F: is finishing setting up a mini tea party with his dolls in their room

F: Okay everyone! sits up For today's tea party we're not gonna be having tea! Instead we're gonna be having the juice from McDonald's that the worker Lee who I don't know how I remember their name gave us because it was really good today and I want YOU guys to try it!

F: smiles while pouring juice in a cup Here Mr. Tweedle Dee, you can pour some over to Mr. Tweedle Dum! passes the teapot over to the doll

F: But make sure to save some for Mrs. Nesbitt! points to a rip off of a buzz lightyear doll in a.. ripped tutu

N: ......I aM mRs.. starts to malfunction due to being a butt booty old from 1995 ...nECkzzz..b-b-bbUtT..- has a mini explosion and leans forward while small smoke comes out of it

F: sits there and watches as the doll just evaporates

F: .........so who's ready to try it! raises his cup in the air

All of the dolls just sit there, not saying anything because they're f*cking dolls

N: .........bursts into flames

F: YAY!!!

F: Hmmmm.. how about you try first Ken??

Floyd pointed to a ken doll with drawn on angry eyebrows that Clay drew on while he was asleep for absolutely no reason, but he still kept him anyway because he loved all of his toys

F: Awwww.. it's not kenough?? Well I have to make sure everyone else gets some, and barbie too, remember??

Ke:

F: ...oh right, I forgot you found her with another ke- how about you Yoshi?

Y:

Y: falls over off the chair

F: HOORAY!!

F: And you Mrs. Nesbitt? I know you got here kind of late!!

N: is literally just laying there in flames

F: You wanna cheers?? Okay!!

F: takes his juice cup and bumps it with hers but the juice spills on the floor and hits the doll too, stopping the fire

F: gasp Oh no!! Sorry Mrs. Nesbitt! Ugh now I gotta clean this up sighs and stands up

F: Okay everyone, I will be riiiight back- don't eat too much cake cebause remember floydie says-

F: points a finger upward while smiling too much cake makes tummy ache!

The dolls still say nothing

Ke: falls over this time

F: YAY!! Okay be right back! leaves the room while singing aaallll my liiiifeee--

N: ........bursts into flames again

C: walks into the room casually singing as well all my life- sees the mess and the burning doll

C: WHAT THE HE-

C: Actually, you know what- I've seen worse walks out the room

B: crawls from under Floyd's bed for whatever reason I WANT JUICE FROM MCDONA- sees all the chaos

B: .....YAAAAYYYYY!! claps

--

F: is humming and skipping from out of his room when he hears Grandma humming as well and turns to look over at her door, getting closer to it seeing that it's slightly cracked open

Little Floyd being curious, pushes it slowly open to see Grandma sitting in front of a mirror while combing her hair and putting on blush

F: Hi Grandma! Whatcha doin? GAAASP and hobbles over to her are you doing makeuuuuppp?

RP: Hmmmm? puts the makeup brush down and sees floyd with wide excited and happy eyes and smiles down at him

RP: Oh hello there my sweet peachfuzz, I very much am! starts to comb her hair again

F: FUNNN! claps his hands but then slowly stops as he thinks

F: What for? tilts his head

RP: Well, Grandma's gonna be going somewhere very big and exciting!

F: OOOOOH, really?! smiles Where?! Are you going to get chicken wings at McDonald's?!

RP: slowly turns to him

F: smiles innocently

RP: No, wh.. McDonalds doesn't even have..- anyway, no sweetheart, I'm going out to eat-

F: At McDonald's?!

RP: No- sigh I'm going to eat at a fancy restuarant gets back to applying makeup

F: looks to the side ....so McDonald's?

RP: Floyd-

F: Can I gooooo?

RP: Nooo love, this adventure is for Grandma and Grandma only.. that will NOT be at a McDonald's by the way-

F: But whhhyyyy?

RP: Because I'm gonna be going to see someo- covers her mouth

F: Whoozah? tilts his head

RP: I-I mean uhhh, why don't you keep playing or doing whatever you were doing sweetie? Grandma's a little occupied right now okay?

F: blinks twice Okay! skips out the room

RP: sighs of relief and goes back to doing her makeup

F: skips backward back into the room and turns around Can I try your makeup-

RP: Floyd PLEASE-

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JD: is feeding Rhonda while having her sit on the table

R: purrs and nuzzles him, asking for more

JD: Good giirllll gives her head scratches and picks a new bag of armadillo kibble and stares at it for a second before pouring it all over the damn table and throwing the bag to the side

JD: ENJOY!! does his signature smile

R: dives her face into the kibble and munches

JD: sniffs you're getting so big.. you don't even need me to feed you anymore!!

S: walks past Thank god-

JD: side eyes him ...but I'd still be open to DO IT if you WANTED me to-

S: rolls his eyes and goes to the cabinet to grab a snack do you have to have her all over the table-

JD: And yes, I do- takes a Clifford book from out of his hair and leans back and opens it

S: ...isn't that Clay's-

JD: What he don't know won't break his heart flips a page

S: ...since when do you READ

JD: Since I started being a believer in Clifford and Rhonda being the same-

JD: flips another page and GAAAASSSSSPPPPS

JD: ...I really nailed that gasp- BUT LOOK RHONDA!

JD: leans over to her and points to a part in the book even though she's not paying attention at all it says if I love you enough you'll grow into a GIGANTIC ARMADILLO VAN! hugs her

S: ..I'm pretty sure that's already been established five chapters ago

JD: Huh

S: Nothin opens the fridge

F: skips over to the table where John is

F: Hey John!

