-So, there's a pan of delicious fresh fudge brownies that @rnmbarb had brought in because she wanted to show her gratitude to @askpendulumdepot and the other Solid Lights workers. She made sure that there was a brownie sitting at Pen's desk first.-
-However... Barb also made her own personal batch of brownies at home.... that she may or may not have mixed up..... So she may or may not have been passing around her special personal brownies to everyone. The kind that taste a bit funny at first, but make you feel like you want more in less than an hour-
-So half hour later, que Barb bursting into Pen's office if it wasn't already too late by the time she stumbled over there bananas high herself; running past some other workers who also couldn't feel their faces after consuming the brownies-
Barb: PEN! Don't eat that brownie! And if you did! Clear your schedule because your day is going into a whole other direction. But it's okay! We're gonna get through this together!
-Pendulum was sitting in his office with an empty plate full of crumbs, having just ate the last bite of however many brownies he had eaten when Barb burst into the room.- Oh hello Barbara! Jolly good day this is! Is it just me or have my solid lights always looked that luminous? Oh right you were saying something about the brownies weren't you? They're quite delicious I must say! I wasn't able to resist having more than one. Why is your hair moving?
-Barb just stood there shocked that Pendulum ate that many brownies at a time and she felt so awful-
Barb: Oh. My. God. That amount. With your body weight?? ..... It's fineee you're gonna be fine. Seriously though you need to send everyone home early!
**He is so going to fire me**
-Barb looked back at Pen and all of a sudden she sees him as this-
Oh god, and I only had one. @askpendulumdepot you are so going to green out, I'm so sorryyyyyyyyy
-Pendulum scoffs, still a bit too out of it to understand the gravity of the situation.- Pardon you, I cannot help it if I have a bit of a sweet tooth. -He gasps suddenly and crouches behind his chair.- @rnmbarb do not panic, but there appears to be some sort of creature in my house. I'm not quite sure what it is... -Yeah he's clearly higher than a kite right now. Not only does he seem to not recognize Barb now, but he has somehow convinced himself he's in his home. If he's able to pull himself together long enough to send everyone home early it'll be a miracle.-
Barb: Okay, let me help you out, Pen.
-Barb goes to the sounding system, so all the solid lights workers could tune in-
Barb: Hey guys! @askpendulumdepot said it's okay to go home early! Go home, settle down, rest, and probably go over to the Mak'n'Bacon because you're all going to get really hungry soon! Okay have a great rest of your day! Goodbye! See ya tomorrow!
-Barb shut the sounding system off and looked back at Pendulum who was now hiding behind his chair from Barb, assuming he didn't recognize her-
Barb: Pen, you're not in your house! Agh- I should get you home though. You obviously can't drive. I also can't drive, I don't have my drivers license, and I don't know how to operate a blimp, but I guess today I can learn. Out of the two of us I'm probably the most sober anyways. How hard could it be?
-Barb felt that if she got Pendulum home safely, then he would go to sleep, wake up and probably forget this whole situation even happened. Right now, she just had to make sure Pen wouldn't green out on her.-
Barb: It's okay, Pen! You're dreaming! This is all a dream, and everything will be okay once we get you home. We gotta get in your blimp and go now though.
...My word my office looks like my house. Or does my house look like my office...? Either way this is a disturbing revelation...perhaps I've been working a bit too much. @rnmbarb is that you? Good heavens I really have been working too much, you look as if you're a giant solid light in this dream. -He shakes his head, emerging from behind the chair still disoriented.- It's a good thing this is a dream. I mean no offense in saying this, but I would not trust you to pilot my blimp limo if this was real! It's certainly not the kind of thing one should learn on you see. Can you please turn down the brightness a bit though? My optics are having a hard time with it for some strange reason. -He spins his umbrella in his hand as he usually would, but ends up bonking his own head with it. He is both annoyed and confused by this, but forgets it happened pretty quickly.-
Barb: I think maybe you have been working too hard, but that's got nothing to do with your eyes playing tricks on you. Also- I'm sure driving your Blimo isn't that hard! It's like driving a car! Right? That's really high in the air... **Not looking forward to that.**
-Barb helped @askpendulumdepot up and made sure that he was standing steady so he wouldn't fall and hurt himself. All she could do was help Pendulum keep balance and guide him outside to his Blimo-
Barb: Hold onto me, Pen, and watch your step. Also, maybe this might help with the brightness?
