Dog Days

Chapter 105

When the pie is finished, I clear my throat and declare "I'm going to head out for a few minutes. Let the pie cool until I get back."

Mobius waves me off, but Loki hesitates for a moment. He eventually returns to his paperwork.

Once I step into the elevator, I pull out my phone and open the App Store. I download Grindr, and slide my phone back into my pocket as I walk across the lobby to get to the stairs.

It isn't until I walk out from the underground tunnel that I grab my phone and open the app.

By the time I'm on the street, I have a quick dummy account set up with only one purpose.

By the time I get to the pharmacy, I get a message from someone only a hundred feet from me. It's simple. It reads "Pharmaceutical or street drugs?"

Despite the countless dick pics being sent from other accounts, this is the only account I'm interested in. I reply "Pharmaceuticals."

I look around the shelves for saline as the account replies "What are you looking for?"

I reply with a simple "I'm looking for adderall."

As I find a saline solution that supposedly helps keep the eye lubricated, he asks "How many do you need?"

I reply back "I need enough to keep me awake through to Thursday night."

As I look around, I find a few eye patches. My eye has been really sore, recently. I kinda think it's the prosthetic lense.

He replies "A dozen should be enough. It'll be $150, cash."

I reply "Where?"

I grab the basic black eye patch and start towards the ATM, in front of the pharmacy pick up. As I start putting in my information, he replies "At the pharmacy counter of Newman's Pharmacy."

I pause for a moment and look over at the pharmacist, who sits on his phone. I reply "Get it ready, now."

He stands up and I get a message "Pickup for Tom Smith."

I get the cash out and step over to the cash register to break the twenty and pay for my other items.

With that, I step up to the pharmacy and the pharmacist calls over the counter "Just a moment, sir!"

I stand there for a moment and he eventually rounds the counter to ask me "How can I help you?"

I look him dead in the eyes as I pull out the cash "Picking up for Tom Smith."

He looks at me and declares "What a surprise. I just finished your prescription."

He takes the bag in hand and asks "Can I get a date of birth?"

I take a deep breath and lie "Seven, four, ninety-five."

He nods and holds out his hand for the cash. I hand it over and he hands me the meds. He asks "You know how this drug works? Take one every eight hours."

I nod, and he smiles "Have a nice night."

I head out the door and grab the pills out of the bag. I shove them into my pocket and start back towards the tower, deleting the app, along the way.

~

After hiding the Adderall, I took out the prosthetic lense.

I walk back into the lounge to find Loki buried in paperwork and Mobius watches some type of water skiing tournament.

I sigh as I toss the bag on the counter "That took longer than I expected." I pull out the saline and sigh "My eye is drier than the fucking desert."

As I drop some saline in my eye, Loki looks up to me "You walked all the way to the pharmacy for saline?"