Todd Wants Key's Face

Jockey: *hit, it collapses off of Todd, unconscious*

A Soldier: *cures it*

Todd: Fuuucking things... DDD8>

Key: Well... that's what happens when you make fun of them, Todd... karma... ^^;

Todd: Garrhhh. D8|

Harry: Come on, we need to keep looking for survivors.

Todd: Right...

Key: Alrighty... *looks around with the rest of them, hunting for survivors*

*they search. It starts to snow*

Todd: Well, that's nostalgic.

Harry: Keep looking.

Key: ...the infected might start hiding because of the cold...

Todd: And then we can have a snowball fight with Harry and Claire! :D

Harry; No we will not. XC

Todd: Boring. >_>

Harry: We're on a mission.

Key: Maybe when we get back, Todd... ^^;

Todd: ... with the KIDS! Good idea, Key! :D

Harry: *grumbles in annoyance*

*they keep going*

Key: *stops when she hears something* Hey guys, hold up... shh. *listens* ...

Todd: ...? *he listens* ... crying...

Harry: *one could see the panic in his expression as he nervously fiddles with his gun*

Key: ... *quietly* Todd... Todd, where is she?

Todd: ... I can't tell... it's like the crying's been amplified...

Harry: ... oh god... oh god...

Soldiers: *look around*

Key: *doesn't move from where she's standing, scared of accidentally startling her--who KNOWS how much further she's mutated?*

Todd: ... we just need to be careful, alright?

Harry: y-y-yes... continue on... for the mission. D8

Key: *takes a deep breath* ...anddon'tstartlethewitch... DX...

Todd: Very sound advice.

Harry: *he's VERY NERVOUS now* D8>

*they walk. Everyone looks around wildly*

Key: *freezes when she hears the crying get louder* ... O___O;;;

Todd: ... oh jeez... it's closer...

Harry: *is beyond scared right now* DDDDDB>

Key: M-Maybe we should turn around... D8

Todd: We CAN'T... now NOW... D:>

Harry: *is shivering and freaking out silently* DDDD8> !!???!!

Todd: Claire, Harry is panicking.

Claire: *makes her way over to them from the other side of the group. she puts a hand on Harry's arm, and rubs it with her thumb* Harry, we'll be fine... We've been doing well so far... D:>

Key: *looks around for any signs of the Witch* >____> <____<

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Harry: Todd... do you want to cure it?

Todd: Hm? Oh! Sure. D: *he walks over to the abomination and stabs it in the leg with a syringe*

Harry: *the smoker disturbs him. If the circumstances were different, he would have ended up looking just like it*

Key: ... *looks around for any more infected* ...

*laughing fills the air*

Todd: Well, well, well... a Jock - AAIIHHH!!

Jockey: *lands on Todd. It's entire face no longer had skin, and it had longer fingers and toes. It steers Todd into the side of the van*

Todd: AAHHAAGOD GEDDIT OFF - OW.

Key: Oh JEEZ-- *shoots the jockey as well, finding it somewhat funny that one of those just HAPPENED to appear today*

Todd: *leaves the room with Key. He still refused to put on any armor*

Harry: Get ready, guys.

Key: *nods, and goes to get her armor* Todd, come on. You're getting one of these too. :/

Todd: I'll be USELESS! All I have to do is watch out for HUNTERS, Key - then I'll be fine!

Key: >:/ ... If you get attacked one more time... you will wear that armor.

Todd: *holds his hands up defensively* Fine, fine... understood. Now let's go. *heads out to the armored truck*

Key: *goes with him, still a but unamused from his refusal to wear any protection. she gets in the truck, and waits for them to depart*

Todd: *follows Key in*

Everyone: *gets into the truck*

*and so they start their drive...*

Key: *remains silent throughout the entire drive, trying not to think of what they might run into. she's starting to learn that she should expect ANYTHING out there...*

*while they were driving, there is suddenly a powerful THUMP hitting the side of the truck. A dent appeared in the truck, one the size of a fist, followed by four OTHER THUMPS,leaving similar dents*

A Smoker: *It's scream echoes outside of the van*

Todd: ... that's a Smoker... but I only hear one, not five...

Key: ... we'd better be careful... it might be another mutation...

