Mind Your Watch in Mexico

Leilani was carrying a bag full of clean clothes and handmade Mexican clay pottery her grandmother had insisted she take with her before leaving Mexico City.  The heat was unbearable but she was wearing a thin sweater to protect her delicate skin from the sun. She tried desperately to cover her face from the sun, but the weight of the bag was straining her arm joints, forcing her to switch the bag from hand to hand every 60 seconds.  Her husband towered over her and she tried to walk in his shadow, but with little success due to the angle of the blinding rays.  "It's too hot to be out here. I want to go home," Leilani said. "We have to keep going, we're almost there," responded her husband Brent. The two had been walking down the Mexican freeway for nearly 20 minutes.

Lopi Kuwak: An Intergalactic Beverage

It was his work that brought him to this part of the galaxy. As a young traveling salesman, Bodoh methodically scouted out potential buyers for his company's new cleaning product, NGC 409.  He had made his way across the four Jovian planets of the Sirius Star System and had done quite well in his efforts.  After establishing several recurring sales accounts and thereby establishing a certain residual income, Bodoh intended to celebrate. 

The next morning Bodoh decided to sit down for an expensive breakfast, "Perhaps some of the local river food, which I usually can't afford," he thought to himself.  So, after some minimal inquiry at the local travel station, he found himself sitting at the bar of the “Jovial Café,” the solar system’s premier coffee house.  While browsing the menu, he came across a beverage with the unique name, Lopi Kuwak.  He recalled some years ago his friend Lelucon telling him that, "On the smallest of the four Jovians, you will find the home of one of space’s most rare and sought after beverages, Lopi Kuwak."  He couldn't believe it, this was a once in a lifetime opportunity.  An overwhelming sense of curiosity had taken over all thought processes of our friend, he was consumed with this advantageous situation he found himself in.  The time had come for him to order his very first vial of Lopi Kuwak.