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Game: SSSLLL IK

Game Idea!

Shoshusamilalala: The Invading King is another Game Idea I came up with recently. It's a relatively short game meant to help me gain experience while also making something worthwhile in my eyes.

It is an Action Platformer. There will be 4 Worlds, the 1st 3 having 3 Levels, and the 4th only having 1 Long Level.

Basically, the protagonist, currently named Protag, must traverse several areas in search of The Invading King to give him a stern talking to, and then beat him up when it doesn't work.

The tone will be kinda whacky.

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Game: PofNR, SSSLLL IK

Major Understanding!

I just realized that Point of No Return would be perfect as a Roguelike.

A very weird Rougelike, but one nonetheless!

However, I don't have the experience to make this game as is, so I will put posts on it on hold. (Except for the short stories)

Instead, I'll post on another Game Project I will call Shoshusamilalala: The Invading King. It was a series of noises I made at work that I thought was funny and realized I could make it my title for fun! It'll be a Whacky Action Platfomer!

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Game: PofNR

Unblown Up!

"An Artificer must always have control over the Artifact! Why?" asked the Teacher.

"Because the Artifact is always Dangerous!" responded the Children.

"Correct! Now, tell me, why is Zach being punished?" Father asked again.

"Because he lost control of an Artifact!" my Friends reponded again.

"And finally, what say you of his punishment?" asked the Judge, not truly finished.

"Completely Justified!" responded the unjust Jury.

"Why?" asked the Executioner.

"Because Bombs are the most Dangerous of All!" responded the ravenous Mob.

...

"How long has it been?" I mused out loud.

The cell was cold. No one has visited me since I was put here. Not even Father.

"He is crazy..." I mused again. After all, I'm only 8.

"I wonder what they did with the Bombs," I mused.

"Stop talking," the Guard responded curtly.

What's his problem?

Oh well.

...

A Man walked in, spoke some words to the Guard, and walked up to me.

"Am I being questioned finally?" I asked

"Where did you get the Bombs?" He asked curtly.

"Golly, everyone here is so curt!" I said with a mocked expression, "I found them where you found them."

"Do be smart with me, boy. Why did you plant Bombs under the Courthouse?" He asked.

"I didn't," I responded curtly, "You're really bad at this."

"Oh? How so?" He asked.

"I'll only tell if you give me a deal," I responded.

"I can certainly have them lower your sentence if you tell me the truth," He said.

"That's not good enough," I said, "I want to be taken away from here, somewhere safe."

"I can't promise that," He answered.

"Don't worry, my info is good enough for that," I disputed.

"Then out with it. I don't have all day," He said.

"Promise."

"What?"

"I said, Promise. Promise you'll get me away from here."

The Man pondered for a moment, and then said, "I'm a Man of my Word. I'll have to talk to my Boss first."

"Fine, just be back by tomorrow," I relented.

And then the Man got up and left without another word.

That's a Hunter for you.

...

"Welcome back," I said as the Hunter entered the Jail.

"You have a deal so long as the information you have gets the people you got the Bombs from behind bars," He said promptly.

"Well, it'll certainly do that!" I answered.

"Well?" He asked impatiently.

"Right, Father had us Kids smuggle the Bombs into town for the Gidarob," I replied.

...

The Hunter was aghast.

"What?" He asked softly.

"The Gidarob paid Father to plant the Bombs under the Courthouse in an attempt to remove the Mayor and take over the town," I clarified, "I set one off to get him caught."

"What?" He asked sofly again, dumbfounded.

"That's it. I have nothing else to mention. If you can't tell, I'm not willing to take the fall for this, so be sure to resolve this quickly."

"Understood," the Hunter responded as he got up and left.

It didn't even take an hour for Father and my Friends to find their way in the cell next to mine.

...

"You promised..." Father said.

"I'm a Kid, you really expect me to be a Man of my Word?" I scoffed.

"What do you think you're going to do with out us!? You think you'll survive out there!?"

"I made a deal with the Hunter, I'll be fine!" I responded.

"You'd sell your soul if-!" Father started, infuriated, but stopped and said, "What on Noregresa am I saying! What is to be done!? Everything's ruined!"

