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A Guy in an Alien Suit Extinguishing a Flaming Alien Robot
Purportedly the first element of the universe, Claspy rang the
doorbell at the Hong Saloon and sat back to catch on fire. Man
Slave rang the doorbell again, hoping Claspy would see the
penguins racing for the bar for the sushi shots. I don’t know
why both felt the need to catch fire or reboot the Hong Intranet
from the server’s point of view. The event log showed no fires
scheduled for that week, nor showed a backup of the doorbell
login data for Claspy or Man Slave. The duel started. Pistol
shots sang tunes pinging around the mirror face; fires roared
through the stalls in the server room bathroom. I hit the
ceiling. Nice to see you again, I said to Claspy. His pistol
popped open and the charge connected via USB. His downloads
resumed at faster speeds than Man Slave’s. Claspy was stumbling
on fire; the next time we had him planted in the yard for the
feast of Moses; this wasn’t the foggiest hour that night. Piles
of Blu-rays were set for the mobiles; junk files aren’t anyone
in the Hong’s specialty. The shotgun came out; Man Slave whipped
it from my hands, showing teeth he’d found in the corner stuck
with goo to the modem. I lunged for the plug; the drive ejected
but the burn had failed. We ran for more discs and caught
several patrons fleeing with sushi shots. That wasn’t part of
the deal, Claspy said, falling over finally hot. Man Slave felt
around in his pocket for the Holy Water. It was gone!
I fished around and found eight dripping Unagi Maki; it
was enough! I threw on my Jetto suit from the purse pack and got
ready. Claspy bellowed, “Alrighteeee!” We knew his mom was
coming. The Maki splattered everywhere, but Claspy went out.
That was the first time I decided to join up. A year later, I
rang at the Hong again; it had gone entirely bourgeois.
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