Chapter Four : Darth Vader, Dorks, and Dogs
A not so long time ago in an apartment located somewhere in Oregon...
THE HALLOWENIES
Episode IV
(A shaky peace ensues after the rescue of Dantrag Baenre. The group of teenagers lead by the notorious Semdai Bloodquill returns to their hideout for a much needed rest before Halloween officially begins. Unbeknownst to them, however, the terribly obsessed (with Drizzt) Catti-brie is devising a devious plot to bring down Semdai and her followers.)
(Anybody thinking of Star Wars yet?)
(In her hideout behind McDonald's, Catti-brie fiddles with her new ACME Spell Kit Level One, while munching on Crunch bars and talking to Regis.)
Catti-brie - (mouth full of chocolate) You were right, Regis, this chocolate really makes me feel better.
Regis - I suppose you want me to go back to Semdai's and steal some more?
Catti-brie - You got this from Semdai?
Regis - Yep. Master thief, stole them from Semdai's kitchen right out from under her nose. So what's this stuff for.
Catti-brie - I'm trying to curse Semdai.
Regis - With what?
Catti-brie - I wanted a death curse or something major like that, but the worst this kit can do is forgetting.
Regis - You mean like a memory charm?
Catti-brie - I know! I'll erase her memories of Drizzt so that she will release him.
Regis - You sure that's possible? Semdai is all powerful here, it is her world after all.
Catti-brie - Good point. I'll just erase the memories of her little sex partner.
Regis - Who?
Catti-brie - (mocking, sarcastic voice, no longer listening to Regis) You're so lovely, Dear Miss Catti-brie. Won't you sleep with me, Catti- brie. (angry voice) You'll pay for your sick, deluded fantasies, Jarlaxle.
(Back at Semdai's apartment. Being the slightly demented 16-year-old that she is, Semdai's idea of calming down after a trying day is a relaxing, salted, bubble bath. However, due to the fact that there are nine teenage boys staying at her place overnight, she decides to wait to take her bath and watch 'The Empire Strikes Back' instead. Everybody has crashed on the couches and chairs and is gorging on popcorn, soda, and Semdai's home-made spaghetti.)
TV - (blaring Star Wars theme and featuring Darth Vader pacing about in his Star Destroyer.)
Semdai - (cuddled on couch 1 between Jarlaxle and Entreri) I love the music of this movie. (starts dramatically dum-dum-dumming to the Star Wars theme)
Kellindil - (snoring in the next chair over)
Semdai - (throws popcorn into Kellindil's open mouth)
Kellindil - (snorts loudly and jolts awake, accidentally swallowing the popcorn in his mouth) Drow invasion!
Semdai - There's no invasion, Kellindil, now watch the movie.
TV - (Darth Vader's voice) Set your course for the Hoth System!
Berg'inyon - What kind of name is 'Hoth' for a system?
Dantrag - And what in the nine hells kind of name is (dramatically) 'Vader!'
Semdai - Hey! Don't dis on Vader! (Vader impression) The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Entreri - (shocked) They can destroy whole planets!
Semdai - Yes, Entreri, we learned about that wonderful weapon called The Death Star in the first movie.
Drizzt - Technically, the first movie is really the fourth.
Semdai - Why did they do that? They made 4, 5, and 6 twenty-seven years ago and they're just now making 1, 2, and 3?
Drizzt - What happened to 3? They made 1 and 2, so where's 3?
Semdai - Well it's pretty obvious what needs to happen.
Drizzt - Let's see... (counting off on his fingers) Luke and Leah need to at least get conceived... Emperor Palpatine needs to fully corrupt Anakin...
Dantrag - Emperor Palpatine? Who's he?
Semdai - That creepy, shifty-eyed senator from Episode One.
Dantrag - You mean HE'S the Emperor?!
Semdai - You didn't pick up on that?
Dantrag - How did you find this out?
Semdai - I collected the Pepsi cans of everybody from Episode One and they had a can for Senator Palpatine and a can for some guy called Darth Sidius. I was looking at the cans one day and noticed that Sidius and Palpatine looked very much the same, despite the majority of Sidius's face being covered by a dark hood. Plus I think you can find it in the credits and it's kind of obvious by Episode Two.
