Ch 126: A Grande Trip in Ruins
This is the first chapter of 2023. A parody of the SpongeBob short: Sandy's Vacation in Ruins. It is also a Casagrandes chapter. Enjoy.
Ronnie Anne, Bobby, and Carlos are on a bus, taking a trip to the Ancient Ruins.
Bobby: I can't wait to see the ancient rains, I even brought an umbrella. [opens umbrella]
Carlos: Ancient ruins, not rains.
The bus stops, everyone gets out of the bus and goes to the ancient ruins, Carlos takes a photo using his camera.
Ronnie Anne: Gee, Tio! I can't wait to see the inside.
They head inside.
Carlos: Behold! The uncharted caverns of Lemuria. Now remember, guys, this place is filled with delicate artifacts, don't touch anything.
Bobby: [smiles] Hey look, an ancient Lamorian toilet plunger, [he pulls the lever and Carlos glares at him] he-he sorry. [a twisted pentagon entrance appears, the trio walk inside]
Ronnie Anne: This place is sure is a Brain Twister.
Carlos: I'm losing track of which way is up in here.
Bobby: Oh, I'd say up is... [points his finger behind them] Oh, that way.
Carlos: Up is that way?
Bobby: Yep.
Carlos: Then that means... [the screen turns sideways] Oh, boy.
RA, Bobby, and Carlos: Ahh...! [falling and screaming, then they stop falling, Bobby is still screaming then stops slowly]
Ronnie Anne: We're ok, Bobby.
Bobby: Oh! Ok.
RA, Bobby, and Carlos: [They walk into a different room] Wow!
Carlos: Looks like some sort of control module or maybe a holographic projector. [he places his hands on the activation circles] Whoops! Well, I guess we're gonna find out what this doohickey does.
The machine opens and a diamond prism comes out.
Bobby: Ooh, pretty.
Carlos: Bobby, no! [The prism fires a laser] Look out! [Carlos shoves his niece and nephew down and a laser hits him in the butt, making a hole in his pants that exposes his undies]
Ronnie Anne: What's it doing?
The laser hits a crystal and aims at two diamonds, they soon come out the walls in tubes and make direct contact.
Carlos: This place sure got unfriendly in a hurry. [Three pieces of the tube spin, when it stops three holes pop out three steel balls] Duck! [The trio duck, the three balls land in three robot bodies, their faces and arms come out and go to the trio]
Bobby: Aw! Look, cute.
Two robots trap the three Casagrandes inside magic bubbles.
Bobby: [to Carlos] Did you know robots could do this?
Carlos: Well, apparently these ones can.
The bubbles rise up, the three robots, and the three Casagrandes go into a new room, then the bubbles pop and the three Casagrandes crash.
Carlos: Whoa, what is this place?
Robot #1: You now stand in the most sacred place in all of Lemuria.
Ronnie Anne: [She walks up to a glowing sculpture] Mesmerizing. Tio Frida would like this.
Robot #1: I see you are an art lover, the sculpture of the Sphere Laser Dichotomy, it really holds the room together.
Carlos: I didn't realize the Lemurias were a race of robots.
Robot #1: Not originally. [Flashback] The Lemurias actually created us as a legion of janitor bots, and that's what we did until the great disaster. [Huge explosion] But, when we realized that we were the only survivors, we took it upon ourselves to maintain the technology and customs of the once great civilization. [Back to the present] That's not to say it's been easy, it's been a couple of millennia.
Bobby: Ooh! Really, really, mesmerizing. [his touch destroys the sculpture, the ruins start to fall apart]
Robot #1: You fools, what have you done?! We told you, it "really" holds the room together.
Bobby: Sorry, I didn't think you meant it literally!
The Ruins are destroyed, everyone gasps.
Two days later...
The Casagrandes survived the disaster.
Carlos: Are you guys alright?
Ronnie Anne: Yeah, we're fine.
Bobby: Gee, I feel bad for those poor robots, they worked so hard to keep this place clean.
Ronnie Anne: Speaking of which. [points to the robots]
Robot #1: [The robots are at a campfire] Those three idiots.
Bobby: Oh, please forgive me robots, I didn't mean to ruin your ruins.
Robot #1: Oh, what's the point? Our way of life has been destroyed, we no longer have a purpose.
The robots move to a different spot.
Robot #3: Looks like a good place to just dry out in the sun. [The robots shut themselves down]
Bobby: Hey, hey, don't be down. I know just the thing to get you out of this funk.
Cut to the Mercado, Bobby and Hector check one aisle.
Bobby: How's it going, guys?
Robot #2: Wonderful.
Robot #3: Very fulfilled!
Robot #1: [uses his mop] Thank you, you have restored our dignity.
Hector: Uh, how much are these tin bobos gonna cost me?
Bobby: Not a penny, they're just doing what they were made to do.
Hector: No thanks, Bobby, I'm already not paying you to stock the aisles.
Bobby: Oh, but abuelo, I did accidentally destroy their way of life.
Hector: [laughs] Just fooling, sonny, and besides, why would I start saying no to free labor now?
Hector, Bobby and the three robots laugh.