Episode 103: The Grass is Always Meaner

Jessie shouts, "Hey! What gives!? What did you do with Wobbuffet!?"

Ash, Brock, and Brenda stand in front of Team Rocket. Next to them, Wobbuffet is held captive in a net. It struggles to get free. Ash, Brock, and Brenda are dressed in strange outfits. They're white uniforms that are reminiscent of Team Rocket's uniforms, but instead of an R, a large red T is printed on the front. Ash declares, "Prepare for trouble!"

Brenda joins in, "Make it double!"

Brock continues, "You'll be reduced to rubble!"

Ash, "To protect the world from devastation!"

Brenda, "To unite all people in our nation!"

Brock, "To build on this Earth a strong foundation!"

Ash, "To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

Brenda, "To extend our reach to the stars above!"

Brock, "To assert control over parts thereof!"

"Ash!"

"Brenda!"

"Brock!"

"Team Twerp blasts off at light-speeds quite undue!"

"Surrender now, or we will fight anew!"

"There really is no other avenue!"

Pikachu leaps forward, "Pi-pikachu!"

What's this!? Have we ended up in some sort of reverse parallel world where our heroes are actually the villains!? Have our heroes been brainwashed!? Were they actually evil all along!? What could have possibly led to this!? Let's find out…

Several Hours Ago…

Ash and Brenda are in the middle of training. Ash is using Heala to battle Brenda and Wispirit. Ash orders, "Heala, use Cross Poison!" Heala leaps at its foe to slash with its claws.

Brenda counters, "Wispirit, push it back with Pyromancy!" Wispirit creates a sheet of flames and pushes it forward towards Heala, forcing it to leap back and abort its attack.

Ash grins. "Great job, Brenda! You two are really starting to get in sync!"

Brenda nods and smiles. "We sure are. Isn't that right, Wispirit?" She looks to where Wispirit just was but finds that it's missing. "Wispirit?"

Wispirit suddenly manifests behind Brenda and shouts, "Wisp!"

Brenda shouts, "Ahh!" and leaps forward. She deeply sighs and looks back to the giggling Wispirit. "What am I going to do with you? You can't just keep on scaring me like that."

Wispirit looks down, somewhat disappointed. "Wisp…"

Someone shouts, "Hey! You're all Pokémon trainers! Right?"

Ash and Benda turn to see a young boy running up to them. He wears a blue and green T-shirt and khaki shorts, as well as a yellow baseball cap. He looks somewhat worried.

Brock answers, "Yeah, we are. How come?"

The boy responds, "Well, I was really hoping that one of you might have a Wobbuffet."

Ash questions, "A Wobbuffet? I'm afraid not. How come?"

Is sadden the boy. "I just really need the help of a Wobbuffet."

Brenda comments, "That's oddly specific."

The boy sighs. "Yeah, I know." Remembering his manners, the boy introduces himself, "Sorry for bothering you. My name's Jeromy."

Ash greets, "I'm Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town." He beckons to Pikachu. "This is my buddy Pikachu, and that's Heala."

Heala waves hello. "Heala la la."

Brenda adds, "And I'm Brenda, and this is Wispirit. Just be careful, it might try to scare you."

And Brock, "And my name's Brock. Do you mind me asking why you need a Wobbuffet so badly?"

Jeromy nods. "Of course. You see, I really need it to solve a problem I have back home. There's this wild Machamp that lives nearby. A couple months ago it began training its punches. Basically, it just goes around punching whatever it can. It destroys everything. And as it runs out stuff to punch near where it lives, it's been coming closer and closer to our house. Now my dad is afraid that it will destroy our house before long."

Brenda comments, "Wow, that's not good."

Jeromy nods. "But Dad also says that he thinks the Machamp will stop if it could just find something it can't punch through."

Brock understands. "Since Wobbuffet can use Counter to withstand any blow, you think that it might deter the Machamp."

"Exactly."

Brock adds, "There's just one problem with that. Wobbuffet aren't typically found in the Tenno Region."

Jeromy hangs his head. "I know. That's why I was hoping to find some trainers who might have one."

Brenda posits, "Well, we do know one person with a Wobbuffet…"

Jeromy's eyes brighten. "You do?"

Brock responds, "It's not that simple. The person we know isn't exactly the type who would be willing to help."

Jeromy's face conveys hopelessness once more. "Oh."

