Chapter 4: Grand Opening
11:00 AM Wolfwood is waiting outside, smoking a cigarette. A little bit anxious for the first day.
Vash: [comes strolling around the corner] Hey Wolfwood!
Nick: Hey Vaash. Ready for the grand opening?
Vash: Of course I am. {Pulls out an apron] See?
Nick: "Kiss the Stampede Cook" Oh yeah, that's fantastical
Vash: I know!
Milly and Meryl soon come bounding down the street.
Milly: Hallo Mr. Vash! Hallo Mr. Wolfwood!
Vash: I'm glad to see that our employees are happy.
Meryl: We always try to stay optimistic when we take on a job.
The four of them walk through the huge door. The restaurant standing before them.
Nick: Ok…Vash, you go to the kitchen and get the stoves and grills warmed up. Meryl, help him set up in there.
Vash: Yes sir!
Meryl: Got it.
Nick: Milly, I want you to make sure that everything in the bar is ready for serving.
Milly: Glasses down and bottles open!
Nick: I'll go take down all the chairs off the table.
So everybody quickly went to setup their positions. 11:25 came quickly.
Nick: 5 minutes until showtime! Y'all ready?
All: Yes!
Nick: I wonder if anyone is out there, yet? [puts is ear to the door]
Vash: [shouts from the kitchen] Do you hear anybody?
Nick: Quiet, Needle Noggin! I hear muffled conversation and that s about it. [Looks at the clock] 11:30….time to open.
Wolfwood slowly opens the front door. He drops his chin in shock. At least twenty people are standing outside waiting.
Nick: Damn…
Nicholas did what any restaurant manager would do….put on a bullshit smile and welcome everybody in.
Nick: Welcome to the Stampede Steakhouse. You will be the first ones to eat here!
Old lady: Do we get something free?
Nick: No.
Old lady: Shucks…..
Nick: Alright, alright, you get your drinks free.
Crowd: Yah! Woo-hoo!
Nick: If any of you have a gun you have to check it in.
Young guy: Why?
Nick: Cuz I don't want any of you trying to shoot my head cook.
Young guy: Oh….Well that makes sense.
Nick: Enough yakking, everybody…[Nick gets trampled by everybody]…..in. Ow….
What zany trouble will our new restauranters get into? Only time will tell.