Shrieking in terror, Veronica scrambled
backwards out of the small door, so scared she forgot
she had her Relto book at her side. She was riveted to
the spot, still on her hands and knees, as Bizzy exited
the door and stood before her looking at her
quizzically.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm no
longer a danger to
society. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Elkae linked in after a good night's
rest and a set of waterfall showers. Just as she linked
in, she heard an awful commotion near the
classroom.
"Veronica," she asked, "is that you?"
Veronica twirled around and glared at her.
"I
need your help. I need to mail this postcard to
JadesDream care of the Age and Country Hotel. Can you
please take care of that for me?" Elkae hands the card
to Veronica who can't resist the urge to look at
it.
Veronica flips the card over and
reads:
Dear Jade, Thank you for the lovely
bear. I've named him 'Slacker' since he doesn't seem to
want to do much around Relto. Hahaha. He's so cuddly and
comfy to sleep with. Thanks again.
Hugs, Elkae
P.S. I made him take his
Wellies off in the house.
One corner of
Veronica's mouth turns up, she looks back at Elkae and
says, "Sure. No problem." Elkae then heads to the Egg
Room for breakfast and coffee.
Veronica throws
the postcard in the water on the way back to DISCO. "Who
does she think she is?" she snipes. She goes back to her
notebook and looks up
"Wellies".
Bizzy can't decide who he'd rather follow more, Veronica
or Elkae. Whenever plagued with indecision, he always
liked to sleep on it. After all, good things come to
those who wait.
[This message was edited by Elkae
on Wed April 14 2004 at 06:48 AM.]
Veronica, rather glad to have company in
the neighborhood even though it was Elkae (maybe the
lawn gnome would stalk her instead), decided that
Grizz would not have left her alone if he thought it was
dangerous.
She sat at the notebook and typed in
"wellies", which returned the name Wellington with this
description of enlightenment, "a fillet of beef covered
with pâté de foie gras and baked in a casing of pastry."
Veronica laughed in spite of herself, wondering why in
the world a bear would wear that on his
feet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm no longer a
danger to
society. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While Bizzy was in the process of
deciding who to follow, a strange noise filled the air.
Stopping his train of thought, Bizzy listened to the
words... "... badger badger badger Mushroom
Mushroom!" "Dr. Warrell! Will you PLEASE stop singing
that tune! It's driving me crazy!" "But I like
it!" "You don't need to be humming it all the way
back to the Professor's office, now do you?" "badger
badger badger... "NOT YOU TOO GRASSIE!" "Hehehehe
let's keep it up!" "BADGER BADGER
BADGER!!!" "NOOOO! STOP!!!" and then suddenly a big
blue stork came running out from around a building,
wings over her ears. In close pursuit was a ferret and a
man carrying a sack, chanting that badger tune. The
bird, not concentrating on where she was going, tripped
over the gnome and fell the to ground. "OW! shouted
Bizzy since he was kicked in the stomach by a bird's
foot. "Oh my! Sorry there, I didn't see you..." the
bird replied. The ferret and man stopped
chanting. "What on earth..." muttered the
man. "I'm sorry, but we haven't met. I'm Grassie, and
this is Dr. Warrell and Speedy. Who are you?" asked the
ferret. "I'm Bizzy, a close aquaintance of Elkae and
been in this neighborhood for some time... where did you
all come from?" asked Bizzy. "Well, we were just over
in the northern sector when we found this mansion that
had an imager chanting that horrid badger theme..."
Speedy said. "mushroom mushroom..." chimed Dr.
Warrell. "AND in the meantime..." Speedy glared at
Dr. Warrell, "we made a fascinating discovery! We're
trying to find Thietris right now to let him know what
happened. Do you know where he is?" Speedy
asked.
Studying gives you knowledge. Knowledge
is power. Power corrupts. I am learning how to be
corrupt.
Bizzy, fully annoyed at the odd band of comrades,
clamped his tiny hands to his waist and stomped his foot
(which didn't make the impressive noise he'd hoped
for).