"You could try letting Justice run its course for once in this forsaken town."

"Shut it!"

...

After a long silence, the Hunter entered the Jail.

"Zach, you're free to go. Come with me."

"Wonderful!" I said, "Where to?"

"Lucky for you, Boss got you a spot in Punta Island!"

"REALLY!?" I, Father, and my Friends exclaimed.

"Guess this is goodbye, Father!"

...

As we left the Jail and towards the Courthouse, the Hunter turned to me and asked, "Why does everyone call him Father?"

"Because he's a father to the Orphans, duh," I replied.

"If he's done so much for you, why betray him?"

I've never kept my Word.

...

I awoke from my dream to the image of a blood drenched Erika.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Oh, you're awake! Wonderful! Lucky for you, you're about to learn what happens when you go back on your Word!"

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Game: PofNR

Enemy Counter!

There is no level up system, and money is earned more than robbed. As such, there is little incentive to fight and kill others. Exceptions apply to competition.

To add another layer to this, though, there is a limited amount of enemies that will spawn in the entire game!

Though these numbers are not set in stone, Human Towns will normally have 5-10 Guards, 1 Mayor, and 10-50 Citizens, Monster Towns are doubled in size, there being a Mayor and Commander rather than 2 Mayors. Each Bandit Team consist of 5 5-15 Groups, Wandering Beast and Wandering Citizens have at least 5-10 Groups per State besides Craz(# in Group depends on who's in it, ex 20-50 Armored Chickens to 5-10 Crocowolves to 1-5 Merchants), there is 1 Bridge Guard for every Bridge, 1-5 Guards in each Border Tower, and Craz Castle has about 50-100 Citizens, 5 Guards, and 1 Mayor.

None of this will be randomly generated. Locations of enemies, maybe.

I also didn't include dungeons, bosses, caves, or ruins.

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Game: PofNR

State Borders!

If you look at the map I posted earlier(I don't know how to link posts or what have you), the shared borders of each State is completely walled off! The governments do not like each other!

The exception is, of course, Bandit Country, since they have no government. This makes them the easiest State to get into!

It is impossible to cross borders without the permission of the government or the stationed guard(who are located at the orange towers). Normal passage simply requires payment, whether for a passport or as a toll(as is the case to cross the bridge from Punta Island to Atoa).

However, if you'd like to beat up the guard and pass through without paying, that is possible as well. Consequences apply.

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Game: PofNR

Butcher and Carnivore!

“Hey, can I get 2 Swelling Sausages?”

“3 Raw Steaks here, Erika!”

“Do you have any Chicken?”

(Geez, with all these new members, Elmer’s gonna have to part with a few more animals. Not that many will mind having less Chickens running around, though.)

“Larry, where are the intestines?”

“Oh, I moved over to the corner there.”

(Ugh, how long til I get used to thing.)

“Ugh! I hate this chain! Why’s the mayor so adamant that we chain the cleaver?”

“The man who locks up the shovels and hammers, and guards them with men armed with sticks?”

(This is gonna be a long day.)

...

(Finally done!)

“Alright, Elmer’s gonna be here any moment now. Make sure the leftovers are properly packaged and put in Harry’s cold box.”

“Leave it to me, just get out of here.”

(Man, I should stroll around town when I get the chance, all I do is work!)

“Huh?”

“Oh, hello there little girl! Elmer send ya?”

“...”

“Quiet one aren’t’cha?”

(Imma gonna boop her.)

“Boo-AH!”

“No biting!”

(Did I see that right? Ah, never mind.)

“Haaa... Did you lose an animal, by chance?”

(... She’s just pointing.)

“Look, kid, you gotta start talking ‘cause I have no idea what you mean. Did they run that way, they stuck, what?”

“...”

“How about a name?”

“Lulu.”

“Huh?”

“...”

“Well, nice to meet you, Lulu!”

“Now, will you tell me what happened? Elmer said he’s bringing 12 beasts, not 11.”

(She’s pointing again.)

“Never mind, let’s just lock these up first then we can check out what you’re pointing at, ‘kay?”

