Duct tape.

Dunno why that word seems hilarious to me all of a sudden.

Try saying it ten times in a breath, really fast.

Would you like to a-duct-tape-uffle today? LOLOLOL

Or maybe Let's go a-duct-tape-uffle!

...

Ugh. Lame joke. You prolly won't get it. Anyways. New chapt. =D

Fear, Flight and Fantasy

((Falling can't kill you...))

The Griffin preened his golden-brown wings thoughtfully.

"Gap to Underland, you say?" He mused.

Kevin stared up at the majestic creature with awe.

Jet Pack Guy leaned forward with apprehension.

Arcina was listening as well, while keeping an eye on Fiers who was skittering around on his four short legs.

"Are there any legendary treasures in your world?" The Griffin asked suddenly with interest. "Collecting treasure is literally my life-long occupation, and my treasure-finding instincts are brilliant, only second to the dragon's. It'll help if you tell me."

"Oh, and I suppose you'll take said treasure as payment for guiding them back," the cloud-roc scoffed.

"Of course," the Griffin had the nerve to admit it graciously, "It'll give me motivation."

"We have money inside the Hidden Lake, don't we, Mister Jet Pack?" Kevin suggested brightly.

"Those are decorations."

"Uh, okay. That makes sense. Or else it'll all be gone." Kevin rubbed his head. "Aha! The Golden Puffle!"

Griffin's ears pricked up with interest.

"It's fake. Just a prop sprayed with gold paint," Jay deadpanned.

"Well, do we have anything then?"

"Not that I know of."

"But then Mr. Griffin won't help us!" The orange penguin cried out with dismay.

"Can't do anything about it, kid," the red agent shrugged indifferently. Arcina called Fiers back to her, and beckoned to the penguins that it was time to leave.

"If you're not going to help, could you just give us some pointers to someone who could actually knows where the Gap?" She inquired rather coldly.

"The Frost Witch, perhaps?"

"You know that's too dangerous."

"Oh, let me ponder about it..."

"I'm sorry, Griffin, these two guests do not have enough time for you to take an hour of browsing through your centuries-long memory book," Arcina said impatiently.

"Go to Dar' Skyren then," the griffin shot back. Arcina looked a bit miffed, but she nodded curtly.

"Thank you for your advice. I bade you a good treasure-searching."

The penguins and Fiers clambered onto her back again.

"And I wish you a very good luck, all of you," Griffin chuckled. Arcina spread out her massive wings and took to the skies without another word.

"So when are we going have a lobster for lunch, Mister Jet Pack?"

"We can't now. It takes too long to cook it, and we don't have time to take it easy. We'll just grab some grub along the way once we know where the Gap is."

"Why do we only have two days?" Kevin asked with confusion. Jet Pack Guy wondered how he was going to explain it without using phrases that would baffle the youngster even more.

"Once the two-day limit is reached, either we can't return to Club Penguin anymore because we've been claimed by this world or the gravity from CP will reach through the borders of this world and drag both of us down, through the cloudsoil or not."

"Isn't that a good thing, the gravity taking us back down again?"

"It'll take us down, no mistake, but not exactly gently," Jay said dryly, "More like, a long, long fall with hard ground waiting at the end. Do you know what that means?"

"Splut...?" Kevin answered uneasily.

"Correct. A very big splut."

"But don't we still have the Jet Packs?"

"Not enough fuel to be of much help."

Kevin gulped.

"But once we get to the Gap, how are we going to get down?"

The never-ending questions reminded Jet Pack Guy of Rookie.

"The solution to that is right here."

Realization dawned on Kevin's face.

"Oh, that's right! Arcina can fly us down and return quickly!"

Jay nodded and tried to quench the orange penguin's questions by explaining.

"So, basically, we ask this Dar' Skyren about the whereabouts of the current Gap and go there AQAP. Things might not go quite as planned though, so we must act quickly."

A pause in the conversation. Jay sighed inwardly with relief. It seemed like Kevin was done with his questions for now.

"So who's this Dar' Skyren guy?" The penguin behind him chirped up a second later.

((...it's the ground at the end that might.))

Oh, Jay, you must never underestimate the power of children...they can go on and on for longer than you'd like them to...and more. XP

Mistress Gravity is gonna. take. you. down...

Replies:

Right, 'Aillez, I'm type, type, typin'!

Well, Smiley, it doesn't really matter whether you watched Rio or not...you can Google Jewel's pic up! (owo)V... Fiers is just a (baby) animal native to Clourdia, so yeah, I guess you can compare that lil' critter with Mr. Trouble-o-puffle. ;P Although I think Arcina is more like his fostermom for now than an owner ==; Besides, Fiers is her DONT EAT ME badge to the other BIG ONEs out there.

At ...CPFan: I'm glad you like Kevin ^^ but the ESKDI part I don't understand...=w= whut it meanz?

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