Emmett and Queenie, continued

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The locking-because-it's-full of the thread I was just lately posting on has forced me to start this "remedial" thread.

When I created "Roleplay By Monologues," it was designed as a parody of roleplayers who fragment away from each other and turn one game into competing solo stories. Not that I objected to the _characters_ being in separate places due to circumstances; but I experienced players _ignoring,_ even head-on contradicting the "facts" established by fellow players. Those who did this had one (or both!) of two motives: either they were too dead-slug lazy to bother paying attention to what other players were doing IN THE SAME STORY, or they were so arrogantly narcissistic that all along they assumed everything was about them. So I invited _intentional_ contradictions in "Monologues," for a parody OF such behavior.

It was entirely unforeseen by me that this would _result_ in my _still_ ending up having a coherent story-arc spring up. It happened because I thought it would be fun to do a crossover to the almost equally anarchistic "Queen of Hearts" thread where my "granddaughter" Lady-of-Narnia was portraying Alice in Wonderland. One thing led to another; in case anyone is interested, I'm going to try to fit in a partial explanation before the interrupted story is completed.
 
In the "Queen of Hearts/Wonderland" thread, several of us were playing "own-self" characters, including me, MGG-Took, Gentle Voice and Inkling. In Vanessa's case, she did this so that she could have a vicarious romance with the man of her dreams (if you don't know who that is, welcome to your _first_ minute EVER on this forum!); for she had brought him into Wonderland with her, along with some Hobbits. (Gentle Voice likewise had Edmund Pevensie along to make eyes at.)

I thought it would _enhance_ the randomness of "Monologues" if I had characters from there pop into Wonderland, as Narnian and Middle-Earth characters had already been allowed to do. So, having already imported the Scott Glenn and Kevin Costner gunslinger characters from the film "Silverado" into "Monologues," I did scenes of them entering Wonderland--like these two samples:
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A handsome Western gunslinger walks into the castle, startling the March Hare. But the gunslinger is no less amazed. "What's this place?" he exclaims. "I thought I was headed for the Octopus Garden Restaurant!"

A fabulously beautiful woman speaks to him reassuringly, "It's all right, sir, you just stepped into a thread which I've repositioned close to yours. Your thread is just a short ways down the queue."

Emmett the gunslinger gives the lovely lady a glance of decent, gentlemanly admiration. "If'n you don't mind my asking, ma'am, are you hitched yet?"

The lady smiles. "Yes, I am, but thanks for inquiring."

The gunslinger tips his hat gallantly. "Then I hope your husband knows what a lucky hombre he is. Good day to you;" and he returns to his own RP thread with spurs jingling.

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What Nessa sees is Emmett's brother Jake. Having noticed Emmett wandering into the suddenly-appearing castle [a sudden appearance from their viewpoint within the Monologues time-space continuum], but somehow not having noticed his return, Jake enters the castle also. "Emmett? You in here?" the younger brother calls out.

This brings upon him the long-dreaded reaction from the Queen of Hearts. Pointing to the buckskin-clad figure, she shouts, "Off with his head!"

Jake, his boyish smile not fading, draws one of his Colt .45's and sets the muzzle against the Queen's forehead, while aiming the other at the nearest playing-card-costumed castle guard. "Now, folks, I reckon that would be a powerful unfriendly-like thing for y'all to do. I just came looking for my brother Emmett."

The gorgeous lady Inkling who explained things to Jake's brother now comes in sight and says, "He was here, but I sent him back to your thread not long ago. And yes, I'm a married woman."

Unlike the actor who played him on film, Jake believes in the sanctity of marriage, so he simply nods respectfully to her. Then, to the Queen of Hearts: "Ma'am, I'll ask you just to mosey a short spell with me till I reach the edge of your spread, then I'll say fare-thee-well."

As the hostage Queen is being led off, still delusional about her peril, she points back at the lovely lady and shouts, "Then off with HER head!" At this, Jake tosses his second revolver to the hand of Lady Inkling, who finds the guards suddenly less eager to decapitate her when she's armed.

Once released by the departing Jake, the Queen tries to regain her dignity as if nothing happened, by mounting on a jewelled pogo stick.
 
