Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo

Chapter 6

"C'mon out man!" Jack heard Jay yell. Jack was in the small enclosed room used for trying on clothes. Jack looked in the mirror at himself. He had on a black T-shirt that had...a picture of a guitar with wings on it...and some jeans with holes in them, which Jack thought was ridiculous that they were being sold. "Do people really wear this in the 21st century?" he called out. "They sure do!" said Jay, "Now let's see ya!" Jack walked out so Jay and Silent Bob could see. "This shirt is pretty stupid," said Jack, "And do people seriously buy jeans that are already ripped?" "I think it looks pretty good." Jay said. Silent Bob nodded in agreement.

"You don't like it?" asked Jay. "Not really," replied Jack. "Alright then," said Jay, "Try this then." Silent Bob handed Jack a black T-shirt that didn't have a picture on it and a blue jacket with a hood. "Wait! Needs one more thing!" exclaimed Jay. He ran off and came back and gave Jack a pair of glasses with very dark lenses. Jack went back into the fitting room and tried everything on. He walked back out a few minutes later. He couldn't really see with the glasses on, they were too dark. "What do you think?" he asked. "Well for starters I think you need to turn around, man," said Jay. "We're behind you." Jack turned around. "Daaaaaaaaammmmn," said Jay, "That looks pretty fuckin' good! Fuck, I might steal that look myself! Nootch." "Not really doing it for me," said Jack. "Really?" asked Jay, "Well alright then. Hand him the next one, Skeletor."

Silent Bob gave Jack a pink reddish long sleeve button down shirt. This one, Jack had a good feeling about. He went back into the fitting room and tried it on. Looking in the mirror,  Jack felt confident. He liked this look, the dark pink shirt with the blue jeans. It was nice and simple. He walked out to show Jay and Silent Bob. "There we fuckin' go!" said Jay, "But what do you think?" "I like it," said Jack. "Alright!" Jay exclaimed, "We did it, String Bean!" Jay high fived Silent Bob. "Why do you keep calling him those names?" asked Jack. "Like Skinnybones and all that?" "'Cause he's super skinny!" said Jay, "Trust me. A few months ago he was a real tubby son of a bitch and I always called him shit accordingly." These two were probably the strangest people Jack had ever met.

"Jeez I know I don't do weed anymore but I got the munchies," said Jay, "What about you Silent Bob?" Silent Bob nodded in agreement. "You hungry?" Jay asked Jack. "Sure, I could eat," said Jack. "Alright then," said Jay, "Snack Pack'll pay for your shirt then he'll get us lunch." Silent Bob rolled his eyes. "Alright, let's go, we know a good sushi place around here."

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Jack, Jay and Silent Bob sat in the booth at the restaurant, scarfing down the giant platter of colorful sushi before them. "Are you two from around here?" asked Jack. "Nah," said Jay, "Silent Bob and I are from Jersey. But we got called to Japan to make a fuckin' awesome video game about us!" "What's a video game?" asked Jack. "Only one of the greatest fuckin' things on the planet next to comic books!" said Jay. Jack did know what comic books were. A friend of his, a very wise elderly men who made tons of them on Eart, had went to heaven a few months before, and showed Jack many of the comics that he made. "Silent Bob and I own a comic shop called Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, and it's the greatest one around! Although don't tell anyone, but if all goes well, it's gonna be under new management soon."

The waiter came by and placed the bill on the table. Silent Bob paid. "Thanks!" said the waiter, "Enjoy the rest of your day, you three!" "Wait a minute I know that voice..." Jay said, looking up at the waiter. He was an elderly man with grey hair, sunglasses, a mustache, and a warm smile. Jay and Silent Bob were startled by him. "IT'S THE GHOST OF STAN LEE AGAIN!" cried Jay, "RUN!" Jay and Silent Bob darted out of the restaurant. "Stan?" said Jack. "Hey there Jack!" said Stan, "I heard ya got brought back to life!" "Did you too?" asked Jack. "Not quite," replied Stan. "I've just been using .000000002% of my power to come back  as a ghost every once in a while. Actually I've been visiting those two a lot lately." "Why?" asked Jack. "Well the team and I need their help," said Stan, "But everytime I try to talk to them, they get scared and run away." "Want me to say something to them?" asked Jack. "Nah," said Stan, "They'll come around eventually. Besides, I booked a special signing at their comic shop. I'll talk to them then. Well, I gotta get back to work. This empty sushi platter isn't gonna wash itself...or is it?" Stan snapped his fingers, and the sushi platter was magically cleaned. "Good talkin' to ya Jack," said Stan. "See ya around," "Yeah," said Jack, "You too." Jack got up and ran off to catch up with Jay and Silent Bob.