After the terrible fire in the kitchen, the entire room had to be refurbished. Luckily the carpenters and electricians in SimVille are able to do the job in one day. Once done, Dr. Amore called a company meeting.
"The fire department investigators have concluded that the fire was not caused by faulty wiring.""Then what could have caused it," Dr. Freudjung asked.
"Let's go over the moment. I had just spoken to Dr. Frankenstein in my office when I left for the kitchen so we know where he was.""And I was with Suzy Psychopath in my office," Freudjung added, privately wondering if Suzy would be a reliable witness if need be.
Amore turned to Frankenstein's bride, "Where were you?""Me answer phone," she answered in that strange idiosyncratic way of speaking. "Me say good day to tall man and little girl."
"The Goths!" Dr. Amore smacked his hand against his forehead. "In all the excitement I totally forgot they had been here." Suddenly something else came to his mind. "Wait a minute, I just remembered something. I had sent Cassandra in here to help herself to a juice box while I spoke with her father.""Do you think she may have seen something," Frankenstein queried.
"Do you think she may have done something," said Freudjung. "It's no secret that the poor thing's parents are experiencing marital problems. Sometimes when children are under such stress, they act out in extreme ways.""You're saying Cassandra Goth is a pint-sized arsonist."
Freudjung held up her hands. "I'm not making any diagnosis--""The Goth's are pretty rich," Frankenstein pointed out. "If the daughter is responsible for the damages to our property, her parents owe us reparations."
"Wait," Freudjung tried to interrupt. "We have no proof--"Amore slammed his fist down on top of the table. "Let's sue!"
Frankenstein joined in. "I concur. Let's sue!""Sue! Sue!" Bride was simply repeating what everyone else seemed to be saying.
"Wait! Wait!" But no one heard Dr. Freudjung over the shouts.
After her hair-raising experience, Ginia Kat went straight to the only man she thought would take her seriously. Unfortunately she was so rattled by what she saw that she could only blurt out unconnected words.
"Oh Father, demons! Blood! Tongue! Elevator platforms! Fire! Damnation! Rock and roll!""Hold on there, Mrs. Kat. I can't understand what you're trying to tell me. Calm down, calm down. Would it help if I made you a nice cup of tea?"
"There's no time, Father! You must grab your holy water and Bible to fight the army of darkness that's moved into our neighborhood!""Mrs. Kat, please! Explain yourself. What are you talking about?"
"Demons, Father. I went to welcome a new family that had moved in and what answered the door was the most vile, wicked creature ever to be thrown up from the depths of Hell itself! Father, you must do something!""Alright, alright. Why don't you go home and calm down. I'll go over to the new neighbors and see for myself what's going on. Perhaps this is all a misunderstanding. Maybe what you saw was someone trying on a Halloween costume. Or maybe they're actors."
"Ack! That's even worse than demons! You--you will be careful, won't you, Father?""Don't forget who's on my side, Mrs. Kat."
"Mommy, Daddy did the strangest thing today..."
"Not now, Cassandra. Mommy is trying to fix dinner for Daddy's very important party tonight."
"But he came and picked me up--"
"Go upstairs and put on your nice dress, honey."
"But he took me--"
"CASSANDRA! Can you not once do what I ask you to do?!? Do you not see that I am busy cooking?!? Please, for once in your life behave!"
At that exact same moment Suzy Psychopath was relishing her new home provided by the SimVille Institution For The Criminally Insane.
"At long last, my own home! It may not be much to other people, but to me this is heaven. No more hospital gowns and padded rooms. Now I can wear whatever I want, go wherever I want, do whatever I want. And color! I'll have lots of color! I'll show Dr. Freudjung and the rest of them at the Institution. I will lead a normal life."
"That's right, Suzy. You'll live like a normal person, and I'll help! Hee hee."
"N-no. No! Not you!""It's me, your old friend Sicko the Clown, here to turn that smile into a frown! Oh, wait, it's supposed to be the other way around. Hee Hee."
"NO! You're not here! The doctors all say you're a figment of my imagination. You're. Not. Here. I do not see you. I do not hear you.""Of course you do, silly Suzy. You and me are friends until the bitter end. We'll have great fun together. Hee hee."
"NOoooooooooo......"
Meanwhile, Father O'Sim's true colors come out...
"Master! Master!""What are you doing here, Father O'Sim? I did not summon you."
"My Master, I was worried. Ginia Kat--""Is that the woman who smells like cat urine all the time?"
"Yes. Ginia Kat came to the orphanage in a hysterical state. From what I could get out of her, she had encountered a demon. She wanted me to get my holy water and banish the evil.""Ha, ha, ha. Foolish woman. It takes more than holy water to get rid of demons."
"I thought perhaps she had accidentally discovered your whereabouts and would expose you to the world.""That's impossible. I have a Shadow Spell cast over this house. No nattering ninkampoop can stumble across my domain. Still, this does have me curious as to what she did see."
"You don't have any other demons living in the neighborhood, do you?""If I do that's my business!"
"Forgive me, Master! I did not mean to question you! I-I was only trying to figure out what it was Ginia Kat saw that has her so rattled. Shall I investigate?""No, I shall send my faithful fiend Gargoyle to discover the truth."
"I am faithful as well," O'Sim whined. "I can move about the neighborhood more freely...""Those are my orders!" the Dark One bellowed.
O'Sim trembled in fear. "Yes, Master! Yes! I hear an obey.""Now go, before someone sees you."
