DAY THREE: 10:05 P.M.

'They peered through the doorway to the darkened room, being cautious as a mouse'

"Are you gonna follow us arounnd the whole house?!" 'Ridcully shouted out of turn. Special orders from MiMi, sorry, sir. Vimes muttered something about us all being doomed as he flipped on the light switch and looked around the room. There came a shuffling of feet up to the room as the other houseguests joined the rest of the group'

'Angua said,' "Nobby said you found a demonic room, here" 'Carrot's face became one of concern'

"Oh, dear"

"It's not demonic just because we've never seen it before," 'said Vimes,' "Now either come inside or beat it, before you break the damn door" 'He looked around the room snd saw a T.V. and a chair. As the silence grew, so did the suspense in the air'

"Just looks like another sitting room"

"WOULD ALL HOUSEGUESTS PLEASE REPORT TO THE LIVING ROOM!!"

DAY THREE: 10:10 P.M.

"Congratulations, houseguests, you've all done exceptionally well," 'Vimes looked up with hope on his face'

"Does that mean we can escape this Hell?"

"Oh, Vimesy, you're so funny, haha NO!! I just want to congradulate you guys on finding the diary room!! If you have any problems, feel free to talk to our crew member who's always on duty. He'll be happy to listen to all of your complaints"

"Perfect," said Vimes, beginning to get up.

"Not now, Vimes!! Anyway, I also wanted to tell you that the first task is over, now, and you no longer have to speak in rhyme"

"But, it's not even Hogswatch, yet," said Nanny.

"I'm feeling nice, today,"

"What's the catch?" said Vimes, who was smart enough to be suspicious of everything.

"Don't you worry about that, Vimesy, just enjoy your Hogswatch" The speaker shut off and the room began to relax.

"I don't believe it," said Vimes.

"I thought of all people, commander, that you would be the most joyous to find out that you don't have to rhyme," said Vetinari, calmly.

"That's easy for you to say, you've barely said anything this entire time!!" Vimes suddenly clamped his hands over his mouth. Many in the room responded to this by snickering, and he knew that somewhere, Sybil was, too. Even Vetinari gave a faint smile.

"Shut up," he said, "I'm going to bed"

DAY FOUR: 12:00 P.M.

Nanny Ogg and Angua were hanging around in the kitchen, as they had chosen as their normal spot. They usually preffered to be alone, but for today they tolerated the patrician sitting at the table reading a book and sipping coffee. Either they had allowed him to do so, or they hadn't even noticed him there. Nanny seemed to be too caught up in a cooking book, and Angua seemed to once again be silently resenting the calendar.

The kitchen door opened and Carrot walked into the room, closely followed by Nobby. He walked up to Angua, who didn't notice him until he politely cleared his throat and, when that didn't work, prodded her in the shoulder.

"Hmm? Oh, Carrot," she said, going red, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice you there"

"Don't worry about it," he said, "Here, I got you a Hogswatch present" he handed her a cardboard box that had been crudely, but thoughtfully, wrapped in construction paper.

"Oh, Carrot," Angua said, sweetly, "You shouldn't have," she opened the box and pulled out a necklace of daisies, "Carrot, these are beautiful, how did you get them?"

"I made them out of the flowers in the garden out back," he said, helping her put the necklace on, "Do you like it?"

"Carrot, I love it," she gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. He left the room blushing, but smiling.

"'Ere, Angua, I got you something, too," said Nobby, he handed her a box, which was not wrapped, but somehow gave the thought that the giver was making it quite clear that nobody was even worth the bother. Angua opened the box.

"Oh, Nobby, how did you get a hold of a pair of earrings in he-Hey, did you steal these out of my jewelry box?" She looked up, but the kitchen door was already swinging back and forth on its hinges, sighing, she slipped the earrings into her pocket. She was turning back to the calendar when she heard the door creak open ance again, and Ponder walked into the room, holding something behind his back. His face as red as a tomato, he walked up to Angua, his eyes cast purposefully down at his feet.

"Yes, Ponder?" said Angua, "Can I help you with something?" Ponder began to sweat nervously, and he quckly thrust something into Angua's hands.

"HappyHogswatchIhopeyoulikethem," he said, and with that he quickly turned and ran out of the room as fast as he could. Angua's face was blank and she looked down at the flowers in her hands. It was a bouquet of Forget-Me-Nots. Before she could have time to process the thought, Nanny Ogg spoke up.

"Looks like that nice yound captain ain't yer only admirer," she said, winking. Angua had the dignity to look confused.

"Who, Nobby?" she said, "He's sweet and all, but he knows me and Carrot are a couple" Nanny Ogg rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, Nobby," she said, "that's who I was just talking about," she shook her head and turned back to her cookbook. Angua looked at the flowers, again. Then she looked over to Vetinari.

"You don't think Ponder really...?" she said.

"I don't think he could really what, sergeant?" he said. Angua sighed. Ah, right. Of course