A Booshy Mannequin.
Summery- Crossover and slash. Howard Moon, a struggling artist is going from one dead end job to the next. But it all changes when a mannequin he creates comes to life in a department store where he gets a new job.
Disclaimer- Boosh is not mine, nither is Mannequin.
Author's Notes- Came to me like five minutes ago when I heard 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now' by Starship. Then I thought this would make another excellent boosh crossover lol. And another song from the film
In my wildest dreams, in my wildest,
In my wildest dreams, in my wildest dreams.
I'm out of focus, have a twisted picture,
Of the wonderland where I was goin',
Kept regrettin' all my glib sidesteppin',
Until you were sent to me.
In my wildest dreams, I never knew
In my wildest dreams, anyone who could move me like you,
And do what you do to me, oh baby.
The sweet collision, unexpected moment,
When our eyes connected with each other,
Once I felt your touch, the magic meant so much,
I gave my heart to you.
In my wildest dreams, I never knew,
In my wildest dreams, anyone who could move me like you,
And do what you do to me
Belinda Carlisle- In my Wildest Dreams.
The next day, Howard drove back to the department store that had his dummy inside. Outside, an oldish lady in her late 40's, was watching as workers were putting a new sign up above the doors "It's a bit crooked" She called out in a easturn European accent, then notised Howard standing outside also watching "How nice, a customer waiting for us to open. What do you think of the new sign?"
"It's nice" He replied, then notised the sign had come loose, heading straight for the lady. He pushed her out the way and thought he could catch the sign and slow it down- wrong! It hit him and Howard flew into the air, still holding on to it.
"Young man, I'm so sorry. If there's anyway I can make it up to you?" She asked, worried about the man swinging quite high.
"If you got any jobs going, I'd really love one" He yelled, hanging on for dear life.
"What can you do?" She asked, curious "Anything!" he called out.
After getting down from the sign, Howard and the owner of the store- Mrs Gideon, took a tour insie the store "This store has been here for over 100 years. It was built by my grandad father when he settled here from Germany. Then my father ran it before he passed away"
"I'm so sorry" Howard said, his eyes sad.
"He died how he wanted in ladie's lingerie. Had a heart attack walking through it. Everytime I walk through these doors, I feel like I'm at home, I practically lived here. But unfortunatly, we don't get that many customers anymore and sales have gone down. We need a way to get those sales back up" She explained.
They kept walking until they got to an office at the back of the store. Inside was Saboo, the building's cheif executive, who was having a private conversation on the phone "Yes I know Dixon...it's all going to plan...they're gonna be begging to sell the place within a month and they don't know a thing about the crunch...gotta go she's here now" He put the phone down just in time before the door opened.
"Saboo, do you know what this man's just done?" Mrs Gideon asked.
Saboo just gave Howard a strange look "Shoplifting?"
"No, he saved my life and I want you Give him a job as our thanks" She turned to her saviour "Howard Moon, I wish you luck, but I have to go now" And she left the room.
"So, Moon. What kind of experience have you had?" Saboo asked, curious.
"Just about every job going" Howard shrugged, giving a lopsided smile.
"Well, I think I have the perfect job for you" Saboo smiled, before leading him out of the door.
"So, I have a new job now" Howard metioned on the phone to Gregg.
"That's wonderful, my fuzzy man peach. What is it?" He heard on the other side.
"Let's just say that thousands of dollars of merchandise...go through my hands every day" Howard admitted, lying just a bit while holding pair of men's underwear "I'm taking you out for a celebration dinner later"
"Moon, get those underwear up to men's lingerie now" Someone yelled at him walking past "Yes, underwear. Right, I'm on it" Howard stuttered.
"Did you just say 'underwear'?" Gregg asked for the other end "Can't talk now Gregg, I'll talk to you later" Then he left.
Back at Bainbridge's store, Old Gregg was having a conversation with another worker, Spider Djion "I've seen him pick you up, the ballbag. Bet he doesn't satisfy you sexually".
"That is Old Gregg's buisness only" The merman said, annoyed.
"I would like you make it my buisness, if you know what I mean" Spider answered back wiggling his eyebrows seductively "You would love my teeth biting your lovely ass" Old Gregg slapped him across the head hard "Ow! What? Did Spider say or do wrong?"
"Our relationship is buisness only, now leave Gregg alone" Gregg said, and turned back to his work as Spider left to take some reports, dejected.
At gideon's store, Howard made his way through mens clothing to the display windows, opening a door to let himself inside. He checked the dummy inside, disappointed to find it wasn't his. Walking back into the store, he came face to face with Saboo, who was following him "Found what you're looking for, Moon?"
"Just looking for underwear really" Howard lied.
"Well, you missed them by four floors. Now get going" Saboo suggested, indicating the way. Howard sighed with relief and walked away "Asshole" He muttered under his breath as he made his way to men's lingerie, taking his trolley filled with boxes of products. After that, he found another window display by men's accessories and made his way to that one, finally pleased to see his creation in there, still wearing the outfit from last night.
"I must be losing my mind" Howard concluded, after study the dummy with much interest, I guess all artists fall in love with their creations, but you're just too special" He leant his head on his dummy's shoulder, but jumped when someone yelped behind him "Wellthat is the sweetest sentiment I've ever heard"
Behind him with a small man, wearing blue robes and a turban and a permenant stoned expression on his face "Alright? Name's Naboo, that's who. Local shaman but I just work here part time"
"I'm Howard, just started here and this isn't what it looks like" He tried a sheepish grin, but it didn't get past Naboo "Well, when you've finished your talk with him, bring it to window number three, I'm a window dresser and it's this one's turn to be changed" He then left, with Howard picking up his mannequin and taking it with them, his mouth open and closing like a goldfish's.
