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Things I'd Do For You III:
School for the Real World
by
~Miriah~of~the~Wind~
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Chapter 3: Many Meetings
"WHO IS JHONEN!?!?!" D.D.G.I.R2 cried. Alina jumped as Dark Demon G.I.R2 did head explody on itself, "YOU FOOL DO YOU NOT SEE THAT JHONEN IS THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK/ CARTOON MAKER WHO EVER LIVED! I CONDEMN YOU TO GO GIVE A MOOSE A HUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW GO GET ME SOME CORNNUTS!"
"Corn nuts?" Galadriel asked.
"Yeah, cornnuts are good."
Invader Nina however exploded with the same reaction as D.D.G.I.R2.
"Jhonen is the almighty mongoose muffin! He writes Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader Zim! I love him soooo much!" The obsessed fan girl then leaped to her trunk to take out all her Jhonen stuff while rambling on.
"YOU POOR DEPRIVED CHILD!!!! Jhonen is the most supreme of beings!!!! He created Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, I Feel Sick, SQUEE!, The Bad Art collection...HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW HIS WORK!?!?!?!?!?!!" Black Silver yepled in shock.
"You don't know?!" Invader Zine cried out. "He's the creator of all things good in the world!...besides tequitos and Code Red. I don't think he created those. And Jhonen's really cute! Can't forget that!"
"Jhonen is ONLY the best comic book writer ever!" Kami said really fast, "And the creator of Invader Zim! And Dib! Jhonen is God!!"
"What?!?!?" Alina cried out confused with talk of Mooses and Mongooses and other things that she didn't understand since our heroines (and heros) were in a completely different world. It was Galadriel Weasley who cleared things up for her.
"Jhonen C. Vasquez is a twenty-eight....he's twenty eight right Miriah?" she asked.
"Yep. Turn 28 last September." Miriah answered.
"September when?" D.D.G.I.R2 cried.
"September 1."
"Yes, well anyway. Jhonen draws super cool comics like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, I Feel Sick, Fillerbunny, and SQUEE! Jhonen's most famous work is his project Invader ZIM!. You see, Nickelodian hired Jhonen and a few other people to do a T.V. show. It became really popular and that's how people, like Miriah and me, first discovered who he, and Slave Labor Group products, is. Nickelodian canceled Zim and fired Jhonen.
(A/N: To learn more about the next sentence see my fic Things I'd Do For You)
They hung Zim from a cage and that's when Miriah went forth and saved him. Now he's working on Everything Can Be Beaten. He's pretty cool if you actually try to get to know him."
"What do you mean try?" Alina asked.
"Well it's no secret that...well....most adults don't like what they don't understand and don't try to understand what they don't like." Joe said, "Jhonen's a goth and..well...almost all of his fan's parents hate him for that. My parents do, and so does Miriah's."
"And mine do....did." 2-T said softly.
(A/N: To understand that last sentence see Things I'd Do For You II: Sun in San Francisco.) Alina decided not to ask anymore questions.
"Well we better get are stuff put up." Tessa said to brighten the mood. The other fan girls (and guys) began their own interior decorating.
Alina placed a few pictures on the night stands and a couple drawings in the drawers. She was very nervous and afraid of being picked on as "being different". After doing this she decided to see what the others were doing. All the other rooms, containing people who knew NOT what shame was, were decorated much more lavishly.
2-T was the B.U.M. fan of the family so naturally she posted a bunch of posters and other items she bought and collected of the three Martians. Only one picture of Dib (she didn't like Zim) was placed on her wall. She also had three pillows that she placed on her bead.
*Tessa*of*the*Rain* was the prep of the family and she put posters of her favorite movie stars: Emma Watson, (Hermione Granger) James and Oliver Phelps, (Fred and George Weasley) and Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins).
^Joe^of^the^Fire^ being more of the rocker in the family. He placed posters around his area and drew a big A with a circle around it in red marker. His poster consisted of Blink-182, Eminem, Sum-41, Green Day, Staind, The Offspring, and Linkin Park.
~Miriah~of~the~Wind~ was the goth of the family although she was much more lively than the other three when she wasn't suspicious of people. She had posters the same as Joe except she also had Creed, P.O.D., Alien Ant Farm, Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Sam Gamgee, Tom Riddle (A/N: If you guys think HE'S ugly you should see the guys around in my school!), Dally Winston, Johnny Cade, the three Curtis brothers, Two-bit, and many, many pictures of Jhonen. She also hung painted pictures of seagulls, Zim, Dib, Lenore, and Ragamuffin. Lying around finally aloud to be out in the open were Johnny The Homicidal Maniac's, I Feel Sick's, Bad Art Collection, Filler Bunny, The Return of the Filler Bunny, and a new edition of Everything Can Be Beaten. She also had two plushies one of G.I.R. in robot form and the other of Zim in Irken form. A C.D. Player was lying on her bed with many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many C.D.'s. The one that was in her C.D. player right now was her cousin's C.D. blink-182: The Tom, Mark, and Travis Show. Miriah placed a laptop with Internet access on the night stand and had a copy of all the Harry Potter books, The Lord of the Ring series, The Hobbit, and The Outsiders.
