Prologue

"You got us into this mess."

A Thursday afternoon. The group of 8 "friends" enter the corner store by their school. No matter how much convincing, Tofu, the oldest of them all, couldn't prevent them from wasting money again. 3 were frustrated at the other's nitpicking and left, 1 immediately picked up a bottle of water and walked out, 2 had homework to do and headed back. The youngest picked up a gray box with a bright, happy image and ran up to the cashier, shortly followed by the remaining friend. "How much does this cost?"