A Very Omniverse Christmas

[Erik Vrell]

Erik walked into the office building with the rest of the group, his face immediately screwing up as the scents of tobacco and cheap air freshener assailed his nostrils. The group of primes made their way into the room which would serve as the centre of their festivities. Erik made his way past the unstable looking table holding the store bought refreshments and to the plastic Christmas tree in the corner of the room. The primes searched through the piles of gifts, each one taking their own to unwrap. Erik found his gift and looked it over sceptically. It was a cyclinder, less than a foot in length with nothing unusual to be seen. It was wrapped in blue paper, and had ‘For Erik’ written on it in black pen. 

Erik moved into a corner out of the way of everyone else to open his gift. He peeled off the blue paper and pulled out a silver can. It had a bright yellow label on it reading ‘Go loony!’ The psychic raised an eyebrow at the can. Was the label referring to his patron? If so, what was in the can? Nervously, Erik grabbed the tab at the top of the can and opened it. The psychic jumped a little as a plastic worm violently shot out the can and declared “Just go craazy!” Everyone turned to see what the noise was for a moment, before going back to their gifts. Still surprised and a little embarrassed, Erik placed the can on a nearby desk. He took a seat next to the refreshments table, and poured himself a drink of the cheap punch. Erik had to admit that he could see the funny side of the gift, even if it was only once.