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July 27th, 2003 - ContinuedNook's shop was under new ownership. As he had promised his friend, Mr. Resetti, the pickaxe wielding mole, had taken over ownership of the shop. Nook was gone, destroyed by the swordsman Crono. But the shop lived on. At least for a week or so. Until Mr. Resetti had to do some fighting of his own. Physical fighting, that is. As was his nature, Resetti was doing fighting in the verbal form inside his shop. It was odd that he and Nook were such good friends... For in their tempermant, they were very different. This difference had been picked up on very quickly by shoppers. "What'd ya say, Payne? The customer is always right? No way! Take yer goods... AND SCRAM!!!" It was odd for Nook's longtime shoppers. The angry mole yelling at them was a sharp contrast to Tom Nook's kindly manner, that let people cheat him even if he thought they weren't paying for something. Resetti, on the other hand... If he thought you were cheating him, he'd call in security, and make you pay twice what the goods were worth. After seeing Duke Nukem forced to pay $500 for an orange box, the contestants decided to play nice with Mr. Resetti. It was a good move. But after Yuna left... What could the mole do? All the people he had got along with were gone... He was just waiting his turn. Waiting for the train back to Animal Forest. The mole was interrupted out of deep thought by Crono, bringing some purchases up to the counter. "Hey, kid." Crono nodded in return. However, by the way his eyes moved... Resetti could tell that he was nervous, standing up here, talking to the mole. And... Though he was mean at times, Mr. Resetti wasn't really a cruel person. He had even tried to soften up his hard nosed approach, to get along better with the tourney's members. But, looking at Crono, the mole sadly realized that he hadn't done the job. He had made some of them scared of him, and some of them just dislike him. It hurt him, inside. "Hey... Kid? Crono?" Crono turned to the mole. He seemed calm... But Resetti could see it in his eyes.... He didn't want to be up there, talking to this crazy mole. "Crono... Take it. Consider it a gift for being merciful in your fight with Tom." "Sir...? Um, thank you so much. I really appreciate it." Crono went out the door, smiling. He had expected a hard nosed businessman, making him pay more than his purchases were worth. Instead, he got a gift from a kindhearted mole. Maybe we all just judged this guy too quickly. Mr. Resetti sighed. It was lonely, being a shopkeep. Maybe that's what had driven him to such a rare act of kidness. But as he thought about it... Why were they so rare? Why didn't he just keep calm. It's not like anyone was trying to reset their decisions, here, in the contest's world. It was just that Resetti had a habit of pursuing them angrily for everything they did. "I've just been harsh all the time... And now, the few friends I've made are gone." No one ever hung around the shop anymore... Yuna, Tidus, Pikachu, Ramza, Tom... They were all gone. Gone back where they came from. Only shoppers visited, now. Soon, Mr. Resetti would be returning to Animal Forest. He knew it... But he just thanked the fates for the time he had. But for today... It'd been a difficult day. "I'm just a lonely ol' mole..." Next Entry Back |