The group has been wandering the wasteland for a about a week now - about half of them without pants. Rations are all gone. People have taken to eating what little bit of shrubbery desperate cling to the arid land.
The lack of food has begun to play tricks on your mind. The other day you had an in-depth conversion about the eventual heat death of the universe with a particularly handsome piece of shrubbery. You decided to name him Jeremiah. The day after that you swear you saw a mini-nuke come from nowhere and hit [user]Aerosteam[/user].
Maybe? You've become conscious that reality and your perception of it aren't completely aligned - the thought would terrify you if you still had mental capacity for such emotions. Upon cresting a hill your greeted with an odd sight.
Is that a person?
As the person draws closer you notice the two-headed cow to his left, a tall stack of miscellaneous items hang precariously from its back. To his right a large - well you're not really sure what it is - some sort of large humanoid lizard with a proportionally large minigun follows close to him. You shake your head. This must be another hallucination. You turn to your comrades only to find they too can hardly comprehend what they're seeing.
Is this for real?
The man approaches the group while keeping a safe distance between both parties. "Howdy folks!" He flashes a grin while tipping his well worn Stetson. "Y'all folk lookin' like you could be in the need of some-" at this he glances downward toward the lack of pants among the group. "provisions. I've got all sorts of goods here. Be willin' to part with some if'n you'd be so disposed."
Someone in the group raises a question, "What would you want from us? We haven't anything like cash."
The man chuckles, "No I recon' ya don't. Not that fancy money means anything here on the wasteland. We take to barterin' out here. There is one commodity that's always in demand though." at this he draws something from his shirt.
Holy shit! It's a porno!
"If'n ya folks have any of these I'd be more to trade my goods for them. The boys back in town can't get enough of 'em."
"Give us a few moments to discuss this." The stranger gives an acknowledging nod and waits quietly.
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"Oh lord he's got food! And probably a few pair of pants. God do I miss my pants." he looks downward longingly, "
We need to trade with him for supplies. We've got a surplus of handguns at least. Surely we can trade a few of those for some rations. And pants. God I miss my pants."
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Another comrade leans forward defiantly. "He makes a good point. We need supplies and we have a lot of guns.
Why not just rob the guy? There's 15 of us and only one person and," he quickly peers over his shoulder toward the humanoid lizard, "an overgrown iguana. I'm sure we can take them!"
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Someone else rises a counterpoint. "Um, that's actually a werewolf not an iguana. And he's my friend." Someone is quick to point out the creature's lack of fur. "Nope definitely a werewolf. I'd know one when I see one.
We should try to convince the man to give the poor werewolf to us."
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A final comrade steps toward, almost foaming at the mouth at this point. He howls out, "PORN! PORN! We must cleanse ourselves of this infidel!
Burn him and his sordid wares!" It takes several people to hold the fanatic back from charging the caravan immediately.