The Living Experiment: Honey, There's a Baby in Front of the Oven

A Tale of Torture and Mazes (Part 7)

 Crypto's hunger and energy meters are both at rock bottom.  But he decides to do the right thing and picks up his son.

He goes into the kitchen - food!  He needs food!  He sets baby Telly down in front of the stove.

He pulls some  ingredients out of the fridge.  But he can't cook them because...wait for it...there's a baby in front of the stove!

He swims through the water maze.  Sleep.  He needs sleep.

He changes out of his swim suit and prepares to get into bed.  But he's hungry!  Food.  He really needs food.

He swims all the way back to the kitchen.  But that baby is still in front of the stove!

 
There are so many solutions to this problem that it's hilarious.  Move the baby, get a snack from the fridge...but Crypto wasn't built with brains.

Sleep.  He needs sleep.  He swims all the way back to the bedroom, but then he hears his son cry.  He wants to be a good father.

He heads back for the kitchen, but it's too late.  He doesn't make it.

The Grim Reaper disapproves of his stupidity.

Anna is heartbroken.  Her husband is gone!

This?  This is what took him down?

She clears the baby away from the oven.  Now she can cook something.  Food.  She needs food.

But she doesn't use the oven.  She eats a rotten pop tart, with flies buzzing around her head.

Her baby boy is crying.  But she doesn't care.  She just sits and watches TV.

Telly's needs are barely met through the day.  His dirty diapers and bottles are left on the floor.  He's left on the floor.  In fact, his mother has something else on her mind.

Victor.  She wants to kiss Victor.  She keeps trying to "admire" or "kiss lightly", but there's glass separating them.

I'll give her something else to think about.   I move all the furniture to the roof.  No more maze!  Fresh air!  Sunlight!  Moonlight! 

Anna puts Telly into the crib and settles into the bed.  She dreams of Victor.

But life on the roof isn't making her feel any better.

By the next morning, the roof looks the same as the old kitchen.

Diary Excerpts:

Dear Diary, Victor is soo dreamy!  He's all I can think about!    -Anna

Dear Diary, ever since her husband died, this crazy woman won't leave me alone.    -Victor

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