Drizzt - I know there are more things that should happen in 3 but my brain just went blank.
Semdai - I know one thing that majorly has to happen.
Dantrag - What's that?
Semdai - Anakin needs to lose some more body parts!
Drizzt - (laughs)
TV - (much later in the movie coming to that all-known scene that people keep parodying.)
Vader - Obi-wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke - He told me enough. (climbing on metal beams) He told me, you killed him.
Vader - No. (dramatic pause) I am your father.
Semdai/Jarlaxle/Zak - (as if on instinct) NOOOO! (throws their hands up in panic)
Berg'inyon - You guys have seen this movie WAY too many times. (takes a handful of popcorn)
Semdai - Well it's a good movie.
Berg'inyon - (not really paying attention) Yeah sure whatever.
Semdai - (gets annoyed) Grr. (throws a piece of popcorn at Berg'inyon) Asshole.
Berg'inyon - (takes the kernel in the side of the head and retaliates by throwing a piece at Semdai.)
Semdai - (throws another piece)
Berg'inyon - Popcorn fight!
(Popcorn fight ensues.)
(Meanwhile...)
Wulfgar - (sneaks up behind Catti-brie and scares her by clapping his hands down on her shoulders) BOO!
Catti-brie - (jumps in surprise, knocking a box of crunch bars into the cauldron she had been mixing.) EEK!
Wulfgar - (gleefully) Gotcha!
Regis - (whines) Ahh. You lost all the crunch bars.
(The cauldron bubbles up and a deep, scary voice fills the room)
Deep scary voice - These entities of sweet and crispy chocolate goodness have been accepted.
Catti-brie - What?!
Deep scary voice - Oh user of this ACME spellcasting kit, name the terms and purpose of thy spell.
Catti-brie - (scratches head in bewilderment) Huh?
Deep scary voice - (annoyed) For crying out loud! What the hell do you want me to do!
Catti-brie - (blonde moment) Oh why didn't you say so, silly. (eagerly) Do something evil to Semdai Bloodquill!
Deep scary voice - Specify.
Catti-brie - Make Jarlaxle forget everything about her!
Deep scary voice - I cant do that.
Catti-brie - (whines) Why not?
Deep scary voice - I can only do group curses at this stage. For individual curses see Kit#2.
Catti-brie - (growls) Fine. What are the worst things you can do?
Deep scary voice - Constant hiccups. (pause) Enhanced belching. (pauses again) Bad luck.
Catti-brie - Yes! Yes! Bad luck! Curse Semdai Bloodquill and her minions with bad luck!
Deep scary voice - Very well. (the dropped candy bars go shooting off through the roof and into the sky) It is done.
(Long pause)
Regis - I need to go to the bathroom.
(Regis leaves. Crickets chirping.)
Wulfgar - I'm hungry.
(Meanwhile...)
Semdai - (jumps up) STOP!!! (everything freezes)
Jarlaxle - What? What is it?
Semdai - Someone just laid a curse on us.
Dantrag - What kind of curse?
Berg'inyon - (swallows a handful of popcorn whole and chokes on it)
Semdai - It's a bad luck curse!
Drizzt - You can tell that from Berg'inyon swallowing popcorn?
Semdai - I sure can.
Jarlaxle - I believe it.
Zak - You have been whipped, my bald friend.
Semdai - (peruses the script) Where is it?
Jarlaxle - Where's what, Precious?
Dinin - When did he start calling Semdai 'Precious'?
Zak - I think it was in chapter two.
Dantrag - He IS whipped.
Semdai - Ah ha! Found it. It would seem that Catti-brie has placed a bad luck curse on us through an offering of chocolate. (angrily) MY chocolate none the less.
Nalfein - What does that mean for us?
Semdai - It means we must go trick-or-treating and collect the scattered crunch bars before dawn or we have bad luck for the rest of our lives.
Dinin - (sarcastically) Great...
Semdai - So let's costume up and get going! (creates a huge whirlwind that magically changes their clothes into costumes)
Entreri - (dressed as Barbossa from Pirates) This seems kind of weird.
