Dennis is in the library on the main floor, a room the size of half a basketball court minus the bleachers, looking over the library's worth of books, there are entries of renowned fiction authors Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, and any other must-own authors of all books collected, though not necessarily read from volume to volume. There is also a fenced off collection of movies, filling as many bookshelves as the novels, and equally impressive. Addy explains that the movies section is off limits to all members of the Wyatt family, because it is the private sanctuary of Kendrick Wyatt, one of the world's biggest film bluff, who loves films so much to the extent of setting traps on the aisle. The section is armed with dangerous tripwires engineered by himself, and ever since Raymond had almost had his heart fried by electrocution trying to infiltrate Kenny's aisle, nobody has dared or bothered to venture there to do mess to his treasure, not that anyone other than Raymond would care to try again anytime.
Addy has left Dennis in the library, with the foreknowledge that he is a lover of books, and went on her way to find Raymond to drop the bazooka on his foot, after she has decided that a greater satisfaction will be gained if she is to violate him personally as to having Dennis do it.
'The Storm has arrived, oh the horror! The Storm has arrived!' Raymond's voice suddenly erupts from the hallway outside with heavy exaggeration and drama.
This startles Dennis to the point that he drops a hard copy of War and Peace, missing his left foot by two millimeters. He stares at the open doorway, where Raymond has just ran past, a moment ago, running in the direction of the main entrance. Dennis runs out of the library, and follows Raymond to the front of the mansion, where a solid stone fountain resides in the middle of the large pebbled pavement of the courtyard, and coming up the driveway through the woods where Dennis has also arrived from is a polished black car, driven with wobble, as if the driver is rather inexperienced behind the wheel. Addy is also in the courtyard, with the bazooka still at her side. She seems to have prepared for this arrival after leaving Dennis in the library. Raymond is now wild as an ape, jumping up and down, flapping his arms, running in circles, and laughing thoroughly, enjoying every minute of his own act. Dennis can do no better that observe befuddled as the car pulls to a halt, nearly crashing into the fountain, and the new arrival exits from the driver's door.
'Duh-duh-duh-DUH! The Storm arrives! Oh! The horror! Run, hide, take shelter, here comes the storm, oh how it terrifies me! It's the apocalypse! It's coming! Oh, the Horror!' Raymond utters a final scream, drops to his knees, then to the ground, and begins to laugh and roll.
The new arrival is a girl of fourteen, dressed in black, a pair of sunglasses perched atop a face of coolly defined features, black hair matching that of Addy's, and an air of sharp maturity exits the car with her. Addy holds up her left hand in a welcome gesture, and the girl returns the greeting in the same silent fashion. The girl walks up to Addy and they embrace; the girl almost lifts Addy out of her wheelchair, and she responds with such action as if she will actually get up.
Raymond quips another declaration, 'Oh the horror! The Storm has arrived, yes, it is so, ah my friend (to Dennis), so you have not taken my warning to heart and sought shelter? That is blatant misfortune, as you can see here, it is now too late, the Storm has arrived. Yes, Simone the Storm has arrived.' Raymond face-palms in a dramatic sulk.
'Oh shut up, Raymond!' The girl shouts. In sign language, she speaks to Addy for a moment, and Addy replies. She turns to look back at Raymond, standing next to Dennis, whom until that instant she did not notice. 'And just who are you?'
yay!!!! my character arrives (in a rather dramatic way) :D
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