Look- I know it's a little last minute, but-- well, it's John's birthday tomorrow. I wanted to know if you wanted to help me organise a small present for him?
We might need both hands, if you're up for a bit of cooking. I was thinking breakfast, actually - decidedly not fancy, don't worry.
John is- he fucking adores detective stories, it's utterly ridiculous. [But the bright warmth in his voice definitely sounds charmed by it.] I figure we give him a greasy fucking diner breakfast, tell him a few stories about our jobs. Give him a real taste of the life for a minute.
I think he'd love it, frankly. What about the, uhm...
[Well he was about to say Enclosure but then he remembered he's talking to Charlie fucking Dowd, and that maybe making a whole-ass city just to sit in an empty diner with part of the King might not make it as fun for him. Which John would pick up on, so...]
...what about my room? I don't really use it, we can turn it into a diner.
[ Yeahhhh there's a good reason Charlie didn't suggest the Enclosure. If it was his first week he'd feel the same way about quick-changing a cabin, but he's come around to the idea that that's different. Somehow.
Please ignore the fact that his own cabin nevertheless still has the default skin setting. ]
More or less. You've seen his lounge room, right? The whole thing's practically one giant bed.
[Easier to play to the bit, rather than admit he sleeps in John's bed.]
Still, I'd need a warden to make the request to change my room. And I don't believe inmates get kitchens, John's last one had to use his - so we'd need to either kick John out of his room and use his, or maybe use yours.
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Maybe. [ Yes. ] Whatcha need it for?
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Yeah. [ Quietly surprised, unquietly pleased. ] Yeah, kid, for that you get both hands. We brainstormin' it, or did you got something in mind already?
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John is- he fucking adores detective stories, it's utterly ridiculous. [But the bright warmth in his voice definitely sounds charmed by it.] I figure we give him a greasy fucking diner breakfast, tell him a few stories about our jobs. Give him a real taste of the life for a minute.
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Blue plate special and jaw, huh? You think he'd like that?
Maybe we ask the boss for some diner furniture too, make it look the part.
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[Well he was about to say Enclosure but then he remembered he's talking to Charlie fucking Dowd, and that maybe making a whole-ass city just to sit in an empty diner with part of the King might not make it as fun for him. Which John would pick up on, so...]
...what about my room? I don't really use it, we can turn it into a diner.
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Please ignore the fact that his own cabin nevertheless still has the default skin setting. ]
You don't? What, you sleepin' on John's couch?
[ friendly_ribbing.mp3 ]
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[Easier to play to the bit, rather than admit he sleeps in John's bed.]
Still, I'd need a warden to make the request to change my room. And I don't believe inmates get kitchens, John's last one had to use his - so we'd need to either kick John out of his room and use his, or maybe use yours.
[Since he's just assuming Charlie has one.]