In order to generate more action for the "full-time" characters in Wonderland, Vanessa decided to bring Hans Christian Andersen's character The Snow Queen into the "Queen of Hearts" roleplay. The "hockey couple," as they would come to be known, were endangered, along with others, by Abominable Snowmen serving this evil sorceress. But Lady Inkling, having some magic herself, summoned the brother gunslingers to help her protect Vanessa's group....


During the night, the reindeer are heard nervously snorting. Before anyone has time to react to this, a startling noise of GUNFIRE breaks out, accompanied by horrid roars.

By the time the party is on its feet and realizes which way to look, the action is winding down. Three figures are seated on three horses, facing away from Vanessa's party but easily recognizable: the brothers Emmett and Jake, plus the blue-kirtled Lady Inkling. Inkling is holding her Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol, Emmett his Winchester 1873 rifle, and Jake his twin Colt .45's. All four weapons are smoking; and all four have contributed to the slaying of a dozen or more frightful creatures.

The slain monsters--and some others like them which are beating a retreat--look much like the furry beast which tried to devour Luke Skywalker in "The Empire Strikes Back."

Lady Inkling wheels her horse toward the party and says, "I used a bit of good magic to call Emmett and Jake to my assistance. The Snow Queen, though not right nearby, has become aware that one of her traps was activated. She sent those antisocial types to collect whoever had been caught. But as of now, you have a good lead on any further attempts to pursue you. Use your time well, friends."

With that, Inkling and the two gunslingers ride off, as the theme from "Silverado" is heard in the air.

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What happened next was entirely and unilaterally Vanessa's idea...

The Snow Queen is very well aware something is going on and she closely watches those three persons on their horses.

SQ: Hmmm......I think one of them could be my guest

Her eyes are watching Emmett the Gunslinger who was riding alongside his brother Jake. The Queen tries to figure out one of her evil plans because she feels something she never knew before......butterflies.

SQ: This is odd......my heart is made of ice and I'm not going to allow anything else in my life but there is something about this man which interests me.

So the Queen figures out her plans to catch Emmett



When it came to it, the Snow Queen _didn't_ have any plans at all for Emmett and Jake but to terrorize and bully them with her magic, not even trying to do anything remotely like befriending, charming or seducing Emmett. So Aslan gave the evil sorceress a taste of her own medicine, filling HER with terror as He showed her that He could slay her anytime He chose and she couldn't do a thing about it. But in this case, humiliation was intended for a redeeming purpose; the encounter with Aslan caused the Snow Queen's powers to fade away, and also caused her to remember when she had been human.
 
Up to this point, no character "native" to the Wonderland setting had come into the Monologues thread; but Vanessa, hating to have the Snow Queen irrevocably miss her chance for salvation and love, decided to have the subdued sorceress come to my thread. There, beginning to call herself Queenie, the character became a successful fashion model--but made it known publicly that she urgently wished to find Emmett (who, as a transplant from cowboy days to modern times, had opened a cowboy-style resturant). A character friendly to Emmett and Jake took some initiative to check out Queenie's intentions.....


The former Matrix character "Ghost" understands that Emmett and Jake are trying to keep their noses clean and be part of normal society in an environment more modern--and restrictive--than their native space-time coordinates. But Ghost, accustomed to urban-guerrilla existence, is not trying to be respectable, and so is under much less restraint. He sets out on a hunt without telling anyone else what he is up to. The hunt takes him to a city much larger than Horse-With-No-Name-Ville.

The Snow Queen has not felt too keenly the loss of her major magic powers--because, just as Jake said when he heard about her new fame, she has been compensated by the media establishment treating her as if she can do no wrong, solely because she is beautiful and exciting and does not contradict any liberal dogma. So, with Aslan leaving her in peace for the present (maybe, she wonders, just satisfied that she can't make any more trouble?), she does not feel so vulnerable as she once would have expected to feel in the event of losing both her magic and her servants.

Rather, she HAS NOT felt vulnerable...until tonight.

Sleeping in a luxurious hotel suite, the celebrity called Queenie by some is awakened in a most unaccustomed fashion: by iron hands grabbing her with the speed of striking snakes, flipping her onto her belly as if she weighed nothing, forcing her arms behind her back, handcuffing them together, turning her face-up again, and pushing something into her mouth to block any outcries--all done faster than she can react to.

