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Violet CLM

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Jan 25, 2002, 03:11 PM
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Several days later, the travellers having fed on various things to be found around the country side, such as Chop Suey, Crepe Suzette and Steak, the travellers found themselves in a woodland. After an ugly accident with some Peach trees with arms and tempers, Unknown Rabbit and Co. found a large robot with an ice cube for a head. Unknown Rabbit and Tweety examined the thing, while Gizmo perfectly urinated the thing's left foot. Unknown Rabbit found the flashing readout reading "Battery Needed. Repeat if necessary." They weren't quite sure how it could be flashing if there was no Battery to power it, but they went in search of a Battery anyway.

Gizmo started meowing frantically, but perfectly nontheless. Unknown Rabbit and Tweety came running, and discovered a house. Gizmo had already claimed it for China, unfortunately, so they couldn't claim it for Turkey. Going inside, they found themselves in what seemed to be a mad scientist's lab. Finding a battery in the clutches of a small creation that seemed to be only created to clutch things, Unknown Rabbit managed to wrestle the battery away. However, when the creation finally let go, Unknown Rabbit went flying out the door, and a bunch of mechanical stuff came tumbling after, breaking crowns. Tweety came out of an experiment using Vinegear and Brown Paper and the pair (also perfect Gizmo) went back to the robot, where they inserted the battery in a slot marked "insert battery in this slot". Instantly, the robot sprang to life, and started picking up trees with one hand and throwing them into orbit with the other. Taken aback, Tweety inquired of the robot's name.
"May I inquire of your name, robot?"
"I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD. I am iCeD."
"iCeD, stop spamming."
"No, FOO."
"You're a FOO, FOO."
Before iCeD could get out a Deus Ex weapon, Unknown Rabbit intervened. "Peace! Pax! Priceful Patterwolky!"

While iCeD and Tweety were attempting to figure out what Patterwolky meant, Unknown Rabbit talked some more. "Don't start fighting when you just met!" Turning to iCeD, he continued. "Isn't iCeD a funny name for a robot?"
"Yes. My full name is iCeD bOt V3.000000(0)0. I was not always a robot, however. Once, I was a peaceful Icecube, living all alone. But the Wicked Writers Block came upon me being paticularly happy one day, and set me on fire. Fortunately, I managed to get into a vat of cold water before I melted completly, but I couldn't do much as a very small ice cube. So I went to Ice M A N, the iCe Smith, who made me this robot body. I can control it due to the nerve of this body."

"After that, I became a peaceful scientist. Naturally, I always kept a store of batteries around in case I started beeping. My beeping is always a sure sign I need a new battery. One day, I was out strolling around, getting rid of some trees that were in the way of one of my experiments, the Wicked Writers Block returned. She, with just one simple spell, totally discharged my battery. This was hundreds of years ago, and I've been here ever since until you came by and inserted a battery into me. I am vaugely grateful."
Unknown Rabbit, who was wondering why iCeD had had to get rid of trees, instead of making his experiement in some nearby clearing, used a small portion of his brain to try and sound intelligent and flattering.
"Well, your robot body looks and sounds pretty perfect, except that it needs batteries. Couldn't you just be wound up every so often or something?"
"Perfect? Ha! I might be, except for the fact that I have no conscience!"
Tweety gasped.
Unknown Rabbit said "No conscience?"
Tweety said "No conscience?"
Gizmo perfectly went to sleep.
iCeD replied almost mournfully "No conscience. I want one for my birthday."
Tweety brightened up. "Well, we can't help you with your birthday, but why don't you come along with us to the Wonderful Beauthing of Here? He's going to send Unknown Rabbit there back home to his world, and he's going to give me perfect eyesight!"
"Really? Do you think he could give me a conscience?"
"Of course he could, FOO! Come on!"
And the four walked along the Lilac Gravel Road some more, singing.
"We're off to see ol' Beauthing, the Wonderful Beauthing of Here! If ever there was a Beau of a Beau, the Beauthing of Here is well to do, because, because, because, because, BECAUSE...... because of the kind of weird things he does! We're off to see ol' Beauthing, the Wonderful Beauthing of Here!"

