|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- THE WATERALLIDGE EDGE--CUP 5--"HEAD" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  The Waterallidge Edge  ||  -------> (Cup SRwe005, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The head landed with a thud in some mud and luckily the ear was facing a good direction. Perspective Quartz Mahoney carefully pushed open the ear, which had shut with the impact of landing. He peered out and saw a forest, and it looked like it had just finished raining hard. "Okay guys," Mahoney said, "don't worry. I know what's happening." He turned around and saw that the five others were shaking in the fright of a realization. "Yes," Mahoney continued, "It's true. I made a backup of us--to me, it seems like I just did it--but that's because I'm the backup I made of myself..." "Look, what are you talking about Mahoney?" Darnalt Knocking Salt said in a shrill tone. "I mean... it was supposed to be a secret... and I guess it was... who knows how much time has passed since I did it?" Duncer-Haxun spoke up. "I remember I was just in a museum... a museum on Alternate World #3... and I remember that YOU were talking to a weird BLUE guy!" "That's right, that's right!" Mahoney said in a conciliatory tone, his hands held out. "That blue guy, Noze-Euming, he offered me a great deal! He told me, see, that he could take a 'snapshot' of all six of us, and imprint it upon my head." "WHAT?" Challen-67 exclaimed. "That's right!" Mahoney said. "He said that he knew, see, that we were WILD. That we liked to have FUN, and that we were in a lot of danger sometimes. SO... Okay, he made the offer and I accepted. He said that anytime we all got killed or something, the backup of us would kick in..." Mahoney pointed to his head. "A kick in my head, if you see what I mean, and bring us all back, exactly as we were that nice day at the museum." "So..." Prefer Joanie Hugging said, "...so we don't get to know, um, like what happened to us after that?" "No we don't!" Mahoney said. "All we KNOW is, see here, we KNOW that we all DIED. And who knows how long it has been. But I think that since we are in my head, we might be able to tell something from my face out there, or something..." Pearce Monancahol shook his head. "So what are we then, Mahoney?" "We are ourselves, ALIVE, see Pearce?" "I SEE that I am inside a giant version of your HEAD, Mahoney. And I also SEE that it's your doing." said Pearce. "But I saved your life! All of our lives!" "How do you know that?" Challen-67 asked. "Because I'm the best there is!" Mahoney responded. -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----