...

(Geez, how long have I been rambling?)

“You know, I don’t think Elmer has blonde hair. Rather, I believe it was always grey.”

“...”

“Are you even his kid? You seem too young, and him too old. Heck, I don’t even know why I assumed you were his kid.”

“...”

(She stopped.)

“We here?”

“...”

“...”

(She’s just staring at me.)

“Can you point out what I’m supposed to be looking at?”

(Thank goodness, we’ve been walkin- wait.)

“Is that Zach’s hole!? He never filled it up!?”

(Oh, she interested?)

“Yeah, the kid got a reputation. Pushed me down this hole first time we met. The beast down there?”

(Her and the pointing!)

“Alright, I get it!”

(Better take off my unreasonably long belt since the brat didn’t tell me to bring a rope.)

“Oh yeah, it’s legs ar-”

(I felt 2 small hands on my back.)

“Woah!”

(This brat’s as mad as the other brat!)

“Ha! I literally just told you of my experience with pit traps, girl.”

(Man, it’s fun holding brats by the back collar. It’s like she’s a kitten!)

“Aww, upset?”

“...”

“Now, we still got to get that thing out of there, so just stay here, alright?”

(Okay, okay. It’s not a heavy beast, so all I need to do is watch for the legs. No, wait, they’re broken, so it probably won’t be kicking.)

(I’m so glad this pit is only as tall as an adult.)

(Gosh, there’s blood everywhere. Is this thing still alive?)

“‘Moly! What the heck bit into this thing!?”

(Wait, these line up with...)

“Brat! Were you gonna bite my finger off if I wasn’t quick enough!?”

(Ugh, what a waste of meat. Let’s just get back to the butchery.)

...

“Finally back!”

(Man, I’m dying here! This brat didn’t help at all carrying this thing back. Just followed me intently staring at the corpse.)

“Jeez, I still can’t get over how sharp your teeth are. Mainly because the dripping blood keeps reminding me.”

“Hey, Larry! Help me out back here!”

“Huh, what’s going on?”

“Lulu here doesn’t know how to properly kill an animal and now we gotta save what we can before the mayor finds out.”

“Lulu? Wait, killed it? Those are bite marks! Unless she’s a-”

“You guessed it, buddy. Now help me out or I’m stuffing your head in here!”

(Finally, off my back and on the table.)

“Grab the chemicals, I’ll start cutting.”

“Wanna watch?”

(Man, the gleam!)

(… Should I teach her how to butcher?)

(Nah, too much power for one like her.)

“‘Kay, I’m done, got those chemicals ready?”

“One of these is literally alcohol, can you get the little girl out of here before I release the fumes? I’m better at this than you are anyway.”

“No need to brag. Come on.”

“…”

“So, what did you learn today?”

“…”

“Pits won’t work on you.”

(!)

“Finally! If you hadn’t told me your name, I’d a thought you were mute!”

“Also, no. What you shoulda learned was to never waste a kill. Did you not notice how painstaking it was to deal with that beast? Not to mention how terrible it’s going to taste.”

“Hmm.”

“Well, your work is done. You’re free to go home now.”

“…”

“If you stay any longer without adding to the conversation, I’m going to feed you the tainted meat.”

(Ha, that got her up quick.)

“…”

“I had fun.”

(And, she’s off.)

(Did not answer a single question I had.)

(Guess I’ll talk to Elmer later.)

(Wait.)

“Larry, I’m going to go petition a shovel real quick! You got everything in order?”

“Yeah, but-”

“No time, see ya!”

(Those pits apparently won’t fill themselves!)

(I’ll need to track down Zach, too.)

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Game: PofNR

Angel Boss Fights!

Angel is a special Boss Fight, considering you can fight her 3 times throughout the game if you play it a certain way.

First time, Angel just got the Atoa Key. Since she hasn’t mastered the Relic, she has her Henchmen supplement for any blunders(See Gidarob Concept Art post).

