the thmgau rewrite

Bananas & Books

"So.. this is the place?"

Cherry was driving in her minivan. Kalani called dibs on shotgun so he could direct Cherry on where to go, while everyone else was in the back. They had just pulled into a parking lot.

"Yup! This is it!"

The five of them hopped out of the car & looked at the restaurant. It was called Banana Man's Banana Land. It looked kind of tropical-themed, which kind of made sense for a banana restaurant.

"Banana Man's Banana Land.. what a corny name."
"It's not the worst name for a restaurant."
"True. Let's head in."

The group entered the restaurant & was instantly greeted with a surprisingly nice interior. The walls were painted a light blue, with some light yellow to represent sand, & some palm trees painted on as well. The chairs were all banana-shaped, & the tables were round & yellow. Up at the counter was a short man wearing what the group assumed was a banana outfit. He seemed to be the only employee.

"Hi!" he smiled. "Welcome to Banana Man's Banana Land! The name's Pim, how may I help you 5 today?"

They all looked at the menu. As Kalani had said, there were plenty of banana-themed items on the menu. Nobody really knew what to get. Eventually, they decided on what to get.

"Alright, so that's 5 banana smoothies, two banana nut muffins, one banana bread, & two banana puddings!" Pim typed some stuff into his cash register. "That'll be.. $16.99!"

Juniper whipped out xyr credit card. "Don't worry, I'll cover it," ae nodded, swiping aer credit card into the card swipe machine & punching in aer PIN number.

"Thanks!" Pim smiled. "Y'all go find a seat while I prepare your food!"

The group looked at all the tables available in the restaurant, which was all of them, because they were the only customers. There was only one table that was able to fit 5 people, so that was the one they all sat at.

"So.. what do we do now?" Nora asked, sitting down in the banana-shaped chair.
"I guess we just.. talk? I dunno." Leslie shrugged. "The book is still kind of a big subject."
"True. How are we even supposed to tell where it is?"
"If these necklaces just magically appeared on us, then maybe the necklaces would just.. signal us if we're close, right?"
"Magic isn't real, so probably not."
"Oh, c'mon. This again?"
"Remember back in high school when Leslie got really into ghost-hunting? & we never found any ghosts?"
"Well, that's DIFFERENT. Those are ghosts. These are necklaces that some shadow person in our dreams gave us. Whole different scenario."
"Oh, whatever." Cherry rolled her eyes.

Pim approached the table with everyone's food. "Breakfast is served!" he announced, setting the food onto the table. "Hope you enjoy!"

As he walked away, the group started digging into their meals. Surprisingly, it was actually very well-made!

"Oh, this food fucks."
"Holy shit, yea, this rules."

The group was munching down on their food, savoring every bite.

"This is so good! Why aren't there more customers here?" Juniper grinned, taking a bite out of their banana nut muffin.
"Exactly! You'd think there would be some advertising at least."
"Kalani, you were the one who told us about this. How did you find out about it?"
"Oh, I saw it a couple days ago while driving. Opening day."
"Huh. Strange."
"How many people were here during opening day?"
"I saw like.. 3 or 4 people, I think."
"Only 4 people on opening day? No advertising?" Cherry mumbled. "This place sounds kinda sketchy, don'tcha think?"
"I mean.. yea, but the food's good, so who cares?"
"Alright, whatever."