Little-Man: Quandary of Youth (Part 1)

A precocious post-grad student (Mr. Satan), Slovak-Algerian reader of the Fountain of Youth, makes 'wage' that Florida-state discovery of immortality is keratin.

Fountain of Youth trilogy. Happy Summer Friday, all 

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"Mr. Amlan Satan, Slovak-Algerian fan of ice-hockey, had learned of the fabled Fountain of Youth, a cryptic body-of-water said to afford any drinker eternal youth/immortality and thought to be located somewhere in Florida. Because of an innate interest in Florida ice-hockey, Mr. Satan decided one day, at a hotel-lounge (Inn-Express), to make a quest for this body-of-water, convinced all he'd have to do, as an American Homeland post-grad student, was travel to the Orange-State (Facebook-like)."

GUIDE: The great explorer of the past sought this water at any cost, Mr. Satan.

SATAN: I know it's here...somewhere in Florida...and I'll find it (damn).

GUIDE: Well, there's lots of waters in Florida, and there's much swamp-area.

SATAN: I know it's either a lake or some swamp-hidden internal water (damn).

GUIDE: What will you do?

SATAN: I'll carry some Holy Water (for faith/humility); drink from the Fountain!

GUIDE: Godspeed, sir; immortality is a 'thing' of a magician's kite, surely.

SATAN: Selfie-like (for doubt).

"Well, Mr. Satan was convinced he'd search all around Florida, around its waters and swamps and streams, seeking some sense of sensibility that he'd find the right-stuff shape of shockwaves to indicate to his own spirited mind that he'd stumbled upon the fabled/magical Fountain of Youth (for leviathan/uncertainty). When he was a young man, he liked wagering what teams would make it to the Super Bowl; and now, as an adult-explorer, he thought this quest would make for great stories for a social media charm...or phone (hmmm)."

WAITRESS: You seek the Fountain of Youth, sir?

SATAN: You see my napkin doodle-scribbles and notes, lady.

WAITRESS: My girlfriend was bloody-murdered last month, sir (damn).

SATAN: That's an American tragedy, to be sure...thanks for telling me.

WAITRESS: Maybe your discovery would bring her back from the grave, sir.

SATAN: She's buried in Florida?

WAITRESS: What will you do with such water/discovery, friend?

SATAN: Maybe I'll come back to see ya...take you to your friend's tombstone, ha.

WAITRESS: That's an American promise (Selfie-like).

"Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about" (Ralph Waldo Emerson). 

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"Money is everything" (Ecclesiastes)