Realm of the InterNutter

(#00007)

“IT’S ALIVE! IT’S ALIVE!”

“Yes, master.” Igor had always agreed that being agreeable lead to a longer life. Broaching the niggling little problem in a delicate way was going to be… problematic at best.

“Go, my beautiful creation! Go and create marvellous havoc on those unsuspecting rubes!”

The creature lurched off the slab, belched fire, and said, “Baaa?”

Of all the mad geniuses to sign up with, he had to pick the one who came from a family of shepherds.

“Master?”

“Yes, Igor?”

“I think you may have locked the door, master.”

“What of it?”

“The only door in and out of this lab, master…”

“I’m well aware.”

“The one… on the other side of the room, master.”

With a freshly woken man-eating ungulate (fire-breathing) between themselves and safety.

“Baaa?”

(#00006)

“I’m dangerous,” said Claire. “You shouldn’t be around me.”

“I don’t care,” Tracy sobbed. “I love you and you can’t send me away.”

“At least keep your distance. I can’t control what I do under the full moon. Please, Tracy.”

Tracy did not want to let go. “Why? What happens during a full moon?”

Claire pushed her away. “

(#00005)

“I don’t know why I agreed to this,” grumbled Rael.

“It’s all ye can eat sushi, what’s not t’ love?” Shayde primped, using her reflection in the sneeze guard as a mirror. “Is he here yet? Can you see him?”

“Nobody is wearing any variety of dead foliage.”

“Pink carnation. It’s a flower. Flowers are prettier.” Shayde evidently gave up on getting

First crime scene. Ever. Nobody else had to know this. Just walk like you own the place. Act like you belong. Check out the corpse, note any significant details and toddle on back to the office. No big deal.

Alice thusly walked with confidence until she encountered the first thing nobody told her.

Death has a smell.

The bodies in anatomy and dissection classes were sanitized. They had the subtle odor of death, because nobody can really stop it. This was a

(#00003)

Ax'and'l stared at the brown furry hills with legs. They were everywhere. “These are wombats.” He did not understand his human companion’s fear. They weren’t doing anything much at all.

“Yes!”

“And we’ve known each other for… ten years?”

“Yes!” Hwell was still trying to climb the walls.

“Then for ten years it hasn’t been always wombats.” Ax'and'l scanned them. “And