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spnaimee and she suggested I share. So gather round kiddies for one of the legendary tales of Atlantis Games & Comics.
The names have been changed to protect theridiculed innocent.
The cast of players:
Akasha -16 year old mildly retarded girl with a speech impediment and an obsession with vampires. Akasha is what she actually told people to call her...you know because of the Anne Rice character?
Sugar Water -25+ year old guy who met Akasha somehow online perhaps. Named that because he looked a lot the guy made of bugs from Men In Black.
Akasha was a regular at my store. She never really bought much but just showed up all the time and talked about vampires and wore lots of black. She also was known for such quotes as "Spike and Angel are my mans." She was obsessed with anything Buffy and Angel. It really made me question my love for the show.
So Sugar Water somehow meets Akasha online. They hit it off and he leaves Ohio to come be with her. So he takes a bus down from Ohio and moves in with her and her parents. Mind you she is like 16 and in the 9th grade I think and her parents are okay with her live in 10 year older boyfriend with no job or money. So now it's the summer and they are both up at my store almost every day. Which is mildly annoying to say the least. But I can handle it. What I can't handle is the rotting, gagging stench that rolls off Sugar Water. You can smell it from across the store. It doesn't help that they walk to the store which is about 3 miles from their house in 90 degree weather. Wearing lots of black. And multiple layers of clothing. And no deodorant.
After about a week of this I've had enough. I don't want people saying that I'm the 'stinky' comic store. And his stench was TERRIBLE! So I decided I had to do something. I took the guy out back and told him that he smelled...BAD. I offered to buy him deodorant even. I was nice about it even.
He told me that he had a bag full of deodorant but it was stolen on the bus. First of all, who travels with a bag full of deodorant? And second who steals used deodorant!?!? And lastly...that was like a month ago! Go get more! If you travel with a bag of deodorant then you must know you have a problem!
So after that they didn't come up as much. Presumably embarrassed about me outing them from the stinky closet. And after a month or so he moved back to Ohio to get some money...and hopefully some Axe body spray or something. Akasha comes in and tells us he left and that he went back to Ohio because he's in a demon biker gang. That's right. DEMON. BIKER. GANG. I guess there really is a Hellmouth in Ohio. Let me just say that one more time...DEMON BIKER GANG!
So she left and joined her demon biker gang man in Ohio. They left behind a lingering odor and Akasha's dream to work for me at my store. She kept saying she was going to get a job from me and I was too nice to say NEVER! I just went with noncommittal answers like "We'll see."
But no matter what happens I'll always remember to keep an eye on my toiletries on long bus trips and to watch out for demon bikers when in Ohio.
spnaimee and she suggested I share. So gather round kiddies for one of the legendary tales of Atlantis Games & Comics.The names have been changed to protect the
The cast of players:
Akasha -16 year old mildly retarded girl with a speech impediment and an obsession with vampires. Akasha is what she actually told people to call her...you know because of the Anne Rice character?
Sugar Water -25+ year old guy who met Akasha somehow online perhaps. Named that because he looked a lot the guy made of bugs from Men In Black.
Akasha was a regular at my store. She never really bought much but just showed up all the time and talked about vampires and wore lots of black. She also was known for such quotes as "Spike and Angel are my mans." She was obsessed with anything Buffy and Angel. It really made me question my love for the show.
So Sugar Water somehow meets Akasha online. They hit it off and he leaves Ohio to come be with her. So he takes a bus down from Ohio and moves in with her and her parents. Mind you she is like 16 and in the 9th grade I think and her parents are okay with her live in 10 year older boyfriend with no job or money. So now it's the summer and they are both up at my store almost every day. Which is mildly annoying to say the least. But I can handle it. What I can't handle is the rotting, gagging stench that rolls off Sugar Water. You can smell it from across the store. It doesn't help that they walk to the store which is about 3 miles from their house in 90 degree weather. Wearing lots of black. And multiple layers of clothing. And no deodorant.
After about a week of this I've had enough. I don't want people saying that I'm the 'stinky' comic store. And his stench was TERRIBLE! So I decided I had to do something. I took the guy out back and told him that he smelled...BAD. I offered to buy him deodorant even. I was nice about it even.
He told me that he had a bag full of deodorant but it was stolen on the bus. First of all, who travels with a bag full of deodorant? And second who steals used deodorant!?!? And lastly...that was like a month ago! Go get more! If you travel with a bag of deodorant then you must know you have a problem!
So after that they didn't come up as much. Presumably embarrassed about me outing them from the stinky closet. And after a month or so he moved back to Ohio to get some money...and hopefully some Axe body spray or something. Akasha comes in and tells us he left and that he went back to Ohio because he's in a demon biker gang. That's right. DEMON. BIKER. GANG. I guess there really is a Hellmouth in Ohio. Let me just say that one more time...DEMON BIKER GANG!
So she left and joined her demon biker gang man in Ohio. They left behind a lingering odor and Akasha's dream to work for me at my store. She kept saying she was going to get a job from me and I was too nice to say NEVER! I just went with noncommittal answers like "We'll see."
But no matter what happens I'll always remember to keep an eye on my toiletries on long bus trips and to watch out for demon bikers when in Ohio.
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