"See here! Enough with badgers. I hate
badgers. They destroy gardens. It's hard enough tending
a garden as it is without badgers running around mucking
things up. And I take it you people, er, creatures,
think you're badgers? Hmmmmph." Bizzy practised his very
best glare.
Speedy politely repeated her
question, "We're trying to find Thietris. Do you know
where he is?"
"He has business on the surface
today. I think Cordelia's also gone at the moment. Can I
help you?" said Bizzy in a slightly more mellow tone of
voice, succumbing to the sweet bird's tune.
Elkae came out of the Egg Room,
satiated, holding a mug of hot, black coffee and a
coaster. She had no idea the catering at the Institution
would be so outstanding! She walked down and sat on the
stairs by the waterfall to gather her thoughts, enjoying
the cool mist in the air. Suddenly she hears voices and
the familiar words, "badger, badger, badger ...
mushroom, mushroom". Leaving her mug on the stairs, she
rises and walks back up to see who is
here.
"Speedy! Grassie!" Elkae was so pleased to
see them that she hugged them both a little too tightly.
Speedy discreetly re-fluffed her fine blue feathers but
Grassie simply scratched an ear. "And who is this
fellow?" Elkae asked, pointing to their human
friend.
Veronica, also hearing the voices,
decided to sneak up the back way to take a peek. Sadly,
she tripped over Elkae's mug (which clattered quite
loudly to the bottom of the stairs) and splashed the hot
coffee on her ankles.
"Elkae! It's great to see you! Where
have you been?" asked Speedy. "Oh, just doing some
research on the surface... where were you when I landed
in the lake?" aske Elkae. "Ahh, so that was the big
commotion going on earlier!" commented Grassie. "Nah,
we were busy collecting... we need to sho what we have
found to Thietris. But this gnome here said that
Thietris is on the surface today," Speedy said. "Ahh,
that would be Bizzy..." said Elkae. CRASH! "What
the..." said Grassie and Speedy at the same time as
everyone looked at Veronica entering the area. "I bet
it's Veronica," said Grassie. Dr. Warrell began to
blush and stopped muttering his badger tune when he
heard her name. "Oh Elkae, this is Dr. Warrell, a
scientist from MIT. He's been helping us out down here
for the past few weeks..." Speedy said as she introduced
them. "Hrm, so where do you think we should put the
bag then until the professor comes back?" asks
Grassie. "Well, what is in it?" asks
Elkae. "Nothing bad, we think," said Speedy. "You
think?" "We haven't tested them out yet. We're
bringing them back first and see if Thietris would want
them... so that's why we're staying on the DL for right
now," "Ahh... I see... well everyone else is in the
eggroom for breakfast. How about you head over there?"
suggested Elkae.
Studying gives you knowledge.
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. I am learning how to
be corrupt.
Veronica yelped in pain and grabbed her
ankle. Looking up at the sea of faces peering down the
stairs, she glared at them and turned away. Limping back
to the DISCO, she muttered under her breath that she
would have been better off with a feather duster and
working on Cordelia's Relto, then staying here in the
neighborhood. She was a bit resentful that everyone
seemed to know each other and had a close relationship.
Deep down, she wanted that
too.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm no longer a
danger to
society. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the sound of the mug crashing down the stairs, Bizzy
took off to investigate.
"You! You! You overgrown
Barbie .... you clean that mess up. Now!" screamed the
red-faced little gnome. Veronica expected to see glowing
red eyes and steam coming from his ears. Instead, what
she saw was just an extremely grumpy and rude little
man.
"I'll have you know ..." sputtered Veronica,
but then she stopped. She decided it would be in her own
best interest to be polite to the gnome. "Okay. I'll
take care of it," she replied as she walked up the
stairs.
There, in front of the Professor's
office, Veronica comes face-to-face with a man in the
company of a huge blue bird and a small ferret. No one
knows what went through her mind as she collapsed on the
floor in a rather elegant heap of
Gucciness.
