How are things in the Kingdom of Loathing?

After school today, I went down to the corner store to buy some Sugar Curry Ropes and the new issue of The Further Adventures of Roy Spade vs. the Robot Lasses, but it turned out I didn't have any money! Mom won't give me an advance on my allowance unless I scour the chicken coop. What am I going to do?

There's this totally cute new girl at school! Her name is Brooklyn McCormick and she's fantastic. I mean, she's a little weird; her mom packs her these gross organic lunches, and if she even smells a peanut, she gets all swollen and has to lie down, but she's still awesome. I wonder if she's into protesting weird vintage postcards? I dunno. How do you talk to girls?

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