JD: Sup

F: Can you pass me some paper towels? I made an oopsie upstairs

JD: ...scared to know what that means but- sure grabs a roll of paper towels that's sitting on the table how much you need

F: Just three!

JD: Aight starts to pull off paper towels

F: Also, do you know what a pants knee restur-not is? I thought it was McDonalds but I guess it's not

S: closes the fridge a what-

JD: Pants knee what.. do you mean FANCY RESTAURANT?

F: Yeaaaah that! What is it?

JD: Um, I guess an expensive place where people go to eat.. why? hands him the paper towels

F: Well Grandma said she was going to go to one today! takes the paper towels

S: Wait huh

JD: ..really now? leans over the table in curiosity

F: Yeah! She's not letting me go though, I dunno why.. probably because it's not McDonalds shrugs

JD: Huh.. since.. when does grandma go out to expensive fancy restuarants.. slowly looks to the side while thinking

S: shrugs since today I guess

JD: Floyd are you- turns to him sure this is what you heard?

F: Mhm!

JD: ...what else did you hear, or see

F: Weellll, she said she was going somewhere very big and speciallll and she was putting on makeupppp and then I asked her if I could use her makeup after she told me to go play after she said..something- AND THEN I came down HERE and-

JD: Something? What do you mean something??

F: shrugs she covered her mouth and didn't finish

JD: So.. going somewhere big and special.. putting on makeup.. not finishing SENTENCES- G A A A A A S P

F: Hehe, nice gasp!

S: John what is it? walks over to him

JD: Oh no- looks around rapidly oh no oh no oh no-

C: walks into the kitchen and sees him holding his clifford book heyyyyy THERE'S my clifford book!

C: starts walking over to him You don't even freaking read John why are you stealing my-

JD: slaps the book in Clay's face THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! hops up from the chair and dashes to the stairs

C: Much appreciated- starts reading the book with it still stuck to his face

S: What the- sigh what is going through his thick square head now- follows him quickly

F: WAAAIT I WANNA PLAY TOOOOO follows them

C: laughs clifford you big red ignoramus

C: looks around with the book STILL stuck to his face not hearing anything from anyone

C: ...hello

---

JD: tiptoes over to Grandma's room where the door is completely closed now but he can still hear

JD: puts his ear against the door hearing what sounds like Grandma talking to.. someone

S: follows behind him John what are you doi-

JD: Shh! keeps trying to listen

F: follows behind them as well HAI I'M HERE

JD: practically snaps his neck looking behind him SHHHHH- SHUT THE HELL- SHUSH!!

F: lowers his voice Why?!? What's going o-

JD: First of all we are RIGHT outside Grandma's door and second, I need to confirm my suspicions now ZIP IT so I can hear! puts his ear against the door again

F: ...what are sus pigeons?

S: Why am I here-

C: walks over to them aight I got bored of clifford, what I miss scratches behind his ear

S: Nothing.. literally nothing

C: Okaaay wellll if nothing's happeninggg I guess I'll just- starts turning

JD: pulls his ear away and G A A A A A A S P

C: turns back around ..that was a really nice gasp

JD: Ha I know right

F: What happened John?!

JD: Grandma's going..

JD: turns to them with a petrified look on a DATE

C: WHAT

S: How did you figure that??!

F: ...what's a date?

S: It's when two people that like each other go to hang out with each other

F: Oooohh! Like a playdate!

S: ......yeah, but- make it more romantic

F: GAAAAAAAAAAASP-

JD: I did it better-

F: GRANDMA'S IN LOVE?!?

C: EWWWWW!!

S: John, what did you even hear her say-

JD: She was giggling and what not on the phone, and she ALSO kept saying stuff like "hOn" and "lOvE" which she only calls US and said she'll be ready to leave soon to see HIM?!

S: Seriously? Wow I.. never would've expected this

JD: YEAH, AND IT'S TERRIBLE!!! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!

F: Oh yay Grandma's in LOVE this is so exciting!! claps happily

JD: No Floyd shakes his head rapidly you don't get it- this is BAD news! After she goes on this date she's gonna fall in love and dedicate all her attention to this guy and it'll be like we never EXISTED!!

F: GAAAAASP WHAT?!?

B: pops out of Floyd's hair NOOOOOO

S: sighs John you're overreacting- sure this has never happened before but Grandma deserves to have fun, I mean come on she's OLD

JD: I'm not overreacting! I know how stuff like this goes down! I've seen stuff like this in the movies!

S: John-

JD: The parent goes on a date then they start to love the date more than the kids and they eventually PUSH AWAY the children!!

F,B: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

C: WHAT DO WE DO?!?!

S: NOTHING!!!

JD: We have to go and stop Grandma before she eventually ABANDONS US!! AND WE'RE LEFT WITH NOTHING!!

F,B,C: YEAAAHHHH!!

S: You're all lunatics- IMBECILES!!!

JD: Come on Spruce walks forward you can say all this now but what're you gonna do when Grandma actually leaves us

S: She's not gonna LEAVE us-

JD: HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE HMMMMM

S: Well, I- well-

JD: EXACTLY!

S: Oh come on this is ridiculous!!

JD: You know what's ridiculous?! Grandma going on this DATE!!

S: Ughhhhh!!

JD: Hm, you know what strokes his chin I bet she didn't even get anyone to watch us did she? She did say she didn't trust any of us being home alone anymore.. isn't that S U S?!

F: Why doesn't she trust us again?

C: Remember the pizza?

F: OOH I want pizza!!

C: No! I meant remember when blockhead over there decided to order sixty flip flopping boxes of pizza?

