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	== Character dynamics ==		== Character dynamics ==
	* '''David and Justin:''' ~~Total strangers before this chapter, which~~ is ~~also~~ Justin's series debut.<ref name=":c33p2" /> ~~One secret-agent yarn later,~~ the seven-year-old ~~is David's~~ "secret sidekick" ~~on a birthday adventure~~.<ref name=":c33p3" /> ~~By dinnertime,~~ Justin is in the hospital~~, David is under~~ a restraining order, ~~and an apology is owed~~ once it expires.<ref name=":c33p7" />		* '''David and Justin:''' This is Justin's series debut, and the whole relationship is David's invention.<ref name=":c33p2" /> He casts the seven-year-old as his "secret sidekick" without ever asking whether the kid wants the job, and stays cheerfully oblivious to how frightened his new recruit is getting all day long.<ref name=":c33p3" /> Whatever bond David imagined between them ends with Justin in the hospital and a restraining order in place, though David does intend to apologize once it expires.<ref name=":c33p7" />
	* '''David and Flower Girl:''' The obsession isn't new. Lucy calls her "that flower girl you've obsessed with", and the crush goes back to the middle-school prom in [[Farewell, Middle School]].<ref name=":c33p7" /><ref name=":c18p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c18/p1}}</ref> This chapter promotes her to "goddess" and builds a whole rescue mission around her, all without her ever noticing she has an audience.<ref name=":c33p5" /> By the end David believes her lost forever, at least until Lucy mentions the transfer.<ref name=":c33p7" />		* '''David and Flower Girl:''' The obsession isn't new. Lucy calls her "that flower girl you've obsessed with", and the crush goes back to the middle-school prom in [[Farewell, Middle School]].<ref name=":c33p7" /><ref name=":c18p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c18/p1}}</ref> This chapter promotes her to "goddess" and builds a whole rescue mission around her, all without her ever noticing she has an audience.<ref name=":c33p5" /> By the end David believes her lost forever, at least until Lucy mentions the transfer.<ref name=":c33p7" />

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	* '''[[Pep Rally]]''': Flower Girl actually debuted way back here, when Mike accidentally lifted her dress.		* '''[[Pep Rally]]''': Flower Girl actually debuted way back here, when Mike accidentally lifted her dress.
	* '''[[Love My Way]]''': Justin's next appearance. He turns up at the prom clutching a camera again, and after his day with David, he decides against offering to take anyone's picture.		* '''[[Love My Way]]''': Justin's next appearance. He turns up at the prom clutching a camera again, and after his day with David, he decides against offering to take anyone's picture.
	* '''[[Witch Hunt]]''': "Final Fantasy Cat" ~~sticks as David's permanent name for Augustus~~, and ~~this chapter holds the nickname's biggest payoff, complete with a revival of the~~ "Melfice" comparison.		* '''[[Witch Hunt]]''': David is still calling Augustus "Final Fantasy Cat" years later, and here he even greets him as "brother Melfice", dusting off the Grandia II comparison he first coined on his birthday adventure.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	~~The chapter opens~~ on February 22nd ~~with a rooster crowing David awake~~, ~~and he remembers it's~~ his birthday.<ref name=":c33p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p1}}</ref~~> He gets as far as frying up a celebratory breakfast before his mom dashes any hope of a day off, promising a big dinner tonight and shooing him off to school.<ref name=":c33p1" /~~>		A rooster crows [[David]] awake on February 22nd, his birthday, but his mom dashes any hope of a day off and shoos him off to school.<ref name=":c33p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p1}}</ref>

