*The Amelia gang on a rare trip to Disneyland, the cup ride*
Ant and Savannah: *spinning calmly, talking*
The Interviewer, Alvina, Amelia, Julio, Perez, Miguel, Guillamo, Mateo, Oleg, Boris, Mikhail : *flying past them, spinning as fast as they can, screaming*
Savannah: I told you not to bring them.
Ant: The real question is how did all ten of them get into one cup, querida?!?!?
Savannah: Who is that?
Kozlowski: *sitting in their cup as they jump back* Hello.
Hello I... I finally got the nerve up to show myself... I was that one shy anon which appeared here randomly then promptly switched around and interacted with your main for a bit on accident. I Uh... used to interact with your posts a lot more... uhhh... hi. Iâm Alpha. I hope to interact more ^.^
Cover | Page 12 | Actual page 13Â
THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND FOR THE KIND MESSAGES!! Life however isnât a kind mistress, so rip. I can apologize a million times if I want to, but Iâd rather give you the next page instead xâP
I didnât have my tablet handy, but I wanted to get this out, so I sketched it on my sketchbook and the scanned and edited it with my limited knowledge, so forgive the unclean aspect. Also, thereâs no shading whatsoever. A touchpad isnât gread for using a cursor xâD
Original fanfiction belongs to @paperhats-and-evil-schemesâ
Summary: Jeff the Doorman sees someone in the IHoP who doesnât quite belong there.Â
Fandoms: The Amelia Project(Podcast), The Good Place (TV)Â
Rating: General Audiences
Relationships: Gen
Word count: 422 words
Relationships: Intern Ameliapod and Jeff the Doorman
Characters: Intern Ameliapod(The Amelia Project), Jeff the Doorman(The Good Place), Judge Gen(The Good Place), The Interviewer (The Amelia Project, mentioned)
Additional Tags: Crossovers, why am I doing this, I dunno, Intern fic!, Ayyyyyy!, not many tags, except sheer chaos, oh my goodness, what in the fork, really, will add more tags as this grows, but for now this is all I have author regrets everything, author regrets nothing, no beta we confuse like Intern, here you go
Part 2 of The Good Amelia.Â
Fic:Â
Ever since heâd become Doorman to the Afterlife, a title which was grossly overstated, thank you very much, Jeff didnât see quite as many people as heâd like. Or frogs. His job simply included checking the permits and letting celestials cross over to Earth to carry outâŠ.what it was that they did.
Naturally the young, non-descript person showing up at his desk looking thoroughly confused alarmed him.
âWhere the fork am I?â they blurted. âFork. Fork. Fork. Why canât I say âforkâ?â
Jeff shrugged. The filter had been turned on a long time ago in the Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes, seeing how people were actually sensitive about that kind of thing, so naturally, the young person not being able to swear didnât exactly surprise him.
âYouâre in the IHoP, of course you canât say âforkâ.â Unlike the stranger, heâd deliberately said the word fork, knowing fully well that the filter didnât work as well on him as it did the others.
They looked puzzled. âThe IHoP? Like the pancake place?â
He shrugged again. âI suppose you could say that. Look, arenât you supposed to be in the Bad Place? Itâs where most humans go anyway.â
They looked horrified. âThe Bad Place!â
âYes, the Bad Place! Though, weirdly enough, I canât see your point totalâŠâ
âMy-my-my what?â
âWhat people get after they die? Did HR explain NOTHING to you?â
The horrified look grew even more intense as they added: âIâm not dead!â
Now it was Jeffâs turn to look confused. âHow are you here then?â
âThatâs the thing, I donât know! One moment Iâm fetching cocoa for the Interviewer, the next, Iâm here!â
There wasnât much he could say to that, really. What could he say to THAT? That the system was flawed, that he was actually terrible at his job? WHAT?
He sighed. âLook, I donât understand how you got here, but youâre dead, and this is the afterlife.â
âNo, no, no, no, no, this-this isnât possible. The ProjectâŠthey said I wouldnât die. Not if I worked there.â
Jeff grew increasingly confused by the minute. âIf you arenât dead, then WHY are you here?â
âAgain, for the millionth time, I. Donât. Know!â
âOh, Jeff,â he heard Genâs voice call. âThereâs something I need to ask to, you know, afterlife stuff, that the living canât hear?â She gestured pointedly at the stranger, who was, evidently, too bewildered to care.
âThe living? Then whatâs he doing here?â
âThey,â she corrected. âAnd that, good Doorman, is exactly what I wanted to talk to you about.â
When You Get The Choice To Sit It Out Or Dance(Part 2/2)
For more information on the fic, look here. For the rest, itâs all under the cut.
@cocoa-collabs for Locked in the Office, as well as Crossovers.
