Horror of Horrors!
You scurry over to the suitcase and drag it to the window. You leave it on the floor and take several steps backwards.
"I-I didn't mean to take it," you say. "I'm sorry."
The masked figure doesn't reply. He points at the suitcase and it rises slowly into the air and then flies out the window. The man grips the suitcase, grins, and makes a gesture. In a blinding flash, he vanishes.
You shiver. "Well, I'm glad that's over with," you tell Will. "I just feel sorry for poor Ralph."
A deep, booming voice makes you jump. "Give me back my suitcase!" A masked figure appears outside the window.
"We just gave you the stupid suitcase," Will cries.
"No, you did not!" The man yanks off his mask.
It's MagnifiCAT!
Your heart sinks. "We must have given it to the wrong guy."
"You have made a grave mistake!" MagnifiCAT's eyes flash. "And for that --- you shall be punished!"
A great rushing sound fills your ears and the room vanishes.
Suddenly, you and Will stand in the middle of a blank, empty space. There's nothing around you.
MagnifiCAT looms over you. "You must replace every item that was in my suitcase," he orders.
He hands you a long list.
You glance at the list. "But how? Where?"
"We don't have money," Will adds. "How are we supposed to pay for all this?"
"That's your problem?" MagnifiCAT replies. "But you will be trapped here until everything in the suitcase has been replaced." He snaps his fingers and disappears.
You and Will stare at each other.
"Now what do we do?" Will wonders, his voice trembling.
You shrug. "I guess we shop --- or we drop!"
"I-I didn't mean to take it," you say. "I'm sorry."
The masked figure doesn't reply. He points at the suitcase and it rises slowly into the air and then flies out the window. The man grips the suitcase, grins, and makes a gesture. In a blinding flash, he vanishes.
You shiver. "Well, I'm glad that's over with," you tell Will. "I just feel sorry for poor Ralph."
A deep, booming voice makes you jump. "Give me back my suitcase!" A masked figure appears outside the window.
"We just gave you the stupid suitcase," Will cries.
"No, you did not!" The man yanks off his mask.
It's MagnifiCAT!
Your heart sinks. "We must have given it to the wrong guy."
"You have made a grave mistake!" MagnifiCAT's eyes flash. "And for that --- you shall be punished!"
A great rushing sound fills your ears and the room vanishes.
Suddenly, you and Will stand in the middle of a blank, empty space. There's nothing around you.
MagnifiCAT looms over you. "You must replace every item that was in my suitcase," he orders.
He hands you a long list.
You glance at the list. "But how? Where?"
"We don't have money," Will adds. "How are we supposed to pay for all this?"
"That's your problem?" MagnifiCAT replies. "But you will be trapped here until everything in the suitcase has been replaced." He snaps his fingers and disappears.
You and Will stare at each other.
"Now what do we do?" Will wonders, his voice trembling.
You shrug. "I guess we shop --- or we drop!"
