Delivery 03: Computer
"Can you set that up? That commuter thing?" The chocobo farmer, who didn't look like a very tech savvy person at all, pointed at the computer that Strife Delivery Service just brought.
"It's a computer and my job is only to delivery it." Cloud wasn't in the mood, besides, he had better things to occupy his time.
"I'll give you a nice big tip for that!" But the farmer had money.
And Cloud had an empty wallet starving for some gil. "If you insist..." How hard could it be?
Cloud unpacked the desktop computer and started to set it up. Those machines were made so that things could only be plugged in the right place, because all the plugs were different and they wouldn't fit anywhere else. The few plugs that were similar, speakers, microphone and headphones, were color coded, the speakers were green, the microphone pink and the headphones blue.
"Okay, it's all plugged in now, you just need to put this cable in an electric outlet and you're good to go." Cloud expectantly waited for his payment and tip.
The chocobo farmer gave Cloud a confused look. "What's that?"
"What's what?"
"That electric outlet thing, didn't you deliver it?"
Cloud's eyes went wide; it couldn't be that they didn't have any electricity in the farm; that was just inhuman. "What do you use to provide light at night?"
"Candles."
"What about cooking?"
"Gas stove." Well at least the farmer didn't say camp fire.
Cloud shook his head. Who in their right mind didn't have electricity, or television, or videogames, or cell phones or email or even a refrigerator? "You'll need an electric generator."
"Didn't you deliver it?" The chocobo farmer clearly had no idea what Cloud was talking about.
"No, you only asked me to deliver the computer!" Cloud attempted to reason with him.
"I told you to deliver everything the commuter needed. Didn't you deliver it?"
"It's a computer and yes, I delivered everything, the processor, monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, and everything."
"Then why doesn't it work?"
Cloud took a deep breath and counted to ten, "because you need electricity."
"Didn't you deliver it?"
"No, I didn't deliver it!" Cloud yelled, his patience running dry.
"Well then, if you didn't deliver it," the chocobo farmer continued in his monotonous voice, "then I can't pay you, because you need to finish your delivery."
"I did finish my delivery!"
"Then why doesn't the commuter work?"
"It's a computer, not a commuter, and I already told you, it doesn't work because it needs electricity!"
"But you didn't deliver it..."
"I wasn't supposed to deliver it! You're supposed to buy an electric generator separately and have someone else deliver it. This is my entire delivery right here!" Cloud yelled at the top of his lugs.
The chocobos outside replied with a loud chorus of "wark!" and Cloud felt as if he would have been better off explaining it to them.
There was a long silence and then, in the incredibly annoying monotone the chocobo farmer finally spoke, "well why didn't you say so? When's the next delivery coming?"
"I don't know," Cloud twitched.
"Honestly, kids these days don't know anything..."
End of Delivery 03
Disclaimer, I don't own Final Fantasy VII. Delivery 03 was requested by Nique, a computer and the Chocobo Farm.
