Chapter 21
Wheels Within Wheels
"When I consider this carefully, I find not a single property which, with certainty, separates the waking state from the dream. How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?" -- Rene Descartes
Monday morning, last week of school before Thanksgiving break.
Lina was walking, had been walking for a long time and not in any particular direction or with any intent. Just walking.
"You're going to be late at this rate."
"I know, Zel, but I don't care."
"You should, it's your most important day," he insisted.
"It is?" She turned to ask him why that was, but he wasn't there.
"Naturally," Xelloss smiled. "You've been planning it for months, but he's wrong about the late part. Everything will wait for you."
"Er...that's great, Xelloss, but what exactly is this all about anyway?" Lina asked, but once again, she found that she wasn't speaking to anyone.
"Lina? How...how could you ferget? I mean...ya know...today, of all days?"
"Gourry?" Lina discovered it was him all along speaking to her. His eyes looked sad, no... Disappointed. "I-I don't know. I don't know where I am or where I'm going to. It's like I just woke up and here I am going...nowhere!"
"Oh yer goin' someplace and if yer look up, you'll see it." Val's face hovered over her shoulder. "Unless yer too blind, heh, heh..."
"Where? Val? Where?" She spun on a heel in her rush to discover the mystery.
"There!" "There." "There." "There..." Each of the boys' familiar voices chorused in her head.
"What! I don't see anything!" She screamed desperately. But all she could see was fog in thick drifts all around her.
Now she was mad. "Where did you idiots go? Don't leave me here, damnit!" She struck out with her fist and ran into the fog, yelling:
"This is no time to sulk, Zel, come on!
...What kind of a joke are you playing at, Xelloss?
…It's not funny, I can tell ya!
...Gourry? Where are you when I need you?
...Val? Val, is that you making all that racket?
...Oh…
...Ohhhh!"
Lina stepped into the mists and fell down, down...then hit solid ground with a thud!
"Lina! I said I'm off, and if you don't getcher butt up and outta the house now, you're gonna be late for school!" Luna yelled from the other side of the bedroom door.
"Huh? Oh? Oh! Yeah, I'm up...I'm up!" Lina shouted as she shook the cobwebs out of her sleepy head. "Gag! That was one helluva dream! Geesh! It's bad enough I gotta see those idiots at school and practice and on the road, but in my sleep too?"
Lina wasn't the only one to have a bad start to the day. It was senior picture day and bad hair was in the air. Xelloss had managed somehow to keep it a secret from Zelgadiss so that when he and Xelloss entered the building at noon, it only took Gourry and Val to strong-arm the guy into the photo room.
"Ya promised Lina you'd do this," Gourry reminded him.
"Not possible. At all. I never would have agreed to getting my picture taken," Zel insisted, arms folded across his chest defiantly. "In a million years, or more."
"Yeah, ya did. I heard ya." Gourry smiled. "We were in the hospital all banged up and Lina...Lina was gonna make it too. Ya told her you'd do anythin', and that's what it gonna be."
"She didn't hear that! You are making it all up. I don't remember a...Huh? Pardon me? No, I'm not taking off my sweatshirt. What? Oh, all right..."
He sat defiantly on the stool, arms wrapped across his pale, blue shirt-covered chest. Gourry held onto his sweatshirt. Xelloss smiled.
"You knew," Zelgadiss glared at his friends. "That's why all my t-shirts were mysteriously 'in the laundry'. You talked me into wearing your shirt for this...a picture." He spat the last word as if it was coated in poison.
Xelloss shrugged, "That's a secret. Oh, and... don't smile!"
"In your dreams..." Zel muttered as a smirky grin spread to his mouth against all his will power. Val was making faces behind Xelloss' back, pretending to attack him unawares. Zelgadiss turned his head, revealing a single ear pointing through his shining hair glittering with rings; his eyes, that incredible blue-green, sparkled in flash of light. Scars? What scars? He was awesome.
"Not my dreams! I have much better things to dream about than you getting a picture taken." Xelloss winked and pushed his way onto the stool. "My turn! I think my bangs are mussed, can I comb them first? Thanks."
"Say 'Can-dee'!" Val laughed.
Xelloss did and smiled for the camera.
"Shit, I didn't think chicks had names like that fer real,"Val sniffed.
"It isn't her real name. It's Laila," Xelloss said his voice subdued. He slipped off the stool, giving way to Gourry to take the stand.
