It was a dark and stormy night.
The members of Clan SteelClaw sat in the chat room, disappearing one by one into the expansive night...

    Kahreen had just walked into the room.  Shaiya was laying on the floor, reading a newsletter article and laughing herself sick.
    "Shaiya, don't be sick - it makes a mess on the floor!"  Ed stuck his tongue out at her.
    "Okay," Shaiya grinned,  "Usually I can hold my food."  Ed was struck by the image of Shaiya's food being held back at "Customs" in an airport, and said so to Shaiya, who just laughed.  K9 suddenly got up and walked out of the room.
    "Heh," Kahreen said to no one in particular, "Everyone disappears tonight, don't they?"
    "Shhh," Shaiya answered.
    "I'd like to talk, but I'm under a vow of silence," Ed said.  "Damn!  Right, I'm really under a vow of silence now.  DARN..."
    Shaiya laughed at Ed, then muttered "Hmmm," looking at the article again.
    "Shhh!"  Ed said to her, then cursed.  "DAMN!"
    "No!  I will not be shhhed!"  Shaiya retaliated as Ed tried to talk while still keeping his vow of silence.  Ed silently warbled.  Shaiya looked up at him, then rose from the floor.
    "Ed,"  she said, "I'm stealing your popcorn maker."  Ed tried desperately to convey his thoughts on the subject.
    "--- -------- -- ---- --! -----. -------- -- ---- ---- ------.  !!!"
    "I'm going to give it to the toys for tots foundation," she continued, oblivious to Ed's attempts to communicate.
    "--- -----'-- ----.  ------- ---- -------... -------!!!!!!!!!!!!"  Ed silently warbled.
    "They're going to strip it and crush the metal parts into little cubes, and sell them for .25 cents,"  Shaiya informed the luckless mime.  "With the resulting quarter they will buy a piece of gum for a lucky child."
    "Strip what?"  Kahreen woke up.
    "Well!  She lives!"  Shaiya looked up at Kahreen, then explained, "the popcorn maker I'm stealing from Ed who doesn't seem to mind."
    Ed laughed out loud, "Strip woke Kahreen quickly.  ...DAMN!"  Shaiya laughed as Ed continued in silence, "----------- ----- -------- ------ ------!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    "Haha!!!"  Shaiya laughed wickedly.
    "!!!!!!!! --- !!!!! --------- !!!!!!  !!  ."
    Shaiya danced around the room a bit with Silver, who had also, apparently, taken a vow of silence.  Shaiya grinned at Ed, and told him, "I'll just cart it out now.  They're going to give me a sticker for my hard work."
    "!!!!! ... ---------- !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!"  Ed said, writhing in agony.  Shaiya grinned as though there was no tomorrow.
    "!! ---- ---- -- -------- -------- -----'-- ------!" Ed shouted as K9 walked back into the room and curled up in front of the fireplace.  Shaiya unplugged the popcorn maker.
    "----- --- ------ -- -------- --------- ---- ----- - -----. ---------- -- ---- --- --- ---  !!!!!!!!!" Ed protested in vain.  Shaiya looked at the popcorn maker, unaware of Ed's silent agony.
    "--- --- ------- ----- ----.  --------! ----- --- ------- --- --- ---"
    "O!" Shaiya suddenly wailed, "I cannot bear to part with you my dear popcorn maker!"
    "HOOORAY!"  Ed shouted in triumph, then muttered, "DAMN!"
    "Let us run away together and make popcorn!"  Shaiya continued, with wide eyes.
    "DOUBLE DAMN!"  Ed yelled,  "DAMN FOR DOUBLE DAMN!  DAMN!  -----!!  -----."  As Ed silently cursed, Shaiya picked up the popcorn maker in her arms.
    "--------!!!!!!!!!!!" Ed howled.  Shaiya grabbed a bag of unpopped kernels.
    "We shall make these kernels pop together my dear popcorn maker!"  She turned over-bright eyes to the object of her affection, stroking it with love.
    "--- -------? .... !!! ---- --- ------  ----- --- ----!!"
    "But first..."  Shaiya turned to Ed, cradling the popcorn maker, "we must ask the blessing of our dear friend, my brother and your adoptive father, Ed."
    "------!!!"
    "O my brother, give us your blessing with either silence or words!" Shaiya shouted with all the fervor of a fanatic.
    "!!!!!!!!   !!!! ....  damn."  Ed spoke as Flynt walked through the door.  "nooooo.....  Hi Flynt.  DAMN!  ----."
    "What happened?"  Flynt asked.
    "--- ----- ---- ---- ---'- ------.  ------ --- --- ---- ----- ------ ----!! ---  ---- ---? -------- --- ----- ---...."  Ed said.
    "Hi Flynt!"  Shaiya piped up, still cradling the popcorn maker.
    "I'm talking a vow of silence,"  Ed told Flynt.  "DAMN!  DOUBLE DAMN!"  Shaiya giggled.  "DAMN FOR DOUBLE DAMN!  DAMN FOR DAMN FOR DOUBLE DAMN!"  Ed rambled.
    "Ed?"  Flynt asked.
    "Flynt, meet popcorn maker, we are going to run away together and make popcorn."  Shaiya smiled at her brother.
    "DAMN FOR... eh not this time."  Ed said.  "--- ---  -------- ---- ---. :)"
    "Heh cool,"  Flynt responded.
    "------ --- ----- --- -----!!!!"  Ed said in alarm.
    "Ed hasn't voiced any disapproval of me taking his adoptive offspring,"  Shaiya petted popcorn maker, "Isn't that so dear popcorn maker?"
    "--_!!! ----!!!! --------!!!! ------!_----_!!!!!!!!!!!!---------------------------....  ---."