"Elkae! It's great to see you! Where have
you been?" asked Speedy. "Oh, just doing some
research on the surface... where were you when I landed
in the lake?" aske Elkae. "Ahh, so that was the big
commotion going on earlier!" commented Grassie. "Nah,
we were busy collecting... we need to sho what we have
found to Thietris. But this gnome here said that
Thietris is on the surface today," Speedy said. "Ahh,
that would be Bizzy..." said Elkae. CRASH! "What
the..." said Grassie and Speedy at the same time as
everyone looked at Veronica entering the area. "I bet
it's Veronica," said Grassie.
...
Veronica
yelped in pain and grabbed her ankle. Looking up at the
sea of faces peering down the stairs, she glared at them
and turned away.
...
At the sound of the
mug crashing down the stairs, Bizzy took off to
investigate.
"You! You! You overgrown Barbie ....
you clean that mess up. Now!" screamed the red-faced
little gnome. Veronica expected to see glowing red eyes
and steam coming from his ears. Instead, what she saw
was just an extremely grumpy and rude little
man.
"I'll have you know ..." sputtered Veronica,
but then she stopped. She decided it would be in her own
best interest to be polite to the gnome. "Okay. I'll
take care of it," she replied as she walked up the
stairs.
There, in front of the Professor's
office, Veronica comes face-to-face with a man in the
company of a huge blue bird and a small
ferret.
...
Dr. Warrell began to blush and
stopped muttering his badger tune when he heard her
name. "Oh Elkae, this is Dr. Warrell, a scientist
from MIT. He's been helping us out down here for the
past few weeks..." Speedy said as she introduced
them. "Hrm, so where do you think we should put the
bag then until the professor comes back?" asks
Grassie. "Well, what is in it?" asks
Elkae. "Nothing bad, we think," said Speedy. "You
think?" "We haven't tested them out yet. We're
bringing them back first and see if Thietris would want
them... so that's why we're staying on the DL for right
now," "Ahh... I see... well everyone else is in the
eggroom for breakfast. How about you head over there?"
suggested Elkae.
...
No one knows what
went through her mind as Veronica collapsed on the floor
in a rather elegant heap of
Gucciness.
...
Elkae bent down, lifted
Veronica to her feet and asked if she was okay. But the
young woman pulled away from
Elkae.
...
Limping back to the DISCO, she
muttered under her breath that she would have been
better off with a feather duster and working on
Cordelia's Relto, then staying here in the neighborhood.
She was a bit resentful that everyone seemed to know
each other and had a close relationship. Deep down, she
wanted that too.
Thietris Professor Thietris Squirrel, CEO,
President and Managing Director, Institution of Advanced Exploration
of Myst Worlds
posted
Professor T has been worrying. Is she
the real Elkae or is she an imposter? Where is Dr
Stellaflora? Oh, I must get round to seeing what those
Bahro stones on my desk are all about. Oh, I must read
boatingirl's geological report. I wonder if the door's
been fixed. With all these worries swirling around in
his head, he approaches the classroom.
There is
Dr Warrell with an unhealthy looking twitch and
permanently bent knees, Grassie, and Speedy anxious to
ask him about something. There is a woman collapsed on
the floor.
Meanwhile, back at the
DISCO: Veronica stood behind the counter, thumbing
through the huge book trying to locate which aisle the
burn ointment was located on. Suddenly she hears that
tap-tap-tapping sound once again and with great
trepidation she leans over the counter to see what it
could be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm no
longer a danger to
society. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*After drying her clothes, Boatingirl
worked in her lab to write her report. Her lab was very
ill equipped, didn't even have a computer!* Well, I
guess Ill just have to write it by hand; hope he can
read it! *After finishing she walked over to the
Proffessors office* Don't look up, she said to herself
*After knocking on the door and finding it didn't open
she shrugged, taped her note on the door and walked
away*
Now I've got to go get some equipment if I'm going to
the City
Experimental Program
1
Bizzy had been busy behind the Professor's desk. When he
heard the commotion he ran to the door and bellowed,
"What!"
...how scary... 
*
Now I've got to go get some equipment if I'm going to
the City