Todd: FIVE tongues...?? Ewwww! Could you imagine if HARRY had five tongues??

Soldiers: *are getting nervous*

Key: I'm really trying not to, Todd... >____<;;

Todd: Ugh, well, he's lucky to have been cured. DX

One Soldier: We've stopped. We need to get out.

Everyone: *carefully gets out*

Todd: *looks around* >_> ...

Key: *looks around as well* ...can you see it, Todd?

Todd: *he shakes his head* Nope. It hid itself.

Harry: Smart smoker.*to the soldiers* Get your guns ready - keep your eyes and ears OPEN and ALERT! We don't want to lose another soldier!

Key: *nods, and keeps her tranquilizer gun on-hand and ready, looking around for potential threats* ...

Smoker: *it screams again, but doesn't attack. Like the two hunters before it, it was trying to intimidate the group*

Harry: Smart goddamn smoker...

Todd: *still looking around* D:

Key: *keeps alert* ...

*suddenly, the Smoker appears. It was hideous. It didn't have a face anymore - just multiple large tumors all over - on its neck, on its arms, it's t-shirt ripped and stretched so one could see the tumors on its back - and everywhere, absolutely EVERYWHERE were tongues*

Todd: ... I feel like I've walked right into Silent Hill... D8

Harry: Shoot it! Shoot it now! D8<

Smoker: *suddenly grabs Harry, and four other soldiers with its tongues*

Everyone: !!!!!!!!!

Key: !!! *takes aim, and shoots a tranquilizer at the Smoker* D8

Smoker: *it is hit. With a cry, it falls to the ground, unconscious*

Harry: *quickly untangles himself from the tongue* Good work, Key.

Other Soldiers: *untangle themselves*

Key: *lets out a sigh of relief* Th-Thanks...

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Todd: Well, Sarah, I guess you'll just have to turn into a Jockey. No big deal. XD

Sarah: OH MY GOSH, NO. D8

Key: *can't help but laugh at her expression* XDDDD

Todd: Well, you SAID you'd want to know what it's like - now we need to find some way to infect you. :P

Sarah: NononononoIdon'twannadothatanymoreIchangemymind. D8

Key: Wow, all in one breath, too. XD

Todd: Good stamina. That's good for parkour, Sarah. ;D

Key: *has an urge to facepalm, but only shakes her head and laughs*

Sarah: I learned from the best~ ^^

Todd: Sure did. ;D

*there is a knocking on their door*

Soldier: WE'RE HEADING OUT!

Key: *calls back* ALRIGHT! *to Sarah* Well, looks like we have to go. Don't do anything crazy, okay?

Sarah: Okay... be safe, okay? <:(

Todd: We'll be okay, Sarah... keep Sam safe, alright, Sarah?

Sarah: *nods* I will.

Key: *hugs Sarah* We'll be back. See you later, alright?

Sarah: Alright. :)

Key: *leaves the room*

Soldier: *watches her leave*

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Todd: *waking up* Mnnh...

Key: *is still asleep, snuggled up to Todd*

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Sarah: *goes all the way back to her room, starting to feel a bit more like a load than anything else. she silently sneaks back inside, not realizing her dad was awake*

Dad: *notices his daughter there* Mnn... Sarah... I'm hearing voices, and I can't find my anti-psychotics... can you check to see if they dropped on the floor...?

Sarah: Oh! Yeah, yeah, of course! *drops to the ground and looks around, checking under the bed, seeing if they've rolled off somewhere. eventually, she finds them* Got it.

Todd: Thank you - thank you so much *he quickly opens the bottle and takes his medicine* Jeez... those voices... they can get seriously annoying, swear to god.

Sarah: I can imagine... <:(

Key: *wakes up* mnn.... good morning...

Todd: *to Key, cheerily* Good morning ~ How'd you sleep? Good? Bad? Okay?

Key: *laughs a bit at his cheeriness* Pretty good. How about you?

Sarah: ^^

Todd: Pretty good, myself. ^^ I wonder what adventures await us today.

Key: Well, I guess we'll find out. ^^

Sarah: ...

Todd: So that boomer yesterday... it was completely shriveled, right? Because I knew they had to be deflating.

