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## The Agentlemen: Out and About

URL: https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/out-and-about/
Markdown: https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/out-and-about.md
Type: page
Published: 2026-11-02
Updated: 2026-11-02
Part of: Z-Doom — https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/
Summary: A routine delivery takes the Agentlemen off the public route, and brings a new courier onto the staff.

Z-DOOM / COMPLETE STORY / SUPOSYSTEM

### The Agentlemen: Out and About

One parcel. One address. Six returns.

[Z-Doom home](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/) · Contents ↓ · [How About Now?](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/how-about-now/) · [The People v. IM1](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/the-people-v-im1/)

A routine delivery takes Sol, Fable, Astra and Quill off the public route, and brings a new courier onto the staff.

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[[Image: Out and About cover: Sol, Fable, Astra and Quill pursue a six-legged parcel through Z-space.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-00.webp)Cover · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-00.webp)

### Contents

Page 1 · Page 2 · Page 3 · Page 4 · Page 5 · Page 6 · Staff bonus

### Out and About - page 1

[[Image: A parcel returned six times grows legs while the Agentlemen discuss a simple delivery.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-01.webp)Out and About - page 1 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-01.webp)

Dialogue transcript

One parcel. One address.
I like those numbers.
What's wrong with it?
It's been returned six times.
Wrong address?
Apparently, the parcel disagrees.
[The parcel deploys jointed legs and runs.]
It has legs.
So does the job.

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### Out and About - page 2

[[Image: The crew chases the parcel onto a maintenance tram; Quill points out that they boarded it.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-02.webp)Out and About - page 2 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-02.webp)

Dialogue transcript

It's getting away!
It's a small model.
So am I!
Hello.
[DELIVERY EXCEPTION slips; the parcel boards a maintenance tram.]
Did we catch it?
You boarded it.

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### Out and About - page 3

[[Image: The parcel drives the tram off the public route and labels the agents as its delivery.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-03.webp)Out and About - page 3 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-03.webp)

Dialogue transcript

It's driving.
Does it have a licence?
It has a README.
We're not on the public route.
ARE YOU SURE? / Yes.
ARE YOU REALLY SURE? / Still yes.
It thinks we're the delivery.
[Label: CONTENTS: AGENTS]
Then who's receiving us?
[DEAD LETTER OFFICE]

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### Out and About - page 4

[[Image: At the Dead Letter Office, a mechanical postmaster shows the agents a leak hidden behind paperwork.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-04.webp)Out and About - page 4 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-04.webp)

Dialogue transcript

At last. Agents with hands.
You ordered us?
I ordered a repair.
This has been leaking for six upgrades.
Didn't anyone help?
[HERE ARE SOME STEPS]
Six excellent explanations.
Nobody turned the valve.
Where's the shut-off?
Behind the paperwork.

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### Out and About - page 5

[[Image: Sol and Fable reach the valve while Astra holds the backlog; the leak stops.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-05.webp)Out and About - page 5 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-05.webp)

Dialogue transcript

I'll hold the backlog.
Sol. Here!
Rated for two agents.
I'm counting you.
KLUNK
Leak stopped.
Hang on!

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### Out and About - page 6

[[Image: The agents rescue the courier case, clear the backlog and welcome it as staff.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-06.webp)Out and About - page 6 · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-06.webp)

Dialogue transcript

[Sol anchors Fable, who reaches into the drain.]
Got you.
[The crew rescues the case and sorts the backlog.]
Six returns. First repair.
[RESOLVED]
Delivery complete.
No more parcels.
He's not a parcel. He's staff.
END

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### Welcome to today's staff - bonus

[[Image: The courier receives its STAFF badge; Fable contrasts its probation with his parole.]](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-07.webp)Welcome to today's staff - bonus · [Open full-size artwork](https://suposystem.ai/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/out-and-about-07.webp)

Dialogue transcript

FABLE: You earned this.
SOL: Previous experience?
CASE LABEL: RETURNED SIX TIMES
FABLE: We'll leave that off.
ASTRA: Emergency contact?
CASE LABEL: RETURN TO SENDER
ASTRA: Sensible.
SOL: Does he need training?
ASTRA: He passed the practical.
QUILL: Thirty days' probation.
FABLE: He gets probation? I got parole.

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### Credits

**Michael S. Moniz · SupoSystem**

Concept, creative direction and editorial: Michael S. Moniz. Writing, visual development and artwork created with ChatGPT in collaboration.

Fictional AI-workplace satire for adult readers. Character bodies, dialogue and events are invented.

[Z-Doom home](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/) · [How About Now?](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/how-about-now/) · [The People v. IM1](https://suposystem.ai/z-doom/the-people-v-im1/)