Three Hours Later.
Eruption within quelled, Lord Dragon Fruit had quickly been snapped back to their senses like eating bitter mint on a cold day in the desert. Maybe they had lost their cool a little too deeply there today. Or, maybe they hadn't lost their cool enough, who knows? They sure didn't know. Door to their private chambers clicking open, the storm broke loose.
Trmp, trmp, trmp.
Envoys flocking in with multiple bags of equipment, Lord Dragon Fruit let out a haughty laugh. Their delegates weren't just defiant yip yappers after all! They were starting to have major doubts about them. But, that was neither here nor there. They all had a savanna to travel to and pitayas to gather, and fast!
"That time freezing spell better be ready to go, Drude!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. "We don't have time to waste here! The volcano is erupting in three days!"
"I know, I know!" Devilled Egg Drude cried. "Do you have to keep saying it?"
"Clearly, I do since you're looking in the opposite direction!" There was a bitter tone in Lord Dragon Fruit's voice.
"My Lordship, forgiwe me for askin, I mean forgive me for asking, but," Devil's Foodcake Rat said in a near whisper of fear. "But, should we reawwy, I mean, really be leaving now? I heard the lavacakecano rumble after we left!"
"You know what they say, Rachy," Fairy Floss Pixie said to Devil's Foodcake Rat. "Lord Dragon Fruit's temper is like a volcanic eruption!"
"Ya gotta point thewe I guess." Devil's Foodcake Rat recoiled as she said such.
"The more you all go and yap, the less time we'll have to go to the savanna!" Angel Foodcake Guardian cried. "Chop chop!" he turned his palm and slapped it over his left hand as he said such.
Rushed screeches coming their way, the eruption within grew deeper. At this rate, they would all have to take the zipline to get there faster! These annoying little fiends, they always tried to do their own thing. Maybe they needed to hire new envoys and get rid of these who dared challenge them! Ah, whatever. Time was a wastin'.
"Since you're all so busy challenging me, we'll just take the zipline on the roof to get there!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. But such had been met with opposition.
"The zipline?!" Devil's Foodcake Rat cried. "Why we gotta use that ting?" But, she stopped herself for a moment "I mean, thing? I thought you said the thread cut short!"
"I just said that so people don't use it without asking me!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. "It works every time!"
"The zipline?!" Devilled Egg Drude cried. "Kill me now while I'm still alive! Fast moving junk like that is bad for my soul!"
"Heights are scary!" Fairy Floss Pixie cried.
"For lord's sake, you fly all the time, shut up," Angel Foodcake Guardian cried. "Don't use that 'I'm scared of heights' excuse."
"Okay, okay, fine!" Fairy Floss Pixie groaned. "We'll take the zipline. I can't believe you lied all this time about it being broken!"
Climbing up onto the roof, the harnesses were set. Pulling the harness, everyone slid down the cable like a breeze on a hill. Multiple adventurers groaning they thought the zipline is broken. No fair, they never got to ride that thing, did their lordship lie to them? Many voices had soon been drowned out as the savanna had begun to draw ever so closer.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble.
Volcanic Eruption Imminent.
"It wumbled again!" Devil's Foodcake Rat cried as she sped down the zipline. "I think the ewuption is closer than we first thought!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble.
Alert, alert, volcanic eruption countdown:
T-Minus Ten Hours, Forty Minutes.
Alert blaring as the team of five had been around the half-way point from the Den of Devils and the savanna, Lord Dragon Fruit was about ready to crack open a new can of worms. When had the threat of the lavacakecano sped up so swiftly? Someone had made the lavacakecano angry, hadn't they? Rumor had it that thing had a brain in there! But who knows if that were actually true? Not they!
"We have to hurry!" Fairy Floss Pixie shouted. "The eruption is hastening! I bet, before long, it'll blow!"
"I'm sure it's a false alarm," Angel Foodcake Guardian said in an assuring tone. "It's happened before."
"No, it hasn't, what are you talking about?!" Devilled Egg Drude cried. "That alert system never gives false alarms!"
No further rumbles, mud slapped around in Lord Dragon Fruit's cranium. If the lavacakecano were going to erupt early, there was nothing they could do. Great, wonderful, amazing, they had no defenses at all. The only thing that could be done from here was to freeze time to stave it off! By the lord they were, this was so annoying.
Boom, boom, boom.
"Oh, my lord, the chocolate saucers are coming!" Devil's Foodcake Rat cried. "We gotta huwwy!"
"Drude, hurry up already and freeze time for awhile!" Angel Foodcake Guardian shouted.
"You expect me to be able to do that while we're on the zipline?!" Devilled Egg Drude shouted.