Second time only happens if you fail the first time to defeat her. Her hideout was relocated to original Boss dungeon of Atoa. Since by this time she has mastered the Key and the giant artifact the original Boss controlled, the Henchmen instead act like the Key Guardian, which has disappeared, patrolling the halls. Angel can also be fought as a Miniboss here if you let her live after defeating her the first time.

The Third time only happens if Angel has survived through all their encounters with you. It’s also a surprise, so I won’t go into details.

Note: The Gidarob doesn’t just consist of Angel(Bandit Lord) and the Bandit Henchmen, who’re already drawn. There’s a tier lower called Bandit Grunts, too.

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Game: PofNR

The 7 Bandit Tribes!

This is an in-depth look at Bandit Country.

The idea is that a different Bandit Tribe roams the “wastes” per day of the week, spending the rest of the week doing normal people things like the other states. Think of them like businesses.

Each tribe has a different gimmick and reputation. I’ll probably give them names, but I might just settle on colors. (If you look at bandanas tied around the arm, that’s what’s colored along with the red state color)

Sunday-Yellow: Steals your stuff, not your life.

Monday-Black: Steals your life, burns your stuff, steals what can’t burn.

Tuesday-Blue: Beast tamers and the cause of the Chicken Riot event.

Wensday-Orange: Artifacts galor, introverted artificers.

Thursday-Purple: Way too interested in mutants, expect to see cats.

Friday-Green: For some reason, these guys just carry around more medical equipment than the others.

Saturday-White: Normal dudes, but a lot of them.

If you challenge a tribe, you may hold the right to take it over. However, there is an agreement that the Tribes can’t attack each other. Doing so results in all 7 Tribes hunting you at the same time, no matter the day. Same will happen if you keep indiscriminately killing bandits for long enough. How I picture it in my head is like someone in Creative mood just spamming mobs all over the map.

Lastly, the Gidarob have tried this and now they avoid the state at all cost. (Keep this in mind if you’re being chased by them)

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Game: PofNR

After Death!

3 things can happen when a character dies.

1-They die and go to Heaven, Limbo, or Heck(Hell equivalent) depending on their Morality Meter.

1.5-This happens, but a piece of their soul sticks around in-game to be interacted with. Angels give you additional blessings, Ghosts reveal a secret, and Demons try to kill you(after defeat, get something cool). These rewards will be set in stone and depend on which characters’ soul it is. It is also incredibly luck based on whether they stick around or not. You can check by clicking the dead character in the character select screen and see if they’re chilling in their afterlife or not. After interactions with them, they’ll disappear back to their afterlife.

2-The Parasite sold by the Peculiar Merchant overtakes you. (Only possible with Lulu and/or Amber)

3-The character goes through their “Canon” “Death”, where they are neither dead or part of the canon, and will stay that way until you find them again (at which point, they’ll just be straight up killed by King Benito). Just a little secret ending thigamado I’ve been thinking about.

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Game: PofNR

Past, Present, and Possibility!

I remember when I met you.

It was a clear day and I finally got a job as a scout.

You were standing over my killed companion, ew.

I asked for your name, but in your silence, the same companion called out.

How?

...

(I remember the story Daddy told me)

(I remember my duty)

(I went into town today)

(The butcher was nice)

(The policeman was just)

(He was cruel)

(The mothers were fighting)

(My mom’s so cool)

(Again?)

(Daddy asked me to to take the animals in)

(Said they’re cold)

(I checked)

(I said they’re fine)

(He asked me to do it anyways)

(Told me to take the body to the butcher after)

(I am dutiful)

(Daddy is lazy)

(I saw the other mother)

(She hates so much)

(She loves so much)

(I hate her)

(Daddy was sleeping when I returned)

...

[Elmer was chosen. Elmer returned in a casket. Elmer was lucky. Lulu is confused. Lulu was chosen. Lulu discovered a killer. The killer is dead. The town calls Lulu a monster. Lulu is confused. Lulu “kills” me. Lulu wishes. The wish is granted. Lulu is confused. Erika explains. Lulu is sad. Lulu doesn’t have any more wishes. Lulu has regrets. Lulu is dead.]

[THE END]

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Game: PofNR

Peculiar Merchant!

