TNDG DAY 8 (IF THIS ISN'T THE LAST POST I'M EATING MY HAT)

[keybroad]

[Lotus is walking through the hallways, rattling a large bottle of whiskey in her hand.]

Where's Charlie Kelly... I'll be so screwed if I don't find him... I have no idea who's going to finish all this whiskey...

[SHE'S SO GRAVELY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM!!!]

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[thedayman]

Whoa, wait wait. Did you say whiskey?

[Where did he even come from? Who knows. Possibly the whiskey itself summoned him from whatever crawlspace he's been hanging out in.]

[keybroad]

I did say whiskey.

[She spins around trying to find the source of his voice. Her arm holding the bottle finally extends towards him, like a magnet.]

In case you can't read the label that says this is whiskey, this is whiskey.

[thedayman]

Well, hey, I'm Charlie Kelly. I can just, y'know, take that off you hands if your don't want it.

[keybroad]

[She extends it to him.]

By all means. I'm Lotus. It's nice to meet you.

[thedayman]

[Aw yeah, he takes the bottle eagerly and immediately opens it for a long swig.]

It's nice to meet you too Lotus! Always glad to meet new people, especially when they wanna give me stuff.

[keybroad]

[She smiles, a little too wide; guilty.]

Awww, and I love it when people appreciate gifts. I wish I could give you my vote too. It's too bad I cast it already.

Hey, who are you voting for?

[thedayman]

Oh, well, I was just gonna vote for Dennis or Mac since they probably got me covered.

[keybroad]

Oh....

[She forces a frown.]

I thought Dennis is trading with Mari, and Mac is trading with Rohan.

[thedayman]

[He, of course, looks shocked that his friends would forget about him.]

Wait—really? Well what about Dee?

[keybroad]

Actually, she's trading with me. She didn't tell you?

[Sad face...]

[thedayman]

So they all forgot about me?! Those bastards! Who's gonna vote for me now!?

[keybroad]

That's a good question...

Hey, do you know Yue Katou? The blond guitarist of Santa and the North Poles?

[thedayman]

The weird one who looks like a young, less broken Rickety Cricket? Yeah, yeah, I saw him.

He's got a vote for me?

[keybroad]

Well, he was voting for Zelda, but she's unconscious right now and might not live, so, maybe you can talk to him?

[thedayman]

So...you want me to steal a vote from a nice dying lady?

[keybroad]

......

[what is the correct answer to this question. she ends up not directly answering "yes, Zelda dying is good" or "no, Zelda dying is not good"]

I mean, if you don't vote for Katou, he dies.

[thedayman]

... And if I vote for him, he'll vote for me, right?

[This is the most important part of this plan, after all.]

[keybroad]

Well, he's a reasonable and trustworthy guy. The second round, I voted for him, and the third round, he voted for me.

If you wanted to be sure, you'd have to talk to him.

[thedayman]

Okay, okay. I'll go talk to him.

[keybroad]

Thank you!

But hey, one more thing. You know... the second round when you voted for Frank Reynolds. Did you ever get to tell Zelda about it in advance? Because people were pretty... surprised...

[thedayman]

Gotta be honest with you, I don't remember. Memories are always real fuzzy, and even when I think I remember something I'm usually wrong, but that's okay! Because Dennis always knows what really happened. He's real good at remembering stuff.

But, uh, was it surprising I voted for Frank? I mean he's pretty much... I mean. He was pretty much my best friend... And he voted for me too, so I wasn't gonna turn on him.

[keybroad]

No... no, that part made sense.

[She never really thought about this before... how close Charlie and Frank must have been to both vote for each other, with no distrust.]

It was more like, "wait, I'm not voting for Frank, did you vote for Frank? Oh! Of course, it must have been Charlie, he was such a good friend."