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Gloria:
I don’t know where we are right now but I’m getting all kinds of crazy orders and I don’t know what to do with them.
Gloria:
Well that explains why the sexism AND the racism are jumping out. I don’t know what’s happened more times, me getting my ass grabbed or someone calling me “Señorita”.
Leif:
These are all striking coal miners, if it makes you feel any better half of these guys are going to have their legs broken by a Pinkerton by the end of the week.
Effie:
Alright, brothers and sisters, this is Calamity Jane comin’ to you from Union Radio USA. Union or die!
Effie:
Just remember when you’re toiling out there on the picket line: when the coal stops, they freeze, when the bosses go on strike, nobody notices a goddamn thing! This next one is a classic. I want to hear you singing from the Hood to the Holler, and remember: at least the President knows your boss is a son of a bitch!
Zebulon:
In situations such as these my wife and I tend to play along so as not to spook the yokels.
Zebulon:
It’s a radio personality my wife will adopt from time to time of a hard drinking and swearing populist. It’s very sinful but the Lord does tend to forgive, and she does tend to enjoy it.
Zebulon:
Ava also finds herself at home in such hardscrabble environs. I imagine there’ll be a sing along any time now.
Gloria:
I was going to ask about that. How do you restock? Do you just wait for a location with a grocery store?
Caspar:
The walk-in magically regenerates stock on its own but it regenerates at random. Sometimes we have to do some emergency shopping until we get a new quote-unquote delivery.
Ava:
I’m headed over to the old-timey tobacconist to buy some smokey treats. Hopefully he’ll refer to it as “ tabaki”.
Effie:
Gloria, if you don’t mind my husband and I are going to retire as well. After my turn as Calamity Jane we always need to pray together.
Gloria:
(Sighing) Hey Gloria. It’s Gloria. Just wanted to check in with you. You just worked an entire shift in 1934 Kentucky in a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. You know, normal shit.
Gloria:
It usually takes two years for a restaurant to turn a profit. We’re turning a profit after six months.
Gloria:
Ricky, don’t walk out, come on we need to talk about stuff like WHAT THE FUCK... What just happened? Effie, Zebulon, are you guys there?... What is happening?
Ava:
Miracle of miracles, the old-timey tobacconist is also the moonshine guy. His mentally slow son will be delivering three jugs any minute now.
Gloria:
A woman came in and said she was looking for Caspar and then before I knew it I was arguing with her like she was Ricky, my possessive ex-boyfriend.
Leif:
Okay, produce is on the way. I hope everyone likes rhubarb, it’s going to be in every dish for a while.
Leif:
She’s some sort of trans-dimensional being. When you interact with her she takes on the persona of your most prominent Ex and you have no choice but to argue with her.
Gloria:
Okay. That’s really annoying but It’s fine, right? I mean, I’ve argued with Ricky nine thousand times before, what’s one more?
Leif:
When she comes by we pretend we’re a dysfunctional Midwestern family and just don’t talk about it.
Caspar:
Okay I got flour, cornmeal, and salt but he was out of sugar which is surprising considering the state of the teeth in this town.
Caspar:
Oh, okay. Let’s just sit here then and let this psychopath pick away at us, what a great idea!
Caspar:
How long are we going to endure this shit? Seriously, have we tried lamb’s blood on the doors?!
Ava:
Misery. We wait here, she comes by at random and we try and keep her away from Caspar until she loses interest and leaves.
Ava:
Isn’t that what exes do? They show up, acting casual, then you realize they want to rehash some argument that they never got emotional gratification for and then when they realize they’re not going to get that gratification they suddenly have a plane to catch or something.
Leif:
You know what though? Caspar’s right. This woman is an emotional terrorist and we shouldn’t have to put up with this bullshit.
Leif:
Well that’s a whole other line of questioning, my question is, if you were a trans-dimensional entity would you really spend all of your time confronting people about their failed relationships?
Ava:
Hm. So let’s say you’re right. Let’s say some mad scientist somewhere made an Ex-Bot to wander the multi-verse and get into other peoples’ business. God knows why someone would do that but they also made six Transformers movies so...
Zebulon:
We support you in your endeavors, Leif, but what are the steps to this particular square-dance?
