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[outshine]

I don't know about you guys, but I was done with this moon business about three weeks ago.

Now I know we have some intrepid young and not so young adventurers out there, who wants a chance to earn a little extra cash when we get back to Earth, eh? Or maybe I can hook you up with a nicer suite. Housing building penthouse. Sounds great, right? All you gotta do is take a spin in the time machine and get me a few things. I got a specific list, and I'll make sure you're getting to the right places to get 'em, but here's an idea of what I need:

onions
cactus
snake(s)
six pack of beer (anything but light)
some of those little package noodles

If you're interested, let me know.

[ NPC intro! Trish cannot ACTUALLY pay you more or get you better housing but she'll let you think she can. ]

Comments

[outshine]

Well I guess SOMEONE doesn't want a My Bitty Horsey band-aid next check up.

[mathematician]

Oh no.

[outshine]

Hey I have a reason for every single item on that list. A very valid reason.

[mathematician]

I refuse to believe that the beer and packaged noodles are for anything but yourself.

[outshine]

I was going to share! I do need to be at the top of my game though.

[mathematician]

The top of your game, on packaged noodles? If you're going to bother to use my machine for petty reasons, don't just get bad ramen.

[outshine]

You don't know me. You have no idea what sort of homeopathic properties package noodles have.

[mathematician]

Homeopathic means addiction to not-so-great chemicals in this case, I take it.

[outshine]

Hey! Hey. I'm the medic here. Go back to your little time machine and do... time stuff, I don't know.

[mathematician]

A medic with an addiction problem doesn't set a good precedent, does it?

[outshine]

Addiction my ass. It is really too much to ask for some creature comforts on this shitty cold rock?

[mathematician]

You're missing the point. I'm saying why go for packaged ramen soup when you could just take a broth from a fancy 20th century French restaurant?

Then again, I'm also not a Temporal scientist. I don't know the repercussions of doing that.

[outshine]

Maybe I don't want fancy French soup because it's nasty. I like what I like, that's not gonna change just because we're on the moon.

[mathematician]

You're right. I'm sorry.



For your bad taste.

[outshine]

What got caught in your craw, anyway?

[mathematician]

What do you think? Is it that we're the only ones here and that everyone I know is dead? And that it's only temporary, IF we can fix things? I'm not ready for this. Vennett's KIND of qualified for this. You're looking for goddamn beer and snakes. I feel like I'm the only one still retaining my mind.

[outshine]

Listen pal, you're not the only one who lost people down there. You can hop right down off that high horse any time now.

[mathematician]

I'll get off my high horse when you stop rolling in the mud and pretending that's okay.

[outshine]

Ever heard of a mud spa? But hey, you want to keep being a grouch, just go do it somewhere else.

[mathematician]

[Aaaand, he does.]