Norman was clumsy. Or, to be more specific, all of the gnomes underneath Jeff were clumsy.

"Will you please watch where you're going, Jason." He hissed to his right leg. "If we keep tripping like this we'll never get through the front gates." Jason apologized, and Jeff sighed. They could be pretty thick sometimes. He wiggled his right foot and a fake arm reached out. It pressed the button of an intercom. They leaned forward and Jeff spoke into it. "Uh, hello, is Miss Northwest there?"

"I believe so," A deep voice spoke. "Just one moment." The gnomes stood there for a second before the voice came back. "She is here. What is the nature of you visit?" Jeff quickly made up an excuse.

"Don't tell anyone, but we're in a bit of a relationship."

"I understand. You're secret is safe with me. Have a nice evening." The large iron gates opened, and Norman stumbled through.

"Huh, the place looks bigger up close," Jeff mused. After narrowly avoiding the various peacocks, they made it to the front door. They reached out and pushed it open. Behind it was a spacious foyer. Pacifica was standing under the chandelier, and walked toward them.

"Are you the 'special someone' Rupert told me about?" she asked. She was wearing an ocean blue dress. "Not trying to be rude, but who are you?"

"We'r— I'm Norman," Jeff said. "We met with you at a party a while ago and you promised to meet again." Pacifica couldn't remember ever meeting a Norman before, but she acted otherwise to be polite.

"Oh, Norman!" she exclaimed. "That was a good party, yeah…" They stood there awkwardly for a moment.

"Why don't we take a walk outside," Jeff suggested. Pacifica nodded slowly and they began strolling through the garden. They slowly began making their way around the mansion.

"So how have you been doing since the, uh, party?" she asked.

"Oh, I've been good," Jeff answered. "Couldn't keep my mind off you of course."

She rubbed her hands together before replying. "Hey, listen, I need to tell you something." Jeff knew exactly what she was going to say. "I don't actually know who you are. What party did we meet at again?"

"We met at the 2005 Northwest Wine Tasting party. I can't believe you don't remember me though." He started crying. Fake tears that that had been rehearsed previously. "I thought w-we had feelings for each other." A couple of feet wiggles from Jeff brought Norman's arms to his face.

"Uh, I don't know what to say, Nor… Norbert?" This sent Norman over the edge. He started running, Jeff giving his best heartbroken-teen impression. "Wait! Where are you going!?" Pacifica yelled behind them. Jeff decided they had run for long enough, and gave the cue to stop. The gnomes beneath him didn't notice.

"Guys, stop!" He hissed. Schmebulock heard him, but apparently no one else did. Their left "foot" stopped moving, but the rest of their body didn't. Their balance quickly crumbled. All of the gnomes yelled as they collapsed. Their screaming got louder when they realized they weren't stopping. The running must have led them through a gap in the security wall and off the side of a cliff. The last thing Jeff saw before landing was Pacifica looking over the ledge.

Nothingness. It was all around him. As he got up and adjusted his hat, he realized he was in some sort of void. There were a few trees around him, but they felt like statues. The other pieces of Norman had also vanished.

"Hey, is anyone there?" he yelled. His voice echoed around, and he noticed it had been joined by another. Soon the other voice was booming all around him. The noise quickly became deafening, and Jeff covered his ears. He looked up at the sky, and a triangle slowly materialized.

"Hey there metrognome!" The triangle greeted. Jeff looked around with a confused expression.

"Where is this?" he asked.

"Oh, this is the mindscape!" the triangle explained. "Everyone always asks me that, y'know. Just a fun fact, this isn't your mindscape specifically. You've just been knocked out." He shrunk himself down to gnome size and continued. "Name's Bill, by the way. Nice to meetcha." Jeff was confused, but he was used to paranormal creatures and their weirdness.

"Why am I here, anyways? It's a nice place and all, but I'm sorta needed elsewhere."

"Busy charming Pacifica, right? It's not gonna to work, pal." He pointed behind him. A murky cliff appeared, the same one the gnomes had just fallen down. At the top stood Pacifica, laughing. Her voice surrounded them, taunting. Jeff would have found it hurtful, if it were real.

"Uh… Oh no, I can't believe it," he said with fake enthusiasm. Bill's eye narrowed.

"I just wanted to give you some advice. Remember that girl you tried to abduct at the beginning of the summer? Shooting St- I mean Mabel." An image of her appeared on Bill's body. "You should go after her again! She's so gullible, I'm sure she'd fall for you a second time." Jeff thought about it for a second.

"Eh, I'll think about it. We're friends now though, and I don't think she'd appreciate being taken away again."

"You're choice, just remember I told you so. If you do I can make it worth your while!" Everything around them started distorting. "Looks like you're waking up. Good luck with Llama girl!" Jeff jerked awake. He felt the two gnome heads under his feet again. Apparently Norman had stayed together for the fall.

"Are you okay guys?" he asked. He got three affirmatives and a "schmebulock", and gave the command to stand up. While woozy on his feet, Norman managed to stay upright. Now it was just a matter of finding Pacifica. Jeff was already thinking of new ways the night could go, and only a few of them ended in complete disaster.

AN

So I've was a bit confused with the mindscape for a while. We are shown two kinds: a person's personal mindscape, and the greyscale world that Bill enjoys making deals in. This is my semi explanation of it.

Thanks for the reviews guys, and the idea for Jeff! Next up... Carla McCorkle. Fun.