Thank you for reviewing. I'm sorry it took so long, but apparently, the disk I had my fics on broke, before I ever got to save them again.
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Timothy: Yes, thank you, can we get back to the fic, now. I'm getting anxious. I wanna see what happens next!
Maxine: Hold your horses, you!
Cecelia: Come on, Daddy dearest may wake up at any moment!
Mxne: on with the fic.
Chapter begins at the house, with an anxious Maxine, who would like to know what's going on tonight.
- back at the house -
Maxine: What follows me as the whitest lace of light will -
Ivy: shouldn't you be getting ready?
Maxine: I am. what should I wear?
Ivy : I hardly call singing getting ready.
Maxine: just help me find something to wear!
Ivy: How's about the red one?
Maxine: Ok. Will do.
- at the dinner table -
Max: ... ... ... Dinnertime!
- a bunch of people gather at the dinner table -
maxine: - comes in wearing a black outfit, one she'd wear to school. pants & all. - What's going on?
Max: A surprise!
mxne: really? wow. (what's going on?)
max: by the way, is "Comfortablate" a word?
mxne: I said it, didn't I?
Max: Well, I suppose there's my answer. ... we have grapes if anyone cares to taste them.
mxne: OOOH, Ivy! Ivy! guess what!
Ivy: what?
mxne: remember the giant pea with a purple nose who came in to school that one day when Steaky Tales decided to rule the world, and that bratstard of an asparagus tackled me?
Ivy: yeah, ... so?
mxne: the giant pea was really a giant grape. his name's Pa Grape. he's a pyrate!
Ivy: Yeah, sure, what kinda "Pyrate" is he?
mxne: -singing- a "Pirate who doesn't do Anything."
Ivy: ... ok, yeah, how's 'bout dinner? Alfreeedooooo.
mxne: Weehee! -proceeds to eat -
max: (what is she thinking, now? )
mxne: (mindbreech! max, get out! I'm VERY busy trying to eat my dinner.)
max: (lemme try and send her a thought.)(what are you thinking NOW?)
mxne: (argh! why isn't he leaving me alone?) - looks up- (are you TRYING to send me a thought?)
max: -nods.-
mxne: ... ok. finishes eating.
- an uneventful dinner is over. -
in maxine's room
Ivy: you're unusually quiet. what's wrong?
mxne: max's been trying to read my mind again. it's annoying.
Ivy: burst randomly into song, or video.
mxne: easy for you to ... hee heee hee, eeexxxceeelleeennt idea.
max: -comes in.- Ok, trying to send you telepathic messages obviousely doesn't work, what CAN I do to understand you better?
mxne: try harder?
max: ... that might work.
mxne: ... yeah, it MIGHT, but there's no gurantee.
max: why do I even bother?
mxne: well, maybe it's 'cuz ... wait, why DO you bother?
max: ... you Do infuriate me at times.
mxne: whatever. so whatcha want? I gotta go soon.
max: nothing. I'm just bored.
mxne: unboredify yourself with a videogame or something, send yourself to the shadow realm.
max: ... fine, if I must. I'm off.
chapter ends here with Maxine, who had no chance to "burst randomly into song or video" getting ready to leave the house, at what might as friggin' well be midnight.