LEGAL JUNK: Gargoyles belongs to the Great Mouse,
LEX: We belong to Stuart Little?
Good View and the Mighty Greg W.
KINGCOBRA: Did anyone else notice that 'Mighty' was capitalized?
Final Fantasy (if it�s still in this series at all) belongs to Square
GOLIATH: Circle.
BROOKLYN: Triangle.
ELISA: Octagon.
Enix. The character Nicalex belongs to my friend, Pendragoness.
KINGCOBRA: The long lost half-sister of Arthur Pendragon's drunken scottish uncle who got a little too frisky with a bar wench.
The good stuff
(KINGCOBRA starts drooling.)
(ie. everything else) belongs to me, Byrdie Fae (kidding :p)
BROOKLYN: (Byrdie) And any moments of headache-inducing implausibility will also belong to me!
WARNINGS: Blood...swordfights...slash (m/m, f/f?)...all the good stuff your parents warned you about.
(KINGCOBRA salivates even more.)
EYE-CATCHING BLURB: The first part is in my horrible French
LEX: Oui, Amante.
...in past tense...
GOLIATH: To before Brittney Spears kissed Madonna on live TV.
bear with me.
(KINGCOBRA starts growling like a Grizzly.)
ECB2: I don't know what the heck happened to my archive account,
KINGCOBRA: Puck's spell to teach Alex how to use an account went badly.
but I'm not getting a response from Guandalug. Not to say it's their fault, they have lives...but I'm impatient ^_^;;; Don't worry, it's the same weirdo writing this stuff...
"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness.
And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast which was full of names and blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet,
and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup
full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication."
�Revelations, 17:3-4�
(KINGCOBRA ignores the religious referrence.)
Il �tait un fois un pr�tre et une pr�tresse, la s�ur jumelle du pr�tre. Ensemble, ils et beaucoup de domestiques ont v�cu dans le Palais Cristal et ils ont prot�g� les gargouilles, les humains et les personnes de chat de la Plan�te Array.
KINGCOBRA: (trying to translate) Uh... Your pretty ensemble can domesticate a gargoyle protege while being watched by humans as we chat at Hollywood Planet...??
Le nom du pr�tre �tait Sumner. Il �tait un magicien de la mort et extr�mement sage. De tous le jours, il observerait le Jet de la Vie et il enregistrerait l�histoire de la Plan�te. La pr�tresse a �t� appel�e Sable. Elle �tait le Ma�tre des Armes d�Array, et par cons�quent, elle �tait un soldat puissant et une femme tr�s f�roce.
KINGCOBRA: My Mom last summer saw a Magician became the master of excitement on a Jet that crashed into the planet accompanied by a Maitre D who was fierce?
(Everyone is confused.)
Cependant, Sumner et Sable �taient seuls. Leur m�re et leur p�re sont morts il y a beaucoup d�ann�es et les jumeaux �taient tr�s tristes en effet. Et il y a deux ans, leur s�ur plus �g�e les a laiss�s pendant un festival. Elle est toujours disparue... [1]
KINGCOBRA: An incompetent summer group of seals had a beaucomp and it had an effect on a soccer festival...???
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He gazed out the window,
BROOKLYN: Angela was stripping in front of the window across the way.
now taking off his horn-rimmed reading glasses and rubbing his head
(KINGCOBRA raises an eyebrow.)
from his slight headache. The skewed nights were, even for a native of this world, were fantastic in their end,
LEX: Harry Potter had turned Demona into Ronald McDonald.
the sudden burst of light over the tips of the mountains
BROOKLYN: Ahhhhh!!!! It's a UFO!!!
like shining gold. However, he sudden shine over the land hurt his eyes, as used to his studies and they were,
KINGCOBRA: "And they were"? And they were what?!
and planned not to stay there by the window for all too long.
LEX: The bratty six year old down the street had hit him with his slingshot and a rock last time he did.
With a sigh, he pressed his first two fingers to his lips and
KINGCOBRA: Promptly bit them off.
blew the sunrise a mournful kiss then turned back to the remaining darkness of his study.
BROOKLYN: He had a secret stash of Playboys lying on his bed.
Tucking a long bang of dark hair behind his ear, he sat down quietly behind his cherry polished desk
KINGCOBRA: And instantly hit the floor as his chair broke beneath his weight.
that was now covered with dust from the volumes upon volumes
LEX: Upon volumes.
of old text and mysteries of the Ancient Dragons. From the pocket of his black robe he revealed
BROOKLYN: Himself to everyone who went by the window, and is quickly arrested. The End.
a Dragon/Arrayan dictionary and set it up on the desk
KINGCOBRA: He didn't know how to spell "Cat".
then opened up a much older looking book, on the front saying "Era of the Black Fyre" in Dragon [2]. If you or I were to look at this script
LEX: We could have it turned into a Hollywood blockbuster and make millions!
and pronounce it as a native speaker, we would hear looking but an assortment of grunts, spits and hisses
BROOKLYN: Because Taz had just walked in.
that would strike fear into the hearts of lesser men � he, in truth, spoke Dragon speech
(KINGCOBRA STARTS HISSING LIKE A DRAGON.)
with a beautiful quality only found in the most eloquent Red Dragon.
LEX: The Dragon befriended Hannibal Lecter.
Not that we would know that. And neither did Mr. Amadeus.
"Must you sing those horrible songs while I wait upon you, Ma�ter Sumner?"
BROOKLYN: (Maiter Summer) Yes, I must.
Mr. Amadeus, the sunrise-watcher�s withering majordomo wondered aloud, clearly forgetting his place and the extra texts that he carried in his old, wrinkled Cat hands. "I may be old,
KINGCOBRA: (Amadeus) But Hudson is even older.
HUDSON: Och!
but as a Cat, I have sensitive ears � a-and a bad heart..."
KINGCOBRA: Bad Heart! Go find the corner!
"And as your master, I shall not tolerate such arrogance in my majordomo..."
BROOKLYN: (Amadeus) But I am fully appreciative of it.
Sumner, the High Priest, hissed under his breath
KINGCOBRA: (Summer) Damn! I'm out of Tic-Tacs!
as he flipped through another page in the dusty book, pushing his glasses higher upon his nose. "See if your �sensitive ears� may hear that, and if you may recollect it later..."
BROOKLYN: Then you must ignore it.
"My Lord, I beg forgiveness, for I have exciting news."
KINGCOBRA: (Priest) I got lucky with an altar boy!
"What could you possibly have to tell to me that would prove so...�exciting�?"
LEX: Just that your house is on fire.
The priest�s voice was low and deadpan, motioning behind him so that the ancient Cat would go away. "Can't you see that I am engaged in another matter?"
BROOKLYN: I must kill this pesky fly first. Everything else is secondary.
"Il est au sujet de votre s�ur plus �g�e. There is word of her." [3]
KINGCOBRA: (John Travolta) Grease is the word, is the word that you heard... It's got groove, it's got meaning...
"...Who..." Sumner stood slowly from the desk, not turning, and removed his glasses.
LEX: (Summer) Ahhh!!! Must... keep... glassess... spotless!
They disappeared in a ball of blue flame at his fingertips without a thought. "...Who would have such news?"
BROOKLYN: Jon Stewart.
