"I wish we were in the tunnel of false alarms!" Yumiko shut her eyes tightly and raised her finger in the air as she spoke her wish. Rip just got an even more worried look on her face as they vanished into another poof of glitter and clutched even tighter around the waist of the nun. She felt a sudden wave of nausea hit her as they formed again in their desired location but still didn't opened her eyes, instead choosing to jump at the sound of a bellowing voice next to her.
"BEWARE, BEWARE!" The deep voice moaned and soon, a chorus of other similar warnings started also, followed by a small girly giggle, which Rip could fathom as Yumiko's.
"Pay no attention to those also alarms they're…well, false alarms," She smiled gaily back at the vampire who responded by finally relaxing and letting a large smile spread across her face. As they slowly slid off Ludo's back to give him a rest, Yumiko looked around, almost a bit worried. "Hmm, that's strange, not all of them are…wait a minute," and as she stomped over to one she squinted her eyes and her a very familiar and distinct sound, "Snoring! They're bloody asleep on the job!" She put her hands on her hips and was just about to wake them and give them a peace of her mind, when movement across the floor caught her eye.
"Huh, Look Rip, It's a crystal!" She pointed in the direction of the small orb rolling steadily towards them, until it rolled past and began to chart its own path.
"Should we follow it?" Yumiko asked nervously, fiddling with the sleeves of her dress. Rip meanwhile sniffed the air and let out a gasp. "It is he! He…he…he IST here! I can smell Herr Goblin king!" And as Rip began to skip merrily after it, Yumie was fighting for control to wake up, but Yumiko kept hold of her by hitting herself on the head and then quickly scampered after Rip, who was still skipping after the crystal.
"Now remember, no scaring him with Pokie!" She pointed a chubby, little finger at her friend, whilst also tucking her sword further down her back to hide it.
"Ja, ja, I know the drill!" Rip Van barely hummed over her shoulder. Just as they rounded a corner, Yumiko was so busy trying to think of what to say when she met the king that she bumped straight into Rip vans back, who had come to a halt. The berserker nun glimpsed over her shoulder and clearly saw Rip van staring at what appeared to be a beggar, crouched on a low step with the crystal now in his begging pot.
"Ah, what have we here?" A scratchy, old voice said and the nose on the small creature turned a little in their general direction. Yumiko appeared behind Rip van and clung to her arm. "Urm…not…noth…nothing." She squeaked, barely audible. A distinctive air arose in the tunnel and both girls felt the shift of magic as the beggar began revealing himself.
"Nothing? Nothing?! Nothing, tra la la!" The creature stood to his full height and shook of his disguise to reveal himself as the true goblin king. He stood wearing the beautiful tight red jacket, leather boots and those Grey trousers, which Yumiko mentally scolded herself for gaping at. Rip Van however had gone from a completely and utterly dumbfounded look to her infamous grin. She marched up to the king, got on one knee and said in a proud and happy tone, "Meine King! I am Rip Van Winkle. It is an honour and pleasure to meet you!I am Miss Rip Van Winkle, und this is my -depraved- Nun, Yumiko. Yumiko, get over here!" She turned to see her friend still staring at her feet, blushing wildly. At first she didn't move, but she shifted a little bit and walked over to position herself two feet infront of the king. She bowed profusely, whilst saying, "It's a pleasure to see you! I mean, to touch you! I mean to speak about you! I mean, oh I'm sorry, I'm such a fan, and you're lovely, and I meant to know about-TO TALK TO YOU AND MEET YOU!" She yelled at the last phrase as her nose began to bleed a little and she fainted falling backwards, luckily to be caught by Rip Van who flashed a smile at the king whilst fanning the poor nun. "This is her first time and as you can tell, she's happy to meet you at last. God you smell lovely…anyway! She's a friend with the young priest Heinkel,The fallen Angel who beats on the Archangels? I believe you know her sister?" She said matter of factly, not noticing the goblin king's quizzical look at the two females before him.
"Yes, I believe I do," He tried to sound royal and not to distressed, whilst adjusting his wild and untamed hair, "I believe Heinkel was fed up of her sister and wished her away. Although when I came to collect her she pointed a gun at my head and we agreed to let it drop." He said dryly, not best pleased at the memory of such an encounter.
Suddenly, Yumiko's body shook and she sat straight up, blood still pouring forth from her nose.
"What!? I didn't know Heinkel had actually met him! She told me she just read about him and her sister was good friends with him!" Yumiko squealed helplessly, trying her hardest not to cry. When Rip Van whispered that they still had company, she began to arrange her hair, asking if it was ok, to which Rip replied just as frantically I she smelled of breakfast blood. Soon they both turned towards him and gazed at him, with his view of two lionesses seeing meat.
"I…Love magic dance, you should record an album," Rip Van remarked suddenly and sounding like a ditzy blonde girl.
"I…I…I…I LOVE YOU!" Yumie Proclaimed and threw herself onto him, acting like a cat as the king looked shocked an almost hissed, "What is thiissss thing?"
"Heinkel's pet." Then when Yumie threw her the death glare, Rip changed her playful tone and went serious. "Nun! I mean nun!"
Just then Hoggle thought it best he intervene and piped up, "Girlfriend."
Yumie disentangled herself and threw her body on Hoggle, grabbing his shirt and practically screaming in his large sensitive ears. "LIES! LIIIIIEEEES! I do not love her that way!" She quickly turned and threw a smile at Jareth who still stood there dumbstruck, "He's only joking your highness! We're just friends and work colleagues!" She quickly dropped her pleasant exterior as she began to violently shake Hoggle, telling him exactly what she was going to do with him, whilst Rip van desperately tried to calm her down.
The goblin king watched as the frantic girl had seemed to change in character, almost becoming another person, as the Manic looking girl called Rip Van as calling her Yumie and telling her to calm down. He thought, since they were distracted, they wouldn't notice him leave and he quickly made himself disappear into a poof of glitter, which both girls caught a glimpse of.
"Oh, my…God! He's sooooooooooooo much hotter in real life!" Yumie squeaked running about the place, whilst Rip Van squeaked happily.
"I know! Und, he smells soooo much better than imagined! He smelled like…like…Moonlight and stardust and…magic!" She threw a girlish look at Yumie who nodded in agreement.
Little id they know, the goblin king was know watching them in his crystal ball, shaking his head and thinking 'how frightening.'
"Ja …Wait…do you hear something?" Yumie stopped and looked scared as she heard the sound of what sounded like whirling machinery and a broken washing machine on the rampage. Rip van let out a squeak and quickly climbed onto Ludo, lugging Yumie after.
"I WISH WE WERE ABOVE!" Yumie yelled frantically, grabbing a chunk of Ludo as they again disappeared and reappeared into the beautiful garden maze.