It was just another day in the Schwartz household while the mailman was making his rounds in the neighborhood, including the Schwartz house as LJ and Zofia tended to The Puppy-Cats as the two were trying to keep busy.
"So Kimberly's got very important Flower Scout business with the others... I think she said it was a Scout Jamboree or something," LJ was soon saying to his sister as they hung out in the backyard with their pets. "Like... The Gorillas, The Butterflies, The Honeybees would all be there... Maybe even some more."
"Like Squirrel Scouts and Bean Scouts?" Zofia guessed.
"Probably, yeah," LJ replied. "I just hope that she doesn't get in trouble with those Flower Scouts. I don't think they're a very good influence on her." he then said, concerned about Kimberly a bit.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about her," Zofia reassured. "Maybe we can find something fun to do this summer too."
"Yeah... But what?" LJ wondered as they both looked thoughtful.
Barry and Susan also began to look curious as they hung around in the backyard too.
"Don't worry, LJ. We'll find something soon," Zofia said to her brother. "Maybe even a brand new adventure all of our own."
"Yeah... Maybe you're right." LJ said hopefully.
"Mail call!" Cherry's voice soon called out.
LJ and Zofia got off the rug and came into the kitchen for the mail call. The remaining Puppy-Cats, Loaf, Tim, Richard, Patricia, and Nell continued to "play around" together, though Barry and Susan soon followed LJ and Zofia into the kitchen.
"Salutations, Mother. Anything interesting besides bills?" Zofia asked their mother.
"Mostly bills and the occasional postcard," Cherry replied as she continued to search through the mail and even took out a postcard from a place called Hyperion Heights until one envelope stood out. "Ooh. This looks interesting and it's for you, Zozo," She soon said as she brought out the envelope. "It's from Evergreen Terrace in Springfield-" she then paused and squinted her eyes. "Aw, dang. The state name is smudged on this thing."
"That's okay, Mother! I know exactly where it's from!" Zofia beamed as she eagerly took the envelope and opened it up to see the letter inside, feeling very excited with high anticipation.
"Lisa Simpson?" asked Barry.
"Yup, Lisa Simpson." nodded LJ casually.
"Right! Zofia's pencil pal!" Susan added hyperactively.
"Oh, Susan..." Zofia sighed and shook her head.
"Don't you have your own home these days?" Tim asked Susan in a slight deadpan tone like the actor he was named after.
"Well, sure, but I can visit my brothers and sisters once in a while, can't I?" Susan grinned innocently.
Tim just rolled his eyes in response to that.
"So, what's it say, Zofia?" Barry asked the girl as she opened up her letter.
"Ooh... Lisa wants a visit for this summer in time for Bart's birthday," Zofia explained as she looked through the letter. "He's turning 11... Feels like he's been 10-years-old for a very long time."
"Sounds like Timmy Turner." Cherry smirked in response to that.
"I guess he was more than overdue," LJ responded. "And everyone else is off doing something, so it couldn't hurt."
"Mother? Could we?" Zofia asked hopefully.
"Well..." Cherry started with a smirk.
"Please?" LJ and Zofia both asked hopefully with cute faces.
"I suppose you two are due for a new adventure anyway," Cherry said then. "Especially one you haven't been to before and neither have I."
"Whoa... You mean you've never been to this Springfield place?" LJ blinked in surprise. "Now THERE's a twist. Guess we'll have been the first team to venture there. One only wonders what mysterious secrets await us!"
"I just know it's on the news a lot like places like Spooner Street and Ocean Avenue or wherever that one burger place is with that family," Cherry nodded in response. "But yes, this should be nice for you two."
"It'll be nice to see Lisa and to have someone to share superior intellect with and have things in common with for a while," Zofia said hopefully. "I'm a bit of a loner around here, even though Richard's pretty good company whenever we help out with Mr. Dewey."
"Just try not to get a big ego, dear." Cherry advised her daughter.
"I'll try, Mom." Zofia grinned.
"Any opportunity to use the RV is a win for me," Lionel responded as he came into the kitchen. "Any time we should get on the road?"
"Hmm..." Cherry paused thoughtfully before nodding at herself once she thought of a response. "Well, we could do how I'd travel with my mother after my father got too old to drive early in the morning like he always liked to do to beat traffic."
