Filling my rat nest with trinkets

Eddie "Frank and his motley crew can stay on his side of the plaza as far as I'm concerned."

Troy "Frank's Meat Market is technically next door to us, dad."

Eddie "Don't remind me."

Etta "Mr. Manera is actually really nice. Dad is just still bitter over-- the incident."

In my au at least, Eddie and Frank have a small feud going on over a past misunderstanding. According to Red Barrels these two would probably he friends over a drink and a chat. :D

Chris "Those are awsome! So, they're fish?"

Eddie "They're roly poly fish heads!"

Chris "..."

Eddie "Like the song...?"

Chris "uh...?"

Eddie "Nevermind. Thanks for letting them treat hunt in your yard."

"No problem. Great idea."

Eddie "It was fun. We had to get a little more creative about it this year.

The kids were a little upset when I told them I wasn't comfortable with trick-or-treating this year; especially Troy. It was his last year to trick-or -treat. I felt horrible, but under the circumstances...

I set up a easter-egg-like hunt with two hidden "spooky baskets" full of candy in my back yard. I asked a few friends, whom I knew were healthy, If I could set a few baskets in their yards and let the kids search for them. It was more driving than candy hunting, but worth it.

When we got home they set up the zombie murder mannequin obstical course they've been working on since last year in the back yard. They ate their candy and ran through a few times before the sugar crash. So now I have a bunch of broken mannequins and toy weapons covered in red sharpie and chocolate cluttering my lawn, but Troy and Etta had a blast.

I'm so glad the spooky basket idea worked out for them. They love Halloween so much.

(wow... I posted this, meaning to answer your question. I'm so freaking scatterbrained. >< Sorry if you've already seen this in the other post...)

Troy/Etta *grooooan*

Troy "He has a handful of puns and bad jokes he likes to tell."

Etta "Over and over..."

Waylon "Pretty good, actually. I start my new job at Murkoff soon, which is a big step up for my family. I feel guilty for leaving this place even though Eddie was very understanding about it.

In the meantime, He's letting my kids play in the breakroom after school so Lisa and I don't have to hire a babysitter.

They don't seem to mind it. My oldest, Nelson, and Troy seem to get along. They like to play with my camera. My youngest, Eliot adores Etta. He gets excited on the days he knows I work.

They offored to help with closing, but I think it was an excuse to explore outside the break room. Either way, I'm glad the boys don't fuss about tagging along with me.

I'm going to miss this shop. The Gluskins really did make me feel like a part of their family."

Eddie "...

.....

......." *face contorts briefly. Smiles pleasantly. "She's doing well, thank you! She's still out of town, training, but it's worth it to earn her promotion. The kids and I miss her terribly. I will be much happier when my wife is in my arms again."

(From the more nightmarish depths of Eddie's morphogenic engine sessions at Mt. Massive. My comic never made it far enough for the story to turn as dark as it meant to.)

Eddie Gluskin "I don't think of them as embarrassing stories. I think of them as fond memories from when they were little."

Troy "But they really don't want to hear them either way. They're busy. You're busy and you really aren't great at story telling--"

Eddie "I took Troy to see the Easter bunny at the mall when he was four. He took one look at the person in the bunny costume and ran to the other side of the building. I panicked looking for him, he disappeared so quickly."

Troy *grumbles*

Etta "Dad, you have an appointment soon-"

Eddie "Etta found a baby monkey that managed to slip out of its habitat at the zoo when she was 5. She asked me if we could switch the monkey with Troy and let the monkey be her brother instead. I have so many pictures on my phone if--"

Troy/Etta "NOOO!!"

Troy *whispering* You said you hid it."

Etta "I DID. It's a small flat. There's only so many good hiding places."

Troy "You suck Etta."

Eddie "I can only afford to take Troy and Etta to the salon on special occasions. Usually I cut their hair."

Troy "Don't remind me."

Etta "What are you bitching about? I have to keep my hair long until I turn 18."

Eddie "Enough, both of you."

Trager "I'm not sure if our relationship could be described as a rivalry. There was no competing with my older half-sister. Heidi was my old man's little princess. He hated his ex wife more than he hates me but he LOVED his daughter...

Luckily, she's six years older than me and we went to different boarding schools, so growing up I only had to deal with her once in a blue moon, but GODDAMN did she make those rare occasions miserable.

Heidi likes to embarrass me in public. She also enjoys pecking away at me in front of my father until I snap on her. She's an attention whore drama queen interbred with a cougar. I cut ties with her completely after my mother died. I didn't show up to any of her weddings. I didn't even call that miserable cunt on Christmas until my nephew, Jack, was born...

He's a great kid; I love my nephew to death. I tried to make peace with her to stay in touch with him, but that didn't work out... Jack is older than Troy now... I hope he's doing ok. Maybe we'll talk at Heidi's funeral."

❤ Thank you! I kind of needed to hear that. I do get bullied a lot at school because of how I dress. But they bully me if I wear mall clothes and makeup like them too (don't tell my dad I changed at school please ^^). Sometimes after they make fun of me for wearing something they will go buy something similar to it, but you know...mine is better because it was sewn by hand.

I think I'm just not one of the pretty girls so I'm not going to win with them.

I like to wear what I like to wear. I get a little more say in how I dress now that I'm almost a twelve and I started sewing with my dad more. I really do love helping him with his shop and commission work. He talks to me more now. He's most relaxed when he's sewing, I think.

(That's adorable!! Your dad sounds awesome. :D

I am a fashion disaster to this day, but Etta has a sense of style. I imagine her going through a big frilly pastel goth phase in high school.

I wish I had been more confident in feminine clothes...or in general when I was little. )