Post by MW on Jan 3, 2024 16:14:43 GMT -5
“Marcus was sad. I could sense he wasn’t himself. He only spent 30 minutes in the shower instead of his usual 35. I knew I had to cheer him up so he could get to the Wit Trials and do what he loves and what so many others love watching him do. And I knew just the place…”
“Adi, please. Stop narrating and driving at the same time. You’re going to kill us.”
“Oh relax, Marcus…”
Adi swerves, narrowly missing a bus filled with old people heading to a casino.
“We’re fine. Stop acting like you can see through the blindfold...it’s a Gold family recipe!”
“Your family make all its money breaking and entering...holding hostages?” Welsh says with thick duct tape over his eyes.
Adi laughs as she makes a left turn from the far right lane through four lanes of traffic into a McDonalds parking lot without using her blinker. She pulls into a handicap spot, “We’re here!”
Marcus looks concerned. Adi spots it but assures him by gently nudging his shoulder with her elbow. “Don’t worry.. No one uses these parking spots for real. It’s like one of those tax right offs. But I can do a pretty good limp if someone says anything… shall we go in?”
“What parking spot? Where did you park? Limp? Are you okay? Did we wreck?” Welsh looks panicked, his eyes blinded.
Adi laughs and opens her door. She walks around the car and opens Welsh’s, “C’mon! Let’s have some fun!”
Adi drags Welsh into McDonalds. “I smell…fries? Where are we…”
“That’s not a giveaway! A lot of places smell like French fries. C’mon!”
She drags him through the eating area and into the back. She reaches up and RIPS the blindfold off.
“GEEZUS!” Welsh yelps, leaning forward, grabbing at his face.
“You deserve this, Marcus. You’ve been too stressed with work. Dealing with morons and an obsession with that TRIAD thing. While I feel that’s what you NEED to go back to but.. Not after a little fun!”
Marcus squints. He spots a chubby 9 year old boy looking up at him. His mouth covered in Ice Cream.
“So I'm in hell?” Marcus says, throwing Adi a look of confusion. Adi laughs hard. Almost too hard as it gets looks from other customers.
“Hell?! Nooooo! You and me. Me and you. You and I. Us. Adi and Marcus… you and me…”
“... yeah?” Marcus interrupts trying to hide his face from being noticed.
“We’re. Going. To. Have. FUN! And there’s nothing more fun in my book than a BALL PIT! Am I right? Right, kid?” The confused chubby kid silently looks up at Adi. Adi nods and shouts ‘RIGHT!’ with a crazed look in her eyes. The kid spits out his ice cream, calmly stands, and walks away. “Right.” Adi's confident demeanor returns, proud that she established dominance and owned the room.
“I don’t know about this…” Welsh looks around, nervous.
Adi laughs loud again. “What’s that on your shirt?” Adi points to his chest. Marcus looks down but as he does Adi pushes Marcus hard into the ball pit.
“What the…” he surfaces, swatting all the colorful balls away.
“CANNON-BALL!!!!” Adi dives in, a bunch of balls flying everywhere in Welsh’s face. He swats his hands around. Adi pops up and splashes around in the balls. “Isn’t this fun?!”
“No...this isn't...”
Adi pushes him. He looks at her. She throws a few balls at him. He swats them. He throws a few back…before you know it, a smile hits his face and they start having fun.
It’s a great time!
Until.
“Alright, you kids have fun…we’ll be back with the food!” a daycare employee shouts, opening the door to the playpit. A dozen or so kids rush in and dive into the ballpit.
“Uhh…” Welsh tries to avoid them. They jump in and throw the balls around. Adi joins in.
“C’mon, Marcus! We’re having FUN!”
Welsh lets his inhibitions go and he dives in to have fun. A montage begins with the sound of family-friendly music playing as Welsh is seen high-fiving the kids. Adi diving in with them. Then we cut to Welsh taking a ball and going toward the basketball goal, stuffing it in the kid's faces. Another clip of Adi elbowing a kid in the face as she tries to catch a ball. Then one of Welsh dragging a few kids as he goes for another basket, throwing one across the ballpit into the net wall.
“Kids…we’re…OH MY!” The shocked daycare worker exclaims as she sees all the kids out of the ballpit nursing injuries from the basketball game. Welsh and Adi remain inside chest deep in the balls, hugging and high-fiving their victory.
