Mushroom_king

Because Horatio is insane

It appears so. xD Anywho, my cat Danzig isn't neutered. But my other cat Willow is spayed. Your...cat's...name...is Danzig...you...are...awesome...

Lovely Laura Top Banana Dippy Hippy Annabannanagal

Poison Ivy and Super Katie are two other people who never stay long enough for me to know them. Also, Otter.

Granted, but since he's gay, who wouldn't ever kiss you. SO it was granted that he was my lover, but he won't kiss me...hmmmm....wonder what he will do. lol innuendo xD ~Liz Nope, he won't do that either.

Back up in Julia's room, Cheesemaster looked at a clock. "Where is Aloysius?! He'd be back by now!" "I...hope that murderer didn't get him," said James, worried. Julia, who was holding Richard, had that far-away look in her eyes again. She had said nothing for the past hour. Cheesemaster opened the door. "I'm going to check on him," he said, "And tell him to hurry up." ----------------------------- Cheesemaster walked up and down the dull, gray corridors of the mansion, until he found Aloysius, still unconscious. He gasped and picked up his body, feeling for a pulse, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found one. "A...Aloysius...wake up! What happened?!" Aloysius slowly opened his eyes. He looked around, and then rubbed his head. "I...I ran into Jakob, and we had a battle of words. He ended up striking me and I believe I must of blacked out..." Cheesemaster was furious. "WHAT?!" "Please don't yell like that." Cheesemaster gritted his teeth. "How dare he hit you like that! I'll find him and give him a piece of my mind!!" "Now, my boy, being violent will not solve anything." Cheesemaster said nothing. He put Aloysius back on the ground and helped him stand up. "I don't care," he said finally. "No one should do that to you. But why did he do it?" "He was angry that I was trying to help his son, and he got even angrier when I told him I had heard he abused his wife. He slapped me twice, and then he struck me, and that's the last thing I remember before you woke me up." "I'm going to find him, and I will show him what I think of him!" Aloysius stuttered. "Y-You musn't do that. You shouldn't answer to him by being violent towards him." "If he's a real man he wouldn't have hit you like that, he wouldn't have hit you at all! He would have sorted this out in a civilized manner, but he didn't, and I won't stand for that." "You're incredibly stubborn, you know that?" "I've made up my mind." Aloysius sighed. "I guess I won't change it." ---------------------------------- Jakob had been giggling like a madman ever since he had left Aloysius. But truly, he was ashamed of himself for doing it. By hitting him he had proved himself just as out of control and violent as the people he himself insulted. But no matter. He had to find Dawn and Sterling. One of those two girls are the ones who told him how I treat Julia, he thought. "HEY!!!" yelled a voice. Jakob turned around-it was Cheesemaster, and Aloysius behind him. Jakob gritted his teeth. "What do you want, Cheese Boy?" "How dare you treat Aloysius in such a manner as you did! Since Arkcher isn't here to do it, I'll have to give you a piece of my mind!" Jakob smirked and clutched his walking stick. "Alright then, Cheese-Boy. Whatever you say." Cheesemaster whipped out his katana. "I'm warning you, I'm good!" Jakob took his walking stick, and pushed way part of it, revealing a short sword that didn't look all too tough. "Bring it on, then." Aloysius stumbled forward and stopped them. "Now then, is this any way to solve your problems?" "To me, it is," said Jakob. "Not to me, but I have to do this!" said Cheesemaster, and with that, he swung the katana at Jakob, causing him to jump back. "Hmph! That's what I would expect from you! What a cheap shot!" "You should have prepared yourself then!" Jakob swung his sword at Cheesemaster, who dodged it quickly, and he countered by flinging his own weapon at Jakob. "Let's get serious, now," said Jakob, and the two swords clashed with each other with a loud clang. The two of them were neck-to-neck now, and weren't ready to show any mercy to each other just yet. Cheesemaster pushed Jakob to the ground with pure force, and the sword toppled out of Jakob's hands. Cheesemaster stood over him, proud of himself. He had won. Jakob looked up at him, and he was once again furious. No one looked down on him, ever! Suddenly, Cheesemaster crouched down and grabbed Jakob's arms, helping him up, and went over, grabbed his sword, and handed it to him. "You may have lost, but I still have resp..." Jakob roared again and swung his blade in a fit of madness and anger, nearly slicing Cheesemaster's head off. "I think you need anger management classes," said a female's voice from behind him. He fell to the ground, and on his back was...MK! Behind her was Arkcher, who didn't really know what was going on. "Stupid...interfering...girl!..." He pushed her off and brushed his clothes, and he turned and looked at her. "What is going on here?!" shouted Arkcher. Cheesemaster explained the situation, and concluded it with "Jakob hit Aloysius with his cane and knocked him unconscious..." "WHAT??" screamed Arkcher, and a split-second later he had Jakob on the floor, and he was furiously trying to slap him, choke him, and punch him. "WHAT??" he repeated, "WHY?" Jakob said nothing. "ANSWER ME!!" roared Arkcher, who was livid. "I told you Arkcher would near-kill you if he found out," mumbled Cheesemaster. Jakob pushed Arkcher off of him. Aloysius stepped forward. "Did this whole thing really start out of me wanting to help your son?!" Jakob pointed at him. "You...Your son just tried to kill me." Aloysius lost his cool then and there. "And you tried to do the same to me!!" He folded his arms and closed his eyes, and flipped his hair. "Ah, I lost my cool there for a moment. I apologize." There was an awkward silence after that.

