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fardell24An hour later, the senior squirrel arrived at a large oak tree in a small forest just to the west of Lawndale’s suburban fringe. A large group of squirrels appeared from behind nearby vegetation.
“Password?” a large gruff squirrel asked. The new arrival gave the password he had been given, and then was escorted into a tunnel that lead into the large tree’s root system.
A minute later he was up in the canopy of the tree. This was the heart of the Varmittan Empire, the squirrel polity that dominated the area around Lawndale.
“Report, Captain Jaywi,” said the commander of the Varmittan forces.
“A Non-Normative Event has occurred at Lawndale High School,” Captain Jaywi said, repeating the high pitched impression of Ms Li from earlier.
The Commander of the Varmittan forces remembered Edict 004 ‘All Non-Normative Events are to be reported to the Emperor’ and so allowed Captain Jaywi audience with the Emperor.
Captain Jaywi reported the events at Lawndale High as he had heard from his two patrol officers and his orders to the same. The Emperor was then in thought.
“This Non-Normative Event is serious. I have to check the archives to be sure, but I think that this human female may have had found what is termed a ‘genie’,” the Emperor said.
“Orders, Your Majesty?” Captain Jaywi asked.
“Return to the Glen Oaks post. I will send relevant information if it is found,” the Emperor said.
As he left the Palace-Tree Captain Nuts reflected on the rumours of a Non-Normative Event that may had occurred the previous fall, something to do with ‘Holidays’. There was definitely a reason why the Empire kept a constant guard post at the rear of the ‘Good Time Chinese Restaurant’...
He returned to the Glen Oaks post an hour later.
Ms Li was talking to one of the electricians. “The cameras in the Industrial Arts Block are all working again. The power wires had somehow been severed. I certainly haven’t seen anything like it,’ he said.
“Thank you, Mr. Wallace. How soon would it be until the cameras in the Science Block are repaired?” Ms Li said.
“They should be repaired by the end of the school day, but there appears to be an extra floor that is not in the blueprints,” Wallace said.
“Yes. Weird stuff has been happening, but that is not your concern,” Ms Li, whom had been informed of the appearance of the extra floor by Ms Barch, said. (However Ms Barch hadn’t told Ms Li everything that Andrea had said.)
“Ok then, the cameras on all of the floors will be working by the end of the school day,” Wallace said. He exited the office to go back to work.
‘All the cameras will be working. Maybe I can then figure out what is happening today, including with what happened to the pool water, and the report of a splashing sound in the HSIE Block,’ Ms Li thought.
At the end of the school day, Sandi sneaked out of Economics ahead of the rest of the class. She then slowly headed for the exit. However Torii was waiting around a corner...
“Ah, Sandi! Your uber-popularity and that of Quinn Morgendorffer too, is at an end.
“Gee Torii, I doubt that even a genie can do things to, like, change popularity status with a single wish!” Sandi retorted. “That would be true even of Quinn,” she continued.
“Oh no? I could wish for someone to become obese, or to turn your personality ‘up to eleven’ or to make Quinn more concerned about her grades. You remember ‘Academic Imprisonment’ last year, don’t you Sandi?” Torii asked.
“What of it? Quinn said she found it in the trash!” Sandi said, wondering what Torii was getting at.
Torii laughed. “Tiffany and Stacy may be gullible enough to believe that, but you and I know better!”
“True, what are you getting at, Torii?” Sandi asked.
“Give me the emerald, Sandi!” Torii said.
“No!” Sandi said, backing away.
“Yes! I’m going to change things at Lawndale High!” Torii said. She started to charge at Sandi. Sandi realised she was backed against a wall.
“I wish that time would stop for a while!” she cried out, touching the emerald.
Sandi could then hear the usual wish granting noise, slightly more drawn out than usual. She opened her eyes. Torii was slowing down and her voice was growing deeper. Then she stopped.
Jean walked up. “Well Sandi, time is not actually stopped, but at a crawl,” she said.
“What do you mean?” Sandi asked, glancing at the apparently frozen Torii.
“For every second passing for us, a millisecond is passing for everyone else. The wish has taken effect for a full second after it was fully granted,” Jean said.
“How long would that be?” Sandi asked.
“Fifteen minutes,” Jean said.
“Good, there is plenty of time for me to get far enough away from school. Let’s go Ten Pin Bowling,” Sandi said. She hadn’t been Ten Pin Bowling since Middle School.
“Good idea, relax,” Jean said. Sandi then ran off, almost knocking Torii out of place.
“Slow down, Sandi! Your time bubble is exceeding the speed of sound!” Jean yelled, smaller ‘time bubbles’ allowing the soundwaves to travel between their time bubbles.
14 minutes later by Sandi’s reckoning, she and the genie entered Lawndale Ten Pin Bowling Centre.
“Alright, the wish will end its effect in 10 seconds,” Jean said as they approached the lanes and the service counter.
“Whatever,” Sandi said, looking at a ball that was about to knock over the pins.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1,” Jean said. Then Sandi and Jean re-emerged from the time bubble into the normal space-time continuum. Sandi could see the ball slowly knock over the pins and then the normal bustle of the Ten Pin Bowling Centre could be heard. She then recognised who had bowled that ball, Jane Lane.