“What is your problem? This is a ballpit for CHILDREN! You two should know better! I am going to get the manager.”
“Im’z goons toos gets the man-ager! Mehhhh!” Adi mocks the worker putting her thumb on her nose while wiggling her fingers.
“Maybe we should leave,” Marcus says beginning to stand. Adi pushes down on his shoulders, keeping him where he is.
A young McDonald’s manager enters, “Umm…this ballpit is for kids only.”
A pink ball flies, hitting him in the face. “We’re kids at heart!” Adi yells from the ballpit.
The increasingly annoyed manager replies, “Have you ordered any food? You can’t be in here if you aren’t a paying customer.”
Adi leans her head closer to Marcus’ and quietly asks “...did you order any food…” Marcus says ‘no’ Adi continues, “...any fries…” Marcus shakes his head side to side. “How about a McFlurry.” Welsh stops responding.
“Well…?” The manager stares down at the two.
Adi looks at Welsh. Welsh looks at Adi and fires back at the manager, “I don’t eat this crap.” The manager is about to 86 them when an employee walks in carrying a tray loaded with Big Macs.
“Order for the little woman and the gentleman with irresistible good looks and a tight ass?”
Welsh and Adi look at one another. Adi raises her hand…she looks at Welsh’s ass and pulls his hand into the air.
The manager storms off. The tray of food is placed down. The daycare manager grabs her kids and takes them to Burger King. It’s just Adi and Welsh in the ballpit.
“Wow, that was lucky…you think we have a guardian angel?”
Welsh looks out of the ball pit and into the restaurant, “I’d say more than one.” He waves whoever he sees inside over.
Suddenly, “Love Thing” by The Spice Girls starts playing. Adi looks at Welsh. Welsh stands and extends his hand in a dramatic romantic gesture. Adi takes it and throws her head back. He pulls her out of the balls and they begin dancing.
We pull out as a group of leather-clad, hairy bikers enter the ball pit and dance with Adi and Welsh. Welsh twirls Adi away and into the net. She dances, facing the net. Welsh is soon surrounded by the leather hairy bikers as we pan out of the ballpit and into the parking lot…zooming into the backseat of Welsh’s car. The hourglass continues to pour.
“Adi, please. Stop narrating and driving at the same time. You’re going to kill us.”
“Oh relax, Marcus…”
Adi swerves, narrowly missing a bus filled with old people heading to a casino.
“We’re fine. Stop acting like you can see through the blindfold...it’s a Gold family recipe!”
“Your family make all its money breaking and entering...holding hostages?” Welsh says with thick duct tape over his eyes.
Adi laughs as she makes a left turn from the far right lane through four lanes of traffic into a McDonalds parking lot without using her blinker. She pulls into a handicap spot, “We’re here!”
Marcus looks concerned. Adi spots it but assures him by gently nudging his shoulder with her elbow. “Don’t worry.. No one uses these parking spots for real. It’s like one of those tax right offs. But I can do a pretty good limp if someone says anything… shall we go in?”
“What parking spot? Where did you park? Limp? Are you okay? Did we wreck?” Welsh looks panicked, his eyes blinded.
Adi laughs and opens her door. She walks around the car and opens Welsh’s, “C’mon! Let’s have some fun!”
Adi drags Welsh into McDonalds. “I smell…fries? Where are we…”
“That’s not a giveaway! A lot of places smell like French fries. C’mon!”
She drags him through the eating area and into the back. She reaches up and RIPS the blindfold off.
“GEEZUS!” Welsh yelps, leaning forward, grabbing at his face.
“You deserve this, Marcus. You’ve been too stressed with work. Dealing with morons and an obsession with that TRIAD thing. While I feel that’s what you NEED to go back to but.. Not after a little fun!”
Marcus squints. He spots a chubby 9 year old boy looking up at him. His mouth covered in Ice Cream.
“So I'm in hell?” Marcus says, throwing Adi a look of confusion. Adi laughs hard. Almost too hard as it gets looks from other customers.
“Hell?! Nooooo! You and me. Me and you. You and I. Us. Adi and Marcus… you and me…”
“... yeah?” Marcus interrupts trying to hide his face from being noticed.