LOL Ohhhhhh... paybacks. Granted... you have your very own dance skills, but you do them at very high speed over and over again like a broken record, unable to stop. I wish I hadn't eaten so many yogurt raisins... my stomach hurts. Granted but if you hadn't, you'd be wishing that you had ate some yogurt raisins. I wish there weren't so many stupid people on YouTube. Granted, but think about it... what if Chad Warden or Chris Crocker actually became smart? Not a pretty result. I wish mah hair would be more rational in growing length and quantity. :/ [its kind of a perpetual big thick mess.] Aside from the obligatory acopalypse, YouTube would be way more awesome. And Chad left YT a while ago. Granted, but your hair would instead fall out in irrational patterns. I wish I ruled the world.

LOL Ohhhhhh... paybacks. Granted... you have your very own dance skills, but you do them at very high speed over and over again like a broken record, unable to stop. I wish I hadn't eaten so many yogurt raisins... my stomach hurts. Granted but if you hadn't, you'd be wishing that you had ate some yogurt raisins. I wish there weren't so many stupid people on YouTube.

Campsoup1988. He was awesome. Gooniegirl and The Hamster, if anyone remembers them.

Unfortunately we were going to have a high speed train from Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island and Cocoa to Orlando and more specifically the Orlando Airport. Well, Meers, a transportation company, has blocked it every time because they hold the sole contract for the buses (from the Airport to the Cruise Lines at Port Canaveral, Airport to Disney World) and own all the taxicabs. What a scam. We will never have great transportation from the coast to Orlando as long as the money train keeps putting cash in Meers pocket. There's buses in my town, but literally no one rides them. ever. AND NO METRO STILL, despite how large my city is getting.

We need more members. I'll go make another update on dA about this place because now I have more watchers.

Granted, but it would only fly to the nearest Port-A-Pottie. I wish my camera battery would charge faster. (This is fun!) Your answer for the flying car was great! Granted, but the battery will only last long enough to take two pictures. I wish Horatio had posted a wish. Granted, but it would be too realistic, boring and not very fun to corrupt. :/ I wish that Linux was easier to figure out :/ Granted, but since it's so easy now, your OS is hacked in 3.76 seconds, a world record! I wish that my house could have those super-powered toilets from my dorm last year, that never clogged. Granted, but you have to pay a huge monthly bill for the privilege. I wish Elton John was my lover. *awaits corruption. * ~Liz Granted, but since he's gay, who wouldn't ever kiss you. I wish something interesting would happen around here. Granted, but then it turns into HD Drama and not in the good way. Everyone gets mad at each other and we all call it quits. I wish I could have pro marching skills. Granted, but you would be kicked out of marching band FOREVER!!! In wish I had a Motto. Wait, that's it! "I wish I had a motto!"