"Have a filling dinner and get the car set up so we can drive over and get there at a late hour or early time so we can get settled?" Lionel asked.
"Yes..." Cherry nodded. "Unless you had a different idea?"
"No, no," Lionel responded as he bounced David in his arms. "I recognize a good idea when I see it!"
"All right, then we'll do that," Cherry nodded before she looked at David softly. "And you... You'll get to make a new friend too... Zofia tells us that Lisa has a baby sister~" she then cooed.
David shrugged, as if to say "Sure, why not?"
"All right then, everybody. Let's go get ready for a trip to Springfield." Cherry soon told her family.
"Really?" Zofia beamed.
"Of course, dear," Cherry nodded. "How much trouble could happen in a place like Springfield?"
There was then dead silence.
"Eh... Yeah... I had to say it," Cherry shrugged. "At least it won't be a boring adventure. Not even The Griswald family could go through a family trip unscathed and I'm not talking about that Gus kid from Third Street. Unless of course you kids wanted to go by yourselves..." she then trailed off.
"No! We're fine with you coming!" LJ blurted. "Barely even a problem, really!"
"That's what I thought," Cherry smirked a bit. "Let's get packing."
"Let's just hope Father and Mr. Simpson don't get in a fight." Zofia said nervously.
"You think they would?" Cherry asked her daughter then.
"Well, Lisa once told me that a family called The Griffins came to Springfield, they had a lot in common with The Simpsons, but Mr. Griffin and Mr. Simpson ended up getting in a fight over beer." Zofia explained.
"That sounds... Really stupid," Cherry replied. "I mean, REALLY stupid, but your father wouldn't get into a fight with anyone unless they provoked him."
"Yes, Mother." Zofia nodded.
"Good. Now go and get ready," Cherry told her daughter. "You wanna see your new friend, don't you?"
Zofia nodded again before she took off to go and get ready for seeing her pen pal in person.
"This should be a fun summer." Cherry said hopefully for the kids.
A half-hour later, the family had finished eating, and were about to finish packing the RV up.
"Now you kids lie down in the back or read your SheZow, WordGirl, Radioactive Slugs, or other comic books if you want, you don't have to stay awake the whole trip, but getting some sleep will help make the trip go by faster." Cherry advised as she gave the kids their comic books if they wanted to read.
"Thank you, Mother, but I think I'll be too excited to sleep," Zofia replied. "I'm actually gonna meet Lisa Simpson in person!"
"I'll stick with Ninja Turtles," LJ nodded. "There's ridiculous, and then there's stupid. Radioactive Slugs falls on the latter side of that scale. Anyways, let's get in the seats and get this show on the road!"
"Okay, dear," Cherry nodded before going back to the front. "Your father was always fond of The Ninja Turtles."
"I wish I could've had those adventures too when you went to that Storybrooke place for vacation and met The Ninja Turtles." Zofia piped up.
"Well, let's hope you enjoy this adventure," Cherry said as she began to sit comfortably. "Come now... Let's go to Springfield to meet The Simpsons."
"Oh-kay!" Lionel declared as he sat in the driver's seat. "All systems are GO!" He put the key in the ignition, and fired it up.
The RV roared to life, and drove off towards a new adventure. Cherry soon began to get some rest while she could as they took off together as a family. LJ and Zofia zoned out in their own little worlds during the trip as they began to leave Greendale to head off to Springfield. Kimberly was shown to be wearing her scout uniform with a pout before she looked over and waved goodbye to LJ as she caught a quick glimpse of him as he passed by before getting on the Scout Jamboree bus for her own summer plans. LJ waved to Kimberly, while RV headed out of Greendale, and ventured forth onto the roads.
"Okay, next stop, Springfield, Wherever!" Lionel exclaimed as he kept on driving.
"Hurrah!" The Schwartz family cheered as they continued on the road.
After a while, a family in Springfield was waiting over at the local gas station so that the Schwartz family could have a brief meeting and follow them home to get settled properly for a family adventure together.
"I don't see why I gotta wait here too," A spiky blonde boy complained. "This girl is Lisa's friend, not mine. I wanna cause trouble with Milhouse."
"Well, I wanna go to Moe's and pretend you don't exist sometimes but we all have to make sacrifices for the family." The man of the family grumbled in response.