Semdai - (dressed as the Grim Reaper) You wanted to be Barbossa. You said so in chapter two.
Entreri - I guess I did.
Jarlaxle - (dressed as Jack Sparrow from Pirates) This is interesting. (spins his plumed hat)
Entreri - (gasps) Jack Sparrow! I will defeat you! (attacks Jarlaxle)
Jarlaxle - (laughs flamboyantly) Have at me Barbossa! (attacks back)
Semdai - (sweat-drops) Perhaps that last spell was a little too strong.
Zak/Dantrag - (dressed as Lucian and Viktor from Underworld) Grr. (they attack each other)
Dinin - (as Stifler from American Pie) You! (points accusingly at Nalfein.)
Nalfein - (as Finch from American Pie) Me what?
Dinin - (still pointing) I don't know, but this costume demands that I beat the iblith out of you! (charges at Nalfein)
Nalfein - (runs away) You touch me and I bite!
(Dust clouds form around the fighting pairs.)
Kellindil - ( as Legolas) Poor, simple-minded drow. (sighs and shakes his head)
Semdai - (also sighs) Do you think they can get along long enough to stop the bad luck?
Drizzt - (as Aragorn) Not likely. (crosses his arms over his chest)
Semdai - Should I change their costumes?
Berg'inyon - (as Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy 7) More likely this bad luck is affecting their judgment and they will continue to fight each other despite their costumes.
Semdai - You're probably right.
(Four very dejected sighs.)
Semdai - Well let's get going we don't have all night.
Drizzt - Agreed.
Semdai - (loudly) Do we have to separate you guys or can you fight the bad luck long enough to end this curse?
All - FIGHT THE BAD LUCK!
Semdai - Yes, that's it, fight anger with love.
Jarlaxle - (hugs Entreri)
Entreri - (stiffens)
Semdai - It seems dear Artemis is a homophobe.
Entreri - (indignantly) I am not a homophobe!
Semdai - (slyly) Is that so? (lunges at Entreri) DOG PILE!
(Entreri gets dog piled)
Entreri - Ack! (squirms desperately)
Drizzt - (yelps in surprise) Eek! Someone pinched my ass!
Dantrag - Sorry Drizzt. I thought you were Semdai.
Jarlaxle - (kicks Nalfein.)
Nalfein - Ow! What was that for?!
Jarlaxle - My apologies. I thought you were Dantrag.
Entreri - (crawls out of the pile gasping for breath and with Semdai clutching his leg)
Semdai - You were right, Artemis.
Entreri - Don't call me Artemis.
Semdai - You're not homophobic. You're claustrophobic.
Entreri - Am not!
Semdai - It matters not! We have cursed crunch bars to find! (stands heroically) Onward my valiant squad of loyal dog-like followers!
Jarlaxle - (barks) Woof! Woof!
(Out on the streets...)
Semdai - (floats up and scans the area) Where to start...
Dinin - How come she gets to fly?
Dantrag - Technically she's floating.
Jarlaxle - She's the Grim Reaper. Why shouldn't she float?
Semdai - (floats down and hovers) I sense that the crunch bars are that way. (points down the street)
Jarlaxle - Then that way we go.
(A runty, white and brown cocker spaniel runs out of the first house and barks at them)
Drizzt - (enamored) How cute. (reached down and pets the dog)
Semdai - (fearfully) Hold up. I think I know this dog.
Drizzt - (doesn't here) You're such a cute little thing. (plays with the dog)
Semdai - Testing. (excited voice) Freckles, get Shamus!
Dog - (perks up, stubby tail wagging, and starts running in circles, barking wildly)
Semdai - (scared) I was right! We have to go!
Drizzt - (whines) How come we can't stay and play with the puppy?
Unknown Voice - Jess? Is that you?
Semdai - (whines) Mom, how many times do I have to ask you to call me 'Semdai?'
Entreri - (evilly) Blackmail. heh heh heh...
Semdai's Mom - Is Freckles out there with you?
Semdai - He's right here, Mom.
Semdai's Mom - Would you bring him in?
