[ACTION, dining hall]

[gobblewonked]

[This old man is...something else. You may have seen him if you looked in on any of the newbie Rocket classes. He might not be the best at pickpocketing, but his escapes are something else: he's got an unnerving, lizardlike ability to climb straight up anything from a person to a two-story building. He's hard to miss in the halls, with his bowlegged walk and long white beard (Is that a bandage on his beard? Does that even make any sense?) and, well -- let's call it what it is. He smells like junkyard. The R on his shirt is barely visible under the filthy overalls he has on, and he never seems to be wearing shoes.

So he's generally given a wide berth in the dining hall. He can be clearly seen eating everything on his tray. And I do mean everything: he has just eaten the paper napkins, and he's examining the empty milk carton with an admiring, hungry eye.]

Well, I'll be! Haven't seen one of these this fine in years!

[He's gonna eat it if no one stops him. Heck, even if somebody tries, he still might.]

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[garbagechild]

_{[From the depths of the dumpster, two bright blue eyes peer up at McGucket in bafflement.]}

I was waiting for the bone!

[gobblewonked]

It wasn't a real bone!

It's called hamboning! It goes like this!

[He climbs up onto the edge of the dumpster and stands there. Then, he does a rhythmic slapping dance on his arms, chest, and thighs.

The subtitles read: THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM]

You can send all kinds of messages that way!

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Wrath tilts his head ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDE like a puppy that just heard a whistle for the very first time. ????]

[He sure didn't get a single word of those subtitles, but it's clear that he's intrigued.]</sub>

OH!

Like... a code?

_{[He vaguely knows what codes are-- that Sloth and Envy used to use it to send each other covert messages on the phone. And that Envy would usually not bother with it out of laziness.]}

[gobblewonked]

Exactly! Here! Let me show you!

This is how you say SOMEBODY'S COMING!

[Slap slappity slap slap, on the arms and the thigh and once to the cheek.]

[garbagechild]

<sub>[Wrath watches this with narrowed eyes, taking it in.]

[He's a quick learner-- he's always had to be.]

[After observing McGucket's demonstration, he lets out a soft, determined grunt to himself, then mimics as best as he can.]

[Which is pretty close!]

[But the subtitles read SOMEBODY'S SLUMMING!]</sub>