Scenes From A Lockdown

From the outside, Barbieville looks like a ghost town.  But there is lots of activity.

Fred: How long you gotta work from home?

Rose-Grace: I don't know.   The scientists are working hard to find a cure, though.  We just have to be patient and deal. 

Fred: What if they don't never and we end up like on Nikki's show?

Rose-Grace: Well, we won't have to worry about zombies, at least.  (chuckles)  Barbieville actually has a plan for that.  About twenty years ago, people thought all the computers would stop working, so they made a plan.  

Fred: Kin I help build the walls?

Speaking of Nikki's show... 

Taylor: So, if I do decide to watch, I'm going to need to know who all these people are. 

Nikki: You agreed to watch the first season and give it a fair chance.   Most of these characters aren't even in the first season.  

Taylor: And you'll do the same for my show?

Nikki: That's the deal.  

But they have to keep the volume down because Dad is sleeping.  Like most "essential employees", Pike is putting in long hours.

Others are getting aquainted with new friends over social media. 

Iggy: We sure picked a great time to move to a new town, didn't we? 

Rupert: At least you have a lot of siblings.  I just have one sister here and the cousins are still giving me the side-eye.  

Iggy: What's their problem?

Rupert: They think I'm sucking up to them because they're rich.  When their parents died, the whole family fought over custody, but most of them were just after the money.  Becky put it in a trust fund til they're 21.  

Iggy: Good thing for you we met on the plane, huh? 

Rupert: You have no idea.

And let us not forget the volunteers at the food pantries.

Ryan: Setting up here so people can drive through was a great idea.  Pocahontas is a genius.

Albus: She is pretty bright, isn't she?  

Draco: Seriously?  You two enjoy this? 

Ryan: Well, I'd rather be on a beach in Hawaii drinking out of a coconut and looking at girls in bikinis, but that's not real likely any time soon.  Why are you here, if it makes you so miserable?

Albus: His mother is trying to teach him a similar lesson to the one you recently learned.  (Notices a car approaching.) Get on your gloves and masks.  You know the routine by now.