Jimmy soon finished eating, then he took his plate and began cleaning it at the kitchen sink. He then began to think about what he and Ban would be doing that day, he then made his way to the hanger by the house door where his backpack was hanging, grabbing it and making his way back to the dining table.
" So what's the plan?" Ban asked as he watched Jimmy place down the backpack on the seat that he was sitting in before.
" We are going for a nice stroll today, so I plan to grab some things on the way to the mall, so I don't have to worry about it when we return back.
Jimmy replied, as he began to head back up to his room, when he opened the room door Jimmy noticed how much his room seemed to be in disarray, ' hm, I probably didn't notice due to all the events that transpired during that short time'. Jimmy then started to clean up the mess and soon the room returned to how it was before. Jimmy then noticed the knife still on the ground, he hesitated for a second before leaning over and picking it up along with his phone and wallet, then he headed back down the stairs toward the backpack next to Ban.
" I understand the phone and wallet but why the knife?" Ban asked.
" I just have a weird feeling that something wrong may happen today, like the world is telling me to be prepared, and this is just a backup plan." replied Jimmy.
" That doesn't sound ominous at all, just saying." Ban said while Jimmy felt like he was receiving an odd stare from him.
Jimmy rolled his eyes before reaching over and picking Ban up to place him into the backpack.
" Hey! What are you doing, Oy are you listening to me! At least don't close up the top of the bag, let me get some fresh air and have a look around."
Jimmy looked incredulously at the plank of wood who, " wanted to get some fresh air and look around" , but decided that it was not worth it to argue and just let Ban have his way.
Soon Jimmy left the house, as he left the house he leaned down to rub the top off what looked like a lawn gnome dressed in leprechaun clothing.
"What are you doing?" asked Ban, " This is for good luck, my father when he got this he thought that it was a lucky statue, so every morning before he left for work he would rub it's head hoping for some luck to rub off on him, we saw him do it and just joined in on the fun."
Jimmy soon left his yard and soon found himself in front of a convenience store, soon he entered and began to browse the aisles for drinks and snacks, while he did this he began to converse with Ban.
" If we get some snacks, then we should get some fruit bursts and jelly paper. We gotta get our daily intake of sweets, maybe grab some cookies too." said Ban
" ok, one, how do you even know what these things are and two do you even have taste buds, to you know, eat these things." replied Jimmy.
" That's irrelevant, hm, there seems to be someone following you around looking at you suspiciously, do you think that you're being racially profiled right now. The guy even looks a bit defensive." Ban said changing the topic.
Jimmy slowly became mortified by a sudden realization as he turned his head to face the person following him, " Oh my god, I have been talking to a piece of wood in public this whole time, he must think that I am crazy or high as a kite right now."
" technically you are one of those things." chimed in Ban, " shut up you!" came an angry whisper from Jimmy.
Jimmy turned around and quickly made his way to the counter ignoring the strange looks he was getting. When he got to the counter Jimmy gave an awkward chuckle as he placed the items that he picked up in front of the cashier. The cashier quickly rang up the items with a stiff expression, Jimmy quickly paid before fleeing the store as if he had just committed murder.
" wow that's a really strong southern accent, you should hear what they're saying, they were like, " that boy ain't right." and " do y'all think that he'll tell me his dealer if I ask him.", it's like the english language suddenly just put on a cowboy hat."
Jimmy exasperatedly glared at the plank sticking out of his backpack.
" you know this is your fault... wait how can you even hear what they are saying when I can't even hear them? As a matter of fact, how did you even know that there was someone following me when I didn't notice."
Ban replied while Jimmy could feel a rising shit eating grin manifest on him.
" Well young chap, when you get enough of the crazy you begin to ignore the laws of reality, as is your birthright. Didn't you get your complementary pamphlet telling you all of this stuff?"
"You know what...." Jimmy just gave an exasperated sigh before he continued speaking," keep your secrets".
" lets just make our way to the mall." Jimmy finally gave up on arguing with Ban, they made their way to the bus station to continue their little stroll to the mall.