Soon, they came upon a clearing and the little prince asked if, perhaps, they could stop for a bit and rest, for his feet were terribly sore from all that walking. Duo, the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death nodded good-naturedly and sat down next to him.
Now, our little hero was becoming very hungry. He had hiked all night and he was sure that it must be morning, even though he couldn't tell because the woods were so deep and dark that you couldn't see the sun. His stomach rumbled.
"Duo?" Little Prince Milliardo asked. "I'm hungry. Did you pack any food?"
The Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death fell out of character for the first time in the story. No. Not literally. He could have gotten hurt if he really did and no one gets hurt in this fairy tale. But he did, however, fall off the log he had been sitting on as an enormous sweatdrop appeared on his head.
"Heh. Heh. I knew I must have forgotten something." He laughed uneasily.
Little Milliardo's face fell. No. Not literally. If it did all his features would be laying on the ground and that would be gross. Anyway, he had hiked all that way and now he had no food to eat. He was so hungry he even thought of resorting to cannibalism, but decided against it, not knowing what exactly a Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death would taste like. Then an idea struck him. Again, not literally.
"Alright, then I suppose we should look for some," He said to his embarrassed companion.
Duo scratched his head. "Didn't Fairy Une tell us to stay on the path?"
"She won't mind if we go off the path a little bit, just to find something to eat." The little prince of the Land of the Rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too said after a few seconds thought.
And being as easy-going as he was, Duo shrugged and headed off, following Milliardo.
After hunting for at least an hour, Milliardo decided that there wasn't anything to be eaten in the entire forest and that they should turn back now. But when he looked around, he realized that they were lost and he began to cry again.
Duo covered his ears, the sound of Prince Milliardo's sobs being quite loud. Unfortunately, he was not the only one in the forest who heard the little prince with the big lungs crying. One of the creatures Quatre had warned them about was approaching, following the sounds of Milliardo's crying.
CRUNCH. CRUNCH. CRUNCH.
Duo gasped. "Uh, Prince? I hate to interrupt you in the middle of a really good cry and everything, but I think we might have some company in a few seconds."
That shut the little prince up. He stopped crying and looked at Duo in shocked horror. As we said before, he was a rather little prince and definitely not a brave one. And this announcement caused him to become quite frightened indeed.
CRUNCH. CRUNCH. CRUNCH.
Their "company" entered the clearing. Duo shook with fear and the little prince hid his eyes. The monster approached them and picked up the poor little prince whom the Scared-Out-Of-His-Wits God of Death was hiding behind and was about to eat him when...
"Well, damn. I was goin' ter eat 'cha, but ya had to go wearin' that stupid ring." The monster set a badly shaken Prince Milliardo carefully back on the ground and brushed him off. "I should 'ave guessed. That's just me luck. I didn't scare ya too much, did I?"
Milliardo couldn't respond, he was still getting over the shock of nearly being digested. So, he only shook his head.
"Good. I didn't mean to do that 'cha know. It's not like I chose to be a bloody monster or anything like that. It's just, I gots ter eat too. I've got me a wife an' six kids back at home."
"Oh, yeah, man. I know exactly how you feel." Duo said coming out of his hiding place and putting his arm around the monster's shoulder. "My name's Duo Maxwell. I'm the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death-"
"You mean there's more than one of ya?"
"Yeah, well, I've got a couple brothers and sisters, but they don't really count. Anyway, this is my traveling companion Milliardo. He's the prince of the Land of the Rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too."
Our little prince was a little lost as to how you greeted a monster that nearly ate you, but he bowed and said hi.
The monster was now sitting in the clearing with them and chatting like he ad known them forever. "So, the princess says ter me, 'Do yer worst!' an' I say, 'Lady, ya don't know what 'cha gettin' into.'."
Everyone was quiet. Obviously, they didn't get the joke. The monster laughed uneasily. "So, ya think you've lost yer way through the forest? Well, that shouldn't be too 'ard. I can get 'cha out in no time."
So, eagerly they accepted the help of their new-found friend, whose name happened to be Jacques, and were soon running through the forest.
When they arrived at the edge of the woods Jacques volunteered to come along with them.