Drizzt - (eagerly) Can I carry him?
Semdai - (defeatedly) Go right ahead.
(Drizzt picks up Freckles and the group walks across the front lawn)
Drizzt - There you go, Freckles. (puts the dog down)
Semdai's Mom - Who are all your friends, Jess?
Semdai - Mom, these are my loyal dog-like followers. Loyal dog-like followers this is my mom, LeRae.
LeRae - What am I supposed to call them?
Semdai - (points everyone out as she names them) Jarlaxle, Zak, Drizzt, Dantrag, Kellindil, Berg'inyon, Dinin, Nalfein, and Artemis.
Entreri - Don't call me Artemis.
Semdai - Artemis doesn't like his first name and insists that we call him by his last name which is 'Entreri.'
Entreri - (growls) Thank you.
LeRae - What are you doing out at this time, Sissy?
Entreri - (gives Semdai a skeptic look) Sissy?
Semdai - It's short for 'sister' because I'm the oldest out of me and my siblings.
Entreri - (sarcastically) Right.
Semdai - It doesn't matter. We're out looking for crunch bars, and we need to get going.
LeRae - (lecturing) Be careful out there. Don't forget to say thank you. and make sure to look both ways before crossing the street.
Semdai - (whines) Mom! I'm not a little kid anymore!
LeRae - Be safe then. (waves as they leave)
(A ways down the street..)
Entreri - (snickers) Sissy.
Semdai - (heavily) This is going to be a long night.
To be continued...
AN : Alright everybody, this is your last chance to submit a place you want the troupe to go. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I've been kinda busy, camping, going to friends' houses, plotting to go skinny dipping with my buddy Kohaku (which continuously gets foiled for some strange reason), sleeping... stuff like that. Well, this story is almost done. After this I can put some more time into my other fics, Mirror Me Dark, Lord of the Crystal Shard, The Chronicles of the Orum de Umbra (original piece that I will really publish when it's done), and the forthcoming Cold Fire Phantoms (a Legacy of Kain fic). Until next time, Feel free to flame!
Truly yours, Semdai Bloodquill
A not so long time ago in an apartment located somewhere in Oregon...
THE HALLOWENIES
Episode IV
(A shaky peace ensues after the rescue of Dantrag Baenre. The group of teenagers lead by the notorious Semdai Bloodquill returns to their hideout for a much needed rest before Halloween officially begins. Unbeknownst to them, however, the terribly obsessed (with Drizzt) Catti-brie is devising a devious plot to bring down Semdai and her followers.)
(Anybody thinking of Star Wars yet?)
(In her hideout behind McDonald's, Catti-brie fiddles with her new ACME Spell Kit Level One, while munching on Crunch bars and talking to Regis.)
Catti-brie - (mouth full of chocolate) You were right, Regis, this chocolate really makes me feel better.
Regis - I suppose you want me to go back to Semdai's and steal some more?
Catti-brie - You got this from Semdai?
Regis - Yep. Master thief, stole them from Semdai's kitchen right out from under her nose. So what's this stuff for.
Catti-brie - I'm trying to curse Semdai.
Regis - With what?
Catti-brie - I wanted a death curse or something major like that, but the worst this kit can do is forgetting.
Regis - You mean like a memory charm?
Catti-brie - I know! I'll erase her memories of Drizzt so that she will release him.
Regis - You sure that's possible? Semdai is all powerful here, it is her world after all.
Catti-brie - Good point. I'll just erase the memories of her little sex partner.
Regis - Who?
Catti-brie - (mocking, sarcastic voice, no longer listening to Regis) You're so lovely, Dear Miss Catti-brie. Won't you sleep with me, Catti- brie. (angry voice) You'll pay for your sick, deluded fantasies, Jarlaxle.
(Back at Semdai's apartment. Being the slightly demented 16-year-old that she is, Semdai's idea of calming down after a trying day is a relaxing, salted, bubble bath. However, due to the fact that there are nine teenage boys staying at her place overnight, she decides to wait to take her bath and watch 'The Empire Strikes Back' instead. Everybody has crashed on the couches and chairs and is gorging on popcorn, soda, and Semdai's home-made spaghetti.)