There’ll be a wandering merchant, whose travel path I’ve yet to solidify, that you can find and buy Skills Books from.

Skill Books take time to learn from. Staying with the Merchant will cut the time down though.

Any benefits, which I’ve yet to come up with, from merchant, including above, are not given to Amber do to a past history of obsession and rivalry. (See Character Characterization! Post)

Brainstormings: Appear randomly at night? Has actual travel path, pops up when overlapping? Side quest? Perma upgrades?

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Game: PofNR

Semi-Fantastical!

This just to clear up magic stuff, that being there isn’t any. Closest thing to it is whatever the heck King Benito does.

Everything has an explanation, whether mechanical, chemical, or biological.

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Game: PofNR

Starting Morality!

Good/Bad. Out of 10. After start, up to 20.

Lulu-4/6

Zach-5/5

Imperial-6/4

Erika-9/1

Harry-7/3

Amber-3/7

Rob-2/8

Elmer-6/4

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Game: PofNR

Re-Food!

Hey!!! Just realized something! Since Lulu and Elmer have specific diets, there’ll some towns that’ll require more expensive shopping or won’t have what you need at all, leading to starvation!

To keep the game fair, there’ll be certain amendments to my short sightedness.

First, I’ll need a Starvation Meter to measure debuffs before damaging health, namely slower movement in battle and on the overworld, for when you run out of food. It’ll take ~3 weeks to kill you no matter what. I’ve already begun plans on an improved in-game time system. (Also, tidbit, all water, rivers and ocean, is freshwater, so water is free in Noregresa)

Second, for Elmer and Lulu, there’ll be a Desperation Meter of 1-10 to tell when the character will give up their diet and try the opposing meal. Elmer will wait ‘til it equals 3-5, and Lulu 7-10.

Finally, more isolated towns that require further travel are guaranteed to have all food types at cheap to fair pricing.

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Game: PofNR

Enemy Concepts!

Armored Chickens: Beast Type. Basically raccoons that steal armor pieces and attack livestock and other chickens. They don’t bother people though, unless provoked. Craz state bird.

Wandering Bandit: Human or Monster Types. Can range from 1 to over 10 guys who just wanna plunder. Tend to discriminate and have trust issues among comrades.

Organized Bandits: Human or Monster Types. The life of crime holds no discrimination among colleagues. If they bring enough loot, they’re a welcomed member of society. Found in Bandit Country.

Fire-Lobbers: Beastoid Type. These monsters have muscles in their arms to disconnects and launches fat out of their hands that then ignites in the high heat outside of their temperature regulating bodies. If one were to die, it would explode since its body is no longer self regulating. Found in Lava Boss Lair.

Cat Minion: Mutant Type. A cat who has been brainwashed into killing anything a laser points at. Found only in The Broklands Boss Lair.

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Game: PofNR

Enemy Types!

This is honestly a brainstorming session to get my thoughts and memories together.

Beasts-Random creatures both tame and wild. Violence can be found in both.

Humans-Primarily bandits, but cross the wrong people, and you’ll deal with the guards too.

Humanoid Monsters-Not to be underestimated.

Beastoid Monsters-Many have lost their minds if I’m honest. Not sure why.

Craz-Carnivores fight to eat.

Artifacts-Machines know no pain. This includes the bosses.

Mutants-I found this written down in my notes.

That’s it.

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Game: PofNR

History Lesson!

“Afternoon, madame.”

“I’m not old, geezer. What do you have?”

“Well, Amber, as you can see, I have a wide array of wheat and apples, the only two things we grow on this tiny island.”

“Ya know, I never understood why you sell the actual wheat. Shouldn’t it all go to the miller?”

“They’re duds. People buy them for decoration, like a bouquet. You’d know this if you shopped here more often.”

“Shove off. Oh, this looks nice. Say, have you seen Warcrimes McGee around lately?”

“What, miss tormenting him already? Nah, after the last stunt you pulled, he closed himself off, moping or whatever.”

“What a baby. I’ll take 10 of these.”

“That’s 20 gears. Hey, look, I’m not gonna say you shouldn’t ‘ave done it, but don’t you think leading the man on just to take him to your wedding as a ‘date’ taking it a tad too far?”

