Cherry and Jack in The Boss

chapter 9: The Office

"This is the story of a man named Stanley," A mysterious voice spoke when they came to their next mission. "Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee #427. Employee #427's job was simple. He sat at his desk in room 427, and he pushed buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order. This is what Employee #427 did--Wait, hold on a minute, cut the music!"

Suddenly the lights came on and Cherry, Billy, and Jack seemed to be in an office cubicle.

"You're not Stanley! Who the hell are you?" The narrator demanded. "Why are there three of you? When did I ever indicate that this was a multi-player game?! No... No, not here... Not there... I specific--... Oh, dammit. Fine, very well, who the hell are you?"

"Well, this is Billy, and this is Jack, and of course I'm Cherry Butler!" Cherry replied in a cliché Pooh's Adventures greeting where her own adventures series seemed to be based on contrary to popular belief. "Luckily there's just three of us and not other characters from other stuff who don't contribute to the plot and just make the original story drag on forever."

"What? No, no, I can't call you those names!" The narrator argued. "Those are all rubbish names! Those aren't hero names!"

Jack took great offense to that, looking rather irked.

"Jack is the name of a man who slaughters streetwalkers in 19th century London, and Cherry? Why, Cherry isn't even a name for a girl, it's a fruit!" The narrator continued. "Jack is the name of a financially challenged boy who disobeys his mother, climbs a beanstalk, and steals from a giant! Cherry's also the name from a Charles Dickens novel called Martin Chuzzlewit! Cherry and Jack are not heroes!"

"Notice how he said nothing about my name." Billy smirked.

"Shut up before I make you shut up." Cherry warned.

"I mean, sometimes, I go by Sean..." Jack offered to the narrator.

"Sean? Sean... Sean... I could live with a name like Sean, but Jack?" The narrator replied. "I will find a more suitable name for the protagonist of this adventure. You are... (Not-Stanley)."

"Clever..." Cherry commented.

"Thank you," The narrator replied, not detecting her sarcasm. "And I'm not saying you're not Stanley, I'm saying you are (Not-Stanley), in parentheses with a hyphen between it. It's very fancy, it'll look great on your business cards."

"Ugh, forget this," Billy groaned. "Let's just go through this stupid door."

They soon came outside and the narrator spoke again, much to Jack's irritation.

"I was going to refer to you as (Not-Stanley) and the Three Bears to avoid confusion, I think we shall re-name you all," The narrator then said. "We have (Not-Stanley), Stanley Jr, and Mariella."

"Anything but Perky," Cherry replied. "A bunch of n00bs on my DeviantART page call me 'Perky'."

"Stanley Jr?" Jack repeated before laughing with a snort to Billy.

"NOT A WORD!" Billy groaned.

They soon walked off together before passing Room #429.

"Do you smell anything coming out of this room or is it just me?" Jack wondered.