Chapter Two: Answering Machine
"Maize of Pan!" Terri walked through the door with a handful of bags. "I didn't know you could buy clothes from a grocery store!"
"They aren't clothes, they're veggies." Marzipan explained.
"V-veggies?" Terri asked. "What are th—MESSAGES!" Terri spilled out all of the veggi-tables onto the floor and hopped over to the answering machine. "Now how does this thing work…." Terri pressed a random button, making the thing blare off into oblivion.
"AHHH! We're gonna die!" Terri screamed. Marzipan came over and pressed another button, making the messages start. They were all from Strong Bad, Marzipan knew.
"Hi, this is Marzipan. I'm doing whatever. Leave me a message and T will call you back with something to talk about…."
"Hey! Maize of Pan! You called!" Terri shouted into the other room where her roommate resided.
"Hello, Marzipan, this is Strong Bad. I just wanted to tell you that T should make sure she washes her face in olive oil once every hour to… keep away… the face termites. Yes, it's very contagious."
"AHH!" Terri ran into the next room and clung onto Marzipan's hair. "I'm gonna get face termites… I'll die… I haven't even fed my dogs yet…."
"T, you don't have dogs, you're not going to die, and—" Marzipan stopped. She could use this to her advantage. She would feel a little bad about manipulating Terri, but it would be funny in the long run. "And Strong Bad has the right kind of olive oil you need. You should stay over there all day tomorrow. After one full day of using that stuff, you should be termite-free!"
"YES! I'll be the healthiest she in the world! AHH! TWO MORE MESSAGES!" Terri ran off, leaving Marzipan to wonder what in the world a "Healthiest she in the world" was.
"Hello, this is uh… Da Cheat. Yes, it's Da Cheat; I can talk now! I mean, talk human! Hey, Da Cheat, what're you doing here? I thought you went to… hey look! Pencil shavings!"
"AHH!" Terri ran around in circles. "THE CHEAT GAVE THE CHEAT PENCIL SHAVINGS! HE COULD CHOKE ON HIMSELF!"
"Yes, you should go over there tomorrow and talk him out of that…." Marzipan's voice in the next room tried to keep from laughing.
"ONE MORE MESSAGE!" Terri listened to it.
"Yes, Konnichiwa my fine American friend. Are you interested in buying some 'Stay-Free-of-Acme'? If so, call up 1-800-U-R-BAKA-42 and get your free subscription! Keep those scary, scary acme away!"
"AHHH! Wait a minute, what's Acme?" Terri asked the answering machine questioningly. "YOU DON'T KNOW, DO YOU? I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU WEREN'T EQUIPED WITH THAT INFORMATION!"
The petty answering machine shed one tear, and closed its tape holder in shame.
"You know what? I know Strong Bad knows what acme is, he just won't tell anyone. He wants to hog it all to himself." Marzipan came into the room and chuckled.
"What? That's not nice sharing rules. I'll have to break him of that…. I'LL DO IT TOMORROW SINCE I HAVE TO GO THERE ANYWAY! Should I call him ahead of time?"
"No, no, you shouldn't." Marzipan grinned. "You'd just be wasting breath. He's psychic. He knows things. But he won't tell anyone that."
"Wow, he's a pretty untrusting guy… I'll fix him of that!" Terri threw a hand in the air. "I'll be busy tomorrow, I should sleep now."
And she fell over right then and slept on the coffee table.
THE END!
Sorry it took so long, people! There you go! The next chapter, I'm sure you know, she'll be visiting Strong Bad's House! Review please!
