~All I can say is...actually, I have no comment. Just read the ramble for yourselves... um, enjoy...
~Silver~


*~The Case of Lloyd's Personality Gone Wrong~*

~By Silver~


***

(Scene opens in the Castle of Beginniness.)

Silver: *Sitting on a chair at a table, sewing.*

Prick!

Silver: *Grabs her finger* "OWOWOWOWOW!!!!!" *Hurls the object across the room* "Screw it! I can't feel my fingers anymore!!!" *Looks around the room for some sort of entertainment* "Hmmm..."

***

(Scene opens in Seles. The Dragoons are hanging out around Dart+Shana's house)

Albert: "I really should get going. I have a country to run, and Emille gets upset if I'm out after dark."

Rose: *Snorts* "Mr. King Albert has a curfew?"

Albert: *Looks blankly at Rose* "No, I have a wife."

Dart: *Bursts out laughing*

Shana: *Punches Dart* "Not funny!"

Dart: *Wince* "Owuch."

Kongol: "Shana strong."

Shana: *Grins proudly*

Haschel: *Pats Shana's shoulder* "Yeah, that's my daughter-in-law!"

Meru: "She's not that tough..." *Spins her hammer* "Eee DOH! Double Smack!" *Whacks Shana in the shin*

Shana: *Eyes well up* "OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWW!" *Sits down and starts crying* "Why'd you do that, Meru?"

Meru: *Shrugs* "To prove you're not tough!"

Kongol: "Meru whack shin with hammer, it hurt."

Shana: *Nods tearfully*

Albert: "Wait a moment. Something's amiss..."

Rose: "Yes! I sense something! Can it be...?"

All: "Oh, no!"

*All disappear*

***

(Scene opens in the Castle of Beginniness. All the Dragoons spontaneously appear)

Albert: *Groan* "I knew it..."

All: *Take out their weapons and form a circle, back to back*

Rose: *Growl* "Show yourself, you female freak, or we'll tear your castle to pieces!"

Lloyd: *Walks through a doorway* "Oh, hello."

All: *Lower their weapons*

Dart: *Chuckles warily* "Oh, Lloyd. So, Silver brought you here, too?"

Lloyd: *Brief smile* "Actually..." *Looks up at the ceiling* "I don't know." *Looks back at the Dragoons* "I thought she did, but I can't find her anywhere. Isn't it strange?"

Albert: *Blink* "Why aren't you hiding, then?"

Lloyd: *Spreads his arms* "Why hide? There's no reason to be afraid!"

All: "..."

Shana: "Lloyd seems..."

Dart: "...different..."

Rose: "...somehow."

Lloyd: *Looks at them oddly* "Why do you say that?"

All: *Shrug*

Albert: "So..." *Glances at Lloyd* "Are you sure she's not here?"

Lloyd: *Shakes his head* "I've looked everywhere." *Shrugs* "So, now what?"

Kongol: "Lloyd creepy...Lloyd short."

All: *Look*

Meru: "You're right, Kongol. Lloyd's at least two inches shorter..."

All: *Gasp*

Lloyd: "Not really." *Points to his shoes* "The heels broke off."

Meru: *Inspects Lloyd's boots, then gives a sigh of relief* "They did."

Lloyd: "Why is everyone inspecting me, anyway?"

Albert: "We're just looking for any signs that might indicate one of Silver's experiments..."

Shana: "Like the exploding raptor leash, remember?"

Lloyd: *Chuckles* "Ah, that experiment never did quite go according to plan..." *Looks at everyone* "Poor Silver."

All: *Sigh*

Lloyd: "Back to a more important topic - you all know that we need Silver's remote control to get out of here, so I suggest we look for it."

Albert: "That seems logical."

Haschel: "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" *Looks at Lloyd* "From the looks of you, boy, I think you may have an idea."

Lloyd: "Huh?" *Looks at Haschel* "Uh, why do you say that?"

Haschel: "Because you were smirking!"

Lloyd: "Oh." *Shrugs* "I was just thinking of how funny it would be if we took her remote back with us, so she couldn't do this anymore."

Kongol: "Lloyd know Wingly techno...tech...smarts. Silver just make again."

Lloyd: "Yeah, she would, wouldn't she?"

Shana: *Groan* "At least her kitty isn't around, either."

Dart: *Nod*

Rose: *Waves her stiletto expressively* "I propose we follow Lloyd, since he knows this place much better than any of us does, having been here far more often."

Lloyd: *Nods* "Okay. Well, Miss Winglie has a workshop set up in the basement, from which she conducts most of her experiments. Most likely, the remote's down there. There's only one problem - she uses the basement as a dungeon, too."

Albert: "So, if she catches us..."

Lloyd: "Don't let her catch you, under any circumstances!"

All: *Gulp*

***

(Scene opens with the Dragoons walking through the Castle)

Rose: *Looks around* "Hm. We're only in a living room." *Looks up at Lloyd* "How much farther?"

Lloyd: "Not much. Just down a few flights of stairs and..."

Meru: "HAY! What's this?" *Runs over to a table and grabs a piece of fabric* "It's still got a needle threaded to it!" *Tilts it around* "But...it looks like a scrap."