"Madame Bleu of the Western Continent�s Minor Mountain Range..." the shriveled majordomo
KINGCOBRA: Who was shriveled after spending an entire week in a swimming pool.
replied, his voice quivering a little with his old age. "I will admit, she is but a lonely hermit woman and a bit of an eccentric... but she has dedicated her
LEX: Piano to Bugs Bunny.
� the last chapters of her life to finding your sister for you. The least you could do is listen...."
KINGCOBRA: (Summer) I'm sorry. Did you say something?
"And she has told this to you?" Sumner thought about this for a few moments.
BROOKLYN: (Summer, thinking) If I tie one end of the rope around my neck, and the other end to a tree branch that's twenty feet off the ground, then jump off the same branch... I will bring a merciful end to this fic.
Those in the Western Continent were not always to be trusted,
LEX: They had mooned him last time he visited.
as it was the site for more wars
KINGCOBRA: Including the Star Wars.
LEX: (Darth Vader) *HUFF PUFF* Luke, I am NOT your father. *HUFF*
BROOKLYN: Episode Two sucked Donkey nads, anyway.
than any other continent, let alone the fact that it was the home of the headquarters of more than three of the world's leading �secret� organizations. And a hermit to top it all off?
LEX: This explains a lot.
KINGCOBRA: The head of the Organization is Howard Hughes?
This stank of suspicion. "How much credit would she have with me?"
KINGCOBRA: Since she spent $250,000 on her card at Spencer's? Not much.
"She is said to have helped many rulers...
BROOKLYN: Including Bill Clinton.
KINGCOBRA: Her first job had been as a White House Intern.
in all of the continents,
BROOKLYN: Except for Canada. They shot at her when she tried.
not just the West, sir. There are many tales...y-you of all people�" Amadeus sputtered, "�you should understand the ripple of truth in any tale and fable."
KINGCOBRA: Summer was still waiting for Aesop's autobiography.
"Aye... that I do..." Sumner sniffed and brushed past his majordomo. "That is very well true...so I may give her audience.
BROOKLYN: (Summer) Hahahahaha! Watch me kidnap the movie-going public!
I must speak with my sister. She will be quite happy."
"Oui, your grace."
KINGCOBRA: (Summer) Grace. There. May we eat now?
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KINGCOBRA: Summer's team won the 2004 Super Bowl.
"Come on, then � I�m beginning to think that you�re getting slower, Nicky!"
LEX: Come on, you sexy thing. Can't you keep up with me??
With a desperate slash to his bottom right,
KINGCOBRA: He became the sole inspiration for Butt Implants.
said blonde Eastern man swung his sword at his far more experienced and talented sparring partner
BROOKLYN: He was fencing with General Custer.
with a short grunt, only catching clean, empty air as the playful adversary dodged expertly. "Lady!" he snorted abruptly, flicking his wrists to keep his heavy sword from clanging into the diamond floor of the courtyard and shattering the delicate end.
LEX: Unfortunately, his sword was too heavy and he lost his grip on it.
KINGCOBRA: (Eastern Man) Now you know my shameful secret. My sword is made entirely of frozen sugar.
"I honestly don't know why you bother to spare with me--you always dance such graceful�" he was cut off with a parry and side swing,
BROOKLYN: (Country Accent) Swing your partner, doe-si-doe.
"� unh, circles around me!"
"Brownnosing doesn�t become you, dear..." The swordsman�s sparring partner, dark haired and voluptuous
KINGCOBRA: (Happily) Hey, this fic just got a hell of a lot better!
with a long, almost rapier-like sword, the hilt cut of black diamonds, laughed heartily and phased out into the air with a gesture of her hand and lip � sword an all, she was gone.
ELISA: (Woman) I have to pick my son up from Daycare. I'll teleport back later.
"I spar with you because I happen to like you, Nicalex," she chortled, out of sight but in the blonde�s mind�s eye.
He narrowed his blue eyes and crouched slightly, holding his broadsword closely to his side as he tried to imagine where the magic lady went. "But...you are always so elusive! ...It�s almost to the point of unfairness."
LEX: Waa.
"That's where you�re wrong, boy!" Nicalex was pulled back by a fold of his tunic under his armor and soon felt the cold sleekness of his dueling partner's blade tapping against his throat.
ELISA: (Woman) I'm sorry, did I scare you?
Still out of sight, the woman laughed heartily, filling the crystalline courtyard with her barking decibels. "Hahaha! No, killing you right now, invisible and from behind, that is what you would call unfair! I'm just showing you a bit of what I like to call �tough love�."
KINGCOBRA: If they every got married and went on a romantic honeymoon, her idea of sex would be hanging him upside down with her sword standing upright just underneath his head.
And Nicalex felt a tiny kiss on his cheek then was sent sprawling over the hard floor, head over heels,
LEX: (Nicalex) Aaahh!! I've been cut in two!
so far that he almost knocked over the pair of handmaidens that had trotted in to offer their services to the lady. "Wagh!"
"Nicalex, tu es si gauche! Idiot!" [4] one of the handmaidens chastised the fallen swordsman, shaking a finger at him as the other merely shook her head at him and hid her laughing grin from him
ELISA: (Handmaiden) Tee Hee hee!
with the hem of her skirt. "Watch where you fall next time or you�ll break something � namely us!"
KINGCOBRA: (First Handmaiden) It's not easy being made of clay, you know!
"I�d like to see you to do this job..." he mumbled, picking himself up and brushing off his knees. "Personal manservant and sparring partner to this lady isn�t all it�s cracked up to be..."
"That usually goes along with the title of �Master of Weapons�, you know, boy." Said lady had reappeared beside her sparring partner, clasping a hand on his shoulder and yanking his up to his feet.
LEX: (Nicalex) Ahh! You dislocated my shoulder!!
"Sit up now � your butt�s making a print."
KINGCOBRA: Hi! My name is Nicalex and my hobby is sitting in wet cement!
Embarrassed, Nicalex looked down with a bright blush coloring his already battle-rosie cheeks. She shrugged and motioned at her female servants. "Well, what is it you're doing here? You know it�s dangerous to be here when I'm whipping Nicky here into shape."
ELISA: (Lady Sable, Schwarzenegger voice) And I'm here to pump (CLAP!) Nicky up!
Even though her knew that he knew she didn't really mean it, Nicalex frowned slightly at that. At least he thought she wasn't being serious. Eh...how vain can she be?
ALL: (Singing.) You're so vain...
"We just oh...actually, we thought we were right on time..." the second maiden started, taking the hem of her dress away from her face
ELISA: (Maiden) *SNIFF* Ahhhh.... smells like cherries...
and clearing her throat. "In time for your bath, Lady Sable."
KINGCOBRA: (Handmaiden) Do you mind if I drop a toaster in your bath first?
"Oh...well, even a warrior needs pampering,"
LEX: They need Pampers???
KINGCOBRA: PAMPERING.
LEX: Oh.
the swords-woman, now identified as Sable, supposed. She unbuckled the sheath of her sword from around her waist and tossing that and her weapon to the first maiden.
ELISA: (Handmaiden) Ahhh, watch it with that!!
"Here, Lucdo, take care of that for me. D�sir�e...to the bath!"
ELISA: (Sable) To the Batcave, Robin!
KINGCOBRA: Da da da da da da da BAT-MANNN!!!
(ALL LAUGH.)
As both of the girls complied with a curtsey each, Sable turned back to Nicalex, a tiny smirk gracing her lips. "At ease � you're going to be off duty for a while."
"Re...really?"
"Sure � grab yourself a soak."
