Cuddles and Flaky were silent at first as Giggles fumed at having this information so blatantly left out. Flaky looked down at her feet but Cuddles somehow managed to hold her gaze but had no words as he tried to figure a way out of something that wasn't even his fault. Flaky was the one who told her about the trip and he hadn't had the chance to add what she left out but he's being blamed for it for the second time now and he wouldn't even consider throwing Flaky under the bus. Giggles folded her arms, "Well, Cuddles, I'm waiting. Did the Cursed Idol have anything to do with this trip?"
Finding no other option, even though he knew what was going to come, he answered with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. "The Cursed Idol had everything to do with this trip. It's the one who made the offer."
Apparently, the skin of their new bodies can change color as he learned from watching Giggles face after she heard that. "And you didn't think that was important to mention?!" Giggles shouted with abandon. "I would have never agreed if I knew that. Heck, if I could, I'd go back now even homeless and blacklisted because this is SO OBVIOUSLY A TRAP!"
Cuddles glanced over at Flaky who had coiled back into the fetal position clearly not liking all this shouting and accusing and honestly wished he could do the same but he couldn't because that only cemented in the fact that he was alone on this... and he had no good excuse. Looking around he noticed that all of her shouting had attracted the attention of a few people native to this world, especially since they were still speaking... well, Gibberish.
The only uninvolved Tree Friend suddenly spoke up with a surprised, "Wait, you seriously never told her that?"
Cuddles ignored Handy's question turning back to Giggles and saying the only thing he could think of to pacify her. "Look, Giggles, I fucked up big time, I get that. I really should have told you exactly where the offer was coming from but it's too late now and getting mad at me for it now isn't going to get us anywhere." He had to admit that was at least partially true. Not as much as if he was the one who explained it to her but he knows that making Flaky explain the trip that she always opposed was a terrible idea.
There were a few minutes of terrifying silence as the gears in Giggles' head turned. Cuddles hoped for the best but was mentally preparing her for the worst. There was little saying what Giggles might say next. Finally, her eyes shifted, instead glaring at a generic spot on the ground. "I should have known the idea was far too good to be true. Stupid," she chastised herself so quietly that the others just barely caught it.
"Getting mad at yourself for it now isn't going to get us anywhere either." Cuddles reminded, hoping that he wasn't digging an even deeper hole. "I know this happened only..." Cuddles trailed off, finally realizing how little time had actually passed considering how much had happened since he found the Idol in the sandbox. "I know this only happened yesterday but there's nothing either of us could do about it now."
Giggles sighed, how true that is actually settling into her brain. "Fine, you're right but this conversation is not over."
"I understand," Cuddles said, glad that the argument was done for now and Flaky even slowly got back to her feet. "For now, let's find out where we're going to sleep tonight, assuming anything here's the same, we'll make it longer without food than without shelter." No one had any objections so they set off.
Though she hadn't said anything, Flaky could almost feel the tension in Giggles' silence and it made her shift uncomfortably, especially as she realized that she was the one had left out that information. She knew she should have stood up for him, taken responsibility for her own mistake but she was afraid. She didn't want Giggles to yell at her instead. 'Coward,' her thoughts chastised, making her tense up even more. 'What kind of friend are you?' She tried to convince herself that it wasn't true but she knew it was. "I'm sorry, Cuddles," she mumbled in shame.
"What was that, Flaky?" Cuddles asked, looking back at her.
"Nothing."
"What the fuck?" cursed a voice from a literal world away, one of his eyes focused on the screen in front of him even though the other eye refused to follow its direction. Both of them narrowed as he rewinded the tape for the umpteenth time watching the Tree Friend literally disappear. He considered the chance of disintegration but there was no obvious cause. That and this had happened with two other Tree Friends at the same exact time.
He rested on his fist trying to make any sense of this phenomenon. Strange was common place in Happy Tree Town and because of that, there are few things that will truly stand out but this was one.
"It doesn't even look painful," he observed, playing the clip one more time. "Very unlike Happy Tree Town." He turned off the video realizing that he wasn't going to find his answer in this clip. "Giggles was one of the three," he realized, starting to feel like so many people see him.
Lumpy frowned, remembering what happened yesterday vividly. The way she just quit so suddenly and without hesitation on the consequences, she had to have a plan.
Spinning around in his chair, Lumpy begun to thumb through his tapes for the correct one. He needed to figure out what exactly happened right before and after that event. "Mmm Hmm..." he declared procuring the correct tape with a flourish and replacing the previous tape with it. It took a bit of fumbling with the feed but soon he got it to when Giggles left the hospital that day and turned up the speakers to make sure he doesn't miss anything that's being said.
