[Open] Hail to da King

[staybizzy]

have it your way, Pumpkin Hollow!

Hail to da king

There is a Burger King in Pumpkin Hollow.

Why? That is a fantastic question. Considering the fact that this is a Victorian-esque village in a fantasy world that has never even heard of Burger King, one can only assume it was created by a modern individual with a mischievous sense of humor. This is only further implied by the interesting set of rules on the wall...

At some point during February of 16:55, the role of "The Burger King" is bestowed upon one Capochin Bastone, Grillmaster Extraordinare, by the Daedric Prince Sheogorath. Since then, he's hired a few of the locals (mostly younger folks) to work the shop and checks in on it daily, but largely lets the thing run itself. Still, he could really use a general manager...

Well, anyway. Feel free to grab a seat, get yourself a Whopper, check out the Help Wanted sign, or just hang out! If you're lucky with your timing, you may just see a little blue man in a fuzzy red robe far too long for him and a paper crown hop up onto the enormous throne to hold court. He sure does look pleased with himself.

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[montyhall]

Screws loose...? Tenna frowns, the upper edge of his screen furrowing. If he really thinks about it, then, maybe he can see how somebody might get that impression about a guy like Spamton, but...

"We... Like I said, we were partners." He doesn't really want to talk about it, but there's a gnawing sensation in his gut that gives him the feeling he doesn't really have a choice in the matter — that, sooner or later, one way or the other, the truth will out, and so he might as well do this now. "I already had my T.V. Time, and he was already a big shot, but he... He said he'd show me how I could get...even bigger. That's why..."

His shoulders begin to hunch forward as he speaks, his cigarette, almost totally forgotten by now, burning down to ash between his fingers.

"All he had to do was just...tell me his secret. That's all it was. And when I finally talked him into it... When I finally got him to sign that damn contract, he... All of a sudden, he had to take a call. And when he picked up the phone... The look on his face... It was..."

The winds are long gone, but there's a voice still echoing at the back of his mind, burned into his memory just as indelibly as that look on his face: "Don't forget. You picked what really mattered to you, didn't you?"

"I- There wasn't even anyone on the other end, when I picked it up — the receiver, he just — left it hanging, after... I-I mean— What was I SUPPOSED to think? That he DIDN'T just try to rip me off, you know!? Haha... But... He ran right out of the room." He ran, and Tenna stayed. "And...that was the last time I ever saw him."