âthe thing you have to understand is that, helen aside, things were already kind of like, brewing,â homer says.
âthe thing you have to understand is that, helen aside, things were kind of like, brewing,â homer says. to be fair, up until this point he really could not have given less of a shit about greek life politics. heâd rushed alpha sig because he wanted to lose his virginity, make friends, drink a lot of beer, and because lowkey he wanted to be like capi from ABCâs greek. he loved that guy. that guy was the shit.
anyway, the point is, now that homerâs really giving it some thought, yeah: the thing between troy and alpha sig had been building for a while, long before homer got anywhere near campus. helen was kind of just like, the final straw.
âthe trojans arenât even greek, is the thing,â he explains. âlike, they used to be, um ⌠i dunno, some national chapter, i forget because who cares. but they got kicked off campus and then just renamed themselves after the street their new house was on. priamâs nice but heâs not exactly creative.â
âwhy did they get kicked off campus?â
âwell, a deer got drunk at one of their parties, and then the deer got hit by a car, and then there were all these protests by the vegan club.â
âwhy did they get a deer drunk?â
âis this on the record?â
âson, youâre at a police station. everything is on the record.â
homer hesitates. heâs pretty sure theyâre past the statute of limitations on getting animals drunk, and also he doesnât think thatâs technically illegal, just a real dick move.
âwell ⌠they didnât,â he admits. âbut â okay. look, donât tell anyone i told you, but the real truth is aggy did it.â
âaggy got them kicked off campus?â
âno, aggy got the deer drunk. it was on trojan property, though. and â this is extremely on the DL, iâm very serious about this, boys â it wasnât the vegans who protested. or i mean, it was the vegans, but how did the vegans find out, you know what iâm saying?â
thereâs a thoughtful hum. homer isnât sure if itâs coming from Ray Ban or Donut Mouth, but he thinks it might be Donut Mouth because he smells a hint of bear claw on the exhale.
âso how did they find out?â Ray Ban asks. his words are a little squished, like heâs resting his chin on one of his hands.
âroy,â Donut Mouth mutters. âcâmon, this isnât relevant.â
âso?â Ray Ban answers, unapologetic. âitâs fucking interesting. you so desperate to go write up your reports that you wanna get out of here? you itching to sit in the bullpen listening to frank powerwash the floors for the next four hours?â
homer grins. he holds his hand out for a high-five. âmy main man ray ban,â he says. Ray Ban takes the five.
âitâs roy, actually,â he says.
ârick and roy, thatâs cute, actually,â homer answers. âiâm still gonna call you ray ban, though. itâs like, your vibe. rick, sorry man, but youâve been donut mouth to me this whole time and i just donât think thatâs gonna change for you.â
âfor godâs sake,â Donut Mouth says, âcan we please focus?â
homer, nodding, feels around the table until he finds the corner of what heâs pretty sure is the donut box. he raises his eyebrows in question and is gratified to hear Donut Mouth sigh before nudging the box forward so he can get his hand in. he grabs whatever is closest â no such thing as a bad donut, after all â and says, mouth full of strawberry glaze, âokay, so, someone told the muses and the muses told me that it was emi hunter, olly hunterâs twin sister. sheâs not a vegan herself but is BIG into like, animal husbandry. their whole family have been butchers since like, the 1600s or some shit. i heard she only eats meat sheâs killed herself, which is super hot and very scary.â
he waits, but neither Ray Ban nor Donut Mouth have anything to say about emi hunter. â⌠anyway, she found out that someone at this party had gotten the deer drunk and that the deer had gotten hit by a car and died, and also nobody even used the venison, and she sicced the vegans on them.â
âwhy didnât she report them herself?â