Zel shot him a look, "Really? I didn't know that."
"See? We do talk!"
Zel's eyes widened and he blushed. "I assumed you did... I mean...of course you two talk when you're together."
"Some, anyway...A least we exchanged names!" Xelloss paused for effect, and then giggled.
Val laughed as Zel choked back a cough. "Way ta go, dude!"
Gourry tapped Val on the shoulder indicating that it was his turn to get photographed, and then he turned back toward Xelloss looking puzzled.
"She's just a girl from our math class I'm getting to know, that's all," Xelloss explained to Gourry in passing.
"Sur-re," Val grinned. He arranged his headband so that the free ends hung away from his face. "You gonna see her tomorrow?"
"Yeah...and tonight." Xelloss smiled and looked away. "She's asked me over to study...I think. We have a test tomorrow and Zelgadiss I know doesn't need to go over anything, right little brother?"
Zel shook his head. "Need the car?"
Xelloss' turn to shake his head, "Noooo, I'll take the bus. That way you'll have it to get to school in the morning. Just in case."
"In case?" Zel looked for his back pack. He hadn't been paying close attention to the implication buried in Xelloss' statement.
"In case I don't make it back home tonight." Xelloss smiled.
Zel was about to ask what he meant by that, when reality hit him square in the face. A warmth grew in his chest, the rush of blood flooded his face crimson. "Oh…" Zel headed out of the room so quickly, he forgot his sweatshirt.
Suddenly several kids thundered into the hall and crowded around an announcement board nearby where Zel had planted himself. Their shrill laughter was unbearable. His sensitive ears were smarting. He felt as though he were in a glass box. Just when the glass became smooth and warm to his pleasure, it suddenly shattered into a billion shards. Yes, his social life in detail.
Wednesday, last day of school before the Thanksgiving break.
"So your uncle and cousin are staying with you this week?" Sylphiel asked Amelia.
"Yes, they should be there by now. I can't wait to see them! Alfred is, at least was the last time I saw him, really dreamy! He just finished high school and is traveling with his father before beginning college. He's so lucky."
"What's he look like?" Filia asked.
"Like Zel but with black hair and light blue eyes," Lina answered.
All eyes swiveled her way.
"What? I can't notice what people look like? He and Nahga and I went places when he'd visit. Real cute, yeah," Lina winked at Zel who colored slightly at the compliment and cursed himself for it under his breath.
"He's my favorite cousin," Amelia sighed, completely unaware of Zel's discomfort. "We played tea party when we were really small, but I don't suppose we'd have that much in common anymore. His daddy's Christopher ul Brozzo Seyruun. He's the best uncle, and so tall, dark and handsome!"
"So what are they coming here for?" Filia asked.
"To visit. I think my uncle would like to find a job in town and stay, so maybe he's job hunting while traveling the area. I don't really know," Amelia answered. "At least they're planning to stay for a few months so my being in Atlas City and missing them won't be so bad."
"If he's reeeeeally cute," Filia smiled, "Maybe he'd like to come along to listen to us record. I'm sure he'll find it more entertaining than staying with your dad and his dad."
"I'll think about it, Miss Filia!" Amelia assured her. "It would be difficult to invite him and not my sister." Her face lit up. "Oh! That reminds me… Zelgadiss? Is Subaru joining us when we go to Atlas City? Some one should call and remind him to pack and all."
"Already done," Zel answered. "Twice. Last week and yesterday Xelloss dropped by with Lina, I understand, while we were in Japanese."
"That's good. I'm so glad that Xelloss is taking his promise to care for Subaru so seriously. It's nice to know that he can be responsible too." Amelia nodded in satisfaction.
Zel said nothing. He wished he felt the same.
At the other end on the table, a different conversation was going on. "So, you ever get in last night?" Val asked.
Xelloss smiled, "I could ask you the same thing, but I won't."
"Ya didn't! I knew it," Val grinned wolfishly. "You were with that new one…Candy, riiiiight?"
Xelloss pretended not to hear and attended wholly to his lunch. Spread the mustard over the whole roll evenly…make certain the turkey is distributed across the entire surface, not bunched up to give 'lettuce-only' bites…the cheese…
"Can-dy? That's not a real name, is it?" Filia snorted. She had directed the question to Zel, who was centrally located at the table, since Xelloss didn't seem to be participating actively in the conversation.
