[Acro] GLoG XLV: The winds of change be darned!

[Beans]

((Deadtime.))
She nods.

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}

"Some smurfs Vidalia ma'am. Here, I'll show you Vidalia ma'am." He goes and gets a large clear plastic container, opens the lid, covers the bottom with some soft towels, tips the silver platter, pulls the top, lets the smurfs tumble in, shuts the lid, and holds it up for Vidalia to see.

[Lex-Kat]

{Great Room}

Awesome Butler. Let's go get some gold!!

Vidalia quickly stands up and rushes to the kitchen to put her dirty plate in the sink.

((Whatever happened to that other housecleaner?))

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}

Butler frowns as he follows Vidalia. "Do we really have to turn them into gold Vidalia ma'am? Can't we just... make them go far away or something Vidalia ma'am?" He'll follow regardless, carrying the smurfs.

((Astrid? She's around sometimes.))

[The Bushranger]

((McBish is away for the weekend, I think.))

{Shania's Mind}

I don't know. Daddy says it should be our little secret.

(Mindscape)

Quinn nods. That's because, to be completely honest, he could get in lots of trouble if anybody found out. I wasn't going to mention that to her, though. Because I don't want you in trouble, or hurt. She smiles. I want to help you.

Meanwhile, to the 'other Shania'. ~If it comes to it, would it be possible for the two of us together to, I dunno, pull her out of the illusions of memory here?~

[Lex-Kat]

{Great Room}

Vidalia stops and turns to look at Butler. Why would we do that? The gold is the whole reason we're trying to capture them and not just splat them into little blue puddles.

{Shania's Mind}

Shania breathes a sigh of relief. Good. I don't her to get mad at daddy.

~I'll help you as best I can.~

[SeptAngel]

Alexis is still in the kitchen.

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}

"I just don't want to hurt them if we can help it is all Vidalia ma'am."

Besides, what on earth would they need gold for?

[The Bushranger]

(Mindscape)

~Thank you.~

Quinn smiles at Shania. Of course not. That's because you have a kind, caring heart, and you're concerned about people. Alltogether too many people these days don't. She nods. Could you tell me where she works?

She mentally prepares herself, inside.

(Real GLoG)

Alex emerges from the Training Room, humming happily.

[SeptAngel]

He might find an Alexis on his back.

[Lex-Kat]

{Great Room}

And where would you suggest we take them? Vidalia asks, slightly impatiently.

{Shania's Mind}

Shania looks aside. She works at the ...... {Mumbles}

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}

Butler thinks...
And thinks...
And thinks...
...
There's nowhere he can think of. Cause everywhere that's far away, if they go there, will be nearby and no longer far away.

He shakes his head quietly.
"We'll just go with your plan Vidalia ma'am."

[Jacklu]

[garden]

The smurfs have been busy during their deadtime protected status. They have been building a society. Slowly getting used to the inhabitants of Glog. They have also been spreading. Their mushroom patch has just under doubled in size so far. They are currently going about their daily lives.

[The Bushranger]

(Mindscape)

Quinn's eyebrow raises. I couldn't hear you, dear, she says with a smile in her tone - although her suspisions are going up along with that eyebrow.

---

(Real GLoG)

Alex does!
Aiee! Help! Help! I'm being attacked by a beautiful woman! Wait, why am I calling for help? He laughs.

[SeptAngel]

She giggles and kisses his cheek. I don't think you want help with this particular situation.

[Lex-Kat]

{Great Room}

Well, let's go find that wizard I told you about.

Vidalia leads the way out of GLoG and to Outside.

{Rose Garden}

An onion watches the evil smurfs as they conquer more GLoG ground.

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}

Butler dutifully follows.

[Jacklu]

The smurfs go about their work cheerfully. Should the onion be keeping track, it might note that the village has extended downwards as well. A troop of smurfs is currently tending a nearby rose bush, trimming and sprucing it up, taking the trimmed bits back to the village for use as building material. The dastardly monsters.

[The Bushranger]

No, no I don't. Alex laughs and tries to pull Alexis around for a proper kiss. I missed you, love.

[SeptAngel]

She wraps her legs around his hips so he can hold her up. I missed you too, handsome.

[Lex-Kat]

{Rose Garden}

The onion sends an alert to Vidalia upon seeing the smurfs trimming the Rose Bushes.

{Great Room}

Vidalia runs back into the room, hopefully with Butler following. The monsters!! They are destroying our Rose Bushes!!

Vidalia runs toward the Rose Garden.

{Shania's Mind}

She's a lawyer at Brenneman, Brenneman, and Young.

[Reinholdt]

{Great Room}


Butler turns around and follows Vidalia to the Rose Garden, holding his clear, plastic Tupperware full of smurfs that he got from Outside.

[Jacklu]

The smurfs continue to work on the bush, fertilizing it and finishing their horticultural work. They start heading back towards the main village.

[The Bushranger]

(Mindscape)

...a lawyer?!

Oh. Quinn relaxes a little. Well, that's not bad, is it?

She then checks her watch. ...oh, I'm probably making you late for school, aren't I?

She keeps readying her mind.
~I'm going to offer to Dimension Door her to her school, but instead to actually try to pull her out...are you redy?~


(Real GLoG)

Alex blushes a little, and smiles...and finds whatever he was about to say lost as he stares into Alexis' eyes.

[SeptAngel]

She blushes a little and bats those eyelashes at him. Carry me to your room? She suggests.

[The Bushranger]

Your wish is my command. Alex smiles, still looking into her eyes, and shifts his arms to better hold her () as he goes to do exactly as Alexis asked.

[SeptAngel]

Better hold her what?

On the way there, she might distract him a little while kissing the side of his neck.

[Lex-Kat]

{Rose Garden}

Vidalia charges in, and ten onions roll out from under the rose bushes. Attack!!

The onions, and Vidalia charge at the smurfs. Vidalia shifting her arms into tendrils to attack with.

{Shania's Mind}

I'm already late! I might as well just go home. Shania tries to walk past Quinn back toward home.

~I guess.~

[The Bushranger]

Her "what"...is that what they're calling it these days?

Alex will do his best to distract her by squeezing, and can't get the door to their room closed fast enough before he tries to kiss Alexis deeply.

(Mindscape)

Don't worry! Quinn gently tries to stop Shania. I can get you there, and on time, too. I can manipulate time a little, if I have to.

Which, considering everything, is what she's doing. Sort of. From a certain point of view. =P

[SeptAngel]

She kisses back eagerly, wrapping tighter around him. The curtain falls so Alex can now learn about her new 'endurance' she received.