"Dennis, can you take us to the entrance to Blackraptor's Lair?" I inquired.
"Hey, no sweat there, FRIEND!" said Dennis with a big smile. "I can take you there, but first... you have to give me... a..." he paused for a very long time. We all leaned forward, awaiting his next words, we he suddenly exclaimed very, very loudly, "...a REASON TO SMILE!" He pointed to Uberbob and said, "What's your reason to SMILE?"
Uberbob thought for a moment. "Trout," he said at last. "I really like trout."
Dennis then pointed to L33tz4n. "3rm..." she muttered nervously. "I really like... computers."
"Fighting," said Shuriken.
"Women," said Araches.
"STONE!" Fooruman exclaimed, raising his oar overhead.
"And what about you, FRIEND?" asked Dennis as he turned his head towards me. "What makes you SMILE?"
"Well... I really like art," I replied. "And video games... and anime... and anime about video games, or video games about anime, or just any of those things with girls in them. Preferably cute, sleepy-looking girls. And-"
"Yeah, that sounds GREAT!" Dennis interrupted. "All of you gave me GREAT reasons to SMILE!" He reached into his pocket and dug down deep. "All your happy thoughts have given me the magic to make things happen! Your destination... AWAITS!" He suddenly pulled his hand out of his pocket and threw out a huge, sparkling rainbow. It flew over the horizon and vanished over the sea. The end of the rainbow stood directly in front of us.
"Have fun, kids!" said Dennis, waving goodbye. "Remember: every place is a great place when you have... FRIENDS!"
We all glanced at each other. "I guess this is it," Shuriken said. "The final battle is at hand..."
"We're finally going to face the Dreadlord..." L33tz4n added.
"IF there even is a Dreadlord," said Araches. "I'm still not convinced."
"By the might of FOO!" Fooruman exclaimed. "At long last, the moment my TWO THOUSEND YEARS have all been leading up to!"
Uberbob looked to me and smiled. "Ready... friend?"
"Yeah... sure, Uberbob," I replied. "Let's go."
The six of us all leapt into the rainbow at once, and the magic of Dennis transported us through the skies and across the sea. When I jumped into that rainbow, I didn't know what to expect on the other side, but oddly enough I wasn't so worried. Like Dennis had said, any place can be a wonderful place, as long as you're with friends.
And on that unbelievably corny note, my DMship comes to an end. Radmiums will be back to terrorize you tomorrow, same Uber-time, same Uber-thread! See ya, kiddos!
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