"Just don't embarrass me in front of my pen pal and her family, otherwise she'll probably never write to me again and I'll have nothing left other than my saxophone!" The spiky-haired girl told her family sharply. "You get one chance to make a good first impression."
"And you're gonna ruin yours once she comes here and sees how boring you are~" The spiky blonde boy smirked at her.
"Bart, just because you're turning eleven is no excuse to belittle your sister." said a woman with tall blue hair.
"Mom, that's like the perfect reason!" The boy, Bart, responded.
The mother of the Simpsons family let out a slightly annoyed and frustrated hum in response.
"Oh, hey! I think these are the people we're waiting for!" The father piped up as he pointed out an incoming RV.
"Is this the gas station they asked, Zo?" Cherry piped up from the front seat.
"Yeah, Donny's Discount Gas was in Lisa's letter." Zofia nodded.
"All right," Cherry said before seeing a family down that way. "Go drive toward there, Lionel."
"Ooooh-kay!" Lionel declared as he turned the RV towards the gas station and drove over there.
As they began to park and step out of the RV to stretch their legs and get settled in a new environment, they soon looked over to see another family there with them. The family smiled and waved at the other family, having a standard mother, father, and three children: the oldest boy, the middle daughter, and the baby daughter.
"Huh... They look a bit different than this old picture I was first given..." Zofia said before taking out a family picture of the family in front of her own that came from the year 1987 before she shrugged and tossed it over her shoulder.
"Well, don't be shy now, go say hi to your friend." Cherry urged her daughter as she put her hand on her shoulder.
"...Yes, Mother," Zofia nodded as she soon stepped over. "Uh... Lisa?" she then asked the spiky-haired girl.
"Yes, and you must be Zofia." The girl smiled and nodded at the other girl.
"So nice to finally meet you in person." Zofia smiled back before the two girls then shared a hug together.
"So you guys must be the Simpsons," Lionel commented. "I'm Lionel Schwartz, nice to meet'cha!"
"Hello there," The blue-haired woman greeted with a nod. "I'm Marge and this is my husband, Homer."
"Hey." Her husband greeted, though his mind appeared to be preoccupied elsewhere.
"Homer and Marge, of course, we've heard quite a bit about you two." Cherry said to the two adults.
"And of course, here's little Maggie," Marge then said as she showed the baby girl that she carried while Cherry and Lionel carried David. "Maybe she and little David will become the best of friends... Unlike that baby with the unibrow that seems to give Maggie trouble."
David babbled something of a greeting while gesturing to his rubber elephant, Christopher. Maggie sucked her pacifier in response.
"Well, it looks like those two are getting along already." Lisa said hopefully.
"Let's hope we do too." Zofia nodded at Lisa.
LJ and Bart soon looked at each other since their siblings were already becoming friends with each other.
"Hey... You skateboard, make prank phone calls, or end up having to write on the chalkboard after school cuz you tested Mrs. Krabappel's patience too far?" Bart asked LJ, trying to form a bond with him.
"Better, I jetboard." LJ replied as he pulled out his jetboard from his bag.
"Whoa..." Bart blinked with wide eyes. "Where'd you get that?"
"I made it in my garage," LJ said as he hopped on and did a few spins in the air. "Cool, huh?"
"Way cool..." Bart nodded with wide eyes.
Marge looked happy after seeing that. "Well, why don't we get you guys some gas for your RV and you can follow us home?" she then suggested.
"I think that sounds like a great idea, Mrs. Simpson," Cherry nodded at the blue-haired woman. "Let's have ourselves a nice little vacation adventure."
"Well, I don't know about an adventure, but let's hope it's fun either way," Marge replied. "As long as we make it to church on time since we're good citizens in this town." she then added, trying a bit too hard to make a good first impression.
"Well... Okay." Lionel responded as he filled the tank with some gasoline.
"Do you have a hotel?" Marge then asked.
"Cuz we can't fit more than one person on our couch," Homer added. "That's usually for the celebrity guest of the week."
"Well, I don't know if you could fit us all..." Cherry said thoughtfully before looking curious. "Celebrity guest of the week?"
"Don't ask." Bart said flatly.
"Tank's full!" declared Lionel as he hung the nozzle up. "Alright, let's get this show on the road!"
"All right," Cherry said as she put her hands together. "Perhaps you'd like to get in your car and lead our RV to your house?" she then suggested.
