A wee recap

 I decided I needed to remember what was going on so I wrote a recap and threw it in the novel. This recap chapter accounts for about 8% of the words in my book. 

I welcome thoughts about what could happen next. So far, there are way too many people named Chad, and a few warring factions. I am unclear what anyone is doing or why. 

Chapter 22.

Would it be helpful, at this point, to have a wee recap?

These are the narrative threads so far. In order of appearance. Some of these have only been hinted at.

- There are Jackie’s Places all over the world, in every town with 1000 or more inhabitants

- There is also a Jackie’s Place Head Office

o Which is ordering all employees to work from the office, not from the bar

 I haven’t heard of anyone complying with this

o Chadwick McDreamy Pennyworth is Chair of the Ad Hoc WiFi Coordination and Contemplation Committee, also VIP WiFi Coordinator

o It’s not clear that Jackie’s Place locations have wifi, but Head Office probably does. Or they are at least contemplating having wifi.

o We start in July. Back to Office is a 5km marathon involving skateboards, in October 

o Chad from Legal, Esq requires pizza to be served in jars, also threatens anyone who doesn’t comply with the mini militia

o Brandon “Brando” Brandon, Special Advisor to the VIP Wifi Coordination Team, berates JP staff for mini militia children not wearing the required uniform (fedoras)

o Photos have been circulating of a child in pink leggings holding a dolphin-shaped kazoo. Head Office denies the allegations.

o Chuck from HR advises someone that face-butt pants are horrifying, and approves their use

o Chuck from HR hires Windigo Esmort and orders everyone to wear gendered uniforms in the bars – aprons, face butt pants, fedoras

 To my knowledge, no one has complied

- Gordon shows up with Cody Simpson’s Own Artisanal Cheese Puffs to see Jackie Bauer at Jackie’s Place. Gordon claims Chuck from HR ordered everyone to read his dissertation, Becoming Marathon. 

- Later Jackie passes on the news to a secret organization of Jackies, says the cheese puffs were a dead drop and that Gordon said the secret pass phrase 

- Chadwick McDreamy Penneyworth’s nervous system is dysregulated

- The secret organization of Jackies is sabotaging Head Office, helped by Windigo Esmort and some toddlers trained by Gordon to infiltrate the mini militia

- Gordon the Vampyre turns out to be a Jackie. Jackie Bauer and Gordon pretend to be engaged.

- Jackie Ibrahim gets a cool nickname, “Gandalf the Grey”

- Chuck from HR turns out to be Indigo, who is thinking about becoming a costume designer

- Chuck from HR aka Indigo distributes a sign to all karaoke bars. The sign features a sad toad that says “To become the god of karaoke night, I had to leave karaoke night.”

- Jackie Bauer refuses to put up the sign. Jackie and Gordon make a plan involving theatrical blood

- A great fall, a bunch of toddlers, and a CFO named Chadwick