Innerworld by J.C. Egan

Author:J.C. Egan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: James C. Egan II
Published: 2023-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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1 The Chronicles of Narnia, see end notes.

2 Douglas Adams, see end notes.

THE PURPOSE

The cabdriver, brandishing his procured sprinkler key, turned to see if he had to clobber some lizard monkey rats, but they just stood across the street, a few hundred or so, and watched, silently.

Clement was the first to speak. “Maybe we should get inside?”

That seemed like a great idea to everyone else. They stood in front of The Beautiful Woman All Dressed in Mud and she just stared back.

“Oh!” She realized. “I’m in the way.” She stood up and apologized. Bucky’s mom immediately took out her house key from her rain-damaged purse and dropped it in the grass. The cabdriver got on his knees and soaked them while digging around for the key. Bucky had her own and in seconds had the door open.

The inside of the house had a warm and cozy feeling, because Bucky’s mom forgot to turn the heat off, and it was a good thing, not that she forgot, (because as you know, you should never forget such a thing) but that it was warm and cozy inside. A minute later and all were standing, dripping wet in the tiny foyer of Bucky’s house. The lizard rat monsters were still across the street, watching with what looked like only academic interest, which made them all the more frightening.

“I’ll start the tea,” said Bucky’s mom, and into the kitchen she went.

“I’ll help,” said the cabdriver, whose name happened to be Bert. He then went into the kitchen which was just the opposite side of the house as the den and back porch.

Clement and Bucky took off their coats and hung them up on the coat rack in the foyer and headed toward the den. The Beautiful Woman followed close behind.

Bucky started a fire in the gas fireplace and sat down on the sofa. Clement sat next to her and the Beautiful Woman just stood there.

“Does my dress look like a bell when I turn around really fast?” asked the Beautiful Woman, who then turned in place several times rather fast, splashing mud all over the den walls, Bucky’s chair, Bucky’s mom’s chair, the TV, the sofa and Clement and Bucky.

“No,” said Bucky, “the mud keeps it pretty straight.”

The Beautiful Woman looked disappointed. “Oh.”

“Sit down, please,” said Bucky.

The Beautiful Woman looked very happy and sat rather hard and floppily into the mud splattered chair that Bucky’s mom usually sat in.

“Comfy!” she exclaimed.

“Yeah, that’s my mom’s. The one next to it is mine, if you want to sit there...”

“No, this is quite comfortable. Thank you.”

Bucky frowned. How was she going to get The Beautiful Woman out of her mother’s chair without being rude? The Beautiful Woman just sat there, with a rather unnerving smile on her face, as if she was waiting for the server in a restaurant to take her order.

“Can I get you anything?” Bucky asked.

“Tea.”

“My mom is getting the tea.”

“Oh,” and she just kept staring and smiling. Once in a long while she would blink.

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