LEX: (Sable) And then bring the soak to me!
He bowed gratefully, hands at his sides and bending at the waist properly. "Thank you very much!"
"Even I can't have my minions having grievances, can I?"
|...back down on the Blue Earth...|
KINGCOBRA: Adam Sandler was winning his first emmy!
Goliath was dreaming...
Dreaming....
KINGCOBRA: (Singing) I'm dreaming... of a white Christmas... just like the ones I used to know...
(ALL HOLD THEIR EARS AND TRY TO DROWN IT OUT.)
He was back to one of the sites that the Life Stream
BROOKLYN: He had been arrested for skinny-dipping in the Stream.
had delivered him to in the last battle...
he thought he was back in Scotland,
LEX: Playing the bagpipes.
BROOKLYN: Aahhhhhh!!! And I thought KingCobra's singing was bad...
KINGCOBRA: Hey!
also as his other dreams brought him to witness his loved ones die over once and again...
LEX: His last family reunion must've been held in Iraq.
the rolling hills and high cliffs with crashing waves down below on the other side of the mountains. He was already up in the air, dancing and making love to the wind
KINGCOBRA: Wow. I've heard of loving the Earth, but that was ridiculous.
with his twists and turns � free to love, free to laugh and free to kiss the sky as was always meant to be.
BROOKLYN: So he was always meant to kiss the sky?
ELISA: How can someone kiss the sky? And I don't mean skydiving.
With a tip upwards of his wing, Goliath started a dive down towards the nearby mountainside, on his way the treetops caressing his body lovingly.
KINGCOBRA: (Goliath) Ahhh.... feel my muscles...
Without much warning, there was a slight increase in weight with a feeling of warmth
BROOKLYN: Cause he'd just finished drinking Mountain Dew.
surging through his and thus the amorous gargoyle looked down.
KINGCOBRA: Into the front window of the onrushing plane.
There, holding onto his hand tightly was Beowolfe, the third figure, a beautiful stranger in his dreams � Goliath couldn't help but laugh aloud at the smaller gargoyle�s nervous smile, obviously not as familiar with the voluptuous body of the wind as he was.
Thusly as the honor was seemingly trusted with him, the lavender gargoyle continued to clasp his hand in Beowolfe�s,
LEX: (as Beowolfe) Hello. Do I know you?
oftentimes drawing him close and guided him through the drafts,
BROOKLYN: (Beowolfe) I've got a fun new game. It's called "Plummet like a rock and die". Wanna play? I'll go first.
both of their bodies drawn into the current of the wind�s passion. Twisting and tumbling on each other,
KINGCOBRA: (Beowolfe) Get yer foot out of my face!
BROOKLYN: (Goliath) Get your tail out of my nose!
they kissed the pitch sky and felt the nothing should split apart their dreamy existence.
KINGCOBRA: Then Elisa showed up and Goliath ditched Beowolfe instantly.
BROOKLYN: (Goliath) See ya!
Soon fervent and thoroughly exhilarated, there was the
KINGCOBRA: Hypnotic.
suggestion of
LEX: Goliath flapping his arms like a seagull and attempting to fly south for the winter.
alighting and Goliath tugged on his companion to draw him down to a rocky side of the mountain that was shrouded in forest.
KINGCOBRA: (Goliath) Hey, Beowolfe, observe the beauty of the rocky mountain....
(BROOKLYN MIMICS THE SOUND OF IMPACT AND BEOWOLFE YELPING IN PAIN.)
KINGCOBRA: (Goliath) Oops. I forgot to warn you not to get too close.
There was a waterfall there with a cave behind it that
LEX: Held a Grizzly Bear within which devoured them.
they decided to veil themselves in with a rather free spirited whim. Passing
KINGCOBRA: Gas.
under the rushing water they grew damp from stray droplets and mist � once hidden they brought themselves together under their wings and shared a friendly kiss and smiles.
ELISA: Remind me to give Goliath a good talking-to after this.
There was a blink in the dream
BROOKLYN: The dream forgot to take its' eye drops.
and they were relaxing on the cavern floor, voices hushed as they spoke of hidden truths, dreams and desires
LEX: Goliath confessed that he'd always wanted to be a manager of a Dairy Queen.
as friends that Goliath would never remember once he was awake and back in the world outside of his dream. Unmemorable jokes, kisses, tears and caresses were shared � then there was a rumbling then a tinkling laughter back in the rear of the cavern that neither party could discern. It grew louder and closer, ringing in their ears and they stood, Goliath blocking Beowolfe away with his dark wing.
BROOKLYN: (Goliath) Hide in the sanctuary of my large wing!
...click-click...click-click...
KINGCOBRA: A Tourist who had gotten lost was trying to take a picture of them, but had no more film.
Those were the sounds of claws tapping over the stone � along with the rumbling, laughter, and new sounds like screams then moans of pleasure and of agony.
BROOKLYN: Sounds like the first time Goliath and Elisa had... mated...
ELISAS: How would you know?
(BROOKLYN REFUSES TO ANSWER.)
From the shadows revealed two creatures, one riding on top of the other.
(KINGCOBRA CLEARS HIS THROAT MEANINGFULLY.)
Goliath froze � out of the darkness stepped out the shaggy wolf monster
BROOKLYN: Oz from "Buffy" in all his canine glory!
that tore him apart in the Life Stream, his eyes glowing brightly of their eerie red light. But riding on the wolf like a pony...riding on the wolf was a blue female gargoyle, petite and dressed in a thin costume of bright reds and jewelry.
ELISA: (Gargoyle female) Hi! I'm the token bare-all slut character!
KINGCOBRA: (Smirks) Though I'm pretty sure Angela would protest that point...
She was very beautiful, though it was hard to tell for sure,
LEX: Her entire body was covered in a tarp from head to toe.
as it was that her face was caked in pasty make up...and blood.
BROOKLYN: Actually, it was cherry filling.
KINGCOBRA: Someone's been TOO invested in pies lately.
Both the beast and the girl were covered in blood, dripping so much that large trails of the life-giving liquid trailed through the cavern like a thick creek and spilled into the waterfall and pool underneath it, staining it.
KINGCOBRA: Whee! Let's go skinny-dipping in all the blood!
(ALL STARE AT HIM LIKE HE HAS THREE HEADS.)
It was like they had turned the water into poisonous wine.
LEX: Jesus was with them?!?
Looking back, Goliath found that his companion that he was shielding had turned quite
pale and looked as though her might faint any moment and fall backwards into the pool below. For safety, the Mystic wrapped his tail about Beowolfe�s waist and a �thank you� was given to him in the form of a smile.
KINGCOBRA: Then a "You're Welcome" was expressed by the Mystic kicking Beowolfe in the balls.
(EVERYONE ELSE WINCES.)
LEX: You have too much free time...
On the other side of the cave the little woman (she did not dress as a girl)
ELISA: She was a tomboy.
gargoyle opened her cherry-red painted lips and to it drew a chalice filled with a milky white liquid that Goliath new was filled with evil and drank from it. After a healthy swig, she laughed and offered the cup to the two on the other side of the cavern and was replied to with disgusted, horror-filled stares. Angry, she threw the evil-filled cup at them �
BROOKLYN: - Which was made of glass. Their faces were cut to pieces. The End.
trying to dodge it, Goliath lost his footing on the slippery floor and tried to balance himself quickly,
(KINGCOBRA STARTS LAUGHING AT GOLIATH'S CLUMSINESS.)
but the wolf monster charged him and rammed both him and Beowolfe off the edge...
