Legend of the Seven Lights

25. False Gibberish

Like I said, cool-down chapter.

Chapter 25: False Gibberish

Mobius Dick

The band of operatives were impressed, to say the least. The inside of an interdimensional space-whale was certainly not what they expected. "...Nice place." Haylee said. Apparently, the whale had eaten its share of spaceships in its time, and kept several of the parts inside to serve as living quarters. One of the ships had a kitchen with some food still in the fridge – alien food, true, but any provisions were good right now. A few bedrooms were around, not enough for all of them, and a living room for space-TV.

"No telling how old all of this stuff is." Artie observed. "Everything looks intact, so I can only surmise Time is at a stalemate within this creature."

"So we'll never grow up in here?" April asked.

"Possibly. Unless all of this stuff was recently acquired."

"Then how do you know he ain't tryin' to eat us?" Harry asked.

"I'll ask it. HEY, MR. WHAAAALLLE." Apis yelled. "ARE WE YOUR DINNER?"

Nooooo...

"See, we're just fine!" she grinned. The others questioned her judgment.

Drake walked to one of the beds, slipped off his shoes, and lied down. "'Long as I finally get to snooze, I'm fine with it."

"Weren't you just unconscious?" Mocha asked.

"Cruckers, we might be the youngest tykes in centuries to explore the belly of a space-whale." Sheila said with amazement. "We'd be right down in the head to pass up this experience. I'M first to ride the blowhole!" She marched forth.

"At least we have a chance to rest after today's events." Chris said, brushing his headbanded forehead and looking at Maddy. "I think we all have a story to tell."

They all spent what felt like hours resting in the giant whale. Though it was possible no time was passing at all outside. Some operatives were getting well-desired sleep, others were exploring this peculiar creature. Otherwise, they were summarizing their exciting tales up to this point, or passing the still-time with some fun.

"And that, Mary, is why whenever your close, respected friend is shrunk to a powerless size, you must treasure each moment because you may rarely have another chance." Aisa explained with a devious grin.

"Oh! That all makes sense!" Mary replied brightly. "And Chimney's okay with it?"

"Who cares."

"NO I AM NOT OKAY WITH IT!" While Chimney was squirming ragefully between Aisa's toes, the Nimbi was scraping dirt out of her nails using the toy R.O.C.K.E.T.-T.R.A.I.N.'s blades. "AISA, IF YOU DON'T QUIT CONTAMINATING MY BABY NOW, I'MMA DISOWN YOU FROM MY SECTOR. I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLY, OBEY ME RIGHT NOW!"

"Oh? Mary, you have some food between your teeth." Aisa noticed.

"I do?"

"Yeah. Here, use this side to clean it out." She grinned witfully and passed her the train.

"Okay..." Though she didn't feel anything, Mary scraped the toy train's blades between her teeth. "Is it gone?"

"No, a little on the left."

"SHE'S LYING, MAR-CHAN! THERE AIN'T NO FOOD, STOP ABUSING MY BABY!"

"Did I get it, yet?"

"Yeah, you did. ...Do me a favor and scratch my back, Mary-chan?" Aisa turned around.