What is this Public Transportation you speak of, I don't think it exists in my town...

I agree. The randomness and topic hijacking are so much fun. How about we combine both those topics together? pahahahahaaha neutering Fox McCloud? no way! Fox is like the chuck norris of the game world paahaha NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. NO. That title belongs to Captain Falcon. FOX ROX MY SOX Fox may be up there with Geno, Jeff Andonuts, Miles Edgeworth, Samus Aran, Solid Snake, and Magikarp, but nowhere near Falcon. His punches destroy galaxies. GALAXIES.

I really wish these people would come back. especially people like EmilyE, HamsterFireBall, and LifesEagle, who NEVER stay long enough for me to get to know them...

Usually long hair. Dying your hair a natural color (like brown, black, blonde, or red), or an unnatural color (blue, green, purple, pink, etc.)? Unnatural colour. Toast or English Muffin? Good choice. Mm.....toast. "YEAH TOAST" kites or bubbles? Bubbles. Science or Math? Tough choice, I love both! Math Digital watch or watch with hands (analog) ? ~Liz I don't wear a watch and I don't look at clocks Computer Headphones or Speakers? Hmmm....well right now I have speakers on, but.... um... headphones i guess... studio or live versions of songs? in general. ~Liz Studio. Numbers or Letters?

Granted, but it would only fly to the nearest Port-A-Pottie. I wish my camera battery would charge faster. (This is fun!) Your answer for the flying car was great! Granted, but the battery will only last long enough to take two pictures. I wish Horatio had posted a wish. Granted, but it would be too realistic, boring and not very fun to corrupt. :/ I wish that Linux was easier to figure out :/ Granted, but since it's so easy now, your OS is hacked in 3.76 seconds, a world record! I wish that my house could have those super-powered toilets from my dorm last year, that never clogged. Granted, but you have to pay a huge monthly bill for the privilege. I wish Elton John was my lover. *awaits corruption. * ~Liz Granted, but since he's gay, who wouldn't ever kiss you. I wish something interesting would happen around here.

Usually long hair. Dying your hair a natural color (like brown, black, blonde, or red), or an unnatural color (blue, green, purple, pink, etc.)? Unnatural colour. Toast or English Muffin? Good choice. Mm.....toast. "YEAH TOAST" kites or bubbles? Bubbles. Science or Math? Tough choice, I love both! Math Digital watch or watch with hands (analog) ? ~Liz I don't wear a watch and I don't look at clocks Computer Headphones or Speakers?

Talk away. I think that i've found a couple in real life to help support me, so hopefully this will be the last rant you see from me, i was just worried that i wouldnt find anyone :closedeyes: That's great! But fell free to talk to us if you wanna.

Roller Coaster Tycoon is awesome. I wish I still had it.

HAI NUTZKY

Usually long hair. Dying your hair a natural color (like brown, black, blonde, or red), or an unnatural color (blue, green, purple, pink, etc.)? Unnatural colour. Toast or English Muffin? Good choice. Mm.....toast. "YEAH TOAST" kites or bubbles? Bubbles. Science or Math?