"No, it's the nickname she goes by. Xelloss told me her name was Laila." Zel returned to his bagel. He wondered if Filia knew how similar she was to Val these days…even down to framing her questions like his, only with proper pronunciation.
"Laila…Laila…" Filia mused a bit. "Not Kerel's Laila? That really popular guy, wasn't he like the quarterback last year? Kerel! You know who I'm talking about… brown hair, blue eyes, great tan…?"
Zel shook his head. It was all news to him, and not interesting news at that.
Exasperated, Filia remarked, "She's another little red-head, ya know…sounds fishy…to me…"
"Brownish red," Zel corrected her. "Taller than Kagome."
"Maybe she dyed it…" Filia rejoined. She wanted more information out of Zelgadiss. Of course it was absurd to think she could pry gossipy tid-bits out of Zel-the-rock…
Not far away, Gourry was staring longingly out the window of the lunchroom. It was at the far end of room, but he could see the golden, late autumn sun streaming in.
"What's your problem?" Lina nudged him with a hunk of soft pretzel.
He took the offering and gulped it down indifferently. "Nothin'…'cept… My brother's on a field trip today. Beach. Must be nice."
Lina groaned. "Oh, now you've spoiled my lunch. Nah, I mean…gods…what a terrific day to be at the coast, eh? I'd love ta go to the beach right now."
"Dream on," Val muttered.
"Can't," Gourry said automatically. He figured Lina wasn't being serious. He knew that she knew they had to leave to get to Atlas City early in the morning. So by Lina Decree, they were all supposed to pack and get to bed early. No time for beach trips this afternoon that was for sure.
"I'll take you," Xelloss offered in a soft voice.
Lina and Xelloss locked eyes. The table conversations paused for a millisecond.
"Aren't we going to be, like, super busy packing for our trip to Atlas City tomorrow? I know I've got loads to do and I'm not taking an instrument." Sylphiel looked around for affirmation.
"Zel's takin' his guitar, but that's about it," Val said. "We're usin' the studio stuff fer recordin', we decided."
"Clothes!" Sylphiel insisted.
"That don't take long…" Val grumbled.
Lina still held Xelloss' gaze. She knew that he would do it if she nodded. He'd find a way, a car, a plane, something to get them there…this very minute, if she said yes.
"Don't you gotta date agin with that…Candy con-fec-shun? Or…have ya fergottin'?" Val asked Xelloss.
Xelloss didn't acknowledge that query one way or the other. He was waiting for Lina.
"How come you know her so well? She and Kerel were supposed to have gotten married in June," Filia repeated, eyes narrowing.
"Right out of high school," Sylphiel sighed. "So romantic. They were deeply in love…I remember…Of course, I never knew what he'd seen in her. I mean, she was okay and all, but nothing special. Kerel was …"
"Miss Sylphiel…" Amelia hissed reminding her that Xelloss might think Candy was the best thing ever! He did like sweet things…
Zel looked at Sylphiel then Xelloss and sighed. "She's a friend of ours from math. You might remember her. She graduated here last year with honors (a feature that might be of interest to some of us)."
Amelia shook her head, "Don't remember her."
"She's more than a friend to him," Val nodded Xelloss' way. "They been seein' lots of each other and he didn't come home last night at all."
"She's interested in engineering." Zel said a bit louder.
Filia stared at Xelloss who was still locked onto Lina, "Sounds like she's interested in Xelloss."
But…she couldn't actually go to the beach. Lina had promised her sister to stick around home after school and evening. This would be their first Thanksgiving apart. Luna was going to the Cephied clan settlement for the festivities, and to be with Julian, Filia's cousin. Luna and Julian had become very close. Not that Lina ever saw him. Rules were rules, and except for Xelloss-who-had-special-privileges, Luna never brought any young men into their home. Lina dropped her eyes to her hands, freeing Xelloss from her spell in the process.
"The sea calls to me, but I can't go either," Lina said at last. "Promised my sis I'd spend some time with her. I won't see her for awhile."
"Okay," Xelloss smiled, eyes creased shut, his face masking his inner emotions. "I wouldn't dream of interfering in your special family occasion. Another time, perhaps."
"Which reminds me, Lina? Zolf called again last night. He and Rodimus received the documents and signed them and they will be in the mail today, just in case they don't make it before we leave, I recommended that he keep copies and mail them directly to our lawyer. I told him we had decided to hire him and Rodimus as road and stage managers, but that for this trip to Atlas City they wouldn't be needed. Agreed? Fine. Just wanted to pass that by you." Zelgadiss finished his drink. "I'm going over to talk with Van. See you later."
