"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."~Rebecca West
All Eight Settings
"Here you go!"
I looked up from my drawings and saw the De-Gun pointed right at me, making my eyes cross as I tried to focus on it.
"Um... Megs, I know Remmy and I can be a bit annoying, but don't you think you're taking this a tad too far?"
Megamind rolled his green eyes. "I'm not aiming at you, Fire. Here, it's your De-Gun."
Blinking, I took the weapon he was offering me. "Seriously?"
"I did say I was going to get you De-Guns, didn't I?" He smiled. "What do you think?"
Holding and aiming, I tried it in my hands. It felt foreign; holding a gun wasn't my first priority. I eyed it, getting familiar with the design. It wasn't anything near as glorious as the original, even though the main design was the same. This one missed the old style filigree, replacing it with golden flames.
"Incredible details," I praised, a bit embarrassed about getting such a gift. Usually I'd gone on and on about telling people I didn't need anything. Whenever someone offered me something, I'd pretend not to care so that they wouldn't feel pressured to give it to please me, before going into complete happiness when they did anyway.
"Well, I am incredible! Remmy said something about a wolf, so..." Still grinning, he held up another gun, this one with one wolf on either side.
Only smiling, I let him soak in his own glory. After all, he did deserve it.
"Yeah, apparently it's her totem." But with a frown, I noticed something. "It's only got two settings. De-hydration and De-coupage."
He arched an eyebrow. "You didn't really think I'd give you De-ath ray and De-stroy after you shot Minion, did you?"
I sighed. "No, guess not."
"What?"
As Remmy, once again, suddenly popped up from behind the couch, I jumped and accidentally pressed the trigger of the gun making the curtain of the idea area to disappear in a flash of blue.
"Remmy! Don't scare me like that!"
"We don't get all eight settings?" the Aussie whined.
"Skittles, it's OK. You weren't planning on destroying people on the street, were you?" I tried, but she still seemed completely horrified.
"We don't get De-compress, De-bilitate, De-ath ray, De-stroy, De-regulate or De-moralize?"
With a smile, I had to ask. "What is the deal about all of those settings. De-moralize for instance?"
Megamind's serious expression changed to a smirk. "Let's just say there were a lot of embarrassing bullies in shool. And, no, you won't get the other settings."
"You don't trust us?"
His look told the truth. He didn't trust us.
"I'm so gonna make you put in the other settings!"
"Skittles, really, what are you planning to use the other settings for anyway?" I asked. To be honest, I was happy not to have the De-ath Ray and De-stroy. Honestly, I wouldn't feel comfortable about carrying a real mortal weapon. Heck, I was scared whenever I drove a car!
"Otherwise it's not real, you know! Not authentic!"
"O...K..."
With an eye roll over my lack of disappointment, Remmy turned on her heel. "I'm so gonna get the last settings, and you both know it!" she declared, walking away. With a wave of her arm, she called back, "Ciao, ciao, all!"
Megamind and I shared a look. Oh, this wasn't good. As I opened my mouth to speak, Remmy was suddenly back again, grabbing the De-Gun in Megamind's hands.
"Almost forgot this," she grinned, and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Thanks Megs." And then she was gone again.
We both blinked, trying to figure out what had just happened.
"How does she do that?"
"Totally cartoon style movements. Possibly the side effects of being in a 3D world. Maybe she's got secret tunnels or super speed or something," I mused. Then I glanced at him and smirked. "You're aware that you're in for so much trouble now, right?"
*Hands over bunny* Here Remmy, you can have this one if you want to! It's eating my Pink Post-it notes. (Some have plot bunnies, I have post-it notes all over my insides)
Megamind, you're in for some trouble!
Snigger...
Decompress... snigger...