A Walk in your Shoes
Chapter 1: Another Normal Day
It was another normal day at Planet Express. Leela was trying to stop Nibbler from eating the bowl his food was in. Dr. Zoidberg was trying to start a conversation with Amy, who was trying very hard to ignore him. Fry and Bender were sitting on the couch, drinking beer, and watching, for some weird reason, the news.
"…We currently have five experts monitoring the growing situation at Mom's Friendly Robot Company. For those of you just tuning in, a virus that has entered the generators at Mom's and is causing electrical problems for Mom and many neighboring buildings," reported the news monster, Morbo.
"Why should I care?' Bender asked the T.V. sarcastically, "I have all I need here. Beer and cigars, my life. If it doesn't involve me, I don't even see why it should be on the news. Like I said, why should I care?"
"Because, " said Professor Farnsworth, who just walked in, "My new invention needs that power. Good news everyone! I have a new invention! Who wants to see it?
No on looked up, not even Amy, who desperately wanted to get away from Dr. Zoidberg's constant chatter. "Uhhh, Professor," Fry began to say, "You've made hundreds of inventions already. We don't really care anymore."
"Ohh, I see," the Professor responded, "Get up or your all fired!" The Professor looked around, but still, no one moved. Bender looked up from the T.V. and said, "Look, buddy, you've fired us all already. You fired me and Fry seven times already. You even fired Leela."
"Then get up or I won't pay you anymore!" the Professor shouted. Leela looked up from Nibbler, who had successfully eaten his food bowl, and said, "Professor, you never paid us, ever. The only reason we still come here is because you made it impossible to remove our job chips."
"Hmmm, really," Professor Farnsworth said thoughtfully, "Then get up or I'll stop giving you beer!" Professor Farnsworth smiled as he saw everyone run to the door.
While following the Professor, Dr. Zoidberg gave up on talking to Amy, and started pestering Bender. Bender then stopped talking to Fry and began to focus on where the softest spot was on Zoidberg, so he could punch it. Since Bender wasn't paying attention to him anymore, Fry began to try, again, to ask Leela out. Thankfully for Leela, it only took the Professor five more minutes to cross the twenty-foot hallway. Finally, the Professor reached the machine and began to speak.
"Let me show you my most recent invention. I'd like to show you the Mind-Machine."