Celli the Happy Go Lucky Celaphopod's
Minataur Tails
The Second Book
in the Award Winning
D-Bound Adventuring Series
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Table of Contents
Book III
18 - 19 - 20
Chapter 18 - Mr. Thwartbridge the Senior (a.k.a. Max)
Ruby knows her algebra, spent a whole chapter studying the wretched
subject back in Dizzy Land, so the only reason she meets up with Mr.
Thwartbridge at this juncture is because we’d already paid him... and
because he’s been known to brew a mean cup of tea just around this time
of the day. And that could have been the chapter right there, but
believe it or not (and perhaps just to show off my marketing acumen), I
managed to fit a full-fledged ad for Toe-Trekkers into this chapter --
all the more impressive, because flip-flops (even Toe-Trekker
flip-flops) have absolutely nothing to do with mathematics or anything else even remotely related to the plot.
Chapter 19 - The Skull T©wer
What does a skeletal warlord call his secret lair? Skull T©wer,
that’s what. And, no the locale has nothing to do with that other
Skull Tower... or that other-other Skull Tower... or even that
other-other-other Skull Tower. Though, I’ll admit quite freely
that it might have something to do with that other-(etc.) Skull
Tower. But even then, it’s more of a name coincidence thing than
anything else. Truth is, there’s a lot of Skull Towers out
there. This just happens to be the one where Bones resides.
And don’t even start in with how every skeletal warlord you’ve ever met
is called Bones. Most of the time, it’s just their nickname.
Chapter 20 - If You Tell Two Cobalts, And They Tell Two Cobalts, And They Tell Two Cobalts, And So on, and so on.
Apparently,
it’s easy to get all the Cobalt extra’s you need at two coppers a
piece. And rather than letting Crazy George waste the pesky
midgets en mass with a fireball, Ruby agrees to become their prisoner,
provided they in turn promise to do their homework once the chapter is
over and it’s time to go home, which they do... and then don’t, so go
figure.