Cuddles and Flaky had met her there which wasn't a surprise and not just because Cuddles is always stalking her but he remembers seeing them. They didn't say anything while he was out but they were in the background. It started off normal with basic small talk and some of Giggles complaining about the job but it wasn't enough for her to take the risk of quitting and certainly didn't explain her disappearance.
Then it happened, "Cuddles and I... found a way that can actually take us away from this world and transport us to a whole new one, separate from here, and we can bring a few other friends with us." He had to replay that line more than a few times to simply make sure he heard that right. Cuddles and Flaky were not part of the three he saw disappear but he supposed that must mean they were inside their own or someone else's house, the only places in town he didn't have cameras monitoring.
'If that's to be believed, then Cuddles, Flaky, Giggles, Handy, and either Lifty or Shifty are in a different world now, and it was premeditated but how?' Lumpy mused, this realization only bringing up many more questions.
Lumpy fast-forwarded through the part he was actually there for, hoping that what came after would provide him some answers but it didn't give him anything but that there were two spots left at that point. Given the disappearances, he could assume those must have been Handy and Lifty or Shifty but he couldn't even know that for sure because there could still be more that were asked before her.
'Well, I could wait and see tomorrow and see who's still missing,' Lumpy concluded, even though he knew that wouldn't give him any information on how, just who. He groaned, realizing something else. 'And I'm going to have to rearrange everyone's schedules again.'
Turning off the video, he pulled his scheduling papers out of a filing cabinet. He already wrote Giggles out of the schedule this morning and Lifty and Shifty haven't been on the schedule for years but now he had to rearrange it to exclude Cuddles, Flaky, and Handy. Don't get him wrong, he loves running the town but this job was always annoying.
While the tyrant tried to figure the jobs out, an ex-thief was having a similar problem in the new world. After a while, he stopped just wondering and sat down on a public bench he chanced upon to gather his thoughts. At least, he hoped it was a public bench. No one seemed to complain about him sitting there at least. Besides, he really just needed some time to collect his thoughts. He noticed there was a branch looming over his head and uncomfortably moved to the other side of the bench to hopefully be out of the branch's way.
Not long after he settled down on the bench, he caught wind of a passing conversation and if his ears were still the way they used to be, they would have perked right up. It wasn't so much about what was being said but the fact that he actually knew what was being said at all. He tried to focus on some other conversations finding that he could still pick up on them easily and almost all of them were speaking English.
It was no Gibberish and his was a bit rusty but he can speak and understand it, everyone in Happy Tree Town can to varying degrees. Lumpy was the best at it and Nutty's the worst. Then again, Nutty rarely spoke clear Gibberish anyways. Lifty shook his head wondering why he's thinking about animals he will never see again.
'Focus, Lifty,' he reminded, trying to think of anything that will help him here. Anything he's good at besides stealing. He can't really know what he might or might not still be good at in this new world with this new body but the chances are higher with something that he was good at back in Happy Tree Town. So, what would those be?
He was very strong. He and Shifty were the second strongest and the first doesn't count.
He was very fast, too, and maybe he can be again once he gets used to these limbs.
But he couldn't think of any specific jobs to tie those into.
And he knew when he was completely honest with himself that he was not good at working as a team. In fact, that was the main reason so many of their heists failed is that neither of them had this skill. The closest they got to pulling off a major heist in recent day was also the day they worked together the best.
In fact, thinking back to that particular heist, Lifty realized something that he might be able to use. That elephant had presented a real challenge for them but he figured it out and not only that but he and Shifty, mostly him, were able to completely break down their van and rebuild it in full working order.
He could pretty much guarantee that cars in this world would be very different but he should at least be able to figure it out.
At least he hoped he would.
He hopped off the bench with a new sense of purpose and was walking again hoping to find something he could work with. Also glad to be out of range of that deadly looking branch.
Back with the rest of the group, as they looked for a place to sleep that night, Cuddles noticed that Flaky was almost more jumpy then she was back in Happy Tree Town, something he hadn't thought possible. Any noise or movement, even the relatively familiar would set her off.
Did he blame her? No. Even though it seemed better so far, this vastly unfamiliar world had him on edge as well and he found his own mind conjuring up disasters such as a paper he can see blowing across the sidewalk ending up plastered across the windshield of a passing car which would, in turn, crash into that building across from them which would then collapse into what he thinks might be a power-line which would light the whole street on fire.