D.D.G.I.R2's room was multicolored, just like the little robot itself. Pictures of G.I.R. and comic books from SQUEE!, I Feel Sick, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and Filler Bunny cover the floor. On the walls were posters of Devi, Squee, Nny, Wobbly Headed Bob, and Happy Noodle Boy.
Kami was a lover of Anime as well as Zim so she had pics of Dib in Jhonen style and one in Japaneese Animation style that a friend drew. A few pics of Eagle from Magic Knight Rayearth, a few of Loki from Ragnarok, a few of Chaos from Ragnarok, some of Bakura and Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-oh! and all of the JTHM posters. Kami nailed shelves to the walls and on the shelves she placed her G.I.R. plushies both as a robot and a dog, a Spooky doll, a Filler Bunny doll. On another shelf she placed her dragon collection. A third shelf contained random books by: Anne Rice, Terry Pratchet, Anne McCaffrey, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Finally one last shelf had her Manga: Comics 1through 3 of Inu-Yasha, all 6 Magic Knight Rayearth, all six Princess Knight, Ragnarok 1-3, Issue #15 of Ramma in Japanese, Issue #1 of Magic Knight Rayearth in Japanese, #1-#3 of Inu-Yasha in Japanese, and in Japanese issue #13 of Hina. Kami also possessed a desk with a computer with Internet access. Her bed had black sheets and blankets. On her night stand was a mini-lava lamp.
Invader Nina's room was modeled after her real room. It was done in lavender and posies. However not much of that could be seen because tons of Invader Zim posters hung on the wall. A picture of her cousin Paris was on her dresser and a Hawaiian lei hung on the wall.
Galadriel Weasley's room was full of mostly Dib. There was a whole lot of Jhonen style artwork, a few anime posters, paranormal pictures, and Dib pictures. One her desk was a computer also containing the power of Internet access.
Black Silver's was covered in Invader Zim screen shots from nearly all the episodes, a Zim inflatable chair, one of those Professor Membrane lamps as seen in Planet Jackers. The bed was black and purple tyedye sheets with all the necessities too. Her computer had a Zim back round. The bookshelf with scrap books full of other screen caps that didn't make it on the walls, and a pile on the floor with Mangas that were mainly Ranma 1and 2 and Inu-Yasha.
Finally Invader Zine's walls were painted hot pink with splats of black on it. On the walls hung posters of Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and Harry Potter. There were also drawings of Evil looking winged monsters. One onse side of the room would be a black dresser with a stereo on top over flowing with black shirts and blue jeans. Opposite of that would be a flowery bed with a stuffed St. Bernard, Otter, Squirrel, and Zim on it with a Dib poster above it. To the right of that would be a night stand with a lava lamp. On the left; a drawing board, the base littered with drawing pads, pen pencils, charcoal, markers, and sketches. On the wall right of the bed was a big book shelf packed full of books. Contrary to that was a desk with a computer hooked to the phone line with Internet access. The desk would be filled with Science stuff and on the computer moniter was a bobble head turtle thing.
"Wow, Zine how did you get the moving men to pack all of that?" Miriah asked.
"What?" she said innocently, "They should be honored to load and unload the items of Invader Zine! They should be paying ME!"
"May I have your attention? May I have your....HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!" Jhonen voice was heard over the loudspeaker, "Alright everyone has to go to sleep now because....well....um.....actually there is not good reason why ANYONE should have to be forced to go to sleep but I'll get fired if you don't so you just go do that now."
"SQUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Black Silver jumped up and down like G.I.R. on a sugar high.
"Who was that?" Alina asked.
"THAT was JHONEN!!!! Our lord and hamster master!" cried Silver. There was much bouncing around until finally the fanpeople passed out on their beds. Alina just sat on hers quietly. She feared tomorrow. How could she fit in with these people? Didn't they see how incredibly FAT she was? No, they were stuck in their fantasy world blinds as bats. But still that was the Invader Zim section. What would the others be like? Alina fell asleep quickly knowing that she still had classes to go through.
Alina slept peacefully. Her alarm clock buzzer went off and she smacked it to be quiet. There was silence for the next five minutes. Alina decided to enjoy this now before the ruckus would ensue until these guys fell asleep. Alina was very wise for doing this because she was very right about fans and ruckus. "Go forth and become a happy cabbage!!" Invader Nina shouted out in the distance.
"Garg! I am saying gaaarg!" Kami yelled.
"My scheme is complete!! Soon all the children of the world will be dipped in fung-lum sweet and sour sauce!! They will be sweet! And sour!! HAH!!" Galadriel quoted.
