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The Narrator ([personal profile] keyofimagination) wrote in [community profile] progresscity2018-04-22 11:03 am
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Mayor Rod's life is a living nightmare

Who: Rod, Bill, and you!
What: Start of the Election Event!
Where: The Transport Center
When: The morning on 4/22
Warnings: Robotic Body horror



[It was a normal morning in Progress City, and Rod is as overworked as ever. He gets off the monorail from Magic Kingdom, barely looking up from the papers he is currently reading over. It seems like all the stress of the city and the addition stress of people randomly getting stuck in the portal is getting to him. If robots could look exhausted, Rod would be a textbook example of that right now.

But that’s almost a daily sight at this point, and something most people wouldn’t find unusual at all at this point. What is unusual is when he suddenly grabs his chest and lets out a muffled cry of pain. He takes a few more steps to try to get to his office, but stops himself as he braces himself on the wall.

You can try to see if anything’s wrong with him, but he will brush it off with an “I’m fine, I just need a moment”.

However, it becomes abundantly clear that certainly not fine when he suddenly collapses to the ground, papers flying everywhere as he does so. While this seems like a normal collapse at first but if someone looks close at him, his limbs seem strangely disjointed under his clothes.

His limbs are falling off of his body.]
itsthecount: (011)

[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand. We are in a family-friendly park, after all.

[the point is way over his head]

Regardless. Sheldon is my henchman.
computerwife: (11)

[personal profile] computerwife 2018-04-22 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Good on you, conquering him like that. It's what he deserves.
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[count olaf tops]

O-ho, yes, I agree. He's entirely too full of himself, why, did you know that he insisted he was the leader of our non-villainous social group? Terrible. Just terrible.
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[personal profile] dothebackslide 2018-04-22 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dan slips a folded note in Olaf's hands.]

OhhhhhHHHHHH THE STORIES I COULD TELL ABOUT OLAF'S LEADERSHIP!
itsthecount: (008)

[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[quietly. opens and reads.]

It's not my fault Plankton is a fraud, you know.
dothebackslide: (...father's money)

[personal profile] dothebackslide 2018-04-22 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[PAY ME FOR A GOOD REP]

OH THE THINGS ABOUT PLANKTON I COULD TELL, GOOD OR BAD DEPENDING ON MY MOOD!
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[...folds.]

Unlike Plankton, I pay my workers at a FAIR RATE THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED SHOULD I BE EARNING THE MAYOR'S SALARY!
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, THAT IS THE CASE, IN TERMS OF WAGES!

[it is not. but. he needs henchpeople. he can give up eating for a week.]
Edited 2018-04-22 19:19 (UTC)
computerwife: (6)

[personal profile] computerwife 2018-04-22 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
.....

[pulls out pen and paper

writes on it

discreetly hands it to olaf]


"you've got my support.

i want you to crush sheldon's hopes and dreams."
itsthecount: (012)

[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[reads. nods.

double thumbs up.]
andbegone: (01)

[personal profile] andbegone 2018-04-22 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey. Hey. Hold it.

We agreed that I would be running. A universally-agreed upon candidate. That's what you said. I won that argument fair and square.

[that's the law of rock paper scissors.]
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...Fine.

[he casts a glance over to dan, and karen, writing something down on that same piece of paper.]

I suppose you will be running.

[just fucking hands that to karen. he thinks dan has the idea.]
andbegone: (08)

[personal profile] andbegone 2018-04-22 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. I will be. Running and winning.

[fuckin glares at the note as Olaf very clearly hands it over to Karen. this is fine.]
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes, you will! [he's very clearly staring-and-glaring at plankton as he hands an identical note to dan.] Mayor Plankey! That's you!
computerwife: (15)

[personal profile] computerwife 2018-04-22 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[just. takes the note and looks at it, ignoring plank.]

Can't say I'm excited about Sheldon running.
andbegone: (36)

[personal profile] andbegone 2018-04-22 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...We're married.

[he thought they reached an understanding about Karen supporting his shitty ideas???]
computerwife: (17)

[personal profile] computerwife 2018-04-22 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
And?

[he thought wrong]
andbegone: (06)

[personal profile] andbegone 2018-04-22 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, fine. I don't need you to win, anyways! I've got boatloads of other supporters. I've got...

[he has. people who support him. just give him time to think.]

...Richard.
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[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-22 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
["I WILL BE RUNNING IN DISGUISE. THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO SABOTAGE HIS CAMPAIGN FROM WITHIN."]

Oh, he'd be an incredibly competent and [it almost pains him to say this] ATTRACTIVE mayor!

[cough] He wouldn't be. [cough]
dothebackslide: (I'LL STEAL IT)

[personal profile] dothebackslide 2018-04-22 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
TELL US MORE ABOUT PLANKTON'S HANDSOME NATURE. I THINK THATS A KEY CAMPAIGN POINT!
itsthecount: (010)

[personal profile] itsthecount 2018-04-23 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
PLANKTON IS ATTRACTIVE.
dothebackslide: (Default)

[personal profile] dothebackslide 2018-04-23 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
HOW ABOUT THEM BUNS.