Chapter 10: Interlude 4
Rainbow Land had been a buzz with talk of Rainbow Brite leading a precession of Color Kids to Pink Prairie.
With the recent occurrence of the color pink leaving Rainbow Land, and the Color Kid of pink being missing, speculation was ripe amongst the Sprites, the native inhabitants of Rainbow Land.
The head Sprites weren't discussing these matters in depth with the other Sprites. Even though the head Sprites' close relationships with the Color Kids meant they may hear or see information that wasn't readily available to the general population of Rainbow Land.
As, the Head Sprites kept conveying to those who asked, when there was something that was known or needed to be known the Color Kids or Twink would announce it. Until then they weren't going to break the trust of their Kids and talk out of turn.
So, speculation was ripe amongst the Sprites. Every eye was on the activities of those in Color Castle.
So Rainbow Brite, Shy Violet and Moonglo's departure from the Castle had set forth a tidal wave of rumor and chatter throughout Rainbow Land. Growing bigger and bigger as Sprites from different parts of the Land saw more and more Color Kids join Rainbow Brite's walk, the spectrum of Kids all heading to Pink Prairie.
Talk and excited chatter went all across Rainbow Land. Soon everyone in Rainbow Land knew something was up.
Everyone.
From his dark and shadow filled hole in the Pits, Murky Dismal was soon too all but aware something was happening. And had all too easily spotted the precession making their way towards the putrid Pink Prairie, thanks to a high powered telescope he had ingeniously constructed. One that he always made sure to put a color filter over the lens before he looked through it to spy on the happenings in Rainbow Land. So that he could see the world in the wonderful black and grays it should rightfully exist in.
The brats were on foot, he had a car. Even a moronic simpleton such as Lurky could determine this meant he could easily beat them to where ever they were going. And, because the fools were making a straight line towards their destination, Murky knew exactly where they were going.
And so he hid. Well.. no, not hid. He was the great Murky Dismal, he did not need to hide.
No, he concealed himself away within in the Putrid Prairie. Arriving long before the brats ever got there. And thanks to another one of his ingenious inventions, one he had dubbed a Listen-o-phone, he sat and waited. Listen-o-phone to his ear, amplifying any sounds that came from the direction he pointed it towards. And the direction he pointed it towards was the area of his most recent victory. Where he had wiped out all trace of that Pink little monster.
He still smiled at the memory of that day. It had been wonderful. Glorious even. And the best thing was, after he had snubbed out that Pink girl, he hadn't seen anything colored pink at all through all of Rainbow Land.
Murky felt disgusted out here, out in the open of this colorful land. He could almost feel the wretched colors crawling over his skin as the light fell upon him. It was sickening. But the memory of his victory gave him fortitude.
Soon he would have to pick the next Kid to go after. But first, he was curious to see what Rainbow Brite was up to. Maybe they were coming to mourn? Maybe, even better, she was going to cry.
So he sat. And waited. And eventually when the Kids came he listened. He heard everything.
Once the inevitable commotion had died away and silence returned to the Prairie as the Kids left, one by one, Murky reflected.
So.. he hadn't destroyed Tickled Pink at all. Instead, she had been disconnected from the Color Spectrum and thrown out of Rainbow Land.
Soon there would not be any color pink left in Rainbow Land as a result and now the guardian of Rainbow Land had left to find the missing brat. Giving away the Color Belt.
Murky reflected.. so things hadn't worked out as he had hoped.
They had turned out even better.
And he started to laugh. Darkly and maliciously. Knowing that he had to take advantage of this new opportunity.