So, Jacques, the little prince, and the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death went on their way. But seeing as they had already gone throught the woods, they only had to go over the river. That was the problem.
Upon approaching the bridge they met a very ugly old man.
"Stop" The old man said. "Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see."
After a brief arguement over who would go first, little Milliardo was shoved forward.
"A-ask m-me the qu-questions, B-bridgekeeper. I-I am not a-afraid." Milliardo studdered.
"What is your name?" Was the Bridgekeeper's first question.
"Prince Milliardo of the Land of the rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek my far away friend."
"What is your favorite color?"
"Red."
"Right then. Off you go."
The little prince was quite surprised at the easy questions. "Well, thank you. Thank you very much." And with that he crossed the bridge over to the other side.
Duo and Jacques stared for a second.
"Hey!" Duo exclaimed. "That was easy!"
And the Happy-Go-Lucky Shinigami went running up to the bridgekeeper.
"Stop!" The Bridgekeeper said as Duo approached. "Who approacheth the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three ere the other side he see."
Duo grinned broadly. "Go ahead. Ask me the questions, Bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid."
"What is your name?"
"Duo Maxwell, the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek that guy in front of me's far away friend."
"What's pi to the 56th decimal place?"
"What? How the Hell am I supposed to know that? AHHHHH!!!!"
And Duo was hurled into the river. But don't worry. As I said in the beginning, no one ever gets killed in this movie. They only get really large boo-boos. Anyway, so Duo was catapulted into the river to return at a later point in the story.
Now, it was Jacques's turn to be asked.
"What is your name?"
"Jacques."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek Milliardo's far away friend."
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"What? An African swallow or a European swallow?"
"I don't know that? ARGHHHHHH!!!!!"
The ugly old Bridgekeeper was catapulted into the river to join Duo, and, unfortunately, would not be returning later in the story. And after waving good bye to the unfortunate Bridgekeeper, Jacques crossed the Bridge of Death to join Milliardo on the other side.
"How do you know so much about swallows?" Milliardo asked when Jacques appeared on the other side.
"Well, when ya live in a forest you 'ave lots o' time to look at those kind o' things." He replied with a shrug.
Now, our little hero was becoming very hungry. He had hiked all night and he was sure that it must be morning, even though he couldn't tell because the woods were so deep and dark that you couldn't see the sun. His stomach rumbled.
"Duo?" Little Prince Milliardo asked. "I'm hungry. Did you pack any food?"
The Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death fell out of character for the first time in the story. No. Not literally. He could have gotten hurt if he really did and no one gets hurt in this fairy tale. But he did, however, fall off the log he had been sitting on as an enormous sweatdrop appeared on his head.
"Heh. Heh. I knew I must have forgotten something." He laughed uneasily.
Little Milliardo's face fell. No. Not literally. If it did all his features would be laying on the ground and that would be gross. Anyway, he had hiked all that way and now he had no food to eat. He was so hungry he even thought of resorting to cannibalism, but decided against it, not knowing what exactly a Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death would taste like. Then an idea struck him. Again, not literally.
"Alright, then I suppose we should look for some," He said to his embarrassed companion.
Duo scratched his head. "Didn't Fairy Une tell us to stay on the path?"
"She won't mind if we go off the path a little bit, just to find something to eat." The little prince of the Land of the Rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too said after a few seconds thought.
And being as easy-going as he was, Duo shrugged and headed off, following Milliardo.
After hunting for at least an hour, Milliardo decided that there wasn't anything to be eaten in the entire forest and that they should turn back now. But when he looked around, he realized that they were lost and he began to cry again.
Duo covered his ears, the sound of Prince Milliardo's sobs being quite loud. Unfortunately, he was not the only one in the forest who heard the little prince with the big lungs crying. One of the creatures Quatre had warned them about was approaching, following the sounds of Milliardo's crying.
CRUNCH. CRUNCH. CRUNCH.
Duo gasped. "Uh, Prince? I hate to interrupt you in the middle of a really good cry and everything, but I think we might have some company in a few seconds."
That shut the little prince up. He stopped crying and looked at Duo in shocked horror. As we said before, he was a rather little prince and definitely not a brave one. And this announcement caused him to become quite frightened indeed.
