<meta name="LineWrap" content="true"><TITLE>SR_Bk1 0162</TITLE><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0163.txt">Next (Page 163)</A><BR> You have Talon of the Mug of the Sky and Trees authority still, I assume. Use it if the Marrier Balls give you any trouble."<P><P>"I have that and Losh Packaging Agent authority! I will have no trouble. But I will need to use one of your Winter Stadium Them trucks to get there."<P><P>"Yes! Fine, no problem," Snoppy said. "So let's all get moving!"<P><P>Evelyn laughed.<P><P>"I love this job," she said.<P><P>--------------------------<P>CHAPTER 39<P>--------------------------<P><P>Prince Ferrajalt was nearing consciousness when he began to perceive a flashing light through his closed eyes. For a moment, he was disoriented, unsure of where he was, but when he opened his eyes, the events of the past day washed over him. Feeling Treyess's naked body next to his, he was careful not to wake her as he got up a little to seek out the source of the flashing.<P><P>As he got up on his elbows, Treyess stirred, but did not awaken. Immediately, Ferrajalt saw a flashing purple light on a video screen above the bed. And there was a flashing purple button right next to him, on a table by the bed. He looked back and forth from the screen to the button, and then carefully reached out and pressed the button.<P><P>The screen lit up and an image appeared. It was Nevrippa Den. Instantly, Ferrajalt buried himself under the covers and threw them all the way over Treyess. Only their heads could be seen.<P><P>"Oh--ha! Looks like I caught you two at a bad time--good!" Den said with a goofy smile.<P><P>"How are you making this call?" Ferrajalt said as Treyess stirred some more.<P><P>"Well my friend," Den said, leaning forward and wearing a smug look, "after we got your excellent field report on the Warhomes, we all went over to the yard and got some of our own. And you know what, hot shot? I filled mine up totally with all the cool stuff I looted! Even the motorcycle and the speedboat are covered with junk!"<P><P>"Um--that's great," Ferrajalt said, feeling extremely embarrassed. "But y'know, you've caught us in kind of a--delicate--situation, so--"<P><P>"--oh don't worry about it. I'm not stuffy about it. I think sex is great. And you two make a cute couple, so don't worry about it one bit, hon."<P><P>Ferrajalt grimaced and looked over at Treyess, whose eyes were just opening.<P><P>"Tell me this is a nightmare," Treyess said.<P><P>"Nope!" Den yelled. "It's for real! And reality is so much fun, because stuff that happens in reality has more of an impact, y'know? But anyway, I'm glad I got through to you cuz a whole lot of shit has been going down here and we need you guys back."<P><P>"Um--okay--uh..." Ferrajalt said.<P><P>"Okay," Den said. "Mr. Hate told me to tell you some stuff if I could figure out how to work the inter-Warhome communicators. Ha! So anyways, we got the ocean liner, the 'Repsiridescent' down onto the river--that was fun. Injy figgers we'll need about seven or eight Warhomes to tow it--too bad I beat the living daylights out of that Hypergod Amnifaoz guy when he attacked me and V! But the plan is going well. He says we should all be able to put our Warhomes on autopilot and get into the planes before the waterfall, y'know, to follow the Repsiridescent into the event horizon. Yeah right, like I'm gonna abandon all my stuff!"<P><P>"Um," Treyess said, shocking the Prince as she pushed the sheets down to reveal her naked breasts, "how long have we been asleep?"<P><P>"I don't know. Hey--nice chest! But no--I dunno--I think it's been four or five hours since your last kemig. Something like that. Wanna try that blanket trick on the Prince there, Treyess? I never saw a royal weenie before!"<P><P>"Come on!" Ferrajalt said in an annoyed tone of voice.<P><P>"Chill out, only joking dude," Den said, and then with a smile, "But if you had anything to show down there, I'm sure you would have!"<P><P>"Nevrippa..." Treyess said.<P><P>"Okay, okay," Den said.<BR><A HREF="SR_Bk1-0163.txt">Next (Page 163)</A>