CChatsberry
I just think we should discuss this, Evergreen.
Discuss?! Are you listening, Chatsberry? When this comet hits, everybody dies. Not just everybody but us—but us.
BBalthus
Now, now... Hold on, Evergreen. Hath not a comet impacted our world every thousand years with no lasting grievousness?
Ahh... But this, Balthus, is no ordinary comet. Behold!
[he conjures a gigantic ice lens magnifying on the green, deathly comet]
See how it writhes? It aches for our extinction! It—
CChatsberry
But Evergreen, even if the comet is as dangerous as you say, what can we possibly do?
Like none seen before or ever after! A magical crown whose phantasmal circuitry will bond to its first bearer, and grant him his one deepest wish... To destroy the hideous comet which threatens our world! The good news is, I already built the crown. The bad news: it needs a power source—the enchanted ruby eyes of the ancient lava-dog Magwood! And that's where you come in.
CChatsberry
Wait, wait! Evergreen, please. Wish magic is really the real deal. This wish may see things in you you cannot see yourself. Can you truly say you know your heart's truest desire?
BBalthus
I'm with Chatsberry. If this comet hits, we four indeed may perish, but the elements we embody—fire, ice, candy and slime—will live on. But a misplaced wish could cause irreversible damage to the very structure of existence!
Well, that's just great. What about you, Slimy-D?
SDSlimy-D
[beat, raps] Yo-yo, my name's Slimy-D and I'm here to—
BBalthus
Slimy-D stands with us.
[gazing at the comet] Gettin' fat. Gettin' fat, right?
However, I would suggest that this is still a nice night. 'S quiet.
Hm, it is quiet. Why don't you put on some music? The chimes, Gunther.
[Gunther jumps into his bag and picks up a bottled jar; opens it and conjures an ice imp playing its drum. Gunther rocks back and forth with the beat]
Gunther!! I said chimes! Gunther, no! [throws dirt at him]
Unh! Sorry, Master, I'll put him back. [pokes imp with bottle]
Ah, never mind. Here. [kicks a glass jar to Gunther] Take the jar and find me some water. There's not enough moisture in the air for me to make us an ice camp.
Uh, Master? I'm sorry, I don't think I've seen any water at all today.
Just do it. Don't anger Daddy.
[leaves with Nina on lead] Wait... Are you my father?
No, but I stole your egg and mutated your brain. Get going!
Gunther?! Gunther, can you hear me?!
[Groggily] Yeah—yes, Master Evergreen!
Okay, good. Now, aiming at the sound of my voice, throw the crown so it lands right on the top of my head.
No, no, there's no time! It must be you, Gunther!
Don't worry, it's easy. Even a mush-head like you couldn't donk it up too bad. Just focus on your deepest truest wish, the destruction of the deadly comet, and the rest will take care of itself.
[Places the crown on his head] My deepest truest wish... [Darkness overtakes him] Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no!
Gunther? Buddy? What are you wishing for down there? [Gunther sprouts white hair, a long nose and blue skin and starts shooting ice powers... all just like his master, Evergreen. If that isn't bad influence, Glob knows what is.] Gunther... no... That's the wrong wish! You've got to snap out of it! Use a concentration spell or, or a basic focusing charm—like I taught you... I mean, like I meant to teach you... I—
Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no!
Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, no! Gunther, noooooo! [Imitates explosion sounds - signaling the end of Evergreen's story - and falls off the bed and wakes up full, yawns]. Mornin'. Man, what a dream. Do you guys ever have the dino-boy dream with the astero-- what? What... what is it? [He sees the penguins shivering in the corner, afraid] Something in my teeth? Something in my hair? Something in my nose? Something in my ear?