F: ...ooooooohhhhhhh.. yeah.. the pineapple was really good-

C: You're a MAD MAN-

JD: Both of you hush! I'm trying to think of a plan!

S: John, I really think you should do a few double takes before doing anything rash-

JD: OH OH snaps I GOT it!

JD: Grandma doesn't let us stay home alone anymore but she's about to go on this date WHILE LEAVING us here, so what's say I use my specialty skill...

JD: waves his hands around with a smirk Manipulation, sparkle sparkle~

F,B: YAAAAYYYY! clap their hands

C: Yep, you're really good at that-

S: This is not gonna work-

JD: Oh come on when have my plans never worked?

C:

C: slowly takes out a list of previous chapters from his hair

JD: Clay put it away right now-

C: Four big brothers, Fluffle with a bit of berry, Hiccup-Oh-

JD: In when DREAMS COLLIDE IT WORKED-

C: ...shall I move on to Tales of the Band-

JD: LOOK HERE YOU-

John stops and gasps when he hears Grandma approaching the door

F: Oh no!!

JD: Ohhh sh- come on get outta here you knuckleheads GO GO-

JD: starts shoving his brothers away to their room and eventually just scoops them all into his arms and runs into the room, plopping onto the floor

C: is on the bottom of the pile ...I'm going to murder somebody-

JD: sits up quickly and turns when he hears Grandma's doorknob jiggling and the door opens

Grandma walks out of her room, nicely dressed in a pretty mulberry pink dress along with a clip of the same color in her hair and a pearl necklace around her neck, with light makeup applied to her face as well

RP: turns to her five grandsons who are just laying overtop of each other

RP: ...erm-

BroZ: all look up and stare back at her with wide eyes

B: pops up out of the pile and points at her ANGEL!!

F: GAAASP oh wow wow wow grandma you look so beautiful!!!

RP: Awe, well.. smiles warmly and feels her ears go warm that's very sweet of you boys, it's been a hot minute since I actually dressed myself up

C: Hot minute huh just like your hot DATE-

RP: Wha-

JD: smacks a hand on his mouth WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY WAS you look great

RP: Oh, well uh, thank you- but anyways I-

JD: SOOOOOO climbs off of his brothers and stands up, walking towards her slowly you're.. going out somewhere on this fine and lovely night?

RP: Wellll yes I am! I'm sure the look made it awfully obvious chuckles

JD: Oh yeah VERY obvious- but uh, if I can recall my.. elderly parental guardian.. you did say something about not wanting to leave us alone at the pod anymoreee..

RP: Mhm, yes, I'm aware I said that..

JD: And I'mmmn pretty sure no one else besides King Peppy who I'm sure is VERY busy or is probably sleeping would be able to look after us so BASICALLY I'm saying you shouldn't go because then you'd be leaving us alone which is something you've previously established you DIDN'T wanna do and-

RP: Actually that's.. what I came in here to talk to you about

JD: Who huh?

RP: I did say that I'm not comfortable leaving you all alone while I'm gone, but.. this is going to be sort of special to me, so.. just for tonight,

RP: puts a hand on his shoulder I'm giving you full responsibility over your little brothers

JD: WHAT

F: YAAAAAAYYYY!! Wait is that good or bad-

C: Bad, very much bad-

RP: I figure because of that and since it's late, well.. what's the harm in it, right? I'm sure you'll be fine

RP: looks up at all of them all of you

F,S,C: look at each other

JD: stares up at her in disbelief

RP: smiles then looks back down at John

RP: You can do that for me, can't you?

JD: I.. I..

RP: Hey, I won't be gone too long okay? And you know you can always call if you need me

RP: But.. it's really important that I go to this- pauses for a second place, it'll determine a lot of things for me

RP: kneels you understand don't you?

JD: frowns up at her

F: I understand! raises his hand

C: Floyd-

F: Wha?

RP: sighs and stands back up on her feet

RP: I.. looks at her wrist where she conveniently has a wrist watch on it oh goodness, I really have to be leaving now

RP: ruffles John's hair Take care and be good okay??

JD: says nothing and looks away

RP: frowns a little but then looks up to the rest of her grandsons you all be good to your oldest brother alright?

F: Okay Grandma! smiles

S: Yep, you got it

C: I don't know how to do that-

RP: rolls her eyes a little before adjusting her purse and sighing

RP: I'll see you all very soon okay? There's plenty of food and snacks downstairs if you want anything, do call me if there's anything at all you need, I have to go now

RP: is about to start heading downstairs but stops and turns behind her

RP: John, would you mind locking the door behind me after I leave?

JD: stands there with his back turned to her and his arms now crossed, looking to the side

RP: ...John?

JD:

JD: ...yeah

RP: sighs again thank you starts going down the steps and heads to the door, opening it and leaving out of it

JD: turns his head to see her leaving out the door and watches as it closes

F,B,S,C: blink slowly in silence

S: ...well that happened-

S: yawns and stretches and turns well anyway, I'm gonna catch a few z's after I click on my only me mirror a million times cause why not-

JD: Alright, new plan

S: turns back toward him slowly ...you said what now-

F: What new plan?

C: Am I ordering the pizzas this time-

JD: NO you fool! We can't let this dAtE happen! So that's exactly why we're gonna stop it!

S: John seriously enough of this oh my god-

JD: Nope, nuuuuope, nuh uh, I'm not resting knowing my ONE and ONLY grandmother is potentially on her way to be STOLEN by some.. some..

F: Unicorn??

JD: By some UNICORN!! Wait huh- NO!!

JD: LOOK, WE'RE GONNA STOP THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!

