Eighth.

[trustfellows]

Friday morning dawns like the rest of the week before it, with the chiming of the clock and the doors to the kitchen unlocking; however one usually wakes up in the mornings in this place – slowly, anxiously, whichever – it seems that you're not going to be allowed to sleep in. Not because there's a body announcement to get you out of bed, but rather because there isn't. Eventually, Jericho can be heard over the public-address system. Again, he doesn't seem quite as excitable as usual, but once again, that can likely be explained by what he has to say today. "Good morning, guys. Just so you know, we've got something going on this morning that you're probably going to want to know about. Get in the foyer so you've got some idea of what's going on. We'll be waiting." And once again... Well,you might want to go.

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[bloodisthicker]

I think I know where this is going, but go ahead. Tell me.

[heritrix]

The retail store.

[bloodisthicker]

...oh. That's better than what I was thinking. I thought you were going to say a tail-or.

[heritrix]

[She snickers softly.]

You're pretty good at these, coming up with punchlines off the cuff. I had to practice.

[They were jokes she wanted to tell her father.]

Have you ever thought about being a stand up comedian?

[You could be Comedy Tarrlok.]

[bloodisthicker]

Well, I had to keep up with my brother when I was a kid. He was the one you really had to watch out for before... everything.

...

One of the sillier rumors that had been going around the city was that Amon secretly did stand-up comedy on the side, and I dismissed it off-hand, but you know? Now, I'm not so sure. He'd be pretty vicious competition, if that was the case.

[...despite everything, it's actually kind of nice to speak fondly of and joke about his brother a little bit.]

[heritrix]

If you two had a face-off, even if he was better you'd get my pity vote.

[Those things are decided by applause, right? Rin demonstrates with a golf clap.]

[bloodisthicker]

Well. I'd appreciate it.

...

But maybe throw in a cheer or something.

[heritrix]

[She stirs her fist in the air like she's waving a pom-pom.]

Tarrlok, Tarrlok, he's our man
He makes us laugh when shit hits the fan~

[bloodisthicker]

...

I do my best.