The unfamiliar voice of her captor hisses, "I am not here to harm you--which is doubtless quite different from YOUR customary treatment of those you captured. Yes, I know who you really are, though I have never had the displeasure of meeting you till now. I have come on my own account, not at anyone else's prompting; but I will tell you freely that I know the man about whom you spoke on that television broadcast.

"I am about to free your mouth to speak. Don't yell and force me to hurt you. Anyway, the security guard is unconscious for awhile--no permanent damage, but also no interference here." Removing the washcloth gag, he continues, "You said you wished to find Emmett. If you had spent more time in this dimension, which blends into the United States, you would know about his restaurant chain and could easily trace him by normal channels. But you don't come from any normal place, do you? So think of me as facilitating your search--or shall we say, screening it? What is it that you expect to gain from finding Emmett? I say 'gain,' because any suggestion that you intend to GIVE him anything good is laughably absurd. Speak up: what's your true agenda?"

The snow Queen speaks. She is speechless for a little while and then she speaks.

" Have you found Emmett? Are you going to bring me to him? OMG!! My hair must be a mess...let me fix it!" The only answer she got was to be quiet because she doesn't want to know what would happen if....

Filled with happiness and also a bit fear the Snow Queen waits if the intruder is really going to bring her to Emmett. What would the gunslinger think of her? And what if his brother Jake will be there? She doesn't have powers to defeat them like she did before.

The Snow Queen had to think for a while. Ghost took her by surprise and his words were true. She always took things for granted and if she couldn't get what she wanted she took away the free will of her victims and used her evil tricks and power to get done what she needed.

"Alright, alright! Don't be so mean to me! I still care about Emmett"

"You care about Emmett? No, you don't. If you would care about Emmett you would accept his own choice. He never did anything to you, but it was something inside of him that made you desire him. His own will is stronger than any other you have known. But he didn't show any romantic interest towards you. And you know why? Because you forced him. Maybe he could have loved you if you wouldn't have used your evil power and let this so-called love turn into madness."

The Snow Queen had to think about that. She had been planning to force Emmett to love her by capturing him and his brother. But Emmett only felt more dislike to the evilness of this woman. Ghost wasn't finished yet.

"For the first time in your life you have felt something you never felt before. This crazy little thing called love. But you never knew love before and that's why you decided to use your evil magic on an innoncent person like Emmett. Sure...Emmett has killed a lot of enemies but he had reason to do so. But you didn't have any reason to kill those two brothers. Fortunately the old lady [a servant who had known a weakness of the SQ that the brothers hadn't known] helped them escape. Now speak up.....what are your intentions? What are you plans? Capture him again? Ha! It won't work because your powers aren't even half as they once were. And if you do love Emmett you must change."

The Snow Queen lay on the floor thinking about what she wanted. All the glamour and glitter of her famous life didn't seem to be worth anything anymore.


Once convinced of Queenie's genuine change of heart, Ghost allowed her to go to Emmett. Aslan Himself spoke to Emmett, assuring him of his former tormentor's genuine repentance and contrition. This made possible the blossoming of a rather unusual romance, leading to--

--THE WEDDING AT WHOSE RECEPTION MANY CHARACTERS WERE AT THE TIME THE FIRST MONOLOGUES THREAD WAS LOCKED. THAT THREAD'S RESIDENT SUPERHEROES WERE CONCURRENTLY IN ACTION AGAINST "THE CULTURAL CORRUPTION CONSPIRACY."

Now, with my "own-self" character stripped of the superhero-powers he had enjoyed for awhile, we will resume where we left off, in order to get Queenie and Emmett at _least_ as far forward as the morning after their wedding night.
 
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Ooc: Whoever wants to join, come and join but don't interrupt the Emmett/Queenie part

The ceremony lasted very long. Emmett and Queenie left a bit earlier to spet time alone together. Jessica the Bellydancer enjoyed her time with Ghost and Trinity -who caught the bouquet- was having fun with Emmett's brother Jake.
The hockey couple and the Hatter and White Rabbit were having another guess what's on my mind game and were laughinbg the whole time. Because the Rabbit had the most ridiculous things on his mind they had to guess. Like Emmett's car keyes and Queenie's socks. The Finneys were a bit concerned abou their boy missing and they went out to look for him. Then they found him and Copperfox at the edge of the wreckage of the Caricature Baptist Church and saw Joel had taken off his coat to keep Copperfox warm. The Finneys immidiatly came to help them. While people at the party were still having fun, the Finneys brought Copperfox and Joel back in.
 
