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Todd flipped the mildly burnt pancake, peeking over into the living room to see Dirk sputtering at the screen.
“You okay?” He asked, pouring more batter onto the pan.
“What kind of weather network is this?” Dirk huffed.
Todd walked over to the screen and saw a man gesturing to green screen animations, as usual. “What do you mean, he’s showing the weather.”
“No he’s-“ Dirk paused, “Where’s the music?”
“Music?” Todd frowned, “Like the news jingle?”
“News jingle? I’m talking about the weather!”
“Calm down, this is the weather.” Todd reasoned.
Dirk stood up, grabbing the television and peering around it searching.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m going to show you the weather, this is ridiculous.” Dirk began rewiring the television until the screen went dark.
“What did you do to my TV?” Todd moaned, “Seriously that was brand new, since the last one was smashed.”
A song began playing on the TV the screen remaining black.
Dirk sighed as if the world was right again and sat back down, humming and closing his eyes.
Todd stared at the screen in utter confusion, “Dirk this isn’t the…” He let it go, Dirk seemed happy enough, he went back to his pancakes sighing as the one side was a bit burnt.
“That was the weather, stay tuned for an exclusive interview with the ghoul living under my desk chair.” A smooth voice from the TV announced.
“What?” Todd mouthed.
“See?” Dirk walked over to the kitchen quite pleased with himself before seeing the pancakes and raised his brows. “Oh, it seems you uh…”
“They’re a bit burnt.” Todd agreed disappointed.
“No, no!” Dirk recognized the look on Todd’s face and coughed, “They’re just um…. caramelized.”
Dirk grabbed the plate smiling and winked at Todd before moving to the couch to attempt to crunch through the seared pastry.