“Password?” a large gruff squirrel asked. The new arrival gave the password he had been given, and then was escorted into a tunnel that lead into the large tree’s root system.
A minute later he was up in the canopy of the tree. This was the heart of the Varmittan Empire, the squirrel polity that dominated the area around Lawndale.
“Report, Captain Jaywi,” said the commander of the Varmittan forces.
“A Non-Normative Event has occurred at Lawndale High School,” Captain Jaywi said, repeating the high pitched impression of Ms Li from earlier.
The Commander of the Varmittan forces remembered Edict 004 ‘All Non-Normative Events are to be reported to the Emperor’ and so allowed Captain Jaywi audience with the Emperor.
Captain Jaywi reported the events at Lawndale High as he had heard from his two patrol officers and his orders to the same. The Emperor was then in thought.
“This Non-Normative Event is serious. I have to check the archives to be sure, but I think that this human female may have had found what is termed a ‘genie’,” the Emperor said.
“Orders, Your Majesty?” Captain Jaywi asked.
“Return to the Glen Oaks post. I will send relevant information if it is found,” the Emperor said.
As he left the Palace-Tree Captain Nuts reflected on the rumours of a Non-Normative Event that may had occurred the previous fall, something to do with ‘Holidays’. There was definitely a reason why the Empire kept a constant guard post at the rear of the ‘Good Time Chinese Restaurant’...
He returned to the Glen Oaks post an hour later.
Ms Li was talking to one of the electricians. “The cameras in the Industrial Arts Block are all working again. The power wires had somehow been severed. I certainly haven’t seen anything like it,’ he said.
“Thank you, Mr. Wallace. How soon would it be until the cameras in the Science Block are repaired?” Ms Li said.
“They should be repaired by the end of the school day, but there appears to be an extra floor that is not in the blueprints,” Wallace said.
“Yes. Weird stuff has been happening, but that is not your concern,” Ms Li, whom had been informed of the appearance of the extra floor by Ms Barch, said. (However Ms Barch hadn’t told Ms Li everything that Andrea had said.)
“Ok then, the cameras on all of the floors will be working by the end of the school day,” Wallace said. He exited the office to go back to work.
‘All the cameras will be working. Maybe I can then figure out what is happening today, including with what happened to the pool water, and the report of a splashing sound in the HSIE Block,’ Ms Li thought.
At the end of the school day, Sandi sneaked out of Economics ahead of the rest of the class. She then slowly headed for the exit. However Torii was waiting around a corner...
“Ah, Sandi! Your uber-popularity and that of Quinn Morgendorffer too, is at an end.
“Gee Torii, I doubt that even a genie can do things to, like, change popularity status with a single wish!” Sandi retorted. “That would be true even of Quinn,” she continued.
“Oh no? I could wish for someone to become obese, or to turn your personality ‘up to eleven’ or to make Quinn more concerned about her grades. You remember ‘Academic Imprisonment’ last year, don’t you Sandi?” Torii asked.
“What of it? Quinn said she found it in the trash!” Sandi said, wondering what Torii was getting at.
Torii laughed. “Tiffany and Stacy may be gullible enough to believe that, but you and I know better!”
“True, what are you getting at, Torii?” Sandi asked.
“Give me the emerald, Sandi!” Torii said.
“No!” Sandi said, backing away.
“Yes! I’m going to change things at Lawndale High!” Torii said. She started to charge at Sandi. Sandi realised she was backed against a wall.
“I wish that time would stop for a while!” she cried out, touching the emerald.
Sandi could then hear the usual wish granting noise, slightly more drawn out than usual. She opened her eyes. Torii was slowing down and her voice was growing deeper. Then she stopped.
Jean walked up. “Well Sandi, time is not actually stopped, but at a crawl,” she said.
“What do you mean?” Sandi asked, glancing at the apparently frozen Torii.
“For every second passing for us, a millisecond is passing for everyone else. The wish has taken effect for a full second after it was fully granted,” Jean said.
“How long would that be?” Sandi asked.
“Fifteen minutes,” Jean said.
“Good, there is plenty of time for me to get far enough away from school. Let’s go Ten Pin Bowling,” Sandi said. She hadn’t been Ten Pin Bowling since Middle School.
“Good idea, relax,” Jean said. Sandi then ran off, almost knocking Torii out of place.
“Slow down, Sandi! Your time bubble is exceeding the speed of sound!” Jean yelled, smaller ‘time bubbles’ allowing the soundwaves to travel between their time bubbles.
14 minutes later by Sandi’s reckoning, she and the genie entered Lawndale Ten Pin Bowling Centre.
“Alright, the wish will end its effect in 10 seconds,” Jean said as they approached the lanes and the service counter.
“Whatever,” Sandi said, looking at a ball that was about to knock over the pins.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1,” Jean said. Then Sandi and Jean re-emerged from the time bubble into the normal space-time continuum. Sandi could see the ball slowly knock over the pins and then the normal bustle of the Ten Pin Bowling Centre could be heard. She then recognised who had bowled that ball, Jane Lane.