OOC: Vanessa is not intentionally contradicting previous action, but has omitted that Emmett went out and found Joel and Copperfox _before_ the Finneys went out at all, and was joined by Lady Inkling. Otherwise, assume all is as posted above by Vanessa. Assume further that the medevac helicopter summoned by Bat-Bat from a larger town is taking time arriving due to bad weather...


The reception crowd in the steakhouse was sobered (in the metaphorical sense of that word; none of them were drunk) by the sight of Copperfox being brought in--oddly appearing uninjured, yet too weak to walk on his own. Inkling explained to everyone as much as she knew about the reason for the Navy veteran's condition, concluding, "I don't think his life's in grave danger, but it would help him a lot right now to get a blood transfusion. I have the equipment to do it, but my own blood isn't his type. Does anyone here have O-Positive blood?"
 
Since an area of bad visibility was holding up the coming of a medical helicopter from the nearest city that had one, Bat-Bat offered his assistance. His super-senses could "see" through any amount of snow, rain or fog; so he tethered himself by a Bat-Bat-Rope to the helicopter's landing skids, and flew ahead to guide it. As they went forth in this fashion, the superhero sang something to himself about "Bat-Bat the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
 
Everybody was hoping everything would be okay with Copperfox. But little Joel was very sure he would be. The Finneys calmed down the guests and told them everything was gonna be fine. Because Christmas was coming up very fast the Rabbit and the Hatter wanted to look for some Christmas decoration. Eric realized even though he and Nessa were already married they didn't have rings so he wanted to purchase them first so everything would be official now.
Emmett and Queenie wanted to be updated about the news about Copperfox even though Batbat went with him to the Hospital.
Jessica the bellydancer promised Ghost to teach him more techniques. And it looked like Ghost enjoyed this more and more.
 
OOC: Any interested person can claim to have been the below-mentioned blood donor.


A blood donor having been found among the guests, Inkling was able to do the transfusion on Copperfox even before the helicopter arrived. But only one pint was donated, and Copperfox would have use for another pint; he would also need some repair to organ damage that Bat-Bat had scanned ultrasonically. So the helicopter ride still was on his agenda.

But Queenie, while still not yet informed of how much Copperfox in the form of Grey Eagle had done for all of them, grabbed the opportunity before he was evacuated to thank him for the recording of him singing which had been played at the start of the wedding. And Emmett, who knew somewhat more, quietly remarked to his sailor friend, "Bat-Bat, and the hospital you're goin' to, will both have the chance to analyze that chemical. In the hospital's case, it'll be from soil that absorbed some of the liquid while you were lyin' there before you transformed. No fear, ALL of that stuff that's above ground is bein' isolated in case it evaporates; and a HAZMAT team from the state police will be cleaning up the stuff underground where you stopped it. They'll also put labs to work on it. Now, I thank you, squid-boy; on behalf of that life that's dearer to me than my own, I thank you for what you done."

This was the first time Copperfox had ever seen tears in the gunslinger's eyes; Emmett was obviously moved above all at the thought of how close his Queenie had come to dying a slow death and being a mind-controlled robot while she lasted.

"My reward is that justice has been done," Copperfox replied. "That's from 'The Three Amigos,' a pretty good movie. Now don't fret over me, I'll be okay now; Grey Eagle took the worst of it. We'll be seeing each other soon enough. But right now, the way for you to thank me is to HAVE A HAPPY WEDDING NIGHT; don't let anything rob you and your bride of that."

After the "retired" superhero had been loaded into the helicopter and taken away, Emmett called for the attention of his guests.

"Dear pals, all of you are more'n welcome to hang out here an' socialize an' eat as long as you please; Copperfox is gonna get well real quick, an' he told me he doesn't want the evenin' spoiled for any of us. But as for Queenie an' me, I reckon you'll all understand if she and I want to get to our, uh, SHAKIN' HANDS. The limo's waitin'--I wanna thank Bat-Bat for the loan of that; and it's a long drive to them _separate_ houses five miles apart." That last part was greeted with snickering and chortling from the crowd--including children ages nine and up, all of whom knew perfectly well what was really going to happen tonight, but were expected to pretend they didn't know.

