After playing for a few days in Brisbane, a city in Queensland in the country of Australia, Murray and Randal are walking around looking for food to bring back to Anthony and Jeff who are waiting at the suite. Jeff is there to keep Anthony company, and because Katrina had some stuff to take care of. Meanwhile, Murray and Randal have a bunch of bags full of snacks, and on their way back, Murray stops in front of a store with a neon colored sign that says “Mellow Fellow's Wondorium Emporium”.
Murray: Hm, I wonder what they have in here?
Randal: Probably a sweets shop or something.
They go in and look around. There were a bunch of weird looking glass vases, cylinder looking things, and a bunch of random stuff that looked “ foreign” to them. Moreso randal, not so much Murray, and he didn't have the heart to tell randal where they were at. They then come across some packs of brownies, and they both decide to buy 2 packs to take with them. After that, they stop back at the hotel, but put all the snacks they bought into a car that they were given to drive around Australia with, and they go in it to go through the drive thru at a nearby McDonald's. Finally, they make it back to the hotel, and proceed to head up to their room. Jeff and Anthony are talking as the others walk in.
Anthony: So what is that stuff Katrina had to take care of?
Jeff: She was gonna get on a video call with her boyfriend. She said that it was gonna get ugly, and that I shouldn't be around to see her ugly side. Whatever that might be like.
Anthony: Well, at least she's being considerate of your feelings.
They spot Randal and Murray with an abundance of bags full of food and snacks.
Anthony: Geez guys, I said just get some lunch, not a whole buffet.
Murray: I know, but I got some snacks that I used to eat when I still lived in Australia. They still have pretty much everything! Plus I wanted you guys to try them so there's enough for everybody.
The guys gather around a table, and prepare to dig in. After eating their McDonald's, they tried all the different snacks there were. Some were good, others were not, and some were just bad to the others. Finally, Jeff sees one of the boxes of brownies and wants to eat one. Murray grabs the boxes before Jeff could reach them.
Murray: Oh no you don't. I'm saving these for later.
Randal: I thought we bought them to share?
Murray: Oh yeah…well nevermind then. Well guys, dig in.
Murray opens the box, and they all grab one. As they're eating them, something strikes them a bit strange. Was it the flavor? The fact it was chocolate? Or were they burnt?
Jeff: Hm.
Anthony: Hmm.
Randal: Hmmm.
Murray: Mmmm.
Anthony: Ace, where'd you get these brownies?
Murray: It's best you don't know.
Randal: We got them at this weird shop where they sold plants with weirdly shaped pots, and…trays?? But they had these brownies, and I thought they were gonna be good.
Jeff: Maybe it's one of those things that you gotta eat more of them, they'll get better!
Anthony: I don't think that counts for dessert treats.
Murray: Well we can't take them back, we already opened the box, and if you guys don't want them, I guess I'll have them for myself.
Randal: I think we'll just do what Jeff said, let's just eat more.
Anthony: I still don't think that's a good idea, but whatever, I'm down.
And so, they proceed to eat the rest of the brownies. Eventually, they ate so much that they just got tired. Well, it's some sort of tired. Anyway, they get so “tired” they fall asleep and start dreaming. In Jeff's dream, the guys are all windup men, with windup keys in their backs, dancing around machines with gears and stuff just spinning around the whole time. They start singing about their purpose in life, and their purpose is: entertainment. In Anthony's dream, everything looks like a mix of real life, but is actually just drawn in 2d. Everything is so bleak, so serious, something you'd see in an underground comic. And we're talking about the stuff that made Todd Mcfarlane waste money on baseball memorabilia and what made Kevin Smith make tie-in comic books for his first movie. The guys are playing rock music that they would never really play in their lives. In Murray's dream, IT'S THE FUTURE YO! 30 years to be precise. Murray is at a wall playing his guitar, mourning for the old days when he and his friends used to play music together like they do now. In randal's dream, everything is looking like it takes place in 1999 forever. Everything's still bright neon colors, but the guys have these weird over exaggeration details. Not to mention Jeff and Randal don't have necks . They are at a cantina bar where people are listening to Randal and Jeff lamenting about their troubles while Murray and Anthony are fighting some tough guys. Everything seems to be going fine, until….darkness,cold dense darkness. The guys open their eyes and…well..they see themselves laying on the chairs. It doesn't really take them long to find out they're…
Randal: We're dead?
Anthony(stressed): Dead? DEAD?! WE CAN'T BE DEAD!! WE'RE TOO YOUNG!!!
Murray: Who'da thought too many brownies were bad for you.
Jeff: I like how we're all calm about this except Anthony.
Anthony(very stressed): HOW CAN YOU BE CALM?!?! WE'RE DEAD!!! DEAD YOU IDIOTS!!! D.E.A.D, DEAD!!!
Murray: CHILL OUT MATE! Death comes for everybody, and I guess our time came.
Anthony: But Murray, what about tina? She'll be very upset that you're gone.
Murray: Well yeah…
Anthony: And Jeff, what about Katrina? She's gonna be super devastated that you're gone.
Jeff: Well yeh……
Randal looks down where their bodies are laying, and notices that they're floating upwards away from their bodies.
Randal: Not to mention we got a few seconds until we're decided our fate.
Anthony: Well ye- the heck did you say?
Randal: Well, since we're dead, and we're floating up to the place in the sky where we're decided our fate. We're leaving our old lives behind to meet our maker.
Anthony: Oh ok.
They all look up towards a light in the dark void.
All 4: *screaming uncontrollably*
Anthony: HOW ARE WE GONNA GET BACK TO LIFE?
Jeff: This might sound ridiculous, but I need you guys to fling me down there so I can try to get back in my body and revive one of you.
Anthony: You're right, that sounds so ridiculous that I think we should do that.
They grab Jeff and prepare for the toss of a lifetime. By the count of three, Jeff is tossed back into his body and he wakes up. He tries to get Anthony back with the help of CPR. After a second, somehow he miraculously saved his life, and they proceed to save the others. With everybody back to life, they start feeling sick. All those brownies they ate gave them upset stomachs and well…let's just say they had to use the bathtub. Anyway, with all that mental anguish done and over with, they clean up the empty wrappers. Jeff picks up one of the empty brownie boxes and reads the warning label.
Jeff: “ Warning, these brownies contain 200 grams of T.H-” OH…“eat at your own risk” Hey guys, check out this warning label.
Anthony grabs the box and reads the label. He hands the box to Randal to read the label as well, and they both eye Murray down. Murray is worried that he's gonna get chewed out, but instead the guys hand him their bags and tells him to clean everything up himself.
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Nebula454: Rockin Round The World
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