Seeing the look on Jeromy's face causes Ash to step forward and declare, "Don't worry Jeromy, we'll get you that Wobbuffet, one way or another."

Brenda asks, "But how? It's not like we can just walk up to Team Rocket and ask to borrow Wobbuffet."

"We can if we speak their language."

Now Brock asks, "Their language?"

"We're going to steal Wobbuffet."

Jessie, James, and Meowth are walking down a path. Okay, well let's try this again. If our heroes are actually the villains this time, then let's join our villains, who must actually be our heroes. Today we join our de facto heroes as they do what they do best. Complain.

Jessie groans, "Ugh, my feet hurt. Why aren't we using the balloon?"

James reminds her, "Because the repair shop put a lien on it until we can pay them to patch it, again."

Meowth points out, "Which we would have been able to pay if someone hadn't spent all our cash on new dresses."

Jessie looks at Meowth and says with all seriousness, "You say that as if buying new dresses was optional."

James murmurs, "The same could be said about our balloon…"

Jessie snaps back, "Just quit your complaining. We've got somewhere we've got to be."

Wobbuffet appears to declare, "Wobbuffet!"

Meowth objects, "But you're the one who was complaining."

Without warning, the ground beneath Team Rocket opens to reveal a massive hole, and they plummet down into it.

On the bottom, after groaning in pain and getting up, James shouts with seething anger, "Hey! This is a pitfall trap, and we didn't dig it!"

Meowth shouts, "This isn't right! You dig!?"

From above the hole, Ash declares, "We do dig, actually."

Jessie, James, and Meowth all shout in shock at once, "Twerps!?"

Brenda, feeling a little unsure of what they're doing, asks, "Yes…so if you would please hand over Wobbuffet, we can all be on our way."

Ash whispers to Brenda, "Hey, we're Pokémon thieves now. Thieves don't say please. They forcefully take what they want."

Brenda objects, "Yeah, but-"

Ash shake his head.

Team Rocket, still comprehending what's happening all look to each other in confusion. A moment later and they all break out in laughter.

Jessie asks through her laughter, "You're trying to steal Pokémon? From us?"

James laughs, "I never knew twerps could have such gall."

Meowth adds, "How are we even supposed to take this seriously?"

Jessie agrees, "Yeah, you certainly don't look like Pokémon thieves. Say what you want about us, but at least we dress the part!"

Fed up, Ash finally interjects, "Just be quiet and hand over Wobbuffet!"

Brenda awkwardly backs up with, "Yeah… or we'll… do something… bad… to you…!" She whispers, "Was that better?"

Brock whispers back, "You were utterly terrifying."

Brenda squints at Brock skeptically.

This has only caused Team Rocket to laugh harder. Suddenly, they all become serious at once. Meowth declares, "You've attempted to steal from the wrong people. Your first robbery is about to be your last. Get them."

Jessie and James both activate their Pokéballs, sending out Repiv and Ivine. The two Pokémon appear on the edge of the pitfall. With Ivine's vine and Repiv's tail, the two Pokémon lift Team Rocket out of the pit.

Ash, Brock, and Brenda take a step back in surprise. Ash asks in surprise, "But how? We never get out of those that easy."

James grins. "Team Rocket are the undisputed masters of pitfalls!"

Jessie clarifies, "All those times we've dug pitfalls, we've fallen in by accident more times than we care to admit."

Meowth concludes, "So we know our way around a pitfall, both from above and below."

James asks, "So, you want to pretend to be Pokémon thieves?"

Jessie finishes, "Then let's show you what it's like to fail as Pokémon thieves!"

James orders, "Ivine, use Ivy Whip!"

Jessie also orders, "Repiv, Poison Sting!" The two Pokémon turn their attacks on Ash and friends.

Ash quickly tries to counter, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" But before Pikachu can manage the attack, the attacks of Repiv and Ivine make contact, flinging Ash, Brock, and Brenda upwards into the sky.

They collectively shout in confusion, "We're blasting off!?"

Team Rocket appears more satisfied than they should be. Meowth beckons forward, "Come on, we've got to keep on moving if we want to make it to our destination in time."

Who's that Pokémon!?

Its branches glitter very beautifully in seven colors when they catch sunlight. If any branch breaks off, this Pokémon grows it back in just one night.