"However, friends," Emmett continued, "I want to share one unscheduled thing before we hit the trail. Even Queenie don't know about this yet. I was gonna spring it on her at a slightly later time; but after the disturbance there's been (in which God be praised that no innocent lives were lost), I think I should let all of you hear it, so's we can bid you hasta la vista on a happier note." He sat on a chair as a circle formed around him. "Queenie, love of my life, please come join me here."

An instant later, Queenie was perched on her husband's knee, exactly as she had been the day she received salvation and made her Christian commitment. Emmett spoke to her now, but for all to hear:

"Dearest darlin', you know I ain't a poet like our good buddy squid-boy. But for a teeny miracle amidst the stupendifrous miracle of us gettin' hitched, I just _became_ a poet this very day. It struck like prairie lightnin', when you an' the White Knight were comin' up the aisle toward me. I saw you wearin' that tiara you'd told me about; an' with it bein' from your sixteeth birthday, an' Aslan havin' said you'd have life expectancy from now as if you were sixteen again...well, this kinda came to me. I hope you like it:

"With your golden crown from childhood sittin' on your golden hair,
Above that perfect, gorgeous wedding dress,
You were givin' me such happiness, it almost felt unfair--
But I can't say I wanted any less.

"If I ran all out of firewood on a real cold prairie night,
You'd be a modern camp stove, ready lit.
If I had to walk ten miles in boots that pinched my feet real tight,
You'd be a pair of new boots that would fit.

"If I came home hot and sweaty from a dusty four-day ride,
You'd be a shaded hammock for my rest.
If some sneaky darned bushwhackers opened fire from every side,
You'd be that nice newfangled kevlar vest.

"Darlin' Queenie, Missus Frankl, you're so many things to me,
I'll be an old man when I've made the list.
But right here where I can count 'em is just where I want to be,
So all them things you are can all get kissed."
 
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Queenie was deeply touched by this poem and kissed her beloved one. Emmett and Queenie both thanked their guests personally and then they left to their new home. Some guests continued the party while others decided to leave as well. Eric grabbed his wife's hand and left. They went out for a walk together.

" The first thing we are going to do tomorrow is to get ourselves some wedding rings. We have been in such hurry to get married we forgot those back in Wonderland".

The Hatter and the Rabbit normally would have joined the hockey couple but they had so much fun they decided to stay.
The new house of Emmett and Queenie was located halfway the decoy houses prepared by Batbat. Their new house was having an easy approach from the far side of a ridge and was hiding movements from the eyes of anybody in Town. More and more guests noticed the snow around the actual house was turning into steam. There weren't many guests surprised by the sight of the steam coming up. Some even laughed while others wanted to feel if the steam was hot so they could warm their feet. After a very long and great day they all were tired but satisfied.
 
OOC: Since this is a squeaky-clean forum, let me resort to metaphor. He who hath an ear, let him hear.


A treacherous river, full of crocodiles, had been bridged, and the crocodiles turned into fluffy bunnies.

An iron gate in an iron fence, its lock rusted fast for more than a century, now opened to let life enter.

A field full of poisonous weeds was transformed into a spectacular, wholesome garden.

An engine with a long-dead battery received a jump start and roared mightily.

A horribly long, bitter winter turned into a joyful riot of spring flowers.

A desert which had not even a memory of rain, was irrigated and brought to life.

A broken clock was repaired, able to tell time again, able to be part of time.

A dusty, cobwebbed house was blasted clean all through by pure, friendly breezes.

A sad little maiden, wandering far from what had seemed like home, suddenly was really home.

A bitter old woman was transformed into a laughing, playful, affectionate girl.

The tears of uncontainable joy, and the shrieking laughter of immeasurable delight, were part of the same thing.

And a man with more scars than he had years of life, was healed and content.



~ ~ Ain't it somethin' what shakin' hands can do for a soul?
 
The Hatter and the Rabbit finally left the party and went into the woods. They often did this back at Wonderland. They were curious how the landscape would look like late in the evening or early morning. After a while the Hatter spotted two familiar figures. It was the hockey couple looking at the mountains. Eric and Nessa held each other tightly while looking at the mountains. The Rabbit called them. Nessa looked up.