[RANT TIME!!! It's beginning to make me mad that on dA, my EarthBound stuff has more views then my original work (Invision, Legend of Giza, my songs, etc.) But whatever, on with the story.] "Sterling, do you have any idea what Dawn and Mushroom_king might be doing?" Cheesemaster asked. Sterling though for a moment. "Perhaps you should go check, Mr. Cheesemaster...though I think...you might be a bit surprised." Cheesemaster stopped sewing the rabbit and became angry. "Sterling, are you hiding something from me? Is it important? MK and Dawn are my friends, I need to know what's going on!" "Dawn told me not to tell anyone!!!" shouted Sterling, "And you're not a good person, trying to get me to break that promise!" Cheesemaster said nothing, when all of a sudden the lights began to flicker in the room, and the walls began to distort. "Sterling-!" "You're not very nice, are you! You're mean, trying to get Dawn's secret!" "S-Stop it-!" Suddenly, a crack of lightning was heard from outside, and whatever was going on stopped. Sterling yelped, and latched onto Cheesemaster. "W-What-!" "We need to go check on my sister! Now!" "W-what?!" "Now, please! Her room is upstairs. I'll show you." "Are you going to keep yourself latched onto me like this?" "I'm scared!" Cheesemaster pried her off his body and held her, but before leaving, he showed her the finished bunny. "Here, I finished your rabbit. You should stop chopping his head off, though-maybe someone like AlienFreak could make you a toy where the head goes back on easily." He handed the doll to Sterling, and then picked her up. The two of them left Sterling's room to go check on Dawn and MK. ---------------------------------------- "It sounds like a storm is brewing up..." Back in the dining room, The Ahrrowws and the Rabbitts were having tea when the thunder sounded out of the blue, startling them. That, and Jakob had joined them. Suddenly, Jakob stood up and scooted his chair in. "Something is not right here. I can feel it." James stood up and looked at him. "What...do you mean? It's just a storm." "I....we need to find everyone else. Something is not right here." "We can start by looking for Julia and Richard. We have no idea where they are. Dawn and MK are in Dawn's room, and if I'm right...Cheesemaster and Sterling just left Sterling's room." said Jakob. "Let's go, then," said Aloysius. "What are you sensing, anyhow? And how are you sensing it?" Jakob looked at Aloysius and smirked. "They say that I...have the senses of a Hare. Or should I say...a rabbit..." ----------------------------------------- "Here! This is Dawn's room." said Sterling. Cheesemaster knocked, but Sterling scolded him. "This isn't a time for politeness, you need to go in there!" Cheesemaster agreed reluctantly and slammed open the door. Inside, there was Dawn, sitting on a bed, and MK next to her...it sounds normal, but he gasped once he saw that there was red around Dawn's mouth, and MK looked weak. "DAWN!!!" screamed Cheesemaster, livid, as he set down Sterling. "H...How?! How could you be doing this?!" Dawn wiped her mouth with her sleeve and began to cry. "I asked for her permission..." "I...I knew you were a vampire, Dawn, but you told me, Arkcher and everyone that you were feeding off of wild animals...but you were feeding off of your own friend?! How could you?!" "Stop yelling at my sister!" shouted Sterling, when the same spooky things began to happen: the lights flickered, the walls became distorted... "Sterling, no! You can't do this!" "You're so mean, yelling at Dawn like that! She can't help it!" "You don't seem to understand!" screamed Cheesemaster, who was still extremely angry. "She can't do this to her friend!" Dawn wiped her eyes with her sleeves, and stopped crying. She got off the bed and put her head on Cheesemaster's shoulders. "I think I overdid it this time..." Cheesemaster gasped. Sterling's anger continued to manipulate the area around them. "What do you mean?" "I think...I think I took too much from her...I hope she's ok..." Cheesemaster pushed her away and grabbed her shoulders. "What do you mean?! If you took too much from her, then we'll need to take her somewhere!! Don't you guys have a doctor or somebody here at your mansion?!" The commotion around the room stopped, and the door flung open-Aloysius, Arkcher, Jakob, and James had found them. They all breathed sighs of relief, but after being told what had happened, they were all delirious with fear and anger again. "We'll need to take her to Alice. That's our nurse. She'll fix her up!" explained James, and Aloysius picked up MK. Arkcher looked at her, frightened. "I...hope she's fine..." ------------------------------------------- The rain continued to pound on the roof of the mansion as the group ran as quickly as possible to this 'Alice' who lived with them, and they still had no idea where Julia and Richard were. "Alice's room is on the 3rd floor," said Jakob, who was the fastest. "I'm sure she's in there getting ready for bed..." Upon reaching the third floor, everyone but Jakob was out of breath. He scowled at them and sneered, "This is what I expect from you lower people, you're so..." Cheesemaster lunged towards him. "NO ONE TALKS TO ME LIKE THAT!!!" "I just did, and I think you deserved to know it!" "Oooh, now you..." Cheesemaster raised his fist in angst, but was stopped by James. "Stop, we have more important things to worry about. Jakob, you need to cut that