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Neil: [showing Gotham criminals who is dad is (not murdering), in a full vigilante suit.]

Goon (who hasn’t had his shit rocked yet and on the verge of tears): who the fuck even are you???

Neil: oh… right introductions. I’m Neil.

Goon (who’s smarter than he gets credit for): like….josten??? from the psu foxes??

Neil: Yeah. Exactly that actually.

Goon: why don’t you have a … yk.. *name*?

Neil: the fbi said Im not allowed.

The man does not know from cheese. The man "ain't never seen no cheese but orange before" and "I showed ya list to the cheese lady so if it's wrong it's her fault ok?"

I am 80% sure she sent him there for a really specific bleu cheese, 40% sure he does not have the very specific bleu cheese, and 100% sure he's done with her shit.

Our flight is delayed.

Cheese man has been demanding payment because apparently he went like six hours out of his way and paid with his own money and between the cheese and price of gas, he is pretty sure he does not have enough money in his account for an Uber home.

The lady is FLABBERGASTED that he is demanding payment at all, as she was under the impression he was doing this for her out of the goodness of his heart.

"OR ELSE WHAT?"

"I'm gonna-? THE BABY SHOWER? MONICA CAN'T EVEN HAVE THIS CHEESE SHE'S PREGNANT!"

"The cheese lady asked if it was for someone because the mushrooms or whatever in the cheese are dangerous for the baby or something?? You wanna poison Monica?"

"WHY WOULD I LIE ABOUT THAT?"

"YEAH OF COURSE I GOT THE CHEESE, THATS WHY I DON'T GOT MONEY FOR UBER!"

"YEAH, GO TELL! GO TELL MOMMA I STOPPED YOUR STUPID ASS FROM KILLING MONICA OR THE BABY! FUCK!"

*hangs up phone*

*head in hands, borderline hyperventilating*

The man in the three piece suit is in the chair next to him. He waits a moment, then reaches into his carryon and pulls out an entire bottle of wine with the TSA pre check sticker on it, and taps cheese guy on the shoulder.

2. Cheese guy is crying a little about the cash and opening up about his problems. The cheese lady is his younger sister. Suit guy is being very generous with his Pinot Blanc. We are having a picnic/improv family therapy session.

3. This is apparently the latest in a long string of his sister asking for something and then flaking when he asks to be paid back. Started with paying him back only some of what he was owed, then claiming something she paid for him was of equal value when it was not, then recently telling him his memory is wrong and he said it was a gift or that he'd do it for free.

"Yeah, the specific thing of trying to convince you your memory is unreliable is called gaslighting and it's really fucked up." I say

"yeeeeah. The other stuff I forgave because she's never really had a good job so she can't pay me back all the time but at least she was making an effort y'know? But that was. That was over the line."

"If you haven't already, check on the rest of your family's finances. My brother started trying to gaslight everyone when he started stealing from our parents." Says Pinot Blanc.

4. Shiba Inu Lady has purchased a cheddar. Apparently, the dog's name is Donut, and he's her service dog because she's severely visually impaired.

"Oh, he's a guide dog?" Asks cheese guy.

"oh, no." She laughs. "He's too short, and the way my eyes are, it's easier for me to navigate with a cane. No, the problem I have is that some morally impaired people see the cane and think they can get away with stealing my bag or assaulting me because I wouldn't be able to give a description- which is wrong, but rather than deal with that I got Donut, and he helps me by howling at anyone who gets in my personal space and biting anyone who grabs me!"

"Uh." Says Kirigumi. "He's been staring at me do I need to back up or..?"

"Ohdear! No, no- He wasn't looking at you! He loves cheese but he knows he's not supposed to beg so he decided the way to deal with something he wants but can't have is to stare in the other direction."

"OKAY!" Says Kirigumi. "I'm wearing fox pajamas and thought like. He thought I was another dog or something."

"No, no- he doesn't care about dogs, and you get a warning before he goes for the calves. Very helpful, when I was living in Italy!"

"Oh what part? I have family in Tuscany." Says Pinot.

2. I know they're planning to continue because Pinot talked to the gate agent so he and cheese guy can sit together and talk about family drama and cheese.

3. Pinot has been teaching him about different types of cheese and how to enjoy them.

4. Cheese guy apparently repairs computers and other technology devices for a living and is currently doing the software version of scraping barnacles and other crap off Pinot'macbook.

Now that I've heard the word aloud, and they are an astrophysicist. Who correctly believes in being comfy as fuck on planes. They are also familar with the concept of a meet-cute and is rooting for them too.

Got to walk the nice lady and her Tactical Assault Shiba to her next gate because it was on the way out and talk for a bit. Donut is called that not because he is the color of a Donut (which he is) but because he likes to sleep curled up in a perfect circle. He has a sister who does the same thing named Bagel.

Lost track of Pinot and Cheeseguy for a bit but when I saw them again at Baggage claim, Cheeseguy was holding both their jackets, and Pinot was on the phone to his hotel about "Well do you have any rooms with TWO beds?". The rest of the call indicated that yes, there were rooms with two beds, but Readers, I Had A Moment.

:)

Andrew makes Neil deal with all the bugs in the house, especially spiders, but Neil refuses to handle moths because they give him the heebs.

Andrew gets a scar from a drunken escapade with Neil and Kevin where they all scale a chain-link fence but Andrew gets stabbed in the underboob on the way down. Hospital.

Neil makes breakfast, Andrew makes dinner.

Andrew is far-sighted but refuses to do anything about it until Neil bribes him into an eye appointment some years after graduation. He ends up with these slutty rectangular wire-frames that make Neil want to fling himself into oncoming traffic.

Neil's first year as captain, the Foxes don't make it past the playoffs. He's devastated, but redeems himself next year by taking home the championship cup and helping Andrew finish out his college career on a win. The Foxes win next year, too, and Neil rides that high all the way to his first pro team.

Andrew Minyard babysitter of all time. He is the only one capable of keeping track of all the fox children at once. Designated barbecue baby watcher. It's kind of baffling but all the kids love him despite his flat demeanor. He treats them like tiny adults and they love that shit.

Neil is less good with kids, in the sense that the little ones always come back to their parents knowing more bad words than they did before, but Neil is still endlessly fascinated by them all. He can't believe there's a miniature Dan Wilds running around. He can't believe he gets to play exy with Amalia Muldani-Day in the backyard while Andrew blows bubbles on the porch.

Andrew decides he likes going to the movies at some point. It is not uncommon to see him at the back of a movie theatre, sometimes alone, sometimes with Neil in tow. Horror is a favorite, but comedy and historical fiction can hold his attention here and there.

Neil takes up drawing, especially during the off-season. He is far from good at first, but meticulous practice lends itself to some significant improvement. He'll sketch moments he caught on camera the day before, eager to wring some more dopamine from the moment. He gets utterly familiar with the side of Andrew's face whenever he can convince him to sit for him. Their fridge is littered with various sketches and photographs and on hard nights, Neil will sit on the kitchen floor and stare.

Neil steals the street sign for Perimeter Road when he graduates and slowly has all of the original foxes (+ Robin) sign it over the course of the next year.

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software