" Eric my love, it's the Rabbit and the Hatter joined too".

" So, what are you two lovebirds doing here so late?"

Eric smiled and pointed his finger at the nearby Mountain. The Rabbit nodded his head.

" Yes, it is beautiful".

Eric looked and suddenly reminded himself about Hockey and snow.

" Maybe we could play hockey tomorrow?"

After a while it as so late and dark they went back to the Steakhouse. And a bit more late they all felt asleep. The next morning Eric and Nessa got up early. They were going to get themselves the wedding rings. Gladys was very helpful and knew a very nice and good jeweller who could help them. So the hockey couple left and went to the same Jeweller. They both looked at very gorgeous rings and finally they found what they were looking for.
The Jeweller engraved their names and the wedding date and after paying they left. Eric and Nessa exchanged their Rings with the Hatter and the Rabbit present. And after this it was time to play hockey. Some local kids were very pleased to learn some hockey basics and because Eric played in the NHL they were even more excited. So both the Rabbit and Eric splitted up in two teams. The Lindros Team and the Rabbit team. Nessa and the Hatter checked the scores.

Ghost was still excited about his bellydancing performance and he already made another appointment with Jessica who studied new songs on her bagpipe and played them while Ghost had to do the dancing.
 
When Bat-Bat had set up the decoy-houses arrangement for Emmett and Queenie, he and they had realized that they would not be able to conceal for long the fact of where they were actually living. Indeed, when Queenie peeked out a window early in the morning--before, cough cough, returning to some unfinished business--she saw how they had evaporated all the snow between the house and the nearest peaks of the Rocky Mountains. And she knew that people would realize who was at the epicenter of that effect.

So, once they were really ready to get up, which was not soon, Plan B went operational.

This was a spacious room they had, and Emmett had taken a hand in preparing it. Inside one wall was a double bed--the "Murphy bed" once popular in hotels, which would emerge, tilting down on hinges, from its enclosure inside the wall for use, then could be tilted up and put away as if it had never existed. "As if it had never existed" was the key. For placed in full view in this room, as far apart as the space permitted, were two "I Love Lucy" single beds, each with its own nightstand and lamp.

As we look in on the newlyweds on the morning (very late in the morning) after their wedding night, we find them both muffled and swathed in pajamas so heavy and bulky, that they would almost suffice as outerwear in Antarctica. Emmett at "his" bed, and Queenie at "her" bed, are both carefully mussing the covers on these twin beds, to make it look as if they had actually been slept in. Both newlyweds cast frequent glances toward the hidden Murphy bed--both to make sure its enclosure is tightly shut, and as pretext for exchanging meaningful smiles.

QUEENIE: Are we almost ready, sweetheart? The Mod-Cam detector Bat-Bat left us indicates at least four cameras on standby; they must be really anxious to get their euphemistic scene transmitted!

EMMETT: I reckon we're ready for 'em, darlin'...just hold a thumbs-up hand in the air, swing it around so they'll see it plain whatever the viewpoint. Here we go, for the Mods! (*Moves to stand facing Queenie at a distance of about five feet*) Good mornin', Mrs. Frankl. (*Reaches out to shake hands with her*)

QUEENIE: Good morning, Mr. Frankl. Did you sleep well?

EMMETT: Yes, I did, thanks for askin'. These're very comfortable SEPARATE BEDS FIFTEEN FEET APART that we got us here.

QUEENIE: Why, yes, there's nothing so restful as going to sleep in SEPARATE BEDS FIFTEEN FEET APART.

EMMETT: Mrs. Frankl, do you suppose we'll also have a good night's rest tonight in these two SEPARATE BEDS FIFTEEN FEET APART?

QUEENIE: There's no doubt in my mind about that, Mr. Frankl. I'm quite sure that these SEPARATE BEDS FIFTEEN FEET APART will be put to exactly the same use tonight as they were last night.

EMMETT: Indeed, Mrs. Frankl; and I anticipate us havin' the exact same quality of peaceful sleep tonight as we had last night.

