( open ) bad news like a suckerpunch

[apolly]

A. JUSTICE LAW OFFICES

Maybe you dropped by because you know of the lawyer in charge, you have a question about school, you're lost and looking for directions, the possibilities are endless.

It's early morning and no one seems to be in the front lobby at the moment, even if the door's unlocked. But a door off to the left is open, someone coughing their lungs out, but the sound is stopped short whenever the front door bell goes off.

Apollo is sick with a cold. Apparently sick enough for a futon to be laid out on his office floor (thanks to employees), so Apollo peaks around his office's entrance to see who it is. ...From the floor. This isn't an exactly normal picture.

"Can I help you?" He sounds like a frog.

B. GROCERY SHOPPING

Evening time, Apollo only has rare instances where he can actually show up at a store and get some much needed stocking done.

He's got the goods: food, hygeine, some house supplies and of course coffee. Tons of it, because he's currently buying about four tubs of it and dropping it into his cart.

C. MISC go wild. brackets are a-ok.

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[apolly]

Apollo was just kind of laying there feeling sorry for himself, but that works too.

"Uh, sure. There's some sweets over there, with the cookie machine..." It was a test finding out what Sasuke and Stiles liked, and while Stiles ate some once in a while, Sasuke avoided it like the plague. As a result, there was plenty.

He stands up with some effort, and immediately wants to lay back down again. Never mind that.

"I didn't think I was popular enough to be the talk of the town." So dry.

[detectiveofthewest]

The two young girls squeezed past Heiji and into the law office. Did you think there were only two, Apollo? Nope. There were two more after them, and they were all dressed in brightly-colored yukata of different colors. Each was carrying something -- one a melon, another a thermos.

"This is Sakura, Tsubaki, Kiku, and Ume," said Heiji, trying to keep up with them as they muscled their way inside. He followed along afterwards and shut the door behind him so that no one would hear the screams. "Cookie machine...? You got a machine that makes cookies?"

Immediately, all four of them clustered around the sweets. They came forward with handfuls of them so they could hover over Apollo. "Wow, you've got so many of them!"

"Are they for your kids?"

"Are you loaded? Lawyers on TV are always loaded."

Sadly, the melon and thermos appeared to be forgotten on Apollo's desk. The other two bundles were left on the couch; Heiji picked them up with a long-suffering look. "You get that minifridge workin' yet? I can put some stuff in there..."

LMAO I MEANT COFFEE MACHINE BUT ROLLS WITH IT

[apolly]

"Uh. Hey there Sakura, Tsubaki, Kiku, Ume—" Yeah they weren't listening. They were already going for the cookies.

"Uh, yeah. Fridge is right next to the... cookies..." He points dumbly, feeling way too cotton headed for this. And he's got the feeling this isn't even all of Heiji's cousins.

"And I'm not loaded! Please don't take more than anyone else." 'Please' is added out of politeness, but he probably comes off strict anyway. At least he tried.

COOKIE MACHINES FOREVER

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji put away the perishables, moving aside a sandwich on the shelf that looked slightly moldy. "Hey! You guys behave, don't take all the -- that's way too much candy, you drop those right now!"

Suddenly instead of four little girls, there were four little red fox kits clustered around Apollo. The candies dropped to the floor in a little rain of sweets. Soon they were wandering around everywhere; one walked up onto Apollo's comforter and nosed curiously at him.

This was a disaster. But at least they weren't pestering Apollo with questions? So Heiji removed a cup of soup from his bag, and a spoon, and held both out for Apollo to take. "Here ya go. You like chicken noodle, right?"