This is World belongs to the Jim Henson Company and David Bowie and Jennifer Connolly. I'm just playing in it.
There are many struggles with being linked to the Labyrinth. Some would say it was the goblins; but that would be the obvious choice. The second would be the king himself, Jareth; and oh he is a handful! But one of the worst things you could be linked to is the Labyrinth itself. It just so happened one day Sarah wound up in this horrible situation. Her bathroom sink had backed up. Most would get a drain cleaner and flush it out but no matter what she poured down the pipes the water barely trickled down. Eventually an odd sound and a strangely pungent yet familiar smell came pulsing up from the drain.
Jareth himself tried to unclog the sink with magic but had no luck. The goblins tried their hands at getting it to unclog; again with no luck. Even her trio of friends tried. Well ok; Ludo just complained of the smell, Sir Dydimous couldn't smell anything, and Hoggle took one whiff and left. Finally, with a "knock" that nearly broke her door down her Super showed up saying the neighbors had complained of the smell coming from her apartment and tried to snake it. Of course moments after arriving he ran from the studio loft in revulsion; gagging all the way out of the building! Nothing seemed to work then Sarah's friend and next door neighbor, Christine Daaé told her about an air cannon plunger she could buy from the local hardware store. Apparently, Christine too had had some truly nasty sewer issues at some point though Sarah wasn't about to ask without a really good bottle of something strong on hand.The apparatus appeared simple enough to put together; though a little difficult to press down on the plunger itself. In fact she had to put her whole weight on it to get it to move! Little did she realize it there'd be a backsplash; horrible black slime that went everywhere! From on the sink, the mirror, the light, the backsplash, on her favorite T-shirt; hell it even went up her nose! The Bog of Eternal Stench had Gone. Up. Her. Nose! Not even the ceiling, shower or toilet escaped the onslaught.
She reeled back in horror and immediately called Jareth. For a good moment he just stood there laughing; tears coming from his eyes but whether it was from the sight or the smell Sarah didn't want to know.
"JARETH!"
"I'm sorry Precious," he said with mirth.
She gave him a look that Medusa would have been jealous of and he coughed a few times getting himself under control.
He created a quick crystal and tossed it at her a little hurt that she still flinched after all this time.
Her noise hairs immediately stopped burning and but she wasn't cleaned up.
Sarah raised an eyebrow at his nibs and he made several more crystals tossing them like water balloons around the room.
"Why not me too?" Sarah asked.
"Somethings Precious, are best done the old fashioned way."
"And that would be?"
"A bath, Sarah." He whisked them both to his private bathroom; the tub big enough to swim in. He took several steps toward her.
"Jareth, did you plan it all this way?" she asked smirking.
"Nope, it was pure serendipity." He fingered the hem of her shirt.
"Mmmhmm", she said disbelieving but smiling.
Unbeknownst to the plucky brunette as her clothes hit the floor they were instantly clean. The same could not be said of the couple in bath however as Jareth's version of "good, clean fun," was anything other than wholesome. Fun though? Definitely.
