October 4, 2023
#2837: Odyssey explain
[Ponytail, Cueball and Hairy are standing in a room, each wearing a party hat. Ponytail is to the left of Cueball and Hairy. Cueball is in the middle, holding something, presumably a present.]
Ponytail: Happy birthday!
Cueball: Oh cool, Emily Wilson’s Iliad translation!
[Cueball is now alone, sitting at a laptop. He has taken his party hat off and put it onto a book on his desk.]
Cueball: I never read her Odyssey. I should order that, too.
[Arising from computer screen:]
The Odyssey (2017)
Emily Wilson
Arrives Friday
Order
[Cueball clicks order]
[The computer now says the book has left the warehouse and will arrive on Friday by 8pm.]
Package Tracking
Order Status:
Departed
Warehouse
Expected: Friday by 8pm
[Cueball clicks refresh]
[The computer now says the book has been swept by winds to the island of lotus eaters and might arrive around 2033.]
Package Tracking
Swept by winds
to the island of
the lotus eaters
Expected: ?? 2033 ??
[Cueball clicks refresh]