'I know,' I reply testily, 'you've made that abundantly clear. Why are you even HERE? This doesn't concern you.'
'Everything you do concerns me, buddeh. I live inside your head, remember?'
I sigh deeply.
'How did that ever happen, anyway,' I wonder aloud (for the umpteenth time, it should be noted), 'I'm positive you never signed a lease.'
'Don't worry yer pretty lil' head about it, darlin,'' the Hamster replies smugly, 'just hope Lo' comes through with the goods.'
'She said she'd be here...she'll be here,' I tell the Hamster, 'and she'll have the stuff. The good stuff.'
The Hamster plants himself down on his fuzzy butt, crosses his arms, and squeaks quietly to himself for a moment. It is a remarkable display of patience...for him.
I know it won't last.
Roughly two and a half seconds later, he raises his fuzzy lil' Hamster head and says, 'she's late.'
I sigh deeply.
Loquacious skids through the doorway in what can only be described as a “wrecky” fashion, visibly perturbed. She has a long list trailing out of her “super cute” purse; just a little reminiscent of the White Rabbit's to do list.
She pulls out a brown bag which just barely conceals a bottle and looks as if she is about to hand it to SinSynn when she stops short, seeing the Hamster fully for the first time.
“Oh shit. I recognize that look. That is an official rodent PISSED OFF look. What did I do to deserve the ire of a fuzzy animal?”
'Well, well,' SinSynn announces, 'look what the cat dragged in. See? I told you she'd be here.'
'THERE'S A CAT? WHERE'S THE CAT,' shrills the Hamster, panicked,' THERE BETTER NOT BE A CAT!'
SinSynn and Loquacious both pause for a second, and stare at the Hamster.
'Dude, there's no cat, ' SinSynn tells him gently, ' it's a figure of speech.'
He then turns to Loquacious, who's sort of...reeling in place.
'Are you ok, kiddo? You're a lil' late. And...jeez- DID a cat drag you in here?'
'YOU SAID THERE WAS NO CAT,' squeals the Hamster.
“Uh...er...no. Wow. Um. Phew.”
Loquacious shakes her head fiercely and takes a big swig from the barely hidden bottle. The liquid courage appears to help clear her head, and she seems a little more “with it”.
“Sorry, SinSynn. Sorry Hamster. I have teenagers that live in my house. I don't really wanna get into it. What am I late for, again?”
The Hamster seethes at Loquacious just for general measure, and then sulks just for spite. SinSynn steps in to help smooth things over when he notices the Queen of Words doing her best to get lit out of a brown bag. He becomes visibly agitated, and waves his tentacles at Lo in a very menacing way.
'Fer cryin' out loud, Lo,'' shouts SinSynn,' are you surreal?'
The Hamster grunts, 'she's always surreal, buddeh. Time's running out, y'know.'
Loquacious looks confused.
'TOP X' yell SinSynn and the Hamster together.
SinSynn glares for a moment, and Loquacious very slowly begins slipping the brown paper bag, and the (mostly empty) bottle it contains back into her (apparently very cute) purse.
'Yeah, that's right, kiddo,' continues SinSynn, 'we told El Jeffe we'd do Top X, and that we wouldn't mess it up...remember? And we can't blame the Hamster this time. That'll only work once.'
The Hamster facepalms himself, 'I'm dealing with idiots.'
SinSynn points a tentacle at him, 'relax, pal...we'll get 'er done.
He turns to Loquacious, 'so, waddayagot?'
Loquacious seems totally unfazed by the liquor, but definitely shows signs of regret.
“Crap, we did promise Lauby. Are you sure we said we wouldn't mess it up? That seems...unpossible... with us. Oh well. I'm gonna try to make this up to you, SinSynn, seeing as it's probably my fault this time. Here we go.”
Lo rummages in her handbag and pulls out the very long list. She looks it over, murmuring as she does.
“I have all kinds of goodies for you here, featuring all your favorite stuffs. Good writing, Xenos, Infinity, even maybe some hot chicks. This should maybe earn me a *little * forgiveness...?”
1) Porky’s Expanse: GW, Wizards, and Wheels
Porky's writing again... I’m kinda glad. I missed that guy.
Lo tilts her head, as if she hears a voice ….
“What? This is nice, but you want moar? Sigh....”
2) Warhammer 39,999: Magnitizing Tervigons
Xenos? I know you love Xenos... No? No 40K, huh.... I know I have something for you…
3) Dr. Willet’s Workshop : Choas Dwarf Skull Cracker -WIP
This is Fantasy, and sorta Xenos… and really badass.. Fantasy isn't 40K... oh, No GW. Gotcha.
4) Hero’s Gaming Blog : Dust Warfare Recap
It’s not 40K! It’s Dust Warfare, and pretty cool. You want more, though…
5) Col Shofer’s Blog : Ancient Goodies
Another not 40K offering for you, buddeh…. Huh…don’t like historicals much, huh?
6) Fire Broadside: Painting Infinity
It's infinity, with Xenos!!!
7) FD Mini Painting : Bushido WIP
Ninjas!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so it's a Bushido dude. Still nice.
8) Paradox0n : Modular Gaming Table Part 2
This is all kinds of hobby stuffs for you, Mr. Home Depot =)
9) Weird War II : Cowgirls at War
Maybe you would like some girl on girl action for the win?
The Hamster is staring intently at the last post, muttering dirty little squeaks to himself when his reverie is broken...
SinSynn is at his ear, yelling at him.
'Dude, I've been calling you for the last ten minutes. Did she bring the good stuff, or what?'
'What, where,' the startled Hamster replies quickly, 'is there a cat?'
Another sigh from SinSynn, 'no...for the last time, there is no cat. Did she hook it up or what?'
The Hamster hastily closes his browser, after bookmarking something with...naked cowgirls fighting Nazis?
'Yes....yes....this will suffice,' he mutters, 'this will suffice nicely. El Jeffe will be pleased.'
SinSynn seems to relax visibly, 'well that's good news. See? Loquacious came through, buddeh.'
The Hamster is already leaving, although it looks like it will take a while for him to do it, since he's dragging the laptop with him. Hamsters have a hard time moving laptops....it's a weight to mass ratio thing. Laptop > Hamster.
SinSynn and Loquacious watch him, bemused.
'Where ya goin,' buddy,' asks SinSynn, 'and where ya takin' the laptop?'
'Never you mind,' grunts the Hamster, 'but if you must know, I think that last post needs some more...reviewing. Now go 'way...ya bother me.'
It takes the Hamster about an hour to push the laptop into another room. SinSynn and Loquacious watch the entire time.
When the door finally slams, there are several minutes of silence, followed by...rhythmic, squishy, squeaky sounds.
SinSynn turns to Loquacious.
'I think we need a cat.'
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