Zaia's Babysitting Adventure!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-07-09 05:03am

Oh...that rocks.....
Wait..Lindar...Sugur....

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-07-09 06:22am

I hate you.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2005-07-09 11:20am

CHIBIZILLA: RRRRROOOOONNNNNK!

CYRAN: NO, THEY'RE MY COOKIEES! I STOLE THEM FAIR AND SQUARE!

Bwahahaha!

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2005-07-09 12:38pm

I mean how much trouble could one elderly (or was that Elder) cat be. He just eats and sleeps until the stars are right or until someone disturbs his non-eucladian kittykondo

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2005-07-09 04:17pm

[Moe} Ah, the laughter of children. Cut's through me like knives.[/Moe]

I hope you're getting paid for all of this, Z.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2005-07-09 04:59pm

Great fun

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-07-10 12:46am

PART 4: And Here She Is

*all kids yelling*

ZAIA: That's enough!

*silence*

ZAIA: That's better. Now then-

*doorbell. All kids go back to yelling at each other. ZAIA hurriedly places BRAINCHILD on a nearby coffee table and runs for the door*

BRAINCHILD: Don't you leave me here unattended!

LINDAR: Ooh, pretty!

BRAINCHILD: No touching! Shoo!

*CUT TO: outside the house, where MARINA is standing, holding an overnight bag and tapping her foot. ZAIA flings open the door and closes it behind her before throwing her arms around MARINA and kissing her*

MARINA: Mrph!

*ZAIA lets go and leans against the door*

MARINA: Well, I believe that sets the tone for the evening.

ZAIA: Oh, shut up. You have no idea what's going on in there. A two-foot tall Godzilla. Lindar. Baby Cyran. A brain in a jar. Kuja's daughter-

MARINA: Kuja had a kid?!

ZAIA: A two-foot caterpillar.

*silence*

MARINA: I don't want to know, do I?

ZAIA: *firmly* No.

MARINA: Very well then, here are her things. *MARINA hands over the bag* And I just gave her a snack, so don't spoil her.

ZAIA: Sure thing. *a beat* So, where is this girl of yours?

*MARINA looks around briefly, then hisses loudly. A moment later, an elf-eared young girl comes tearing around the corner of the house, scaled lower body thrashing wildly. She has a mouse clutched in her mouth. Still struggling*

MARINA: Zaia, meet Nanahi.

ZAIA: *with a smile* Hello there.

NANAHI: H'mo.

MARINA: *sternly* Haven't I told you to swallow before speaking?

*NANAHI gulps the mouse*

NANAHI: Hello, Miss Zaia!

*NANAHI smiles widely, revealing a pair of snake fangs*

ZAIA: *brightly* Well, how polite! I think we're going to get along just fine! *she looks back up* A naga?

MARINA: Why, is that a problem?

ZAIA: Not at all, I love snakes! Just so long as I have the same number of cats in my house when she leaves as I do now.

MARINA: I assure you, she's far better behaved than that.

ZAIA: Great! *a beat. ZAIA looks at NANAHI and back at MARINA* So, um...obvious question, Marina?

*MARINA grins*

MARINA: I'll see you tomorrow. *to NANAHI* Behave!

NANAHI: Promise!

*they watch MARINA leave and wave as she drives away*

ZAIA: Well, Nanahi, come in and meet your playmates for the night.

*they open the door to a scene of utter chaos. CHIBIZILLA is standing on the couch and holding BRAINCHILD just out of LINDAR'S reach as she hops from foot to foot and squeals. CYRAN is surrounded by a circle of scorched carpet and there is smoke rising from his clothes. ALETIA is frantically crawling around the room with LINDAR'S bag stuck on her head. She furiously shakes back and forth, finally sending the bag flying and knocking CHIBIZILLA over. BRAINCHILD screams as he tips, falls, bounces off LINDAR'S head, and lands upright back on the coffee table*

NANAHI: ...you're joking, right?

ZAIA: Unfortunately not.

NANAHI: *mutters* Secus ego melior ab Hades.

ZAIA: What?

NANAHI: *evasively* Something I learned...somewhere.

CYRAN: Hey, look at the new girl!

*activity slows and stops as the various kids come forward to look at NANAHI*

CHIBIZILLA: Rrrrrronk?

LINDAR: Hey, she's cute!

CYRAN: She's...a lizard.

*NANAHI hisses angrily and launches herself at CYRAN*

BRAINCHILD: My word!

