Larry and Mick at the Last Chance Saloon

 

“Ooh look!” said Larry, as he clicked on one of those pop-up ads they always say you should never click on. “A Wild West theme park called ‘Westworld’!”

 

“Um, Larry,” said Mick;  “I really don’t think you should-”

 

“It says you just need to click here and-”

 

Larry clicked again, and Larry and Mick were transported to Westworld.

 

...

 

It wasn’t like the TV series. Nor even the 1973 film with Yul Brynner.

 

Larry and Mick found themselves in a saloon.

 

“This is your last chance,” said a patron in a black hat to a patron with an enormous moustache.

 

“But I didn’t-” said the patron with the enormous moustache, who was then shot by the patron in the black hat.

 

“Erm,” said Larry.

 

“Oh,” said Mick.

 

Suddenly the patron in the black hat stood before them.

 

“This is your last chance,” said that man.

 

“But I didn’t-” said Larry and Mick in unison.

 

Larry and Mick were shot.

 

...

 

Thankfully, as Larry and Mick were ‘guests’ and everyone else were ‘hosts,’ the patron in the black hat was not, by protocol, able to kill them. The point-blank shots to their chests did, however, render them unconscious.

 

Some time later, they woke up on the floor of the saloon.

 

“Shall we get outta here?” said Larry to Mick.

 

“Yes, let’s,” said Mick to Larry.

 

Larry opened the Westworld app on his phone and tapped where it said ‘Exit.’

 

...

 

EPILOGUE

 

Back in their kitchen, Larry said, “These violent delights have violent-”

 

- upon which Mick flicked Larry on the ear.

 

[ fin ]