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Orphaned Punch Line
"If you want to know worldly, Basil, you should be in my mom's kitchen!"
Looking confused at the joke Cherie just told, Basil looked at Tina who just shrugged. "Uh, Cherie, the joke was funny and all, I think, but what does that have to do with the protest?"
"I'm just trying to lighten the mood!" Cherie's explanation caused some somewhat confused nodding. Basil and Tina weren't exactly sure if it was right to tell a joke at this kind of protest but it did make them feel a bit like there was a load off their shoulders. Just a bit.
"That's a very good job, Cherie." Said Tina.
"So what's new on the Barrage front, Tina?" asked Basil.
"Well, he's tried crystalizing us and hosing us into the next time zone so who knows what he will try next."
"Knowing him…" started Basil "He'll try something along the lines of a megalomaniac."
Cherie and Tina both nodded in agreement. Barrage was going to something sadistic they knew that much. It was a lot better under Barrage than Blompkins though, that guy was a supporter of slave labor! It only caused Basil and Cherie to wonder what Wurst had been like.
And then Basil sneezed. Then he sneezed again. "Sorry, ladies, looks like I've got a cold coming down… Or maybe I'm allergic to birds and Murder 2.0 biting caused some sort of reaction." Shrugging, Basil started to walk away. "I'm gonna go home." Then he saw the hazmats at the entrance. "Never mind."
"You better not let Barrage see you like this!" stated Tina. "During the flu epidemic, he put the whole school on lockdown." Tapping Basil on the top of the head she gave him a friendly smile. "You don't want to go through that."
"I'd rather be tortured via electric chair than know what Barrage does when people are sick." Starting by walking in a circle, Basil put a hand on Tina's shoulder. "Cherie, I'm going to go lay down. Okay?"
"I'm Tina." She then pointed at Cherie. "Cherie…" Then at herself. "Tina."
Hanging his head, Basil walked to a tree and lay down beneath it.