After a while of tromping along through the forest, it started getting dark. And scary. In the words of iCeD, it was likely to get darker before it got lighter. It was in this dark time that the quartet of Beauthing seekers (though nobody knew why Gizmo was coming along) came across an old deserted shack. The door was locked, noted Tweety, after straining at it for a few minutes. The rest agreed, while Gizmo meowed in a perfectly menacing way at the roof of the shack. Unknown Rabbit looked up, and gasped. The Wicked Witch of the Western Writers was perched on top of the shack, waving a broom around. Cackling with evil laughter, Flamingo Monotone aimed her broom at Tweety and yelled a magic incantation. Fire leapt from the broom, soared down through the air and alighted on Tweety's wing. Screeching, the bird flew around, while her feathers burned. Unknown Rabbit managed to quickly origami his headband into a cup while running for a lake, and managed to quench the hungry flames. Seeing the water cup, Writers Block flew away, still cackling.

A few hours later, the travellers were still in the dark forest. Tweety, who was getting pretty sick of the whole thing, stepped on a twig and cracked it.
"This forest seems to go on forever!" she complained, throwing a branch between some trees. There was a sudden howl, and a large lion jumped out from the trees trailing tissues, and leapt at Gizmo for no reason. Gizmo mewed pitifully yet perfectly, then started running around a 60 foot round tree, with the lion chasing him, a large :-D on its face. This continued for a while until Unknown Rabbit thought that Gizmo must be tired, so he stepped up to the tree, got a stop sign from nowhere and put it between Gizmo and the following lion. The lion, being ed-joo-kay-ted, stopped short and looked at Unknown, ears slightly drooped.
"Awwww.... did I do something wroooong? " said the lion.
Unknown looked oddly at the obviously vocabulary posessing feline carnivore, and then replied, not letting the stop sign down.
"Yes, actually. Chasing perfect kitties isn't good manners. Especially when they're on the way for no apparent reason to the Wonderful Beauthing of Here.
"Well, there's no Beauthingy or wotever Here." said the Lion, sitting down on a tree root. "If that's what the kitty's up to, wot are you heeeere for? O.o"
"Oh, we're also on the way to the Wonderful Beauthing of Here, so he'll give me a Way Home."
"And him a Conscience" said Tweety, still eying the lion nervously.
"And her perfect eyesight" said iCeD.
Unknown felt a sudden urge to say "We're all misfits", because the situation sounded most like it, but he ignored the urge and merely inquired why the lion had decided to chase Gizmo in the first place.
"Ooooh... I don't know! O.o I was just siting there, minding my own buiiiisness, when I felt like I just had to chase something... !"
"You don't chase things normally?"
"Nooooooo... I'm uuusally quite docile :-D"
At this point Unknown realized why this lion was different from all other lions, and just as Gizmo ran around the tree again, he voiced his theory. "Why, you're nothing but a dandy lion!"
"Yes, that's right. I'm quiiite the friendly one. "
"Oh? What's your name, anyway?"
"I always get called Dreama.. soooooo I guess that's my naame."
"Ah. Well, that's good. Now, if you don't mind, we should be continuing along to the Wonderful Beauthing of Here."
"Really? o.O I'm always feeling lost.. do you think he could find me?"
"Of course! Come on!"
So they all moved along the Lilac Gravel Road in various means, singing "We're off to see ol' Beauthing, the Wonderful Beauthing of Here! If ever there was a Beau of a Beau, the Beauthing of Here is well to do, because, because, because, because, BECAUSE...... because of the kind of weird things he does! We're off to see ol' Beauthing, the Wonderful Beauthing of Here!"

Some days later, they came across a lage field of real Dandelions, which Dreama managed to get lost in while nobody was looking. After some time, they found her, but she had fallen asleep. It was probably contagious, thought Unknown, as he and Tweety also fell into slumber. Gizmo, to be perfect, followed suit. iCeD started to heave them up, but even his robot strength could not lift an entire sleeping lion. So he continued to stand there, grunting. Someways away, looking into her Magic China Set, which showed anything she wished it to, stood Flamingo Monotone. She was in her standard order Wicked Witches' castle, cackling over the good job her specially ordered limited offer Sleeping Gas Dandelions had done. Meanwhile, iCeD acted on his lack of conscience, and started to walk away leaving his companions behind.
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