Later that evening, Val opened the door in answer to demands of the bell. "Yo? Oh, Amelia?" He was surprised and didn't try to hide it.
"Can I come in, please? Mr. Zelgadiss is here, isn't he?"
Yeah and…yeah. "Sure, he's in the kitchen." He stood aside and let Amelia pass by. The van driver tipped his hat at Val and drove off.
She looked around first. She hadn't been over before. "Where's the…never mind, I see it now."
Amelia strode with determination into the kitchen where she found Zel bent over a bowl of bread-like dough and sipped at a cup of hot beverage. "Zelgadiss?"
To say he was stunned would have been an understatement. "Amelia? Ah, what are you doing here?"
How nice of him to invite her, she almost said, but she wasn't a sarcastic person. "It's all right, isn't it?" she asked archly.
"Ah, yes," he straightened. Remembering his manners, he continued, "Would you like to sit? Something to…ah…drink or…tea?"
"I'd like to sit, but nothing to drink, thank you. I came over to…talk…to you." She looked at the table, found a chair and sat.
She stared at the aquarium on the counter. Xelloss' fish had grown an inch, but weren't ready for the pond outside, Zel had told him. Actually, Zel had grown attached to them inside and until he bought replacements, the goldfish would stay.
Zel joined her at the table, choosing to lean against the wall, one arm folded over his chest, the other holding a cup of tea. Waiting. What was she up to? "What have I done now?" he asked. Might as well ask and get things started.
"What makes you think you've done something wrong?"
"Good guess," he said simply.
Amelia frowned slightly. She could not tell at all what was going on past that rock-hard skull of his, but she was determined to take a crack at it. "If you don't want to…go out…with me on my birthday just say so! I certainly don't want to force you into a date you don't want."
That said, she deflated a little. Had she gone too far?
Zel jumped, slopping his tea. "No! I want to go. It's not that, it's just…" He wiped off his hand on his shirt and thought carefully about what he would say. "Ah…I guess I just wanted to do it my way, but instead, I've been coerced into going where others have devised. Ah, not 'forced', but 'set up' is more like it. They are nice places and I know I'll like them…I hope you do, but…" He knew he was beginning to sound rather small and peevish at this point.
"That's okay with me, Zelgadiss," Amelia gazed at him admiringly. "When we get back, you and I can do something that's all our plan. But, was that all?"
"No, but I don't want to talk about it."
She started, hurt by his bluntness. "Oh…"
"Amelia, it's very personal. I can't even think about it with myself much less share it with someone else."
"Someone else…" she echoed. Sadness crept into her tone. She hoped he would trust her with his inner turmoil. "Am I just 'someone else'?"
Zel sighed and met her eyes at last. "No, you're not. You are too important…what you think of me is too important to test."
"Zelgadiss, I am quite able to stand up to any test you may think you have. My feelings for you are true and pure!"
"What if mine aren't?" he asked her frankly.
That was not what she was expecting him to say. At all. In fact, she wasn't certain what he meant. Was he not 'true' or were his thoughts 'unpure'? She thought about the conundrum. He wasn't seeing anyone else. Not at either school. But then, he wasn't the type to go lusting after anyone, or so she thought…up to now. She stood wide-eyed in mute wonder a moment, and then made her decision. "Then I'd say you were pretty normal." She treated him to a smirky smile copying his usual one, and then wrapped him in a Seyruun-family squeeze.
"Yo, dude…Whoa! Ignore me. Just getting' somethin' to eat." Val grabbed a box of crackers off the shelf.
This time Zel hadn't tried to push her away.
Amelia buried her face in his chest, smiling. She had guessed right.
"Don't let Xelloss get to ya either," Val said as he rifled through the refrigerator.
Zel tensed.
Amelia pulled back and watched Zel's expression. He was perturbed. As she thought about it, Zelgadiss' mood swing began the morning they were returning to Seyruun from the wine festival. Xelloss had been teasing some, but nothing out of the ordinary, she thought. "What happened? Did he say something mean?"
Val interjected before Zel could begin his denial routine. "He's gettin' involved with that girl he just met."
"Well that's not bad, is it? He's been lonely long enough." Amelia didn't understand though.
