Look, I'm back! And with a new chap too. :P
"Well, I suppose we should be on our way," Violet had said. Fifteen minutes later, the Baudelaires were still in their remote mountain cave, with no signs of leaving soon.
"We should take the toboggan. Just in case," Klaus way saying, leaning against the sled.
"Klaus, it's a Caribbean cruise," Violet said, seething. "There's no need for that."
"Well, it can be handy on the trip down the hill, and…" Klaus hesitated, "we could pull our stuff and Sunny on it during the trip up…if there's ever any need for one, that is," he quickly added, seeing Violet's expression.
Neither Klaus nor Sunny believed Violet about winning the spontaneous radio cruise prize. They knew she was telling the truth, and who knows how many times Klaus himself had won a cruise trip or Ipod Nano (complete with a computer virus and never-ending pop-ups), but did anyone actually believe those things? Get real! It was strange to see smart and sensible Violet acting giddy and gullible, but her siblings would play along, searching for this radio station, and hopefully Violet would not be too crushed when they couldn't find it.
Violet, too, knew that her siblings didn't believe her. When they were alive, her parents had always told her not to accept gifts from or though electronic devices, and she could always give the offending machine a piece of her mind by smashing it with a mallet, as long as she didn't hurt herself. But now her parents were gone, the only mallet was a block of ice, and it would hurt if she tried holding it, because it was scratchy and cold. Besides, it had been so long since they had last been fortunate, and Violet needed to get out of this remote mountain cave. Besides, it was a trip to the Caribbean Islands, and she could meet Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and surely when they saw her she would replace that horrid Keira Knightley (though she did seem all right in Pride and Prejudice), and then they would all live happily ever after, and Klaus and Sunny could try for Hillary Duff or Lil' Bow Wow.
"Fine. Bring it along, Klaus." Violet said, snapping out of her daydream. "Sunny, hop on. No. You can't bring that, even if it's seasonal." She pointed to the hula girl novelty lamp Sunny was clutching, along with many other things. Sunny had gotten the most attached to the mountain cave, literally. She'd gotten her teeth stuck in many of the ice blocks that looked sufficiently bitable, and though her teeth were sensitive for a few days, it had been an interesting experience. Reluctantly, Sunny let go of her other possessions, but kept a steadfast hold on the lamp.
Rolling her eyes as she often did when exasperated, Violet sat Sunny on top of a pile of suitcases, secured a rope around her, and picked up one end of the toboggan's handle, while pointing at Klaus to pick up the other, all the while sighing audibly. After gasping from all that exhaling, Violet jerked the toboggan forward, causing Klaus to stumble, and marched concentratedly forward out of the cave, not looking back.
I was going to add more, really, but I just couldn't get around to it so I thought I'd just add this one up (even if it's a bit short). Thank for all the reviews:D