Dialogue and actions/narration only
* Everyone returns to the village and someone’s already celebrating. Lil Carnage has been eating another stash of cookies. The Drogos think he saved them and are rewarding their “hero”?
Clare: How did this happen?
Clara: Dat’s a lotta cookies!
Lil Carnage: Cwak ack ack! Listen up, lizards! I’m the one who saved you. Me! So make with the gratitude… and the goodies, too! (He’s munching away at the cookie stash)
Drogos: Thanks a bunch, pal! Thank you! Thank you!
Clare: Really enjoying ourselves, aren’t we?
Lil Clara: yum-nums! (She’s drooling at the sight of all the cookies, Lil Clare is drooling too)
Lil Carnage: Grrrrr! This is NOT happening again! Lemme just guess… You’re here for the cookies? (He start wolfing down cookies as fast as he can) I’ll scarf ‘em all before I let you touch a single crumb!
Clara: Bad idea.
Clare: He’s not even chewing.
Lil Clare: choke. (Lil Clara’s upset she won’t get any)
Lil Carnage: HORK! PLABTH!
Clare: See, that’s why you must always chew carefully. (She helps him cough up)
Lil Carnage: Urrrrgh! BLAAAAAAARF! (The Core Star Fragments fly out from his mouth)
Drogos: Look! Magic! He’s amazing!
Clare: The Fragments?!
Clara: Huh. That was easy.
Lil Carnage: Oops! Whoa, no wonder! I forgot I’d eaten those!
Clara: Not gonna lie, I also forgot. (The fragments float in front of Lil Carnage)
Lil Carnage: Wait, wha—What’s going on?! (Both Fragments slam into him sending him flying) YEEOW!!!
Drogos: Wow. Awesome! Our hero can fly! You’re the best! (All the Drogos gaze in the direction Lil Carnage flew in)
Clare: I guess that takes care of him for now.
Clara: And we got both of the Core Fragments back! (Lil Clare and Lil Clara pick up one each)
M.I.S.U: For the love of Luggage! Those Core Star Fragments hold some pugilistical power! There’s no record of this in my data banks. I believe we’ve made an important discovery!
Clare: What kind of power might the Core star have before it was shattered?
M.I.S.U: I would wager that Barard’s drawing contains some special secret as well. Let’s return to our own time and confer with Majica. BACK TO THE ADVENTURE! (She stores away the fragments and returns to Clara)
Barard: Listen up, Drogos! These girls here saved you, not that little piggie. He was in an egg the whole time too.
Drogo: Seriously?!
Barard: Yep. I saw it all. Every bit of it. These gals rock.
Drogo: Oh, wow.
Clara: Oh stop it, it was nothing. Really.
Clare: Uncle Barard is praising me?!?
Barard: Thanks you guys. Seriously.
Drogos: Yay! Yay! Yay!
Clara: Don’t worry about it, k?
Clare: Uncle Barard, you’ll return with us back to our dimension, won’t you?
Barard: No. I feel comfortable staying here. Even with my memory loss, I can’t just leave the Drogos.
Clare: Oh, well I can accept it if that’s your decision.
Clara: We’ll come back for you when everything’s back to normal.
(Sariah’s Palace: Present)
*The Girls all return home through the wormhole without Barard, but now with two Fragments instead. There’s also hoping that Majica can decipher Barard’s drawing.
Clare: So far we’ve found Viola, Uncle Barard, and two of the Core Fragments. plus one poorly drawn memory.
Clara: Now we just need to find Bigger Sis, and the rest of the fragments.
Clare: There’s only good news to give Majica. (They arrive at Majica’s lab)
Clara: Majica! We’re back again!
Majica: Hm! Good to see you’ve all returned safely. I’m expecting to see some Core Fragments.
Clare: Then look no further! (They present their fragments)
Majica: Two, was it too much to hope for three?
Clara: That’s not all, we even found Uncle Barard!
Clare: He has amnesia at the moment so he’s staying in the other dimension for his own reasons.
Majica: I see. He must be recovering on his own then. Or, perhaps he’s developing a solution for our whole Shorpi dilemma. (Barard one of the few people She has high regards for)
M.I.S.U: We also have a picture that lord Barard drew prior to his memory being eradified.
Majica: Really?! Let me see it! (She examines the drawing) Hm… Ah… It looks to be a sketch of the Shorbe leader attacking Queen Sariah…
M.I.S.U: Yes, Queen Sariah must have used the Core Star to hold off the alien scourge, but…
Majica: As we theorized, Sariah may have been bested in this battle, and the star shattered into Fragments.
Clare: That’s what I figured, but how could this even happen? Sariah wouldn’t lose so easily!
Clara: Yeah! Nobody beats Bigger Sis!
Majica: Was the Core Star alone not enough? Was the Queen at a complete disadvantage? Or did something unexpected and awful happen? The only ones who know are our Queen and the Shorpi. You’ll have to find her to know the full story.
Clara: So back to the wormholes then to find more Fragments.
Majica: Not to sour the mood but while you bring the good news, I have the bad news. A certain Wormhole has appeared at the main towers entrance. The space-time coordinates match this location.
Clare: Then that means…
Majica: That Wormhole leads to the other Sariah’s Palace, currently known as the Shorpi Palace Citadel. I suspected that the Palace would be heavily guarded so I sealed it off for now. You girls can’t get in, but nothing can come out from there either.
