“I'm dead?” asked
Benny.
“It would appear so,
yeah,” I said.
"But, I practiced all day in the simulator..."
"Yeah, well a simulation will only go so far," I said. "In any case, it gave you a +1 bonus."
"Plus one?"
"Yeah, I rolled a twenty-sided die to see if you would succeed."
"And what did I need to roll?"
"Eighteen," I said.
"Eighteen??" said Benny incredulously.
"Well, it would have been twenty, but you got that +1, and I gave you another +1 for confidence. But, yeah, it was a longshot. You rolled an 8. Not even close."
* * *
"So... that happened," said Zandria, breaking the silence of everyone being in shock.
"Do you think he's okay?" said Jessica.
"Doubtful," said 7ollion. "I did the experiments today; gravity on Danada is about the same as on Earth. He hit the ground pretty hard."
Toaster-Man came down the stairs. "What was all the commotion and airplaney-sounding noises?" he asked. Then he looked around at all the airplanes. "Oh, it must have been an airplane."
"Where the heck did you come from?" asked Jeffery.
"Bigger fish," said Fredrick. The elevator came, someone having pushed the button for it, and everybody got in it and went down to the ground floor. Everyone had suddenly succumbed to a state of shocked silence simultaneously. They hurried out the door and outside to the crash site.
Standing there already were the scientists Richard and Kyle and also the psychic air-breathing fish who was named Pudding for reasons unbeknownst to anyone. The scientists were wearing lab coats because they were scientists. And Pudding was wearing nothing, because he was a fish.
"What the heck happened over here?" asked Richard, who was currently investigating the rubble.
"A plane crashed," said Fredrick helpfully.
"Well I can see that," said Richard. "I am a scientist after all. But why is there an airplane in the first place?"
"Well we were going to fly down some farm equipment we needed to start the farm," said Megan.
"We need to see if Benny is alright," said Jeffery.
"Dude, why didn't you just use a parachute?" said Kyle.
A few people started digging through the wreckage, and trying to open the door to the plane. Eventually, they managed it.
"Yeah, that probably would have been a smarter idea, in retrospect," said Charles.
<If anyone was in there, I would be able to detect their brainwaves,> said Pudding.
"Well do you?" asked Toaster-Man.
<Nope,>
"Yeah, he's very much dead," said Zandria loudly from inside the plane. You guys probably don't want to see this; it's pretty nasty."
A stunned shock rippled through the crowd, although most of them had already suspected. And of course you already knew, cause I told you in the last chapter. Maybe I should work on this whole suspense thing.
"Well now what?" asked Allison.
"A funeral?" said Jeffery.
"You work on that," said Zandria. "I don't want to look at this body anymore: too grusome."
"What about the government?" asked Jeffery.
"I think the government should take the rest of the day off," said Nathan. "It is Danada Day, anyway. We can work the funeral into the ceremony we had planned."
"Wait, so no more proposals for today?" asked Zach.
"Umm... no, I guess?" said Nathan. "Why?"
"Well I had one," said Zach.
"Alright," said Nathan. "Emergency government meeting now and here; everyone's here anyway. Anyone else have any proposals in light of the recent tragic events?"
No one did.
"Okay, Zach, what was your proposal?"
"Oh, well I wanted the next unassigned floor to be a bowling ally."
"A BOWLING ALLY??" asked Jeffery, losing control. "Someone just DIED, and you want to go bowling??"
"Well, I mean, I saw all of those bowling balls on the ground outside, and I figured, no point letting them go to waste."
"Alright," said Nathan. "All those in favour of a bowling ally on floor, I think we're up to three dozen? Or whichever one is next?"
The motion passed.
"I can't BELIEVE you people!" said Jeffery.
"What? We're just voting," said Fredrick.
"Alright," Nathan. "Well, I think we should all take some time to ourselves to grieve however we need to."
"Wait," said Anthony. "I have another proposal. We propose that Toaster-Man gives Silverfish the 1 pizza he owes us."
