sighed, *eh... oh well. If you can't beat em...* and at that Mike sat down with them.

[Mike]

Everyone had gotten settled down and started to enjoy the movie they were watching on pay-per-view for free somehow, when suddenly Carly burst into the room. "Hey everyone guess what!" she shouted.
Zangetsu turned around and said, "Shh!" as he pointed at the movie.
Carly scowled. "I SAID 'GUESS WHAT'!!" she yelled as she flipped over the couch, knocking everyone on it onto the floor (except for Zangetsu who was now in the same place but in a recliner).
"OW! Carly! What did you do that for?!" Simone shouted.
"Yeah! Seriously, what's your problem?" Mike grumbled. The others groaned in agreement.
"Hey I have an idea! How about you shut up?" Carly said, not listening to anyone. "Anyway, you're all coming to the bar with me."
"Why?" Ralph asked.
"Quiet you." Carly said, as she threw the bowl of chips at his head.
"Hey! I was eating those..." Yukity said.

[suspicaman]

"Quiet." Zangetsu said calmly, "It's just getting to the good point." The T.V. was showing a commercial for Sprite, you know, one of those sublimeinall messages.
Mike looked at the T.V. confused, *Since when does pay-per-veiw have commercials?* He thought.
"We can't go to the bar, we're not old enough, and we don't have any money." Ralph protested, not getting the point that he should never argue with Carly. He got a better understanding after the couch was thrown at his head and narrowly missed.

[Mike]

"Any more objections?" Carly asked.
"Well I'm fine with going." Yukity said.
Carly threw the chair Zangetsu was sitting in at him.
(Zangetsu was now in a different chair, with a footrest. "Where does he keep getting those?" Mike asked.)
"But I was on YOUR side!" Yukity said after being hit with said chair.
"Oh." Carly said, "Whoops."
"...you're mean." Yukity said.
"Anyway, you're all coming with me whether you want to or not!" Carly said.
"Fine with me," Simone said, "Zangetsu's hogging the remote anyway."
"Yeah, you're right, let's go." Aven said.
"I'll come too." Said Layla.
"I'd rather not, but I don't want to be killed by Carly either. So I guess I'm going too..." Mike sighed.
"Well, if everyone else is going, I guess I'll go to." Ralph said, "Oh, I see Zangetsu upgraded to a more comfey chair." He added, totaly oblivious to the fact that Zangetsu had not moved from his position at any time.

[suspicaman]

Zangetsu got up from his chair, "I think I should go with you." he said almost mechanically.
"I don't think you have to." Ralph told him.
"I'm going." Zangetsu said with a little force.
"Okay, come along then, but why are you so adamant about going?" Ralph asked. Zangetsu handed him a burger. Ralph looked at it and saw that on the wrapper it had a sticker reading 'go to the bar'.

[Mike]

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