Key: Yeah, it was... we didn't think it was a Boomer until it... vomited all over Harry. >___>

Sarah: *makes am "eww" face*

Todd: Poor Harry. Let's make sure he doesn't end up as the Jockey's new hump-buddy, or else he'll probably go nuts. DX

Key: Good plan. D:

Sarah: How about no one becomes a jockey's hump-buddy? >____>;;

Key: That works too. D:

Todd: But Sarah, if no one is the Jockey's hump-buddy, then I am the Jockey's hump-buddy! It ALWAYS seems to work out that way - even back in the asylum, I could see Jockey's giving me a funny look!

Sarah: Well, maybe they think you're pretty. D:

Key: Aha! That MUST be it. XP

Todd: I look like a HUNTER! Why are they confusing me with something pretty?

Key: You still look good, Todd. :P

Sarah: Maybe they just see everything differently. Like how you can see without eyes.

Todd: I bet for them, everything's a happy fun-world. Drawn crudely in crayon. XP

Key: ...Strangely enough, I can see that being the case. XD;

Sarah: Hahah... I kinda wanna see how that'd be like, now. XP

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Todd: Well, now we know better not to enter random rooms. I'm so sorry about that, Sarah...

Sarah: It's okay, not your fault... I pointed the door out, anyway...

Key: Well... maybe you'll find some other form of entertainment. Besides "exploration."

Todd: Right. Like more card games, or board games, y'know? <:)

Sarah: Oh yeah, go fish every other day. :P We'll find ways to amuse ourselves. Somehow.

Key: Hahah. XD Just don't go getting yourselves into trouble. :P

Todd:Well, I already told the doctor that we'd break all the mirrors in the hall of mirrors, soo...

Key: Are you serious? XD

Sarah: Yeah! The doctor freaked out, it was so funny... XD

Todd: I didn't know he cared so deeply about Versailles. What an amusing discovery. XP

Sarah: Well, could be that he's been here before, maybe even more than once.

Key: Maybe.

Todd: True... maybe with his family, if he had a family. :(

Sarah: ...maybe that too... <:/

*they reach their room*

Key: Well, it's bedtime, everyone...

Todd: Thank god - I thought the day would never end. XP *he climbs into bed and takes his pill*

Sarah: Heheh... same... *climbs into bed with a loud sigh. today could have been better*

Key: *climbs into bed with Todd, snuggling up to him as soon as he's taken his pill* good night, everyone...

Todd: G'night... *he snuggles into Key, then falls asleep*

Key: *kisses him on the cheek, as he had the nights before, then falls asleep there next to him, tired*

Sarah: *stays awake for a while, staring at the ceiling, wondering how much longer they'd have to stay... eventually, though, she dozes off*

*the next morning*

Todd: *still very much asleep*

Sarah: *had woken up early. noticing both parents were still asleep, she sneaks out of the room, not really feeling like staying in bed today*

*the palace is filled with soldiers getting ready to move out*

Sarah: *sees all the soldiers and wonders if she should wake up her parents... but when she checks the time, she sees it's still early, so she doesn't. instead, she wanders around, watching them get ready, wondering if she'd ever get to go out with them someday*

One Soldier: *notices her* Say... what are you doing up so early?

Sarah: Umm... can't sleep...? >_>;;;

Soldier: You might as well sleep in as much as you can - for us.

Sarah: ... *nods* Alright... umm... good luck. *awkwardly turns and leaves, not really knowing what else to tell the man* ...

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Sam: ... do WE stand a chance?

Sarah: ... *nods* W-We know what we're doing... We'll... we HAVE to make it...

Sam: *quietly* ... I know... I'm just scared...

Sarah: ... *hugs him more tightly* ...Don't worry, I am too...

Todd: *comes back with a pack of cards* There were a bunch of board games and things stored in a room - probably from the previous survivors. But hey, we can play go fish now. :)

Sam: *nods* o-okay.

Sarah: ... L-Let's sit on the bed... *clambers into her bed, and scoots all the way to the end to leave the other two room*

Todd and Sam: *sit on the bed as well*

Todd: *he passes the cards to Sam and Sarah, and himself evenly* ...

Sam: ...

Sarah: *looks at her cards, and waits for her turn* ...