Zebulon:
No we have not. We were affianced upon my fifteenth birthday and we have been together ever since, for our marriage is made strong my a singular truth.
Leif:
So when she walks in I want you guys to hit her with the story of how you met and fell in love. People without exes would be outside of her parameters and she would need to recalibrate. While she’s distracted we all go at her, all at the same time.
Leif:
We don’t wait for her to argue with us, we start arguing with her like she’s our ex. All of us at the same time.
Leif:
It’s worth a shot. But listen, we’ve really got to go for it, though. All the things you wanted to say to your ex but never did? Let it all hang out, get uncomfortable with it because she’s not going to hold back on us.
Ava:
He owned a bakery, okay? You’d be surprised what you put up with when free baked goods are added to the equation. And he wore a polo shirt 90% of the time.
Ava:
We actually broke up twice. I was working at Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the time, we were having a party and needed a cake. I snuck into his bakery and stole one and that somehow led to us having to break up again even though we had already broken up.
Gloria:
Ricky was a good guy, he was just old fashioned. He wanted me to stay home and crank out babies like a playdough fun factory.
Gloria:
Sometimes I think we could’ve made it work, and then there’s a voice in my head that says “Yeah, sure, just as long as you literally change who you are entirely.” So... How about you Leif?
Leif:
Look, it’s a problem. You’re a single guy out there wandering various star systems, eventually it rears it’s ugly head.
Zebulon:
I can still remember the day I first saw you. How the mountains split the clouds like the shears of a dressmaker. I sat atop the pig shelter, having just visited with my favorite sow, Pansy, when you and your Daddy crested the nearby hills. You were silhouetted by the morning sun. It was the rest of my life headed towards me, though I would never know it.
Effie:
I was different that morning, when I awoke. Our fathers had business to discuss and with my mother visiting her ailing sister in Booneville I knew I must accompany him. As we headed out the door my father asked “Honey, where is Maybelle?” Maybelle was my dolly, and I had not been without her at my side since I was given her at the age of six. Yet, for some reason that morning I had left Maybelle behind. It was the first time I could feel a change in the air.
Zebulon:
I was so nervous as she approached. I turned to Pansy and said “Pansy, my girl, what am I to say to her if she speaks to me? I’ve never seen someone like her.”
Effie:
And I recall thinking “I’ve never seen someone so attached to a pig. Especially someone who’s family has dedicated themselves to so efficiently turning said pigs into chops and shoulders.”
The Ex:
What do you care? I’m just another thing on your little list. You handle me the same way you handle the damn tortilla vendors.
The Ex:
I invite you for a couples weekend and the next thing I know you’re gone. You showing up here just because you need something makes you a shitty person.
The Ex:
None of this shit is fair, Gloria. I’m a good guy. I’m good to you. I’m always on the back burner.
The Ex:
You mean the stress that you cause yourself? You mean the stress that you volunteered for without even asking me?
Leif:
Sometimes you can overlook things. “She’s a really great girl, unfortunately she’s a Juggalo” you can get past stuff like that. “She’s a really great girl but I’d have to build her a hen house” that’s different.
The Ex:
There is literally no reason why you and I can’t make this happen. I’m good looking, I’m a successful businessman, I’m great at parties, do you have any idea how many times I’ve won “best frosting” in the L.A. Weekly?
Leif:
Baby, look. I know you believe that as long as we have love that we can overcome any obstacle. But love isn’t a cure-all, it’s just a starting point. Do I love you? Yes. Do we have anything else going for us? No. Sometimes you fall in love and the universe says “No, Dude. Sorry.”
Ava:
You know I’ve figured you out too Chad. You were probably a Freshman in college, right? And you said to yourself “what makes me a valuable human being”? Successful and hip business. Check. Well groomed beard. Check. Stylish haircut. Check. Sexy girlfriend. Check. Award winning frosting. Check. Check check check check check. The frosting is the problem, Chad. You’re all frosting. Where’s the fucking cake?
Ava:
Caspar, why did someone construct an Ex-Bot and send it looking for you across space and time just to confront you about your past relationships?
Ava:
Hey. How about you two come out back and help me bring in the three huge jugs of moonshine I bought?