	Outside school, [[Lucy]] ~~tells~~ him ~~to stop being such a baby and skip already~~, and David eagerly invites her along: "C'mon, be a hooker with me~~!! It'll be so exciting~~!!"<ref name=":c33p1" /><ref name=":c33p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p2}}</ref> A ~~crowd of scandalized onlookers gathers, so~~ Lucy ~~sweetly~~ corrects him ~~("hookey"), then threatens to knee~~ him ~~in the crotch if he isn't gone in five seconds. David wisely takes~~ off ~~running. [[Paulo]] strolls up to ask what her rate is, and gets kicked into the horizon for his trouble~~.<ref name=":c33p2" />		Outside school, [[Lucy]] goads him into skipping, and David eagerly invites her along: "C'mon, be a hooker with me!!"<ref name=":c33p1" /><ref name=":c33p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p2}}</ref> A mortified Lucy corrects him and chases him off with a threat.<ref name=":c33p2" />

	~~A proper birthday adventure needs a sidekick, and~~ David ~~finds his in~~ a passing seven-year-old~~. The kid knows better than to talk to strangers. He's no match, though, for~~ a ~~yarn~~ about a secret agent ~~in need of a "secret sidekick", and he signs on~~.<ref name=":c33p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p3}}</ref> ~~David hauls him away so fast that his camera's strap snaps, leaving it behind on the grass. "We all gotta make sacrifices, kid."<ref name=":c33p3" /> From there David introduces~~ himself as Sergeant Rainpop, ~~and correctly~~ guesses ~~from the goggles that~~ the boy's name is [[Justin]]~~. Their~~ mission~~, he explains,~~ is ~~to rescue~~ a goddess he saw in a vision~~. When Justin's patience runs out, David drags them both into a bush and engages stealth mode~~.<ref name=":c33p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p4}}</ref>		David recruits a passing seven-year-old as his sidekick with a story about being a secret agent.<ref name=":c33p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p3}}</ref> He dubs himself Sergeant Rainpop, guesses the boy's name is [[Justin]], and declares their mission is rescuing a goddess he saw in a vision.<ref name=":c33p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p4}}</ref>

	~~The~~ goddess is [[Flower Girl]], ~~whom the pair spy on from the bushes as she waters~~ a garden.<ref name=":c33p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p5}}</ref> ~~Both boys are awestruck, right up until David barks at his sidekick not to look at his woman.~~ When she wanders out of sight, David concludes ~~that~~ kidnappers got to her, ~~and~~ throttles ~~the boy he now calls~~ Justin "Spirit Stone" Johnson over it~~. His new plan is~~ to climb a building ~~and survey the area. Justin refuses point-blank, then realizes he doesn't know his way home and hurries after David anyway~~.<ref name=":c33p5" />		From the bushes they spy the goddess, [[Flower Girl]], watering a garden.<ref name=":c33p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p5}}</ref> When she wanders out of sight, David concludes kidnappers got to her, throttles Justin "Spirit Stone" Johnson over it, and sets out to climb a building for a better view.<ref name=":c33p5" />

			Storefront TVs along the way air a bulletin about the kidnapping of a boy in blue goggles; Justin realizes the victim is him, while David hears only his darling described.<ref name=":c33p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p6}}</ref> One fourth-wall-breaking "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!" later, David is greeting the camera crew and police squadron waiting on the roof, guns pointed up at him.<ref name=":c33p6" />
	[[File:c33_p6_panel11.png\|alt=David, grinning wildly, charges up a ball of energy while yelling "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!".\|thumb\|Who needs stairs when you know where the panel borders are?]]		[[File:c33_p6_panel11.png\|alt=David, grinning wildly, charges up a ball of energy while yelling "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!".\|thumb\|Who needs stairs when you know where the panel borders are?]]
	Getting to the roof turns out to be the easy part. On the way, the pair pass an electronics store where every TV is airing a bulletin about a mass kidnapping ("And by mass, we mean one kid") whose victim has brown eyes and blue goggles.<ref name=":c33p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p6}}</ref> Justin works out pretty quickly that the victim is him. David, for his part, only hears a description of his darling. Reaching the roof takes a single fourth-wall-breaking "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!", after which David cheerfully greets the newspaper stand, the camera crew, and the police squadron pointing its guns up at him. His smile drops a moment later.<ref name=":c33p6" />