*and so they play, waiting for the soldiers to get back, which they eventually do*

Todd: *patiently waits for Key*

Sam: *waits for his mom and dad*

Sarah: *waits with Todd* ...

Key: *comes in with the rest of the soldiers--unharmed*

Sarah: :D!!

Todd: Hey Key - how was it? :)

Harry: *follows behind Key, stained from puke8 ... messy. XC

Todd and Sam: Ewwww. D8

Sarah: That's.... really ewwww. DX

Key: We um, ran into a boomer. We cured him, but not before he got Harry. ^^;

Harry: Strangely enough, there wasn't a single common around. It's like they're all GONE.

Todd: That's weird. Really weird. D:

Sam: *nods* Uh-huh. D:

Claire: We don't even know why they've vanished. It's something we'll have to look into.

Sarah: Maybeee... they couldn't take the effects of the virus and they died out...? <:/

Claire: That's one possibility...

Key: <:/

Harry: ... that's sad, but most likely true... they WERE still living people... and the Green Flu is a terrible, TERRIBLE sickness...

Todd: So then all that's left are the specials...

Sam: D:

Key: Well... at least there are people LEFT...

Claire: *nods* And there may still be survivors out there. We just have to keep looking.

Sarah: *hears the word "survivors" and remembers the bodies in the room, the horrible, disemboweled--* d-dad... should we tell them about the, um... the room...?

Todd: Oh... right... we were exploring this old place while you guys were gone, and... well, we found this room with four dead bodies in it, a fifth belonging to a Hunter...

Harry: Oh! D: Oh... just... I'm sorry... D:>

Sam: ... it was really scary...

Sarah: *nods in agreement with Sam*

Claire: Ah... D:> Well... at least now we know what happened to the people that were staying here...

Key: D:> ...

Claire: ... *sighs* We'll have to move them and clean that room out... we're going to need more space as we cure more people and find more survivors.

Todd: ... Right... ugh... just when I thought the nasty surprises were over.

Harry: Always be prepared, Todd.

Sam: ...

Key: ...right... I think we should all just go get some rest now...

Sarah: ... *nods*

Claire: Sounds fair. I think we all need it. Harry definitely needs a shower, though.

Sarah: *cracks a smile at this*

Harry: Mrff. XC

Todd: Alright, c'mon Sarah, Key. Off to bed, off to bed. *heads to their room*

Harry: *heads over his own room with his family*

Key: *as they walked, she puts an arm around Sarah's shoulders* Are you okay? <:(

Sarah: Am now... not so much when we found them...

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Todd: *pulls Sam and Sarah both into a tight hug*

Sam: *sobs in Todd's embrace*

Sarah: *hugs them both, sobbing into Todd's chest*

Todd: *softly talking to both of them, rubbing their backs - both of them* It's okay... it's okay now...

Sam: *still sobbing*

Sarah: *keeps sobbing, the horrible image almost burned into her mind*

Todd: ... we're heading back to our room, Sarah... right now... and Sam, you're coming with us... *leads them there*

Sam: *is desperately trying to calm down*

Sarah: *is a sobbing, blubbering mess*

*They reach the room, Todd opens the door and lets them in*

Todd: <:( ...

Sam: *he's calming down a little, now that they're far away from that room* oh g-god - o-oh GOD...!

Sarah: *can barely form a coherent sentence* nooooohhGOOOOD....!!

Todd: Shhh... it's over now, we're back in our room - it's over. D:>

Sam: *he was sniffling, wiping away his tears. He hugs Sarah*

Sarah: *hugs him back, only now managing to hold back her sobs*

Todd: *he joins their hug, tightly, comfortingly*

Sam: *continues to hug Sarah. This was not a very good day*

Sarah: *leans against her dad, grateful for his closeness, still holding on to Sam. She had hoped today would be a good day...*

Todd: *quietly* Are we better now?

Sam: *still sniffling* Well... I am... Sarah?

Sarah: *nods, but doesn't speak for fear of crying again*

Todd: So... what now? <:/

Sam: Um... not exploring.

Sarah: *shakes her head, agreeing with him*

Todd: Well, that's not exactly doing anything... I'll go search around, okay? Stay in here. *walks out*

Sam: ...

Sarah: *sniffles a bit, and looks at Sam* ...