S: We-

JD: YES WE! This ain't no ridin solo hippity hoppity type shi we're BROZONE! We do EVERYTHING TOGETHER!

C: I don't recall ever using the bathroom with all of you on the toilet with me-

JD: ...YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT AND IT WASN'T THAT-

S: You know what John, since you're so confident in stopping this whole thing how the hell do you expect to do it-

JD: Well duhhh, we're gonna beee..

JD: waves his hands around again SPIIIEESS sparkle sparkle~

F,C: WOOOOAAAAHHHHHH

F: UNICORN SPIES??

JD:

JD: YEAH!!

F: HOORAAAAAYYYY!!

C: Hell naw- walks away

JD: I have cool shades for all of you to wear-

C: moonwalks back you had me at cool shades-

JD: grabs the shades from his hair and gives two to Floyd and Clay

F: COOOOLL!

F: ...HOW DO YOU USE ITT??

C: You eat them obviously- sticks his shades in his hair

F: looks at him then back at his shades

F: starts to slowly move them towards his mouth while opening it

C: Oh my god you DUMMY- snatches them and puts them on his face

F: GAAAASP CLAY WHAT'D YOU DO I CAN'T SEE!!

C: The shades are on your FACE THEY'RE SUNGLASSES

F: OOOOHHHHHHHHH, I LOVE THEM!!

F: ...WHERE ARE MY EYES??

C: DOES HE HAVE TO COME WITH US-

JD: YES no frickin troll left behind now shush and enjoy the shades-

JD: looks over at Spruce who is annoyed and shaking his head

JD: Come on man takes out another pair I got some for you tooooo

S: No

JD: But they're cool shaaadeesss!

S: No

JD: Spruce come onnnnnn-

S: No

JD:

JD: I'll let you bring your mirror

S: Ughhh no! You're not making me do this this is insane! I just wanna go to frickin sleep!

JD: You can SLEEP after we save Grandma-

S: She doesn't need saving from ANYTHING, you sound so STUPID!

JD: Spruce, please.. this is really important to me, I don't wanna lose Grandma!

JD: I..

JD: sighs and lowers his hand

JD: ...I need you..

Spruce would then unfurrow his eyebrows and looks at his saddened expression, seeing how much this was really bothering his older brother and sighed remembering how much it hurt him knowing their parents were gone and being scared Grandma would eventually leave

S: nods slowly alright, fine

JD: looks up with a brightened expression

JD: Really?!

S: This is REALLY stupid, but.. your feelings aren't stupid

JD: smiles wide thanks brother

S: shrugs off a smile give me those frickin shades-

JD: happily hands him a pair and looks over at the other two younger brothers who are.. of course chaotic as ever

JD: Ooooookay, head count!

JD: points at them while counting one, two, three-

JD: points to himself four, and-

S: looks at him noticing the pause what?

JD: ..where's Branch-

C: looks at him then at his goggles enjoying your big ol goggles apparently-

JD: H u h-

JD: feels something moving around in his hair and looks to see Branch was going nom nom on his goggles

B: SHADES! laughs

JD: ...you know what, just- just stay in there- at least I know where you are-

S: Alright hot shot, what's the big "plan" to stop Mr. Unicorn-

JD: DON'T CALL IT- well actually that can just be his codename since he's stupid and unicorns are stupid-

F: HEEEYYYYYYY!! I LIKE UNICORNS! whines

C: Big mistake comparing Grandma's date to them then-

JD: And I thought I already established that we're gonna be s p i E s

S: blinks slowly ...yeah, but, h O w

JD: ...well what else do you think we're gonna go stalk em on their flippin date!!

S: Of all things that's trolly- rests a hand on his face how are we supposed to do that when we don't even know where they're GOING!!!

JD: Easy, Rhonda! picks up Rhonda from out of nowhere and holds her up with a wide sQuArE smile

S: ...and she's gonna do what exa-

JD: Ughhhh STOP ASKING QUESTIONS WE'RE WASTING TIME!! holds Rhonda while running to the stairs

C: is reading a book that says 'book to read when you're waiting to go stalk your grandma on her date' but then looks up Oh are we leaving- okay puts the book down and follows behind him

F: WAAAAIT I STILL CAN'T SEEEEEE-

C: MOVE YOUR STUPID GLASSES- oh forget this shi- runs back and grabs his hand and drags him

F: WHEEEEEE WHERE ARE WE GOING- DOOF- runs into a wall

C: Oh sorry- you should watch where you're going- moves him from around the wall and pulls him downstairs

S: sighs while shaking his head THIS oughta be good- sticks his shades in his hair and follows behind them

---

JD: That's it girl! Sniff sniff sniff! Or- track track track!

JD: follows behind Rhonda as she either sniffs or scouts out the directions Rosiepuff may have been or driven in, his brothers following behind by a few inches

R: stops when she reaches a certain point, sniffling and looking around more

JD: stops here Huh? This can't be it!

C: pants before stopping too ughhhh how long are we gonna be DOING this for I wanna do the SPY thing already!!!

S: stops beside him We've only been out here for five minutes-

C: Well it feels like an HOUR-

F: I CAN'T SEEEEEE!! complains again as he stops behind everyone

C: Floyd- for the millionth time- starts turning take those STUPID GLASSES OFF YOUR-

F: It's so daaarrrkkk!! I wanna go back inside!! doesn't have his glasses on as he's looking around

C: sees he doesn't have his glasses on and realizes Oh, right, you're afraid of the dark

F: pouts can you hold my haaanddd?

C: No! quickly turns away

F: Clay pleeaasseeeee! goes up to him and grabs his arm, shaking it

C: Eugh- okay okay! Just let go of me!