"I don't have any pizza," said Toaster-Man.
"Actually, you do," said Jessica. "Before he died, Benny gave everyone 500 pizza."
"Where did he find all of that pizza?" asked Toaster-Man.
"It was five dozen dozen, not five hundred," said 7ollion.
"Yeah, that's what I meant," said Jessica.
"It's a currency," said Allison. "Not actual pizza."
"Oh right," said Toaster-Man. "The currency was pizza in the last iteration too... Anyway, I don't have to pay, because I never said when I was going to."
"It was kind of implied that it would be when you found a pizza." said Michael.
"Yeah," said Toaster-Man. "And I still haven't found a pizza!"
"Dude, you could just make a pizza," said Kyle.
"You don't even have to use a whole floor, you can just use one of the question boxes Richard invented," said 7ollion.
"What did Toaster-Man do with his floor?" asked Allison.
"I don't wanna know," said Megan.
"Point is, I don't want to," said Toaster-Man.
"Is it really that important?" asked Kristina.
"It's the principle," said Tessa.
"Alright, I say enough arguing," said Nathan. "Those in favour?"
"Wait," said Jeffery. "I think this is more of a civil matter than a government one."
"So you're saying...?"
"Court," said Jeffery. "Toaster-Man should get a trial. The band is essentially suing Toaster-Man for the value of 1 pizza."
"Well then we'd need to elect some sort of judge," said Nathan.
"I nominate Pudding!" said Toaster-Man.
"What?" asked Mackenzie.
"He seems very impartial," said Charles.
"Pudding, do you accept?" asked Jeffery.
<Umm... alright, sure,> said Pudding.
"Anyone else want to run or nominate?" said Nathan.
"I nominate myself," said Tessa.
"Um, no I don't think you can do that; you're one of the prosecutors already. You can't be two things."
"Well it was worth a shot," said Tessa.
No one else seemed to care enough to be the judge.
"Alright, Pudding running unopposed; those in favour?" said Nathan.
The majority of Danadians voted for Pudding.
"Good, cause I really don't know what would have happened if you said no," said Nathan.
<So when is the trial?> asked Pudding.
"Well, I see no reason why it can't be here and now," said Nathan. "I want to get this over with. You should probably start a new chapter though, Dan?"
"I'm way ahead of you," I said.
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"Doubtful," said 7ollion. "I did the experiments today; gravity on Danada is about the same as on Earth. He hit the ground pretty hard."
Toaster-Man came down the stairs. "What was all the commotion and airplaney-sounding noises?" he asked. Then he looked around at all the airplanes. "Oh, it must have been an airplane."
"Where the heck did you come from?" asked Jeffery.
"Bigger fish," said Fredrick. The elevator came, someone having pushed the button for it, and everybody got in it and went down to the ground floor. Everyone had suddenly succumbed to a state of shocked silence simultaneously. They hurried out the door and outside to the crash site.
Standing there already were the scientists Richard and Kyle and also the psychic air-breathing fish who was named Pudding for reasons unbeknownst to anyone. The scientists were wearing lab coats because they were scientists. And Pudding was wearing nothing, because he was a fish.
"What the heck happened over here?" asked Richard, who was currently investigating the rubble.
"A plane crashed," said Fredrick helpfully.
"Well I can see that," said Richard. "I am a scientist after all. But why is there an airplane in the first place?"
"Well we were going to fly down some farm equipment we needed to start the farm," said Megan.
"We need to see if Benny is alright," said Jeffery.
"Dude, why didn't you just use a parachute?" said Kyle.
A few people started digging through the wreckage, and trying to open the door to the plane. Eventually, they managed it.
"Yeah, that probably would have been a smarter idea, in retrospect," said Charles.
<If anyone was in there, I would be able to detect their brainwaves,> said Pudding.
"Well do you?" asked Toaster-Man.
<Nope,>
"Yeah, he's very much dead," said Zandria loudly from inside the plane. You guys probably don't want to see this; it's pretty nasty."