Cuddles tried to shake that thought out of his head reminding himself that this isn't Happy Tree Town.
Did he feel guilty for bringing her here? A bit. Would he have felt guiltier if he left her behind? Absolutely.
Cuddles stopped walking and motioned for the rest to do the same as he spotted a small, square building with pictures of burgers on the windows. "I think this is some kind of fast food place. I know we're supposed to be looking for shelter but we can take a look to get an idea of how far the currency goes."
"But the place might light on fire!" Flaky gasped, staring wide-eyed at the building before them.
"I'm with Flaky on this one," Giggles cut in. "If it's a fast food place, there will be grill, friers, there's too many variables."
"You think I'm not already thinking about that?" Cuddles mumbled to himself but swallowed his own fear looking at Handy who wasn't exactly jumping on the idea either. He didn't blame them already hating his own idea but he knew it was the best chance to get the information and they won't make it far at all without it. "Fine then, you guys stay here and I'll go in alone."
He turned and started head for what he hoped was a door when Flaky suddenly spook up, "You said we were supposed to stay together. That we'd be safer as a group."
Cuddles turned and found that she was making her way over, still pigeon-toed but she looked surer than she did a few seconds ago. He tried to offer her a reassuring smile. "Well, the three of you stay together and you should be okay for now."
"What about you though?" He didn't have an answer for that. Flaky just shook her head and put a hand on his shoulder. "I came on this trip to protect you. If you're going in there, I'm going with you."
"You don't need to, Flaky. I know you're scared."
"I can see your hands shaking, I know you're scared, too." Cuddles looked down at his own hands and realized she was right. "Besides, I want to."
Cuddles did smile genuinely, pushing open the door. "Thank you. That really does mean a lot."
They both headed in, unacknowledged by the natives of this world. Besides the inhabitants, the place didn't seem all that different from the burger joint in Happy Tree Town.
Well, except for what they came here to check. "What? That can't be right." Cuddles stated, as he stared dumbfounded at the prices displayed.
Flaky looked at the prices and gasped as well. "Four whole dollars? This money we have won't go nearly as far as we thought."
"That it won't," Cuddles said, disappointment evident in his voice. "I guess we'll have to go break the news to the others."
Flaky nodded, just wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.
Once they were out the door though, Cuddles caught a familiar noise. It was harder to catch with these tiny ears, compared to what he was used to at least. But still, he'd still recognize that noise anywhere., "Wait, is that?"
Sure enough, one of the natives of this new world arrived on skateboard, getting off in front of the joint. Cuddles noticed that the native wasn't wearing a helmet and though he never bothered with one back in Happy Tree Town, he wondered if they were even needed here. The native frowned and tried to push his way through. "Get out of my way. What's wrong with you two?" Despite what he said, they were both somewhat relieved that he was speaking English.
Cuddles and Flaky got out of his way and as he left, Cuddles noticed that he had lumps on his chest just like Flaky and Giggles both have. He long yellowish hair was tied back in a knot and he wondered if that was intentional or not. "Wait!"
He stopped, turning back to the pair. "What?" Cuddles had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to say but he had to toss it around in his head to try to make sure he had the right English words and didn't look like an idiot. Unfortunately, it was too late for that… "Are you going to say something or are you just going to stand there like a weirdo?"
Cuddles shook his head to clear it out and went for the best English he could manage. "Sorry, I just noticed that you skate, I do, too."
The native looked Cuddles over with scrutiny it seems before stopping with his eyes on Cuddles' feet. "I can't take this seriously in those slippers."
Cuddles looked down at his feet having not expected that kind of reaction. He loved his bunny slippers; he never took them off back in Tree Town
Before he had the chance to say anything else, the front door opened revealing another native with much shorter black hair and no lumps. "Catherine, come on. You going?"
"Catherine" took one more look at Cuddles without a word before turning to the native in the doorway. "I'm coming Jake!" he called before coming in side,
"Catherine?" Cuddles repeated to himself. "Jake? Are those supposed to be their names?"
"It seems to be," Flaky answered in Gibberish. "They sure are weird though,"
"Very," Cuddles agreed before turning back. "Let's just head back to the rest of the group. I'll tell them what we learned."
Flaky only nodded as they headed back to where Giggles and Handy were waiting. "Well guys, we have some good news and some bad news," Cuddles said as they reached them. "The good news is that the natives here seem to be speaking English."