	~~David's~~ mom brings him home in disgrace~~. He~~ tearfully insists he never meant to kidnap that boy, and ~~she gently reminds him that~~ he'll ~~have~~ to ~~apologize when they visit~~ Justin in the hospital, once the restraining order expires.<ref name=":c33p7">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p7}}</ref>		His mom brings him home in disgrace; David tearfully insists he never meant to kidnap that boy, and he'll be apologizing to Justin in the hospital once the restraining order expires.<ref name=":c33p7">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p7}}</ref> When Lucy, [[Paulo]] and [[Mike]] drop by, David mourns his true love as gone forever, until Lucy works out he means the flower girl, who merely transferred to the private school up the road.<ref name=":c33p7" />

	Lucy, Paulo and [[Mike]] drop by, ~~and find~~ David ~~mourning~~ his true love, ~~taken from him forever.~~ Lucy ~~pieces together that~~ he means the flower girl ~~and reveals she~~ merely transferred to the private school up the road, so he's welcome to keep stalking her. David and Paulo celebrate the school uniform implications, to Mike and Lucy's disgust.<ref name=":c33p7" /> Mike mentions that Daisy and Abbey haven't been around much lately, which David chalks up to the scheming of "Final Fantasy Cat". Lucy tries reminding him that he nearly went to jail today, but David only takes it as proof of how important his birthday is. She surrenders with a resigned ".. Yes, David. Happy birthday.", and dinner arrives: a platter of hot dogs, one with a lit sparkler stuck in it.<ref name=":c33p7" />

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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	~~The chapter opens~~ on February 22nd ~~with a rooster crowing David awake~~, ~~and he remembers it's~~ his birthday.<ref name=":c33p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p1}}</ref~~> He gets as far as frying up a celebratory breakfast before his mom dashes any hope of a day off, promising a big dinner tonight and shooing him off to school.<ref name=":c33p1" /~~>		A rooster crows [[David]] awake on February 22nd, his birthday, but his mom dashes any hope of a day off and shoos him off to school.<ref name=":c33p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p1}}</ref>

	Outside school, [[Lucy]] ~~tells~~ him ~~to stop being such a baby and skip already~~, and David eagerly invites her along: "C'mon, be a hooker with me~~!! It'll be so exciting~~!!"<ref name=":c33p1" /><ref name=":c33p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p2}}</ref> A ~~crowd of scandalized onlookers gathers, so~~ Lucy ~~sweetly~~ corrects him ~~("hookey"), then threatens to knee~~ him ~~in the crotch if he isn't gone in five seconds. David wisely takes~~ off ~~running. [[Paulo]] strolls up to ask what her rate is, and gets kicked into the horizon for his trouble~~.<ref name=":c33p2" />		Outside school, [[Lucy]] goads him into skipping, and David eagerly invites her along: "C'mon, be a hooker with me!!"<ref name=":c33p1" /><ref name=":c33p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p2}}</ref> A mortified Lucy corrects him and chases him off with a threat.<ref name=":c33p2" />

	~~A proper birthday adventure needs a sidekick, and~~ David ~~finds his in~~ a passing seven-year-old~~. The kid knows better than to talk to strangers. He's no match, though, for~~ a ~~yarn~~ about a secret agent ~~in need of a "secret sidekick", and he signs on~~.<ref name=":c33p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p3}}</ref> ~~David hauls him away so fast that his camera's strap snaps, leaving it behind on the grass. "We all gotta make sacrifices, kid."<ref name=":c33p3" /> From there David introduces~~ himself as Sergeant Rainpop, ~~and correctly~~ guesses ~~from the goggles that~~ the boy's name is [[Justin]]~~. Their~~ mission~~, he explains,~~ is ~~to rescue~~ a goddess he saw in a vision~~. When Justin's patience runs out, David drags them both into a bush and engages stealth mode~~.<ref name=":c33p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p4}}</ref>		David recruits a passing seven-year-old as his sidekick with a story about being a secret agent.<ref name=":c33p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p3}}</ref> He dubs himself Sergeant Rainpop, guesses the boy's name is [[Justin]], and declares their mission is rescuing a goddess he saw in a vision.<ref name=":c33p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p4}}</ref>