Val tossed the box and a plate of sliced cheese onto the table. "Yuh outta eat. Here."
Amelia and Zel watched as Val placed a slice of cheese between two crackers and took a bite. He closed his eyes in appreciation. With a low growl, Val put together two little cheese sandwiches and handed one first to Amelia, then the other to Zelgadiss.
Suddenly, Zel felt hungry. He had been too busy staring at Amelia to worry about something as mundane as food. She took Val's offering and munched it down. Amelia, who was there, with him, this evening - full of feelings - standing across from him at this table, eating his food - things they had done a hundred times before in other places. It was all so familiar, so normal, and yet, everything had changed.
"What are you smiling at?" Val asked.
Zel, however, was focused on Amelia's eyes and watched as she got a little flustered. Then Zel felt the oddest thing-- his heart did a little flip over in his chest when he realized that he could make her blush like that. "Eat your dinner," his tone was gruff, but both Val and Amelia could see the smile playing around the edges of his mouth. "It's getting cold."
Lina and Bobby drove the recording process like a well-oiled machine, fast and furious. The two bands had practiced and reworked songs until Lina finally settled on a dozen she was satisfied with—well, ten she preferred but two more the others voted in. Those were the songs they planned to record this first trip. The Winter break recording session would be Slayers-only, unless they couldn't complete this first task.
They were all stuffed into a house Bobby had access to, his married cousin's place– all 13 kids. It was a four bedroom house, at least, with three bathrooms, a den with a pull-out bed, and a large great-room, where the kitchen opens up into the living and dining rooms.
Everyone had brought their own sleeping bags, so it was only for the comfort of a soft mattress that they shared beds. Lina, Filia, Sylphiel, Amelia, Pearl, and Sarah took two of the bedrooms, sleeping three to a room. Lina volunteered to share the master bedroom with Pearl and Sarah, happy to have new people to talk to. She jumped on the king sized bed and laughed aloud, joined shortly by the equally petite Sarah. Pearl rolled to the middle and announced, "We fit!"
"Yeah, but if one of you is a bed hog, I'm going to take that upper bunk in the other room," Sarah noted.
"You can do that," Lina chuckled. "But Amelia snores, if that bothers you. Oh, and the free bed was above her, if ya didn't notice."
Sure, new people to talk to... Sweet dreams tonight, Lina.
Bobby, Luke, Lee, Xelloss, Val, Gourry, Subaru, and Zel took the other two rooms, and then spilled over into the den. They drew lots and Gourry got the den. Bobby, Xelloss, Subaru and Luke took one bedroom and Zelgadiss, Lee, and Val took the last one.
"I don't think I could sleep up there. I don't think I can even climb up into that," Bobby said. He had been looking over the two bunk beds in their room with a cautious eye. "I...ah...get vertigo."
Xelloss laughed. "It's only five feet off the ground!" He knew that Zelgadiss had mentioned that he suffered from the same problem in a moment of weakness.
Bobby smiled and shrugged. "I know..."
"It's okay with me. I prefer the top, I think. I used to sleep in a loft on a water bed. I miss the height and movement both." Xelloss pulled himself up and sat on the edge, legs dangling over.
Bobby shivered. "I get sea sick, too..."
Luke looked over the other bed. "I've never slept in one of these. I'll try the top, I guess. Unless you care?" The query was aimed at Subaru, who was standing awkwardly in the center of the room.
"I-it's only for the one night until I get to the shrine so it doesn't matter. The floor would do..." Subaru said in a quiet voice.
Next door, Lee swayed slightly back and forth, "Um...guys? We can't all fit in here, unless you like to be a lot closer than...um...seems comfortable."
Val grunted. Two twin beds. "Zel-bob and I have had to share a bed before on the road, but it was a queen-size, not a..."
"Twin," Zel offered. "I'll take the floor."
"Not necessary!" Xelloss shouted through the open door. "We have enough bed spaces. All we need are better arrangements."
Zel sighed a deep sigh. "Fine. What do you suggest?"
Gourry, hearing the discussion wandered into the hall. "The pullout in the living room is really big enough for two."
"There, you see? Gourry can have the..." Xelloss entered the room where Val was sitting and Zel standing with Lee. "...that twin bed."
"Mine..." Lee groaned. His dream bed eroding into a smallish lower bunk, he knew.