"Well, that's good Giggles agreed, though it was obvious that she was still uncomfortable with being here. "Gibberish would be better but English is better than anything else."
"And what's the bad news?" Handy asked, trying to cross his arms as close as he can get.
"The bad news is that four dollars will get you a cheeseburger. This money we have won't last nearly as long as we were thinking."
"Four whole dollars?!" Giggles gasped. "I figured the value would be different but not by that much."
"We know; we both had the same reaction when we first saw the prices but that's definitely what it said." Cuddles explained a bit solemnly, with his head hung down.
"So what do we do now then?" Flaky asked figuring… hoping that he must have an answer.
Cuddles had to think about that for a bit but was able to give an answer. "We counts up the money that we do have exactly and continue to look for somewhere to set down for the night. It's all that we can do."
That was meet with no resistance as each of them took out their wallets and started counting the money inside them.
While they counted the money, they were unaware that the fifth ex-tree friend still didn't have a single cent to count.
All was not lost for Lifty though as he came across what seemed to be some kind of auto shop, a sign on the door said 'Help Wanted' which Lifty found a bit odd but he hoped it meant what it sounded like.
He pushed open the door and headed in hoping he isn't going to look ridiculous. Looking around, there were various car parts and other supplies that he found himself recognizing most of them as close enough.
It definitely seemed to be the best he could get.
Not sure what else to do, Lifty made his way to a counter at the front where a native with short brown hair seemed to be working.
He had to remind himself to speak English instead of Gibberish. "Um… how can I get a job here?" he asked, catching the worker's attention. For a second, Lifty wondered if he accidentally said that in Gibberish.
However, he must have said it in English because the native pulled out a paper already pretty full of ink. "Fill out these," he said, handing Lifty the papers. "Name's Aiden, by the way."
'What I weird name?' Lifty thought, taking the paper and looking it over. 'And what a weird process.' "Um… thanks, Aiden. I'm Lifty."
Aiden laughed a bit at that for reasons Lifty could not figure out. "Lifty, huh? That's a pretty cool nickname."
Lifty did not respond, not sure what the 'nick' was supposed to mean but he hoped it was something good. "Are you going to fill this out here?" Aiden asked, snapping Lifty's attention back.
"Um… yes."
"Then go ahead and take this," Aiden said, handing him a clipboard, something Lifty has seen but not used. It seemed pretty self-explanatory though so Lifty stuck the paper in and took a pen to fill it out with.
Lifty took his board and sat down on a bench on the side of the shop, looking over what was written, a good majority of it made no sense. Why does it ask for two names? What's a cell phone? Will they try to find his high school if he he listed it? Maybe leave that blank… Has he ever been convicted of a felony? Well… Not in this world.
He filled it out to the best of his abilities which did leave a lot of blank lines. "Well, I guess that's the best it's going to get." Lifty sight and returned the paper and clipboard to Aiden and Lifty hoped that look meant something else in this world.
"Alright, well, as the second part of the hiring process." There's more? "I'm going to give you some questions, make sure that you know your stuff." Aiden took the paper off the clipboard and replaced it with a few different papers, "All of them are multiple choice and should take about ten minutes if you have the time."
Finally, something related that he can actually stick out in a good way that might offset the blanks on the first paper.
Lifty took a seat back on the bench, finding it much easier for him to answer these questions than the last one.
After finishing a shift at the toy store, glad that Lumpy wasn't working there, Toothy was sitting on a swing in the playground feeling lonely. He was sure now that they had already left to this new world and he's still not sure it was the best for him to stay in this world, not that it matters much anymore.
He went back and forth on the swing with a lack of speed or joy. Sure, he had other friends but he wasn't sure what to do without Cuddles.
That's when he had the most fun was with the energetic rabbit. It often led to his death but that wasn't what mattered to him… the fun helped subset the pain. Toothy sighed and got off the swing. He really missed Cuddles, Flaky, Giggles and even Handy already. He wants to believe they're in a better, safer place now that they're gone but the cursed statue had to be up to no good and he was scared for them.
While he was lost in his thoughts, he finally caught a feminine voice calling after him and turned to see Petunia coming after carefully. "Have you seen Giggles or Handy? I haven't been able to find either of them or their bodies, not even any limbs.
Toothy hesitated on telling her the truth, it's not his own thing to tell but it's also important for her to know that her best friend and boyfriend are never coming back and she can't go now. "They're gone, Petunia."
"Gone?" Petunia shrugged not understanding what he meant by that. "Alright, then I guess I'll just wait and see them tomorrow."
