Out of joint endeavor

Who: Zack, Cubie, and an assortment of scutters
Where: The Promenade
When: Now seems like a good enough time
Zack picked through the rubble, amazed. "How many times has this place
been blown up?"
Cubie sighed as she hefted a large piece of one of the walls into the
dumpster they had rolled over next to the blast site. "At least four times
since we got here, and from what I've heard, several times before then-OW!!"
A scutter had just rolled over her foot as it wheeled past. Cubie
glared at it. "When are these scutters going to figure out that I'm not the
Cubie that they fought during the revolution?"
Zack shrugged. "Don't know, sweetie. They seem pretty bent out of
shape about Cubiepede slashing through the screen during the Duke. I can
see where they might nurse a grudge."
Cubie glared at Zack. "Oh, thanks for the support, you jerk."
They continued cleaning up debris for several minutes. Finally Zack
looked up at Cubie again. "Hey, who holds the lease on this place?"
Cubie shook her head as she lifted the charred remains of the grill.
"Got me. Some unlucky soul who's paying out the nose for insurance, no
doubt."
Zack grinned. "What if we buy it from them?"
Cubie dropped the grill. Fortunately she was already holding it over
the dumpster. "Are you out of your mind?"
Zack shrugged. "Maybe. I know we could afford it. And maybe we could
install anti-rocket technology or something. Think! We could be known as
the couple that saved McDonalds from certain destruction!"
Cubie groaned. "That would be a full-time job on this ship."
Zack chuckled. "Even if we didn't succeed, we could always rebuild it.
We're filthy rich now!"
Cubie thought about it. "Well, I suppose we could at least talk to the
owner."
Zack jumped in the air and clicked his heels in that 60's Disney
fashion. "Woo-HOO!"
Sadly, he landed on the back of a scutter. The scutter shot out from
under him and he fell on his back.
Cubie helped him up. "Now that we've inflicted the prerequisite pain
on you for having an idea, let's find out who owns McDonalds, shall we?"
The duo headed off in search of the proprietor of the oft-detonated
fast-food franchise.
~Zack & Cubie~
McDumb and McDumber
OOC: DOES anyone own McD's?