Mau5in' Around

Chapter 7

All four of them sat in the pathetic excuse they called a kitchen. The room was so empty, aside from the one icebox, table and chairs they had moved in to sit.

Guy had graciously looked up a number to order a pizza for Raven. However, since Raven sounded the most human of the group, she ordered the pizza, and answered the door when it was delivered. She didn’t mind… she was use to that; just not use to ordering in a place that wasn’t her home.

Raven sat at the table in one of the chairs, awkwardly eating her pepperoni supreme as she watched the robotic men around her. Dead Mau5 sat to her right, with a giant bowl of nuts and vegetables in front of him. He munched on his meal like an over grown rat. Well… that is kind of what he is. 

Thomas and Guy were to her left. Thomas sat while Guy stood over them as they both started to write a list of things they would need for Raven.

“It’s called a grocery list.” Raven had told them.

Thomas sat there, his visor blank and he looked up at Raven. “UH… WHAT FOOD DO YOU WANT?”

Raven looked up from her box of pizza. Her mind was blank. “Errr… It.. really doesn’t matter to me. I’m fine with whatever,” She told him.

Thomas’s visor remained blank as he stared silently at her. “I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO GET YOU. ALL I KNOW IS FOOD FOR MAU5. WOULD YOU WANT US TO JUST KEEP ORDERING YOU PIZZA FOR EVERY MEAL?”

Raven made a face. Pizza every day would get old really fast. “No, no…” She started. She put the back of her hand to her mouth as she thought. “Well… I like Asian food. Any Asian food, like fu, or pre-cooked sesame chicken, stir fry… I’m pretty sure they make that pre-made and sell it in the frozen food isle at grocery stores…”

Thomas cocked his head at her. A single question mark scrolled on his face. He then looked down and started writing word-for-word what she said. Any Asian food: Fu, or pre-cooked sesame chicken or stir fry… it is all pre-made in frozen food isle at grocery stores. He then looked back up. “ANYTHING ELSE?”

“Oh.. Tea. Breakfast Tea. I don’t drink coffee…” 

Thomas scribbled it down.

“Do you guys have a source for hot water?”

“YES, THERE IS A SINGLE SHOWER THAT MAU5 USES.” Guy said.

“No, I mean like boiling water.”

Both Thomas and Guy looked at each other then back at Raven. They both had question marks on their helmets. “WHAT?”

“You know… to make tea, you have to boil water and then set the tea bag full of herbs in the water.”

“HOW WOULD YOU NORMALLY BOIL THE WATER TO MAKE TEA?”

“I would usually just heat up a kettle of water on the stove…” Raven explain. Then she realized the big problem: These guys didn’t have a stove. Or a microwave.

“Uh.. you guys don’t have a money limit, do you?”

“The military people pay for anything we want~” Mau5 said cheerfully, with a mouth full of carrots.

“GOVERNMENT,” Guy corrected Mau5. “MILITARY ARE THE ONES WITH THE GUNS WHO PROTECT THE COUNTRY.”

“..Or something along those lines…” Raven muttered. “Well, if that’s the case, we’re going to need a stove, microwave and a kettle. I can’t make any of my food unless I have stuff to cook with.”

Thomas nodded, writing down the other items needed.

“Do you have silverware? And mugs?”

“I’LL ADD THOSE TOO.”