*ZAIA lets NANAHI beat on CYRAN for a few seconds, then claps her hands*

ZAIA: Alright, alright, that's enough! *silence* You folks have some things to do before you can amuse yourselves. *she points at CHIBIZILLA* You. Homework. *he grunts. ZAIA points at CYRAN* You. Clean the carpet.

CYRAN: D'oh.

*ZAIA points at ALETIA and LINDAR*

ZAIA: You two. Clean the room.

LINDAR: Squee!

ALETIA: *sadly* Chi.

NANAHI: What about me?

ZAIA: *pauses* Watch everyone else and make sure they do their jobs. And if they don't, you are completely allowed to go apeshit on them.

*NANAHI slithers up onto the couch*

NANAHI: You've got it!

*multiple groans*

CYRAN: *mutters* Suckup.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2005-07-10 12:55am

5 Minutes and I haven't managed to cause massive property damage. I'm obviously on good behavior. That or I managed to use every single spell in my repetior before I got turned into a kid...

I'm thinking B is the more likely.

Anyway, again very funny. Lindar has so far taken the cake.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2005-07-10 01:58am

Well...

That's...

...Interesting.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-07-10 02:07am

This sort of thing wouldn't happen in Tasmania, there are laws against it. No wonder Zaia likes it here so much. There are no small child-like mutants.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-07-10 02:28am

mmmm mmmm mmm that's good writin'!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-07-10 04:51am

Let me understand this.
We have a caterpiller.... a tiny insane blackmage....a BRAIN...a snake...what am I forgetting?

I think this is the prequal to Groove and some walls are going to fall down.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2005-07-11 12:10am

Do we really want to know how Duchess came about having a Nagai?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2005-07-11 12:11am

Jason von Evil wrote:Do we really want to know how Duchess came about having a Nagai?

No.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2005-07-11 12:14am

Business like usual?

Lindar · Post by **Lindar** » 2005-07-11 11:24am

*claps laughing and giggling, eyes the brain thing in the jar* Can't we let it out? I bet it's all slimy and squishy! And am sure, that between it and Aletia, we can have alll sorts of fun.

*pokes Cyran* Don't forget, Aletia only had that Bag stuck on her head, which means somewhere the contents is loose...

*pounces and snuggles Z, sighs happily* i miss you....

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-07-11 11:25am

LOL...good stuff Kuj, good stuff.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2005-07-11 03:07pm

Ace Pace wrote: Let me understand this.
We have a caterpiller.... a tiny insane blackmage....a BRAIN...a snake...what am I forgetting?

I think this is the prequal to Groove and some walls are going to fall down.

You forgot Chibizilla, and Nanahi is a a Naga, not a snake. Very different.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-07-11 09:45pm

Wow. Lindar on a full sugar rush...

Post by **Kuja** » 2005-07-11 11:11pm

PART 5: Tension

*CHIBIZILLA sits on the couch. In his lap is a book bigger than he is, covered in arcane writing. He makes weird grunting noises. LINDAR comes creeping over, looking curious*

LINDAR: So, what'cha doing?

*CHIBIZILLA turns on her and bellows in a deep voice*

CHIBIZILLA: DIA AD AGHAIDH'S AD AODAUN AGUS BAS DUNACH ORT!

*LINDAR runs, screaming. CHIBIZILLA wipes some blood from his mouth and goes back to reading. CUT TO the nearby hallway, where CYRAN is trailing ALETIA*

CYRAN: So just where the hell did you come from?

ALETIA: Chi.

ZAIA: *from offscreen* What did I say about the swearing, young man?

CYRAN: Enjoy this while you can, Zaia!

*ALETIA snickers*

CYRAN: Oh, shut up.

*he pokes her*

ALETIA: *angry* Chi!

CYRAN: And what are you gonna do about it?

*he goes to poke her again when an image of KUJA springs to life and begins howling*

KUJA: CYRAN, IF YOU LAY ONE DIRTY FINGER OF YOURS ON MY DAUGHTER WITHOUT HER EXPLICIT PERMISSION I WILL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF AND BEAT YOU WITH THEM!

*ALETIA calmly crawls away, leaving Cyran staring at the wall with one hand still raised*

CYRAN: I...

*CUT TO: BRAINCHILD sitting on the table. NANAHI pops her head up near him*

NANAHI: So just what are you?

