Out of the frying pan and into the fire

[Bonez]

Ahh...Refreshed after a nice sleep overnight. Well by refreshed I mean that my eyes no longer point in different directions and by nice sleep I mean that rat infested hole I call my apartment now has cockroaches big enough to fight the rats!

"Morning Junior, what's on the schedule today?"
"Well, I hope you remember your short field skills. I need you out at Pine Mountain Lake to pick up a load of Organic Pine Scented Candles and then fly them in to Sacramento."
"Sounds easy enough, at least candles can't puke or talk to me"

I strolled out to the Arrow and gave it a quick preflight. Wings, check, propellor, check, wheels, check. Secure in the knowledge that all required parts of the plane were present and accounted for I fired the engine up and headed for Pine Mountain.

KSJC E45 KSAC Piper Arrow NBNZ01 162nm Pine Scented Candles $5/10 Very Strong 6
On arrival at Pine Mountain I was met by a guy who would've been King of the Hippies had be been old enough to actually attend Woodstock. Hair to his waist in tight dreadlocks, clothes that looked like they had been handwoven by blind Tibetan gurus with a penchant for fluoro purple and a stench combining Pine trees and body odour.

"Hey man, like peace be with you. We have this totally mind expanding package of candles here that completely needs to get to Sacramento. Can you, like, take amazing care of these for us?"
He handed me a box about 4 inches on each side.
"How many candles are there in here?"
"Only three. You see, to keep them completely organic we leave the candles hanging in the trees until they just absorb the scent in their own natural pace. It can take 40 years for this to happen so we generally hang out under the trees and sing Kumbaya to get the amazing vibes flowing."
"40 years! So how much do you sell these for?"
"Well those three there are going to the CEO of Hack and Slash Forestry. They are $2 million each."
Damn, this guy might look like a hippy but he is really just a shark. A well fed shark.

Nothing for it but to ferry the worlds most expensive candles to Sacramento. I wonder if they would notice that one was missing?
KSJC E45 KSAC Piper Arrow NBNZ01 1.63 162nm $5/10 $445/730 $1905