Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Yoooo! Karlo n Benito Together Again! Happy Valentine's Everybody!!

Well, it was that time of year again, when all of Team Whammo was left to wonder out the whereabouts of its other members. Luckily enough, General Christopher A. Abbott and Second Mate Tabor were engaged. Well, who says there can't me marriages among members of the crew? Well, that's just what is set to happen sooner rather than later... They've got a nice place up around the Guster Cluster.

In other news, Emily is chilling her heels up in Planet B. It's a cool place and Benito plans on checking it out in the near future, while Colonel DeSantis hangs out in DC. But who else is on the Lonely Planet but Benito! And who should appear one day from the other side of the galaxy but one Commander Twelker, fresh from his two and 1/2 years on the job. He came out all smiles with a couple of other compatriots who had all been experimenting with high levels of Xenon on Planet X.

"Hey, Benito!" said Karlo, "Great to see you!"

"Likewise," said Benito, "Happy V-Day!"

And so it was. A nice Valentine's surprise for Benito, who was Karlo's secret crush from the Middlebury moons. Former roommates and best buds for life, now together on the Lonely Planet.

They cruised out in their private hummer-scooter, humming across the surface of the planet with Benito's private driver. The others crammed in the back. Then they were off, heading a course for the center of the sphere, namely downtown. They passed first by the main HQ of the planet, a large white looking square building with plenty of funding for projects like that being carried about by Karlo and his compadres. Then they headed to see some monuments to the founders of this great planet, including one Abraham Oda and the Mash-Mash Monument. They even went by the monument for those who were unrighteously imprisoned during the last Ice Age. And it was certainly one frosty time of year to be sure! with more snow accumulation than the Planet Hoth (Star wars: Episode V)!! But still it was quite frosty and Benito figured it was time to quote him: so he took out his volume from the planet Earth:

"Some say the world will end in fire, some in ice,
But from what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

-Robert Frost

That was quite some kind of inspiration! remarked Karlo, having heard the poem before, but finding it especially special at this moment. So, they then continued on, toward a far of moon, known as the Moon of Chin-Chin/ Kompasaaka. It was quite something indeed moreover, for the Wizards were playing. More on that later! For now, the fab five, who were kinda looking for a local 'Five Guys' restaurant, headed to this moon and went first down and then across and held a conference. How in the world would they come to find the appointed place, that was like finding Mongolia on a map. Using their high-power communique devices, however, they were able to pinpoint their destination. Well, that is what they would say later ,however for now they were content to follow some friendly advice.

"I could have sworn the moon's crater was right here!" said Benito.

"Uhh, actually" said Juanito the Native "It was removed and smoothed over just the other day!" Welcome to the new far side of the moon! Well, I'll be, said Benito. Oh, deary me!

But it was quite something for this restaurant on the far side of the moon and they all shared a meal 'family style', watching the Galactic Olympics on the far screen. When they were all finished, Benito waved a longing goodbye to the little waving kitty.

Next step was the Super-sonic cooridor from which little atoms would be colliding into each other at lightning speed! They first made via super shuttle to the Bohemian Caverns, looking for a little light here on the dark side of the moon. You look like you're lost, said the bouncer. I've never been here, admitted Benito, but I hear this is the home of soul. And so did they all look for a soul in the snow and ice, but couldn't find any, and so they made their way back across the land. it was quite something. But there was no room in the inn, so to speak, the CAVERNS being inhabited by strange beasts that made a weird music called jazz. But so much for that, for they were headed back in the other direction. So to find there final destination, which would be the ExTreme End of the Galaxy. And so they took off at warp speed, Benito leading the way. They came, they saw, they drank and made merry.

The next day, Benito agreed to meet the Commander at the foot of the Mash-Mash Monument. Together they took off for to find some genuine Jeffersonian Democracy here on the lonely planet. It was lightly snowing, but was a pleasant walk nonetheless. They talked about fusion in the hull and how to make their new spacecraft as fast as can be. Karlo found an anurism in the subspace quadro-hole before coming upon the monument itself. They circumnavigated the lake of despond before coming upon the statue of Buzz Jefferson, who first saw the rings of Cupid. Naming them after Galileo's daughters 'cause they was hot!!! Well, we are on the lonely planet, afterall. No worries, they all said. Then the Commander chatted it up with one of the officials at the monument, who gave Benito and Karl a little tour. "Ah, yes" said the guard, "That's the problem statement." Well, it was all well and good that Buzz owned alien slaves, since a lot of people on that planet did at the time. But they had not much time, so they made off in the direction of Subspace 9. It was a good walk, back the way they had come and then around the Holocaust Museum, where many a good Jew was laid to rest and they did pay homage.

Finally they made it to the worm hole, which they jumped in without further hesitation and made it to the University of the lonely planet where they caught the cruiser and took them home. it had been a solid visit by Commander Twelker and briefed Benito's sister on her next mission, should she choose to accept it. As for Karlo, eager to get back to work, he was headed back to the far side of the galaxy and all was well and good, no doubt having made many connections during his time at the conference on Planet X. They embraced one final time before Karlo hit light speed, headed back across the far reaches of the galaxy into intergalactic outer space using the power of fusion, the way of the future, that always has been and always will be. Wiser words were never said, not by Jefferson or Einstein. Captain Andrew s. Einstein, that is! Hahahahaa. Peace.