So uhh, while Jake and Tashi are …

Off staring at Tashi’s piercing?

Yeah.

Yeah. What’s up?

What is the deal with you two?

What deal? We’re good friends.

Who seem to often end up in … if you weren’t …

Differently oriented?

Hahahah yes, exactly, one might talk!

So let them talk. There’s nothing really worth talking about.

Except we seem to do a lot of talking about it.

That’s because you and Jake are horrible nosy gossips.

Am not!

Sven and Dan don’t care one way or another. Jacob has always felt a bit possessive over our friendship. But you love to find out secrets.

That’s not the same as being a nosy gossip, take it back.

Aww, sorry Melly mel. You aren’t a nosy gossip. You’re just burdened with too much curiosity.

There we go.

They’re taking a while back there. Think we should check in on them?

I’m sure they’re fine. Hey, when did they reopen the back room, anyway?

They didn’t. But you know…

Carl lets us use it anyway.

Yup. Old tradition.

I don’t believe her!

Hello, dearlings.

Oh no.

What happened?

So we get back there and she says this should be fair. I show her mine and she shows me hers.

Fair is fair!

Oh, Jake, and you…

So I…

Whip it out? Drop trou?

Yes, those. And I’m standing there, pants around my ankles. Hanging out in the breeze!

And I checked.

She peered real close, and got this grin.

Oh, Jake.

And I told him, he was breaking the deal.

Totally unfair.

I am sure she would have shown you hers if…

You had a piercing, too!

Exactly! I offered to show him mine if he showed me his but he had none!

This isn’t funny.

No, Jake, it really is. I mean how did you not see that coming?

If you did why didn’t you warn me?

Would you have listened?

No.

Exactly.

I tell you what, Jake, I’ll show you … something. A foot? You want to see my hot, bare foot?

I… no thanks, Melina.

Oh, Jacob, I’m sorry, dearling. I could not resist.

I know what I have to do now, at least.

Get a hole punched in your junk?

That’s my line!

Can I borrow it?

Sure.

No! Not that. I need to build a robotic pony.

Yes! Robotic pony will earn you a doffing of clothing items.

This is just all so ridiculous.

Isn’t it? And the pony has to be life sized.

Ack!

And run on electricity.

Why do I hang out with you, Tashi?

Because other women are so easy to get a handle on?

Hey now!

Errr, other women except for me and Melina?

That must be it.

Maybe you just like abuse!

I’ll give you abuse.

Oh no, daddy, don’t hit me again. Harder! Harder!

Damn you, how do you do that with a straight face?

Can’t for long.

I think the hand-waving makes it.

I think so. Again?

Harder! Harder!

I don’t know what it is but I know it’s funny.

Harder!

Harder!

All right, now we sound like a pack of freaks.

Harder!