029. WAIT, I PRESSED CLOSE DOOR
"when you're a stranger, faces look ugly"
-people are strange, the doors
˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ Erica Sinclair came bursting into the back room, followed by Robin and Dustin.Robin had the idea to propose to Erica that she went through the air ducts and into the secret room for them.
Erica climbed up the ladder, looking into the vent with a flashlight. She jumped down and crossed her arms. "Yeah, I don't know."
"You don't know if you can fit?" Robin asked, leaning against the counter by the windows.
"Oh I can fit," Erica scoffed. "I just don't know if I want to."
Kat raised her eyebrows. "Are you claustrophobic?"
Erica rolled her eyes. "I don't have phobias."
"Okay." Steve looked confused. "What's the problem, exactly?"
"The problem is, I still haven't heard what's in this for Erica."
As it turned out, Erica demanded a lot out of the four, having them make her cup after cup of ice cream.
On Kat's fourth attempt at the U.S.S. Butterscotch, she slid it across the table to Erica. Without her even taking a second look, she waved her hand. "More fudge, please," she said, pushing the bowl back towards Kat.
Kat pressed her lips together, silently walking back to the counter with the ice cream in her hands. As she came back, Kat set the ice cream on the table, taking a seat next to Dustin.
"Y'know what I love most about this country?" she asked. "Capitalism. Do you know what capitalism is?"
The three both gave bored yeses.
"It means this is a free market system. Which means people get paid for their services, depending on how valuable their contributions are," the girl explained, looking at everyone as if they were kindergarteners she was teaching.
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