"Actually, no it's not like that; they're never coming back, Cuddles or Flaky either they said the Cursed Idol offered them a way to leave this world entirely and go to a new one."
Petunia was obviously skeptical about that being the truth. "The Cursed Idol? You mean the one that I accidently used as a doll once?"
"That's the one, they tried to get me on the trip with them but I never did make up my mind on whether or not I wanted to go. The idea of leaving this world and not having to die every day was just too good to be true and the Cursed Idol's involvement only proved this."
"I know what you mean. Plus, the other world could have even more filth. That's just hard for me to wrap my head around. They're really gone forever?"
"That seems most likely right now, there's probably a fifth but I don't know who that is."
"I just, I wouldn't want to go there but I wish she would have told me before she left. Same thing with Handy." Petunia stated sadly, looking down at her feet. "You said Flaky, too?"
Toothy just nodded. "She and Cuddles were the ones who talked to me about it. I do not know why she would go."
"I don't either," Petunia said, trying to think over her other friend with her personality. "So, that means that me and that pickle girl are now the only girls in town?"
"That is right," Toothy realized having not really thought about who very few girls are in town and that the number was halved by a five friend trip. "Maybe not even that, Lammy might have been the fifth to leave."
"And even if she is still here, she doesn't even speak Gibberish or English, only Crazy Talk. Doesn't understand it either. Plus, being with her is fun but even more dangerous than normal."
"Well, I haven't actually met here but from what I've heard about her, I don't want to; I wouldn't mind if she was the fifth because it would get rid of her and that crazy pickle she has…"
There were a few seconds of silence as they both tried to figure out what can even be done to lessen the grievance of their friends and boyfriend. Toothy was the first to speak up. "I want to believe they're in a better place, it's hard to imagine a worse place. Still, I don't know who to spend time with."
"Well, I just got off my shift and the diner so you can hang out with me, I don't really have anyone to spend time with either, really." Petunia offered, they weren't the best of friends but they certainly got along when they did play together.
Toothy did smile at that and nodded. "Sure! I would love to spend time with you. What would you like to do?"
After a while of counting, Cuddles, Flaky, Giggles, and Handy came to about two-thousand dollars altogether and no one was sure if that was a good amount or not. So, that's about five-hundred cheeseburgers…
"So… hopefully this will be enough for an apartment or something," Cuddles said, trying to seem optimistic about the money they have.
"It's so weird, with two-thousand dollars back in Tree Town, we would be rich," Giggles stated, it almost seeming surreal and Cuddles was at least glad that she didn't seem pissed at her anymore.
Cuddles nodded in agreement. "Yeah, and it doesn't seem to be the case here. So, for now, we check out apartments and try to find an occupation for at least one of us."
"I could be the one to try to get a job," Giggles volunteered which came as a bit of a surprise but was meet with no protest.
"Well, if you're sure about that, Giggles but wasn't your reason for leaving Tree Town because you were being worked to the bone?"
"Well, yes it was but it just seems like it would be better here than under Lumpy and that's good enough for me." While what she said was true, she did have another reason for volunteering that she does not want to share and I will not share it with you guys either.
As they went on going, it became obvious that they were all calming down some on the issues they each had earlier but it was still far from where they need to be.
"Cuddles," Flaky suddenly called as she kept walking but she really needed to say it to him right then. "I'm sorry, Cuddles, for letting you get yelled at for my mistake… twice."
"I put up with it because I wanted to," Flaky couldn't even begin to understand what that was supposed to mean so he explained. "I mean I knew I could handle it much easier than you could. I didn't want you to get hurt."
It almost felt like something she should have been ashamed of but she didn't actually feel anything actually because she knew it was true and she would have been terrified if Giggles' wrath was on her instead. "Well, thank you for taking that for me."
Cuddles just shrugged as if it was okay even though that wasn't entirely true. "There's no need to thank me. It's what friends are for."
By saying that, Cuddles unknowingly sent a metaphorical punch to Flaky's gut. If that's what friends are for… well, she never does that for him.
"And the fuel compressor attaches to the auxiliary generator*…" Lifty mumbled to himself as he answered the final question on the test. Overall, he felt pretty good with his results.
After looking through the answers, Lifty brought the papers back to Aiden. Aiden took a look at the first piece and couldn't help but ask, "There isn't any phone number or address listed, you don't have to answer, but, well, are you homeless?"