(*As soon as the camera controllers shift to viewing other characters in other places, the steady-pickup sound monitors in the control room suddenly register laughter, followed by a sound like something large being moved on hinges, followed by a sound like piles of clothing falling on the floor, followed by the same kind of noises from Emmett and Queenie's location as were audible during most of the night. The control personnel make a note NOT to look back in on the Frankls without warning.*)
 
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The Lindros team was doing a great job but the Rabbit team didn't perform bad either. the rabbit showed himself remarkable quick on the ice and Nessa for once didn't cheer for her beloved husband. She was cheering for the Rabbit.

" Come on Snow White! You can do it!"

Eric laughed and held his wife tightly and kissed her.

" Snow White? I never thought about her as a Rabbit, and a male. Does this mean the Hatter is one of the dwarves?"

Nessa laughed and nodded her head. Then the kids begged Eric to play another round. They loved the spirit of winning but not only winning, to play together was much fun. Eric played one more round and then he allowed the Hatter to take his place as he stood next to Nessa. He wrapped both his arms around her and gave advice to the Hatter's team.
Ghost and Jessica were still doing bellydancing when Trinity passed them and started to clap her hands.

" I never expected you to be like this Ghost. But you are an impressive bellydancer. Maybe you could perform for us and give us a show".

Ghost laughed. And admitted he had learned a lot but wasn't ready to give a show. Trinity looked at him and had her doubts. She expected him to be ready anytime soon.
 
While alone with Jessica, Ghost finally admitted to his real problem. He already knew that men in Hawaii sometimes danced the hula, which was akin to bellydancing; but he was NOT about to accept being made to wear a female costume like Jessica's under any circumstances.

"Not a problem," chirped the Nebraska girl--who was looking more appealing all the time, thanks to the self-confidence she had gained through being accepted by everyone in Emmett and Queenie's crowd. "While my chapter of S.C.A. lasted, I learned plenty about costume design. I can make some sort of warrior-gladiator outfit for you to wear. In fact, you could dance holding a weapon of some kind."

Her smile turned impish. "Of course, to make your costume, I'll need to measure you all over."
 
However long it takes, _other_ appetites will eventually make themselves felt. Such as, for food.

"Queenie, darlin', the pantry an' fridge here are already stocked. Let me make you your first breakfast as Mrs. Frankl. I confess to _somehow_ havin' worked up a powerful hunger myself."

"In that case, Emmett my love, and considering that I _will_ be doing an increasing share of the cooking as I gain in skill, I think * I * should be cooking breakfast for YOU."

"Mmmmmmmm....Sweetheart, would you be pickin' a fight?"

"Aaaahhhh....Of course, dearest. I haven't forgotten what you said about the WAY you wanted all our arguments to be fought out. So, on guard, you wicked brute."

But they did finally manage to eat breakfast no later than 2 p.m.
 
The local kids enjoyed their hockeytime. The Hatter got off the ice and Eric took over his place so the Hatter could rest for a while. Around the afternoon the parents were calling their kids to come home for lunch. Nessa walked back to the Steakhouse and asked if she could take the lunch over to the ice. Rosita didn't have any problems with it at all and she prepared the most delicious lunch for four people. Then she noticed the beautiful Ring around Nessa's finger.

" What do I see? A wedding ring? But you were already married?"

" Yes, I am but we didn't have rings so Eric decided to get them this morning. Gladys showed us the way to this nice jeweller and we went there and bought these".

Gladys smiled. She enjoyed it if people were happy. She was very happy Emmett and Queenie were finally together and now she started to focus herself on Jake and Trinity who both seemed to love each other a lot.

Nessa went back to the ice and found her three hockeyplaying compagnions throwing snowballs at each other.

" Here....take a rest for a while. It's lunchtime".

The Rabbit and the Hatter sat down and took some soup Rosita made and Eric wrapped one arm around his wife and kissed her cheek and sat down and took some soup as well. They all were having lunch and a bit later in the afternoon the kids returned to continue playing hockey. Eric and the Rabbit played hockey non-stop for a couple of hours while the Hatter and Nessa were drinking some tea.

" I knew your husband would easily be able to play hockey for hours but I never thought the Rabbit would be able to do so too".

" Yep, but back in Wonderland he played hockey with Eric and Merry and Pippin so he learned a lot".

