#janitorlarry7

[bishop-percival]

@clayford-the-wicked

(prev) While the three were sitting there without saying a word to eachother for a good while, a lone watchdog from afar had spotted their table after a nice meal and, upon further observation when they noticed something was off with one of the watchdogs 'sitting' there, soon came to the horrific realization that they were no ordinary watchdog; They were.. a ghost!!! Thinking they were up to no good, the watchdog then shouted out "G-g-g-g-GHOOOOOST!!!!!!!!!!!" with all their might as they pointed directly at the ghost. And immediately, all hell broke loose. With a good majority of people, including that very watchdog, yelling and running in different directions to get as far away from the food court as possible. Upon hearing the sudden commotion, Norman and Larry jolted up and watched as the entire food court erupted into complete and utter chaos. "Eeyikes.. I think someone might've noticed your presence, Thomas." Norman cringed before turning his head towards him with concern. ".. You think?!" Larry raised his voice slightly so he could be heard as he tried desperately to drown out the screaming with his headphones.

Thomas flinched when he heard someone yell out the miserable thing he had become. Watching the ensuing panic made his heart sink.

“Aaaw shoot. This is exactly what I was afraid of happening..,” he bemoaned as he turned invisible. “I-I’m so sorry, you two. I gotta go. Norman, it was great meeting you.

Thomas left the food court, watching his fellow mob mentality-prone watchdogs cause a ruckus as he flew over them. He felt bad leaving Larry and Norman so abruptly, and hoped he’d be able to see them again sometime. But for now, he wanted to see if he could find Cyrus.

Really, the only place that was worth searching was his stairwell. And so Thomas returned to it, rather exhausted. 

[wickedcooldog]

@haterempiresoldier

(Previous) When Cathy asked about Larry, Norman turned on his phone to check if Larry responded. "No response," He sighed. "I'll still check to see if he at least read my mess--" Right before Norman could finish sentence, the door slid open from behind to reveal a badly shaken up Larry. Norman, taken aback by his sudden appearance, turned over to Cathy and quietly remarked: "Huh. Now would ya look at that.." Before he began walking towards him. "Hey Larry! Great timing." Norman warmly smiled as he pulled him into a big hug. Larry, however, just stood there... Not returning his partners embrace until he noticed Cathy standing right in front of him. In that moment, the reality of the situation he was now dealing with hit him like a truck and he couldn't help but burst into tears almost immediately as he clutched onto Norman without saying a single word. Norman half-expected this to happen, but since he already knew how close Larry and Freddy were, it still ultimately made his heart ache for the guy as he soaked his uniform with his tears. "Shhh..It's okay," Norman murmured. "I'm right here."

Cathy nervously smiled when she saw Larry enter. Then she awkwardly shifted at the sound of his crying. She wasn’t good at comforting.

Fortunately Norman was there for him. She gave the pair a relieved smile before rushing to her own partner, slowing herself only to avoid spilling his soup.

Meanwhile Freddy was struggling to keep his mind off of both the pain and leftover fear from the ordeal. There wasn’t a better way to pass the time than getting to know his cotmates, even if his social energy was somewhat drained. So when Cathy dashed in he was in the middle of hearing about how the girl to his left broke her leg in a “totally kickass” explosion.

“I’m back!” Cathy cheerfully said as she shimmied her way between the cots. Then she handed his soup and spoon over while asking, “Still hungry?”

“Sorry, my wife’s here.” Freddy gave his temporary neighbor an apologetic wave. “I’ll hear the rest later!”

Cathy cut in with, “I wanna hear it too!” Then she looked back at the door. “Oh yeah, Norman and Larry came too.”

When Freddy spotted them he gave them an exaggerated smile and energetic wave to show that he was okay, despite not feeling the best. “Hey guys!”

[freddythewatchdog]

@haterempiresoldier

(Previous) Norman was the first to hear and see Freddy happily wave at the two as he continued to comfort his partner. And it wasn't long until Larry noticed too after Norman tapped on his shoulder and motioned his head up towards the watchdog on one of the cots. Seeing his closest friend seemingly just fine from a distance was a massive relief for Larry. When he received the message Norman sent to him a few minutes ago, he immediately assumed the worst happened and rushed to the medbay as fast as he could without reading any further than "meet me at the medbay". ..And, well, it wasn't like seeing an injured Freddy on a cot was the best outcome, but he was never this extremely thankful about being so darn wrong, as he could never imagine a world where he was right about his first initial thoughts upon receiving Norman's message. Once Larry had noticeably calmed down a bit, Norman slowly let himself go from their embrace and extended his hand out to the tall janitor. "Feel free to hold onto my hand if ya need to." To which Larry silently obliged, as he was still quite stressed out about this whole situation. After a quick and loving peck on the cheek from Norman, the two began making their way over to Freddy's cot, where both him and Cathy waited for them. "Sorry we took a bit," Norman chuckled a little before he turned to Freddy with a small, relieved smile. "But we're so glad to see that you're okay." Larry nodded along, his eye still visibly wet as he added, "I..I could've sworn I wouldn't be able to see you again.."