-She takes Pen's scarf and wraps it around his head to block out the "light" and also so that he wouldn't have to watch Barb struggle finding the keyhole to start the Blimos ignition-
-Eventually, Barb starts the Blimo and they were up for lift off! The controls actually seemed simple enough. They sure were going slow though. A few more notches wouldn't hurt, right? The wind also felt really nice, and the sooner Pen got home the better.-
Barb: You feeling alright, Pen? Just keep that scarf wrapped around you until I get you home. It shouldn't be too long. .... I'm really sorry about this Pen; for making all these stupid decisions! If you do remember all this after you wake up, just know that I'm really really sorry. :(
-Pendulum jovially laughs when @rnmbarb says it won't be that hard to drive the blimo.- If you'd consider driving the equivalent of an arial truck easy! But now I suppose anything's possible in a dream now isn't it? What fun! -Well at least Pendulum thinking this is a dream is keeping him from panicking at the fact he now seems to be able to taste colors? It definitely won't cause him to make stupid decisions while high.- I'm feeling wonderful! No need to apologize lass, this is certainly one interesting dream. I do hope I'm able to remember it a scotch in the morning. -He starts laughing again over seemingly very little.- You know I once knew a guy who actually wrote down his dreams! Goggle? Obby? Ah I can't seem to recall now? Strange little fellow, I believe he used to spend time around Gart waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back. Wonder whatever happ- speaking of Gart how's he doing these days? I barely actually talk to him outside our rivalry....I think I might be starting to worry about him? Or...miss him or something to that affect? My again good thing this is a dream, I'm definitely oversharing! -Pendulum begins to laugh again before stopping abruptly mid laugh. He looks suddenly mesmerized.- Barb...you will not not believe what I'm seeing right now. -The patterns in his scarf mixed with the light of the sky and the effects of those brownies make it appear like the colors are dancing across the sky to Pendulum.- Barb you have got to see this! It's magnificent! -Pendulum tosses one of the ends of his scarf over Barb's eyes....while she is driving.-
Barb: Uh- yeah... anything is possible... In a dream...
-Barb kept her hands on the wheel as they kept going higher in the clouds now, perhaps getting a little nervous but she had to keep it together for @askpendulumdepot sake.-
Barb: **Yeah, I bet you feel like you're on cloud 9 after eating enough edibles to make a small bear numb in the face.** (but she kept that to herself) You're definitely really laid back right now. You probably haven't felt this relaxed in a while with how much you work everyday. I wish you'd learn to give yourself a break.
-Then Barb listened as Pendulum spilled his guts over his emotional ties to Gart, and how much he genuinely worried about him, especially likely after their recent business meeting with @gart-the-golden-child anxiety written notes. It was sweet, and even though these were personal things Barb probably shouldn't be hearing, she acknowledged Pen's concerns-
Barb: .... Would it really be such a bad idea if you went to Gart and told him these things, Pen? I mean... Gart can be cold and standoffish, but hearing those things from you could actually really mean a lot to him. It might also make you feel better too. Maybe there wouldn't even need to be a rivalry between you two. You know? You could learn how to be closer together without the need to one up each other all the time-
-of course, while Barb had been trying to have a deep conversation, Pen was more focused on the pretty colors of the sunset beaming through his scarf, and everything was like being inside a giant collidescope. It was so beautiful, that Pen generously ninja attacked and blinded Barb with the other end of his scarf so she could see the pretty colors too-
Barb: What the-!? P-Pen! What are you doing?? Let go; I can't see! Stop! Stop it- I'm serious! I'm not playing around! Stop-!
-While Barb struggled with Pen, there was an audibly loud crash, followed along with Barb hitting her head on the wheel as the abrupt halt of the Blimo threw her and Pen forward on the dashboard. Barb got a bleeding cut on her forehead, but the crash alone made Barb's heart sink to her stomach because she was automatically thinking about any damages done to Pen's Blimo on her watch. .... But her problems would be much heavier once she lifted Pen's scarf from her eyes to see that she had crashed right into @uncle-kuffley 's police blimp.-
Barb: ..... You gotta be shitting me right now.
-needless to say, Kuffley locked angry eyes with Barb, but also felt a sense of triumph knowing he had her in his territory.-
Barb: ...... Heheh... Uh.... Pen, we gotta go! How do you reverse this thing?? -Barb ended up pushing more forward, making an awful sounding metal on metal scratching sound- Shit Shit Shit sorry! I'm sorry! First time driving a Blimo! Sorry! It's fine! Okay bye! See ya!
-so now Barb had to evade Kuffley, and try to get Pen home in his Blimo in one piece.-
-Hopefully Pen won't notice the small(ish) scratches on his Blimo in the morning-
-for now though, Kuffley blares his police sirens, and starts chasing after them. This would be so stress inducing if it weren't a dream... and it's not.-
Barb: Pen! We're gonna probably take a detour, alright? Hang on!
-Barb wipes the blood from her brow amongst all the chaos of the chase, and she didn't want Pen to see she was hurt, or else he'd probably realize this was real, and she DID NOT need him to shit a brick at this moment in time-
-Kuffley was minding his own, when a sudden crash nearly sent him over the edge of his own police blimp!-
"HEY! YOU IDIOT! Watch where you're going!"
-He looked at the idiot that crashed into him, and to his disbelief, it was the menace! @rnmbarb that pale freak! But not only that. From Kuffley's perspective, Barb had somehow managed to kidnap the locally known @askpendulumdepot owner of Solid Lights Factory, and hijacked his Blimo.-
"I knew you'd slip up, ya little hairless rat! Pull this blimp over or-"
-Kuffley watched in shock as Barb continues to scratch against his police blimp just to squeeze by because she didn't know how to reverse. It's a blimp. There's no reverse!-
"Get back here! I don't know what you're doing with Mr. Depot, but you're not getting away with it on MY watch, ya crazy broad! I'll get you if it's the last thing I do! I hope that hit to the head put some sense into you, too!"
Kuffley was locked in, and refused to back down.
"Don't worry Mr. Dopot! Help is on the way!"
