So I had this idea while trying to overcome my writer's block. This is based on the Futurama episode, Anthology of Interest I. If you have any suggestions as to what the PAW Patrol should ask, please give me a comment.
It was another day at the PAW Patrol's Lookout. Except there weren't any rescues taking place. Each member of the PAW Patrol were laying around bored. They had tried playing games outside, but even that got boring after a couple hours. Skye had been playing Pup Pup Boogie with Chase a short while earlier, but the two were tired out from it. Still, without anything to do, they laid on opposite ends of the couch without anything to do. Everest was over playing Blackjack for dog biscuits with Marshall and Rocky, but it was over in twenty minutes, Everest having won all the biscuits. Suddenly, Ryder walked in with what looked like a TV. An old TV that still had the big backs on it, except a little more advanced.
"Hey, pups," he greeted, pushing it in on a cart. "Our alien friends dropped this off a minute ago."
"The aliens awe hewe?!" he said, excited that there might be something to do.
"They left just a minute ago," he said, much to the pups' disappointment.
"Wait, you guys know aliens?" Everest asked. The others were confused, then realized Everest hadn't seen them on a rescue yet.
"We help them out from time to time," Rocky said.
"Anyway," Ryder interrupted. "they dropped this off a little while ago. They explained to me what it was for, but I didn't understand them." Rocky looked at the TV.
"You know, for a race that has mastered space travel enough to come to our planet as they please, they have some old school televisions," he commented. Skye looked closer at it for a moment. It had a lever on the top for some reason instead of a button. She jumped on top, looking at it.
"Could you imagine what they would be saying if they spoke English?" she asked, pushing the lever to turn the TV on. An image popped up on the TV of the aliens and Ryder. The aliens had just gotten out of their ship with a TV.
"Greetings, Ryder of Earth, Leader of the PAW Patrol," the mother alien said. The entire team of pups were surprised at what they just heard. They never heard her speak English before. "In honor of our sacred holiday, Borlinshay, we present those we owe a debt to with a gift. This is an Alternate Reality Window, or ARW for short. If you ask it a question, it will create a simulated timeline based on the question and show you events you asked about." Skye understood. She asked what would happen if they could speak English and it showed them speaking English. "It's not one hundred percent accurate. If you ask it a question twice, there is a 0.0000001 percent chance it would give a different answer."
"I can tell it's not perfect," Ryder said. "I would never accept a gift for completing a rescue,"
"I thank you for the offer, ma'am," TV Ryder said. "but I can't accept a gift like this for completing a rescue," Ryder's eyes widened.
"Okay, it's pretty good," he admitted.
"I see," the mother alien said. "Well I guess we'll take our leave then," The alien jumped back into her space ship and took off, leaving the ARW behind.
"You forgot your," ARW Ryder was about to say, but realized that was the plan. "Oh, what's the harm in playing with it for a little bit?" He shrugged and pushed it back to the lookout. The ARW turned off and that was the end of that.
"So we now have a machine that could answer some of the most ridiculous what-if questions we could have?" Everest asked. Ryder nodded. "Cool! I want to go first." Ryder stood next to the ARW ready to pull the lever and turn the machine on.
"Okay, ARW," she began. "What would happen if…"
It was definitely a lazy way for them to get the machine, but it was either this, or Ryder invents it. Please give me some ideas for what the pups should ask.