BRAINCHILD: I am a cerebral creation of Stravo's, constructed to assist in his writing duties. I have an Intelligence Quotient of one hundred and eighty-seven. I am approximately five hundred and twenty-seven days old and can lift twice my own body weight, which happens to be one pound and four ounces.

NANAI: You've been working on that introduction for a long time, haven't you?

BRAINCHILD: Roughly three months, give or take a day.

NANAHI: You don't get out much, do you?

BRANCHILD: Sadly no, my lack of motor ability keeps me rather confined to wherever I am set.

NANAHI: So why not build a robot body?

BRAINCHILD: I actually have one on the drawing board, but lack of funding currently has me stymied.

CHIBIZILLA: PH-NGLUI MGLW'NAFH CTHULHU R'LYEH WGAH'NAGL FHTAGN!

*CUT TO: SINGULAR AND TYPHONIS in a workshop, bent over what looks like a car that has grown human arms and legs. They suddenly look at each other*

TYPHONIS: Did you feel that?

SINGULAR: You mean that sensation best described as the entire universe shifting just a few inches to the left?

TYPHONIS: Yeah.

SINGULAR: Don't worry about it. It just means the kid's doing his homework.

*CUT TO: ZAIA'S house*

ZAIA: Lindar? Where are you sweetie? *a beat* Cyran, have you seen Lindar?

*CAMERA PANS to show CYRAN huddled in the corner, looking at his feet. He raises a hand*

CYRAN: She's up there.

*PAN UP to reveal LINDAR mirroring CYRAN'S position, but on the ceiling*

LINDAR: *waves* Hi!

ZAIA: Holy sh-

CYRAN: Ah ah ah! That's setting a bad example!

ZAIA: Shut up.

CYRAN: *grunts*

ZAIA: Lindar, sweetie? Please come down from there.

LINDAR: Sure thing!

*she leaps off the ceiling and comes tumbling into ZAIA'S arms*

ZAIA: Thank you, now no more going up there, OK?

LINDAR: OK!

ZAIA: AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYONE! ANYONE ON THE WALLS OR CEILING, GET BACK ON THE FLOOR NOW!

*CUT TO the kitchen, where ALETIA is curiously inspecting the ceiling light*

ALETIA: *annoyed* Chi.

*she turns and begins crawling back down. CUT TO the dining room, where NANAHI is upside down on the ceiling, holding BRAINCHILD*

NANAHI: Damn. How could she have known?

BRAINCHILD: It seems I must re-estimate my assumption that she operates with normal human sensory input.

*CUT TO the living room, where CHIBIZILLA is levitating in midair, still absorbed in his book. At ZAIA'S yell, he lowers the book, looks at the nearest wall, looks at the ceiling, looks at the floor, then shrugs and goes back to reading. CUT TO the hall*

CYRAN: *sniff* Hey, does anyone smell smoke?

ZAIA: Oh no! My pasta's burning!

*she drops LINDAR and runs into the kitchen*

ZAIA: *from off-screen* GET OFF THE WALL, ALETIA!

ALETIA: CHI!

*the smoke alarm goes off. Time passes as windows are thrown open and fans switched on*

ZAIA: Hey, kids! Who wants to go out for dinner?

*cheers. ZAIA turns to look at the camera*

ZAIA: Yes, I'm aware that this bunch is going to attract a lot of unwelcome attention. But I just almost burned my house down. So shut up.

Lindar · Post by **Lindar** » 2005-07-12 12:04am

*cheeers* Yay!*hugs Kuja laughing* This is fun! do it again

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2005-07-12 08:06am

Wow, things are staring to heat up. Not only can chibizilla perform vastly powerful magic, Zaia is insane enough to take the carnival out for dinner.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-07-12 10:29am

Ford Prefect wrote:Wow, things are staring to heat up. Not only can chibizilla perform vastly powerful magic, Zaia is insane enough to take the carnival out for dinner.

Can you blame me for wanting to keep my house standing?

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2005-07-12 10:42am

Zaia wrote: Can you blame me for wanting to keep my house standing?

What about your car?

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2005-07-12 10:43am

Zaia wrote:
Ford Prefect wrote:Wow, things are staring to heat up. Not only can chibizilla perform vastly powerful magic, Zaia is insane enough to take the carnival out for dinner.
Can you blame me for wanting to keep my house standing?

Z... Hon. I'm in the group, you really think anything short of leaving the state will keep your house standing?