F: YAY! holds out his hand with a wide smile

C: rolls his eyes and grabs onto his hand annoyingly, giving it a comforting squeeze

C: Don't let go or I'm not holding it again-

F: Hehe!

S: Ay, walks up to John's side what's the hold up?

JD: I-I don't know! I guess she's not smelling or seeing anything else but- we've gotten this far so it's not making sense!

S: sighs well there's nothing else we can really do.. maybe we should just-

JD: puts a hand on his chest to stop him wait-

R: starts looking around a corner and goes around it a bit, moving around frantically as she looks back at John and starts making excited armadillo noises

JD: What girl what is it?! runs to her

F,C,S: look at each other before following behind

JD: looks at what she's looking at and gasps

S: What?? peeks behind him

The boys would all see Grandma's vehicle just a few miles away driving, being able to tell for one because Rhonda would point it out, and because of the shape and colors revealed by some light in the village

F: Is that Grandma??

JD: It is, it's gotta be, Rhonda wouldn't have pointed it out for no reason

C: Well what are we gonna do?? She's already so far away and we don't know how much farther she's going

JD: watches as she keeps driving and starts to think of something, getting a determined look

JD: ...something crazy

S: blinks ........pardon-

JD: scoops everyone in his arms again and starts dashing after the vehicle, running as fast as he can

S: John wHAAAAAT ARE YOU D O I N G G G-

C: WOOHOOOO YEAAAAHHHH!!

F: I'M FLYINGGGG.. AND I STILL CAN'T SEE-

JD: starts getting closer to the vehicle and gets the idea to wrap his hair around one of the antennae

C: ...WE'RE GONNA DIE AREN'T WE-

JD: NOT IF YOU HOLD ONTO ME!

John keeps his hair wrapped around the antennae tight and jumps a little in the air before pulling himself towards the vehicle completely, holding his brothers in his arms tight

C: COOOOOOOLLLLLL!! pretends like he's superman

S: NOT COOL NOT COOL NOT COOOOOL!!

JD: ALMOST THERE! EVERYBODY JUST STAY PUT AND IT'LL BE ALL-

B O N K

Everyone hit the back of the car face first

RP: raises an eyebrow hearing the noise What the-

RP: turns around and looks back to see nothing, looking in every direction

RP: Hm.. shrugs and turns back around

RP: Must've hit something continues driving

S: Aooowwwww.. peels his face from off the vehicle and rubs it genius plan you had there doofus-

JD: Ow- peels his face from off the vehicle as well why thank you!

F: Ouucchhhh.. gasp and realizes what's happening oh we're dead- we're getting in trouble aren't we!!

JD: No oneeee is getting in trouble- we just have to stay low and stay hidden- and stay holding onto me or else you'll fall off-

C: Ah.. rubs his forehead before nodding slowly so this is what spies do..

---

Fifteen minutes later

The vehicle begins to slow down and eventually stop, parking in front of what is indefinitely a fancy restaurant

F,C,S,R: all asleep while nuzzled up in JD's arms

B: is still in his hair and cuddled up asleep

JD: is nearly asleep with his eyes half lidded as he adjusts his younger brothers and Rhonda in his arms, until he realizes the vehicle's not moving anymore

JD: starts to wake up completely and looks around rapidly, beginning to quietly panic as he hears the door open

JD: mumbles shit shit shit- lets his hair release from the antennae and holds everyone as he runs off into a nearby bush

RP: sighs as she exits her vehicle and shuts the door, adjusting her dress and purse

RP: Alright, here we go.. locks the doors and starts approaching the entrance of the restuarant

JD: peeks out of the bush and watches as she goes inside

JD: Guys, guys, guys guys- starts shaking everyone

C: Ughhh five more hourssss.. groans as he turns his head

JD: Guuuuysss get up! drops everyone We're here!!

S: groans before starting to get up himself wait.. what?

F: starts waking up too while yawning We're home?

JD: No! We're at the fancy- restuarant- place- thingy!!

C: yawns as well while scratching the back of his head oh yeah, forgot about that

C: looks up and sees the place for himself wooowwww.. it's bigger than my diginity

JD: Alright come on come on come on starts pushing them from behind the bush and urges them to get up

After everyone eventually starts moving on their feet they all begin to walk toward the restaurant

F: starts smelling the food Mmmmm.. do you think they have pizzaaaaaa

S: I don't know and I don't care, I just wanna get this over with-

JD: Everyone put your shades on!!

The brothers all put their shades on as they finally make it into the restaurant

JD: keeps everyone behind him and tries to sneak past the hostess at the front desk quietly

H: looks down and sees all five of them Oh- hello!

They all stop when they hear her, frozen in fear

C: ...I guess this is the night when Brozone dies-

F: NOOOOOO I don't wanna DIIIEEEEE!!

JD: scolds in a hushed whisper SHUT THE HELL UP-

S: This is going well-

H: Uhmmm.. are you all alright? Can I help you with something?

JD: Uhhhh- slowly turns to her with his shades on

JD: clears his throat and starts talking in an innocent voice N-No ma'am, we're just looking for uhh- our mother, she should be around here somewhere-

H: Oh, well, I can help you look for her if you'd like??

F: Actually we're looking for our Grandm-

JD: THAT won't be necessary, I think we'll be able to find her just fine but, thank you!!

H: Well, alright then, have a good rest of your night boys, I'll be up here if you need anything

JD: Yeahhh hahaa thaaanks!! grabs everyone and pulls them along away from the desk

H: Hm, interesting.. turns back forward

H: ...wait, did he say Brozone-

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JD: Okay we're in! looks around as he tries locating Grandma

S: Well now what??

