duchess → outer banks

EPISODE IV.

[the motel]

Trying to report the wrecked boat to the coast guard turned out to be a disaster for The Pogues. When the five teens tried to explain to the coast guard what they found, they were overshadowed by some lady yelling about her missing dog with canine diabetes. Realizing getting the coast guard to listen to them was useless, John B suggested they go straight to the source: the motel. So, they all hopped back into the HMS Pogue and made their way. Duchess hoped that when they told the owner that his boat was at the bottom of the marsh, they would still recieve a finder's fee. She really didn't want to work this summer.

Upon approaching the motel, JJ whistled," I thought the Chateau looked bad." And he was not exaggerating. The motel looked awful. Even if there hadn't been a hurricane the day before, the place was a disaster.

"This place looks like a shitshow," John B commented.

"Motel or meth lab," Kie asked.

"You be the judge," Pope replied.

"Doesn't look like a place somebody with a Grady-White stays," remarked John B.

"No. Looks like a place someone with a Grady-White would get killed," Pope said.

"What the hell would someone with an expensive boat like that do here," Duchess asked to no one in particular.

"This is what we're here to find out," JJ said as they pulled to shore. "This is your captain speaking. HMS Pogue coming in for landing." He then jumped out of the boat an secured it to shore.

"We good," John B asked.

"Yeah, we good."

"Alright, here goes nothing," John B said, stepping out of the boat.

Duchess turned to Pope and Kie," Are we really going to let Dumb and Dumber do this?"

"Don't let him do anything stupid," Pope said to John B,
pointing to JJ. If John B was Dumb, JJ was definitely Dumber.

"Oh we will," JJ replied.

"I'm not making promises," said John B.

"Come on guys," Duchess said defeated," Be a little serious."

"Be careful," Kie said to John B, handing him the key. "I mean it."

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When they got to the second floor of the motel, they were far enough away from the other pogues that JJ was able to tease his best friend. He caressed John B's head and arm whispering," Just be so careful, John."

John B just pushed him away, scoffing. "God, you're so weird."

JJ couldn't let him go. "What was that about?"

"I don't know. Maybe she wants us to be careful," his friend replied, obviously annoyed that this was the subject JJ wanted to focus on.

JJ, of course, didn't let up. "Since she heard you're being threatened with exile, she's been, like," he sarted to massage John B's shoulders," Oh! be so careful, John B."