Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Intermission: Catty Remarks, original chapter posted 6/20/06

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Transcript

*Mike crawls on all fours.*
Mike: Couldn’t sleep all night..
Mike: I’m exhausted..

*Mike flops down.*
Mike: I.. think I’ll just have a quick rest..

Mike: z.. z.. z..

*Lucy pops up behind Mike as he sleeps.*
Mike: zzz

*Lucy, holding a bag, shouts.*
Lucy: WAKE UP!! No time for a catnap!!
Mike: ACK!!

Mike: Ughh..
Lucy: You look like something the cat dragged in.

*The bag Lucy is holding begins to move.*
Lucy: ?

*Yashy bursts from the bag, spilling candy.*
Yashy: The cat’s out of the bag!
Lucy: YEEK!!

*Mike and Lucy watch as Yashy sits on the floor, eating candy.*
Lucy: So that’s where you were! You coulda suffocated in there!
Mike: Curiosity killed the cat, you know..

Yashy: I’m not a scaredy cat!

Yashy: Anyway, look! I feel like the cat that got the cream~
*Yashy eats some candy.*

Mike and Lucy: …

*Mike glances at Lucy, blushing.*
Mike: …

*The air around Lucy sparkles. She is distracted.*

*Lucy becomes annoyed as she notices Mike staring. The sparkles disappear.*
Lucy: Cat got your tongue?

*Mike shyly shifts away.*
Mike: It’s just.. well..

*David bursts through the door, soaking wet.*
David: No time for playing cat and mouse, you two!

*David cries.*
David: It’s raining cats and dogs!!
Mike and Lucy: …

Author commentary

Veronica: Something’s going on with these guys, I can’t exactly put my finger on it.

Oliver: Occasionally we’ll have “intermissions” like this — cute little mostly-comedic stories. But don’t skip ’em, you’ll miss out on puns like these!