	~~The~~ goddess is [[Flower Girl]], ~~whom the pair spy on from the bushes as she waters~~ a garden.<ref name=":c33p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p5}}</ref> ~~Both boys are awestruck, right up until David barks at his sidekick not to look at his woman.~~ When she wanders out of sight, David concludes ~~that~~ kidnappers got to her, ~~and~~ throttles ~~the boy he now calls~~ Justin "Spirit Stone" Johnson over it~~. His new plan is~~ to climb a building ~~and survey the area. Justin refuses point-blank, then realizes he doesn't know his way home and hurries after David anyway~~.<ref name=":c33p5" />		From the bushes they spy the goddess, [[Flower Girl]], watering a garden.<ref name=":c33p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p5}}</ref> When she wanders out of sight, David concludes kidnappers got to her, throttles Justin "Spirit Stone" Johnson over it, and sets out to climb a building for a better view.<ref name=":c33p5" />

			Storefront TVs along the way air a bulletin about the kidnapping of a boy in blue goggles; Justin realizes the victim is him, while David hears only his darling described.<ref name=":c33p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p6}}</ref> One fourth-wall-breaking "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!" later, David is greeting the camera crew and police squadron waiting on the roof, guns pointed up at him.<ref name=":c33p6" />
	[[File:c33_p6_panel11.png\|alt=David, grinning wildly, charges up a ball of energy while yelling "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!".\|thumb\|Who needs stairs when you know where the panel borders are?]]		[[File:c33_p6_panel11.png\|alt=David, grinning wildly, charges up a ball of energy while yelling "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!".\|thumb\|Who needs stairs when you know where the panel borders are?]]
	Getting to the roof turns out to be the easy part. On the way, the pair pass an electronics store where every TV is airing a bulletin about a mass kidnapping ("And by mass, we mean one kid") whose victim has brown eyes and blue goggles.<ref name=":c33p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p6}}</ref> Justin works out pretty quickly that the victim is him. David, for his part, only hears a description of his darling. Reaching the roof takes a single fourth-wall-breaking "SUPERRR PANELLL TELEPORT!!", after which David cheerfully greets the newspaper stand, the camera crew, and the police squadron pointing its guns up at him. His smile drops a moment later.<ref name=":c33p6" />

	~~David's~~ mom brings him home in disgrace~~. He~~ tearfully insists he never meant to kidnap that boy, and ~~she gently reminds him that~~ he'll ~~have~~ to ~~apologize when they visit~~ Justin in the hospital, once the restraining order expires.<ref name=":c33p7">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p7}}</ref>		His mom brings him home in disgrace; David tearfully insists he never meant to kidnap that boy, and he'll be apologizing to Justin in the hospital once the restraining order expires.<ref name=":c33p7">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c33/p7}}</ref> When Lucy, [[Paulo]] and [[Mike]] drop by, David mourns his true love as gone forever, until Lucy works out he means the flower girl, who merely transferred to the private school up the road.<ref name=":c33p7" />

	Lucy, Paulo and [[Mike]] drop by, ~~and find~~ David ~~mourning~~ his true love, ~~taken from him forever.~~ Lucy ~~pieces together that~~ he means the flower girl ~~and reveals she~~ merely transferred to the private school up the road, so he's welcome to keep stalking her. David and Paulo celebrate the school uniform implications, to Mike and Lucy's disgust.<ref name=":c33p7" /> Mike mentions that Daisy and Abbey haven't been around much lately, which David chalks up to the scheming of "Final Fantasy Cat". Lucy tries reminding him that he nearly went to jail today, but David only takes it as proof of how important his birthday is. She surrenders with a resigned ".. Yes, David. Happy birthday.", and dinner arrives: a platter of hot dogs, one with a lit sparkler stuck in it.<ref name=":c33p7" />

	== Character dynamics ==		== Character dynamics ==