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Oh, forget the spoon and bib, I was a mess anyhow, just lick the chocolate off. But where were my manners? "Pardon me," I said politely, "since we've been through so much together: sailing ships and wormholes and vats of chocolate and all--perhaps I might have the pleasure of knowing your name?" Obviously amused, he looked down at me out of dreamy, well--chocolate colored--eyes, and said...
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"Why, of course, lovely lady, the name's MacGyver and I'm happy to meet you" ...and he very gallantly kissed my chocolate covered hand ... which sent shivers down my spine. He was so handsome in a rugged sort of way, and I could feel my heart palpitating. Then .....
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Willy Wonka intruded, rudely, I thought, on our interlude, shouting, "Hey! Who's going to pay for the clean up and replacement of the contaminated chocolate, not to mention baths and new clothes for 27 Oompa Loompas?" I wondered, vaguely, what dimension we were in now, but kept hold of MacGyver's hand. He was the only good thing to come out of this whole adventure! I only hoped he wasn't from another galaxy, or New Jersey or somewhere. With an effort, I turned my attention back to Willy Wonka. "I'm afraid, sir," I said, "we seem to be having a cash flow problem, but we'd be happy to work off the debt, if you'd only...
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... first point us in the direction of the bathing area." He pointed, with an angry, impatient look on his face, and I started pulling MacGyver along behind me, eager to ... (sorry but this bit has been moderated due to our PG-13 rating) ... I finally found the huge bath and looked behind me with a huge grin on my face, only to realise that I was no longer holding onto gorgeous MacGyver's hand but, somehow, I was now holding onto ...
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A bath brush drenched with fragrant, sudsy body wash. Ah, what luxury! MacGyver was similarly employed a few feet away, while the helpful Oompa Loompas did our laundry. Mr. Wonka was being very nice, despite his snarly visage. I wondered what job he'd have us do--taste the chocolates, maybe, or...
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I want to contribute to this story (LOVE IT!! thank you to everyone who has contributed) but the tangent I was going to might have been a bit out of everyone's comfort zone.knowledge base. I'll keep reading (and enjoying and maybe I'll be able to jump in at a later point.
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Oh, come on, Lilyr! Dive in! I'd love to see the angle to which your tangent would take us!
But back to the story:
...invent new recipes! Or even...
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my thought process was rudely interrupted as Willy thrust a delivery bag into my hands. It turns out door to door chocolate sales were in our futures. Reluctantly I set off north up the winding path, dragging my overstuffed bag. Looking ahead I was distracted by the appearance of
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A gang of ruffians, obviously planning to rob me of my goodies! Oh, no!
I couldn't fail Mr. Wonka my first day on the job! Thinking quickly, I pulled out...
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a three foot stick of rock candy. I hefted it over my shoulder like a bat and prepared to do battle. At the sight of me and my sweet weapon the ruffians