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Pastimes : Muffy's Story: A Short Story Game for Would Be Authors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TEDennis who wrote (483)	6/21/2001 11:20:17 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

Muffy noticed the man who was rapidly approaching the table. She thought she recognized that manly physique, but wasn't quite sure in the dark. It could be Bugs, but they had left him behind in the sewer sludge. She wrinkled her nose at just the thought of that horrid stench. (The sewer, not Bugs.) Iggy saw him coming, too. But, with Iggy's reptilian eyes, he was able to see better in the dark. Iggy was sure it was Bugs approaching. And, Bugs didn't look happy. Iggy hissed to Gator King, alerting him of the approaching angry humanoid. Gator King nodded to one of his faithful man-servants. Uh ... sorry ... Gator-servants, who immediately blocked Bugs path to the table. Bugs towered over the smaller gator, and looked directly at Muffy. Muffy felt no remorse for having ditched Bugs. After all, Gator King was a hunk in his own right, and he treated Muffy like a queen. In fact, she had visions of walking down the aisle with him, soon to be crowned Queen Muffy !! The twin hamsters, Erroll (aka PEST Control) and Meryl, ignored the pending fracas, and climbed up on the stage. They positioned themselves right under one of the spotlights, then began singing "I Did It My Way", by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by the Gator band. Precious finally stumbled through the opening in the wall after having realized that everybody had left her behind. "Hmpf!", thought Precious. "I do all the hard work of counting the dozens of spiderwebs in the ceiling, and nobody clues me in to the scene change? That's the thanks I get?" She was surprised at the scene layed out in front of her. Her first impulse was to count all the tables, and determine how many gators were there in total. But, she noticed Erroll and Meryl up on stage. "Aw, how cute!", said Precious. "I wonder where they found those cute little HamsterMikes (tm)". A gator sitting at a nearby table heard her, and decided to ask her to dance. She accepted, and they headed for the dance floor. Rusty Irons suddenly lost his bravado when he realized there were hundreds of gators in that room. He slowly lowered his baseball bat, then started whistling "Take Me Out to the Ballgame". He always did that when he was nervous. Gator King gently pushed Muffy behind him where she would be protected from any scuffle that might ensue, then looked up from the table directly into Bugs eyes. "You want something?", said Gator King ...