Author's note: No reviews? Is nothing sacred? Oh, well. Reviews or no reviews, I'm making another chapter.
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Chapter 2: A Typical Saturday -
The next day, everything was going as it normally did (for the most part). Prower Electronics was closed on Saturdays, so Janet was free that day.
After breakfast, Janet decided to take a tour, so she hopped a bus to the altar grounds and signed up for the next tour of the ruins. The tour was fairly interesting, and several people took photos. The photography didn't disturb Knuckles.
What DID disturb Knuckles was all the junk the tour groups left lying around, since HE had to clean it up. Even the tour guides left stuff on occasion.
When the tour was over, Janet stopped in at Cream's adoption center, just to browse.
Cream greeted Janet enthusiastically, like she did with all her customers. "Welcome to the Chao adoption center. Would you like to adopt a Chao today?"
"No thanks," Janet responded. "I'm just here to look around, like I always do."
While looking, Janet asked Cream a question. "Do you treat all these Chao well?"
"Oh, yes, I do," Cream replied. "I like to play fetch with them when business is slow. My throwing arm is pretty good."
After a few minutes of browsing, Janet noticed it was getting close to lunchtime. She headed for the Emerald City Diner.
The bell on the door rang as Janet entered. She sat down at a nearby table and waited. It wasn't long before she was waited on by one of those roller-skating waitresses you see at diners.
It was Amy. "Welcome to the Emerald City Diner. Here's a menu. I'll be back in a bit to take your order."
A few minutes later, Amy returned to take Janet's order. Janet ordered a three-meat sandwich with fries and a medium-size cup of orange soda. (Yum. -Author)
It took a little time, but Amy returned before long, balancing exactly what Janet had ordered on her lightweight stainless-steel tray. The meal was delicious.
Janet promptly paid for the meal when the check arrived, and left the diner. She opened a map of the city and planned a route to her next destination of the day: the city museum.
The museum had several paintings and artifacts that Janet took interest in. What she really wanted to see, though, was Rouge's diamond exhibit.
When Janet got to the exhibit, Rouge was right in the middle of polishing one of her jewels so it'd shine. Upon seeing Janet, Rouge quickly pocketed her polishing cloth and greeted her. "Hello there. Please feel free to look around."
Janet paused and gazed at one shimmering jewel after another. Many of them looked very rare, and she even saw a Chaos Emerald in the collection. Expectable but amazing.
After she left, Janet made her last stop the city jail. The jail was so high-security, the cells had no doors; Shadow Chaos-Controlled the prisoners in and out.
While looking around, Janet spotted something on the roof. Shadow explained that it was a searchlight, just in case one of the prisoners did manage to escape.
Obviously, the searchlight wasn't used very often. A few cobwebs were visible on it. Janet wanted to brush them away, but Shadow stopped her: "Sorry, but regular citizens aren't allowed to touch that equipment."
After that, Janet got back to her apartment just west of Prower Electronics. She was rather tired, and didn't want to go back out, so she decided to order pizza.
Janet looked through the yellow pages until she found something good. She picked up the phone, dialed, and waited for the connection. "Hello, Hedgehog Pizza? I'd like a medium-sized pizza with sausage and pepperoni. Have it delivered to Emerald Apartments, apartment C-28. Janet, Janet Bernelli. Thank you"
About half a minute after Janet hung up, there was a knock on the door. Janet opened the door, and there was Sonic the Hedgehog, carrying a pizza box.
"Janet Bernelli?" he asked.
Janet nodded. "You're really fast. I thought that '60 seconds or less' part of your ad was a misprint."
Sonic blushed a little as Janet paid him, took the pizza, and started to chow down. Between bites, Janet started to think to herself.
"Tails is awfully young to be the president and head designer for Prower Electronics," she thought. "I mean, he's eighteen years old! I can't believe anyone eighteen years old can have such a high position."
Janet continued to think. "And why does he need those glasses of his? He's awfully young to have vision problems, but I know he needs them. The other day he lost them, and he accused a coat rack of flirting while hanging his coat on my ear."
After the pizza was done with, Janet threw away the pizza box, washed up, brushed her teeth, and went to bed. Tomorrow, there would be more to come.
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I am writing this on Saturday, but I'm pretty sure it's a coincidence. Stay tuned!