|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- FOOLWARD OAK--CUP 5--"TREE" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  Foolward Oak  ||  -------> (Cup SRfo005, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "Oh come now," Billion said to Eckert, "you were somehow chosen Primate by Overwhelm as--how do they put it--"the most outstanding personage on your Earth"--just as we all were. So you must have known something." "Yeah well all I know is that story they told me about being a distant descendent of a goddess on my father's side and a god on my mother's side, and these two gods hated each other and killed each other and that I was the only human on Earth with the... DNA... or rather the trace of both their DNA's in my... my body." Toggle Joseph was spinning around and making low moaning noises as he walked along. "Stooom! Stooom! Brooooooom!" he kept repeating. "But didn't you ever notice any godly powers?" Billion asked Eckert. "No, nothing at all. I had weird dreams when I was a kid, but otherwise I can't think of anything strange." "Well," Billion said, "these 'Overwimp' higher-ups work in strange ways. Never quite understood it myself. P-Vest and all that." He paused for a moment, and then added, "Right on target when they chose me, of course." Then he laughed a sarcastic little laugh. "Oh but of course, but of course your highness, the great Sir Belly." Banish said. "Ho ho." Billion responded. They continued walking without talking for a while. Joseph crawled along on all fours and shook his head from side to side, growling, as if he imagined himself some great cat. After a few minutes, the woods were getting noticeably thicker and darker, and the warm wind was as heavy as ever. They continued walking for quite some time. Then Bellicose Billion stopped and spoke. "I'm not sure we're making much progress, girls. What say we... elaborate... on our game plan. Hmm?" "I tend to agreed with you, Bill." Moyar said. "And therefore--what do you suggest?" "Oh the pressure!" Billion lamented. Banish walked over to Joseph, who was still on all fours and staring down at the ground, motionless. She knelt down and lifted him up into a sitting position. He looked at her with his trademark crooked smile and crossed eyes. "Hey Joe," Banish said, "you're supposed to be so wise, whatta we do now, hey?" Joseph cocked his head slightly and stared at Banish, a vague gleam of admiration in his eyes. Then he slowly brought his right hand upwards and pointed toward the sky. Then he spoke. "Looky looky look, up in the air, pee pee man! See the monster house and poo poo in it!", Joseph said, and then he fell over onto his side and began laughing. Banish looked up at the others. "That's not a bad idea." she said. Ow Muchy Moyar looked up slowly, shielding her eyes with her hand. "Well it's a good idea if we can get up there. Can any of us fly?" Moyar said. "I don't think so." Banish said. "No I guess not." Moyar said. "Wish I could." Billion added. They walked around in lazy circles for several moments, thinking. "What about superstrength?" Moyar finally said. "Brilliant." Billion said. "We could climb one of the taller trees, if any of us have any left that is." "I got some." Eckert said then. "Enough to climb a tree?" Banish asked. "Yeah, sure." Eckert said. Billion walked over to Eckert, put his arm around his shoulder, turned him around, and started walking towards a huge tree. "Well my fine man, here's your tree!" Billion said in an overly dramatic fashion. -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----