Sam: *looks back at Sarah* ... now we know what happened to the people who were here before...

Sarah: *quietly* Th-They didn't stand a chance...

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Todd: Yeah, I guess so. :P

*they reach the medical room*

Doctor: Again?

Todd: ... yyeeaahhh, I ripped them open. ._.;

Sam: XP

Sarah: But hey, he jumped on a tank and stuck the cure in it, so it was totally worth it, right? :D

Key: *snorts, shaking her head, but smiles anyway*

Doctor: What. D:

Todd: Fix me, please? D:

Doctor: *gets out the anesthetics with a sigh*

Sam: I thought it was cool. :D

Sarah: It was AWESOME! :D

Key: It was crazy. But it worked, so. :P

Todd: Yeah. Better than having to KILL the poor guy.

Sam: ... how? D:

Todd: normally I don't land and inject the Tank with the cure. normally I keep going until I puncture his brains with my claws. Like a bullet.

Sam: A human bullet. D8

Doctor: *injects Todd with the anesthetics*

Key: I remember the first time you did that, Harry and I panicked...

Sarah: He didn't warn YOU GUYS, either? Jeez. :P

Todd: Well it's a spontaneous kind of idea - I don't PLAN these things. They just happen. Self defense. D:

Sam: Well, yeah. :/

Doctor: *stitching Todd up*

Sarah: I know, I'm just kidding. :P

Key: Hmm... I think it's almost time to go. :/

Sarah: Aw. D:

Todd: Try to accomplish more than I did. ;D

Sam: He just challenged you, Mrs. Huntings. :D

Todd: Sure did. :P

Doctor: *stitching*

Key: Har har. I'll do my best. :P *quickly leans in and kisses him* I'll find you guys when I get back, okay?

Sarah: You'd better. :P *hugs her* Bye, mom.

Key: Bye... *leaves the med room*

Todd: She's gone. Let's break all the mirrors in the hall of mirrors.

Doctor: NO!

Todd: I'm kidding. :P

Sam: hee hee.

Sarah: *snorts, holding back laughter* Daaaaad... XD

Todd: What? I SAID I was kidding. :P

Doctor: *finishing up* Not something to joke about... XC

Sam: XP

Sarah: We're just trying to have some fuuuuun... D:

Doctor: *grumbles, finished* There. You're free to go. XC

Todd: Awesome. Leeeet's get out of here, guys. :P *leaves with them*

Sam: So what now? :/

Todd: I... actually don't know. XD;

Sarah: How about we explore INSIDE this time? ^^;

Todd: Good idea. XD C'mon, we'll go explore. :P

Sam: Yaaayy! :D

*and so, they do*

*and so they go, looking in rooms and such, trying to find something interesting*

Sarah: Oh look, another door! This one's kinda fancy-looking.

Todd: Let's see what's behind it. :D *opens the door*

*there were about three people strewn all about the floor, completely disemboweled, their faces frozen with terror. A fourth person - a hunter with a bullet hole in its head - grinned at them involuntarily from a corner of the room. Dried blood was everywhere*

Todd: Bodies. D8

Sam: *almost - ALMOST screams, but manages to hold it in* DDD8>

Sarah: *can't hold back a terrified scream, but she claps her hands over her mouth almost immediately, muffling it* DDDDDD8>

Todd: *he quickly shuts the door* ... let's not explore anymore. D8

Sam: *his eyes were wet from building tears. He nods quickly*

Sarah: *continues to muffle her terrified squeals, eyes still wide* oh mh GWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWD....!!

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Sam: No, no I... *he completely freezes, spotting something behind Todd and Sarah - a tank, climbing over the wall - CLIMBING OVER IT* ... didn't... g-guys... l-look b-behind y-y-you...!!

Todd: *turns and looks* ... oh no.

Tank: *finally manages to get over the wall. It was much MUCH larger than before - it's head was almost completely swallowed by the mass of its muscle, leaving only the eyes and top of the head visible. It was covered in scares - COVERED in them, and it no longer had fingers, it's hands black, just like the spitter's, from necrosis. It had ripped out of its pants as well, the legs' muscle mass catching up with the arms, leaving the Tank only its naked body to protect itself against the elements. It roars angrily at them... and charges*

Sarah: Oh god, oh GOD, RUN! D8> *grabs Sam by the wrist, then turns and flees* DAD, COME ON!

