3. In A Pickle (comes with extra pickles)

[continuousgroaning]

[After checking the date in a few places- on the network, on a calendar, and on an electronic sign outside a drugstore, Tina is satisfied that she's only been gone HERE for about a day, even though years had passed back home. Which was a bit frustrating, but she knows there's not much she can do about it.

And when she says hello to the network, she's dressed in a damp pickle-shaped costume.]

Uhm, I'm in a pickle. Can someone help me out? ... get it? I'm in a pickle because I'm... dressed... like one... ha, ha, ha...

I know I wasn't gone for long but I'm sorry if I worried anyone. I went home and came back here with a bunch of new memories. Very good memories... [And Tina drifts off then, a blissful expression on her face.]

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[poreiavian]

I don't get it. [what a weird expression.] Why are you dressed like a pickle? Is it... oh what's that holiday called -- Halloween?

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[continuousgroaning]

Nah, I was something different for Halloween. My family was in a parade to promote our restaurant, and since we sell hamburgers... well, we were SUPPOSED to all be different hamburger ingredients, but Mom was on a roll and made four pickles instead.

[poreiavian]

So it would be a "hamburger" with nothing but pickles on it! That sounds sour and delicious. [now she kind of wants to try one. she'll have to make a note to herself on that. actually, on that note--] What exactly is a hamburger?

[a very normal question, coming from a very normal earth girl.]

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[d33tached]

Why are you dressed like that?

[D33 is not amused.]

[continuousgroaning]

Parade. We were all supposed to be different hamburger ingredients, but Mom ended up making all of us pickles because she thought the first one turned out so well.

[d33tached]

That's utterly absurd.

[He does not say so fondly.]

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[h2no]

[he's laughing at the pickle joke like it's a genuine slapper.]

Bwahaha! Nice one, kid! What happened?

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[continuousgroaning]

[Tina grins in return.]

I learned from the best. My dad's a pun master. Uhm, we entered a float into a local parade. We were all supposed to be different burger-related things, with my brother in his burger suit like usual, but Mom liked the first pickle so much, she and Dad and Louise and I all ended up being pickles.

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[h2no]

It's gonna break my heart if I never get to meet your dad, kid.

[he frowns.]

Wait... from home?

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[eloquentness]

[ Ohhhh dear. ]

I'll come over as soon as I can. What's the costume for?

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[continuousgroaning]

A parade. We were trying to advertise our restaurant, but Mom went overboard and ended up making 4 pickles instead of the different costumes she planned on.

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[eloquentness]

Ah. She must've relished the opportunity.

[ It's probably a good thing she doesn't recognize her unintentional pun, as she's already running out the door. ]

What city're you in right now?

[namesaquestion]

What, you went home? and came back like that? Serves you right for getting stuck in it.

[Nikolai, be nice.....]

[continuousgroaning]

[Thankfully Tina will take it in stride. FOR NOW.]

Well, it WAS a costume for a parade.

[namesaquestion]

What, a parade of pickles?

[aggressiveapathy]

That's an amazing hero costume.

[continuousgroaning]

Really? Should I make it a regular thing? Pickle Girl?

[dirtyredneck]

[Daryl had been a little worried. He smirks at her. Less for the joke and more that he's glad she was okay and still around.]

Guessin' something good happened.

[continuousgroaning]

My family and I were in a parade right before I got pulled back here... hence the costume. We ended up winning $500, and Jimmy Junior and I made up after a fight. All and all, it was a pretty good stint back home.

[ghoulking]

Welcome back, Tina.

Why the costume?

[continuousgroaning]

We were in a parade back home. Mom was supposed to make different burger ingredients, but she liked the first pickle so much we all ended up being pickles except for Gene.

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[bassackwards]

Nice. Makes you look tall.

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[continuousgroaning]

You think so? Maybe I can add a mask and make it into a proper hero costume.

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[dexnav]

[ that's... well. it's no contest spectacular costume, but may can dig it. ]

You look delicious! [ she giggles. ] But welcome back, I guess. What kind of stuff did you do back home?

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[continuousgroaning]

Mom did a good job on it, at least.

Oh, lots of fun stuff. I got to go to horse camp, and I got some good "on-again" time with Jimmy Junior. ... he's my sort of boyfriend. And took down a meat vendor who was passing off horse meat as beef.