"That sounds like a perfect idea." Marge nodded before she saw her dress was being tugged on by her eldest daughter.
"Mom, can't Zofia ride with us or I can ride with her family?" Lisa asked hopefully. "We have so much to talk about."
"Yeah? If your friend goes in the car, where do I sit?" Bart glared at Lisa then.
"I'd suggest the roof, but maybe you can sit with LJ since you two are getting along so well." Lisa retorted with a smirk.
"Sure, why not? He seems cooler than you'd ever be." Bart retorted casually as he headed to the RV.
Lisa narrowed her eyes before she took Zofia's hand to head over to her family's car.
Soon, once Zofia and Bart were adjusted to their new surroundings, the Simpsons family car drove off first with the Schwartz family RV following it as both Zofia and Lisa decided to take out their favorite books to read on the way. Amphibia: Teen Girl in a Frog World Adventures for Zofia and Angelica Button for Lisa.
"So you're into Ninja Turtles?" asked Bart. "Never heard of them until now... I read about Radioactive Man."
"I'm into characters like Ninja Turtles, Bucky O'Hare, Captain Thunder... Although I am very curious," LJ explained. "I hear a lot about this dude named 'The Bartman'."
"Oh, yeah?" Bart smirked a little bit at that last one for obvious reasons. "Maybe you'll get to meet him cuz he's the coolest guy around."
"I hope so." responded LJ as he buckled in and played with Barry for a few minutes.
"What is that?!" exclaimed Bart, surprised at the small animal hiding in LJ's bag.
"Oh, this is Barry!" LJ replied. "He's a puppy-kitten. Part canine, part feline, all awesome!"
Barry then suddenly began to lick LJ's face a little.
"Puppy-Kitten...?" Bart asked with wide eyes. "...That's gotta be the craziest thing I've seen next to a three-eyed fish in the lake."
"Now that sounds like an interesting story." LJ commented, tipping his head to the side in curiosity.
"We'll have to see what happens when it does, buddy," Bart chuckled. "Maybe you'll see something you're not expecting."
The two vehicles continued along, but Homer suddenly stopped the car with a delay to visit instead of driving straight home.
"Homer..." Marge pouted at her husband.
"I'll only be a minute, Marge~" Homer innocently told his wife as he headed into The Kwik-E-Mart since he saw a sale on donuts with sprinkles that caught his attention.
"That's what he says every time he goes to Moe's Tavern." Marge murmured to herself and rolled her eyes.
"That happens a lot, doesn't it?" asked Lionel.
"Every day, really." Marge sighed.
"Heh... Kinda happens with Cherry too sometimes when there's a sale on chicken or shrimp." Lionel remarked.
"It's a good deal and price for my two favorite snacks." Cherry nodded in defense.
And now, the two families began to wait for Homer as he stepped inside and greeted Apu who appeared to be trying to push up the expiration date on milk jugs that had already gone bad last year. However, as they waited while Homer did that, something was about to happen as a van pulled up beside The Kwik-E-Mart and they appeared to be nothing but trouble while the kids waited in the backseat while Cherry, Lionel, and Marge began to get to know each other better during their wait. As the van pulled up, a bunch of people got out of the side door and put on some masks that looked like burlap bags with eyeholes cut in them; once they had their masks, they got their weapons ready. Zofia and Lisa continued to read their books together.
"Oh, Sprig... Yes, you are The Time Lord..." Zofia chuckled at her graphic novel and glanced out the window and gasped. "What's going on?!" she then asked suddenly.
Soon, Lisa took a look along with Zofia and also gasped.
"So if you wanna borrow Radioactive Man, lemme know and maybe we could-" Bart began to tell LJ as his eyes glossed over as he suddenly cried out to see the van at The Kwik-E-Mart. "Ay, caramba!"
"Someone call the police!" Zofia suggested and panicked.
"...I'll go do something better," Bart responded as he got his backpack and slipped away... Only to return a few seconds later. "Where's your bathroom?"
"Door at the back of the RV, man," LJ replied. "Can't miss it."
"Cool, thanks." Bart nodded as he headed into the restroom. Once he was inside, he swapped his reddish-orange shirt for a sky-blue one, put on a purple cape, cowl, and a pair of gloves, along with a utility belt, and headed out the window.