'Homeless, home-less… without home?' Lifty pondered over the unfamiliar word before answering, "Yes I am."
It was obvious to even someone who isn't used to reading human facial expressions that Aiden was having trouble figuring out what to do about that. "Alright, how about instead of us reaching to you, I could get your papers looked through and you could come back tomorrow afternoon and I'll let you know either way."
Aiden put the papers away and pulled out a five-dollar bill. "I'm technically not supposed to do this. It's not much but it will get you something to eat until then."
Lifty was hesitant to take the money at first, sensing a trap that was not there. He obviously took money in all the time in Tree Town but no one had ever voluntarily gave it to him. "You're sure I can have this?" Lifty asked carefully.
"I'm sure of it. You clearly need the money and you seem like a nice guy."
After a few more seconds of hesitation, a rumble from Lifty's stomach told him to take the money. After all, it wasn't stealing, was it? It was just accepting a gift. "Thank you, Aiden," Lifty said, putting the money in his now less barren wallet.
"You're welcome. So, your name actually is Lifty?" Aiden asked, a bit surprised to see that name on the application.
"Yes, I came from a small town where names like that are actually very common," Lifty explained which wasn't actually a lie at all, just omitting some information that would be too hard to explain and/or be believed about. "I've only been here a day."
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you wind up here without a penny to your name?" Aiden asked, starting to get worried for him.
"Well, I didn't have anything to start off with but I had to get away from home and away from my abusive and greedy brother," Lifty explained without having to make up a single word.
"Oh, I'm sorry you had to go through that but at least you got away from your brother and even though you're homeless, by the looks of this test, you will have a job and that will change with time," Aiden explained, hoping to be of some help. "And until then, you can go to a Homeless Shelter, it would have food and blankets there."
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Lifty asked, wondering about this 'homeless shelter', there was no equivalent in Tree Town but, again the name was pretty self-explanatory and certainly sounded better than sleeping in the streets.
"I just wanted to help you out," Aiden answered with a shrug. "You seem like a great guy and it would be a shame to see you out on the street, starving." Lifty wondered if he would think the same thing if he knew he used to be a thief and not a petty thief at that.
"So, who were those guys you were talking to outside?" Jake asked taking a bite of his cheeseburger.
Catherine could only shrug and dipped a fry in ketchup. "I've never seen them before, they stopped to talk to me. Pretty odd pair."
"Well, what do you think of them? Are they cool?"
"I'm on the fence about that, actually. The guy claims to be a skater which is good if true but he was wearing pink bunny slippers and both of them seemed scared, especially the girl. I'd keep an eye on them and see what happens."
"Scared?" Jake asked, quite surprised to hear that. Even if they are new, there isn't really anything worth fearing.
Catherine nodded, finishing the rest of her burger. "Looks like they could use a good dose of YOLO."
"Not just that but with those pink bunny slippers he was wearing, I just can't take him seriously in those things." Catherine actually laughed a bit remembering that. "I'm not sure how he expects me to take him seriously as a skater in those."
"That is very odd and should really change but I still think we should keep an eye on him," Jake explained. "If we can get him to see things the right way, then he might be of use to us."
Aiden just got off his shift in the auto repair shop and was heading home unable to stop thinking about the homeless man, Lifty, who come looking for a job.
If it were up to him, Lifty would have been hired there and then. He really needed the money, seemed like a nice guy, and passed the test on the application with flying colors.
Unfortunately, it wasn't up to him so he could only hope that his boss was having the same thoughts about Lifty, at least enough to hire him for the job.
He felt a bit guilty when he stepped into his house and was met with his family. He knew he shouldn't feel guilty for it but he couldn't help but think about how much more he has than Lifty.
Even as his wife and kids greeted him and gave him hugs and a kiss from his wife, it felt like he was doing something wrong.
April 28, 2016
Dear Journal,
There was some really weird stuff going on today. I went to the park on my daily walk and found five unconscious people in the park.
I was tempted to call 911, they could have needed help. I didn't though. In fact, I ran as soon as they started to stir. Is that cowardly? Well, I don't know these people are, they could have been dangerous.
I tried to convince myself that the sight was not real but that wasn't the last that I saw of them. I came across them a while later but they were all conscious and seemed to be arguing in some language that I couldn't even tag to a certain language.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but I don't think they come from this would at all. I have yet to decide if they come in piece or destruction but I will keep you posted if I find out anything more.
*This came from Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the Second Dimention in Fabulous 2D (Gosh that's a long title!) I know nothing about cars or if those are actual things.