A stunned shock rippled through the crowd, although most of them had already suspected. And of course you already knew, cause I told you in the last chapter. Maybe I should work on this whole suspense thing.
"Well now what?" asked Allison.
"A funeral?" said Jeffery.
"You work on that," said Zandria. "I don't want to look at this body anymore: too grusome."
"What about the government?" asked Jeffery.
"I think the government should take the rest of the day off," said Nathan. "It is Danada Day, anyway. We can work the funeral into the ceremony we had planned."
"Wait, so no more proposals for today?" asked Zach.
"Umm... no, I guess?" said Nathan. "Why?"
"Well I had one," said Zach.
"Alright," said Nathan. "Emergency government meeting now and here; everyone's here anyway. Anyone else have any proposals in light of the recent tragic events?"
No one did.
"Okay, Zach, what was your proposal?"
"Oh, well I wanted the next unassigned floor to be a bowling ally."
"A BOWLING ALLY??" asked Jeffery, losing control. "Someone just DIED, and you want to go bowling??"
"Well, I mean, I saw all of those bowling balls on the ground outside, and I figured, no point letting them go to waste."
"Alright," said Nathan. "All those in favour of a bowling ally on floor, I think we're up to three dozen? Or whichever one is next?"
The motion passed.
"I can't BELIEVE you people!" said Jeffery.
"What? We're just voting," said Fredrick.
"Alright," Nathan. "Well, I think we should all take some time to ourselves to grieve however we need to."
"Wait," said Anthony. "I have another proposal. We propose that Toaster-Man gives Silverfish the 1 pizza he owes us."
"I don't have any pizza," said Toaster-Man.
"Actually, you do," said Jessica. "Before he died, Benny gave everyone 500 pizza."
"Where did he find all of that pizza?" asked Toaster-Man.
"It was five dozen dozen, not five hundred," said 7ollion.
"Yeah, that's what I meant," said Jessica.
"It's a currency," said Allison. "Not actual pizza."
"Oh right," said Toaster-Man. "The currency was pizza in the last iteration too... Anyway, I don't have to pay, because I never said when I was going to."
"It was kind of implied that it would be when you found a pizza." said Michael.
"Yeah," said Toaster-Man. "And I still haven't found a pizza!"
"Dude, you could just make a pizza," said Kyle.
"You don't even have to use a whole floor, you can just use one of the question boxes Richard invented," said 7ollion.
"What did Toaster-Man do with his floor?" asked Allison.
"I don't wanna know," said Megan.
"Point is, I don't want to," said Toaster-Man.
"Is it really that important?" asked Kristina.
"It's the principle," said Tessa.
"Alright, I say enough arguing," said Nathan. "Those in favour?"
"Wait," said Jeffery. "I think this is more of a civil matter than a government one."
"So you're saying...?"
"Court," said Jeffery. "Toaster-Man should get a trial. The band is essentially suing Toaster-Man for the value of 1 pizza."
"Well then we'd need to elect some sort of judge," said Nathan.
"I nominate Pudding!" said Toaster-Man.
"What?" asked Mackenzie.
"He seems very impartial," said Charles.
"Pudding, do you accept?" asked Jeffery.
<Umm... alright, sure,> said Pudding.
"Anyone else want to run or nominate?" said Nathan.
"I nominate myself," said Tessa.
"Um, no I don't think you can do that; you're one of the prosecutors already. You can't be two things."
"Well it was worth a shot," said Tessa.
No one else seemed to care enough to be the judge.
"Alright, Pudding running unopposed; those in favour?" said Nathan.
The majority of Danadians voted for Pudding.
"Good, cause I really don't know what would have happened if you said no," said Nathan.
<So when is the trial?> asked Pudding.
"Well, I see no reason why it can't be here and now," said Nathan. "I want to get this over with. You should probably start a new chapter though, Dan?"
"I'm way ahead of you," I said.
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