@aaronsciencia here goes! (PS: Oh boy, this turned out to be a lot longer than Iâd anticipated, and Iâm pretty sure this is terrible, so sorry.)
This is inspired by their incredible drawing for the Crossovers prompt, so Iâd suggest you to go and check that out! Link here.Â
âWe stayed there for longer than I could possibly tell, dancing the night away, quite literally.â
Alvina laughed. âAnd then your feet hurt like a whopper.â
The Interviewer joined in. âThe irony of the whole thing was that I spent the night dancing with an angel, and yet my feet hurt like the devil. It was a lot of fun though, exchanging partners, and chattering about all sorts of nonsense.â
Alvina hopped off again, fumbling around among his stock of vinyl.
âErm, Alvina, what have I said about-?â She cut him off, raising a finger of one hand, while rummaging around with the other.
âOh, all right,â he mumbled, slightly cowed at this.
âNow I know I saw it around here somewhereâŠâ she muttered as she searched, destroying his meticulously arranged(the ONE bit of organisation he had) collection, gathered since the time he could. Records of swing, jazz and all the various instruments flew through the air. The Interviewer was by no means an athlete, but given the context and the fact that he did not(despite popular opinion) wish to have his head blown off by vinyl, dodged and collected them as they went.
If it wasnât happening to him, he might have even called it comical.
âAlvina, will you PLEASE stop throwing my records around!â
âAlmostâŠâ
He caught her latest discard, a record of Benny Goodmanâs best hits.
âI understand that you like swing, but will you please?!â
âAHA!â She exclaimed triumphantly, then considered the mess and the fuming Interviewer, face red with anger and exhaustion, and mumbled, embarrassed, âSorry, I will clean it up, I promise.â
He was too tired to argue. âIâll help.â Then seeing the record which had excited her so much in the first place he added, âYou- what were you looking for exactly?â
âThis one, see? Itâs even titled Gavotte and everything!â
âAlvina, thatâs a Samuel Siegel composition TITLED âGavotteâ! Granted, it has a similar tone and tempo, but itâs not the real thing.â He stood up and walked toward the remnants of his collection, paused for a while and quickly pulled it out.
âThisâŠthis is more appropriate.â It was Fred Wernerâs Gavotte, one of his absolute favourites, even to this day.
Alvinaâs eyes widened at the sight of the thing. âOh.â
He didnât exactly blame her, it was an old rickety thing, and even he had to wonder how it lasted nearly as long as it did.
âWell, it doesnât quite look like weâre leaving anytime soon, soâŠâ He trailed off, waiting for her to catch the hint.
âDoesnât it require a lot of people, or something? According to what you told me; I mean.â
âNot necessarily. Ozzy- Aziraphale, I mean, told me that. According to the club rules, we needed a minimum of five exchanges with the people present. Come to think of it, Ozzy and I were the only ones who dearly flouted that rule!â
She considered this. âThatâs good news then! How do we do this?â
He smiled. â I appreciate the enthusiasm, but your shoes are all wrong.â
âMyâŠ.shoes?â She glanced down at her shoes, a simple pair of black pumps, and then looked over at the Interviewerâs feet, only to see that he had on a pair of black dancing shoes, instead of his standard oxfords.
âYes, you would be incredibly uncomfortable in heels, if you tried to dance the gavotte.â
âCan I go barefoot then?â
âGood Lord, no! Itâs a good thing that I keep a pair of extra shoes in the cupboard, then. We can make something of our forced isolation yet.â
Alvina smiled at this, and quickly changed out of her heels. He could tell that the shoes were slightly big for her, as could be expected.
âWell, first off, you find a partner.â
She simply raised an eyebrow at this. âThereâs only the both of us here.â
âI have a process, Alvina. Let me use my process.â
After a long, but entertaining three hours, the Interviewer sank back into his chair, while Alvina occupied that of the clients. Â
âThatâŠ.that was fun! I wonder why it went out of style?â
âWell, I suppose it could have been the music as well, after all, not everybody has taste.â
âHey! I will have you know; synth pop is iconic!â
The Interviewer laughed, and switched out the vinyl for a new one. âI wouldnât exactly say iconic, but it is catchy.â
Alvina paused to appreciate the music heâd just begun to play. âMmm, which song is this?â
âItâs the one that Ozzy and I danced to all those years ago.â
âOh, thatâs lovely. I can see why it means a lot to you, actually.â
He nodded. âMhm. I wonder where he is now, what whacky wonders he must be up to.â
Somewhere off in the distance, not too far from the Project, an angel and a demon dined at the Ritz, celebrating their latest victory, and a world being saved.
âTo the World,â they toasted, a million thoughts racing through their minds as they did- the uncertainty of the future, the trials of the past and the promise of hope, in a world that wasnât even aware of all that had transpired.
As they did, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, telling all these stories to those willing to listen.
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