Disclaimer and notes in the Prologue.
The results of too many Cookies of DOOM.
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Chapter 20C - Could Be Worse
"Hi!"
I opened my eyes an found myself staring into a pair of green eyes, belonging to teenager with brown hair pulled into a ponytail. She was wearing an expensive looking silk blouse and black leather skirt.
"Um.. Hi." I said. "Who the hell are you?"
The girl grinned. "I'm Tiana Worthington. Welcome. There's some cookies on the table. Ignore the penguins."
I frowned as she led me out of the doorway and into an expansive looking room. It was huge, even bigger then my parents' house. It was decorated in my own taste actually. A few dark walls with glowing stars on them, a fluffy dark purple carpet, and some various weapons decorating everything.
There were arm chairs and couches of various styles scattered about, along with some arcade games, a flat screen tv the size of one of those THX Mega screen things, and shelves of dvds and video games.
The room also seemed to be filled with people.. And penguins. And a few flying red creatures, which I could only assume to be drug induced side effects of some kind. Maybe I inadvertently had some weed from the shire..
I turned to Tiana, only to see that she had dashed off to talk to some guy who looked a hell of a lot like Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked.
Another girl appeared in front of me, her hair a bright blue and bound in two pigtails. "Sup? I'm Allison Warren, Alli for short. You're new here aren't you."
"New?"
She nodded. "Yeah. See, you're in Sil's Amethyst Tower. One of living rooms to be exact."
"Sil? Tower? What the fuck is going on?"
Alli rolled her eyes, and as she was about to reply, a pretty redhead walked over to me. Dressed in a lab coat with a pencil above her ear, practically hidden among her short stylish locks, she started typing on a holo-computer like that of Washu from Tenchi Muyo. "Name?"
I was so lost, but I sighed. "Lacey. That's all you get."
She nodded as she typed. "Fair enough." A bunch of data appeared on the holoscreen. "Mhm. Okay. Gotcha." She stopped typing and the computer vanished. She stuck her hand out. "I'm Caitlyn Morgan, another original. You'll see a lot of us wandering around, along with the Male Harem."
"Original?"
Caitlyn glanced at Alli. "She doesn't know?"
Alli shrugged. "I was going to tell her, but you interrupted me. Duh."
Caitlyn rolled her eyes. "You, Lacey, are like Alli, Myself, my brother Alex, and Tiana. We were created by Silence."
Created. I felt my breathe leave my body. My worst fear was realized.
"I'm.. not real."
I wanted to cry.
"Oh god, no!" Alli shrieked. "You're real!" She grabbed my arm to bring me to reality. "See, Silence is a goddess of.. Um.. Well, no one really knows. Anyway, like most godly beings, she like, made creations, realities and stuff. Then she adds warped touches to them to you know, spice them up."
"Then why am I here then and not.. 'home'?"
Caitlyn smiled. "Because you impressed her. When that happens, she tends to deem the person as one of her favorites and they get perks."
"Perks?"
Alli nodded. "I'm her sidekick."
"I'm her resident scientific genius." Cat grinned. "We tend to exist out of our own realities, with the abilities to go back when we want."
"The best perk.." Alli's smile was evil, "Is the Harem. It's filled with guys from different realities, stories and fun stuff." She pointed to a man with golden skin in black robes sitting in an arm chair arguing with a good looking guy in a black X-Man uniform.
My jaw dropped. "That's Raistlin. And Iceman!"
Alli giggled. "Rocks. She plucks them from everywhere. Mind you, they're paid well. The only thing they really do is chill out, play bodyguards, are her personal army, along with a bunch of vampires, the undead penguins, and a few werewolves, do menial tasks like laundry, oh and they look pretty."
"What about the red things?" I pointed to one in fishnet stockings, talking to a penguin with a placard in his 'hand'.
"Those are Imps." Caitlyn said. "There are 666 of them. They belong to a demon with a soul, a fallen angel named Weirdbard, Sil's 'adopted' brother. They tend to hang out with the penguins since they share the same tastes in food."
Both of them looked ill at that and I rolled my eyes. Imps and undead penguins. Must like flesh or something gross.
"So I'm here to just do nothing?" I asked irritably. "Wonderful.."
"Pretty much." Alli grinned. "Come on, I'll introduce you around and we can go track down Legolas."
I did a double take. "Legolas?"
She beamed at me. "Yeah, she has a Legolas in her harem too. Rockage no? Of course so does Alsie and Wills, but then again they also have Aragorn clones too.."
I allowed myself to be dragged away by the poster girl for sugar as she babbled on about clones and how you never clone a clone..
I wasn't home.
I wasn't about to die apparently.
I was surrounded by fictional characters, the majority male and most on my own swoon list.
Could be worse.
"Hey, do you have any pixi stix?" I asked.
Alli grinned. "DUH! Sil is a sugar FREAK. Like me!"
We breezed by a couple of Angels. One vamp, one mutant.
I could get used to this place.
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OOH! Author notes!
What was I thinking with this ending? It was to be a play on Lacey's fears of not being real, but with my trend of uber silliness. The references here are all to Weirdbard Academy/AIWL Robins I've done with my partners in crime most can be seen here:
http://wbacademy.envy.nu/
http://www.livejournal.com/community/aiwl_island/
It's in a sad state of repair need age, need to update BADLY and fix the email links as they don't work now.. Lol.. But it's on my list of things to do. lol
The results of too many Cookies of DOOM.
