No Re-Rolls

My submission to 2025 “Writing Battle Nano – Fiction 250 words max”// Prompts: Road Trip, Dice, Outcast

By: Marie Pascual

GROUP CHAT J23:

Joe: Chefs, don’t forget aprons.

Zak: Chef go fuck yourself

Joe: You first.

Mei: What do I wear for Tommy’s dinner? 👀👀👀

Zak: It’s PAPILLON. Look like money 💰

Mei: We can make $20 look $100 right? 👀

Joe: Just like our Wagyu bao!

Mei: Can we bring some for the road trip?

Zak: Why’d T have to move 4 hours away?

Joe: Michelin said, “Fuck Zak. Move Tommy to Vegas.”

Zak: Bro was built different 🙄

Joe: Built different how?

Zak: Guy scrubbed the grease trap at 2am with toothbrushes!

Mei: Zak, you bring his dice???🎲

Zak: Haven’t seen them.. I’ll check

Joe: Can’t wait to try his Fish-sauce gel!

Zak: Gels gay anyway

Mei: You’re gay 🫢

Joe: ETA 20.

GROUP CHAT J27:

Zak: He called me last week. I didn’t pick up

Mei: Zak..😔

Zak: I thought he wanted to talk about the gel again..

Joe: Did Tommy leave anything at Papillon?

Zak: The dice on his station

Mei: Was there a note?

Zak: Just said “No re-rolls.”

Mei: That’s it?

Joe: Remember how he used to roll them before service?

Mei: Said they told him how the night would go.

Zak: Always thought it was fucked up

Joe: Said they always told him how the night would go.

Zak: I thought it was just a bit.

Mei: Maybe it wasn’t..

Zak: I left them on his casket. I should’ve picked up.

Joe: Fuck the Michelin.

Mei: FUCK THE MICHELIN!!! 🖕🖕🖕

Zak: ..service in 10. Let’s cook.