Hook, Line, and Sinker

Dang! I walk all the way here through the woods and not one jumper. Where’s a Feeb Spell outta the dark when ya want one. Oops, I thought, better check to make sure nobodies around to disturb me. After checking the woods and trail around my tree, it was time to invis meself. No sense takin chances, gotta have time to think. "Where was I?" I asked meself. "You were feeling sorry fer yourself." Came a sarcastic but dang nice sounding voice. "Who’s that?", I asked searching the tree for tree hogs, nasty things! "Just me." It answered Still lookin around, "Who’s just me?" "Me, you, you lunk head" it answered "Me, you. You is me?" I stopped lookin, an got worried. "So..I’m talkin to meself then, right?" "My you are a bright one" sarcasm again. I didn’t like that part of the voice! "Okay, okay, I give. What else could go wrong today" I finished by putting my head in my hands. "First I blow the race, and I practiced so hard." "Did ya have fun practicin?" "Well of course I did. Stupid question" "Then I leave Sir Dulain and Grimmy waitin on me at the sewers." "Wasn’t your fault there either." "Are you gonna shoot down everything?" "That’s my job" no sarcasm this time, only matter of factly stated. Hmm. "K, where was I then?" "You where leavin Dualin and Grimmy at the sewers" sarcasm back again. Humpff. "Oh yes, then I tell everyone how sorry I am then head straight here." "So you headed to the one place that you associated with what? An Intelligence of 3?" it/I snorted. "Well, it does sound kinda bad don’t it? But actually, I was comin to the last place where everything seemed so clear." "You think too much" it/I said, punctuated with a thwap to the head! "Ouch!" I blurted, while rubbing the newest dent in the ol’ helm. "Whad’ya do that for?" "Got your attention didn’t it." I could feel a smugness. Cocky.

I thought about throwin a Hold spell, I’d been failing those with regularity lately. But what good would that do, it would just leave me here with me! Arrrgghhhhh. Here I was sittin in a tree, invis’d, and talkin to meself. And to make things worse, I almost threw a spell…at me! Can this get worse?!

"Whad’ya you think? The world comin to an end or somethin?" it/I asked. "Feels like it!" I shot back at me. "So it’s comin to an end." Smugness again, what now. Hummpff. "The suns comin up, ain’t it? And the birds are singing." I saw my arm pointing, and I wasn’t movin it! Dang.. "Your friends are well?" it/I asked. "Yes, of course." I was beginning to feel like a fish bein played. "But they turned their backs on you!" it/I blurted. "Those are fightin words bub!" I came back to meself, punctuated with a thwap! "Ouch! What you share my head, but not the pain?" I said while rubbing another new dent. Note: get new helm as soon as possible, and don’t do that anymore. "Hey, we all got our jobs, you just happen to get the…physical part." I felt it/I smiling. "Ya coulda warned me." "Would you have listened?" "Sure. Maybe…Probly not" I admitted. "See." Smug again. Hummpf. "So, is the world comin to an end?" it/I asked flatly.

"No!" still rubbing head. "Seems to me a wise person just told you the same thing. What was it again?" hook. "It’s not the end of the world." "And?" line. "It’s only a race." I’m growin gills. "And" and sinker! "There’s another race next month, and good luck!" I half yelled. "You satisfied now! I said it." I stopped to turn the words around, forward backwards, still the same. Everything was okay. "So what are we doin’ here when we could be back at Camelot with our family and friends?" stuffed and mounted over the mantle!

I had no answer other than to read a piece of paper real fast! Ray of Enfeeblement! Hey I gotta get a little somethin back on this smart a…lec.

"What’s that you said? Who are you? Where am I?" it/I asked. "I’ll tell you all about it on our way back." I said smiling more than I had this day. We/I were headed home. "First off your never rude to me. Thought you oughta know……… <Big Smile>