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I must be a completely insane idiot ... anyway ... without further ado

The Adventures of Rob and Buddy

"Hey, Rob!" came the high-pitched, almost squealing, voice of Buddy directed towards his serpentine colleague.

Rob lay there for a moment, staring out at nothing, thinking about nothing, caring about nothing. The voice always got to him though, it was almost impossible to ignore, the constant shift in pitch was mind-numbingly annoying. Rob already knew this would end up bad, Buddy wouldn’t give up, an obsessive compulsive never does. Rob didn't care what Buddy had to say, being a manic depressant he didn't care what anybody had to say, because nobody would care for what he would have to say, so he never bothered.

"Hey, Rob!" came the voice again.

Rob was beginning to feel more than a little irked. He finally rolled his eyes towards the massive lump of the intertwined tails, both his and Buddy’s. Buddy couldn’t be seen, with Rob being as low to the ground as he could get, he never much bothered to lift his head. It always caused trouble, Buddy usually got very excited if Rob would look up at him, and if there’s anything more annoying than Buddy, it’s an excited Buddy.

"Hey, Rob!" screamed Buddy. "You have to check this out!"

"Buddy," said Rob, is a low monotonous voice. "Can’t you just tell me?"

"Fine!" exclaimed Buddy. Buddy was never one for patience. His mother once told him ‘patience is a virtue.’ But because Buddy was a little hard of hearing, he took this as ‘patience will hurt you.’ "Where did you put the emerald Rob, it’s not here?!"

Now Rob was starting to get really annoyed. "You are remembering to open your eyes when you look at the emerald, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I haven’t made that mistake for at least a couple of minutes," answered Buddy.

"Buddy, would you please leave me alone. The emerald is right between our tails, just like it’s always been."

"Nuh-uh!" said Buddy, in more of a matter-of-fact voice. "Take a look!"

Rob had had about enough. He wished he could just shut Buddy out from his mind and go back to thinking of nothing. He knew this wouldn’t happen. He would have to humor Buddy, and that meant actually doing something. So, after a few moments and a few encouraging words from Buddy, he lifted his head up and stared between his and Buddy’s tail, where the emerald always is.

Rob blinked. Once ... twice ... thrice.

"By the Light of the Two Trees!" yelled Rob. "The emerald is missing!"

To be continued ...