Chapter 21

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**Toaded** is the twenty-first chapter of *Darbi*.

## Synopsis

Peet humorously tries to barter with the Stookie sisters, protesting that the one loot fruit he brought would cover the cost. However, a snarky Fran responds that he should have brought two. With Peet asking Nikki why Fran was so uptight, she replies that he ate their cousin. Taken aback by the claim, the sisters tell him he did but Peet claims that he'd never do that before doing business. However, Fran notes that he was staring right at her when he doing it. Backed into a corner, Peet admits that he may have done something like that in the past, saying that was the old him and he and the Savages were scavengers now and finishes by saying the shit with her cousin happened ages ago. Furious, Fran screams that it happened this morning before flipping out! With shit getting tense, Nikki calms them both down before offering a compromise that would make them both happy.

The Stookie sisters introduce Peet to Monsta; they tell him he can't have a lick but he could have a sniff which would give a nice buzz. However, Monsta ends up pulling Peet into its mouth, much to the roaring laughter of Fran. After Monsta spits Peet back out, Nikki tells him he can have a full lick in recompense. Peet licks but notes that nothing was happening, but Nikki assures him that it *will* hit and when it did, all would be revealed to him...

As Peet walked home, waiting for it to kick in, his perceptions suddenly become very colourful, much to his delight. As voice suddenly asked him if this was what he wanted and a confused Peet asks who was talking. With Peet utterly befuddled, the voice merely tells him to go home as there were no answers here.
At that, Peet's view shifts and he sees "Dolla" talking about something or other. She passes him something and as he takes it, he realises that his claw looks weird. He then sees "Darbi" who is asking him if he was gonna pass the dutchie. Noting that he'd seen it all and been none of it, we find Peet passed out.
Close by, Meena tells Darbi that she'd found Peet lying in his own vomit and shit *again*. Darbi frustratedly tells her to clean him up and as she tries to protest, Darbi reminds her that if was her fault for hooking Peet up with the Stookie sisters in the first place.

Later on, after Peet has explained what he had seen, Meena humorously exclaims her irritation at him for seeing Dolla in his trip rather than her. Peet tiredly replies that it wasn't like he'd planned it, adding that cos he'd been seeing a lot of shit in his head, he figured he might understand it better if he was out of his mind. Meena maturely says that maybe getting ghosted wasn't the end of it and eventually they'll get to do it all over again, just at a different speed, with Darbi adding it was a huge maybe. After a brief quiet, Meena then asks Peet what colour they were in his trip but Darbi snaps asking if it mattered with Meena sheepishly saying she was just curious.

## Appearing Characters

* Darbi
* ***Fran Stookie***
* Meena
* ***Monsta***
* ***Nikki Stookie***
* Peet

## Notes & Trivia

* While Peet is tripping, he sees Dolla and Darbi as humans (though he has no idea what humans are). The three of them are puff-passing and Dolla mentions My Chemical Romance at one point while wearing an oversized The Dead Deads vest. Incidentally, Peet's name is spelled as "*Pete*" in his trip.