"STOP THAT!!!!" The room shouted in stereo at the babbling Toz.

In the ensuing moment of complete silence, while everyone else caught their breath, Tora stood and raced to the podium, shoving the unfortunate soul who'd been there out of the way.

She raised her vaccuum bag over her head.

"Okay, listen up everyone, I know what to do! I've got most of the confetti in and around the Bar vaccuumed up (like in this bag) and turned into colorful paper. If the tunnel people will blow all the confetti out of the tunnels, and the townsfolk vaccuum it up, I'll set up my paper making machine outside the Bar and we can start a thriving paper industry that will help finance this town and the tunnels! How's that sound? Equal shares to the townsfolk, the tunnel people and the Bar - seeing as its my machine. Can we all agree on this? Silent vote show of hands here, who's for it?"

Marae immediately raises her hand; then, looking around, grabs the hand of the forumite nearest her and shoves it into the air. Then she grabs another forumite's hand and does likewise, elbows a third forumite in the ribs until they stick their hand up of their own accord, and treads on someone else's toe (accidentally, of course) with the result that the surprised person throws both hands up in the air (then quickly pulls one down so that no one can declare a miscount).

By this time, folks around her are getting the idea, and the forumites form a solid block of upraised hands.

Soon hands are going up all over the hall, as people get caught up in what's happening, even if they don't understand it. No one, it seems, wants to be left out. At one point, Tora observes that every hand is raised (even though one of them is holding a flyswatter, in furious mid-swing). Before anyone can chicken out, she cries in a loud voice, "BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE, MOTION CARRIED!"

Marae successfully resists the urge to point out that there had been no proper motion and seconding in the first place, and instead leads off a rousing cheer which is drowned out by a round of thunderous applause.

When the noise has died down somewhat, the forumites crowd around Tora on the podium to heap congratulations on her for a job well done.

"Great going, Tora!" says Speedy.

CK cheers, "We saved the bar! W00T!"

"Good show! Well done!" cries Mara.

"Tora, you're the best! The toast of the town!" Marae is all but dancing for joy.

Urdu grins and says, "We should have a big celebration! And a tickertape parade!"

Everyone turns and stares at him.

"Um... OK. No tickertape. But we can have a parade, can't we?"

Urdu, suddenly realizing that something didn't seem quite right, asks the other forumites, "Has anyone seen that potato? Did anyone see where it went? Did Cat ever catch the potato?"

"Now that you mention it, I don't see it either." remarks Speedy after looking around. And I know Cat didn't catch it. Look over there." Speedy points at Cat, under one of the town hall benches, nose in a bucket of chicken nuggets, paying no attention to anyone or anything else.

The council chairman returned to the microphone and announced.... "IF THERE IS ANY OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS MEETING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND!" The chairman looks around the room, and everyone else does also, and seeing no hands go up, declares, "THIS MEETING IS HEARBY ADJ..."

Just then, the side door to the meeting hall burst open and one of the city workers rushed up to the chairman and handed him a piece of paper. The chairmen looked worried and asked the worker a few questions , the mic still on...

"What do you mean POTATOES?! Where did they come from?.... Eating the confetti?!"

Urdu looks at the other forumites and says, "I think now would be a good time to leave." and started edging toward the door.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" boomed from the loudspeakers, "IT HAS JUST COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR TOWN HAS A POTATO INFESTATION!" With this news the whole crowd groans, and the director continues... "THAT'S THE BAD NEWS. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE POTATOES ARE EATING THE CONFETTI!"

A large cheer goes up from the crowd, but Marae looks disappointed, "There goes the paper business...."

"Not really Marae. Now we can have that tickertape parade. You'll sell paper, and the potatoes will clean it off the streets!

"Who cares, let's just get out of here." Tora says, and heads for the door. "Besides," she calls over her shoulder, "this means we can have free potatoes for dinner! I've got most of the confettii made into paper, put in crates, and stored out of the way of the potatoes anyway."

With that, she headed back to the now cleared out Age 233 Bar.

"I see only part of my order..." Toz begins, but is quickly pulled out of the building by Speedy and Marae. "What? No T-Rex?"

Toz sighs and then, out of nowhere, begins ROTFLing.

"We did it!" he declairs. "We finally did it. I now officially call this meeting 'over'!"

"He's lost it!" Unlucky 13 groans, covering his ears.

"You need to lighten up," Toz says. "Come on! We just did a good thing. Why shouldn't we be cellebrating. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Speedy
"We'll celebrate at the Bar... come on! I need more coffee!"

"Sounds like a good idea Speedy. Let's all head on over there."

The group begins moving towards the bar, but Urdu lags behind, hopping on one foot, emptying confetti from his shoe...

"Hey! Wait for me everyone..!"

Marae heads to the Age 233 bar with the others, grateful that the Great Confetti Caper has finally ended.

And finally, everyone else manages to get themselves off to the Age 233 bar, where the celebration is in full swing.

The adventure of the Great Confetti Caper has finally, officially reached

THE END.

oh geez, seriously guys??? A Mysthillarium that only lasted five pages and nothing happened????

gosh, seven years ago when I used to be a part of this forum community, our mysthillariums would go on forEVER... anyone remember MH6?

also, speedyserd? you're still HERE??? I used to LIVE in this forum when I was in seventh grade, now I'm twenty years old!

daaaaaaamn.

apparently my avatar no longer exists. if speedyserd or ck9 are reading this, i used to be the picture of the cheeseburger.

actually, i doubt you'll remember me. ah well.

(Technically, THE END means we stop posting, but oh, well...)

Hi, Phen. After the first two Mysthillariums I did (VIII and IX -- well, especially after VIII) I came under serious fire for going on and on and on... and yes, things were *happening.* So our goal of late has been to be short but sweet. So if that means... wait a minute.

*marae looks back over the MH and does a double-take*

What do you mean, "nothing happened"? A lot happened! We saved the bar! Geez... When you said "nothing happened," you must have been thinking of MH X.

Anyway... for what it's worth, since I don't think we ever met before, welcome back.

P.S. And will you lookee that... your cheeseburger is back! As if by magic! It wasn't here when I first accessed this page, but it sure is now!

What, Phen, you surprised I'm still around? Hehehehe, I remember when we made you into a couch and a jumbo shrimp in an old MH... hehehehe and that was when I first joined.
But this forum is still alive and somewhat kicking... BobF is around here as well. People do pop in from time to time,... but let's bring the conversation outside of this thread.