"You fucking toaster! That's all you'll ever be! A toaster! Damn, I have no kiwis!" Black Silver cried out.
"Moo! Woof! Don't you see the toenails? Oh so splendid! A,B,C,D,E,F,G!" D.D.G.I.R2 shouted.
"Fucking donut! Mock me? You fried cyclops!"
"Everybody say it with me and wiggle! Peas, peas, peas, peas, peas, peas! Look! David Hasselhoff CAN fly!" Miriah said picking up the rhythm.
It was Tessa who actually got up.
"Alright! You know how to quote Happy Noodle Boy! So shut the hell the up! It's 7:00 A.M.! Pipe down or I'll throw my sister's boot at you. How in the name of Middle-Earth are you people so damn hyper in the morning?!? God."
"I think SOMEBODY needs a hug!" D.D.G.I.R2 cried out causing Tessa to sigh. The gang got ready quickly and ran down the stairs......dragging along Alina. The campus was large and huge.
Breakfast was eggs toast with any beverage you like.
"SWEET MOTHER OF ANIME!!!!!" Miriah snapped around. It was Anata with Shimigami the Neko, and Jordon.
"SWEET JUMPING CHILI BEANS!!!!" Miriah answered.
"What's up?" Jordon asked.
"Oh shit." Miriah answered, "Not again..." Joe was standing on a table asking for the attention of everyone else.
"People! Can I have your attention please! I have come before you today to ask for your help against a evil so horrible so foul that I shuddered to speak of it..."
"Then don't speak of it!" shouted someone shouted.
"I'm talking about slash in the Lord of the Rings section." There was a loud groan.
"Who's is he?" Anata asked.
"That's my cousin Joe. He's from my father's side so I hardly see him."
"People , I beg of you. By letting this slash filth go on in the Lord of the Rings section we're dishonoring the man who made them. J.R.R.Tolkien poured his soul into these books for years and we've dishonored them in fifteen minutes! How can we stand idly by and let people do this? I say we should rally against this and get rid of the slash!" In reply the crowd only laughed at him.
"I'm never speaking English again." Joe muttered to his kin.
"Oh c'mon. It's not exactly the newest thing to happen to us." 2-T said. The gang grabbed breakfast and sat at a table.
"Hey everyone." Alina looked up to see a girl with blonde brownish hair, blue glasses, a black trenchcoat, big baggy jeans, a t-shirt that says, 'troubled-youth', a G.I.R. necklace, an Invader Zim bracelet, and Zim earings.
"It can't be..." Miriah said stunned, "LiL Kitten?"
"You know any other?" Kitten smiled.
"Wow, they let you here after you almost tricked Jhonen into marrying you?" LiL Kitten turned around to see a boy with messed up hair and glasses: TheMadnessDog a.k.a G.E.G.
"Yeah they did and hey....who is he." LiL Kitten asked. She knew 2-T and Tessa but not Joe.
"Hola señorita, ¿cómo te llamas?" Hello miss, what are you called?" LiL Kitten however smacked him.
"Miriah! I think your cousin's being fresh with me." LiL Kitten said.
"No he asked for your name." Miriah said.
"Oh. My name is LiL Kitten."
"Ah, me llamo JoeoftheFire. Soy de California. ¿De dónde eres?" I am JoeoftheFire. I'm from California. Where are you from?
"Um, this may seem like a stupid question but why isn't your cousin speaking English?"
"Joe's been embarrassed beyond all belief so he's renounced English."
"It was that 'no more slash in the lord of the rings section' wasn't it? Well he's your cousin what's he saying?" Invader Zine.
"Joe just asked LiL Kitten where she's from."
"Oh, I'm from Florida." LiL Kitten said.
"How did you get in this school anyway. You were planning to keep Jhonen all to yourself!
"Not really besides Jhonen kissed me before I went home!"
"I bet that's a load of bull shit." Kami said.
"It's true! It's all true!" LiL Kitten cried.
"What's true?" A author had sat down at the table. She was five foot six and wore black pants with zippers all over the place. She also wore a "Watch me Amaze You!" Zim shirt, a leather bracelet with dull spikes, a pendent with the astrological sign of the Scorpio the Scorpion a silver and a urus rune. She had light brown hair with highlights, and forest green eyes.
"I'm LiL Kitten and Jhonen Vasquez kissed me!" Kitten said proudly.
"Well, I'm Soldier of Darkness and you have no way of proving that's true."
"I still think that it's not real!" TheMadnessDog said.
"Is not!" Kitten argued.
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is..."
"Well if we can't decide whose right," Miriah interrupted, "Then lets go see the only man who really knows."
"You mean..." Invader Zine gasped, "You mean we should go find Jhonen?"
"But how? None of the teachers are him and this is a wide campus! How would we even know to start?" Galadriel asked.
"Okay first everyone get out there class list. I have a plan." Everyone looked at each other's list and found that they all had 6th period off. They all agreed that they'd meet at the school fountain.
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