Chapter 1: Hunger for Strawberries

[Dinari Dollar]

"Dude, I'm making burgers. Don't bug me right now." Dinari replies, but then he starts laughing to himself. "Just joking. Okay, new animal. Hmm? Well, we do have a pet section. People complain that the fish and hamsters die on the first day they take them home. Can you make an animal that never dies?" Dinari asks curiously. "Oh, and how do you make hamburgers?"

[patrick]

Pat took a seat at the table and shouted back for a coke.

"Yeah, I'm not really from around here. I own a shop back in London. Real different place."

[Jack Kruschev]

“The animal I created isn’t exactly kid-friendly, but I can make it friendlier. Also, it’s the size of a donkey, but I can make it smaller,” Anthony stopped to think. “Yeah, on second thought, I can create small, cute animals that never die unless they obtain some mortal injury. When would you like them?” Anthony asks.

“Oh yeah, to answer your burger question, no.” Anthony quickly laughs in.

[Grzegor Kulhan]

Grzegor tried to think about where London was on a map. He remembered something about companies owning most the world and that London was the old name of an island somewhere northwest of here

"London eh?" Spoke Grzegor, very intrigued. "What exactly does this comapny of yours do in London?"

Grzegor ordered a water as he waited for Patrick's reply.

[Dinari Dollar]

"If you want to just show me some of the animals you've created, I can stop by. Right now, All Mart could use cute pet animals for the pet section, but, some like...enormous beef cows that can withstand radiation would be good for our produce section. There is sort of shortage of beef in the world, and the cows we try to raise here all get sick." Dinari replies to the young scientist. He feels little disappointed that he doesn't know how to make a burger.

"What all do you got?"

[Toolah "Tuvi" Renee]

When Dinari mentions American burgers and apple pies, Tuvi doesn't speak. She is trying to control the growl in her voice because she is getting tired of those two items.

Also, she doesn't answer to 'woman'.

But when Peter talks to her about keeping Dinari on track, she gifts him with a nod and a smirk. "No problem." is all she says before she steps into the teleport booth after Dinari leaves and goes back to his mansion.

"What are you doing, Dinari?"

[patrick]

"Well, I'm a mechanic. A machinist. My business is concerned with the latest technology relating to Manala Crystals. I don't have an understanding of them like a priest might, but I know how to use them in more conventional ways."

He sips his coke.

"It's a good job. What do you do?"

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

I wake up hours later. There is a hole in my dress on my back, but no wound or no sign of anyone. The men are gone and nothing is around me but night and the night sounds of birds. I feel ...strange. I am not sure what transpired.

I get up quickly and brush myself off. There is a hole on the front side of my dress as well. It is very mysterious.

I quickly make my way back through the forest toward home.

[Grzegor Kulhan]

Grzegor smiles at the mention of those blasted crystals. "Me?" He asked as if he's shocked that anyone would care to know about his personal endeavors. "Well quite simply i'm a writer."Grzegor was going to have to lie to Patrick with his next statement, Grzegor didn't exactly approve of lying but he often found it necessary to protect his life" I mostly write for the church. Stories of Father Manala, how we should live by his will and try to mimic his live in ours"

Grzegor gazed at the coke opposite him in Patrick's hand, he wondered how anyone could drink something so fake

[Dinari Dollar]

"I'm making burgers, little lady." Dinari replies to his assistant Tuvi. "And I am talking about super secret things with someone from Genetech. Totally super secret stuff." He says to her in a whisper.

"What are you doing?" He asks in response.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

While in the truck, Sakari leans against the pile of contraband, and lets out a sigh of relief.

"Hey, you Russian? ...'Korse you arr." He says in a fake, thick Russian accent to the man in the front seat. Drug deals always scared him. Russians were too unpredictable, and incredibly difficult to read. This always makes Sakari tense. Fortunately this deal went off without a hitch. No guns were pulled.

"Oy ya drink much?" He asks, nudging the Russian, in an annoying fashion, changing his accent to a fake Irish one.

"Um... He's not drinking, is he..?" Sakari whispers to Alexei, asking about the driver.

[patrick]

Patrick caught Grzegor's eyes on his bottle of coke. A genuinely curious expression etched across his face.

"You think Father Manala don't like coke?"

Pat was actually afraid of the answer.

[Jack Kruschev]

"Sorry about the wait," Anthony says. "Just checkin what I can and can't do. I can literally make any animal into anything you want. If you want a horned butterfly, I can do that. Just bring me some sample of the creature and it's all good," Anthony said.

"Also, I can help you grow the cows quickly with a super-growth gene, but oyu'll have to time everything just right."

[Grzegor Kulhan]

Grzegor laughed at Patrick's statement. "I'm sure the Father loves coke, however the carbonation just doesn't seem to agree with my stomach"

Grzegor looked around the cafe to see an ad for Genetech appear on the TV. It mentioned something along the lives of improving people's lives one cell at a time.

Grzegor motioned over to the TV. "What are you thoughts on Genetech Patrick?"

[Alexei Nacharade]

Alexei glances at the man behind him and chuckles,

"For his sake, I'd hope not."

He laughs again, slipping a pinch of coke out of his pocket and snorting deeply, then offers Sakarai a pinch.

"Want a snort?" He asks.