21st Fix

[techno_mancer]

[Phone call filtered from NPCs]

So, I'm comin' up on a whole year here in Mayfield... Do I get a cake or somethin'?

Oh right, homecoming! Once again I'll be glad to be your DJ. Now that I got my servers back, I got even more tunes for your dancing pleasure.

[There's a slight pause.] This also means I'll be lookin' for a date. If any

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[cuttlefidget]

[Quinn, are you trying to smoke ~in secret~ behind the pet store? TOO BAD THERE IS A DANIEL HERE TO NOTICE.

It's okay. He's taking a smoke break too, though the pipe carved like an octopus is probably a little more classy than a cigarette. Just saying.]

Oh! Hi, Quinn.

[techno_mancer]

[EEP NO--Oh it's Daniel. Daniel doesn't know he's supposed to be quitting.]

Hey, man! What's up? Whoa, hell of a pipe ya got there.

[cuttlefidget]

[Yep! This cuttlefish is completely oblivious.]

Oh! Uh, thank you. It was a gift.

[From Cyril. Who's dead now probably.

Whoops.]

I mean, I never would have gone for one this flashy normally.

[techno_mancer]

Well, I figured it didn't come from Mayfield.

[He nods his head towards the shop.] You work here?

[cuttlefidget]

Aha, yes. I'm glad they gave me a job I could enjoy.

[Spoilers: he talks to the fish. They are his best friends.]

I mean, the animals are probably... you know... drone animals. Is that a thing? I think that's a thing.

[techno_mancer]

Drone animals? I didn't even know that could happen, but I guess that makes sense... sadly. How can ya tell, though?

[cuttlefidget]

Well, I mean, they're not all from their own universes, are they? The squirrels and the birds and things in the park, anyway. And the pet store never actually gets shipments of new animals, they just sort of... appear. Like when we die. So I always just assumed that the town was providing them.

[He lets out a puff of purple smoke, his expression thoughtful.]

I mean, I suppose they could be conscious, like we are, but we can't exactly ask them.

[techno_mancer]

Hmm, yeah. I guess outwardly they just act like normal animals, so I never thought about it.

Can't we? I bet there's someone in town who could talk to animals.