#main ingredient

41. Everybody Plays the Fool by The Main Ingredient debuted Jul 72 and peaked at number three, scoring 1196 points.

“Looks like that’s been around a time or two.”

“Been in my loadout since the Red War broke out. Main ingredient of my success.”

“How’s that?”

“Every time I’d stir a little in, a few more Cabal ended up vaporized, and I came out of another firefight still kicking. During the day I’d hide in bombed-out buildings, use a hand-crank I rigged up to recharge the battery packs. Come nighttime, I had enough charges to cover myself so I could move around. Kept up that way till I found the resistance in the City, but I sure wasn’t gonna swap this for some other gun by then. Didn’t wanna mess with the recipe.

“So I kept fighting with it, only now with fresh cells, till the Traveler awoke and the Red Legion went down. Saw me through every time.”

“Sounds like a good piece. And they say Vanguard standard issue is usually junk.”

“They say a lot of things, but not everybody has to put it to the test like I did with this puppy. Sometimes you just don’t know till you have to find out.”

Everyone hit the dance floor, bopping at the sock hop. I really miss those days.