JD: Simple, we just need to stay low and find- GASP

F: What was that gasp for?!

JD: THAT ONE...

JD: balls his fist and looks to the side while closing his eyes

JD: Was for no reason..

F,C: G A S P

B: pops out of his hair gasping too

S: Will you guys stop it?! At this rate we're never finding Grandma and she's gonna be far in on her little date-

JD: G A S P

S: John, seriously-

S: For the person who had this idea in the first place you sure AREN'T taking it seriously AT ALL-

JD: No no no! That was a serious gasp!

JD: grabs his head and turns it left Look!

From a distance there was Rosiepuff who was sitting across from someone that they couldn't see due to their back being towards them and the chair they were sitting in blocking some of them as well

S: blinks Oh

F: IT'S GRANDMAAAAAA!!

Trolls start turning their heads hearing the outburst

JD: widens his eyes and pushes them all towards the floor and then scooting and hiding them behind a nearby wall

JD: glares over at Floyd are you INSANE?!

F: Um, well, I don't think s-

JD: DON'T ANSWER THAT!

JD: turns his head to look from around the corner and sees Rosiepuff, who looks like she's having a nice time with how much she's smiling and chuckling

JD: She's.. really enjoying herself..

S: looks over at Rosiepuff then at John, who turns his head and frowns, looking down while moving his glasses out of his face

S: sighs and moves his glasses as well, putting a hand on his shoulder slowly

S: John.. maybe.. maybe we really should just leave them alone.. I mean, look at how happy Grandma is

JD: looks at Spruce then back at Rosiepuff, who is talking more than a lot now

S: She loves us very much but she also has her own life at the same time.. that doesn't have to mean she's gonna leave us

S: pats his shoulder gently come on.. let's go home?

JD: starts thinking over it for a second while looking around

C: pops up behind them Well I say Grandma doesn't NEED no crusty dusty ol sewer water drinkin MAN! What are we still doing sitting over here!!

S: Clay I will end you-

JD: hears what Clay says and stops thinking, huffing quietly before putting his sunglasses back on

JD: Let's try and get closer

S: What??

C: WOOOOO- I mean, woooooo-

JD: points to a few tables and chairs that are closer to the two Over there, go, and stay hidden

C: nods and grabs Floyd's hand again and dashes around the tables and chairs

F: Too fast too fast too fast! whispers

C: Well learn to get fast and keep up! whispers while slowing down

JD: moves Spruce in front of him for him to go next

S: John wait-

JD: sighs what??

S: Come on just think about it for a second.. do we really have to do this? Grandma would never leave us!

JD: Look I've thought about it and I've already made up my mind, there's no changing it! And we're already here, we can't possibly back out now

S: sighs fine, fine starts going to where Clay and Floyd are

JD: holds Rhonda in one of his arms and looks around, before following behind all of them

C: sees John coming and crouches alongside them under a table

C: About time you got here! Look at how gross they're being-

RP: Oh Cedar, this night has been wonderful so far, I've enjoyed talking to you takes a sip of her drink

JD: Soooo.. his name is Cedar.. noting that down in my head

Ce: Me as well Rose, I can't believe how much we have in common, chuckles while taking a sip of his drink makes me think we were meant to meet and meant to be

C: Oh he did not just say that-

RP: laughs again and puts her drink down, looking at her drink when she takes in what he just said and begins to sigh

Ce: looks up at her and notices her change of attitude

Ce: Everything alright?

RP: Of course, of course, it's just.. have I told you that I have five grandsons at home?

JD: his ears start to perk up hearing this

Ce: I.. think once at some point, why?

RP: Well, I.. well-

Before she could finish her sentence, a waiter comes up to them with their food

W: Sorry to have kept you lovely couple waiting! (no pun intended)

RP: Oh we aren't-

W: Here are both of your dishes! puts their plates down in front of them which both have two types of pasta entrees because I'm lazy and also why would you not order pasta

Ce: smiles Thank you!

W: You're very much welcome, I'll be back in a little while with your bill, enjoy! walks away

RP: Oh my, this looks delicious smiles down at her plate

Ce: I know! Pasta is my absolute favorite! picks up his fork and starts to eat

C: Okay, John, I'm getting bored how long are we gonna stay crouched here for- I'm not feeling spy cool here!

JD: We're not going anywhere until I know that she's not gonna choose to stay with this man!

S: Welp, we're gonna be here all night then-

Ce: Anyways, continues eating were you saying something?

RP: Oh, um starts to eat as well but very slowly forget it, it's not important

F: gasps quietly we're.. not important anymore..? whimpers

S: No, Floyd, I don't think that's what she meant-

JD: Oh it is takes off his shades and starts moving forward and I'm gonna-

S: John no! grabs his arm

C: John yes! tries moving Spruce's arm

RP: Actually, no, you know what, it very much is important puts her fork down

Ce: Okay, go on, talk to me

RP: sighs again, looking down at her plate then back up at him

RP: I just.. Cedar, it's been great talking with you and you're an amazing troll, I've enjoyed every second I've spent with you and I honestly don't want it to end-

JD: growls and tries moving from under the table

S: Stop it you maniac! keeps a hold of his arm do you want us to get caught?!

C: Who cares?! Go boy go! tries pushing him

S: CLAY- holds him back I am going to beat the ever living S WORD out of you-

C: HA wimp you can't even say it-

S: Because Floyd is here! And Branch- I think-

B: sticks a hand out of John's hair holding a thumbs up

S: Yeah he's here-

C: Well that never stops me!