"You can bunk with Luke," Xelloss answered cheerfully, then turned and smiled at Subaru. "And I'll share with Subaru."
"Leaving me what?" Zel asked.
"The top bunk above Bobby!" Xelloss grinned. "See? Everyone happy?"
Subaru looked worried, "I don't want to be any trouble."
"Trouble? Spell it 'S…u…b…a…r…u'," Val muttered from his abode.
Luke gave a dry chuckle, "That's a car…"
Zel leaned in close to Val, and hissed under his breath, "It's not his fault! We made him come along, after all. If it were his choice, he'd sit alone in a cave and never cause trouble to anybody. Do you get it?"
Val set his jaw and nodded. He didn't like feeling guilty.
Zel turned back to Xelloss and shook his head. The bed looked shaky to him and Xelloss had already claimed it with his possessions. Besides, if anyone was going to play the martyr, it was going to be him, not Xelloss. "Not the top. Listen, Xelloss, you stay with your perch, I'll share with Subaru. He and I have an understanding." He picked up his bag and trudged to the den.
Sleeping quarters arranged, everyone migrated to the front room to check out the video games and movies. Except Zelgadiss. He wandered into the kitchen, where he heard someone was opening and closing cabinets. There he discovered Bobby sighing happily as he withdrew a huge roaster from depths.
"This'll do...yes...just about... Oh! Oh, it's you, Zel! I didn't hear you," Bobby exclaimed breathlessly from his exertion.
Zel nodded. "Tomorrow's work, but the next day's Thanksgiving. You planning on cooking?"
Bobby grinned, "Sure! I may not be the best, but I have fun. Turkey, dressing, gravy, some vegetables..."
"Pumpkin pie," Zel proposed.
"I...don't...I've never made pies," Bobby said apologetically. "The crusts are too much effort for my slap-dash manner…I've never done them satisfactorily…"
"I have, frequently," Zel smiled. "I do most of the cooking, have for years. Sylphiel's skilled and Xelloss and, well, all the others are well-trained helpers."
"Zelgadiss!" Amelia cried out. "Thanksgiving's your birthday! You're certainly not cooking your own birthday dinner!"
"Birthday?" Bobby smiled. "She's right. No cooking for you that day. Don't worry, we got tonight to cover first. Would you like to go shopping? It's a short walk."
Turning to Amelia he said, "You're welcome to join us. There'll be plenty to carry."
Amelia smiled. "Yes, thank you. I'll bet Mr. Gourry and... who else...? Pearl or Lee? Which one do you think would like to join us?"
"Lee, unless he's involved in a game," Bobby chuckled.
"He's teaching Mr. Subaru how to play Mario Party something, I think," Amelia said.
"He's done for then...You might ask Sarah, she carries a two-ton backpack so a sack or two of groceries will seem like nothing."
"Okay!" Amelia shouted and skipped off to round up carriers.
Bobby shook his head, "So, she's your girlfriend? Spunky."
"Ah..." Zel was about to say a definitive 'no', but changed his mind. "I'm taking her out for her birthday. Actually, a few days before her real birthday. Her father wanted her back home and at school not recording so we cut short our plans this week."
"Glad you did. We would have had the same problems juggling school with band. So, where are you going?"
"Art show with Filia and her mystery man, and then dinner. I don't have my car, so we're limited."
"There's a car in the garage here, and I have the keys. Want to borrow it that day? I'm sure my cousin Jacob and his wife won't mind... or know... Go on out and take a look. It's not as classy as your car, but it runs."
Zel left a trifle excited at the prospect of gaining his freedom once more.
"Oh, my! Bobby what are you doing with so much cream cheese?" Amelia asked.
He gave her a furtive look, "Absolutely nothing. Carry on. Nothing to see here, ma'am. Now, can you go see if there's any asparagus that looks decent?"
"Okay!" she answered. She knew when someone was trying to hide a secret. She also knew when to keep quiet about it.
From the Authors:
Seyruun High Jinx has a home. If you haven't already visited it and if you ever wanted to see what the kids look like as envisioned by Frog, you can now that our staff photographer has been to their dimension and returned with photos! If you are interested, visit the website. Where? Please go to the author profile for Kaeru Shisho and choose the link. You will find the contest announcement as well as pictures under Seyruun High Jinx NEXT.
Lots of new pictures have been added for ALL the stories!
KS
End Seyruun High Jinx –NEXT! Chapter Twenty-one.