KINGCOBRA: Yes!!! GOLIATH'S DEAD!!!!!!!!!
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"Ah...! How exhilarating...."
ELISA: (As Sable) Look, Mom! I'm skydiving!!
Sable had reemerged from soaking under the large swimming pool-sized bath�s dragon-headed waterfall, looking much like a drowned rat but happy and clean. Unlike her brother, she prided herself in being not only the strongest but more lively of the twosome.
BROOKLYN: And the more manly-looking.
And not to mention the most beautiful... she thought as she sat up again in the water, letting the droplets run down her ivory skin and drip from her hair. She stared down at herself in the reflection of the pool �
KINGCOBRA: (Sable) Hmmmm.... I wonder if I should shave my head?
she loved the female body, specially this one, as it was hers [5]. Perfectly round breasts tried to float up above the water and she passed her hands over them. "Heh..." She laughed inside her head as her handmaiden Lucdo blushed brightly and tried to hide her face again in her apron. Another thing for the record: Sable was a horrible tease � she hugged her breasts her herself then reached down into the water,
(KINGCOBRA WONDERS, WITH ANTICIPATION, WHETHER THIS IS GOING TO TURN INTO A PORN FIC.)
feigning to touch herself in the crystal clear water, pretty sure the Lucdo wanted to die at that precise moment. Being a priestess didn't mean that she had to be good.
LEX: If the Pope had an evil daughter...
ELISA: (as Sable) Hahahaha!!! It's MY chcolate-chip cookie, not yours!! Hahahahahahahahaha!!!! I am such a bad girl...
"Hail, Lucdo, you are so mousy..."
KINGCOBRA: (Sable) Go stick your jead in the trap in the corner and see what happens.
Sable grinned and swam back over to the edge to said maiden, along with D�sir�e. She lifted her arms
LEX: Killing them both with her foul underarm stench.
(unintentionally putting her nipples into the spotlight, much to Lucdo�s embarrassment) for her two servants to help her out of the pool. And they took her hands, Sable
BROOKLYN: Slipped and fell back into the pool.
continued with a wink: "That�s right, you haven't been here with us long. Don�t worry, after a while, your eyes will adjust to seeing such beauty..."
ELISA: (Sable) You'll love my new Kirsten Dunst statue in the main hall.
"Y-yes, ma�am..."
"That's good..." Standing fully on the edge of the pool, the warrior woman looked about at the bathing room � at its shining walls and statuettes, pouring steaming water from their mouths or water jugs.
KINGCOBRA: The large window that served as a Peeping Tom's little heaven.
On one of those statuettes was a tiny black dragon with shaggy
LEX: (Dragon) Like, Zoinks, Scoob!
reddish hair, lying about and napping lightly. Sable laughed and went over to the teeny pet, scratching it under his chin. "That�s a good Ciaran..." The dragon's double eyelids flicked open,
BROOKLYN: And it bit her hand off for waking him.
seeming to laugh at being tickled with little sparks of fire shooting from his mouth into the air.
ELISA: Sparks of fire? KingCobra must have been eating burritos again..
(ALL LAUGH WHILE KINGCOBRA JUST GLARES.)
"You're so cute, yes you are!"
At that moment, the shaking voice of Amadeus could be heard from outside the bathing area, in sort of pleading tones. "Please...Ma�tre Sumner, I believe someone is in there...!"
KINGCOBRA: Summer wanted to join her in the bath.
"Then it had better be my sister hadn�t it...?"
KINGCOBRA: Or not.
LEX: Maybe he likes inbreeding?
was the reply and the silver colored curtains were thrust to their respective sides,
ELISA: Getting torn off their curtain rods and falling on Summer in the process.
KINGCOBRA: Summer comically danced around trying to get free while Sable threw her back and laughed.
letting the dark-haired scholar and his majordomo into the bathing area.
ELISA: (Sable) Summer, watch where you're...
(KINGCOBRA MIMICS THE SOUND OF A SPLASH.)
ELISA: (Sable) Never mind.
The handmaiden Lucdo squeaked and looked as though she were to faint, whereas D�sir�e and Sable (the only one that was naked at the time)
(KINGCOBRA STARTS DROOLING AGAIN.)
thought nothing out of the ordinary. Sumner's cheeks were flushed from his haste to find his sister and he clasped his hands. "Sister, Amadeus has told me we have news."
KINGCOBRA: (Travis Marshall) Hello, and thank you for watching WVRN.
"News enough that you had to barge in on me in the bath, brother, have you no shame...?" the priestess said coolly, reached to pat Ciaran on the head then spread her arms to the sides to allow D�sir�e and a shaking Lucdo to bring a robe of black silk around her and tie it about her waist. "I was trying to relax..."
"It is about our sister."
Sable paused, her fine eyebrows flying up in surprise. "...Good news, I hope?"
LEX: (Summer) Well, yes, aside from her hair suddenly catching fire.
At this Sumner frowned slightly, though not angrily. "Amadeus should only hope so."
"You haven't heard it yet? Then what are we waiting for?"
KINGCOBRA: (Summer) We're waiting for that pizza I ordered to get here.
Sable snapped her fingers as an order for the two girls to go and fetch her more clothing that was appropriate for guests. She lifted Ciaran from the statuette and cradled him like a pet cat or a baby, tickling his again under his chin. "This is probably the most exciting thing that�s happened around here in a long time..."
Her brother looked at her incredulously for a moment. "...You are going to leave the pet?"
"By God, you are impossible!"
KINGCOBRA: (Summer) YOU ATE MY PIZZA!!
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Toil, toil, toil...as it seemed, of late, the Manhattan detective had only managed to through herself into her work,
LEX: Shouldn't that be "THROW herself into her work"?!
be it perilous or not. If she ever saw her poor cat,
KINGCOBRA: She'd let a rabid Bronx loose.
Cagney�s memory of Elisa would almost turn fuzzy � were it not for guilt trips artfully placed on her by Matt,
BROOKLYN: She'd had guilt trips of replacing Cagney's cat food with the generic, brand-name kind.
he wouldn't have seen her at all. Be that as it may, don't get the lady wrong � she already possessed a never-ending work ethic...but this was unusual, even for Elisa. And what worried all was that this had only happened before a little over two months ago. What could have caused this manic depression?
KINGCOBRA: Elisa had staggered into the station after taking Antihistamines.
It didn't take an analysis of her hormonal activity to know. Goliath was what happened.
BROOKLYN: (To Lex.) Told you. You owe me Ten bucks.
LEX: (grumbling.) Dammit! (digs through a pocket in his loincloth.)
So she had no hidden reason anymore...to be jealous of the clan�s newest member � his new friend � Lenna. And she could no longer use the term lightly, in tame sarcasm. The Mystic took away the only tangible excuse to be bitter by coming out to her
(KINGCOBRA STARTS PONDERING THE ODDS OF SEEING GUY ON GUY ACTION.)
last time she was at the Castle...kinda. It wasn't a real admittance to anything, but it could only make Elisa start to believe it wasn't that kind of fight.
Elisa wished that she could be happy about it. But even if it wasn't Lenna or Ruby or anyone...she felt more and more as though he were being ripped away from her.
