"So you like inventing?" Jack asked Violet as everyone sat in the library of Jack's mansion that evening. They had just arrived home from the town meeting and were discussing what had gone on there.
"Yep, I've been into inventing since I was about 7 or 8. It allows my imagination to flow freely and I can express myself in so many creative ways." Violet told him.
"Wow, that's amazing." Jack said.
Klaus, meanwhile, was sitting in Jack's big easy chair in the corner with his nose buried in yet another book. This one was a copy of Stephen King's class novel, "The Shining.", a longtime favorite of his. He glanced up from the book to realize everyone was staring at him.
"Happy?" Sunny asked her brother.
"Oh, very much so." Klaus said while grinning, causing everyone to snicker at him slightly.
"What a bookworm." Violet mumbled under her breath and she turned back to Jack and Sally.
Later that evening
Everyone was sitting around the dining room table, having just eaten dinner. Jack and Sally had eaten fried rat, while the Baudelaires had plain white rice that Jack had found in one of his cupboards
"Sorry dinner wasn't more filling for you three, but this was the only decent human food I could find." Jack said.
"It's no problem, at least we had something good to eat." Violet said.
"Yummy." Sunny piped up.
Everyone stood up from the table and went back upstairs to the main library. Jack and Sally motioned for the Baudelaires to sit around the fireplace with them again.
"So, any other questions that you three have about Halloweentown?" Sally asked.
"Live?" Sunny asked.
"My sister means that she's wondering where we are gonna go until we have to go back on the road to Hotel Denoument." Klaus said.
Jack and Sally got worried looks on their faces. They knew that these three children needed a temporary place to live while they stayed in Halloweentown, preferably someplace where their unique talents could be put to good use. While it was true Klaus was in heaven in Jack's big library, his sisters wouldn't have good to invent or bite on while they stayed here in the mansion. It would be best to place the children in a place where all 3 of them could have fun with their unique talents. And both Jack and Sally had a feeling that they knew where they should go.
"Well, we know of one possible place you three can go." Sally said nervously.
"Where would that be?" Klaus asked.
"Um, that would be Dr. Finklestein's house. He's our town's resident mad scientist." Sally told him.
"What! Living with a mad scientist?" Violet said, sounding completely shocked.
"He's not evil, my dear. Just a little grouchy, that's all. And trust me, he's not nearly as bad as that Count Olaf man you talked about at the meeting." Jack said.
"Well, what good would it do to send us there?" Violet asked.
"Think about it, Violet. You're an inventor, Klaus is a reader, and Sunny is a biter. Sally and I think that living with Dr. Finklestein for a while would help you three expand on those talents." Jack replied.
"Well, I guess we could try it out." Klaus said. Violet and Sunny gave him an Are you crazy? look but he said to them "We'll be fine. And at least he's not as bad as Count Olaf is."
"Good. I'm glad you're willing to do this. First thing tomorrow, Sally and I will stop by Dr. Finklestein's house and see if he is willing to take all three of you." Jack said.
"What if not?" Sunny asked.
"Then you three will just stay with us until you have to leave." Jack said grinning and walked with Sally into their bedroom to go to bed.
Shrugging their shoulders, the three Baudelaires got up and walked back downstairs to the small guest bedroom where they had been sleeping ever since they arrived in Halloweentown. They truly appreciated the hospitality Jack and Sally had given them, but were nervous as to what this Dr. Finklestein man would be like.