Todd: ... you... YOU KEEP RUNNING! JUST KEEP RUNNING, OKAY?? *he turns around to face Tank, crouching. He had done this before. He had DONE THIS BEFORE... quickly, he takes a syringe, and holds it in his teeth, still crouching*

Sam: *runs with Sarah* WHAT'S HE DOING?? HE TOOK HIS MEDICINE, RIGHT?? RIGHT?? DD8>

Tank: *CHARGES all the way across the Palace grounds, focused on Todd*

Sarah: H-He did--DAD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! D8>

Todd: *he waits, speaking under his breath* ... come on... come on, big guy...

Tank: *needs no encouragement to move as fast as he can towards Todd*

Sam: HE'S GOING TO KILL HIMSELF!! D8>

Sarah: *practically screaming at him* DAD!!

Tank: *runs close enough to Todd, and is about to punch him into oblivion when --*

Todd: *launches himself forward, flying onto the Tank, latching onto his face -*

Tank: GRROAOARRRRHH!!

Sam: What's he - ??

Todd: *- and plunges the syringe into the Tank's jugular vein*

Tank: *completely goes berserk, trying to buck Todd off, unable to rip him off himself, as his muscles were much too huge, and he couldn't reach his face*

Todd: *holds on* Calm down, big guy! Just calm down!

Tank: *soon, it does calm down, and is very, very confused* Gruhhgh...?

Todd: *hops down from the Tank* There we go...

Sarah: *gawks at the scene, completely speechless* D8 ...

Todd: What?

Sam: ... that was really cool. D8

Todd: Oh, yeah, know, I've done that with Tanks before. Except with my claws.

Tank: *VERY confused* Uhhnngh...

Sarah: *still rather shaken* Y-You could've WARNED us...! D8

Todd: ... Sorry... there wasn't any time to warn you guys. <:/

A few soldiers: *run out and freak out when the see the Tank there* !!!!

Tank: Guuh...

Soldier 1: It's cured...?

Sarah: *excitedly* YEAH, you missed it, it climbed over the wall and just RAN at us, but dad jumped on it and CURED it! It was AWESOME!

Soldier 2: *to Todd* ... YOU cured it?

Todd: Yeah, it was kinda easy. <:/

Soldiers: ...

Soldier 1: Get Lieutenant Gatzsky out here. Both of them.

Soldier 2: *runs back into the palace*

Todd: *looks up to the Tank* :/

Tank: *looks down at Todd* hhnnh...

Sarah: *approaches Todd, looking up at the Tank* ...

Tank: *looks down sadly at Sarah, having no idea what's going on, or even what he IS now* ...

Sam: Mr. Huntings, you're bleeding. D:

Todd: Huh? *looks over, getting a slight glimpse at the back of his hoodie, which now stuck to his back, wet and dark from blood seeping through* ... oh. I must've broken my stitches.

Sarah: Dad, you should go get that looked at... D:>

Key: *runs over to them, having heard of what happened* Todd!! *sees the Tank and looks at it in awe* So you DID cure it...

Todd: Yup. *he grins at her* Got to be helpful today, anyway. :D

Harry: *walks over with Claire to them* ... well... now we know that Tanks can bypass our walls... good job, Todd.

Todd: No problem, man. :)

Tank: >_>

Claire: We'll have to find a way to fix that, then. *looks up at the Tank* Well, that's one down. We're going to have to find you a room.

Key: heheh...

Sarah: Ohmygosh Mom, you should've seen it, it was so AWESOME!

Key: I'm pretty sure I know what he did, Sarah. ^^; and yeah, it's pretty awesome. *notices that Todd is bleeding* D: You need to see the doctor again, Todd...

Todd: *huffs in annoyance* Fine, whatever... *limps back into the palace*

Tank: Hurrngh... *follows him in*

Everyone: :/ *follows*

Key: :/

Sarah: Well... I guess that counted as an adventure. >_>

Todd: Yes. I'm kinda glad it happened. :P

Harry: *rolls his eyes*

Tank: :/

Key: See? You got to do something helpful today anyway. XP

Sarah: Heh.. I guess we have to take it easy the rest of today. :P

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