Freddy brightly grinned at Larry. “Good thing you didn’t see the state I was in earlier!”

“Yeah!” Cathy whistled. “You were a mess!”

Freddy picked up on their unease and shifted topics. “Anyways, I’ll be fine after staying in here for awhile. Just lost a kidney. But I never needed it anyways.” He awkwardly chuckled before speaking again.

“So how have you two been? Anything interesting happen?”

[albertbutyoucancallmebert]

@janitorlarry7

(prev) "See ya, Moe!" He waved back at him. After Moe was out of sight, Larry was just about done putting his stuff back in his cart, including the container containing Norman's cupcake. Before he could be on his merry way, though, he turned to Bert, fidgeting with his hands. "This might sound a bit silly to you, b-but we really should hang out some more.. T-talking to you and Moe is so much fun when we aren't so busy with other things."

Bert shook his head. “Not silly at all. In fact I was thinking the same thing. There are so many things we ought to do, after all! Like me showing you Big Antonio, or showing you my old Pokey Monster cards.”

He then smiled. “And I’m glad you and Moe got along. Of course, though she can be quiet, she is pretty easygoing. And if you get her talking about spacecrafts and vehicles, she won’t stop. But anyway, we will find the time to hang out again.”

[stuckinuniformdevelopment]

@janitorlarry7

(Previous) Larry nodded. "Oh, A-alright!" Right as he began moving the cart a little towards the hallway it was facing, Larry stopped and turned over to Teddy, nearly forgetting he was coming with him. ".. Uhm, can you show me where that is, exactly?"

Teddy tilted his head in confusion. Didn’t he just point out exactly where it was?

After a moment he realized Larry was probably asking for him to show him the way and nodded. He put his hand on his chin as he traced several potential paths with his finger while muttering,

“We should ask Bert to add that function...”

It took a bit— mainly because Teddy wasn’t used to avoiding vents and stairs— but he managed to figure out a route. Once he did he straightened up and headed towards the nearest elevator.

“Follow me.”

[thereddestandtheroundest]

@janitorlarry7

(Previous) (He doesn't say anything. Instead he tries to punch Wendell as quickly as he can.)

Wendell wasn't caught off guard like Glendale was, but still didn't have a great reaction time. Larry managed to hit him on the forehead after Wendell tried to use his helmet to block it.

Meanwhile, Glendale had dug a penlight out of his pocket and pointed it directly at Larry's eye.

[bishop-percival]

@janitorlarry7

(prev) "Awesome!" He grinned, not picking up on Thomas' awkwardness. "I can't wait to meet them if they decide on going!" "..Heh..I just hope the members we recruit aren't like, faking their kindness or something." He chuckled a bit before he deflated once more. "..J-just like that one guy I befriended.."

“Well don’t worry,” Thomas reassured, “the point of the club is that we’ll have each other’s backs. If we find out someone like that tried to join in, we’ll just swiftly kick them out!”

He chuckled a little bit before pausing. “…A-are you or your friends any good at kicking people out? Even if I was, I couldn’t,” Thomas said as he looked at his ghost hands.

[bishop-percival]

@clayford-the-wicked

(prev) "Stay safe, man." Norman bid his farewell to the ghost as both she and Larry continued to stay seated, waiting for the exits to be cleared out so the two could safely go through them. .. Meanwhile, back at the stairwell, Cyrus was sitting right beside the stairs with their head down and their colored contact leaning against the wall. They were in the middle of recovering from a massive panic attack thanks to their completely unexpected encounter with Norman and decided to rest their eye for a few minutes until they were ready to step out of the stairwell and head back to the Glornch as if nothing had ever happened. So when Cyrus felt that familiar coldness hit them, they ignored it at first and continued to mentally berate themselves.

Thomas quickly spotted Cyrus with their head down. 

“Heeey,” he softly chimed as he became visible and lowered himself to be on their level. “T-there you are.”

He awkwardly rubbed his head. “Um… You ok?” He felt dumb asking that because they certainly didn’t seem ok, but he couldn’t think of any other way to politely initiate the conversation.