TAs they reach the upper hallway, Lagos leads the group to their rooms. "You two may stay here." he motions to Rebecca and Mojo as he reaches the first doorway. "You may stay here." he motions to Ace at the next one. "You two may stay here." he motions to Arturo and Snake at the third doorway. "And you two may stay here." he motions to Billy and Grubber at the last one. "U-uhm, o-okay." Billy was still quite apprehensive about this.
As they open the door to their room, Rebecca and Mojo wince slightly at the creepy ambiance. "Ugh..." There are windows that are huge with black curtains, a large canopy bed with red bed curtains, a fireplace with some gargoyles engraved, and a black bear rug. Rebecca says as she puts her suitcase down, "Looks a bit creepy, but it's nice." Mojo nods, "Yes, it does have a sort of charm to it despite this room being a bit too dark. By meaning dark, I mean for this room to be a little foreboding."
Rebecca walks towards a door and sees a bathroom that is white with red tiles for the floor, a white rug, large mirrors, and a fancy bathtub. She says, "At least the bathroom's not creepy. I guess I'll wash up for dinner." Rebecca sees a maroon robe and a dark purple robe hanging on the door. She goes towards the purple robe and takes it, then she looked to see Mojo unpack his suitcase.
Rebecca goes towards her suitcase to get her shampoo and soap, then says, "I'll be done in a bit. Give me a knock if dinner's gonna be ready." Mojo nods, "Will do. Save some hot water for me." Rebecca closes the bathroom door, undresses herself as she placed her clothes on top of a closed hamper, and turns the water on the tub. Rebecca sees a bottle of some sort and squeezes the bottle as pink liquid goes in, then the water gets all bubbly.
Rebecca steps into the tub and washes herself, then rinses her hair with clean water and rests back. She sighs, "Ahh, I feel like royalty." Rebecca blew on the bubbles as the suds floated around, then gets out as she finishes washing the rest of her body. Rebecca puts the robe on, takes her clothes, and heads into the bedroom.
She goes to Mojo and smiles, "All yours." Mojo kisses Rebecca and teases, "Holler if dinner will be up."
Rebecca unpacks her suitcase, then takes out her pink dress that has a knee-length skirt and lacy straps. She looks at her white sneakers, but takes a pair of her white ballet flats and slips them on her feet. Rebecca puts her dress on and brushes her hair out, then ties a pink ribbon in her hair.
She waited patiently for Mojo, but hears a knock on the door. She goes towards the door, opens it, and sees Lagos. The butler says, "I trust you and Mr. Jojo find this room comfortable to your liking?" Rebecca nods, "Yes, Lagos. The bathroom and the bedroom itself are in good condition. So, what are you doing here?"
Lagos said, "I've just come here to tell you that dinner will be ready in half an hour, Miss Utonium." Rebecca nods, "Okay, thank you." The butler bowed and said, "You're welcome, Miss Utonium." As the man left, Rebecca sees Midnight by her feet and smiles, "Aww, hi. You want to come in?" Midnight rubs herself to Rebecca's leg and walks into the room, then Rebecca closes the seats herself at the foot of the bed, upon which Midnight hops up onto her knees; the little black cat purrs sweetly as Rebecca gently stokes her silky fur. "Oh, you're such a little darling!" Rebecca coos.
Just then, Rebecca hears Lagos call, "Dinner will be served in the main dining room." Upon this, Midnight hops down to the floor with a small mew, and Rebecca slowly steps off of the bed. "Oh, I'd better tell Mojo dinner is ready!" Almost as if on cue, Mojo then steps out of the bathroom, wearing a robe. "Is all well, Becca?"
"Yes indeed," she replies obligingly. "But Lagos just called to say that dinner was ready."
"Goodness, I'd better hurry," Mojo notes as he rushes to where his suitcase sits on the bed. "Which is to say that I had best make haste if I am to join us for dinner in time, which is to say that I must hurry in order not to be late."
"Please don't worry, Mojo," Rebecca says as she makes her way to the door. "I'll be needing to inform the others, too, so please take your time."
After Rebecca has informed the Gang Green Gang that dinner was ready and Mojo had gotten ready, everyone quickly makes their way downstairs. Billy, who was bringing up the back of the line, unfortunately hadn't been looking where he was going and steps on a fish-shaped rubber cat toy, which gives a loud squeak. SKWEEEE! "Ahhh!" Billy hops up in shock and ends up slipping and crashing through a collection of weak boards in the floor next to the stairs. CRASH! "HEE-EE-EE-ELP!" he wails.
The group worriedly runs up to him. "Billy, Billy, are you okay?" Rebecca inquires.
"Goodness," Lagos observes. "Midnight must have left her toys on the stairs again."
"Meow." Midnight purrs apologetically.
"Mmn," Lagos muses. "I have been meaning to fix those floorboards, too."
"Duh, don't worry 'bout me, guys," Billy says. "I'm jus' pretendin' I'm a gopher what likes fish." He punctuates his sentence with a chuckle; the others simply look at him oddly.
After the gang help Billy up, Lagos said, "Dinner is served." Everyone followed him towards the dining room, which mas a large table in the center of the room with a white tablecloth and silver food trays.
Mojo pulls a chair out for Rebecca to sit in and pushes the chair in after Rebecca sat down. Mojo sits next to her, then Ace and the others found their own seats. Everyone got themselves a bowl of soup, which was French onion soup. Rebecca sipped some from her spoon and said after a swallow, "This is pretty good."
Mojo said, "You're right. This does have good flavor to it." He lightly nudged Rebecca and said softly, "I guess you're right earlier today about judging appearances, Rebecca. I take back what I said and I'm sorry, which is to say that I apologize for my behavior and about what I had said." After everyone finished their soups, the main course came up.
Lagos lifted the platter covers up to reveal filet mignons with béarnaise sauce, steamed broccoli, mashed potatoes, and a hot croissant roll on the side. Rebecca reaches for her wine glass filled with sparkling cider and sips it, then Lagos asks with a fancy bottle in his hand, "More cider, Miss Utonium?"
Rebecca nods, "Please. Lagos, I must say that this food looks delicious. Mr. Much's kitchen staff must be very good at preparing such grand dinners." Lagos nods, "Yes, they are. I'm very touched by your compliments." Mojo mumbled to himself as he mimics Lagos, then goes back to his normal voice, "I'm very touched by your compliments. If he tries to put more moves on my girlfriend, he'll take it up with Punchy Magee and Fisty O'Flannigan."
Mojo straightens himself and eats his dinner, while everyone ate their dinner. Ace said, "Man, this is the fancy life! I bet ya that Deanna and April would love to have this dinner." Snake sighs, "Yeah." Lagos brought in some platters after everyone finished eating their dinner and says, "Lady and gentlemen, dessert is served."
Lagos sets a large covered platter down in the center of the table. "I present to you the chef's own specialty, chocolate cream pie." He lifts the cover to reveal a lovely chocolate pie topped with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles, which he then serves everyone a slice of.
Rebecca takes a couple of bites of the pie and says, "This is delicious, sir!"
"Quite indeed," Mojo says politely, albeit with still the slightest touch of apprehension in his voice, as he politely dabs his chin with a cloth napkin. "Without a doubt I can safely say that this is the best pie I've ever tasted, which is to say that this is the most delectable pie I've ever had."
"Mmm," Billy says through a mouthful of pie, his cheeks bulging. "Now I'm pretendin' I'm a gopher what likes pie." His friends give him another odd look.