Science, Joy and Business: A Deadly Mixture

Surlee there must be a mistake

I soon met every doctor, professor and Toon they had on staff. Everyone seemed really friendly!

Most nights I would often fall asleep at my desk, bump into Surlee in the halls a lot as we would both go to the ice cream dispenser to get our energy going.

“Hey Furball you mind checking how many litres are left in the machine?”

I shrugged.

“Sure!”

I went back over and tapped on the screen.

“About.. 5.26 litres, why?”

As I said 26 his entire body shivered.

My eyes narrowed a bit.

”You… good?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m fine..”

“Right..”

We both returned to our work shortly after but I still question why that number bugs him so much…

My thoughts were quickly interrupted by a knock on my office door.

“Come in, the doors open!”

Dr. Peppurr, A dark red cat, dressed in the usual company lab coat and light blue under shirt with a red striped tie, shorts a dark purplish blue opened the door slowly.

“Uh.. heya Professor..”

“You can call me Furball.”

“Right! Furball.”

He had a handful of blueprints in his hand, he shuffled through as he walked over.

“I was looking through the blueprints for the trolleybots.. And…”

“And?..”

“The trolleybots.. T-they’re not as they seem..”

“What do you mean?..”

I tilted my head, my ears flopping a bit.

“Look.”

He raised a UV flashlight over the blueprints, revealing some hidden cryptic text.

“Then I found this laying around in Surlee’s office..”

He pulled out a scrap piece of paper, revealing a cipher.

“So I translated them using this paper and I got this…”

He handed me another paper, it read: “THE TROLLEYBOTS CAN BE UTILIZED AS WEAPONRY NEED BE. IF A TOON GOES ROGUE A TROLLEYBOT CAN DRAIN THEIR LAFF BY THROWING VARIOUS BUSINESS ITEMS AND UTILIZING VARIOUS BUSINESS JARGON.”

“Peppurr, We have to bring this to the council immediately!”

My eyes went wide in shock, A monkey who never smiles, his inventions being able to drain a toon in mere moments, ironic since he made the laff meter as well.

“But Furball! The e-elections! We have to wait until t-they’re finished.”

“Fine, fine.. We’ll present it to them shortly after that..”