Caesar's Palace:
Challenge: Claw Machine (Three Blind Mice AU)
"Three blind mice. Three blind mice." sang Foxleap, dancing around the floor.
"I do wonder who wrote a song about us!" giggled Icecloud, placing a pair of black glasses on her brother.
"Oh, so do I!" Spiderleg cheered, spinning around, chasing his long, pink tail.
"See how they run. See how they run." Foxleap continued, now running about.
"Oh please, wait for us!" Spiderleg cried, chasing after his brother.
"Yes, please do!" Icecloud said, trailing along behind her two brothers.
A tall woman with gray hair pulled into a bun stood behind the kitchen counter. She looked quite distressed; one hand covering her forehead and the other holding an unpaid bill. A single tear slid down her cheek, falling onto the paper and wrinkling it. The kitchen door slammed open and the woman threw the bill back into the drawer, hidden away from her husband who had just entered the room. He had long, shaggy brown hair that came to his shoulder blades. Seeing his crying wife, he rushed over to her, wrapping her in a hug. She was silent, letting the tears flow from her eyes and down her cheeks. The elderly woman's depression turned to anger as she felt something scurry over her foot. She let out an angry scream and reached for her carving knife, bringing it down on the tails of three white mice running around in the kitchen. She watched as they attempted to run away, bumping into the counters and the walls, then finally into their mouse hole. The woman gazed sadly at the hole for a while, then she looked back up to her husband, who wrapped her back up in a hug once more.
