"So, what do you want to do now?" asked Will.
"Truth or dare!" cheered everybody.
"Well, I think that settles it," said Elizabeth, pulling out an empty bottle to use and setting it in the centre of the rapidly forming circle of guests.
"Oooooh, me first me first me first!" she squealed, taking hold of the bottle and spinning it. It came to a stop facing towards Legolas.
"Truth or dare?" chanted everyone.
"Truth!" said Legolas decisively.
"Was it you who mixed depilatory cream into my beard shampoo?" asked Gimli, stroking his axe threateningly.
"On second thoughts, dare," said Legolas, swallowing nervously.
"I dare you to fetch something from the attic!" said Frodo.
"Will you guys come with me?" asked Legolas.
"Are you scared?" asked Jack sarcastically.
"Yes," said Legolas defensively.
"Oh. Just so we're clear. How do we get in?"
"There's a broken window in the basement we can climb in through," said Elizabeth, striding off towards the house. Everyone followed her nervously. They all climbed through the broken window without any problem, until Gimli tried to get through.
"Damn window, it must have shrunk!" he squawked angrily, trying to wriggle through the gap.
"Take a deep breath," said Elizabeth, bracing her feet against the floor and pulling hard.
Gimli shot through the window and landed on top of everyone else with a crash.
"Owwwww," muttered Elizabeth, standing up and rubbing her head.
There was the sound of rustling from the corner of the cellar.
"Err...at risk of sounding like the expendable pretty-but-stupid character...what was that?" asked Neo nervously.
"I don't know," said Trinity, striking a match and holding it up.
There was a loud grunt and an enormous tentacled thing hove into the light.
"Oh my god...." gasped Neo.
"Can everyone else see that, or is it just the rum?" asked Jack.
"What is it?" asked Gimli.
"Aaaah! It's Shelob!" shrieked Frodo.
"No! It's that thing off Alien!" yelled Legolas.
"Oh, I don't know...looks more like my mother-in-law to me," said Neo, for which he got a jab in the ribs from Trinity.
The thing snapped its jaws and bore down on them.
There was a girlish shriek.
"Come on Elizabeth, there's no need to scream," said Jack, dodging a flying tentacle.
"I wasn't screaming," said Elizabeth, fumbling around in her pocket.
Will shrieked again, chewing down his fingernails while dodging flying tentacles.
"Oh, for goodness sake," muttered Jack, hurling an empty rum bottle at the thing.
"What are we going to do?" yelled Trinity.
"Get out of the way!" yelled Elizabeth, finally pulling a can of Bug-B-Gone from her pocket and pointing it towards the monster. She pulled the tab and a fog of insect repellent burst out towards it.
"I don't think it's working!" yelled Sam.
"Let me!" Jack grabbed the can of Bug-B-Gone and hurled it down the throat of the thing. It staggered, coughed and spat, before turning on its heel and running up the stairs into the main house.
"Good one," said Will appreciatively.
"Well done, Jack," said the Governor reluctantly, crawling out from under the grand piano where he had been hiding with the Commodore. "Would have done it myself you know, but I'm getting on in years..." He coughed ostentatiously, then looked at his feet.
"Yeah, sure," said Jack. "What's your excuse, Commodore?"
"The bug spray is bad for my pompous hair," said the Commodore, inspecting the said pompous hair with a small hand-mirror.
Will snorted with laughter and the Commodore glared.
"Right, so on with our quest then," said Elizabeth, sensing an impending argument. Everyone climbed up the stairs and peered nervously around the door. Luckily, the monster was nowhere to be seen. The room they had emerged in was small and dingy, with several doors around.
"Truth or dare!" cheered everybody.
"Well, I think that settles it," said Elizabeth, pulling out an empty bottle to use and setting it in the centre of the rapidly forming circle of guests.
"Oooooh, me first me first me first!" she squealed, taking hold of the bottle and spinning it. It came to a stop facing towards Legolas.
"Truth or dare?" chanted everyone.
"Truth!" said Legolas decisively.
"Was it you who mixed depilatory cream into my beard shampoo?" asked Gimli, stroking his axe threateningly.
"On second thoughts, dare," said Legolas, swallowing nervously.
"I dare you to fetch something from the attic!" said Frodo.
"Will you guys come with me?" asked Legolas.
"Are you scared?" asked Jack sarcastically.
"Yes," said Legolas defensively.
"Oh. Just so we're clear. How do we get in?"
"There's a broken window in the basement we can climb in through," said Elizabeth, striding off towards the house. Everyone followed her nervously. They all climbed through the broken window without any problem, until Gimli tried to get through.
"Damn window, it must have shrunk!" he squawked angrily, trying to wriggle through the gap.
"Take a deep breath," said Elizabeth, bracing her feet against the floor and pulling hard.
Gimli shot through the window and landed on top of everyone else with a crash.
"Owwwww," muttered Elizabeth, standing up and rubbing her head.
There was the sound of rustling from the corner of the cellar.
"Err...at risk of sounding like the expendable pretty-but-stupid character...what was that?" asked Neo nervously.
"I don't know," said Trinity, striking a match and holding it up.
There was a loud grunt and an enormous tentacled thing hove into the light.
"Oh my god...." gasped Neo.
"Can everyone else see that, or is it just the rum?" asked Jack.
"What is it?" asked Gimli.
"Aaaah! It's Shelob!" shrieked Frodo.
"No! It's that thing off Alien!" yelled Legolas.
"Oh, I don't know...looks more like my mother-in-law to me," said Neo, for which he got a jab in the ribs from Trinity.
The thing snapped its jaws and bore down on them.
There was a girlish shriek.
"Come on Elizabeth, there's no need to scream," said Jack, dodging a flying tentacle.
"I wasn't screaming," said Elizabeth, fumbling around in her pocket.
Will shrieked again, chewing down his fingernails while dodging flying tentacles.
"Oh, for goodness sake," muttered Jack, hurling an empty rum bottle at the thing.
"What are we going to do?" yelled Trinity.
"Get out of the way!" yelled Elizabeth, finally pulling a can of Bug-B-Gone from her pocket and pointing it towards the monster. She pulled the tab and a fog of insect repellent burst out towards it.
"I don't think it's working!" yelled Sam.
"Let me!" Jack grabbed the can of Bug-B-Gone and hurled it down the throat of the thing. It staggered, coughed and spat, before turning on its heel and running up the stairs into the main house.
"Good one," said Will appreciatively.
"Well done, Jack," said the Governor reluctantly, crawling out from under the grand piano where he had been hiding with the Commodore. "Would have done it myself you know, but I'm getting on in years..." He coughed ostentatiously, then looked at his feet.
"Yeah, sure," said Jack. "What's your excuse, Commodore?"
"The bug spray is bad for my pompous hair," said the Commodore, inspecting the said pompous hair with a small hand-mirror.
Will snorted with laughter and the Commodore glared.
"Right, so on with our quest then," said Elizabeth, sensing an impending argument. Everyone climbed up the stairs and peered nervously around the door. Luckily, the monster was nowhere to be seen. The room they had emerged in was small and dingy, with several doors around.