S: Because you're an immature JACKASS-

F: horrified g a s p

S: Oh look what you made me do!!

C: Ahhhh see how easy was that?? Also gAaAaAasP I am NOT!!

B: YAAAAYYYYYY claps from inside John's hair

C: BRANCH DON'T CLAP FOR HIM!!

S: It's because he KNOWS I'm right!!

C: Oh you wanna prove that then Mr. I'm better than everyone?! gets in his face

RP: But.. honestly.. my grandsons mean the entire world to me, they are my world..

Ce: What are you saying?

RP: I'm saying I think.. I should keep it that way, not just for them, but, for me, I think things would be better that way.. I hope you understand

JD: gasps quietly and stops going feral

Ce: Oh I understand, I very much do, and that warms my heart very much that you're putting them first

RP: smiles warmly

Ce: I just- I hope we can at least still be friends, tonight has been a great time

RP: Oh but of course!

JD: Guys, wait, guys-

S: Get out of my FACE! shoves him and I have never said that in my life ever!!

C: takes out a list Wanna refer back to How it began or How it REALLY began- choice is yours-

S: Oh you're SO DEAD- tackles him to the ground

F: EEP- hides behind John

JD: GUYS STOP- tries pulling them apart

S: YOU THINK YOU'RE SOOOO FUNNY FOR THAT HUH- tries grabbing his hair to yank it

C: I DO- I REALLY DO ACTUALLY- starts kicking him in the face

S: WELL WE'LL SEE WHO GETS THE LAST LAUGH AFTER I THROW THIS ENTIRE RESTUARANT ON YOU-

JD: GUYS- gasp

John begins to panic internally more when he sees another couple approaching the table they're under

JD: HEY YOU F**KIN IDIOTS STOP YOUR BULLSH**!!! grabs both of them as they both wriggle in his hands

C: NO- NO- kicks his legs LET ME AT EM-

S: LET GO OF ME OR IT'S OVER FOR EVERYONE IN THIS BUILDING- tries pulling out of his grasp

F: STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT- holds onto John

All the chaos eventually comes back to bite them in the ass as the chairs start falling over and eventually the entire table they're under, causing all heads to turn in their direction including Rosiepuff and Cedar

BroZ: O________________________________O

RP: her eyes widen, looking at all of her grandsons stare up at her with "we're f**ked" expressions

JD,S,C,F:

RP:

Ce:

B: HI GRANDMA! pops out of John's hair

JD: Heh.. heh.. enjoying your dinner?

Ce: Oh, so.. these are your grandsons

RP: Yes.. yes they are slowly gets up

JD,S,C,F: gulp

RP: And we're going home, grabs her purse right, now.

JD: sighs and gets up slowly while rubbing his arm, his brothers eventually doing the same

RP: I am so sorry you had to meet them this way sighs and rubs her right temple I honestly don't even know how they got here

Ce: Oh, uh, don't worry about it

RP: You have a nice night Cedar starts walking away from the table let's go boys

JD,S,C,F: all look at each other before following behind her, nervously and ashamedly

Ce: ...wait, so, am I paying the bill or-

Ce: pauses ...double wait-

Ce: turns behind him was that BROZONE??

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RP: walks to her vehicle and opens the passenger door for all of them to climb in, all of them collectively doing so

RP: climbs in the driver's seat and straps herself in and starts the engine, not saying a word as she pulls off

JD,S,C,F: all sit there in silence, looking around awkwardly and quietly

C: .....inhale okay- for the record, John made us do it-

S: Clay-

C: You know it's true!

JD: sighs as he doesn't even deny it, knowing he was the cause of all this

S: It was also our fault for being STUPID

C: You were being stupid first-

S: How?!

C: Because you called me a jacka-

C: pauses when he sees Grandma eye him from the rearview mirror

C: ...yeah that word!

S: Because YOU were the one that kept trying to let John attack that man!

JD: his eyes widen and he goes stiff as he feels Rosiepuff glare at him for a quick second

F: Uh ohhhh.. sinks in his seat

C: Well I'm soorrrryyy if things we're actually about to start to get interesting!

S: They were NEVER interesting to BEGIN with I already TOLD YOU ALL we shouldn't have DONE this in the FIRST PLA-

RP: HEY!!!

S,C: immediately stop hearing Grandma yell

RP: I don't care who did what, I don't wanna hear about any of it right now, not, another, word! We will talk, when we get home!

JD: sighs and buries his face in his hands, feeling ashamed of himself and everything that happened

R: tries licking him to make him feel better

RP: looks over at John again and sees how upset he is and sighs to herself, wanting to know why this happened but leaving the questions for when they got home

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After getting home Grandma would sit all the boys on the couch and stand in front of them with her arms crossed, tapping her foot in extreme disappointment

JD,S,C,F: stare up at her with anxious expressions, sitting there in silence

RP: So.. anyone wanna explain to me WHY you all decided it would be funny to sneak OUT of the pod at THIS late hour and FOLLOW ME AAAALLLL the way to my DATE? I mean out of all the reckless things you boys could do I can't believe you would do this! Not only was it irresponsible but it is completely UNSAFE!

F: whimpers quietly while looking down

JD: Uhhhh..

RP: And yes! I said it! A date! I'm your grandmother but I'm also a grown woman!

S: murmurs yeah because I definitely haven't been saying that the whole time..

C: murmurs back to him still went with us though-

S: Oh well I'm sorry for trying to be a supportive brother CLAY!

C: No you weren't! John manipulated you like he did with all of us!

