It was a deep, gruff voice. "What're ya doing, ya durn fool?"
Jim opened his eyes to see he was still sitting at the bistro. He looked across the table to see John Wayne sipping a cup of french coffee. "Where exactly am I, um...Mr. Wayne?"
"Well, I suppose you'd call it heaven, Jim. Ya see, You were killed in that virtual reality contraption and now the higher powers here asked me to have a talk with you."
Jim was in shock. Last thing he knew, he was inside the virtual carnival during a reboot and now he was having coffee with the Duke. "What exactly are you supposed to tell me?"
The Duke stretched his large hand across the table. "First off, I'm supposed to congratulate you on making it to your fifty thousandth episode, whatever that's supposed to mean." He grabbed Jim's hand and shook it powerfully. "The second thing I'm supposed to tell you is that although you died, they're going to give you a second chance (though I can't figure why they'd give one to a panty waist like you). You're going to be returned to Earth but on two conditions. First off, you're gonna havta stop trying to enlarge the breasts of every woman you meet. Ah mean, that last one was yer granma for pete's sake! The other condition to your return is that you must carry out a mission for The Big Guy."
"What kind of mission," Jim asked.
"What's it matter?" John Wayne said crossly, "I'd do anything just to get another day back on Earth. Heck, you can't even get a decent steak up here! Trust me, no matter what they ask you to do, it'll be worth it." The Duke paused as he took another sip of his coffee and then asked Jim to make his decision.
"Well, are ya gonna be a man or are ya gonna stay here with me?"
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