diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 133cbba..e51fc87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "shortid": "^2.2.8",
     "style-loader": "^0.18.2",
     "webpack": "^3.5.4",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^2.7.1"
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^2.7.1",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index e4848ba..504cfa3 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -59,17 +59,25 @@ const onComposeChange = store.actionFactory( payload => ({
   payload,
 }));
 
-const onSendMessage = store.actionFactory( state => ({
+const createMessagePayload = (text, self) => ({
   type: 'ADD_MESSAGE',
 
   payload: fromJS({
     id: shortid.generate(),
-    name: 'You',
-    avatar: 'http://assets.rikerchat.joshdavidmiller.com/troi.jpg',
-    self: true,
-    text: state.getIn([ 'compose', 'message' ]),
+    name: self ? 'You' : 'Riker',
+    avatar: `http://assets.rikerchat.joshdavidmiller.com/${self ? 'troi' : 'riker'}.jpg`,
+    self,
+    text,
   }),
-}));
+});
+
+const onSendMessage = store.actionFactory(state => (dispatch, getState) => {
+  dispatch(createMessagePayload(state.getIn(['compose', 'message']), true));
+  fetch('https://api.rikerchat.joshdavidmiller.com/messages/random')
+    .then(response => response.json())
+    .then(response => createMessagePayload(response.message, false))
+    .then(action => dispatch(action))
+});
 
 const render = state => ReactDOM.render(
   <App
diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index cb06ed7..da7e206 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -10,11 +10,18 @@ const StorePrototype = {
     return this.state;
   },
 
-  dispatch ( action ) {
-    this.state = this.reducer( this.state, action );
+  _dispatch(action) {
+    this.state = this.reducer(this.state, action);
     this.notify();
   },
 
+  dispatch(action) {
+    if (typeof action === 'function') {
+      return action((...args) => this.dispatch(...args), () => this.getState);
+    }
+    return this._dispatch(action);
+  },
+
   actionFactory ( fn ) {
     return ( ...args ) => this.dispatch( fn( ...args, this.state ) );
   },