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[heymcfly]

[ The video starts with Marty holding the communicator really, really awkwardly. Behind him you can probably see a line of freestyle soda machines behind him. Marty has a dollar in his hand, but apparently something's not working for him. ]

Okay. So...ah, I'm Marty. I guess I'm new? I don't know if you gotta introduce yourselves or anything when you make a new one of these, but...

[ He gives the communicator a sheepish kind of shrug, unsure of whether he wants to feel stupid holding a camera like this, or feeling uncomfortable because people were looking at him weird. ] ...right. So I got a question. I guess.

So these touch vendor-things are everywhere, right? How the hell do you get your soda?

[ Marty turns the video to the machine, where he presses his finger against 'diet coke' on the main screen and then mashing it against the PUSH button. ] I press diet coke on the menu and it takes me to this thing where it shows me all kinda of flavors, but it won't give me my soda!

[ joke's on you marty, you have to select the big fat diet coke button before you can get your soda, duh. that's probably why people are looking at you weird.

Eventually he just lightly taps the toe of his shoe against the bottom of the machine. ]

This thing sucks. I don't even like coke.

Comments

[flynnnotjunior]

No way am I giving my gran anything like coke, dude.

She is not the best company off of caffeine.

[heymcfly]

Can't say I blame you or anything. Pepsi's a lot better.

[ That's not the point, Marty. ] It's not so loaded in crap, either. At least the diet isn't.

[flynnnotjunior]

Jesus, just like phone Pepsi, maybe they'll give you a sponsorship deal! [ He's talking to an advertisement. And he realises: ] No. Seriously. They probably will.

[heymcfly]

...Seriously?

[ Being a sponsor for his favorite soda. Go figure! ] God, I wish. I'm already a model for a poster company, or whatever. I'd rather be a spokesguy.

Being a model's kinda...weird.

[flynnnotjunior]

Yeah, I mean, why not? There's a lotta demand for imPort endorsements, if you go to them, they'll probably be thrilled!

[heymcfly]

[ He's tempted. ]

I'll think about it. How's that? As long as I could get all the free soda I wanted.

[ Heaven for a kid from the 80's who's all into the 'no sugar added' diet. A sign from the soda gods. ]

[flynnnotjunior]

[ He wonders just who's that the bargain for. ]

Hey, why not make the most of things?

[heymcfly]

'Specially if we're stuck with weird powers, right?

Thanks for the idea. Sure as hell beats the job I was given. They want me to be a poster model.

[flynnnotjunior]

I'm assistant manager of a puppy adoption place. [ Which is kind of nice, honestly. ] What kind of posters?

[heymcfly]

Jesus, seriously? How come you get the good jobs?

[ At that question, he shrugs! ] Hell if I know. I just pose.

I think propaganda though? My friend says he's seen posters around.

[flynnnotjunior]

Man, I don't know how this government works. Yeah, I'd be kinda iffy about being propaganda too.

[heymcfly]

Do you know if you can change jobs at all? I mean, I didn't even agree to this, y'know? If I'm gonna have a job, I wanna at least have a say on what I'm doing.

[flynnnotjunior]

Yeah, you can do whatever you like.