Look what the humans of the manor have to put up with
See, Rabbit? Hatchworth and Mayor McToilet know they did something bad
Nobody knew how it happened. Not even Rabbit, who had had the wild flight of imagination to begin with.
Later inquiry revealed that Peter VI had left Steve in charge. Steve left Walter Girl Carolina in charge, who had then promoted Walter Girl Paige. She, in turn, left Michael Reed in charge. Michael noticed that he was the only human in the mansion and, after quickly delegating his authority to The Spine, fled screaming into the wilderness of San Diego. Or as close to wilderness as he could accomplish.
But when Peter VI came back…
There was toilet paper -
-EVERYWHERE.
It was not the prank style of TP'ing. Someone had been… creative.
All over the chandeliers. All over the window treatments. All over the furniture.
There was even a toilet-paper effigy, wearing The Spine’s hat, labeled Peter Stinkypants in bright red lipstick.
None of the robots had called him that since he was seven.
When they bought Bebop back online, and used his connection to bring all three robots to Peter VI’s study, it was everything he could do to not burst out laughing. He found himself grateful that Blue Matter had given him the perfect wooden face for such things.
The Spine had been appointed Mayor McToilet - also in bright red lipstick - during everyone else’s absence for assorted vital errands. His mayoral sash was, of course, toilet paper. It was the only paper tissue he bore on his person. Though there was a cardboard monocle to complete his image.
Rabbit was, to use the right word, festooned. She had cardboard tubes in her cyberlocs, a toilet paper bandanna, and the remains of a TP dress clinging to her everyday clothes.
Hatchworth fared the worst, with a tube covering his smokestack and random loops of tissue tangled all over him. His forlorn, hangdog expression spoke volumes.
“I’m ver-y sor-ry,” Hatchworth managed. “Please don’t put me in the cor-ner.”
The Spine broke next. “Sir, I honestly have no idea how it happened. One minute, I was telling Rabbit I was responsible for the other two, and then the next thing I know…” He shrugged helplessly.
“Well I h-h-happen to think we look pretty good,” said Rabbit, not ashamed at all.
She was the one who wound up in detention. With Bebop as her taskmaster.