CRUNCH. CRUNCH. CRUNCH.
Their "company" entered the clearing. Duo shook with fear and the little prince hid his eyes. The monster approached them and picked up the poor little prince whom the Scared-Out-Of-His-Wits God of Death was hiding behind and was about to eat him when...
"Well, damn. I was goin' ter eat 'cha, but ya had to go wearin' that stupid ring." The monster set a badly shaken Prince Milliardo carefully back on the ground and brushed him off. "I should 'ave guessed. That's just me luck. I didn't scare ya too much, did I?"
Milliardo couldn't respond, he was still getting over the shock of nearly being digested. So, he only shook his head.
"Good. I didn't mean to do that 'cha know. It's not like I chose to be a bloody monster or anything like that. It's just, I gots ter eat too. I've got me a wife an' six kids back at home."
"Oh, yeah, man. I know exactly how you feel." Duo said coming out of his hiding place and putting his arm around the monster's shoulder. "My name's Duo Maxwell. I'm the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death-"
"You mean there's more than one of ya?"
"Yeah, well, I've got a couple brothers and sisters, but they don't really count. Anyway, this is my traveling companion Milliardo. He's the prince of the Land of the Rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too."
Our little prince was a little lost as to how you greeted a monster that nearly ate you, but he bowed and said hi.
The monster was now sitting in the clearing with them and chatting like he ad known them forever. "So, the princess says ter me, 'Do yer worst!' an' I say, 'Lady, ya don't know what 'cha gettin' into.'."
Everyone was quiet. Obviously, they didn't get the joke. The monster laughed uneasily. "So, ya think you've lost yer way through the forest? Well, that shouldn't be too 'ard. I can get 'cha out in no time."
So, eagerly they accepted the help of their new-found friend, whose name happened to be Jacques, and were soon running through the forest.
When they arrived at the edge of the woods Jacques volunteered to come along with them.
So, Jacques, the little prince, and the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death went on their way. But seeing as they had already gone throught the woods, they only had to go over the river. That was the problem.
Upon approaching the bridge they met a very ugly old man.
"Stop" The old man said. "Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see."
After a brief arguement over who would go first, little Milliardo was shoved forward.
"A-ask m-me the qu-questions, B-bridgekeeper. I-I am not a-afraid." Milliardo studdered.
"What is your name?" Was the Bridgekeeper's first question.
"Prince Milliardo of the Land of the rising Sun Not to Mention Bread and Biscuits Too."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek my far away friend."
"What is your favorite color?"
"Red."
"Right then. Off you go."
The little prince was quite surprised at the easy questions. "Well, thank you. Thank you very much." And with that he crossed the bridge over to the other side.
Duo and Jacques stared for a second.
"Hey!" Duo exclaimed. "That was easy!"
And the Happy-Go-Lucky Shinigami went running up to the bridgekeeper.
"Stop!" The Bridgekeeper said as Duo approached. "Who approacheth the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three ere the other side he see."
Duo grinned broadly. "Go ahead. Ask me the questions, Bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid."
"What is your name?"
"Duo Maxwell, the Happy-Go-Lucky God of Death."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek that guy in front of me's far away friend."
"What's pi to the 56th decimal place?"
"What? How the Hell am I supposed to know that? AHHHHH!!!!"
And Duo was hurled into the river. But don't worry. As I said in the beginning, no one ever gets killed in this movie. They only get really large boo-boos. Anyway, so Duo was catapulted into the river to return at a later point in the story.
Now, it was Jacques's turn to be asked.
"What is your name?"
"Jacques."
"What is your quest?"
"To seek Milliardo's far away friend."
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"What? An African swallow or a European swallow?"
"I don't know that? ARGHHHHHH!!!!!"
The ugly old Bridgekeeper was catapulted into the river to join Duo, and, unfortunately, would not be returning later in the story. And after waving good bye to the unfortunate Bridgekeeper, Jacques crossed the Bridge of Death to join Milliardo on the other side.
"How do you know so much about swallows?" Milliardo asked when Jacques appeared on the other side.
"Well, when ya live in a forest you 'ave lots o' time to look at those kind o' things." He replied with a shrug.