Closing time and Howard was taking some of the spare stock up stairs, when suddenly he hears growling. Nearly dropping the box, he looked down and sees a bulldog tied to a leash. Holding the leash was a quite largish man, retarded looking in a sercurity guard's uniform "Stop right there, mister. Who are you?"
"I'm Howard Moon, new stock boy" he smiled, hoping to get on the guard's good side.
"Yes, Saboo told me about you. I'm Bob Fossil and this is Joey. We watch this area in case of burglers come in, and what are you doing here anyway?"
"I'm helping Naboo with his window display" Howard said, defending himself.
"Oh, the little stoner has an assistant now? You like your new assignment?" Fossil asked.
"It could have been worse, I could have been working with a idiot" Howard said, before walking off, leaving the guard confused.
Inside the window display, Howard and Naboo were unfurling materials and clothing to use on the dummies in with them, including Howard's.
"Don't let Fossil get to you, he's a ballbag really" Naboo admitted.
"Listen, I've got to go now. I promised my boyfriend I was gonna take her out tonight" Howard said, getting up to leave when Naboo gave a sob "What? What did I say?"
"Bollo, my familar left me last night. He said I made him do all the work, which I didn't and he keeps saying that I hog the hooka all the time. He's probably with other shaman now, I don't know what to do" The small shamn admitted, getting more and more upset.
"Hey, hey listen. Take it easy. Just go home and get some rest, everything will be fine. I'll finsih up quickly in here" Howard said, placing his hand on Naboo's shoulder.
"Maybe you're right, I'll just have a nice peaceful night in with my hooka and Peacock dreams. I'll see you in the morning" Naboo said, smiling his thanks on the way out of the window display. Howard just shook his head and sat down on a fake stump for the display, picking up a blue sparkly scarf and looking up at his dummy "What';s the matter? Don't like the new scarf?"
"Not really" The dummy said, coming to life and kneeling down besides him. Howard jumped back and slammed hard into the glass in fright, causing the now very real mannequin to gigle "Nice way to say hi, mate"
"What the hells' going now? You shouldn't be real" Howard whispered to himself, taking in the sight before. The man's blue eyes now sparkled in the lights instead of that dead look, the red lips softer looking. His thin limbs and body moved much more easier then before "My name's Vincent Noir, but you can just call me Vince"
"This has gotta be some sort of joke, did Naboo set you up to this?" Vince frowned then smiled once more "No one hired me, Howard"
"Who know who I am? No, this can't really be happening" Howard said, disbelievingly and shaking his head" Vince gigled again and walked over to him "I felt so sorry for you last night. You looked so lost and lonely in the rain, you idiot"
"You can't be him from last night in the window. Can't be" Vince then gave a dizzy grin and made wild gestures with his arms while explaining things "When you made me, didn't you feel inspired? Almost like your hands were being moved by asomething else? You made this body so that I could come to life! Thank you"
"I must be really nuts doing this" Howard said, placing his head in one of his hands "Well now, tell me your life story then. It slipped my mind really"
"Well, I was born an Eygptian prince in 2514BC in Edfu. I'll be 4,528 next may" Vince smiled "I'll remember to make you a cake then" Howard muttered.
"Back then I wasn't allowed to do anything" Vince pouted, Howard thinking it was the most adorable sight he's ever seen "I was suppose to marry a camel dung dealer, but I disappeared before I got a chance to, thank the Gods" Vince kept explaining.
"Must be an a hallucination caused by stress" Howard concluded once more, until Vince grabbed his arm gently "Does this feel like a hallucination, small eyes? Come on, let's explore" He said, before rushing out the window display. Howard still looked disbelieving as he followed without any questions.
He looked surprized when he couldn't find the smalled man and paniked. Rushing around, he soon found Vince eyeing up power tools and sewing machines, turning some of them on and off to see how they worked "I wish I had these tools back then, the fashion and inventions I could have made. Back in Edfu, I even made a fancy pair of red and blue wings and nearly flew"
"I'm sure you did, Vince" Howard said, trying to humour both himself and his new friend "You still don't believe I'm real, do you Howard?" Vince asked, a hint of sadness in his eyes as he picked up a nail gun, nearly shooting poor Howard in the head twice if he didn't move just "I'm open to talk about, little man" He said, taking the power tool out of his hands.
He was surprized when Vince grabbed his hands "You have wonderful hands, I always liked the feel of them putting me together" He said, seductively, keeping his blue eyes onto Howard's brown ones. They then moved away as Vince started discussing their ideas "Tonight, we should do something different, something this place hasn't seen yet. Just stop worring all the time, mate"
"Easy for you to say, you're a mannequin, you'll always have work. Me? I'll be placed in the nuthouse" Howard said, following his friend and notised he picked up a black silk shirt, with dark blue jeans, a red cowboy hat perched upon his head "This outfit will be great for me in the window" He then slipped off the red shirt he was wearing and the drainpipes soon followed, so Vince was standing there naked.
Howard's eyes widened in shock, but a smile was suck on his face "You weren't like that when you made me, Howard" Vince called him back to reality "You weren't real then, Vince" He said, picking up a large man's shirt and tried to covered his friend's nakedness, embracing him to stop the garment slipping. Vince smiled warmly at the contact, enjoying every moment of it.
That's enough for now, hope you all enjoy it ;) from chugirl2526.