“We’re. Going. To. Have. FUN! And there’s nothing more fun in my book than a BALL PIT! Am I right? Right, kid?” The confused chubby kid silently looks up at Adi. Adi nods and shouts ‘RIGHT!’ with a crazed look in her eyes. The kid spits out his ice cream, calmly stands, and walks away. “Right.” Adi's confident demeanor returns, proud that she established dominance and owned the room.
“I don’t know about this…” Welsh looks around, nervous.
Adi laughs loud again. “What’s that on your shirt?” Adi points to his chest. Marcus looks down but as he does Adi pushes Marcus hard into the ball pit.
“What the…” he surfaces, swatting all the colorful balls away.
“CANNON-BALL!!!!” Adi dives in, a bunch of balls flying everywhere in Welsh’s face. He swats his hands around. Adi pops up and splashes around in the balls. “Isn’t this fun?!”
“No...this isn't...”
Adi pushes him. He looks at her. She throws a few balls at him. He swats them. He throws a few back…before you know it, a smile hits his face and they start having fun.
It’s a great time!
Until.
“Alright, you kids have fun…we’ll be back with the food!” a daycare employee shouts, opening the door to the playpit. A dozen or so kids rush in and dive into the ballpit.
“Uhh…” Welsh tries to avoid them. They jump in and throw the balls around. Adi joins in.
“C’mon, Marcus! We’re having FUN!”
Welsh lets his inhibitions go and he dives in to have fun. A montage begins with the sound of family-friendly music playing as Welsh is seen high-fiving the kids. Adi diving in with them. Then we cut to Welsh taking a ball and going toward the basketball goal, stuffing it in the kid's faces. Another clip of Adi elbowing a kid in the face as she tries to catch a ball. Then one of Welsh dragging a few kids as he goes for another basket, throwing one across the ballpit into the net wall.
“Kids…we’re…OH MY!” The shocked daycare worker exclaims as she sees all the kids out of the ballpit nursing injuries from the basketball game. Welsh and Adi remain inside chest deep in the balls, hugging and high-fiving their victory.
“What is your problem? This is a ballpit for CHILDREN! You two should know better! I am going to get the manager.”
“Im’z goons toos gets the man-ager! Mehhhh!” Adi mocks the worker putting her thumb on her nose while wiggling her fingers.
“Maybe we should leave,” Marcus says beginning to stand. Adi pushes down on his shoulders, keeping him where he is.
A young McDonald’s manager enters, “Umm…this ballpit is for kids only.”
A pink ball flies, hitting him in the face. “We’re kids at heart!” Adi yells from the ballpit.
The increasingly annoyed manager replies, “Have you ordered any food? You can’t be in here if you aren’t a paying customer.”
Adi leans her head closer to Marcus’ and quietly asks “...did you order any food…” Marcus says ‘no’ Adi continues, “...any fries…” Marcus shakes his head side to side. “How about a McFlurry.” Welsh stops responding.
“Well…?” The manager stares down at the two.
Adi looks at Welsh. Welsh looks at Adi and fires back at the manager, “I don’t eat this crap.” The manager is about to 86 them when an employee walks in carrying a tray loaded with Big Macs.
“Order for the little woman and the gentleman with irresistible good looks and a tight ass?”
Welsh and Adi look at one another. Adi raises her hand…she looks at Welsh’s ass and pulls his hand into the air.
The manager storms off. The tray of food is placed down. The daycare manager grabs her kids and takes them to Burger King. It’s just Adi and Welsh in the ballpit.
“Wow, that was lucky…you think we have a guardian angel?”
Welsh looks out of the ball pit and into the restaurant, “I’d say more than one.” He waves whoever he sees inside over.
Suddenly, “Love Thing” by The Spice Girls starts playing. Adi looks at Welsh. Welsh stands and extends his hand in a dramatic romantic gesture. Adi takes it and throws her head back. He pulls her out of the balls and they begin dancing.
We pull out as a group of leather-clad, hairy bikers enter the ball pit and dance with Adi and Welsh. Welsh twirls Adi away and into the net. She dances, facing the net. Welsh is soon surrounded by the leather hairy bikers as we pan out of the ballpit and into the parking lot…zooming into the backseat of Welsh’s car. The hourglass continues to pour.