The local kids were having so much fun their parents had to come and look. Eric was teaching them some techniques and he gave them some advice too.
And when the evening came the children went back home to do their homwork and having dinner. Eric and the Rabbit still played hockey. Finally the Rabbit was getting tired and Eric went off the ice and felt into Nessa's arms.

" Love...I think I'm tired. And I'm getting hungry too".

" I think it's about time you would get tired. You played hockey non-stop for a couple of hours. I knew you would be able to do this considering you are a professional hockeyplayer but the Rabbit......he deserves a big compliment".

Eric started to laugh and hugged the Rabbit.

" You have a wonderful personality my friend! Unbelievable you were able to play for so long".

The Rabbit smiled and drank his tea.

" I wanted to keep up with you so that's why I continued. And besides this....the children were having fun".

Then they went back into the steakhouse and finally had dinner together.
 
Running the Gunslinger Steakhouse in Emmett's absence, Jake and Trinity managed to be side by side, whispering together, a great deal of the time as business allowed. Learning that Jessica Hopgood had done waitress work at her college, they gave her a temporary job.

The fact that Jessica had been able to come here at all, when most college students were taking their finals, had turned out to be because she had succeeded in arranging to take her finals early. She had been that much on top of all her courses, and that serious about wanting to see the wedding of Emmett and Queenie in person. Her interest led Jake, at a lull in activity after the hockey couple had eaten, to point out a certain chair in the main dining area.

"That there chair," Jake explained, "is where Queenie was a-sittin' at the moment she received Jesus as her Lord an' Savior. More strictly speakin', _Emmett_ was sittin' on the chair, an' Queenie was sittin' on Emmett."

"It was the most remarkable thing," put in Trinity; she and Jake had not been present at the dramatic moment, but they knew all about it. "Because Queenie's corruption by magic had happened at an early age, Jesus, acting as Aslan, put her back at that age emotionally once she repented of her evil. So when she came to see Emmett, she was a mix of girlish shyness and girlish boldness--afraid at first that he would refuse to speak to her, yet unabashed about plunking herself onto his lap as soon as his words and actions had given her enough encouragement."

Jake nodded. "At first, Queenie sat on that other chair over there; but her move to Emmett's knee happened even before she had officially prayed her prayer of conversion with him."

"Just after Miss Piggy's attempted interruption," Trinity laughed.

"Yes, I read the report of that online as soon as it was posted," said Jessica. "My youth pastor back in Nebraska looked at it, and remarked that in real life it's a _really_ bad idea to allow romantic feelings to cloud the air when someone is just beginning to find faith."

"Normally, your pastor's perfectly right," agreed Jake. "But in this particular case, Aslan was ridin' herd on the whole process. Before Queenie's train pulled into town, Aslan had spoken to Emmett, lettin' out hints even then that He Himself _wanted_ them to get hitched, because Queenie was for real in dumpin' the evil ways an' wantin' to be good. Believe you me, Emmett was NOT thrilled at first about the suggestion; but once Queenie was here, he could see she WAS powerful sorry for what she done, and--well, y'all know how it turned out."

Jessica grinned. "Yes, I've seen where the snow turned into steam."
 
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The Hatter and the Rabbit talked about the miraculous change inside of Queenie.

" For all those years she has been an enemy to those living in her own land and she even cooperated with our Hearts Monarchs. But look at her now. She changed so much".

The Rabbit nodded his head.

" That's true. I even remember when she first got in touch with the King. She even warned him and now. Look what has become of her. There is always hope for even the most evil sorcerer as long as they allow love".

It was incredible and funny to see how the snow had melted. And some called it love snow or snow of love. This was a part of the future legend of Horse-with-no-name ville.

Inside the steakhouse Trinity wondered if she and jake would get the same effect. But of course her situation had been much different than Queenie's. Once such an evil sorcerer who turned into a lovely lady now known as Mrs Frankl
 
Jessica had another question on her mind. Lowering her voice--

"Jake, no one's mentioning this subject, but I _can't_ help wondering: if Queenie came here all the way from another dimension, that means she _isn't_ a United States citizen. Has there been any problem about that?"

"None at all," Jake replied. "Soon as the Change Party found out she was an illegal immigrant, they fell in love with her; they even got her a driver's license before she knew the steerin' wheel from the trunk lid. Which, by the way, she still don't; but we'll fix that soon."
 
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