Three people stand behind a market stall set up along a path. They're dressed in the attire of travelling merchants. As it turns out, it's actually Ash, Brock, and Brenda in disguise. Brenda complains, "There's no way this is going to work. They'll recognize us in a second."

Ash shakes his head. "No way, they successfully use these kinds of costumes all the time."

Brock asks, "But are we sure that we should be taking Pokémon-thieving tips from Team Rocket? They don't exactly have the best track record."

Ash shrugs. "I'm not exactly an expert on Pokémon stealing. This is all I know. If you have any better ideas, please share."

Neither Brock or Brenda respond. After a pause, Brenda asks, "Are we even sure we want to do this? Steal a Pokémon, I mean."

Ash suggests, "Think of it less as stealing, and more as 'forcefully borrowing.' We'll return Wobbuffet once Jeromy gets rid of that Machamp. Besides, after how many times Team Rocket have tried to steal Pikachu, I have no moral qualms about this."

Brenda nods. "Good point."

Brock asks, "But are you really sure we need these outfits? Are they really necessary?"

Ash says, "We just went over this. They shouldn't recognize us."

Brock shakes his head. "Not these outfits, the other ones."

Ash realizes what Brock means and asserts, "Yes, they're necessary."

Brenda warns, "Look, here they come."

Team Rocket is just appearing over the horizon, continuing their trek to who knows where. While they're walking, James is passing the time by playing with Mime Jr. He's throwing it up into the air and catching it, as one might with a young child. "Up you go!"

Mime Jr. cheers, "Mime mime mime!" It seems to be really enjoying itself.

Jessie reiterates, "Walking really does suck."

Meowth sighs. "Haven't we been over this already? Besides, it will all be worth it once we get there."

Mime Jr. points ahead to the stall. "Mime!"

James asks, "What's that Mime Jr.? Do you see something you like?" He looks to Meowth and Jessie. "Hey, would you guys mind if we stopped for a moment so I can buy a souvenir for Mime Jr.?"

Jessie asks, "And just how do you plan on paying for a souvenir? We're flat broke."

James hangs his head in disappointment at this realization. "Oh… sorry Mime Jr…"

Mime Jr. mimics James' pose. "Mime…"

Ash, with a ridiculously fake accent, chimes in, "Come over and browse our wares anyways. Perhaps we could come to an… alternate arrangement."

James' face lights up. "Oh, very good! Thank you!"

Mime Jr. mimes, "Mime mime, mime mime!"

James looks over the various objects strewn about the stand.

Jessie nags, "Just don't take too long."

Wobbuffet appears. "Wobbuffet!"

Seeing Wobbuffet, Ash grins. He nods at Brenda. With an accent that's somehow even worse than Ash's, Brenda says, "Might I suggest this?" She holds out a strange trinket.

James takes the trinket, and as he does, it explodes into a net that ensnares the nearby Wobbuffet.

"Wobba!?"

James shouts, "What's this!?"

Ash, Brock, and Brenda cast aside their costumes in order to reveal a different set of costumes. They now wear the white "Team Twerp" costumes seen earlier.

This change of clothes confuses Team Rocket. They stare at Ash and the others silently for several moments. Finally, Jessie asks, "What exactly are you supposed to be?"

Ash groans, "Really? Isn't it obvious?"

James shakes his head. "No, not really."

Ash grows more annoyed. "Come on. We're Team Twerp, a trio of Pokémon thieves."

Meowth looks them over with a critical eye. "I don't see it. I'm looking for it, but it's just not there."

"You've got to be joking. We look just like you!"

Jessie laughs at this. "Wow, you must hold a really high opinion of yourself to say that. And they call me conceited."

Ash throws his hands down in defeat. "Let's just make our getaway."

Brock nods. "Right away." He slams his fist into a button on the wall next to him. With that, the walls of the stand fall apart, and a hot air balloon begins to inflate itself. It's shaped like the head of a Pikachu.

James comments, "There's something looks awfully familiar about that balloon…"

Brock says, "We bought it off of a balloon repair shop. They said that the previous owners wouldn't pay for repairs."

Jessie ponders, "Hey, that sounds familiar…" She suddenly realizes, "Hey, that's our balloon!"

Meowth looks at the Pikachu face with horror and demands, "What did you lugs do with my mug!?"

