[Roleplay - Drop-in] The Great Trouble Cube Road Trip ReDux!!

[wingedcatgirl]

The cat pauses for a second to savor the bliss of nihility.

"... Yeah, yes, let's buy a pack of those. Maybe two or three, even.

"Sylvi we don't carry a wallet.

"Oh yeah, right. Let's get Knife to buy a pack, then."

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Um... Help.

The stack of things on MP's cart finally collapses...

[MadameButterflyKnife]

The employee looks at GCB with a blank smile. "I am under contract to not give a direct answer to those questions, but rest assured, Null-Mart cares about the well being of the minds of our customers. May I help you?"

Knife yells over to MP. "Do you have chicken?"

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

MP shifts through the mess of assorted groceries that they had recently created... And manages to find several assorted varieties of chicken in different boxes... White Nothingness meat, Black Void meat... They even have special Gray Noise Rotisserie Chicken!

Do any of these count as Chicken?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"Good enough for me!" Matthew says as he helps MP pick up the groceries.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Would you like assistance picking up your Null-Mart items? A Null-Mart representative literally pops up, in a puff of white smoke, inside of MP's cart.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"Baaahhhh!" Matthew lets out a startled scream over the appearance of the Null-Mart employee, making him jump back and inadvertently throwing what he just picked up.

[GoldenCityBird]

GCB, nearly at their breaking point, sighs, and says, "Can I leave?"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Unfortunately, you are not allowed to leave without making a Null-Mart purchase. May I interest you in a Nothing Bagel?"

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Wait... LEAVE? ... Um... Okay. Oh, and also, yeah, I'd like your help cleaning all this up. And also... Sure? I'd like a bagel? I guess?

[MadameButterflyKnife]

The employee, with no change in their facial expression or demeanor, begins pouring Null-Mart Insta-Void Cleaner onto the mess.

[GoldenCityBird]

"Fine, I'll take one."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"Give me one too."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Yeah, sure. Bagel me."

The Null-Mart employee snaps their fingers, and Nothing Bagels appear in everyone's hands. Looking at it, it's really hard to believe it has a physical form.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"Tastes pretty light. Not bad," Matthew says.

[Cassie]

Cassie chokes the whole bagel down.

"this is legit why i didn't wanna buy something, ugh..."

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

.... Whelp, down the hatch!

Somehow, MP's able to chew and swallow the entire thing... it seems... OFF, though. Though he can feel the Nothing Bagel take up space in his mouth, he doesn't actually... TASTE anything. Or smell. If anything, MP's starting to think that the Nothing Bagel's just a giant marketing ploy and he's just pretending to eat a bagel when in actuality, he's eating NOTHING AT ALL. Before he can fully process these feelings... he swallows the... "bagel?" down.

[Zanreo]

Then, a pair of glowing shiny glasses can be seen in the distance, getting closer as someone walks up to the group...

"oh hey!" A short woman with purple hair greets them.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Matthew looks up to the new person as she approaches the group.

"Ahh a new person. We have to get out of this hell-hole. We're all going crazy. Maybe you know a way out?"

[Zanreo]

"Oh, wouldn't that just be the exit? Over... theeeerreeee...?" she says while pointing, realizing that is not the exit after all as she does. "Welp. So that's kind of a problem..."

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Hello, valued customer with purple hair." The employee offers yet another bagel. "Would you like a Null-Mart Annual Membership? It comes with an exclusive entrance for members, as well as an exit."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"The bagel's not worth membership!" Matthew shouts as he tries desperately to look for an exit without having to join the membership.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

As Matthew looks around, he'll notice...wow. This place is a fire hazard. There's no exit signs anywhere. Also, the white void of it all makes it very hard to see the walls.

There does seem to be an employees only door, though. Hard to make out, but you can see it.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"Hey, I think I see some kind of door. Come on, everyone. Maybe we can all get out of this hell-hole."

Matthew makes his way to what he perceives to be the door.

[Zanreo]

"Uh, no thanks, not interested in being a member..." Zanreo tells the employee as she grabs the bagel. "Anyway I'm off!" she says as she runs after Matthew to what's hopefully an exit.