"DEVEEEEEEEE!!!" yelled Tenna as she poked her head into the door. Devi stood up.
"Sweet angry Jeezus, woman!! Will you stop squeaking that goddamned chew toy what I hate so?!" Devi almost screamed at the black woman holding the troll-like squeaky toy which was painted to look like a skeleton.
"Nice to see you too," pouted Tenna. Suddenly Tenna caught sight of Shmee, and squealed. "Oh, such a cute teddy bear! What's his name?" she said, and Todd spoke up.
"That's Shmee," he said, pointing to the teddy. Tenna raced over and grabbed him up.
"Awwwwwww, he's so soft and fuzzy! Hey, it looks like you guys are going out. Can I babysit Shmee, little boy who owns the aforementioned bear? Just till you get back?" she asked. Todd looked at Johnny, then at Devi. Devi had composed herself and gotten up.
"She's harmless, Todd. You can let her, if you want to," she said. Todd nodded at Tenna.
"Yay!!" squealed Tenna. "We're going to have so much crunchy-on-the-outside, nougat-on-the-inside, double dipped, candy-coated FUN!! Bye, everyone! We're off to see the Wizard! Tra la la la la la la la la la la la la la la..." sang Tenna, squeaking Spooky all the while, skipping off down the hallway. Devi heaved a sigh of relief that the hyper bundle of eccentric happiness had left. She'd just been getting strange(er) lately. Johnny's eyes followed Tenna.
"Wow! She's almost like a real-life Happy Noodle Boy, except she really IS happy!" he gasped in amazement. Devi giggled, having read a Happy Noodle Boy comic a homeless insane man had duct-taped to the ass of an unconscious junkie. Johnny, of course, was the genius (?) behind the park-dwelling, anemic, babbling stick-figure whose favorite pastime was to stand on a soapbox and spout inane nonsense and strange accusations at innocent passers-by. This resulted in him ultimately getting himself shot in the head, only to reappear later.
"We should go now, guys. We have to do what Shmee told us," said Todd, and broke Johnny and Devi out of their reveries. Reluctantly, Johnny and Devi grabbed Nail-bunny and Sickness. Devi put Sickness' eyes back in, knowing she was in no danger from the dolly, and they piled into Johnny's car and drove off into the night.
"Sweet angry Jeezus, woman!! Will you stop squeaking that goddamned chew toy what I hate so?!" Devi almost screamed at the black woman holding the troll-like squeaky toy which was painted to look like a skeleton.
"Nice to see you too," pouted Tenna. Suddenly Tenna caught sight of Shmee, and squealed. "Oh, such a cute teddy bear! What's his name?" she said, and Todd spoke up.
"That's Shmee," he said, pointing to the teddy. Tenna raced over and grabbed him up.
"Awwwwwww, he's so soft and fuzzy! Hey, it looks like you guys are going out. Can I babysit Shmee, little boy who owns the aforementioned bear? Just till you get back?" she asked. Todd looked at Johnny, then at Devi. Devi had composed herself and gotten up.
"She's harmless, Todd. You can let her, if you want to," she said. Todd nodded at Tenna.
"Yay!!" squealed Tenna. "We're going to have so much crunchy-on-the-outside, nougat-on-the-inside, double dipped, candy-coated FUN!! Bye, everyone! We're off to see the Wizard! Tra la la la la la la la la la la la la la la..." sang Tenna, squeaking Spooky all the while, skipping off down the hallway. Devi heaved a sigh of relief that the hyper bundle of eccentric happiness had left. She'd just been getting strange(er) lately. Johnny's eyes followed Tenna.
"Wow! She's almost like a real-life Happy Noodle Boy, except she really IS happy!" he gasped in amazement. Devi giggled, having read a Happy Noodle Boy comic a homeless insane man had duct-taped to the ass of an unconscious junkie. Johnny, of course, was the genius (?) behind the park-dwelling, anemic, babbling stick-figure whose favorite pastime was to stand on a soapbox and spout inane nonsense and strange accusations at innocent passers-by. This resulted in him ultimately getting himself shot in the head, only to reappear later.
"We should go now, guys. We have to do what Shmee told us," said Todd, and broke Johnny and Devi out of their reveries. Reluctantly, Johnny and Devi grabbed Nail-bunny and Sickness. Devi put Sickness' eyes back in, knowing she was in no danger from the dolly, and they piled into Johnny's car and drove off into the night.