Clare: That’s fair. Protecting this dimension should be our priority.
Clara: Plus, we’re not ready for the finale just yet.
Clare: We’ll concentrate on gathering the Core Fragments for now.
*The girls plan on heading back to the other dimension, but it would hurt to check on the Wendstleys first. And per usual, Lil Sariah is unhappy. The Wendstleys appear to be doing yoga.
Wendstley(38): Buck up, Elder me! We must be more original if we wish to please the young Majesty! Right-o! Off we go!
Wendstley(88): My… MY SPINE! OH, THE PAIN!!!!
Clare: What’s all this now?
Clara: Heh, they look like a ball.
Wendstley(38): How about it Milady’s? Hm? We’re having a ball now, no? (Lil Clara gets thinking)
Lil Clara: ball… ball, roll…
Wendstley(38): I daresay this is the oddest thing I’ve done in my life…
Lil Clara: roll! (She whacks the Wendstleys and they take off rolling all around the gardens and through the halls. The little ones enjoy it)
Clara: Hey. That’s bad.
Clare: You shouldn’t hit people with your hammer. Only against monsters. (Lil Clare agrees)
Lil Clara: sowwy. (The Wendstleys roll back and crash into a wall)
Wendstleys: OUCH! (They unfurl from the ball position and the elder collapses)
Lil Sariah: eheehee!
Clare: Wendstley, are you alright?
Clara: That did look kind of fun, maybe we could try it out.
Clare: Heck no! You are not getting me in that position and rolling around like a hedgehog!
Clara: We’ll~ see~ about~ that~ (She approaches the younger Wendstley) Hey there, so I was wondering if you could teach me a move too?
Wendstley(38): What’s that you say, orange bean? You wish to learn our move?
Clara: Yes Please! (Clare vigorously shakes her head)
Wendstley(38): Well, I’d be chuffed to teach you, of course, but elder me may have reached his limit… (Clare is relieved)
Wendstley(88): No…cause for alarm… I’m… right as rain…
Wendstley(38): Absolute rubbish, old bean! You look like you’ve a bristle in your britches…
Wendstley(88): HUUURGH! RALLY! For the sake of the Queen, I will gladly sacrifice this old body! Come, Mistresses!
Clara: Yay, Rollout time!
Clare: Ugh, he can be so stubborn at the worst times. (They move to an open area to practice while the babies play)
Wendstley(38): I dubbed this the Ball Twins. Why, you ask? Because you are twins. And you form a ball. It’s rather rigorous. It requires flexibility, endurance, courage, and a bit of an open mind.
Clare: Tell me about it…
Wendstley(38): Mistress Clara initiates this particular move, so if you will…
Clara: Yes! (She’s ready)
Wendstley(88): Let’s get down to brass tacks. And please, Mistress, DO keep the jokes to yourselves, hm? (Eyes on Clara)
Clara: It was one pun!
Wendstley(38): First, Mistress Clara will change her Action Command icon to the Ball twins icon. (Clara switches the icons)
Wendstley(88): Then press it and you will curl up in a giant ball! Capital! And not at all odd.
Wendstley(38): Now then, use your momentum to roll the ball in the direction you wish to travel. It’s quite academic.
Wendstley(88): Rolling about as a ball’s faster then walking, I should say so! And hills? Why, you’ll zip right up them! It’s simply brilliant!
Wendstley(38): Have at it, girls!
Clara: Okay, time to roll!
Clare: Do we really need to learn this kind of move?
Clara: What do you mean Sis?
Clare: It’s embarrassing. Plus I’m wearing a skirt, it might flip up while rolling around.
Clara: Don’t worry Sis. Nobody would look anyway, K!
Clare: That makes me feel worse for some reason. Whatever, worry isn’t necessary. Let’s get this over with. (Clara press her A.C.B and they jump into the position. Clara pulls herself forward and they both start rolling rather quickly. Their speed rolls them up a nearby hill.)
Wendstley(38): Ah, one other thing! When you’re in ball form, you can roll under low ceilings.
Clare: That’s convenient.
Wendstley(88): If you find your height keeping you from proceeding, try rolling into ball form, hm? (The Twins roll in a short opening in a wall and roll through the tunnels. They come out the other end, and meet with the Wendstleys)
Wendstley(38): Absolutely top-notch! I trust you’ll use this technique to your advantage?
Clara: You bet! (They all return to the babies after training)
Wendstley(88): I bet this technique would make getting up those long stairs to the viewing platform a snap.
Wendstley(38): I do recall a new Wormhole appearing on the viewing platform, you know.
Clara: Oh yeah, there was one up there, isn’t there?
Clare: We couldn’t open it because of the lock mechanism blocking it. No idea who installed that there of all places?
Wendstley(38): My advice is that you investigate immediately.
Wendstley(88): Oh, and another thing… This Ball Twins technique… I’ve a feeling you might be able to do more then roll about. Perhaps you could spin things?
Clare: Like some sort wheel?
Wendstley(88): I concur. And I believe there may have been something on the first floor to test your theory.
Wendstley(38): Yes! That’s it! I’m certain you can test your spinning abilities there!
Clara: What are they talking about?
Clare: I’ll show you later.
Wendstley(88): Do challenge yourselves to innovate, girls! Use this and other skills creatively!
Clara: Got it. Bye Lil “Bigger Sis”.
End of Part Seventeen
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