A deep thought to have while you�re trying to organize the array of white, pink and yellow papers on your shared desk, but the detective had it. There was just something that had seeped into Goliath's head
KINGCOBRA: Which was empty the rest of the time.
that was either killing him or turning him insane at one point. She didn't know if he was getting better or not, she hadn't been around...she didn't think there would ever be a time that she wouldn't be around�
He�d told her to go away. And she did. And she didn't dare turn back.
But I want to... she mumbled quietly in her head, pushing the bottom drawer of the desk in to hide the mess.
LEX: (Elisa) I hope no one saw Wiggles, the constipated hamster in my desk drawer.
|...later...|
Quitting time, and Elisa felt a bit helpless. She was sure that she completely filled Cagney�s bowl,
KINGCOBRA: But discovered too late that she was wrong after arriving home. The clan mourned Cagney at a private sea-side ceremony at the Hudson River.
BROOKLYN: Yeah, Cagney ended up as Fish Food.
and all the paper work done. She just visited Mom and Dad yesterday, and Derrick
KINGCOBRA: (Derrick) Hey, Sis! How's the above world doing?! *HACK* 'Scuse me... got a big honking hairball... *HAAACKKKKKK!!!*
before going on shift at all that night. She supposed that she had the time to do just about anything she wanted to...
ELISA: Visit the clan? Check. Have sex with Goliath? Check. Get drunk and stagger around naked on the Manhattan sidewalks? Double check.
Sleep! That�s it... she thought as she turned the ignition key in her car.
LEX: The car had a triggered bomb underneath it. The End.
A nice eight-hour rest for once and she'd be feeling absolutely at the top of her game...or would she? Stepping on the gas, Elisa pondered on that. Keeping up with a lone taxi, she and her car trudged along with late, late night-early morning traffic, past a bit of the near-sleepy business section.
KINGCOBRA: (Elisa) Hi! Wanna have a real-life simulation of Crazy Taxi?! Let's go!
"Just a little nap-arooski and I�m back on my feet again...that...having followed a little visit,
BROOKLYN: From the Tooth Fairy!
of course..."
That last part of her plan was added upon impulse, however. And that was due to having followed the cab, they ended up at a red light that was right in front of the Aerie building, and some feeling arose in her throat that soon plummeted down to pull at her heart.
ELISA: *URP* I KNEW I shouldn't have eaten that beef and bean burrito...
As corny as it sounds as it is written and in Elisa's head, that's more or less what had happened. She looked around cautiously and found a break in traffic (and a parking space beside the sidewalk, how lucky was that in New York?) and parked carefully. Stepping out of the car, she felt too small. "Well...time to carpe noctem..." She chuckled a little at her lame joke as she walked in the building.
She couldn't tell immediately who was in the castle or not just by stepping lightly through the hallways, dark as it was. There wasn't much movement around her at all as far as she could tell.
BROOKLYN: We were playing a game called "Let's Hide In The Dark And See If The Dingbat Detective Can Find Us!"
It was actually a bit reminiscent of when she investigated the castle
KINGCOBRA: While tripping on LSD.
by herself for the very first time...creepy. "Hey, a sign of life would be nice!" she called out to no one in particular. There were some heavy, wet sounds and Bronx came bounding out from around a corner happily.
BROOKLYN: (Bronx) Arf Arf! Roes Risa 'ave Roggy Reats?
"C�mere, boy...!" Elisa urged, clapping her hands. She rubbed his head, scratching lightly behind the quadruped gargoyle�s ears. Bronx panted then whined a little. "Aw, I guess Hudson's not here, huh?" And apparently he wasn't here. Or he would have protested bluntly against the loud sounds coming from up the hall, and not from his television set:
KINGCOBRA: Actually, Hudson IS there. He just fell asleep watching Jerry Lewis.
Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It�s haunting how I can�t seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I�m convinced
that there�s just too much pressure to take)
I�ve felt this way before
So insecure
(KINGCOBRA BLINKS IN SURPRISE, HIS ENTIRE BEING SUMMED UP IN ONE SONG.)
"Hmm..." It must have been coming from Brooklyn's room, taking advantage of the supposed solitude by trying to blast his eardrums out.
BROOKLYN: Help! I lost my eardrums!!
It was curious � she could have sworn she'd heard this before. "C�mon boy..." She gave Bronx's ears one last scratch and started her way past the closed door, her own ears aching slightly as the sheer decibels:
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real [6]
KINGCOBRA: Hey, I like this song. Who's the artist?
How depressing... he hadn't been really sociable ever since Goliath broke down.
LEX: Goliath had had to hitchhike back and called Triple A when he was back at the Eyrie.
Thus it was like him stepping down and Angela taking over for the time being.
BROOKLYN: Hey, wait a second! What happened to me being Goliath's second?!
KINGCOBRA: He demoted you after catching you with that naked picture of Angela and a jar of Vaseline.
Instead of feeling a bit squeamish or scowling slightly like any other one of the door�s passer byes at the loud or upsetting music, she just nodded politely at it and moved on.
LEX: Until she was alone. Then she started giggling like a lunatic and started shaking with excitement.
Like she hoped Brooklyn would be able to one day. One day soon.
There was another room, its door slightly ajar, that the two encountered on their way farther down into the castle, recognized to be Goliath's personal room and part time infirmary.
KINGCOBRA: Goliath always made sure that Alex wasn't around before inviting Elisa over.
"Well...." She peeked in through the crack of the door to see that the Mystic was in there, but not sure what was going on. But she was sure that he wasn�t moving.
LEX: (Elisa) Mystic? What are you doing in there? Are you doing your mime rehearsals again?
That thought seeped into her brain and she couldn't help but be alarmed slightly. More than slightly. Hell, a part of her was terrified.
KINGCOBRA: (Elisa) Ahhh!!! Three week old Swiss Cheese!
Elisa edged the door open little by little, shushing the dog-goyle by her side to be quite,
LEX: Quite what?
KINGCOBRA: Quite heated, with all the leg humping he was doing.
ELISA: (Herself) Bad Bronx! Leave my leg alone!
which he whimpered at. "Shh..."
There he was, on the bed, sitting up by the headboard and slumped over slightly.
KINGCOBRA: (Goliath) *HIC* S-Shay, where did shat bossle of mine go? (HIC!)
She silently thanked God when she saw that his chest was heaving up and down as he breathed. Gulping a little, however, Elisa shooed Bronx away gently and walked around the bed slowly � there was like a miniature war going on in her brain.
LEX: If Saddam Hussein was an atom.
He told you to leave. He was a little crazed when he said that. You don't want to make him angry.
BROOKLYN: Cause you wouldn�t like to see him angry.
But you don't want to leave him alone, either... her feelings said. But hasn't she ignored her feelings a bit too long by now? All of them?
She decided to take a seat on the floor right by his side on the bed and sighed.
KINGCOBRA: (Elisa) Hmm� I wonder if I should shave Goliath�s head?
She�d just have to stay there a while...she didn't mind just being there, no speaking. It was better than nothing.
A good three minutes had passed and Elisa turned over on her knee to sit up and stand to look at him...sleeping out of the stone did the gargoyle so much justice. He didn�t suspect anything,
(KINGCOBRA LAUGHS MANIACALLY.)
so there was just peace there. She wondered if he dreamed � if it was in black and white and what about...the detective brushed the single white lock of hair from his forehead, that silvery scar of bad times. With it came a new way of looking at Goliath that even she couldn�t figure out...nor liked all that much.