In the meantime, "Team Twerp" has leapt into the balloon and begun to fly away. Wobbuffet is still in the net and being towed beneath the balloon. It calls for help. "Wobbaaaaaa!"

Team Rocket realize this and prepare to fight. Jessie warns, "Any other day I would gladly give you that obnoxious blue blob, but not today! We need Wobbuffet and we won't let you get in our way!"

Ash shouts back, "Maybe you should have thought about that before all the times you tried to steal Pikachu! It was never convenient for us!"

Brenda tries, "So you won't be getting Wobbuffet back… ever… so sorry…!"

Ash snaps at Brenda, "We're villains now! Villains don't say sorry!"

Brenda instinctively apologizes, "Sorry…" Ash glares at her. Once Brenda realizes her mistake, she begins to say, "Sor-" but cuts herself off by covering her mouth with her hands.

James calls, "You know the problem with balloon travel? They tend to pop!"

Jessie answers for them, "We should know, it's happened enough to us!" She's already called upon Repiv. "Poison Sting!"

James suggests, "Mime Jr., how about you give us a Mimic?"

Repiv fires poisonous needles at the balloon. Mime Jr. copies its attack and fires similar needles from its arms. The volley of sharp needles quickly shreds through the balloon. Some of the pins cut through Wobbuffet's net.

In their final moments of controlled flight, Brock complains, "I told you the balloon was dumb idea."

Before Ash can retort, the balloon begins to fly about at random as it leaks air. As it disappears from sight, Ash, Brock, and Brenda shout, "Looks like Team Twerp's blasting off again!"

Wobbuffet lands on the ground with a thump. Wobbuffet slowly gets up as it rubs its head. "Wobbaaaa…" It appears dazed.

James says with amazement, "Wow, that's twice we've beaten the twerps today. We're on fire!"

Meowth agrees, "Too hot to handle."

Jessie adds, "And if the twerps can't stand the heat, then they'd better get out of the kitchen."

Upon the mention of a kitchen, Jessie, James, and Meowth all have their stomachs rumble.

Meowth suggests, "Let's keep on going so we can eat."

Jessie and James say at once, "Agreed."

It's Corsola!

Ash, Brock, and Brenda are climbing out of the wreckage of the balloon. Morale seems low. Ash kicks the balloon with frustration. "I don't get it. We beat Team Rocket on a daily basis. How come this is suddenly so hard?"

Brenda says gloomily, "I think it's about time we just admit that we're not cut out for this."

Ash objects, "We can't just give up! Jeromy needs us to get him Wobbuffet!"

Brock states, "Brenda's right. We can't just become something we're not. This just wasn't the right idea from the start."

Ash abruptly declares, "No! This is our only choice!"

Brock simply says, "We're not bad guys, Ash. It's just not who we are."

Ash contemplates for moment and smiles slyly as he gets an idea. "Hey Brock."

"Yeah?"

"Haven't you ever heard? They always say that girls are attracted to the bad boys."

Brock steps back and gasps. "You're right! They do say that! Forget what I said! Forget everything! We need to be as bad as we can be!"

Ash cheers, "That's the spirit!"

Brenda sighs at this turn around. "Ash, I just can't do it. I've been trying, but I just can't be evil. I'm failing miserably at it."

Ash puts a hand on Brenda's shoulder. "Brenda, you don't try to be evil, you just do it. Just stop thinking about it so hard. If you just empty your mind and do what is evil, you won't have a problem."

Brenda nods. "Thanks… I think…"

"What did I say about thinking?"

"Right."

Ash now asks broadly, "So, we're going to this, the only question is how. We need a plan."

Brock promptly declares, "And I've got one! Listen up!" As Brock narrates his plan, a cartoonish fantasy illustrates what he describes. "We're going to go in and show Team Rocket a show of pure force and grab that Wobbuffet." The fantasy shows Ash, Brock, and Brenda, with Brock in the lead, rushing towards the unaware Team Rocket. Team Rocket is taken by surprise and Brock grabs Wobbuffet with his bare hands. "Once we have Wobbuffet in tow, we get out of there and deliver it to Jeromy. Then, once the word of evil act spreads, it won't be long until I'm drowning in girls!" The fantasy Brock is suddenly overtaken by a swarm of girls. "They'll say," Brock mimics the voice of a girl, "'Brock and friends are so bad they're good. Brock, won't you be our boyfriend?'" The fantasy ends, and Brock exclaims, "Yes! Yes, I will!"

