Enough work for today (Ulrich)

[Frank Hodges]

As much as he hated to admit it, earning money was absolutely crucial in society, but this was absolutely horrible. If any of his old friends could see him right now, sitting on the floor and vaguely attempting to fix a broken treadmill in a high school gym, they would probably laugh their ass off. Frank had always been more suited to the life style of roaming the country and preaching about the danger the government posed.

"Damn teenagers," he slowly mumbled as he struggled to loosen a bolt. How could someone mess up a treadmill? These damn kids always trying to show off or something and all they do is create work for me he grumpily thought to him self. Why was he even trying? Frank was and had always been fairly good handyman but fixing something like this was way out of his league.

Giving up, he stood up and looked at the broken gym equipment. "Well, I guess that's about what I can do man" he spoke to him self and looked at what he had done. In his effort to fix the treadmill he had unscrewed a total of two bolts before giving up and calling it enough for today.

He lazily stretched his back as if he had been working really hard all day, before putting his screwdriver back into the utility belt on his uniform. Better find something better to do, he thought to him self and took a seat on a nearby gym equipment to rest his wounded leg. Hopefully he might be able to find something better to do soon as he was awfully bored.

[Ulrich Schneider]

It was another boring day for Ulrich. He would usually be outside slinging around marbles in his slingshot, but it was really cold and he didn't feel like suffering through it for some cheap entertainment. His second option was to stay indoors and play his Xbox, but he got bored with that too quickly. His third option was to go to the student lounge, but there were far too many people in there for him to bother. So, he began roaming the school to find something else to do.

Eventually, his roaming brought him to the gymnasium. He figured he could "work out" a little, since he never really does it outside of gym class. He was already physically fit because he was quite an active young man, but being stuck inside due to the cold has driven him a bit stir crazy. He craved a little physical activity.

When he arrived at the gym, he saw that it was empty of people, well, except for the janitor. Ulrich took a few steps closer and remembered the rumors he had heard about the janitor, the rumors that he was a Vietnam veteran. War fascinated Ulrich and they were the only things he paid attention to his his history classes. The war in Vietnam was known for being exceptionally bloody and unpopular, but Ulrich was still very interested in it. He realized that if he asked, he could get a first hand perspective of the war, and the temptation overtook him. He decided the opportunity was too good to pass up.

"Uh... excuse me... sir... uh... were you in... Vietnam?" he asked awkwardly from halfway across the room.