ARE YOU READY ?

Oh, don't worry. He finally made it home. He's just been, erm. Marinating in the bathtub for the past twenty-four hours.

And as philosophical as Pepperman always is, he's been spending most of that time thinking. Reflecting, if you will. He still doesn't know what the hell he did, by the way. Mister Spaghetti was always cross, but he felt like staring at that utter vision through the window wasn't a crime. Surely she wasn't involved with the Italian. Where was the little squirrel woman that he was usually smooching?

a thumb is jutted out as he walks backwards along the highway . do you know how precious little there is in wyoming . probably LOVELY in the summer , but he trudged through great swaths of plainsland and over mountains just to find a thrice - accursed wifi hotspot . if he has to eat at taco john's one more time , he is going to literally cry .

❛ t'heheh . never as old as you , old man . ❜

the gremlin flicked a dusting of ash on pepp's shoe , disrespectful as ever . look , they might not have been physically brawling , but the beef was eternal . that was just how things were . how they'd always been , ever since ..

❛ -- dat was on d'skateboard , right ? it's the wheels . tryin' a new kind , but they're not as good as the otha ones . ❜ look , pepp , he's not saying that he values your input , but if he's gonna have these fights with you , he wants to be at his underhanded and shitty best . the chef isn't the only one who uses this time to blow off steam , after all . nobody else that he fights tends to bounce back so easily from explosions , takes a skateboard to the shin or a bite to the ankles and keeps on swinging .

oh . oh . he has been spotted . he could've SWORN he was acting so inconspicuous . pepperman fumbles beneath the eye contact , casually side - stepping his way toward the door .

deep breaths , phil . you're suave . you're charming ! you've got thi

@emptyzone ordered :

"Sorry you also have to share a space with Italians, man. It is what it is." Hello, Noise Emptyzone, "Here, it's ok me, woag." He offers the fellow Noise a pack of cigarettes. ... ..??? Wait no those aren't cigarettes they're just sticks of bubblegum rolled up in the most fucked up way possible.

❛ thanks , me . ❜

yes of course he's going to take that pack of bubblegum cigarettes . he tucks one into the corner of his mouth and . uh . he's lighting it up , like . who's gonna tell him --

oh he's just exhaling bubblegum bubbles . that's . normal .