BROOKLYN: And nor do we care.
The detective traced her fingers over his brow and cheek. His skin even felt different under her touch �
KINGCOBRA: Goliath had placed a bet with Brooklyn that he couldn�t replace himself with a dummy and see how long it would take for Elisa to catch on.
BROOKLYN: Three hours. Goliath owes me ten bucks.
so much that Elisa jumped back a little. It would sound strange, even to her, but it was like he was radiating...somewhat mystified...energy. Don�t ask her how she knew, she just did. But she dared herself to touch him again and felt drawn to him. A shaking fingertip passed over the gargoyle�s bottom lip, then the other with curiosity. Sure...she�d known those lips before...but it was neither gratifying nor really worth remembering, she was sad to admit. ...She wondered if Goliath had felt the same way about it, like she had held some hidden condition for it like some old miser.
No....there�s nothing conditional about it... She was suddenly feeling a bit brave and starting inching closer to him, centimeter by pain-filled centimeter, never minding that Bronx was still in the vicinity. So close...
KINGCOBRA: �to unloading his dog food onto the floor at the sight of Goliath and Elisa� doing stuff.
I wish that I had a way to prove it to you...
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"He had better know what he�s doing..." Sable muttered impatiently. She stood leaning against her throne, rather than sit politely as her brother had done. They were now waiting for their audience with the Western mage to begin, servants piling into the chambers to serve as witnesses. She eyed Nicalex sneaking into the chambers to stand by the other guards,
ELISA: (Sable) Ha! Found you! Now it�s your turn to come and find me!
redressed in a tunic and pants of royal purples and some blacks that were in a native Eastern style � elegant, yet simple enough for a man. Even that observation did little to cheer the priestess� feeling of restlessness. "...And the news had better be good."
Scooting back in his seat, Sumner clasped his hands at his sides, head lowered, looking silent and regal. "I believe that Amadeus values his position..."
KINGCOBRA: What position is it? Missionary?
(EVERYONE GIVES HIM DIRTY LOOKS.)
KINGCOBRA: (Feigning Innocence) What?
Oblivious to such conversations, the withered Amadeus stood before the priestess and priest after delivering a regal bow and wave of his twig-like hand under his bewhiskered chin. "Mes ma�tres..." he intoned, "I would have the greatest honor in presenting to you the wise woman sage for all of the Western Continent, and all others that would wish to seek her on the Minor Mountain Range...Madame Bleu!"
ALL: (Cheers and Applause) YAY! It�s the biggest, oldest Skank in the universe!
Hushed murmuring filled the Crystal courtroom as the huge onyx door on the far wall opened slowly, soundlessly to let in a flood of bright light and with it, a mysterious fog, casting a long, ghost-like shadow upon the floor � a shadow long enough to touch the toes of Sable�s boots at the other end of the long room. Through the mists emerged a tiny woman, shriveled as Amadeus, humpbacked and gnarled. Trailing her tiny, creaking steps was an old robe of tattered blue cloth of many shades, like a monotonous rainbow. Long, wispy ringlets of bluish-silver hair twisted and fell out of her cowl, sometimes tangling in her dark hands � and every step was spoken aloud by the tap-tapping of her knotted staff.
KINGCOBRA: (Ominous) And as I heard the tap-tapping of her staff, there was a loud rap, rap, rapping upon my door.
LEX: (Ditto) And the bird came in, quoting �Nevermore�!
Approaching Sumner and Sable, they found that her breathing was high and raspy, as if it illustrated the state of her hair with sound. Taking the deepest bow that she could manage without bowling over, Madame Bleu regarded with two dignitaries quietly. "...I have news, sire."
LEX: (Crone) I am on my monthly time.
(ALL SCREAM IN FEAR.)
"So we have heard," Sumner replied, feigning boredom to mask the pending excitement in heart to heart about his elder sister. "Please � regale us with your findings, so that we might soon reward you."
"No reward is necessary," the hunched-over woman croaked, wringing her hands against the other. "It is just a simple message, though I am sure that you would find it the greatest import."
LEX: Can it be? Will it FINALLY be revealed what Titania had whispered to Fox??
Sable crossed her arms impatiently over her armored chest, snorting in minor disapproval at the Madame�s chattering. "Well then...if your information is so bloody important, quit your parry and tell us what you have to say, woman."
"Yes..." her brother added, lifting a sharp eyebrow in high suspicion at the old hag. "Tell us, good crone � tell us what you could discover that our own searches and magic could not reveal!"
KINGCOBRA: They�d wanted to know Osama Bin Laden�s exact whereabouts.
BROOKLYN: Who wouldn�t?
"As you deem it so, sire..." Madame set her staff out at an angel away from her body dramatically, her eye narrowed and glassy with the film of old age. Her lips tight against her teeth, she muttered five words that were as potent as any potion or incantation: "Your sister..." At this alone, Sable and Sumner leaned forward in their seats like children, awaiting their presents from an old aunt...
"Scarlet...is dead."
KINGCOBRA: Professor Plum had done it in the Library with the Candlestick!
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Falling...falling...down the river of blood to Deity knows where...
KINGCOBRA: So then, just ask Deity.
His skin was stained red � he was choking on blood in the pressure from above, drowning in the waterfall. Goliath managed to tear his eyes open and through the bloody water saw that while he was pushed off with him, the beautiful stranger was no longer beside him. Twisting around, hard gallons of blood sweeping him away, he saw that the shaggy monster had reached out with its neck and clamped down on Beowolfe by the waist and was crushing him with a messy, delighted grin. Beowolfe didn't move unless shaken by the monster enjoying its catch � trickles of blood running from his beautiful mouth and down into his ears and eyes.
LEX: So long Beowolfe.
The woman-child riding the monster�s back stopped to take another sip of evil from her chalice and screamed down at Goliath. "He belongs to us! No one can have him!" Goliath felt sick and his body went limp against the crashing and tumbling of the waterfall. He would have to have hit the jagged rocks at the bottom and not have to look anymore...
But he never found the bottom...there was blackness all around and he felt suspended in air.
KINGCOBRA: Goliath�s sky-diving parachute had gotten caught on a tree branch.
He didn't even have time to look around and it suddenly felt like he was on fire,
LEX: (Goliath) Ahhh! I�m on FIRE!!
BROOKLYN: (Ditto) Call 911!!
perhaps like he was on the sun itself in its dangerous glory it was so hot. Everything turned white and two figures appeared � one holding up its hand like it was the one suspending him, the other wielding the sword of all swords. It was not obvious that he was going to live through this...and he thought as true as the blade was rammed through his stomach and thrust upwards to his heart....
The scene changed, and he lay dying as he was just wounded so deeply. It was misty, white and cool....
LEX: Did Puck teleport him to Aspen?
Beowolfe was there, looking as though he was never touched, radiant like the moon.
KINGCOBRA: So Goliath smacked him across the back of the head and yelled that he was trying to sleep.
Goliath wanted to reach up and touch him, just to know if he was seeing things or not,
KINGCOBRA: (Goliath) Mmm� yes. Just an illusion. I will discontinue my eggnog addiction now.
but found not the strength to do it. The beautiful stranger felt pity and brushed blood-covered ringlets of hair from Goliath's brow. "...." He said nothing, but his eyes said �I�m sorry�...and upon an unspoken request he leaned down to touch Goliath�s lip with his...
(ELISA STARTS CURSING UP A STORM. EVERYONE LOOKS AT HER.)
