Dear Federal Bureau of Non-Alcoholic Beverages,
We too, associates here at NASA, have also pondered at great length the issue of Zach. After several days of collaborating, we have concluded that the Balaclava thing will take his place. It was unanimous: EVERYONE voted for Zach to stay. So, obviously, in our infinite wisdom, Zach was voted off, and Balaclava thing got the job. YAAAAYYY!!!!!
UTTERLY insincerely,
Phyllis A. Frisbee
Not-at-all hypocritical Communications Manager
And so: aww dangit, had italics still on. And so: I present to you Part Three, count 'em, three, of the Skippy Chronicles.
"Wha-"
HOLD EVERYTHING!!!!!!!! I have made the executive decision to make this Episode 1 of the Skippy Chronicles, instead of Prologue Part Three. So here goes:
DIIIINNGGGGG DOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! DDDDDDDDDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG DDDDDDDDDDOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Ughsharalharsheuglsap...DANE!!!!!!! It's..." Ben checked his watch, "1:13 and 26 seconds!!!!!"
"A.M., P.M., or C.M.?"
"A.M.!!!!!!!"
"Could've sworn it was cm...Ben, why must you check your watch every single thing????" Dane said, looking equally tired, exasperated, and in dire need of some ketchup. "See, I had this weird dream..." Dane went on to explain his dream, and his philosophy of feral kittens in the state of California.
"...and then I tried to go to Henry's house, but he wasn't there."
"Dane, that's because he came over here. With an equally confusing and overly-detailed dream. Except he described Fidel Castro as some kind of absurd maniacal, machine-gun wielding mad-man. And he didn't tell me his philosophy of feral kittens in Canada."
"California!!! So where is Henfrey anyway?" At that moment a bottle of ketchup (actually I'm going to start calling it catsup from now on because it sounds cooler and has "cat" in it. MOW!) came flying out of the doorway and hit Danefrey in the stomach.
"Ummm...sorry," Henfrey explained, suddenly appearing in the doorway. "You just looked like you needed some catsup. (MOW!)" Dane started guzzling the catsup (MOW!) like he was, I don't know, I never really liked similes. But metaphors are even worse, so I don't really have a choice. OK, he just guzzled the catsup. There. Yes, it's terribly boring, dry, and blunt, but it's time to move on.
"Anyway," Dane continued, coming up for air,"I found this letter pushed under my door this morning: (See The Federal Bureau of Peanut Butter titled The Skippy Chronicles Season 4 #1 The Best Beginning Ever)."
"Well," Ben said, stroking his 'beard', "Skippy's obviously in Danes house, because that's who the letter was given to."
"Why do you say that?" Henfrey asked. "He could be in your house. You're reading the letter, too."
"Yes. The first line's only purpose is to UTTERLY confuse whomever is reading it, so that they end up looking in every single house in the WORLD," Dane said, looking quite pleased with himself.
"Dangit!! This is more confuzzling than I thought!!!! What about the second line?"
"Oh, Ben, lines like that aren't meant to be read, or even noticed. When they make no sense whatsoever, you just ignore them, even if they complete an evil clue in the form of a poem, or if they're written in magazine letters glued onto a letter," Danefrey said dismissively.
"So, in essence, this clue is meant to confuse the holy heck out of us, consume our time, and send us into a gigantic paradox in which we pay a visit to 307,000,000 Americans. And it's in cut-out magazine letters. Classic bad-guys." Henfrey concluded matter-of-factly.
"Little do they know that they're dealing with seasoned professionals. It's almost too easy." Dane added with a smirk.
"But...since we're all here....SLEEPOVER AT BEN'S HOUSE!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!"
tO, oops. To be continued...