    "Ahhh now I see."  Flynt grinned.
    "-----.... -----. ---- ---- -----  --- -- ------ ---- ----.... ... ... !!!! -------!!"
    "I can only assume he gives his blessing," Shaiya continued.  "Ed, I will take good care of popcorn maker!"
    "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
    Shaiya smiled.
    "----   -- ----- ----. :("  Ed said.  Shaiya swept popcorn maker off its supports.
    "--- ---------  --- -- ----- ------ ---..."  Shaiya looked up at Ed.
    "Why Ed, you look sad," she said in suprise.
    "!! !! !!"  Ed said, "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ---- ! -------- !!! ---- ----- -----!"  Shaiya looked closely at Ed for a moment.
    "Ah but it must have been my imagination," she continued, "You seem energetic enough."
    ".!  .  -  .  .  :(  ---  :*(  ----  :*( ******"
    "By the way do you have any caramel coating stuff?"  Shaiya asked, as if an afterthought, then noticed his long face.  "Awww..."
    "CARAMEL??!!! NOOOOO!!!!!"  Ed cried.  "You can't destroy lovely nice popcorn with CARAMEL!!!!  You can't be so cruel!!!!  ...DAMN!  DOUBLE DAMN...  ah-ah. I'm smarter than doing that again. ;)"
    "We'll let you see the little popcorns, really!  At least the ones I don't eat,"  Shaiya protested.
    "Heh sorry..  what is going on in here?"  Kahreen woke up.
    "Witch!! How could you destroy tender, delightful popcorn by putting on.... *sob* caramel?"  Ed sobbed.  "Hi Kahreen.  DAMN!  I.... hmph. ------ --- ----- -----."
    "Oh Ed, they don't stay young forever!"  Shaiya said, then turned to Kahreen, "I'm about to whisk popcorn maker away and together we will make kernels pop.  Say goodbye to Daddy popcorn maker!"
    "..."  Popcorn maker said.
    "..."  Ed said.
    "Heh," Flynt said, viewing the absolute weirdness the chatroom had come to.
    "-- ----- ------ ---- ----- ------!"
    "Hmm, or do you have any cheese powder?"  Shaiya wondered.
    "CHEEEEEEEEEEESEEEE? NOOoooOOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"  Ed screamed.
    "Or perhaps chocolate sauce," Shaiya said thoughtfully.
    "You MONSTER! Barbarian!"  Ed shouted.
    "With peanuts perhaps,"  Shaiya continued, oblivious to Ed's reaction.
    "I won't let you destroy my creations!!"  Ed yelled, ala Dr. Sevarius, grabbing the popcorn machine and pegging it.
    "NOOO!  Popcorn maker!!!"  Shaiya screamed.
    "DAMN!!!! err... ---- ----- -----!"  Ed shouted.  Shaiya threw herself to Ed's feet, sobbing "popcorn maker!"
    "O popcorn maker!  We could have been so happy together!"  she sobbed.
    "Popcorn maker, make your choice..."  Ed said.
    "..."  Popcorn maker said.
    "----!!  ----- --- ----- ---- -----!!!!!  ---?"  Ed said to the popcorn machine.
    "..."  Popcorn maker said.
    "!!!! --- -------- -- ------?"  Ed said.
    "O popcorn maker, I'll feed you with lovely oil and kernels, choose me!" Shaiya yelled.
    "..."  Popcorn maker continued, "..."
    "! ..... .... ... ? ............ ....?"  Ed asked.
    "Our little popcorns will wear coats of cheese, chocolate, and the finest caramel!"  Shaiya rambled fanatically.
    "..."  Popcorn maker replied.
    "Damn it's weird in here,"  Kahreen eyed the group.
    "WHAT DO YOU MEAN ALL THE TIME YOU WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE HOT DOG
BOILER???!!!"  Ed yelled.  Shaiya gasped in horror.
    "Eh?"  Kahreen said.
    "Popcorn maker!!!!!  How could you!!!"  Shaiya slapped popcorn maker and ran off sobbing to collapse on the couch.  Ed threw popcorn maker out the window.
    "O popcorn maker, you were so cruel!"  Shaiya sobbed into the couch.
    "Damn. Those things cost moola."  Ed muttered.  "Oh well, you live and learn.  Err, that is...  .., ....... ... .... ... ...... "  Ed looked down, seeing that the popcorn maker had landed on and old mattress.  "Jammy popcorn maker!!  Good grief, the mattress is on the back of a truck to Hawaii!!!"
    "...  !"  Popcorn maker yelled back to his former home as the truck started down the road.  Shaiya lay draped across the couch, sobbing
    "O couch you've always been there for me," Shaiya said, hugging the couch.  "Let's run away together and make dust bunnies!"

THE END

ED:  Thank you, thank you.  I'd just like to thank everyone for this production, and watch out for a sequel later this year.  Firstly, those lovely people in the audio-visual department for directing Ed.  Then, our heroine, Shaiya.  And let's not forget the props department for that lovely mattress.  And fake popcorn machine *pulls out real popcorn machine from behind chair* HAHAHAHAHA! ;)  Maybe next time, eh?

Shaiya:  *applauds*  Well that was very entertaining thank you Ed :)

ED:  Thank *you* Shaiya. *curtain falls*  Damn, it's dark behind this curtain.

Shaiya:  I think it's raining

ED:  No, that's just the special effects department. *shouts* Chris, Lila! Could you stop it?

Shaiya:  Lila?

ED:  *Ed gets hit by lightning*  Guess not.

Shaiya:  Yikes!

ED:  Yeah, she's filling in for her Uncle Sarah (don't ask).

Shaiya:  o.0
 

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