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KINGCOBRA: (Football Commentator) Goliath�s severed head went flying over the goalpost! What a brilliant kick! And the fans go wild! The Gargoyle�s surprised expression will be forever remembered by all!
An incredible, tsunami-like silence fell over the court of servants, and Madame Bleu looked satisfied in measurements of shock value. For the first time the history of her being the Master of Weapons, Sable's hand
KINGCOBRA: Moved upwards and cupped her left...
ALL: CAN IT!!
KINGCOBRA: Fine...
grew weak and she dropped her sword,
ELISA: Screaming in pain as the blade went through her foot.
letting it clatter and clang on the diamond floor, ringing throughout the brains of all in the room like a premonition of chaos to come.
KINGCOBRA: Then the ceiling randomly and inexplicably collapsed on all of them.
Sumner�s already pallor countenance faded to an icy, film-like color, his hands clenched tightly onto the arms of his throne, eyes lowered and twitching.
BROOKLYN: (Summer) The Gnomes... stole my underpants!!
The Mystics had broken their record of passiveness. The only other sounds were from some of the servants in the back sniffling, and another whispering, "My God..."
"I should take my leave now..." the sorcerer woman rasped, lowering her cane and tucking her robes closer around her tiny, humped body
KINGCOBRA: She had the body of a Humped Back Whale?
and turning away from the dignitaries. However there was a sudden rush and Madame Bleu's path was blocked by the shut door and was soon surrounded by Nicalex and two other guards. "Halt, crone!"
LEX: (Nicalex) You may not leave until you hand over my cigarettes!
Taken up by the flash of action, Sable found voice once again, nodding her head to have her dropped sword fly up into her opened hand. Her face set with a scowl and pointing her gleaming blade at the crowd surrounding the mage, the priestess of the world glared and ordered evenly: "Bring her to us."
"What is the meaning of this?" Sumner asked calmly as the old woman was brought up forcefully by the three guards and held up in front of the priest and his sister. "What...how is it that you know this...this terrible news?!"
ELISA: Women�s Intuition?
Madame Bleu smiled to herself briefly. "My good Priest of All..." she responded thickly, wrenching her arms from the soldiers. She straightened her tattered robes and sat her stuff up perpendicular to the diamond floor. "It was a simple matter of following her...�magic scent�, if you will."
KINGCOBRA: (Madame Bleu) I�d sprinkled cinnamon in her hair!
"How bold!" the priestess snarled, gripping her sword tighter in her hand. "You say that as if we haven't tried! That was the first thing we thought of � you are a liar!"
"Ah...that may be true you thought of it...." the sorcerer lady muttered, more or less ignoring Sable�s accusations. "But did you follow it so far...far across the galaxy?"
(KINGCOBRA STARTS GETTING �STAR WARS� FLASHBACKS.)
Silence rushed over the crowd once again.
"The...the galaxy...?" Sumner stammered quietly. "Crone, speak now of this following you did, or I swear I should have your neck for this."
"Do not be testy, Master Sumner..." Madame Bleu tapped her staff on the floor twice
BROOKLYN: Those damn ants!
and the knotted end of it at the top started to glow with a soft, bluish-white light, like a mirror of crystal. Inside was an image that seemed to turn the entire viewing area black...Madame Bleu muttered some words in Dragon (and it was fortunate that none other than the priest and priestess heard her, else the entire court would have run out screaming),
KINGCOBRA: After sitting through this fic, I�d like to do the same thing to curb my boredom.
and the tiny image emerged slowly from the crystal ball-like knot and was stretched out like a miniature movie screen, suspended in the air in front of the siblings.
On the screen was a large sphere, pulsating with great yellow-colored energy carrying two creatures, both unrecognizable through the glasslike surface of the ball. Soon there was a close up of a leather pouch and after that, a small, flat stone that glowed a dull red.
Was that... "...a Dilu Stone...?" was all that the priest could mumble to himself.
"Yes...your sister was in there," Madame Bleu replied tersely. "And they all eventually landed and traveled along the Blue Earth...and it was there that she was killed."
KINGCOBRA: Yokozuna had body-slammed her!
Sumner�s heart sank into his stomach and he covered his eyes with a quivering hand, feigning weariness to shoddily hide his tears. However, shaken, Sable was not as dwarfed by her own grief. "I don't care when...and I don't care why...but how?" She sheathed her sword and placed a hand on her brother�s now trembling shoulder. "How...and by whom? Who would be as so bold and so stupid as to even touch my sister?!"
"This gargoyle." The scene changed within the screen to reveal the image of a purple-colored gargoyle dressed in rags, sitting on a bed and being kissed by a dark-haired, human woman. A gargoyle...of the Blue Earth... "This gargoyle is like none that I have ever laid my eyes upon before...releasing power he turned you sister to ice and she shattered into a thousand sparkles."
BROOKLYN: (Sister) Hello, my dear sister! How do you like my ice sculp � WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY ICE SCULPTURE!!!??!!!!!
"Get out..." Sumner had first growled softly underneath the protection of his hand-but as his sadness grew more heated, so did his words. "Get out...you are a liar, old crone, get out! BE AWAY WITH YOU!"
ELISA: Go to the store and get my loaf of bread!
The old sorcerer woman was not moved by this display of passion, but rather amused by it. There was a raspy, chuckling sound from deep within her throat and she wrapped her worn, blue rainbow negligee around herself
KINGCOBRA: (Bleu, choking) (GAG)� Must� loosen negligee� (CHOKE)�
in a short bow. "If you so desire, Master Sumner, Priest of All...Friend of the Dead..." She spread her arms away from her and the doors to the Hall opened slowly to let in the mist and brightness again so they whole court had to cover their eyes.
ALL: Ahhhh!!!!! DUST CLOUD!!!!!!!
"Just a word of caution," she added, shuffling back through the huge doors. "He is more powerful than he seems. In fact, you should give him a deal of respect...for he could be more powerful than you."
LEX: Especially his breath.
KINGCOBRA: Dude had too many burritos.
Before Sumner leapt out of his chair to scream at the woman again, she vanished and the doors leaked out no more mist, but showed the way out into the ordinary hallway of sapphire-like stone. He stood for several minutes, just listening to himself breathe in front of his servants, feeling like his world was going to spin him around like a top. It was here that Nicalex and Amadeus, as higher-ranking servants to the priest and priestess took the initiative to route out the rest of the crowd to allow the siblings some privacy.
KINGCOBRA: (Grins) Oh, yeah. Now it�s gonna turn R-rated.
"Should I remain stationed by the Hall, Mistress?" the blonde soldier asked quietly as Lucdo and Amadeus were leaving with a few other stragglers.
"No...just go, all of you," she replied wearily and she finally took her own seat at the throne by her brother's side. Once her personal servant and sparring partner was gone, she turned to her brother with a tiny movement of her head to find his wiping away his tears with his sleeve. "You weren't so emotional when Mother and Father died."
KINGCOBRA: Dammit! Son of a BITCH!!
"They were my parents, yes...but their deaths were natural and honorable. And it�s none of your business..."
"So be it..." Sable slumped down into her seat, crossing her arms over her chest in contemplation. "...The Blue Earth...it�s a wonder. I thought those were only trickster tales."
"You believe in the Dragons, but not another world?" her brother asked with a terse pinch in his voice.
BROOKLYN: (Sable) No, sorry. I don�t watch soaps.
