Bad Machinery by John Allison for December 17, 2021

Shauna truly has the best allies!

Obviously they don’t go outside very often.

Yeah, see, Shauna, you have a basic problem with your compensation scheme here. To wit: only Corky gets anything out of it. You want to keep Blossom and Tuan on side, you’re going to have to promise them pashes, too.

Well, let’s be honest, it was doomed to fail from the start, and Shauna only resorted to it at all because she was a bit lacking in options.

No, you haven’t, Corky.

I don’t the these kids get out often.

I can easily recognize stinging nettle ever since I walked through some wearing swim trunks on my way to swim in the river (..that is something you don’t soon forget), but I can’t remember what the dock leaves look like so Shauna’s advice wouldn’t work for me.

Whoa… you must not tit about with nettles.

Blossom is used to being the lead (only) female in her little group and resents Shauna coming in and undermining her position. She’s been hostile since Shauna dropped the game piece. She has doubtless walked into the nettles on purpose and is exaggerating the effects to draw attention and to spoil Shauna’s plans.