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« “ June 12th, 6:52 am ” »
Chuuya was woken up by loud banging on his apartment door, which he could already distinguish to be Albatross. He groaned, getting annoyed at the knocking he was sure had been going on for at least 5 minutes.
He got up without bothering to turn on a light as he stormed to his front door, opening it a lot more aggressively then he had intended, but oh well.
There stood Albatross, surprisingly along with the rest of the flags.
"Chuuya! Your awake!" Albatross said obnoxiously loud while Chuuya scoffed.
"You all better have a good damn reason for waking me up this early-" Chuuya started, but was cut off by Piano Man.
"We're going on a road trip to America!"
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"What the hell are you talkin' about?" Chuuya asked, visibly confused as Albatross snickered.
"Well, I was lookin' online earlier and I came across something served on the secret menu at Arby's! It's called a meat mountain so I've decided, we should all go and get one!" Albatross proudly stated, and Chuuya took a minute to process before responding. "Why would we go all the way to America to get that? We have an Arby's that is literally like 15 minutes from here-"
"I know that! But it wouldn't be any fun to just go 15 minutes down the road!" Albatross claimed, pouting. "So, we're going to Keokuk Iowa!" Albatross announced, loud and proud about his wonderful idea. Chuuya stared in disbelief for a few seconds then groaned after realizing this infact, wasn't a joke and they were 100% serious. Chuuya sighed and walked out of his apartment, shutting the door behind him, not even worrying that he was still in pajamas. "So, how exactly do you guys plan on getting to Iowa?"
"I'm glad you asked!" Albatross answered, sounding way to excited for it being so early. "Iceman knows an ability user with a teleportation like ability! But, just teleporting their would we boring, so he's agreed to bring us to Oklahoma, and we're gonna drive the rest of the way!" Chuuya rolled his eyes, trying to mentally prepare himself for the 9 hour car ride he had ahead of him. This was not how he intended to spend his Monday.
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After the 10 minute walk to meet with the ability user Albatross talked about, they had successfully met with him and teleported their way one by one to Oklahoma. Apparently, Lippmann called beforehand and gotten a rental car, which the six men were now sitting in. Lippmann was driving, as he was the only one everyone trusted to be a responsible driver. Piano Man was sitting in the passenger seat, Albatross had sat beside Iceman, who obviously just looked miserable as to say he didn't want to be there at all, and Chuuya was sitting beside Doc. The only reason Chuuya wasn't beside Albatross was because he had refused to get in the car when Albatross said he wanted to sit beside him, and from past experiences Chuuya almost immediately said no.
Chuuya and Doc had both fallen asleep at least 3 times so far, and they were barley an hour into the car ride yet. Albatross had snickered and told Piano Man to get a picture of the two, but he forgot to turn the flash off on the camera and had woken them both up after the first picture.
Doc closed his eyes again and attempted to go back to sleep, and Chuuya finally realized he hadn't asked the most important question that he was thinking. "Hey Albatross, you said we're going for some 'meat mountain' shit- what the hell is that anyways?" Albatross smiled and pulled his phone out, then pulled up a picture of probably the most repulsing thing Chuuya's ever seen. "There is no fucking way that..thing- is going anywhere near my mouth-"
"Oh c'mon Chuuya! It'll be good!" Albatross protested while pouting. Chuuya shook his head and fake gagged while Iceman chuckled silently.
Meanwhile in the front of the car, Lippmann was trying to find some sort of rest stop since both him and Piano Man needed to use the bathroom.
"Hey, we're gonna pull over here to use the restroom, does anyone need anything from inside the store?" Lippmann asked while pulling the car into the parking lot of some remote gas station on the side of the road. Albatross perked up and smiled, "could you grab some drinks pleaseee? I'm gonna die of dehydration in here!"
Lippmann chuckled and nodded as both he and Piano Man got out of the car. Iceman had stepped out of the car to smoke, and Albatross followed after to see how much he could annoy him. That left Chuuya and Doc in the car, and Doc had just woken up from the 15 minutes of sleep he got while on the road. "Hey..how long have we been driving?" Chuuya pulled out his phone and looked at the time, then turned his attention back to Doc. "Only about almost two hours now, I still can't believe we came all the way to America and we're driving 9 hours to eat something that looks like it could kill me-" Doc laughed at Chuuya's statement, as Albatross and Iceman stepped back into the car.
Shortly after, Piano Man and Lippmann got back into the car and Lippmann handed Albatross a case of drinks to which he passed out to everyone, then, they were back on the road again.
5 and a half hours into the car ride, Albatross kept insisting that they listened to music so it wouldn't be so boring. Piano Man agreed, and hooked up an aux cord to the radio. They had all agreed to let Doc play the music for a while, and he played some weird band, Lemon Demon, Chuuya recalls hearing Doc say.
They then came to face a problem when everyone collectively decided that they were all hungry, and as much as the group of 6 tried to ignore their hunger, they eventually gave in and pulled over to a subway. The subway happened to be beside a sonic, and a small gas station that served pizza. Albatross had decided he wanted to try Sonic, since he had never had it before, and he took Iceman with him since he said, "it would be nice bonding time!" Piano Man and Lippmann got a pizza from the gas station, along with a few energy drinks, and Chuuya took Doc to get subway.
Chuuya and Iceman had both took note of how they had passed at least 6 Arby's while driving to Iowa, and when Chuuya had asked Albatross why he said some shit about how Arby's is the most entertaining thing in Keokuk or something like that, he didn't really pay attention anyways.
Surprisingly after a while, Albatross had fallen asleep, which Iceman was happy about since that meant he could finally get a bit of sleep without Albatross poking him or trying to be annoying in some way. Piano Man had also fallen asleep, which only left Doc, Chuuya, and Lippmann left. Lippmann had started rambling on about an upcoming movie he was gonna be in, and Doc kept mentioning to the other two about the patients he had worked on.
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Chuuya doesn't know when he fell asleep, but he did know that he was woken up to Albatross screaming that they were at their destination. He rolled his eyes and laughed a bit watching Albatross act like a toddler who had just saw something they wanted in a toy store.
Lippmann insisted they go inside and order, so that's what they did. Chuuya wanted no part of this..'meat mountain' thing that the others were getting, so he ordered himself a burger and fries and sat at an empty table. Shortly after, the rest of the group practically ran over to the table carrying a single bag. Chuuya found it funny watching the other 5 men huddle around the sandwich as if it were a Christmas tree. Albatross unwrapped the sandwich, and took the first bite. The burger was passed around another 4 times before making it's way to Chuuya.
"There is no way in hell I'm eating that thing-" Albatross frowned at his answer and practically begged Chuuya to try at least one bite of it.
"Oh c'mon Chuu! We drove all the way here, you have to at least try it!" Chuuya groaned and after the rest of the group told him to try a bite, he finally gave in and took a bite of the god awful sandwich. To his surprise, it wasn't as bad as the thought it would be. Chuuya shrugged and went back to eating the kids meal he had bought, and when he was done he turned to the other 5 men and asked,
"So, we don't have to drive all the way back, right?"
The flags looked at each other, confused then the realization hit them that they had to fly back to Japan.
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"Well, shit."