Ash stares at Brock. "Okay… that's not exactly a plan. Doesn't really detail exactly how we'll get Wobbuffet."

Brock grins. "No worries, I just skipped that part to get to the interesting stuff. I have a complete plan. This is what we'll do."

Team Rocket continues on their way to who knows where. James is fumbling with a map. "So, um, if we just keep heading in this direction, we should make it."

Jessie leans over and looks at the map over James' shoulder. "Okay, so where are we on the map right now?"

James hesitates. "I… don't know…"

Jessie asks skeptically, "If you don't know, then how do you know how to get where we're going?"

James doesn't respond right away. "Well… um… yeah… about that…"

Meowth asks, "We're lost, aren't we?"

James sighs. "Yeah… we're lost."

Meowth and Jessie groan. "Of course we are."

Wobbuffet appears once more. "Wobbuffet!"

Jessie looks to Wobbuffet with exasperation. "You know, you really should stay in your Pokéball. With those twerps looking to steal you, it would be much safer." She returns it to its Pokéball.

Only moments later, Wobbuffet reappears. "Wobbuffet!"

This proves to be too tempting of an opportunity for fate. A net shoots out from nowhere and ensnares Wobbuffet. It is then pulled away by an attached rope.

Jessie shouts, "Hey! What gives!? What did you do with Wobbuffet!?"

Ash, Brock, and Brenda step into view, still dressed as Team Twerp. Ash declares, "Prepare for trouble!"

Brenda joins in, "Make it double!"

Brock continues, "You'll be reduced to rubble!"

"To protect the world from devastation!"

"To unite all people in our nation!"

"To build on this Earth a strong foundation!"

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"To assert control over parts thereof!"

"Ash!"

"Brenda!"

"Brock!"

"Team Twerp blasts off at light-speeds quite undue!"

"Surrender now, or we will fight anew!"

"There really is no other avenue!"

Pikachu leaps forward, "Pi-pikachu!"

It is revealed that they stand in front of a giant humanoid robot with net cannons attached to each of its arms. The net that captured Wobbuffet is still attached to one of these cannons.

Jessie, James, and Meowth are now extremely angry. Jessie rants, "First you take our shtick, then our costumes, and then our balloon, and now you take our motto!?"

James shouts with ire, "This time you've taken things too far! Our motto is sacred! Not to be uttered and defiled by twerps!"

Meowth adds, "Not to mention we have that motto copyrighted! You've just committed a crime worse than Pokémon theft, you've stolen an intellectual property!"

Meanwhile, Ash, Brock, and Brenda have situated themselves in the cockpit of their mech. Ash shouts, "And what are you going to do about it!? Brock, fire net cannon two!"

Brock rubs his hands together with anticipation, "Here I come, ladies!" He slams his fist down on a button. The second net cannon fires a net without a rope, which traps Team Rocket.

Brenda, completely uncharacteristically, begins laugh maniacally. In an overly dramatic fashion, she decrees, "There is no escape from our Net-Slinger! You are now at our mercy, and Wobbuffet is ours! All ours! Mwa ha ha ha ha!"

Ash looks to Branda with surprise. "Um, Brenda? Are you okay?"

"I'm not okay! Okay means good! I'm not good, I'm evil!" She continues to laugh like an evil mastermind.

Ash mutters to himself, "I've created a monster…"

Brenda rants on, "And now that we have them captured and powerless, we will take all of their Pokémon!"

Ash questions, "All of their Pokémon? Isn't that a little…excessive? We only need Wobbuffet. Getting greedy is why Team Rocket always fails."

Brenda fervently denies, "No! We are the bad guys now! And bad guys would take all of their Pokémon!"

Brock enthusiastically agrees, "Yeah, it will make me look like that much more of a bad boy!"

Ash begins to object, "But…"

Brenda emphasizes one syllable at a time, "E-vil."

Similarly, Brock stresses, "La-dies."

Ash sighs in defeat. "I've made two monsters…" He looks up to say something else to Team Rocket, but quickly realizes that Brenda's previous assertion was false. Team Rocket has escaped. Jessie has sent out Buzzsaw, and it used its chainsaw mandibles to cut through the net and free them. James has also prepared to fight by sending out Haking.