out. You're not better then anyone else." Jakob frowned. "You don't talk to me like that!!" "I just did, and I think you deserved to know it. Now, Come along, here's Alice's room." James opened the door and looked inside. His face slowly faded from a look of hope to one of horror, and the color drained from his face. The other looked and had the same reaction: for there was no Alice in the room, at least not a whole one; rather, there were just a few chopped-up bits of Alice, strewn in piles of blood on the floor of an otherwise very nice room. "Alice..." sobbed Dawn. "MK..." Arkcher murmured hopelessly. Jakob cleared his throat and muttered, "There...There has been...there has been a murder. In my house." He gritted his teeth, and sat down at the desk in the room. he put his hand to his face and repeated it to himself again, was silent for a moment, and then slammed his fist down on the table. "HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!" The others were silent. Everyone was upset and shocked. Arkcher's knees suddenly gave out. He fell to the floor and began sobbing. "M..K...MK...please...MK!!! Please, please, be okay...Please live! MK!!!" Aloysius kneeled down and, placing his head on his son's shoulders, put his arms around him and whispered, "It will all be alright. Everything will be alright..." Suddenly, the sobfest was interrupted by Paper Mario Master-he seemed to be fine, but a little weak. "Hey...guys? Uh...lemme get this straight...MK was short on blood, it's all Dawn's fault, it's storming like #### out there, there's a murderer in the house, and we have no idea where Julia and Richard are...right? I...I feel kinda weak, guys. Oh, man, the paaaain..." "Wait," said Cheesemaster, "Why are you so worn out? Dawn was drinking MK's blood, not yours." "Yea, well...I kinda...ugh...I noticed how...how weak MK was...oh, no....and I gave...somma my blood to...ACK!...I gave somma my blood to her. I had no medical tools, so I ended up using...this knife I stole from the kitchen." He showed everyone an enormous wound on his palm. "She...she's just sleeping now. She'll be ok...you...you idiots need to concentrate on not getting killed, kkay..you know, by whoever chopped up...Alice...oh, man, this is more serious then the internet!" Aloysius and Arkcher (who had stopped crying) went over to PMM. "You need to rest, dude." said Arkcher. "Alright," he said-and he did. Jakob got up. "We need to focus. The murderer will be targeting Julia or Richard next. I cannot let that happen." "Then let's go!" said Cheesemaster. "But we need to do something about MK...I'd think that Dawn and Sterling could take her and look after her, but we can't have them all alone, plus we need a female in this plotline so no one accuses us of sexism." "Well, Sterling could help us fight with her powers of flickery lights and whacked out physics, but Dawn is a vampire, so she could use her vampirey-ness on the murderer. But then again, she just fed off of MK, so I don't think she needs to...plus, Sterling is a little young." said Arkcher. "Don't worry," said Dawn, "Me and Sterling will take care of MK. We're tough girls, aren't we Sterling?" Sterling said nothing. "Alright then," said Aloysius. "We'll go track down the person who chopped up this poor woman, and make sure none of us meet that same fate. By the way...Dawn, Sterling, James, you all seem quite calm about this. James, you were quite shocked at the scene, and Jakob, you broke down, but you still seem relatively calm. Why?" James looked at Aloysius with mysterious eyes and a shady smile. "Let's say we're used to it," he said. Aloysius was frightened by this, but said nothing. ------------------------------------- A short while later... "The question is-who could have been the murderer here? The only person on Invision capable of killing someone is that low-class Assassin from the forest in the West, but this is nothing like her. She prefers poisoning and strangling to chopping, and she has her signature...that blue star. And that wasn't there. Plus I don't think anyone wants to kill Alice." An assassin...here on Invision...thought Aloysius. I hope Arkcher is OK... -------------------------------------- Arkcher, who had decided to go and stay with MK, had left the group, leaving Cheesemaster with Aloysius, James, and Jakob. The four of them decided to stick together and look for Julia and Richard, all while avoiding the crazy killer who could be anywhere... The rain outside continued to pound on the roof like bullets, while the lightning continued to get louder, striking at random, and the eerie silence of the mansion was even more terrifying. Jakob suddenly broke the silence. "Cheese-Boy, if we get caught by that murderer, I think you're going to be the first to go." Cheesemaster scowled. "And why is that?" "What do you mean?! Don't act stupider then you are. You're made of cheese. He'd eat you before even thinking of killing us three." "How dare you!" shrieked Cheesemaster, lunging at Jakob, and both of them tumbled to the ground. "No one EVER talks to me like that!! EVER!!! Jakob pushed Cheesemaster off of him and slapped him. "No one ever tries to threaten me like that...ever!" he said mockingly. "You're simply too crazy, eh? Lunging at me like that...you're like a wild animal. You tried to kill me. You're almost as bad as Dawn..." James glared at him. "Don't you ever talk about Dawn like that." Jakob glared back at him. "Who's to stop