Lloyd: *Waves his hand dismissively* "Oh, that. It's an old habit of Silver's. She always attaches her sewing needles onto the scraps. You'd be amazed how many she accidently throws away."

Rose: *Catches Lloyd's hand and looks at it* "Was she stitching up your gloves for you?"

Lloyd: *Yanks his hand back* "Why do you ask?"

Rose: "Because the palm looks worse than Frankenstein's monster and you've got a nasty cut on your finger!"

Lloyd: *Laughs slightly* "Yeah, that was Silver's work, alright." *Winces* "Don't touch my hand, though. It still hurts."

Albert: *Whispering to Meru* "This is odd, isn't it? It's not like Lloyd to let a needle prick get to him..."

Meru: "I know...Maybe Silver screwed up his brain?"

Kongol: "Kongol think that likely."

Lloyd: *Walks across the room and opens a door* "There. The first staircase." *Inhales nervously* "Everyone ready?"

All: *Nod*

Lloyd: "Then let's go." *Leads the way down the stairs*

All: *Start walking*

~Some time later...~

Dart: "I..." *Huff* "...can't..." *Puff* "...walk..."*Wheeze* "...much farther!"

Meru: *Smiles* "I've never been so happy to be a Wingly! This is easy!"

Rose: "Lloyd, how much farther?"

Lloyd: "One flight."

All: *Groan*

~Later...~

Albert: "I hear a voice..."

Shana: "Oh no! I bet it's Silver!"

Rose: "It doesn't sound quite like her..."

Kongol: "Voice familiar."

Haschel: "Yeah, it is!"

Dart: "Who is it?"

Meru: *Shrug*

???: "Go back...don't come down here..."

Lloyd: *Stops suddenly*

All: *Crash - the domino effect*

Lloyd: *Listens for a moment* "Be quiet down there!" *Chuckles* "It's just the assistants."

All: *Look at each other, then continue walking*

~After a minute...~

Lloyd: *Steps off the stairs and smiles* "We made it!"

All: *Look around*

Shana: "This place is creepy..."

Dart: "It looks like something from a horror movie..."

???: "Is that you, Dart? Rose? Shana? Is everyone here?" *Pause* "Come over to the dungeon, quick!"

Dart: *Nervously* "Should we?"

Rose: "It's not Silver's voice, so we shouldn't worry too much."

Albert: "Let's go."

All: *Run over to the dungeon half of the room*

Lloyd: "Wait a minute! Come back!"

All: *Ignore*

***

(Scene opens in the dungeon half of the basement)

Rose: "Where are you?"

???: "The third cell from the right!"

Dart: *Turns around* "Oh, right here..." *Pause*

All: *Pale* "..." *Shriek and jump back*

Shana: "But you...how? How did...you were over...but..." *Starts wailing* "What's going on????"

Lloyd: *Paces the cell* "I don't know! All I know is that I was teleported here, and instead of finding Silver had the remote, I saw myself!" *Grabs onto the bars* "I actually wish Silver were here. She'd clear all this up." *Grimaces* "Even though she's the female of my worst nightmares..."

Rose: *Thinks* "This is very strange..."

Dart+Shana: *Standing near an open cell* "This is freaky..."

Lloyd: *Sneaks up behind them and shoves them into the cell, locking the door* "HAH!"

Lloyd: "Hey! I demand to know who you are!"

Lloyd: "I'm Lloyd, stupid!"

Lloyd: "No, I'm Lloyd!"

Meru: "This is CONFUSING! Which one's real???"

Both: "I am!"

Rose: *Thinks for a moment* "Wait, I have a suspicion..."

Both: "What?"

Rose: *Suddenly screams* "Look! It's Melbu Frahma!"

Lloyd-In-The-Cell: "Where?! Give me the Dragon Buster! I'll defeat him this time!"

Other Lloyd: *Growl* "Let me at 'em! I'll tear that rotten jerk limb-from-limb!"

Rose: *Puts the tip of her stiletto at Other Lloyd's throat* "I suspected as much!"

Meru: *Grabs an exiperimental object off the table* "Hmmm." *Throws it at Other Lloyd* "Magic - Dispell Illusion!"

BOINK!

Silver: "Ow!"

Rose: "Of course." *Shakes her head* "Silver stitched together the costume herself, thus the needle pricks and bad job on the gloves. She re-created Lloyd's likeness with a magic spell she created right here in her lab, then kidnapped Lloyd to prevent problems."

Albert: "But why?"

Silver: "To trick the Ditzy Duo into the basement so I could lock 'em up!"

Shana+Dart: "HEY!"

Silver: *Reaches into her pocket* "Anyway, now that my mission was a success..." *Points the remote at Rose, Haschel, Kongol, Meru, and Albert* "Bye!"

Click!

*They disappear*

Silver: *Reaches into her other pocket for a key and unlocks Lloyd's door* "Now that that's overwith, let's go upstairs, make some popcorn, and play LoD, kay?"

Lloyd: "Okay." *Follows Silver up the stairs*

Dart+Shana: "Let us out!" *Start crying*

Rats: *Scurry into the cell, attracted by the sobbing*

Dart+Shana: *Shriek and cower in the corner*

~Meanwhile, upstairs...~

Lloyd: "Yeah! I just beat Dart at the Hero Competition!"

Silver: "Yay! Now let me try!"

*~The End~*