Ok, it's a bit short. But at least's it's up! ;)


"Well, here we are." Klaus, Violet and Sunny looked up at the flashing yellow sign. 'BLOCKBUSTER' it said, in thick letters. Beneath the sign were a few posters advertising combos and no more late fees.

"We're in the seven day limit," Klaus said, squinting at a poster though frost-covered glasses. "Although, we could have kept it a bit longer...'More time to watch your favourites' it says..."

"No, that's Ok, Klaus," Violet said, looking warily at the tape. "Just pop it through the drop-in cute and let's go." Klaus wiped his glasses and searched for the chute. "Ah," he said, a white puff of breath drifting toward the metal glint of the chute. "And that's that," he finished, slipping the video in.

"No, it's not. This is just the beginning." Violet said, looking at Klaus.

"What! Violet?" Klaus looked at his sister bewilderedly. She blinked, surprised at his reaction. "I just meant that the chute's blocked up. You only got the first bit in. We'll have to go inside to return it.

"Oh, yeah. Err.." he peered at the brightly lit inside of the mountain cave. "Of course."

"Scaredy-cat," Sunny said, nodding sagely.

"Oh!" Klaus jumped at the sound of his other sister's voice. "Yes. You always know the right thing to say, Sunny," he said, stroking her head lovingly.

"Duh," she answered with an affectionate bite.

"Well then," Violet said, feeling a bit left out. Though they'd made up on the way there, it still felt like the teams were Klaus and Sunny, the younger but sensible siblings, against Violet, the eldest and off-her-rocker one that was dragging them down the mountain for a false hope. "Let's get going, shall we? Wouldn't want to miss the departure of the ship." She gave them a tight smile but was surprised to receive two warm ones back. "Yes, let's," Klaus said, plucking the video out of the chute. Then, all three of them, arms linked, walked into the fluorescent light of the BLOCKBUSTER mountain cave.

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I saw them coming in from the convex mirror in the corner. But the sercurity cameras helped too. They were walking with their arms together and the monkey was riding on Poindexter's head. Looked like something out of Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music or something. Maybe for my next disguise I'll be a nanny. I'm sure that Poppins hid some valuables under that dress of hers. And the blonde stole curtains, who says she couldn't have stolen some fortunes? But I'm not going to need a disguise anymore. This time I'm finally going to get the Baudelaire fortune and nothing's going to stop me. Oh, here come the twerps now...


Not sure when the next chap will be up.../

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