Reporters for the Bubbly Review noticed authorities being extra attentive to the comings and goings of the tank in the past few weeks. No one thought much about it. After all, don’t they watch daily? In fact, the only one who seemed to notice was Madame Geoffery. However, since she and the authorities have a strange relationship, no one thought much of that either. We apologize to our readership for not paying closer attention to why the authorities scrutinized the inhabitants’ behaviors.
This morning authorities unveiled a new, smaller neighborhood and announced that Madame Geoffery and Brain/Einstein are being relocated. Madame Geoffery started packing immediately while Brain/Einstein floated around in shock and kept asking PUC if he’d heard correctly. PUC ignored him; the two haven’t exchanged a civil remark in months. The move was smooth, sort of. Brain/Einstein submitted to being flown through the air several feet. He spent several minutes staring at the old neighborhood across the room before deciding which decoration would be his home. Madame Geoffery floundered, shook, and wriggled so much that the authorities had to hold on to her to keep her in the net (they were wise enough to use a paper towel to grab her; otherwise, her scales would have sliced their hand). She’s cheerful enough that the trauma didn’t stick with her. She spent several minutes exploring her new surroundings with glee, shouting to herself, “I’m not being chased! That stupid Smee isn’t taunting me. This is wonderful. A tad small, but I’m not complaining.” She’s back to talking to the authorities as if they didn’t yank her from her old home into an atmosphere where she can’t breathe for several steps and then plopped her into a place half the size.
We were able to pull the authorities aside and ask them why a new neighborhood was built and why they chose Madame Geoffrey and Brain/Einstein as the sole residents. For the first time, we got an answer from both authorities. They were a bit conflicting. One said it was the new supermax prison and the other called it a palace.
“It’s a supermax prison because Madame Geoffrey and Brain/Einstein can’t get along with anyone,” said authority number one.
“My friend is calling it a prison because Brain/Einstein instigates fights with everyone and when Madame Geoffrey isn’t being chased she and Ninja Smee get into fights. However, Madame Geoffrey isn’t being punished. We needed to remove her so that Queen Beetlejuice wouldn’t eventually kill her. That is why I am calling it a palace.” Authority number two attempted to clarify.
Prison, palace, it doesn’t matter what anyone wants to call it. The point is that Madame Geoffrey and Brain/Einstein are no longer part of the watery neighborhood.
—The Bubbly Review
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