“It’s its own fault for not following the local gossip. Now, I’m headed for the butchery next, so where-”

“They’re at home, ya paranoiac. Have a nice day!”

...

“Oh, hi honey. Sorry, I don’t want you coming along. Just stay here, I’ll pick you up on the way back. Hey, Elmer! Watch her for me, ‘kay?”

“Hiya, little lady, what brings you here? You never wandered like this before.”

“Did you not hear? I got adopted, ya geezer.”

“Don’t tell me. She’s been married for like 3 days and she’s already getting children.”

“You make it sound like a bad thing.”

...

“So, got any good stories today?”

“I knew it! I knew you were wanderin’ for a reason!”

“Oh, shove off and tell me something.”

“Hmph, already taking after your mother, aren’t you. In that case, do I have the story for you, youngun.

“I reckon Teacher been teachin’ history, right? He ever get to the Craz Empire part yet?”

“No sir-e.”

“Right, it must’ve been like 5 to 7 generations ago, but we’ve kept a well preserved story from the time.

“Anyways, way back in the day, there were only three states in Noregresa, The Craz Empire, Mansa, and Atou.

“As you can expect, the three did not get along. The monsters wanted the humans off their island, the humans had nowhere else to go, and neither wanted to be eaten by Craz.

“However, the two were more concerned about the first two points as Craz’s expansion had apparently stopped with the entire west coast. This was not the case and because while the two were too busy bickering, Craz schooched over the borders and caught the two off guard and quickly subjugated them with their unorthodox fighting style.”

“Okay, that’s cool and all, but didn’t you imply this was gonna be about Mom in some way?”

“I’m getting there, just gotta establish context, ya know? Besides, it’ll give you a leg up in school.”

“Fine. Then can you elaborate on ‘unorthodox’?”

“From what I’ve been told, Craz would use flour to blind people, dump boiling oil on large groups, and they even created this mixture that ate away any metal it touched!”

“Huh.”

...

“Wait, isn’t that what we do to fry chicken?”

...

“Huh, no wonder everyone was caught off guard. ‘Course, nobody wanted to challenge ‘em and lose in the first place, for obvious reasons.

Anyways, going further down the rabbit hole, monsters prior to the takeover had lived in relative peace and had an extremely large population, right? You know what happens when monsters intermingle?”

“‘They make abominations,’ right?”

“Well, yes, but that’s what they tell you about 1st or 2nd generations of intermingling. But what about 5th or 20th?”

“I dunno.”

“See, according to my ancestors, two things would happen. Either A, they become an actual abomination, like a pound of writhing flesh and limbs, or B, they become a mimic.

“Now, mimics are terrifying, being able to look however they please. With the constant fighting between humans and monsters, having spies was integral, but it was really hard to pull off for humans than monsters.

“Rounding back, when the Craz invaded, Atou actually almost decided to let it play out because of one thing. The Craz could tell the difference between a mimic and a human. Smell and taste different. Of course, in the end, they decided to work with Mansa instead, horror outweighing paranoia.

“Skipping to after the successful Rebellion, the humans had offered a deal with Craz. They’ll leave them alone to their isolated peninsula if the help weed out the rest of the mimics among them. Craz, with no more room to disagree, happily took what they could to fortify themselves and sealed the deal that has lasted to this day.

“Alright, that’s it. Whadya think? Cool story, eh?”

“I still don’t get how this applies to Mom.”

“Well, see, I’m trying to explain to you why your mom should stop being a racist prick.”

“Your wife tried to eat her!”

“Nonsense. Amber didn’t even get hurt!”

“Anna, I’m back!”

...

“Are you arguing with a child?”

“That just means she deserves an adult respect.”

“That, or you’re being a baby.”

“Hah! Elmer, losing to a child! Good work, honey!”

“Well, if your all done here, get out!”

“Yeah, yeah. Anna, go on.

“And Elmer, stop talking about me. Someone’s going to get the wrong idea, jerkwad.”

Elmer rolled his eyes as she left.

“I know the deal, jerkwad.” He mumbled.