"Yes, I do expect it that, actually!" There was a sense of urgency in his voice.
"For the love of! Fine!" Devilled Egg Drude screeched. "Devilled Egg Clock Freeze!"
Tick, tick, drop.
Everything except the zipline and themselves frozen around them, Lord Dragon Fruit hurried the harness. That little spell would only hold up for about two hours. There was hardly any time left! By the lord they were, they had to get a stock of pitayas fast or everything would be sure to go kerplooey! And whose fault was that? Everyone else's but theirs!
Ashy skied savanna waiting for them, an annoying devilled egg shaped obstacle awaited them all. Hmph, dumb little small fries thinking they run the world? Nope, goodbye, time to get smushed between the palm of their hands! Placing their hands out in front of them, they blasted the stupid dairy creatures into nothingness.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
Alert, alert, volcanic eruption countdown:
T-Minus Five hours, twelve minutes.
"Uh, Drude?! I thought you froze time!" Devil's Foodcake Rat asked in a frantic tone.
"I did! It must not be working!" Devilled Egg Drude cried.
"Hurry up and freeze it again!" Lord Dragon Fruit shouted.
"Alright, alright, sheesh!" Devilled Egg Drude shouted. "Devilled Egg Clock Freeze!" The Drude huffed. "You make me all want to die sometimes! I hope you know that!"
"You do that to yourself!" Everyone echoed at the same time.
Time frozen once again, further small fries were diminished. Stupid dairy devils plopped out of the picture, the savanna sweltered. Ah, great, look at the time, this clock freezing spell wasn't doing its job at all! Of course it wasn't. They should have never wasted their time relying on Drude! Their mistake! They needed to be put in magic rehab as soon as possible!
Rubbing their webbed feet on the ground, Lord Dragon Fruit bolted. Any second now and there would another sign of eruption, they had to hurry up and collect pitayas now. Right now, right this instant. Maybe every single one of them underestimated the imminent lavacakecano's eruption. What were the meteorologists doing? Were they lying and making the threat sound further away than it really was?
Envoys begging them to slow down, they sped up. Nope, who had time to slow down. Uh, hello? Was there an elephant in the room here that needed addressing? First off, the eruption was coming faster by the second. They hardly had the time to slow down! They had to get through two days worth of travelling in less than two hours! Get with the program.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
Foreign adversary detected.
"You can't be sewious!" Devil's Foodcake Rat cried. "We're under attack?"
"Just ignore it!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried.
"Just ignore it?!" Fairy Floss Pixie. "But, what if it's the Sweet and Sour Kingdom?!"
"More of a reason to ignore it!" They dashed away further as they said such.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
Foreign adversary detected.
Foreign adversary approaching the shores beside the lavacakecano.
Warnings blaring, Lord Dragon Fruit kept tuning such out. Oh, wonderful, not only an imminent eruption, but an attack on their kingdom warfare battlegrounds? Oh, how amazing! Wonderful. Hadn't they told Drude to freeze time? They were useless. Their spell was a waste of time! Why did they ever invite them to join them as a delegate?
"Drude, I told you to freeze time!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. "Either try harder to freeze it, or you're the one who's throwing the pitaya into the lavacakecano this time!"
"By the lords, fine!" Devilled Egg Drude shouted. "All time around me, stop at my command!"
Everything coming to a standstill, the lord skidded off towards the bushes. Pocketing as many pitayas as they could, they did a teeny tiny bit of magic. Bombs were aready. Ready and waiting to knock out these sorry stupid invaders who dared to waltz in here during these trying times! Many distributed to everyone else, another rumble soon reared its ugly head.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
Alert, alert, Sweet and Sour Kingdom has attacked the bastion.
"They're hewe already?!" Devil's Foodcake Rat cried. "Drude, I thought you fixed your broken time spell!"
"Whatever, so it ends earlier than I thought it does, so shoot me!" Devilled Egg Drude cried. "Actually, please do, put me out of my misery!"
"Your spell sped up time rather than stopped it, didn't it?" Fairy Floss Pixie asked, sighing. "Oh, dearie, dear, dear, we're in trouble now!"
"Could you all just shut up?" Angel Foodcake Guardian cried. "We have to fly off to the bastion now!"
Everyone flapping away, Lord Dragon Fruit could feel the rage within them ready to erupt ever so closer. Ah, of course, how could they forget how incompetent Drude was? They never could do anything right, could they? By the lord they were, this was all their fault! But, what else was new, everything was Drude's fault! They were the only ones to blame here! Bastion closer than ever, they cracked their claws.
Time to sweeten up these sour losers.
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