Good Pittance - But it wasn't going to be easy
There was another flaw with Hyper's plan. Sewage dwelling creatures aren't well known for their capacity for deep intelletual debate.

Consider, for instance, the following episode in the life of Charles MMDCXXIV (a member of the sewagus centipedus species). Charles MMDCXXIV was an energetic youth and was often reprimanded by his dad Charles MMDCXXIII for his anti-social behaviour. A typical conversation between the two would go like this

Charles MMDCXXIII (furious): INGAT SPEENY WAKJAZAKHOO LEEM??

Charles MMDCXXIV (uncertain of the cause of fury): plak stlak makl noboo

Charles MMDCXXIII (Now bubbling to the point of bursting): GLOGGY SPlAT PLANKTON?? MAKAWEEKEE SOCKKO DRUAKA MEEENO??

Charles MMDCXXIV (still defending himself, when he should have kept quiet): peepa sattt.... oogon tak... glap...

*SPANk* Ow! noogoo glap...

*SPANk* Ow! noogoo gl...

*SPANk* Ow! noogoo...
and so on.

As you can see, not a very intelligent conversation at all. In fact, this was a case of complete misunderstanding because CJ (Charles junior - we'll call him that for convenience) was really not up to any mischief. In fact he was a very clean person, but had a nose for danger. In this particular case he had been exploring narrow tunnels and found himself in the commode of the biggest celebrity in the city, a man whose private collection of beatles had created mass hysteria. (the beatles eventually broke up, of course).

CJ was obviously very excited with his discovery and came running back home to announce this to his 97,000 siblings. He bumped into CS (the senior guy, obviously), unfortunately. The above conversation took place at this point and roughly translates into the following (grammatical erros reproduced for honest representation)

CS (furious): SO WHERE YOU THINK YOU BEEN ALL DAY

CJ (uncertain of the cause of fury): been doing pot, thats all

CS (Now bubbling to the point of bursting): POTTING AGAIN, YOUNG FELLA?? YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING A THING I SAYING??

CJ (still defending himself, when he should have kept quiet): but I went really high this time... and saw stars.. dad

*SPANk* Ow! but dad...

*SPANk* Ow! but da...

*SPANk* Ow! but...
and so on

Evidently, Hyper's plans were not going to be easy to execute. And now that FM was not on his side, he felt he had to plan very carefully.
- posted by Rallix @ 7:20 AM