Always Horizontal

Denis and Gaius go halves in the sunglasses.

Now it's time to return to the bus.

Terence gets on first, and runs to the back of the bus to tell Ageless.

Guess what? asks Terence.

I'm not getting a hat, says Ageless. 

No, says Terence.

I'm no worse off, says Ageless.

But you're getting something, says Terence. And I found them.

Them? says Ageless. Is it socks?

Ha ha, laughs Terence. YOU can't wear socks.

Red socks, says Ageless. 

It's not socks, says Terence.

Gaius and Denis come up with their present.

We've bought you a present, says Gaius. Next best thing to a hat. 

Better, says Denis. 

What is it? asks Ageless. 

Gaius gives him the red-framed sunglasses.

Ageless had not been expecting red-framed sunglasses.

Thoughts go through his head.

Clik-clik....are they better than a hat? a hat stays on once you get your head into it, on the other hand I did lose mine somehow but sunglasses slip down all the time, I'll have to remain horizontal... clik-clik...  come on Ageless, you're always horizontal, and you'll look cool to the cuttlefish....

Try them on! says Terence.

Ageless accepts the sunglasses from Gaius and places them over his head.

How do I look? asks Ageless.

Not like that, says Gaius. You're supposed to look through them.

I meant what do I look like? asks Ageless.

Lobster Guy, says Terence.

A fortuitous answer,

Ageless is taken with the idea of himself as Lobster Guy.

Lobster Guy will show those cuttlefish how to be stylish.

He adjusts the sunglasses slightly and leans back, relaxing.

Oops. The sunglasses need adjusting again.

Everyone in their seats! shouts Stanley.

Next stop, lunch break in Port Augusta!

Vroom! The Stateliner vrooms out of Port Wakefield.