Ash declares, "Let's give all the kids watching at home a show they won't forget!"

Brock questions, "What is that supposed to mean?"

Ash shrugs. "I don't know. It sounded like something Team Rocket would say."

James starts the fight by ordering, "Haking, use Sludge Bomb!"

Jessie adds, "And you use Flash Cannon, Buzzsaw!" The two attacks are launched at the massive robot.

With some swift inputs from Brock, the robot swats the attacks away, negating them entirely. It then raises both of its arms and fires two nets from its cannons.

Jessie shouts, "Night Slash!" Buzzsaw activates its mandibles and shreds through the incoming nets.

James now orders, "Haking, use Sludge Bomb to gunk up its joints!"

"Hak hak haking!" Haking strategically fires multiple globules of gunk, which land on various joints of the mech.

Brenda demands, "What are we waiting for!? Counterattack!"

Brock is furiously pressing buttons. "I'm trying! It's not working! That Sludge Bomb is gumming up our mobility!"

Jessie grins. "Buzzsaw, free Wobbuffet!"

"Buzzz zzzz zzz zzzz zz zzz!" Buzzsaw unfolds its wings and flies towards the captured Wobbuffet. Like the nets before, Buzzsaw slices through the net with ease and Wobbuffet falls to the ground.

"Wobba!"

Ash objects, "Hey, that Wobbuffet was our rightfully stolen property!"

Brock laments, "That Wobbuffet is my ticket to the girls!"

Brenda shouts, "Don't think this will stop us! Your Wobbuffet is ours!"

Before the fighting can resume, two voices shout, "Stop!" Jeromy and a girl a little older than him run in between the two battling parties.

Ash, Brock, and Brenda say with surprise, "Jeromy!?"

While Jessie, James, and Meowth say with equal surprise, "Janice!?"

The girl, Janice, looks to Team Rocket and pleads, "Please stop your fighting."

Meowth says, "I don't think you understand. These twerps were trying to steal the Wobbuffet that you need so badly."

Jeromy explains, "Yeah, that's because they're trying to steal it to help me."

Ash, Brock, and Brenda have exited their robot. Ash asks, "What's going on? I'm confused."

Jeromy explains, "This is my sister, Janice, and she also was in hunt of a Wobbuffet."

Janice says, "And I found these three."

Brenda asks, "Let me get this straight, so when team Rocket said they needed Wobbuffet, it was to help you?"

James questions, "And you twerps were trying to steal Wobbuffet to do the same thing?"

Ash is skeptical. "Wait a second, Team Rocket would never help someone for free. What gives?"

Jessie says, "You know us too well. Janice said her parents would cook us a grand meal in return."

Meowth adds, "And we'd never turn down a chance at free food."

Brenda sighs. "So, I guess there was no need to go evil after all." She slightly blushes. "Could everyone please forget my earlier attitude…?"

Brock laments, "So much for being a bad boy… Sorry ladies…"

Ash finally says, "Well, if we're all on the same side, then there's no reason to waste any more time. Let's get rid of that Machamp."

Some time later, Ash, Brock, Brenda, Jessie, James, Meowth, Wobbuffet, Jeromy, and Janice, are all gathered around a table and eating what looks to be a home-cooked feast.

Jessie raves between bites, "So good! Definitely worth being good for a day!"

Meowth, with a stuffed face, eyes Ash, Brock, and Brenda. "Just realize that this is only a temporary ceasefire. After this, we're back to trying to steal Pikachu."

Ash responds, "And we'll be back to making you blast off." After pausing to take another bite, he says, "Honestly, I almost have a newfound respect for you guys after today. I always figured you guys always failed because you were a bunch of losers, but stealing Pokémon is a lot harder than it sounds."

James returns, "And I now realize how obnoxious it must be to have to deal with us as often as you do. I don't know if we would have been able to put up with 'Team Twerp' much longer."

Brock suggests, "Maybe we should use this newfound respect for each other to find a common ground and stop fighting."

Everyone stops eating for a moment to consider this, but then all at once, everyone says, "Nah," as they shake their head. They quickly return to eating.

The Narrator chuckles. Today certainly was a twist on the traditional formula. There may have been no improbable plot twists, brain washing, or parallel universes, but it still showed what things might be like, had one of those events happened. And who knows? Maybe it someday will, as the journey continues!

To Be Continued…