Zofia, LJ, David, Maggie, and Lisa continued to look on at The Kwik-E-Mart in suspense as they had to wonder what would happen next.
"All right, dudes, nobody move and let's do this the hard way and not the easy way!" One of the robbers demanded, sounding a bit like a stereotypical surfer dude.
"Uh, can I at least have one of these donuts first as my last meal?" Homer asked nervously with his hands up as he tried to get one of the treats that Apu had offered him.
"No!" The robber glared as he pulled out his gun.
"Same old Snake," scoffed a voice. "You just never learn, do ya?"
"Oh, great," The robber rolled his eyes underneath his mask. "What's the point of wearing this thing if everyone knows who you are?"
"Wait, what'd you say your name was again?" Homer then asked, a bit obliviously. "And who's that other person?"
"No need to worry about that! Bartman is here!" The young hero soon proclaimed as he quickly sprung into action.
"Take 'im!" shouted Snake as he and his cronies attacked the young superhero with their guns and blunt weapons.
Luckily, Bartman leapt and dodged the weapons one by one, before body-slamming Snake and knocking him on his ass.
Snake grunted and groaned on the floor. "Totally bogus, little dude." he then grunted in defeat while Homer took the case of donuts and hid behind the counter with Apu.
"You have to pay for those." Apu reminded Homer.
"Put it on my tab." Homer shrugged before he decided to eat the donuts anyway.
"I'm more than that." Bartman told Snake with a glare.
The two cronies soon swooped down to go after Bartman next.
"You're dead, kid!" One crony glared and growled at the 10-year-old vigilante.
"Yeah? Prove it!" Bartman retorted as he cracked his knuckles.
The thug raced forward, but stepped in a cracked egg and slipped, falling right on his face with a THWUMP!
"You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs." LJ commented as he stood nearby, palming a couple of eggs before sliding them back into their carton.
Bartman then looked over to LJ with wide eyes before smirking and nodding in approval
"Those cost money, you know!" Apu soon called out as he saw what had happened to the eggs.
"I'm aware, sir," LJ said as he took out a few dollars and put them on the counter. "Any more of these putzes to put down?"
"I only saw three, so I think we got 'em all." Bartman said to LJ.
"Oh, thank goodness the donuts were safe!" Homer cheered, causing the young vigilante to roll his eyes. "Thank you, Masked Boy!"
"Uh, sure..." Bartman replied before he looked back at LJ. "Though it was good to have a little help that I didn't expect."
"Hey, no problem, dude," LJ responded. "Always glad to help a fellow defender of justice."
"Right." Bartman nodded in response.
"So, should we call the police on these guys?" LJ suggested.
Homer then burst out laughing at that like it was a joke. "Very funny, kid!" He then added.
"Uh... I don't get it." LJ responded.
"I'll put it to you this way: the cops in this town are corrupt AND stupid," Bartman explained to LJ. "So sometimes guys like me hafta pick up the slack for the schmucks in blue."
"Like a lot of towns in cartoons. Got it." LJ nodded.
Eventually, the police did end up showing up anyway.
"That's the fifth burrito I had and I'm still hungry," Chief Wiggum said to the cop next to him. "Let's get a couple of donuts for the road, Lou."
"Uh, Chief? It looks like something big just happened in there." Lou spoke up.
"Ah, they just wanna keep all the donuts for themselves," Chief Wiggum scoffed and rolled his eyes. "I'll have no backing out on official Springfield Police business."
"In that case, we'd better take off," LJ responded. "Maybe we'll meet again."
"I guarantee it." Bartman nodded and winked.
LJ then headed back to where was before as Bartman took off suddenly. Homer looked around, then took the box of sprinkled donuts on his way back to his family car.
LJ returned to the RV, as he saw Bart coming out of the restroom, and then sitting in the seat he'd previously been in.
"You sure were in there a pretty long time," LJ commented as he did some stretches. "Guess you must've had something to eat that left ya with some major craps."
"Oh, uh, ya know... School cafeteria food does stuff to ya." Bart replied.
"Isn't it summer?" Cherry piped up curiously.
"Let's just say I had to do what I had to do, but it's no big deal really," Bart said innocently. "I just hope I didn't miss anything too important."
"Apart from me getting to meet the Bartman in person while lending him a hand? Nah, nothing too important." LJ said.
