It was the afternoon and the Essex Mall was packed. Everyone chatted loudly, looking at window displays and entering stores. Just another day at the mall, nothing new.
Walking through the mall was the singer for the famous band Gorillaz: 2D. Along with him was the guitarist Noodle and the band manager Jag.
2D was a sight to see, blue hair, black eyes, and he was wearing his favorite swell maps T-shirt. Noodle was 13 and wearing a light blue polo shirt with jeans that showed her ankles. Jag was a Darkrai with cyborg body parts: his left eye, arm, and he has a chest piece.
The three were at the mall to look for anything interesting to buy, well, at least Noodle was. 2D came along because Noodle asked to spend the day with him, Jag was there to make sure they made it to the interview at three.
"We have two hours till the interview, what do you want to do first?" asked Jag. "I was thinking of going to GameStop first, see what new games they have." said Noodle. "Sounds good, plus we need a new Xbox controller." said 2D.
"Why, we got five at home." said Noodle. "Three, Murdoc broke the controllers last week, remember the Mortal Kombat incident?" asked Jag. Noodle nodded as she remembered that night.
She beat Murdoc and when the guy ordered her to finish him, Murdoc had finished the controller. They played a second round with the same result. Murdoc has a bad temper when he loses at video games.
So, the three went on their way to GameStop. They went inside where Noodle ran for the games and the bluenette looked at the game controllers.
"Excuse me." said 2D. A girl wearing the store uniform smiled and walked over. "Yes, can I help you?" asked the woman. "Do you have any Xbox controllers that are strong?" asked 2D.
"I'm sorry, strong?" asked the girl. "Ya, strong enough to bare the strength of an enraged Gothic Satanist." said Jag. The woman just stared when Noodle skipped over.
She was holding a game, grinning big. "Toochi, look, look." gushed Noodle. The singer looked to see the game cover and title: Zombie Blood Bath. "It came out already, awesome!" said 2D.
Jag chuckled and grabbed a random controller. "I guess this will do." said Jag. Their purchase was rung up and they left the store. "Now, where to Next?" wondered Noodle.
At that, 2D's cell phone went off. "Um, give me a sec." said 2D. The two nodded as he walked away. The ringtone was the Jaws theme song, in other words, it was Murdoc. 2D gulped and answered.
"Hey Muds, what's up?" asked 2D. "What's up, WHAT'S UP, WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU, YOU LITTLE SHIT!" yelled Murdoc. "Whoa, calm down, why are you so angry?" asked 2D. "I'm angry because a certain blue haired singer promised to meet me today at the bar, WHERE ARE YOU?!" demanded Murdoc.
2D groaned as he remembered, he promised Murdoc last night to go to the bar with him. "I'm sorry Murdoc, I forgot, Noodle asked me this morning if we could go to the mall." said 2D. "Damn bastard, I know you have a hard time thinking, but seriously, WRITE DOWN YOUR DAMN APPOINTMENTS SO YOU DON'T SCREW ANYONE OVER!" yelled Murdoc. "I'm sorry, but, how did I screw you over?" asked 2D.
"I was recognized and was swarmed by fans, you weren't here to help take some of them off of me, I think one of them stole my sock." said Murdoc. 2D felt bad as he had let him down.
"I'm so sorry." said 2D. "Sorry won't bring back my sock, dullard, next time, don't bother asking to hang out because now we both know you'll forget." spat Murdoc. With that he hung up.
The bluenette was depressed, he had really messed up. Murdoc wanted to hang out, and 2D forgot, leading to the Satanist getting mobbed by fans and losing a sock. He sighed when his cell rang again.
This time the ringtone was Rock the House, it was Russel. 2D answered quickly.
"Hey Russ." said 2D. "Man, where are you?" asked Russel. "What?" asked 2D. Shit, did he make a promise to Russel too?!
"Did you forget, you were supposed to help me with the music for Dirty Harry, we were going to do it after lunch." said Russel. "Shit, sorry, I forgot, I'm at the mall with Noodle." said 2D. He heard a disappointed sigh and it made him feel worse. "I'm glad you're spending time with her, but seriously, we needed to go over this today, we were going to reveal a sneak peek of this at the interview today." said Russel.
2D sighed and sat down on the bench. "I'm really sorry Russ." said 2D. "It's fine, we'll try to do it another time, but please try and remember, if we slack off, then the band is going nowhere." said Russel. He hung up and 2D leaned back.
He felt so horrible, he made promises to everyone and he broke them all. Well, not Noodle, he kept his promise, but still. He was asked to be with Murdoc, he was asked to be with Russel, Noodle asked for him, and he has Jag always reminding him of band meetings or interviews.
It's hard to keep track.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked to see Noodle and Jag. "What happened?" asked Noodle. "I forgot I made a promise to meet up with Murdoc today, I didn't show and he got mobbed by fans, then it turns out I promised Russel to help him with Dirty Harry, he was disappointed I forgot as we were gonna do a reveal at the interview, I screwed everyone over." sniffled 2D. He put his head in his hands and the small girl felt bad.
Jag sat next to the bluenette, patting his back. "It's okay Stuart, everyone forgets from time to time." said Jag. "But this isn't the first time, this is like the sixth." sniffed 2D. "That's because we keep asking for you, everyone needs you, Toochi, so it gets hard to remember who asked you first or at what time." said Noodle.
"I know, I know, but it's just so much, I wish there was more of me, that way I could make everyone happy." sighed 2D. The three sat together and Noodle suddenly smiled.
"Wait, let's go to Oriental City." said Noodle. "Huh, why?" asked 2D. "It's a Japanese shop, they also sell stones, maybe we can find one to help Toochi with him memory or to even relax." said Noodle.
Jag nodded and got up. "It's worth a try I guess." said Jag. 2D nodded in agreement and followed Jag.
With that, they followed the small girl deeper into the mall.
A/N: Poor 2D, his time is demanded by so many people. Will Noodle's suggestion really work? Stay tuned and plz review.
