No one ever came by the old swamp lands unless they lived out this way, so it was a surprise to Dexter when he saw a car pull up to his lot and the scrap lady got out. What could she want, and how did she know where he lived?
Not wanting to be rude, Dexter invited her inside when she knocked on his door. She reintroduced herself as Alma Drill, then explained why she was there. She told Dexter she was an artist and dealt with making scrap sculptures. Told him also that the scrap he had sold her had run out and she needed more. She had asked around town and finally found someone who knew the man with the ripped up clothes and the red hair, and where he lived. She apologized for being intrusive, but thought he might like to earn a bit more money. Dexter thought about it for a minute, then decided to agree to get more scrap for her. It wasn't working for a company or anything like that, so he'd still earn everything he sold her.
Alma thanked Dexter for his time and then told him to just bring the scrap by her place once he had a nice sized pile. She then left as quickly as she came. Dexter though wasn't done visiting. He hadn't really talked to anyone in months and now that she had stopped by he wanted more human contact. He also was tired of bathing in a sink and figured it was time to again add some stuff to his house.
He wasn't sure where he was going this time. It was the middle of the day and he didn't really feel like heading all the way into town. The neighbor that had moved into the abandoned shack next to him was never home. He had tried on many occasions to meet them, but never had he ever caught someone home. He wasn't even going to try today. He decided to head to the other side of the swamp, past the house he had acquired his plumbing items from earlier to another house a bit bigger than the ones that were around him.
When he arrived he notice first the enclosed porch. He really liked that idea and thought he needed to think about adding something like that to his house. The mosquitoes in the swamps were horrific and he could barely sit outside at night because of them. This would solve that issue.
He was greeted warmly by a man named Lenny Smith-Jones. He almost looked familiar but Dexter brushed it off as just the guy having one of those faces. They talked for a little while and the Lenny told Dexter he needed to get ready for work. Dexter asked if he could use his bathroom and Lenny pointed to where it was. Dexter decided he didn't lie to the guy when he said he wanted to use his bathroom, he just left out the part that he wanted to take a quick shower. He got about halfway clean when he heard the sound of pipes breaking and then the water started squirting everywhere. Why did he always break everything?!
He snuck out of the bathroom looking for any tools he could use to fix the shower before Lenny found out. He was in mid fix when Lenny walked in and saw what had happened. Dexter humiliated apologized for breaking the mans shower. Lenny not knowing how to respond just asked Dexter to leave it and he would call a plumber.
Dexter then left feeling bad about what he had done. He knew though he didn't feel bad enough not to finish what he had come for. He waited in the bushes till he saw Lenny drive away, then he acquired a few more items he needed for his house, the bbq being one of the most important items Dexter had ever stolen.
Before Dexter could leave the lot with his new items he heard a loud swishing noise coming from the sky. It was a clear night so he looked up wondering what could be making the noise.
To his surprise it looked like a space ship! He had heard rumors that aliens existed, but that was just fairy tale right? He couldn't believe what he was seeing and instead of running he watched as the ship came to a stop an hovered over him. He wasn't prepared for what happened next. A beam of light flashed on him and all of a sudden he could feel himself being lifted into the air. What was going on!? He then tried to run but his feet were no longer on the ground and he wasn't getting anywhere. The light sucked him up higher and higher until he was sucked into the UFO.
Dexter had no idea how long he was gone for or even what the aliens did to him. The next thing he remembers after being abducted was standing out in front of Lenny's house as if nothing had happened. Was he just hallucinating the whole thing? Did he black out and dream of being abducted. It seemed nothing had changed not even the position of where he was standing. He didn't understand and looked around at the sky to try and find some answers. After awhile though when nothing else happened, Dexter chalked it up to him being paranoid, gathered his newly stolen items and headed home.
The following day he decided to head to the scrap yard and start gathering scrap for Alma. He still had a little money left but it was running out and having more would only help his situation. He was surprised that not only were there a lot of new piles of scrap, but there were items that people had tossed away as broken or damaged. He definitely wasn't great at handy work but he thought it would give him something to do at his house besides sit and twiddle his thumbs. He found an old stove, table, bookshelf and even a crib! Not that he needed the crib, but he decided to take it anyways.
There were also a few rickety chairs that he decided to salvage as well. He figured if he had more than he needed he could always fix the items up and sell them at the consignment shop. After hauling the heavy items off the lot, he went back to see if anyone had thrown anything useful into the dumpsters. Mostly just bugs were found, but he was able to find a couple of items he could make use of.
Every day for the next week, Dexter went to the two junk yards to gather scrap. If they had other items for the taking he could use, he grabbed those as well. He found an old dolly with one of the wheels missing that he fixed up and started using for the more heavier items. He wasn't expecting to find anything working or really anything of value. So one morning when he arrived and saw someone had thrown out an old television Dexter was excited! He'd learned a little about electronics and how they worked from books he'd read over the years. He wasn't sure if he could get it to work, but he decided it was worth a try. That day he also found an older dresser that actually was in pretty good shape.
It was still early enough after Dexter dropped off his new T.V. and dresser to head into town to Alma's house. He'd collected quite a bit and had to use his new dolly to push it to her house. After he left there with a little more money than what he started from he decided he was going to treat himself to a nice lunch. Instead as he walked by a nice sized house he heard his name being called. He looked around and saw a familiar face from the junk yard. He couldn't remember the guys name but Dexter had spoken to him on several occasions while collecting scrap. Timidly Dexter walked over to where the man was standing with a larger lady and another man. The guy introduced the larger lady as his mother Mary Baker-Wolfs. She seemed super nice and invited Dexter to stay for lunch.
Dexter found out she was a chef at the diner he'd just been getting ready to head too. She made grilled bologna sandwiches which Dexter thought were just delightful! After lunch, Dexter decided to explore his surroundings. He again heard that little voice in his head telling him to take some stuff. He knew it was wrong, but these guy had so much and him so little! He walked into the garage and saw not only did they have one, but three nice cars parked inside! Why would they need three cars when he couldn't even afford one? He slipped into the one that unlocked and looking very cautiously as he backed out of the garage, drove the car around the corner and up the street a bit. He'd pick it up on his way home, the thought.
Being greedy he decided to get a few more items. He had his dolly with him and now the SUV so he decided he needed a washer and dryer. This would save him on money as he had to spend so much to wash just his few outfits at the laundry mat.
Not stopping there though was his mistake. He needed so much, and these people had so many doubles on everything Dexter didn't think he was being greedy. He started in one of the bathrooms and found a wonderful picture he just had to have. Then he headed to the kitchen for the more essential items. He picked up their microwave, food processor and some curtains and ran outside with them.
He walked back into the kitchen thinking he'd get the canisters next when Mary came walking into the room. She caught him trying to swipe the canisters and was dumb founded. How dare he come into her house and try to steal from her! She didn't notice the other items that were missing yet, and told Dexter he needed to leave before she called the police. He didn't hesitate for minute! He left her house sad that he had gotten caught and ruined a friendship he was starting to make. He had new items but now he also had an enemy.
*So I downloaded a mod that lets m steal more than 3 items a day and 24 hours a day. I tired with the only 3 items per day after 7pm thing and it just seems ridiculous to me. So that is how Dexter was able to steal so many items from Mary's house.*
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