Carrots (5LA, open)

[Frankie Reynes]

"We have a league now? When did this happen? Next you're telling me we're unionizing!"

[Thousand Miles]

"You should consider unionizing, really," Miles joked. "I mean, what's Frankie Prime paying you, anyway? Nothing, I bet!"

[Frankie Reynes]

"Well she's not my employee, yeah? S'ides, I don't have any money."

[Ultimate Frankie]

Frankie responded, "Bruv, my first demand is higher wages and more time off, mate. Paid vacations!"

[Frankie Reynes]

"Best I can do is fire you. No pay, but vacation forever."

[Ultimate Frankie]

"I resign!" Frankie shouted from the other room.

[Frankie Reynes]

"Cool, that means I don't have to give you severance pay, or whatever it's called."

[Ultimate Frankie]

"Revolution," she shouted and finally approached and said, "Target the means of production, mate!"

[Frankie Reynes]

"Well, TM here is the one producing the sandwiches."

[Ultimate Frankie]

"You know I forgot what we were even talking about, bruv... shit, it was sandwiches init," she said loudly.

[Thousand Miles]

"There's enough sandwiches for all," Miles assured them, slicing one neatly in half and passing out the triangular half-sandwiches to each Frankie. "No need to seize the means of production."

"Not without buying me a drink first, anyway!" he joked.

[Frankie Reynes]

She would totally have another sandwich, despite having stolen one just before in the crime of the century.

[Bee Haw]

"There's enough sandwiches for all," Miles assured them, slicing one neatly in half and passing out the triangular half-sandwiches to each Frankie. "No need to seize the means of production."

"Not without buying me a drink first, anyway!" he joked.

Bea stopped by, and greeted Dumpling warmly, chatting with him silently.

And a bright smile for Miles and the Frankies.

"Is it too late to get a sandwich?"

[Ultimate Frankie]

Frankie ate her sandwich and said, "Thanks mate."

[Thousand Miles]

"Is it too late to get a sandwich?"

"Not at all," Miles said, getting some more bread out of the container and spreading some more mayonnaise. "How are you doing, Bea?"

[Bee Haw]

"I'm good. Looking forward to the gala tonight. Are you going?"

[Thousand Miles]

"Yes, definitely," Miles said. "I thought it was a little weird how that Chang person suddenly switched to philanthropy, and I was checking it out earlier. Maybe it's from the goodness of his heart." He looked doubtful. "Maybe."

[Bee Haw]

Bea munched on her sandwich.

"It seems like a good cause, at least. Maybe we can watch for signs of undue influence. It may be hard to know. People can be motivated by all manner of promises, fame, greed, blackmail... lots of stuff that doesn't require elite powers. And there has to be space for folks with shady pasts to have a change of heart and do better. That's a good thing. If they try and everyone is suspicious and mean about who they were, they might give up trying to atone or redeem themselves."

[Ultimate Frankie]

"Yes, definitely," Miles said. "I thought it was a little weird how that Chang person suddenly switched to philanthropy, and I was checking it out earlier. Maybe it's from the goodness of his heart." He looked doubtful. "Maybe."

"Why's that weird, rich people do dumb shit with their money all the time, bruv," she said between bites.

[Thousand Miles]

"Eh, you may be right," Miles said offhandedly. "It might be nothing. Still, I want to keep an eye out for anything ... anyone ... suspicious at the gala. I have the idea that maybe a very 'persuasive' Elite had a hand in this."