me? The girl needs to know her place." "Jakob," interrupted Aloysius, "Why are you treating your own family like this? You're trying to act refined, but your behavior proves otherwise." Jakob glared at him, and second later, Aloysius was on the ground, caused from Jakob giving him a sudden beating with his walking stick. Cheesemaster went up to Jakob and grabbed his collar, and said with gritted teeth, "If Arkcher was here you'd be down and knocked out in a second!!" "Please," said Jakob sarcastically, "That boy, if you can call him that, is a weakling. He spends all his possible time fiddling with machinery. It's no wonder he got stuck with that girl, if you can call her that." Cheesemaster suddenly clutched Jakob's throat and began to choke him. James ran over and pried him off, and grabbed Jakob's collar with one hand. "Do you see what I mean?! He just tried to choke me. He's out of control." James began to scold him. "Jakob, I've told you this for years upon years and I'll remind you again: you're a weak man who teases others to make up for your weaknesses. You're vain and rude, and you're horrible to everyone around you." He thrust his brother to the ground and glared at him. "If you're so much better then him, then why don't you try doing the things he does? Personally, I think that he's more of a man then you for being a good person to everyone, including people he dislikes. If you're going to act like this, you can go off by yourself!" Aloysius and Cheesemaster were speechless. Jakob was furious for being scolded by his own brother. "Well then, maybe I shall! I'll go on my own." "Then have fun being targeted by an ax murderer." Jakob froze in his steps, but refused to look back. He was already ashamed of himself, and felt like he had revealed his weaknesses to the world. He didn't need to feel like that... ---------------------------------------------- Cheesemaster, Aloysius, and James had walked through the mansion for what seemed like years, until they began to hear a woman's voice coming from one of the rooms. "That's Julia's voice," said James. The group walked into the room, and in there was an attractive woman-whom Aloysius and Cheesemaster presumed to be Julia. She had a bored, faraway look in her eyes, shoulder-length, stringy hair, and a tight-fitting dress with a large ribbon near the bottom of it. She was pretty, but she seemed as though she was bored of everything. In extreme contrast to her was a young boy, who was assumed to be Richard, prancing and laughing. He had short, wispy blond hair like James, black shorts, a short-sleeve white dress shirt, black suspenders, and black tennis shoes. He seemed like a happy child. "Julia, Richard...something bad has happened." Richard looked at James and his smile faded to a look of worry. James sat down. He explained what had happened, the murderer, everything. Julia seemed uncaring, but Richard began to cry. "I...I'm scared! Mommy...I'm scared..." He hugged Julia's legs. She still seemed uncaring. "Mommy...! Why aren't you answering me...!" James glared at her. "Speak to him, Julia, he's your son." Her eyes suddenly went very wide. She looked around the room. "Oh, I apologize...was I off in my own world again? I'm sorry..." she picked up Richard and began to comfort him. It was as if she was a totally different person. How curious... thought Aloysius. Suddenly, with a crack of thunder, the lights went out. "Oh...no. Someone, we'll need some candles. Richard...could you get them..." "I-I'm scared, mommy..." "Don't worry, we're right here. Nothing is going to get you." "A-alright." Richard stepped down from Julia's lap into the pitch darkness and walked over to where he knew the candles were...but bumped into someone. Richard let out a deathly scream-he knew that no one was standing by the candle box. It's that murder guy! thought Richard, terrified. He was near-collapsing when the lights turned on...and no one was there. ----------------------------------------- Richard was breathing heavily and fell to the floor. His wispy blond hair fell into his eyes as he simply sat there, relieved but scared. "What's wrong, sweetie?" asked Julia. "What happened?" Richard said nothing; rather, he looked at his arm. On his upper right arm was a long, thin gash. "AHHHHH!!!" he screamed, and fell backwards, causing the wound to be shown to the others. Everyone gasped. "Richard!! What happened?!" shouted James, as he dove over to the boy and grabbed him. "I..I was going to grab some candles. I felt someone in front of me and I was sure no one was over here though. I don't know if it was a ghost or the killer guy, but now I'm hurt!" and he began to cry. James gritted his teeth. "This is the worst possible time this could happen..." Aloysius took a step forward and said, "I...let me see. I might be able to do something." "What do you mean? You're an inventor, not a doctor." "I always found medicine far more fascinating then machines;" said Aloysius. He crouched down and examined Richard's wound. "I see," he said. "It's clearly been caused by a long, sharp object. But from what I can tell, it was not on purpose." "I didn't feel anything when it was dark though," sobbed Richard. Aloysius paused and thought long and hard. "I don't know what to conclude. I can tell that this was an accidental knife wound, but you felt no pain until now? Are you 100% sure?" Richard nodded. Aloysius paused, and then continued to examine the wound. "Is