TV - (blaring Star Wars theme and featuring Darth Vader pacing about in his Star Destroyer.)
Semdai - (cuddled on couch 1 between Jarlaxle and Entreri) I love the music of this movie. (starts dramatically dum-dum-dumming to the Star Wars theme)
Kellindil - (snoring in the next chair over)
Semdai - (throws popcorn into Kellindil's open mouth)
Kellindil - (snorts loudly and jolts awake, accidentally swallowing the popcorn in his mouth) Drow invasion!
Semdai - There's no invasion, Kellindil, now watch the movie.
TV - (Darth Vader's voice) Set your course for the Hoth System!
Berg'inyon - What kind of name is 'Hoth' for a system?
Dantrag - And what in the nine hells kind of name is (dramatically) 'Vader!'
Semdai - Hey! Don't dis on Vader! (Vader impression) The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Entreri - (shocked) They can destroy whole planets!
Semdai - Yes, Entreri, we learned about that wonderful weapon called The Death Star in the first movie.
Drizzt - Technically, the first movie is really the fourth.
Semdai - Why did they do that? They made 4, 5, and 6 twenty-seven years ago and they're just now making 1, 2, and 3?
Drizzt - What happened to 3? They made 1 and 2, so where's 3?
Semdai - Well it's pretty obvious what needs to happen.
Drizzt - Let's see... (counting off on his fingers) Luke and Leah need to at least get conceived... Emperor Palpatine needs to fully corrupt Anakin...
Dantrag - Emperor Palpatine? Who's he?
Semdai - That creepy, shifty-eyed senator from Episode One.
Dantrag - You mean HE'S the Emperor?!
Semdai - You didn't pick up on that?
Dantrag - How did you find this out?
Semdai - I collected the Pepsi cans of everybody from Episode One and they had a can for Senator Palpatine and a can for some guy called Darth Sidius. I was looking at the cans one day and noticed that Sidius and Palpatine looked very much the same, despite the majority of Sidius's face being covered by a dark hood. Plus I think you can find it in the credits and it's kind of obvious by Episode Two.
Drizzt - I know there are more things that should happen in 3 but my brain just went blank.
Semdai - I know one thing that majorly has to happen.
Dantrag - What's that?
Semdai - Anakin needs to lose some more body parts!
Drizzt - (laughs)
TV - (much later in the movie coming to that all-known scene that people keep parodying.)
Vader - Obi-wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke - He told me enough. (climbing on metal beams) He told me, you killed him.
Vader - No. (dramatic pause) I am your father.
Semdai/Jarlaxle/Zak - (as if on instinct) NOOOO! (throws their hands up in panic)
Berg'inyon - You guys have seen this movie WAY too many times. (takes a handful of popcorn)
Semdai - Well it's a good movie.
Berg'inyon - (not really paying attention) Yeah sure whatever.
Semdai - (gets annoyed) Grr. (throws a piece of popcorn at Berg'inyon) Asshole.
Berg'inyon - (takes the kernel in the side of the head and retaliates by throwing a piece at Semdai.)
Semdai - (throws another piece)
Berg'inyon - Popcorn fight!
(Popcorn fight ensues.)
(Meanwhile...)
Wulfgar - (sneaks up behind Catti-brie and scares her by clapping his hands down on her shoulders) BOO!
Catti-brie - (jumps in surprise, knocking a box of crunch bars into the cauldron she had been mixing.) EEK!
Wulfgar - (gleefully) Gotcha!
Regis - (whines) Ahh. You lost all the crunch bars.
(The cauldron bubbles up and a deep, scary voice fills the room)
Deep scary voice - These entities of sweet and crispy chocolate goodness have been accepted.
Catti-brie - What?!
Deep scary voice - Oh user of this ACME spellcasting kit, name the terms and purpose of thy spell.
Catti-brie - (scratches head in bewilderment) Huh?
Deep scary voice - (annoyed) For crying out loud! What the hell do you want me to do!
Catti-brie - (blonde moment) Oh why didn't you say so, silly. (eagerly) Do something evil to Semdai Bloodquill!
