Draal x Leslie lake

Chapter 36: it's about time

We were once again visiting Gatto because Toby found something useful in eating words, huh who knew? And The red swirls we're back on my face and the raccoon looking mask and then he told him a really stupid riddle and it was " what do you call cheese that isn't yours?" And gatto said " nacho cheese" and I snickered and Jim said " and it's nacho day either, NOW!" We were a bit late on that and we gave him his amulet and he got in his armor then we quickly went in Gatto's mouth and Toby said " I miss the simpler days of hunting gnomes" and I said " I don't, that was boring" and and Jim said " hurry! Keep looking!" Then one of the guards pushed him and he landed on the kairosect! Good work, my chum! Tobias let's evacuate!" And Toby held up that big burrito and said " that's right, boys. Your big boss didn't like those tacos last time? Well this is worse, the mega Trinidad scorpion burrito with spicy sour cream and pastrami. If I were you, I might want to skedaddle." Then he threw it in then when it went in and it started bubbling oh no that's not good and Jim said " fire in the hole!" And we left and Toby said " ha looks like it's nacho kairosect, either. See ya, suckers!" And Jim said "well that that was almost a clean getaway" and when we got back to trollmarket, blinky was looking over the kairosect and Jim asked " so how exactly does this thing get strickler's ring off?" And blinky said " that is the conundrum. Perhaps someone should've stolen the instruction manual as well" and then he disappeared uhhh where'd he go and Toby asked " woah! Where'd blinky go?" Then he said " yes! Yes! Eureka! It works!" Then we saw him on a shelf and arrrgh asked " what? What work?" And Claire asked " how did you get up there?" And blinky said " the kairosect enables its bearer to step outside of time, affording the opportunity to do this." Then he pressed a button on it and then suddenly arrrgh had books on his head, Claire was holding Toby up with her feet, which I don't even know how that was possible and Jim was doing a handstand and I had a tea cup in my hand and sitting with my legs crossed and said " what the heck?" And Toby said " I feel so violated." And Jim said " this is amazing! Do you know what this means? And Claire said " so, that's how you get a ring off someone without them knowing." And Toby said " we have so much time on our hands!" And Jim said excitedly " I don't have to worry about juggling two lives at once! I can live all the lives I want!" And Toby said " we could travel the world in a day! We could get PhDs in everything! Finally learn to play the bagpipes! Become karate masters! Dude, we'd be Renaissance men!" He put an arm over Jim, man I've never seen them so excited and Claire said " or you could pass Uhl's Spanish test, unless you want to fail his class" and Jim said " ugh me olividé. I forgot!" And blinky said " ah! Powers of this device are limited to three rules. According to inscription, if my salikacious is correct, the first is that only one person can step outside of time. Secondly the time-stopping effect lasts for precisely 43 minutes and nine seconds" huh interesting and Claire asked " and the third?" And blinky said nervously " you can only use it, uh... three times. Well now, we know the rules!" SERIOUSLY and Toby said " wait! You just used that thing, like, twice." And blinky said " well, the first, to test it's ability, and the second to demonstrate it to all of you." And Jim said " Blink, you wasted our shots! Now, we've  only got one chance to get the ring off strickler!" And blinky said " in that case, I suggest you assure yourselves of his whereabouts before proceeding." Ugh how will we ever do this and Claire said " and I suggest you study for that Spanish final." And he groaned. When we got home he went to his room studying for the Spanish test and so did I and I really needed to do good on this cause last year at school I failed all my tests and couldn't move forward so I really have to study hard. I woke up the next morning, got my breakfast and went to school and I was taking my test and I saw Toby and he was like gesturing to me where Jim was and I shrugged my shoulders and toby called him and time passed and when Jim came I was already done with the test. I was outside by the lockers with Toby and Jim and apparently Jim didn't even make it past first page and then Toby talked about Jim going to summer school and Claire came and then started talking about the trade that Angor makes with Jim and then bagwella called him and I could tell that he was under a lot of stress and then later a lot more stuff happened and Jim was talking about the problems he had to fix and then he said " and then I can win spring fling" and Toby said " then I can be your duke." And Jim said " and find the right moment to take strickler's ring off" and I said to Toby " and give it up with the duke thing" and he scoffed " never" and Claire said " when you get the ring, you're not gonna give it back to Angor, right? You can control him" and Toby said " if he doesn't get the ring back to Angor, he's wasted." And I said " well either way, it won't end well" then Jim got a call and it's from blinky and he's reverting back to troll form, finally! About time but apparently he's stuck in a public place and we were ready to help but Claire was running to the street and was about to get hit by a car then it felt like everything literally stopped then I was moving again and Claire was right next to us, huh what... ohhh, Jim used it and Claire continued screaming then realized " he used the kairosect" then we just talked about everything that happened and and he got a little green crystal out of it and went to trollmarket and talking about it when Draal came back with Jim's Vespa and said " I saw no sign of Angor Rot." And blinky said " then he has evaded us for now, be wary. There is no saying when or how he'll strike." Ugh when will this end?