it very serious?" asked Julia. "No," said Aloysius. "This hardly penetrates his skin. See, only a minimal amount of blood has flowed out, and it's already stopped. He'll be fine, but we still need to put a bandage on it. Could one of you brave souls go and retrieve a bandage from that poor nurse's room?" No one said a word; Aloysius stood up. "Fine, then I will go." "Dad-!" "I'll be fine." "Ar-Are you sure?" "I'm sure. Don't worry. I'll only be a second." ------------------------------------------- Jakob Rabbitt sat motionless in one of the sitting rooms of his mansion. He was scared, alone, and ashamed of himself. There had been a murderer in his mansion, and then the power had gone out; what was to happen next? Would he be the next victim? Why would anyone kill Alice, anyway? He didn't know. He turned he head sharply as he heard soft footsteps out in the hall. His body froze into a state of fear, but he had to go check. He began to get out of his seat when he heard heavier footsteps. These were louder, and clearly came from the room he was in. He stood up, and his entire body began to shake. The footsteps stopped, and the footsteps in the hallway continued. He walked towards the door when a flash of long, blood-red hair caught his sight from the corner of his eye. He refused to look. He slowly walked out of the room, his heart pounding. He heard a single step from behind him, but continued to walk, his heartbeat getting heavier and louder. With every couple steps he took, he would hear one single step behind him. No more, just one. He was about to leave the room when he swung around as quickly as he could, his walkingstick in hand, ready to strike. He saw someone, for a split-second, with red hair...a ghost? There were man of those in the house. But he already knew all the ghosts in his house; none of them were particularly violent, and he didn't really think that a new one would up and live in his mansion. Jakob took a step back and ran out of the room. He backed away from the door and bumped into someone. He gasped, turned around, and was about to strike with his cane, but it was only Aloysius, who was surprised. Jakob put his cane down and muttered a muffled "Hmph," and looked at the floor. "Watch where you're walking." Aloysius smiled at him. "I believe I ought to be the one saying that to you. In fact, I could mention the fact that you were about to have a heart attack as you came out of that door. But I'm not that rude of a man, so I won't. I hope you don't mind." Jakob glared at him. What he said was true: Jakob was scared out of his mind. But he was nowhere near about to admit it. "What are you even doing?" asked Jakob. "If you don't mind, I'm getting bandages for Richard. He somehow got a large, but nonfatal cut on his arm during the blackout, and since no one else would, I took the liberty of going to the late Nurse's room to get some bandages." Jakob pushed Aloysius out of the way. "Hmph! What are you trying to make yourself out to be? You take care of your son, and I'll take care of mine!" "Just who do you think you are?" asked Aloysius, who was upset. Jakob turned around and glared at him once again. "Who do you think YOU are?!" "I was only trying to help him, you know! Why must you be so rude to me?!" Jakob walked up to him and smacked him. Aloysius, shocked, rubbed his face and said, "Why are you getting so worked up over such a trivial matter?!" "I said!" roared Jakob, "You'll take care of your son, and I'll take care of mine. " and with that, he smacked Aloysius again. "If you care so much about your son, then why didn't you stay with us to go see him?!" said Aloysius, who was beginning to lose his cool. "I doubt you care this much about him! I hear you're abusive towards your wife!" Jakob grabbed his shirt collar. "WHO TOLD YOU THAT?" Aloysius wrestled his way out of Jakob's grip. "I won't tell you, because I think you would kill her!" and he was dead serious saying that, as well. "TELL ME!!!" "No," said Aloysius quietly. "And I fear greatly for my own life, as well, right now. I can see it in your eyes. You want to kill me, don't you? You seem kind of murderous." "Are you implying that I killed Alice?!" "No." "LIAR!!" Aloysius took a step back. "I'm not lying!" Jakob smacked him again, with enough forced to send him to the floor. Aloysius sat up and said, "Though I may not be implying that you killed her, I am implying that you are violent enough to have killed her. Look what you are doing to me right now. You're beating me because I want to help your son. You're a violent and rage-filled man, and I'm not afraid of telling it straight to your face." "You've got a lot of nerve!" growled Jakob. "Telling me off like that!" "I am simply stating a simple truth. Now, weren't you going to go help your son?" Jakob gritted his teeth. He was losing this fight. Aloysius, however, had no smirk or expression of pride on his face; he had nothing more than a straight face and forgiving eyes. Aloysius folded his arms and stared off into space, and frowned. A moment of silence fell between the two, with Aloysius staring off into space, and Jakob, scowling, had anger and rage building up inside of him. Suddenly, Jakob roared and struck Aloysius with his cane as hard as he possibly could, knocking him unconscious. "That will teach you," said Jakob. He smirked and walked off. [by the way, I appreciate you guys telling me how much you like the story, for real. Thanks.]