JD: buries his hands in his face again and groans quietly guys-

RP: Hey! Enough you two! No one is leaving this couch until someone tells me-

S: Well you didn't seem so upset about it with how you kept encouraging him to break Grandma and Cedar up!

C: Soooooo? Doesn't take away from the fact that it's, his, fau-

JD: OOOKAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!

Suddenly everything and everyone goes quiet as they all quickly turn to look at John

JD: gets off the couch both of you just- STOP! This is stupid at this point!

JD: Look, I'll say it to make EEEEVERYONE happy! It's my fault, it's my fault, it's MY FRICKIN FAULT! I'M THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO STUPIDLY DRAG EVERYONE OUT OF THE POD AT THIS LATE HOUR JUST BECAUSE MY DUMB SQUARE BRAIN-

C: gasps quietly he called himself a dumb square-

S: elbows him

JD: -THOUGHT THAT IF AND WHEN MY GRANDMA GOES ON THIS DATE SHE WOULD EVENTUALLY ABANDON US AND GO ON TO LIVE A HAPPY GO LIFE WITHOUT US AND I COULDN'T BARE THE THOUGHT OF THAT SO I SELFISHLY WANTED TO TRY AND STOP IT ONLY TO RUIN HER AND EVERYONE ELSE'S NIGHT!!!

JD: stops and pants heavily, trying to catch his breath

At this point besides his younger brothers, Grandma's eyes are very much widened as she listened to her eldest grandson's huge tangent, now knowing the real reason why this happened and feeling saddened hearing that he felt that way

RP: Jonathan.. I-

JD: And.. and that's it

JD: feels everyone staring at him and his ears grow warm, feeling more upset and ashamed

JD: ...I'll take whatever punishment you have in mind right now, just- don't punish them gestures towards his younger brothers I dragged them all into this

F,C,S: all look at each other then back at John

JD: In fact- I'll make it easier for by just grounding myself to our room right now

JD: starts trudging over to the steps, hearing Rhonda follow behind him quietly

C: starts feeling guilty and pokes at his fingers, watching him go

RP: stares for a bit before walking over to John from behind

C: G-Grandma wait-

JD: stops when he feels someone wrap their arms around him tight, squeezing and holding him close

John and the rest of the brothers would widen their eyes when they saw that Grandma was now hugging him

RP: How many times do I have to make it clear to you that I'm never, ever going anywhere.. no troll could ever take me away from my five little blessings who turned my life upside down..

JD: stands there in shock for a second before starting to sniffle and tear up, hugging her back just as tight

JD: I'm sorry.. I'm really really sorry Grandma..

RP: Hush.. strokes his hair gently while rocking him in her arms no more of that..

RP: pulls away from him but stays close to him while holding his shoulders

RP: I just want you to promise me you'll never do something like that again, okay?

JD: sniffs and nods, looking down and away

RP: smiles warmly and lifts his head up, giving him a forehead kiss and wiping his tears away

RP: But.. it makes me very happy knowing that you care so much, truly it does

JD: smiles a little but it quickly goes away as he feels bad again

JD: But.. your date.. I ruined everything.. you really liked him.. if it weren't for me you'd be happy with him..

RP: chuckles softly oh hon.. I'm already happy, ruffles his hair Cedar was a lovely troll, but.. tonight really helped me learn that- dating just might not be my thing or is not really a priority that I need for the last of my life

RP: stands back up on her feet and looks at the rest of the brothers

RP: And I already have all I need right here smiles

F,S,C: all look at each other while smiling

JD: It.. wasn't because of me that you felt that way, was it rubs the back of his neck

RP: Well, yes but no, when I'm making many decisions you all are the first thing that comes to my mind and whether it would good for me or any of you, and.. I think I'm just perfectly fine with the way things are now

JD: smiles up at her again

C: ...did we win?

S: It wasn't a competition Clay-

C: Oh come on that's not what I-! Well- okay-

RP: rolls her eyes playfully alriiiight bring it in you alllll opens her arms out

The brothers all collectively go to their grandmother and run into her arms, hugging her close and warmly

RP: hugs them all close to her but then opens her eyes as she realizes something

RP: Hey.. where's Branch?

JD: Hm? Oh he must be asleep, he's right in he- opens his hair only to find he's not in there

JD: ...what the- where did-

C: Ohhhhhh that's not good-

S: How did he-?!

F: Oh NOOOO! WE LEFT BRAAAAANCH!!!

F: starts bawling WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

JD: But but- HE WAS IN HERE THE WHOLE TIME HOW COULD HE HAVE POSSIBLY-

RP: Now now boys uhh calm down! starts feeling panicky herself Maybe he just, maybe-

Suddenly, the lights turn off and every single one of them goes stiff, trying to figure what in the everlasting f**k was going on

F: .......IT'S DAAAARRKKKKKK!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-

C: Man I'm so SICK of this SHI-

RP: Why the- I just paid the electric bill!

Everyone goes quiet when they start to hear music, and turn when a spotlight cuts on, only to see Branch standing there with shades of his own on, his arms crossed

JD,S,C,F+RP: blink

B: slowly pulls a juice box from behind him and takes a sip, before throwing it to the side and walking forward slowly, snapping his fingers

I'm an international.. 🎶

B: slides to the middle of the room on his knees and throws his head back to sing,

SUPER SPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
🗣🗣🗣🎶🎶🎶🎶❗❗❗❗

The lights all cut back on as Branch bows and finishes, taking his shades off

B: Thank you, goodnight walks away

JD,S,C,F+RP: watch him walk away, blinking slowly

C: ....why didn't I THINK OF THAT!!!!

RP: blinks a few more times Uhm.. what was that about-

JD: Don't ask-