7th Episode [Phone calls]

[bamboozler]

[Phone calls locked to aristocracy!]

[Welcome to the 1950's. Mr. Panda is a successful banker and father known around town as a jovial and, unfortunately, clueless man. His biggest successes are Bearbank, his little princess Pilouette, his very dear daughter Toph...and, eh, there might be a third child in the middle there somewhere. Maybe.

Now that he's made his wealth, he spends a lot of his time gossiping! So if you're in the aristocracy and/or on good terms with Panda, you might get one of the following phone calls.]

[Night One]

Hello, hello...! Do you ever want to pick up a really awesome talent, even if it means you have to risk your life to learn it? Is there anyone in town like that?

[Night Two]

Hello, hello...! Don't mind me, just go ahead and start talking! Ah! But first, don't you get a really good feeling when you say "Mr. Panda" out loud? It's great, isn't it?

[Night Three]

Hello, hello...how do you think I should get beautiful women to fall in love with me without even trying? With Pillo and Toph and the other at the dance, I realize it's very quiet around here...

[Option 4]

[On night one, two, or three, Panda is still going to call your character...but what he talks about will be a total surprise! Are you brave enough to take that call?]

[OOC; Since Panda is physically using a phone for this post, this post is only open to rich people and people he might know (teachers, doctors, bank customers...). Sorry. If you pick option 4, just tell me what night and I'll have Panda come up with something just for your character. o7]

Comments

[yourfononsarewhack]

I'm not so sure if it would complement my style. But who knows? Perhaps that's just the edge you'll need. In that case, please be sure to choose a diverse variety of fruits.

[bamboozler]

What kind of fruit would you recommend, Curtis-san? What kind of fruit would a woman like to see on a hat?

[yourfononsarewhack]

Well... Far be it from me to presume the inner workings of a woman's mind and the fruit which would most appeal to it. However, I do believe that you'd do well to include a pineapple, as well as a collection of grapes. They need not be connected to the same stem. Additionally, you can't go wrong with a few apples. Women tend to fuss after their health, so I'm sure they'll take a liking to anyone who sports some apples.

[bamboozler]

That's a good list! Grapes, pineapple, bamboo, apples...maybe a small watermelon...? That should be enough, don't you think?

[yourfononsarewhack]

The watermelon may be pushing it.

And I don't know bamboo to be typically considered attractive.

[bamboozler]

Hmm...but according to my stock reports, bamboo sales have been rising...

[He's the only one in town who buys any.]

[yourfononsarewhack]

Is that so? I can't say that I've ever looked into such stocks myself. Far be it from me to question the true authority on this subject. I do hope you'll be able to fit all of that into the same hat.

[bamboozler]

I can do it, I can do it...! It will be the best hat you've ever seen, Mr. Curtiss.

[yourfononsarewhack]

You'll have to show me this hat once you're done with it so that this can be confirmed. I'm sure that you'll be the talk of the town, Panda.

[bamboozler]

I will, I will! It will be marvelous...women won't be able to take their eyes off of it!

[yourfononsarewhack]

Of course they won't. In fact, I'm sure that, in their frenzy to claim as much as they want of your viable cornucopia of a headpiece, some of them are sure to end up at your face rather than your fruit.

[bamboozler]

[He's not sure if he likes the way that sounds for some reason...]

T-that's right...! I'll make sure plenty of them find my face, Mr. Curtiss! I won't be single for long!

[yourfononsarewhack]

That's certainly a hearty attitude. Speaking of that, do you know one other thing that can help to increase one's appeal?

It's called a good night's sleep.

[bamboozler]

Mr. Curtiss, Mr. Curtiss, are you worried about my sleeping habits? Don't worry, I sleep all the time! I've been delegating more duties to my workers so I have more time for myself. Hehehe, I didn't promote them, of course.

[yourfononsarewhack]

How exceedingly noble of you. Yet, here you have what should be a perfectly acceptable sleeping hour, and you're not utilizing it.

[bamboozler]

Isn't it sometimes more fun to stay up late and gossip than it is to sleep? I couldn't get away with this when I was a kid.

[yourfononsarewhack]

Is that so? You must have had a particularly oppressive upbringing.

[bamboozler]

Not at all, not at all! I'd always fall asleep right around seven o'clock when I was little, all the way up through high school!

[yourfononsarewhack]

That early? My, it's a wonder you were able to find a wife with such a lacking nightlife.