"I have seen a Dragon, not another world. But that is not the issue...but what is the issue, what if the hag is right? What are we to do?" She sat up to touch her brother's hand. "We don't know how to get there. And...and how is it that he is so powerful to have supposedly done this thing...?"
"I don't know...I don't know..." Sumner gently forced his hand from hers and stepped down from his throne. He walked through the hall, glancing up at the walls. He stopped at one stained glass window in particular that held perhaps what was his favorite image.
KINGCOBRA: An artist�s rendition of Demona naked and getting out of the tub.
LEX: Is there a rendition of what happened right after?
KINGCOBRA: Nope. Poor guy didn�t live long enough to make one.
It was a man with the body of a human, but the horns and wings of a powerful dragon, brown skin and long shiny back hair. His eyes were a sharp lavender color and had a reddish-yellow disk encrusted in his broad forehead, with two curled, gleaming horns pointing back on his head. He was clothed in dark colors of black and reds and royal purples � colors that belied the light and goodness that he was known for � holding a mighty spear.
KINGCOBRA: If Hercules had been a Gargoyle.
"I simply do not know...."
"Well we must know something!" Sable made a small sound that would be recognized and a sob in her throat that she was trying hard to hide. It wasn't working, but it made her feel better to try. "I would want vengeance for this injury to our name!"
"And within reason, we shall have it...come, my sister. Come down here and pray with me, please." She complied and took of her sword and sheath to join her brother by the stained glass window where they dropped to their knees slowly and joined hands. "We shall leave the first matter to the hands of the Spear-Wielder...then, dear sister, we shall find our way."
BROOKLYN: Or die by the sword of Allah!
ALL: Praise Allah!
"By God...I hope that you're right, brother..."
KINGCOBRA: (SABLE) But, frankly, I doubt it.
"God is very wondrous, He will find a way...Lord Gharadyne, we beseech thy guidance..."
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She felt movement beneath her and her courage waned dramatically. Elisa drew back away from him quickly � she hadn't expected for Goliath to wake up...
KINGCOBRA: She'd expected him to be in a coma.
she didn't know if this was a good or a bad thing, but it was straight out the movies or a fairy tale...or both.
BROOKLYN: Or Shrek.
She had taken about five large steps backwards, almost crashing back into Bronx, who was lying on the ground, covering his head with his taloned paws. "Oh..."
Goliath, however, had only known warmth on his lips, and he reached up to touch this strange tingling sensation that rested on them. He�d known it a few times...and now was confused. What had happened? Was his dreams becoming more real as he dreamed them? Who had drawn him out of that bittersweet nightmare...?
KINGCOBRA: Phil Collins.
Looking up, the gargoyle found Elisa who looked as though she could bolt out of the room the moment he coughed.
ELISA: (Herself) Oh, that�s a bad cough, honey. Let me flee to Canada and get you some. Might be a long, long time, though�
For a moment, he rested the tip of his tongue and font teeth on his bottom lip tentatively. Be it that it was her � she tasted sweet...the look he gave her wasn�t of disgust, nor was it of surprise or gratitude.
KINGCOBRA: It was boredom.
But like an emotionless wonderment. "Elisa..."
The detective bit her lip and stepped back up to keep from tripping over the clan�s dog. Her resolve over this was rapidly dwindling and her skin was flushed. "I...Goliath, I�m sorry, if..."
"No...it�s not that." Goliath held his hand up away from his lip to stop her incoherent apology and his left ear twitched as if listening to something. "Elisa...do you hear...do you feel that?"
BROOKLYN: Goliath had picked up the faint sound of a Pink concert in progress.
Elisa gulped a little � her stomach felt like total mush. If it wasn't bad enough that she had already embarrassed herself nearly to death, but he wasn�t even going to make a comment about it. Most would say that this was the most gracious thing in the world he could do, but it made her feel even worse, to be honest. "N-no....what are you talking about...?"
"Please, Elisa, don�t go away...."
LEX: (Goliath) ...Until I tell you to. Now, would you kindly massage my feet?
Goliath held out his hand to her, bidding her to come back to him. Not knowing what else to do, the distressed human shuffled over, touching Goliath�s hand with hers almost timidly.
KINGCOBRA: Completely unaware that he had a joy buzzer in his hand.
Then he closed his fingers over hers and frowned, blinking once and looking to the sheets underneath him. "So...strange."
KINGCOBRA: Demona gave up her plans of humanity's total annihilation to become a Zen Monk.
"What�s so strange?" Elisa managed to ask without her voice quivering as much. She guessed what she felt was going to have to become and issue to be discussed later. "Was it a dream, Goliath...?"
KINGCOBRA: No, a Nightmare.
LEX: (SINGING) One, Two, Freddy's coming for you...
(ALL SCREAM IN FEAR.)
"Yes...I felt as though...my fate was just sealed."
KINGCOBRA: It was also signed, sold, delivered, and bought.
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1. Sorry about the opening all you non-French speaking people ^_^ Translation:
ELISA: (BYRDIE, TRANSLATING.) Does anybody have a bag of Doritos?
"Once upon a time, there was a priest and a priestess,
KINGCOBRA: Who were in a bar with a priest and a rabbi.
the priest�s twin sister. Together, the two of them lived in the Crystal
BROOKLYN: Lake Region, until Jason found them. The end.
Palace with many servants and watched over and protected the gargoyles, humans and Cat people of Planet Array.
LEX: Meow.
The priest�s name was Sumner.
ELISA: And the Nun's name was Spring.
He was a necromancer and extremely wise. Everyday, he would watch
BROOKLYN: Martha Stewart Living.
the Life Stream and record the history of the Planet. The priestess was called Sable � she was Array�s Master of Weapons, therefore was a powerful soldier and was a very fierce woman.
LEX: If Xena was religious...
KINGCOBRA: (As Xena.) Behold my Holy Crucifix of Death!
However, Sumner and Sable were alone.
LEX: With Miroku.
(A LOUD SLAP BREAKS OUT TWO SECONDS LATER.)
Their mother and father died many years
KINGCOBRA: In a tragic accident involving Weed, Cotton Candy, and Rubber Cement.
go,
LEX: Fetch my slippers!
and the twins were very sad indeed.
BROOKLYN: Because "Friends" had finally come to an end.
And two years ago, their older sister left during a festival. She is still missing..."
KINGCOBRA: But footage of her before she disappeared was found in the Black Hills
Forest a year later.
2. I know what you�re thinking..."This guy knows Parseltongue!". But it�s not the same.
3. "It is about your elder sister" (Norsu)
BROOKLYN: (Suggestively) Cause it runs in the family...
4. "(Nicalex) you�re so clumsy!" (Norsu)
5. Just invitation for lesbian jokes.
KINGCOBRA: Ophelia would be intrigued.
Har har. No, she�s not a lesbian, though she wouldn�t mind the suggestion of swinging
LEX: Before she told George to swing away.
for both teams, even if she is a priestess. All my characters are such sluts ^_^
KINGCOBRA: I never knew Angela was Byrdie's character...
6. This used to be a Metallica�s "Unforgiven II",
(KINGCOBRA starts humming.)
but Linkin Park�s "Crawling" feels better for this...thanks, LP.
Next time, on AGFF OMAKE: "Array or Bust! Pt. One: The Ruby Sun Disc Makes a Shining Debut".
ELISA: (Kagome) See you soon!
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