POST-SCRASH SESSION 3: SPECTATORS OF THE HOST
Chapter 10: In a Warmer Note
"Speaking of this second lesson… Trace me first! Ahahaha." Adult Violet pulled a switch on her clock and and was gone. Principal Business Man however was sneaky and noticed that Violet had left this thing behind. He picked it up and read what was on it. "Beauregarde Chewing Gum Industry." He then handed each of us, that is: the blueberry, her mother, me, Dick, Charlie and himself a chewing gum piece and then handed Willy the entire bar.
Then the blueberry's mother spoke. "My supposed relative is actually a chewing gum baroness. Who could have known?" and Willy Wanker said "Well, if we are to continue chasing Violet then we'd better do it as a pair." So we all returned to The Skool and flashed time to 1980 AG so it was Portal High School again and Charlie with Willy bid us farewell and took off. Principal Business Man then returned to his little cabinet and saw someone walk up to the window. It was Lately Pirate! "Aranna I'm back!" "Sorry lady but Aranna will no longer be in this building." Lately then left the window and Principal Business Man could finally leave Portal High School in peace, except that now we two were locked in and needed to eat some sort of dinner.
In Tbilisi, Georgia
Violet reappeared from her trip. For a while she thought that the clock which got her here had to be hidden so Skepness Man wouldn't notice it so she put it directly behind the "third golden ticket found" newspaper clip. As she had one look around the trophy shelves Skepness Man returned with a letter. "It's for you." Skepness Man then went to another room to write his own story, and when Violet was sure that he wasn't watching she wrote her response.
Dear Mr. Sectumsempra Sanpe,
I actually expected that the transfer of Skepness Man to Portal High School would solve the problem itself. However, as an added measure, I confiscated all his time travel devices. It turns out I am vulnerable to them as well (haha). The issue has had my full attention ever since I learned about Skepness Man, and is the sole reason I'm looking after him.
Thanks for your reciprocal attention,
Ms. Violet Beauregarde
Seriously Written Note: I thought this segment was already posted before. Well, nothing I can do about it.
"Did I hear somebody? I swear I heard somebody..." Violet said as she put the letter back in the same envelope and closed it. She then called out for Skepness Man. "Skepness Man?" Skepness Man immediately reacted and went downstairs. "Yes, mother?" "You're learning that I'm your mother very quick." "Merci. That kind of skill is needed when I integrate into the societies of different times." Violet and Skepness Man blankly stared at each other for a while and then Violet decided to break the ice.
"I have a story. You won't believe me. I was back to the time when I was a child and I had won this." She picked up one of the golden pieces in her room which read "Golden Ticket". "So there I was, in my own room, as my younger self read what was on the ticket. I wanted to talk with my alternate but she freaked out whenever she saw me so I resolved to talk to her mother instead. My mother, that is." Violet and Skepness Man shared a giggle because now both understood how hard it was to talk about time travel adventures without messing up pronouns.
"She conveyed to me that my past self was hyper excited. Then the big day came. No one was in the house for three days and when someone returned it was my mother and some girl... blue from head to toe. During the course of the tour she... I, that is..." Violet trailed off because instead of remembering what it was like to go back in time she remembered what it was like to be in the tour itself and she certainly did not like to remember it. The pair just awkwardly sat together for a while.
"When you cool down, I'm just going to tell you the first day of Portal High School." Skepness Man said and Violet's expression was immediately fixed. "It was about a math equation, mostly. I got two As. One for Maths and one for History. Either the teachers are very nice to me or I'm smarter than I thought." "Hehe. You'll live up to my legacy in no time." Violet again giggled and pulled out a 12 piece chewing gum bar out of a vending machine in the room that was linked directly to the company Violet owned, Beauregarde Chewing Gum Industry.
Violet handed Skepness Man a piece and he began to chew it. "I should have mentioned. You aren't a true chewing gum chewer- I mean a true Beauregarde unless you chew chewing gum. I even have a song about it, because..." The truth was that Violet had heard a grand total of two songs that said chewing gum was terrible, but remember, she can't remember that particular event. "If I remember the tour again, I'm just going to blank out again, so the song will be immediately delivered." Violet began singing.
I only have one dream in life; there's very little to it
To own a stick of life-long gum and all life-long to chew it-
"You just said "life-long" twice. That is definitely not how songs are composed." Skepness Man said and Violet responded "What?" and before Skepness Man could come up with a snarky response Violet shut the lights off, knowing that Skepness Man would just be frozen in place. With the lights off she picked out the chewing gum piece from Skepness Man's mouth and dropped it in the trash bin. She then turned the lights back on again and said "Hey Skepness Man! Look in your mouth!" and Skepness Man noticed that there was no chewing gum piece.
"You probably just gulped it. It happens. Once I had this record of chewing a chewing gum piece for three months and then..." "Violet, you're doing it again." Skepness Man said but Violet was deeply thinking about the event. Skepness Man then said in the same tone as the previous time because he was really good at it "When you cool down, I'm just going to tell you-" "You already told me. Anyway. Night. I spent too much thinking about one particular event of my life." She shut the lights off and carefully put Skepness Man on the couch and went upstairs to sleep herself.
Seriously Written Note: But what about Janet and Dick? That's right. You guessed it. Next chapter.