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Chapter 20C - Could Be Worse
"Hi!"
I opened my eyes an found myself staring into a pair of green eyes, belonging to teenager with brown hair pulled into a ponytail. She was wearing an expensive looking silk blouse and black leather skirt.
"Um.. Hi." I said. "Who the hell are you?"
The girl grinned. "I'm Tiana Worthington. Welcome. There's some cookies on the table. Ignore the penguins."
I frowned as she led me out of the doorway and into an expansive looking room. It was huge, even bigger then my parents' house. It was decorated in my own taste actually. A few dark walls with glowing stars on them, a fluffy dark purple carpet, and some various weapons decorating everything.
There were arm chairs and couches of various styles scattered about, along with some arcade games, a flat screen tv the size of one of those THX Mega screen things, and shelves of dvds and video games.
The room also seemed to be filled with people.. And penguins. And a few flying red creatures, which I could only assume to be drug induced side effects of some kind. Maybe I inadvertently had some weed from the shire..
I turned to Tiana, only to see that she had dashed off to talk to some guy who looked a hell of a lot like Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
"What the hell is going on?" I asked.
Another girl appeared in front of me, her hair a bright blue and bound in two pigtails. "Sup? I'm Allison Warren, Alli for short. You're new here aren't you."
"New?"
She nodded. "Yeah. See, you're in Sil's Amethyst Tower. One of living rooms to be exact."
"Sil? Tower? What the fuck is going on?"
Alli rolled her eyes, and as she was about to reply, a pretty redhead walked over to me. Dressed in a lab coat with a pencil above her ear, practically hidden among her short stylish locks, she started typing on a holo-computer like that of Washu from Tenchi Muyo. "Name?"
I was so lost, but I sighed. "Lacey. That's all you get."
She nodded as she typed. "Fair enough." A bunch of data appeared on the holoscreen. "Mhm. Okay. Gotcha." She stopped typing and the computer vanished. She stuck her hand out. "I'm Caitlyn Morgan, another original. You'll see a lot of us wandering around, along with the Male Harem."
"Original?"
Caitlyn glanced at Alli. "She doesn't know?"
Alli shrugged. "I was going to tell her, but you interrupted me. Duh."
Caitlyn rolled her eyes. "You, Lacey, are like Alli, Myself, my brother Alex, and Tiana. We were created by Silence."
Created. I felt my breathe leave my body. My worst fear was realized.
"I'm.. not real."
I wanted to cry.
"Oh god, no!" Alli shrieked. "You're real!" She grabbed my arm to bring me to reality. "See, Silence is a goddess of.. Um.. Well, no one really knows. Anyway, like most godly beings, she like, made creations, realities and stuff. Then she adds warped touches to them to you know, spice them up."
"Then why am I here then and not.. 'home'?"
Caitlyn smiled. "Because you impressed her. When that happens, she tends to deem the person as one of her favorites and they get perks."
"Perks?"
Alli nodded. "I'm her sidekick."
"I'm her resident scientific genius." Cat grinned. "We tend to exist out of our own realities, with the abilities to go back when we want."
"The best perk.." Alli's smile was evil, "Is the Harem. It's filled with guys from different realities, stories and fun stuff." She pointed to a man with golden skin in black robes sitting in an arm chair arguing with a good looking guy in a black X-Man uniform.
My jaw dropped. "That's Raistlin. And Iceman!"
Alli giggled. "Rocks. She plucks them from everywhere. Mind you, they're paid well. The only thing they really do is chill out, play bodyguards, are her personal army, along with a bunch of vampires, the undead penguins, and a few werewolves, do menial tasks like laundry, oh and they look pretty."
"What about the red things?" I pointed to one in fishnet stockings, talking to a penguin with a placard in his 'hand'.
"Those are Imps." Caitlyn said. "There are 666 of them. They belong to a demon with a soul, a fallen angel named Weirdbard, Sil's 'adopted' brother. They tend to hang out with the penguins since they share the same tastes in food."
Both of them looked ill at that and I rolled my eyes. Imps and undead penguins. Must like flesh or something gross.
"So I'm here to just do nothing?" I asked irritably. "Wonderful.."
"Pretty much." Alli grinned. "Come on, I'll introduce you around and we can go track down Legolas."
I did a double take. "Legolas?"
She beamed at me. "Yeah, she has a Legolas in her harem too. Rockage no? Of course so does Alsie and Wills, but then again they also have Aragorn clones too.."
I allowed myself to be dragged away by the poster girl for sugar as she babbled on about clones and how you never clone a clone..
I wasn't home.
I wasn't about to die apparently.
I was surrounded by fictional characters, the majority male and most on my own swoon list.
Could be worse.
"Hey, do you have any pixi stix?" I asked.
Alli grinned. "DUH! Sil is a sugar FREAK. Like me!"
We breezed by a couple of Angels. One vamp, one mutant.
I could get used to this place.
**************
OOH! Author notes!
What was I thinking with this ending? It was to be a play on Lacey's fears of not being real, but with my trend of uber silliness. The references here are all to Weirdbard Academy/AIWL Robins I've done with my partners in crime most can be seen here:
http://wbacademy.envy.nu/
http://www.livejournal.com/community/aiwl_island/
It's in a sad state of repair need age, need to update BADLY and fix the email links as they don't work now.. Lol.. But it's on my list of things to do. lol