Scooters! LOL Kidding, kidding. Motorcycles. Definitely motorcycles. Black and white or color? Black and white!!!!!!! (Think Ansel Adams!) Hmmmm... scooters? Elton John or John Lennon (don't worry about my opinion, just give yours...lol) ~Liz SCOOTERS?????????????????? WRONG ANSWER!!!!!!! *faints and can't answer Liz* lol horatio! John Lennon! Ebony or Ivory? Ebony. Spaghetti or Lasagna? Spaghetti. Barnes and Noble or Borders? ~Liz Borders. Spinach or Green beans? *cough* horatio missed the part where wildcat said B&N then asked desert or ocean and i said ocean and i asked vinyl or mp3. get with the program! ~Liz Vinyl. Okay... I was trying to make sure The Breakfast Monkey's post was not lost and I my brain became like scrambled eggs. Spinach or Green Beans? sorry, i had to take out some blushes so i could post my smileys! lol YEAH GOSH HORATIO spinach! like popeye! Dumbledore or Gandolff? Gandalf. Chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin? Very tough decision... Oatmeal Raisin. Grilled or Broiled? Grilled. llamas or ducks? Ducks. More specifically The Peabody Hotel ducks. Biscuits and gravy or Hash browns? Hash Browns. Brigh Colorful Walls or Bland White Walls. Bright colorful walls. Handheld Games or Home console games? Handheld Games. Handheld books or online books? Handheld books. Short-Hair cat or Long-Hair cat?

Weird Al... that had to be a really fun time! Did you enjoy it, other than the weather and creepy vendors? Yes, very yes!