Page 40 of Just Another Meet Cute
IAN: So I’ve been thinking about my superpowers. And I’m torn between shape-shifting, time travel, or telepathy.
IAN: With shape-shifting, I could pretend to be anyone I want.
That’s super cool. Think of all the secrets I could find out.
All the things I could do. Or I could time-travel and change the world.
Or try that mochi donut place before it got so popular and crowded.
Hell, I could even invent mochi donuts before it became a thing and be rich!
NINA: Do you even know how to bake?
IAN: That’s not the point. You know what? Scratch shape-shifting. I already know what it feels like to look like someone else. So now that leaves time travel and telepathy. With telepathy, I could read people’s minds and manipulate them. Professor X makes it look super cool.
NINA: You could even skip everyone in the mochi donut line. And they wouldn’t even get mad at you.
IAN: Now you’re thinking. Okay, I pick telepathy as my superpower.
NINA: And the world rejoices.
NINA: You do know that you don’t actually GET the superpower, right? It’s what you WANT to have.
IAN: Just let me dream this one time.
IAN: Now, if I killed someone, I would definitely need Ryan to help me hide the body. And he’d bring the shovels without asking any questions. Plus, if anything ever got linked back to us, then our DNA are identical, so they wouldn’t be able to prove which one of us actually did it.
NINA: It’s a little disturbing how well thought out this is. I feel like this isn’t the first time you’ve considered this question.
IAN: Hey, I never do anything halfway. Kathy would definitely have to help find the best spots to bury the body though. Neither Ryan nor I are very good with directions. Unless you want to help us?
NINA: Nah, I’m good. I have my own skeletons to bury.
IAN: Great, we could do it together. Teamwork makes the dream work.
NINA: What makes you think I wouldn’t lead the police to the bodies and pin everything on you?
IAN: That’s just wrong.
NINA: Why not? I feel like it would be the perfect crime. After all, you said that with your identical DNA, you wouldn’t be convicted anyway. This way we could test out your little theory to see if it would work.
IAN: And if it doesn’t?
NINA: I’ll make sure to drop off some bun bo hue at the jail for you at least once a week. With the mochi donuts.
IAN: At least you’re not totally heartless.