Deep scary voice - Specify.
Catti-brie - Make Jarlaxle forget everything about her!
Deep scary voice - I cant do that.
Catti-brie - (whines) Why not?
Deep scary voice - I can only do group curses at this stage. For individual curses see Kit#2.
Catti-brie - (growls) Fine. What are the worst things you can do?
Deep scary voice - Constant hiccups. (pause) Enhanced belching. (pauses again) Bad luck.
Catti-brie - Yes! Yes! Bad luck! Curse Semdai Bloodquill and her minions with bad luck!
Deep scary voice - Very well. (the dropped candy bars go shooting off through the roof and into the sky) It is done.
(Long pause)
Regis - I need to go to the bathroom.
(Regis leaves. Crickets chirping.)
Wulfgar - I'm hungry.
(Meanwhile...)
Semdai - (jumps up) STOP!!! (everything freezes)
Jarlaxle - What? What is it?
Semdai - Someone just laid a curse on us.
Dantrag - What kind of curse?
Berg'inyon - (swallows a handful of popcorn whole and chokes on it)
Semdai - It's a bad luck curse!
Drizzt - You can tell that from Berg'inyon swallowing popcorn?
Semdai - I sure can.
Jarlaxle - I believe it.
Zak - You have been whipped, my bald friend.
Semdai - (peruses the script) Where is it?
Jarlaxle - Where's what, Precious?
Dinin - When did he start calling Semdai 'Precious'?
Zak - I think it was in chapter two.
Dantrag - He IS whipped.
Semdai - Ah ha! Found it. It would seem that Catti-brie has placed a bad luck curse on us through an offering of chocolate. (angrily) MY chocolate none the less.
Nalfein - What does that mean for us?
Semdai - It means we must go trick-or-treating and collect the scattered crunch bars before dawn or we have bad luck for the rest of our lives.
Dinin - (sarcastically) Great...
Semdai - So let's costume up and get going! (creates a huge whirlwind that magically changes their clothes into costumes)
Entreri - (dressed as Barbossa from Pirates) This seems kind of weird.
Semdai - (dressed as the Grim Reaper) You wanted to be Barbossa. You said so in chapter two.
Entreri - I guess I did.
Jarlaxle - (dressed as Jack Sparrow from Pirates) This is interesting. (spins his plumed hat)
Entreri - (gasps) Jack Sparrow! I will defeat you! (attacks Jarlaxle)
Jarlaxle - (laughs flamboyantly) Have at me Barbossa! (attacks back)
Semdai - (sweat-drops) Perhaps that last spell was a little too strong.
Zak/Dantrag - (dressed as Lucian and Viktor from Underworld) Grr. (they attack each other)
Dinin - (as Stifler from American Pie) You! (points accusingly at Nalfein.)
Nalfein - (as Finch from American Pie) Me what?
Dinin - (still pointing) I don't know, but this costume demands that I beat the iblith out of you! (charges at Nalfein)
Nalfein - (runs away) You touch me and I bite!
(Dust clouds form around the fighting pairs.)
Kellindil - ( as Legolas) Poor, simple-minded drow. (sighs and shakes his head)
Semdai - (also sighs) Do you think they can get along long enough to stop the bad luck?
Drizzt - (as Aragorn) Not likely. (crosses his arms over his chest)
Semdai - Should I change their costumes?
Berg'inyon - (as Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy 7) More likely this bad luck is affecting their judgment and they will continue to fight each other despite their costumes.
Semdai - You're probably right.
(Four very dejected sighs.)
Semdai - Well let's get going we don't have all night.
Drizzt - Agreed.
Semdai - (loudly) Do we have to separate you guys or can you fight the bad luck long enough to end this curse?
All - FIGHT THE BAD LUCK!
Semdai - Yes, that's it, fight anger with love.
Jarlaxle - (hugs Entreri)
Entreri - (stiffens)
Semdai - It seems dear Artemis is a homophobe.
Entreri - (indignantly) I am not a homophobe!
Semdai - (slyly) Is that so? (lunges at Entreri) DOG PILE!
