Life in Juan Ceson's cupboard

[VattghernCZ 978]

Some time ago, Juan Ceson has maybe crossed the line by actually kidnapping Wann Kerr, a Las Vegas Aces forward, locking him in a cupboard in his mansion, and replacing him with a bot to play games in his stead. What does a life in Juan's cupboard look like and has Wann Kerr attempted to escape? Let's start by looking at his daily routine.

 

In the cupboard, Wann can't really tell whether it's dark outside, but Juan left him his phone. Well, after a few days that is, after he had called Kerr's family for unknown reasons and they hung up on him. So Wann has some sense of passing time, at least. Perhaps he believes he would get out one day, so he tries not to mess up his sleeping schedule that much and gets up at 6 a.m. every day. He's used to go jogging every morning, and being a creature of habit, he doesn't want to change it and do 30 minutes of running in place. Juan's cupboard is considerably larger than usual, which gives Kerr enough space for some basic calisthenics workout after his "jogging" routine.

 

Around 8 a.m., Juan brings Wann breakfast, if IKEAs are doing well and if Kerr doesn't have much fun. Juan doesn't like Kerr having fun. So after his breakfast, Wann takes a broomstick and a mug and works on stickhandling drills, a part of his game that needs some work the most. Together with skating, but it's hard to work on proper skating technique while not on ice or without any specialized equipment. If only improving his skillset was as easy as improving the bot version of him. After his stickhandling training, he likes to have a power nap before lunch.

 

After lunch - which is not a matter of course, he has to earn it by not having fun - he usually counts imperfections in woodgrain of the cupboard material. There are 17 knags in total, one scratch on one of the side panels, and 39 scratches on the floor, presumably from moving his bed inside. Then he usually continues his stickhandling drills.

 

After dinner, there's really not much Wann can do, so he just relaxes, looking in the ceiling and thinking about...stuff. There are not really many topics he hasn't already thought about.

 

But has Kerr thought about escaping? Weirdly enough, no. Deep in his heart, he knowa it's safe and comfortable in there, no one expects anything from him, his responsibilities are taken over by a bot and his only company is Evžen, a spider that's sharing the cupboard with him. Juan actually offered Kerr a chance to be let out. The only thing he would need to do is devise a plan to get rid of Shindigs and TopTiddee2 as the Aces' executives by the end of the season. A proposal that Kerr refused, claiming it's his loyalty to the Aces that lead him to the decision. Even though both Shindigs and TopTiddee2 had made their plans to step down after the season known before, so Kerr wouldn't really need to do anything.

 

Even though Wann claims he wants to be let out, his acts don't really reflect that. Perhaps he's found a way he feels he belongs. With his eight-legged companion, until the end of times.