HAY GUYS. Guess what? I finally decided to start doing Author's comments! Isn't that GREAT? Uh...yeah. That aside, blah blah blah, here you go.
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Razputin sat outside the caravan, head in his hands. He had packed stuff for both his dad and himself to last about a half a week, and had finished his new True Psychic Tales. Twice. He groaned to himself. How long did it take just to start up an old pickup truck?
"Hey, there, Raz. Long time, no see." A deep, semi-raspy, monotonous tone emerged from above the boy. OH GOD. Razputin could only hope that it wasn't…
"Vernon! Hi! I'm…glad to see you again!" Oh no. It WAS Vernon. The only kid at camp, besides Bobby and Benny, that Razputin was somewhat hesitant to be around. But he looked different. It was probably his glasses. "So, uh…what are you doing here?"
"Well, you ARE in Cincinnati, and I live here, so I decided, why not visit the circus? I really love the circus. It reminds me of a story about this mime who…"
"You know, Vernon, that's great, but really, I…uh…" Razputin searched for something to say. Just in time, his dad pulled up an old, road-weary pickup truck.
"You ready to hit the road, so…" Vernon and the elder Aquato made eye contact. "Raz, who is this?" Raz's dad whispered, intrigued.
"Dad…" Raz took a deep breath and held his arm in the direction of the boy beside him "This is Vernon Tripe. He's from camp. He lives here, in Cincinnati, Ohio."
"Hi, Mr. Aquato. It's really a pleasure to meet you. So, what are you guys doing?" Vernon asked.
"What do you mean?" Augustus Aquato asked Vernon Tripe.
"You know, with the truck and the suitcases. You guys aren't moving already, are you?" the fez-clad boy frowned. "Wait…you do that by night…and everyone would be gone. What are you doing?"
"We're…uh…going to the store?" Raz said, half believing that it would work.
"Are you kidding? The only store where you have to pack is closed for the day." Vernon squinted behind his glasses. "What are you guys up to?"
"Uhhh…." Razputin and his dad simultaneously said, at a loss.
"Well, uh…" Raz finally managed to say what they were doing, "We're kinda…going to help out a friend."
"Which one?" Vernon shrugged. "You have a lot of friends. Likewise, I have a lot of stories about friends. Like this one time…"
"Ah, no, no, that's fine, Vernon. We're going to help out Lili." Raz sighed.
"Oh, your girlfriend? That kinda figures, I guess. So what are you helping her with? Studying for a test? Looking for something? A super-secret Psychonauts mission?" Vernon excitedly asked.
Razputin put his goggled head in his palm. "Look, Vernon, if we WERE going on a mission, I wouldn't be telling you, would I? And besides, we're saving her from a crazy performing arts school run by homicidal psychopaths. Does that answer your question?"
"Whoa. Cool!" Vernon got pumped up. "When do we leave?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. 'We'?" Razputin waved his hands around.
"Well, yeah. I'm coming, aren't I?" Vernon shrugged again. Razputin and his father exchanged glances.
"Well, uh, we'd like to bring you along…Vernon…" Mr. Aquato kneeled down and put one hand on Vernon's shoulder. "…but your parents might get worried. I don't want to do that."
"My parents are out on a business trip for the weekend, and there's no sitter."
"…your siblings?"
"I don't have any."
"How about Lady? You know, your dog?" Razputin burst in.
"I've got her with me." At this, Vernon stuck his index and middle fingers of each hand in his mouth and produced a loud whistle. Barely a second after, a normal-sized Golden Lab appeared.
"Well…" Raz looked for another excuse, "…our mission could take longer than just this weekend."
"Oh…" Vernon seemed disappointed. "I guess that I…" Out of his pants, apparently, the King of the Hill theme song emerged. The Aquato duo stared at the Tripe solo. "Uh…sorry." Vernon pulled the source of the music out of his pocket, a cell phone. "That's my folks." As the storyteller put the phone to his ear and began to speak, Raz and his dad simultaneously raised their eyebrows.
"Hi, mom, dad…" Vernon spoke into the phone. "Yeah…uh-huh…I'm at the circus…okay…WHAT? TWO WEEKS? How…? …okay…I guess…I love you too…yes…okay…bye." Vernon sighed and turned back around to Raz and his father. "Well, my parents are gonna be gone for two more weeks…"
"Fine," Mr. Aquato groaned. "You can come."
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What? Oh, right. Yeah, this is a LilixRaz fic. Seriously. Like any fic, though, it could take a bit to get there...but, if you're that impatient, I'll throw in a crazy dream. Not for Raz though. No. Next chapter's gonna be from Lili's perspective. I'll have the story do that. Make it a little interesting.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. NINJA OUT.