(Entreri gets dog piled)
Entreri - Ack! (squirms desperately)
Drizzt - (yelps in surprise) Eek! Someone pinched my ass!
Dantrag - Sorry Drizzt. I thought you were Semdai.
Jarlaxle - (kicks Nalfein.)
Nalfein - Ow! What was that for?!
Jarlaxle - My apologies. I thought you were Dantrag.
Entreri - (crawls out of the pile gasping for breath and with Semdai clutching his leg)
Semdai - You were right, Artemis.
Entreri - Don't call me Artemis.
Semdai - You're not homophobic. You're claustrophobic.
Entreri - Am not!
Semdai - It matters not! We have cursed crunch bars to find! (stands heroically) Onward my valiant squad of loyal dog-like followers!
Jarlaxle - (barks) Woof! Woof!
(Out on the streets...)
Semdai - (floats up and scans the area) Where to start...
Dinin - How come she gets to fly?
Dantrag - Technically she's floating.
Jarlaxle - She's the Grim Reaper. Why shouldn't she float?
Semdai - (floats down and hovers) I sense that the crunch bars are that way. (points down the street)
Jarlaxle - Then that way we go.
(A runty, white and brown cocker spaniel runs out of the first house and barks at them)
Drizzt - (enamored) How cute. (reached down and pets the dog)
Semdai - (fearfully) Hold up. I think I know this dog.
Drizzt - (doesn't here) You're such a cute little thing. (plays with the dog)
Semdai - Testing. (excited voice) Freckles, get Shamus!
Dog - (perks up, stubby tail wagging, and starts running in circles, barking wildly)
Semdai - (scared) I was right! We have to go!
Drizzt - (whines) How come we can't stay and play with the puppy?
Unknown Voice - Jess? Is that you?
Semdai - (whines) Mom, how many times do I have to ask you to call me 'Semdai?'
Entreri - (evilly) Blackmail. heh heh heh...
Semdai's Mom - Is Freckles out there with you?
Semdai - He's right here, Mom.
Semdai's Mom - Would you bring him in?
Drizzt - (eagerly) Can I carry him?
Semdai - (defeatedly) Go right ahead.
(Drizzt picks up Freckles and the group walks across the front lawn)
Drizzt - There you go, Freckles. (puts the dog down)
Semdai's Mom - Who are all your friends, Jess?
Semdai - Mom, these are my loyal dog-like followers. Loyal dog-like followers this is my mom, LeRae.
LeRae - What am I supposed to call them?
Semdai - (points everyone out as she names them) Jarlaxle, Zak, Drizzt, Dantrag, Kellindil, Berg'inyon, Dinin, Nalfein, and Artemis.
Entreri - Don't call me Artemis.
Semdai - Artemis doesn't like his first name and insists that we call him by his last name which is 'Entreri.'
Entreri - (growls) Thank you.
LeRae - What are you doing out at this time, Sissy?
Entreri - (gives Semdai a skeptic look) Sissy?
Semdai - It's short for 'sister' because I'm the oldest out of me and my siblings.
Entreri - (sarcastically) Right.
Semdai - It doesn't matter. We're out looking for crunch bars, and we need to get going.
LeRae - (lecturing) Be careful out there. Don't forget to say thank you. and make sure to look both ways before crossing the street.
Semdai - (whines) Mom! I'm not a little kid anymore!
LeRae - Be safe then. (waves as they leave)
(A ways down the street..)
Entreri - (snickers) Sissy.
Semdai - (heavily) This is going to be a long night.
To be continued...
AN : Alright everybody, this is your last chance to submit a place you want the troupe to go. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I've been kinda busy, camping, going to friends' houses, plotting to go skinny dipping with my buddy Kohaku (which continuously gets foiled for some strange reason), sleeping... stuff like that. Well, this story is almost done. After this I can put some more time into my other fics, Mirror Me Dark, Lord of the Crystal Shard, The Chronicles of the Orum de Umbra (original piece that I will really publish when it's done), and the forthcoming Cold Fire Phantoms (a Legacy of Kain fic). Until next time, Feel free to flame!
Truly yours, Semdai Bloodquill