USF Progenitor & Crew: Adventures in Cosmos 01

AoT1P: [#37] Time For Better and Worse

Brock Berrigan _ Diamond in the Rough

"Wake up, Mickey," said Adam. "Mickey."

Mickey was sleeping and didn't want to be disturbed, but Adam had rang him a few times in the morning. Mickey answered and said: Adam. What? You know what time it is?

"Mickeeeyyy! Buddyyy! Hey, we've got a problem!" Adam insisted. He said, "Mickey, I need you, buddy. Remember? When I said-"

The call hung up leaving Adam with a dead line. Adam leaned back in his sofa and rubbed the top of his head, messing his hair up.
Rob walked in from the kitchen, into Adam's living room. He looked at Adam who looked back at him. Rob snickered and said, "Whooooop, looks like Adam is bo~o~oned."
"F$ck," Adam said to himself. "Shut up, Rob. Why aren't you making any calls, genius?"
"Adam sh'maddem!" Rob said jokingly, shaking his head slowly while Adam straightened out his computer pad. Rob giggled a little at Adam looking disheveled, bossing up again.
Adam tried calling someone else who he thought might get the message and relay it.

Hello? The voice said.

"Matt. It's Adam," Adam said.

Matt thought to himself, f$$$$ck, not right now.
He told Adam: Hey Adam, how you been?
Matt chuckled to himself.

"I'm doing great, Matt! I've got all kinds of things going on! Business is booming for me! My biotics labs have been a success and now we've entered the stock market! Can you believe it?!" Adam told him.

Wow, man! That's awesome! Matt said. He didn't let on that he was feeling depressed, but felt the need to excuse himself from the call and whatever the call was about.

Adam boasted in positivity, "Yeah! And we've ventured out pretty far, now! I'm so stoked right now that my business is branching out... like into the universe, bro!"

Dang, man! Matt said, chuckling. He said: Wow! Hey, it okay if I call you back later? My brother is calling me.

"Oh, Josh is calling you?" Adam prodded. He didn't really believe Matt, but he entertained him. "You still work with him, bro? What are you guys doing now?"

No, no, no, Matt chuckled. He went on: Yeah, no.

There was a small, awkward pause that made Adam conceal a giggle.

No, yeah, no. So, I've got to answer his call or he'll get mad at me. I'll call you right back, man. Good to hear from you, Adam, I'll call you right back! Matt explained and reassured.

"Alright, bro. Hit me up!" Adam pouted, still staying positive.

Yeah, see ya, Matt told him, hanging up on the call.

Adam was nearly ready to set the phone down and go back outside into nature. He had built an entirely new garden on a planet named Rout-Golyle after having been enticed by a corporation to spend his earnings on a real venture involving space travel and product handling and management. The best-selling point to Adam was the organic quality of the merchandise, something he was savvy in handling.
Adam tried connecting with another person who he usually wouldn't call. However, both Mickey and presumably Matt were disappointments to his goals. He tried calling another person he relied upon before for a quid-pro-quo in favors, weighed in good nature. He looked him up in the Galactic Persons Directory (GPD, a growing database of people who especially had space travel access or worked in space, away from the Solar System.)