Day At The Castle by Kate What if Kate's Castle were more than just a forum? What we all met together in RL to...ahem...discuss stuff? Yeah, that's it. That's what we're doing. *Trust* me...This may be one of the ultimate X-Files, y'all. What draws us together. Enjoy. If I left anyone out--I'M SORRY! I'll do a sequel one of these days. But it was late, so forgive me if you're not here. This is satire. If I got you wrong, forgive me. Please don't be offended, anyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kate's Castle 10:13 a.m. Sabalore stretched out on the couch. "Katie, dearie...I gots to hand it to you. Nice place you got yourself here. Not as nice as the Insane and Hyper place, but nice." Kate grinned. "Um, thanks, Sabby...I think." The phone rang; Sabalore grabbed it. "Yes, Vixens for Villians Incorporated, how may I direct your call?" Kate rolled her eyes and snatched the phone. "Kate's Castle, what's yer hassle? Oh...Betsy. Hi. Um...sure. I guess. Yeah, yeah, bring it." Chase looked up. "What was that all about?" Sabs looked defiant. "There is nothing wrong with being a VilliVixi." "Of course not," Kate replied. "I *am* one, remember? You're gonna confuse people, though." "Yeah," Sammy pointed out, "people like me. But I'm easily confused." "So what did Betsy have to say?" Chase asked, looking up from the computer. She smacked it, in an attempt to hurry the download of "Suicide is Painless" from the M*A*S*H homepage. Kate noticed the download and grinned. "Just that she's bringing...something. It's a...surprise." "Knowing Betsy and her surprises," Vy sighed, "I'm worried." Hesitantly, two girls entered the room. "Um...hi?" Kate hurried over to them. "Katherine! Corey! You found it!" "Wasn't hard," Corey admitted, shrugging. "You gave directions." "I like it," Katherine said, moving her arm to reveal a Quantum Leap T-shirt. "Um...thanks..." Kate answered, her voice trailing as she noticed the funny glimmer in Sabalore's eyes. "Um, Sab? Sabs?" "You two new here?" Sabs asked innocently. "Yeah, why?" Rei set her anime mag down, sighing. "Lambs to the slaughter..." Sabs grinned. "Damn skippy." Chase found this hillarious. Of course, being the other skipper in the room, she would. Rei returned to deciphering the reasoning behind the latest EVA plot twist, Pheonix rolled her eyes and pulled out her picture of Mulder in a Speedo, Jessba went to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, and Kate sighed. Heavily. "Sabs, darlin'...could we skip the sacrifice this once?" "But *why*? I'm the Goddess of Newbie Sacrifice!" "And I'm the Queen of Unresolved Issues. So I'll send them to our little village of hyper insanity, you can sacrifice them, and it'll resolve the issue. Fair enough?" "Oh-kay," Sabs agreed, pouting. "You're no fun sometimes." It didn't matter, anyhow. Corey and Katherine had, wisely, run in fear of their lives. Betsy had arrived by that time, AE and Margie not far behind. Grinning, Betsy pulled out a small package. "Look at this, y'all. I still can't believe I found it." "Go on, go on," Sade urged her, daring to speak for the first time. Everyone adored her French Canadian accent, so she usually kept quiet, so as to avoid more requests to speak. She went back to translating a bunch of French stuff for Kate. All the Lizzes were there--somehow, they'd all fit in--but they were plotting the demise of the Olsen twins for some unfathomable reason. Or perhaps not. The all-but-abandoned "Hollywood MB" was still creating a buzz. "I found," Betsy intoned, "*the* prop to end all props. I found...the bowtie!" Kate was nearly beside herself with glee. "Where? Where?" "What bowtie?" Char asked, looking away from the brand-new Mitch Pileggi pic Kate had obtained from Studio Fan Mail. "Frohike's bowtie!" Betsy and Kate squealed. "From One Breath!" "The Frog Prince reigns," Betsy said, in a tone that dared anyone to defy her. "Under the rule of the Surly Pectoral God," Char insisted. "Sure, ok," Kate agreed. "We're not saying he's hot, just adorable in a way too sweet way. But Kryeck's hot." "Gag me!" Pheonix yelled. "And Mulder!" Kate added. "That's better." Chase threw a pillow at her, and ran a hand over her hair. "Oh...my hair's still wet. Never mind that, I've got everything we'll need to make a great night of this. It's Friday. Up all night, ya know." "Um..." a Liz ventured, "why would your hair be wet?" "Mine is too, Chase," Kate assured her. "So's mine," Sabs added. "Why would your hair be wet?" Liz repeated, none too happy to be ignored. "We were in...um, a shower," Chase answered quickly. Jessba threw down her coffee. "WHAT IS UP WITH THE FREAKING SHOWER?!" "You said you didn't want any Requiem spoilers," Chase reminded her. "You people are evil." "Hey," Alexa pointed out, "evil's the only way to go." "If you're twisted, we're listed," Sabs quipped. "Kate?" AE asked. "Need some--live entertainment?" Kate shrugged. "Sure, you and Margie go ahead." "But we need to be introduced." "Whatever. Lexa, would you mind? I need some cappuccino. Like, now." "Sure." Lexa decided to take a break from the tedious process of retyping Alexa Krycek's bio. Damn computer had to crash... "You want me to do it?" Vy volunteered. "Okay." "Live from Kate's Castle, it's AE and Margie!" "Yay!" Margie exclaimed. She and AE slapped their bellies and sang "Babaloo" for several minutes. Everyone threw spare change at them, but no one was quite sure if it was a donation or if it had been intened to hit them. With this crowd, it was hard to tell. "Klinger eats a Jeep!" Chase suddenly exclaimed. "Found the pic!" "All right!" Kate cheered, forgetting about her drink. "The rerun queens strike again," Sabs muttered, amused. "Got that right," Mel snickered. Someone turned on the radio. "Joy to the World" (not the Christmas carol, the Jeremiah was a bullfrog one) was playing. Everyone got a good laugh, and they laughed even harder when "American Pie" followed. Of course, Sabs and Kate broke into a round of "Bye, Bye to the X-Files, Bye". Betsy continued to think of names for Frohike/Scully shippers. Char drooled over the Mitch close-up. Pheonix drooled over Mulder in Speedo. Chase drooled over Krycek while creating a new poll. Alexa created a little more complicated background for her character. Sade slyly emailed Kate's French teacher a bunch of French stuff guaranteed to confuse him for quite some time. The Lizzes found out that including JTT in their little "death to the Olsen twins" scheme might be kinda fun. Rei laughed at all the crazy Philes in the room, and left for the nearest Evanglion hangout. AE and Margie wondered which song they would "Babaloo" next. Jessba got another cup of coffee. Vy just enjoyed it all. Sammy was confused by the whole thing, but amused at the same time. In other words, all was running as usual. As usual as these *un*usual people got, anyhow.