"Oh, really? Well, I hear he's on righteous dude." Bart chuckled before winking to himself a little.
"Righteous dude? Nice compliment," Cherry snarked from the front seat. "Who do you think you are, Edie McClurg?"
"...Your mom's not like other moms." Bart said to LJ as he began to buckle up again.
"Yeah," LJ responded. "And that is awesome."
Bart blinked before he nodded in response.
Homer soon drove off in his car, allowing the Schwartz RV to follow behind and not too long, they finally arrived to 724 Evergreen Terrace.
"Ah... So this is what this house looks like up close," Cherry said as she looked over from out her window to see a house that was a pinkish-orange two-story detached house with a garage. "Looks pretty cozy enough for a family of five at least."
"I've seen worse," commented Lionel as he parked nearby next to the car. "But otherwise? It looks decent."
"It's fitting enough, yes." Cherry nodded at her husband.
"So, this is it, huh?" Zofia asked Lisa.
"Yep. Home sweet home," Lisa nodded before dropping her voice low to a whisper. "Though I can't wait until 10 more years to escape into college and get away from Bart."
"He does sound like a worse menace than Dennis in your letters." Zofia nodded to Lisa in response.
"American or British Dennis?" asked Lisa.
"I'm more familiar with American." Zofia informed with a nod.
"Then probably the British one." Lisa replied.
Zofia gave a nod in response. Soon, Homer unlocked the front door to let his family and guests inside before instantly groaning as he heard an annoyingly familiar voice from next door.
"Howdy ho, neighborinos! You having some kinda party with new friends?"
"Shut up, Flanders." Homer glared at his next door neighbor and ignoring his question on the way inside.
"Well, I reckon that Rod and Todd will be pleased as punch to meet 'em!" Ned added. "In fact, I'll be sure to let 'em know!"
Homer grumbled and rolled his eyes as he walked into the house.
"Uh, we'll be in touch, Mr. Flanders." Lisa said as she took Zofia's hand on the way inside.
"Okily dokily, artichokies!" Ned chuckled warmly. "You know where to find me."
"What's that guy's deal?" Cherry whispered.
"You're better off not knowing." Homer whispered back.
Soon, both families were inside the house as The Schwartz family began to look around in awe at The Simpsons household.
"Wow..." The group murmured as they went around the room, taking looks all around.
"So yes, this is our home," Marge nodded. "Are you folks going to stay over or are you just going to let your kids stay with Bart, Lisa, and Maggie?" she then asked Cherry and Lionel.
"Well, I thought we could discuss it, though I think the kids wouldn't mind sharing space together." Cherry replied as she looked down at the bondings between Lisa and Zofia as well as Bart and LJ.
"Sure, they wouldn't take up much space," Lionel responded. "It would give them a chance to be closer to the kids and learn a bit more about them."
"Oh, could we?" Zofia beamed hopefully as she leaned in.
"I don't see why not," Cherry replied. "That is if you kids can learn to live together and not cause too much of a fuss."
Homer soon laughed until Marge nudged him to be quiet.
"We shouldn't cause a fuss, Mrs. Schwartz," Lisa spoke up. "I'm very mature and smart for my age just like Zofia."
"Hey, I can show LJ around town and let everyone know how cool I am," Bart smiled. "After all, since I'm turning eleven, it's the least I can do while I'm prepping for the big change."
Lisa rolled her eyes at Bart's ego being inflated again.
"Well, I suppose there's no harm in doing that," Marge said to her son before looking back at Cherry and Lionel. "Would that be all right with you folks?"
"I don't know much about this town, so that's fine with me," Cherry shrugged. "The kids should bond together and make friends even if we're all mostly here for Zofia and Lisa."
"You make a good point," Marge nodded. "All right, Bart. Be careful with your new friend and make sure you're back home before it gets dark."
"K, Mom," said Bart. "Let's go, man!"
"Okay then!" LJ nodded as he got his board. "I'm ready to rock."
"Let's roll then!" Bart replied as he got his own board out.
"Yeah!" LJ nodded and soon, both boys took off.
The adults watched the two go while Marge, Maggie, and Lisa decided to show Zofia and David around while Homer decided to plant himself on the couch with a can of his favorite beer.
A/N: Yeah, bet you didn't see a Simpsons adventure coming, did ya? Read, Review, all that good stuff, talk to ya later.
