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| Cliff, Clip and Moon-Soo lick some ice cream. Allen, is also there. |
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| * What about aliens? Are there aliens in the future? |
| Sure, what did you think Allen here is? |
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* if after the ghosts and the time travel it turned out angels were real too, i think i'd go stark raving mad.
* i cannot handle another metaphysical revelation right now. |
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* Don't worry, don't worry!
* I'd still love you even if you were a lunatic. |
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* i appreciate that.
* cliff, how'd you end up a foster parent to an alien baby anyway? |
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* Oh oh, are they your bio kid??
* Oh my god... did you have SEX with an alien and you got pregnant!?? |
| No, I did not have sex with any aliens. |
I was married! I mean, I'm still...
N-- next question!
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| * Oh oh, what about lasers? Do you have lasers?? |
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| * hun, we have lasers right now. |
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| * Woooowww!!! That's crazy! |
That is true, but: the lasers we got in my time are way cooler.
It's not just a red dot on the wall anymore, we got handheld blaster pistols, you can charge 'em up and-- |
| Cliff remembers charging up a laser beam to shoot at the grunt fleeing into the woods. |
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| --But hey, why are we talking so much about the future when the now is so great! |
| Cliff looks up at the clear sky. |
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It's a beautiful day, isn't it? It's bright, it's breezy...
You guys are so lucky, you know? |
A town like this? It's so... peaceful.
It's like, you wake up in the morning and you know there's nothing in this place that could ever go wrong. |
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* cliff we're the number one haunting capital of new south wales.
* things regularly go wrong. |
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* Right right, just last year a cult tried to summon the Primal Spirit of the land to devour the town!
* It was sooo crazy!! |
Okay sure, but Jasper's family always deals with those.
And most of those end up being Headless Ed's evil plans, so once he gets exorcised? It'll be perfect. |
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| * you say that like it's a foregone conclusion. |
| C'mon. Don't you believe in your old pal Jasper? |
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| * [this dialogue will be changed in teh morning] for the purposes of this conversation i'm not going to contest that. |
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| * Excuse him, Cliff, he's juuust a worrywart. |
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* excuse them, cliff. i'm a realist.
* i won't believe something will turn out perfect unless there's a mechanism by which the outcome is assured. |
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| * Hey hey, you know what IS gonna be perfect? |
| Clip stands up with gusto, one hand on the table and the other pointing proudly at themself. |
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* Moon-Soo's birthday! This week!
* And the "mechanism by which the outcome is assured" is that THIS enby is planning the party, heyooo!! |
| You're kidding! I didn't know I was in the presence of a birthday boy! |
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| * you're not. we're still a few days out. |
| Nonsense! Birthdays count for the whole week, don't you know? |
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| * Yeah yeah!!! This guy gets it! |
| You're officially our guest of honor for this outing! What you say goes! |
| Clip cheekily wraps their arms round Moon-Soo, who blushes and laughs. |
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| * You hear that? You're king of the world today~! |
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| * ahaha-- clippp, come on! |
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* Oh oh, Cliff! You know what this boy really likes?
* Hanging out at the computer store! |
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| * really, it's fine, we don't have to... |
No, no, it's not a problem at all!
I'm something of a gamer myself. I can check out this 2020s release lineup, it'll be nostalgic! |
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* Then it's settled!
* We could take a vote, but you aaalready know the answer! |
| The boys and Clip get up from their chairs, Cliff hoisting Allen into his arms. |
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| * come on then, it's down main street... |
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