Eirika stopped walking and asked, "Are you sure we'll find a warp or hammerane staff in this mall place?"
Florina nodded and exclaimed, "This paper says that you can find everything at the mall!"
Eirika still looked concerned, "But how can we be certain? Well, I guess we'll never know till we try. Man! I wish Seth was hear to make things easier!" She started biting her nails rapidly.
Ephraim took his sister's hand and led her away saying, "C'mon sis, let's go play with that funny mail box that you love…"
Colm watched as Ephraim took Eirika away and decided to take charge. He stood up on a brick mailbox, cleared his throat, and said, "Okay, YOU!"
He pointed at a group consisting of Nils, Ninian, Kent, Mrryh, and Bartre. "Go check out the 'South Park Mall'!"
They nodded in agreement. Except for Bartre, he just sat there with a stupid look on his face.
Nils grabbed Ninian and Mryyh by the hand. "Are yall ready?" They nodded "Dragon off!" They yelled, soaring into the air leaving poor Kent speechless with Bartre.
Later, everything went fine until he tried getting Serra, Knoll, Neimi, Nino, Jaffar, and himself to go to Richardson Square Mall.
"Okay the rest of us will go to Richardson's square bellybutton!" Colm stated.
Serra looked at him like he was stupid, which she does to about everyone, so basically she just looked at him and said,
"WHO'S bellybutton!"
Colm read it off the paper again, "Richardson's! That's what the paper says right here! Richardson's square bellybutton! Are you deaf woman!"
"But a bellybutton is a bellybutton, not a mall!"
"Well the paper says so!"
"Where are we going to find that mall! BELLYBUTTON LAND!"
"No, inside Richardson! The mall is obviously inside his square bellybutton!"
Serra paused, "Who's Richardson?"
"I dunno, let's just find a person named Richardson and check his bellybutton." Said Colm.
She snapped her fingers in delight, "I bet that's RICK's real name!"
Colm hesitated, "RICK… Richardson….RICK….Richardson. So that's why he didn't want to take off his shirt at the springs! He has a square bellybutton!"
Serra said, "No, he told Hector, who told Lyn, who told Eliwood, who told Raven, who told Pricilla, who told Erk, who told me under a large amount of excruciating agony, that he didn't want to take off his shirt because he felt scrawny compared to Hector, which so does about every other guy so.." She took a breath, "He may actually have been hiding something."
It took Colm a few seconds to take it all in before he said, "Uh… I see. I think…"
Knoll and the rest of the non-talking group looked bored, "Well let's go find RICK. And can we do it soon?" All of them were officially bored and annoyed at being the last group left.
Colm grabbed Serra's heal staff and thrust it into the ground. "We meet back here in 2 hours, don't be late!" He said and they were off.
Nino, Jaffar, and Knoll were in one team. Colm, Neimi, and Serra were in the other.
Colm took a piece of rope and tied it conveniently to an already made collar around Serra's neck.
"Oo! I luv-luv-luv this game! Erk plays it with me all the time!" Serra cheered happily.
Colm looked disturbed, "If this works you can play with him some more." He took a small lock of Erk's hair from his pocket and held it up to Serra's nose.
"I already know what Erky smells like." She retorted, "And what are you doing keeping a locket of my Erk's hair around anyway!"
"Uh.. well you see… Um…" he began.
Neimi whacked him over the head with her bow and yelled, "Colm!"
Serra mocked, "And Erky's mine, HANDS OFF!"
Colm paused for a moment to think about what Serra said, "No! I-It's not like that!" He stammered, but he knew that they wouldn't take that. Colm didn't even know why he had a lock of Erk's hair.
Neimi whacked him over the head again and shrieked, "Colm! You… Naa—stay!" Before storming away.
Serra laughed maniacally and then started sniffing around, the search was on.
END OF CHAPTER 8
"Oh, that's just great isn't it!" Erk yelled fiercely.
RICK looked up above his writing papers and asked, "Wha?"
"You refuse to put me in this chapter and you sick SERRA on my tail! She's going to find me isn't she! Prrrfect…" Erk stated.
RICK retorted, "Pah, Drama Queen. I'd feel sorry for me if I were you. With all that nonsense about me having a square bellybutton with a mall inside it and me being self-conscious about my chest, don't you think there'll be some massive struggling?"
Erk moved on, "What WAS all that nonsense about? And what kind of complete idiot mistakes 'RICARDSON'S SQUARE MALL' for 'RICHARDSON'S SQUARE BELLYBUTTON' I swear RICK…"
RICK tossed into a more comfortable position, "That would be me, when I was five.
Erk said nothing more.