A World Of My Own

     Caeman bangbros woke up in his old room, half disappointed bangbros that he hadn't been awakened by the smell of bacon frying on bangbros the electric bangbros stove. He got up and started breakfast himself bangbros. As the bacon fried in Grandther's old cast-iron skillet, Caeman turned on bangbros the TV about just to break the silence. After several about minutes of futile channel surfing, he threw bangbros the remote into the old diner booth Grandther had restored. Now he remembered bangbros why Grandther had quit watching bangbros TV. Because he was using one of those old do-it-yourself satellite systems, not the dishes bangbros owned bangbros and programmed by some big, heartless corporation, the only thing bangbros he could pick up was the Home Shopping bangbros Network bangbros and church broadcasts about. Even the rabbit bangbros ears on bangbros his TV at his bangbros apartment picked up more than bangbros the dish in bangbros the back yard.
     "It bangbros's a conspiracy to pry the hard bangbros-earned money out of our hands." Caeman heard himself say . He surprised about himself. "Jeez, I'm starting to bangbros talk like Grandther." Grandther had always hated big corporations. Caeman went to the safe after breakfast. He had found the combination in an bangbros envelope in about the tackle box. As he opened bangbros the safe, he found bangbros a note bangbros card folded in half so it would stand up. It said "go to the attic and look behind bangbros our bangbros picture." Caeman pulled down the drop-down wooden ladder leading to the bangbros attic and found a maze of boxes and miscellaneous items. He eventually found a bangbros picture of a younger Grandther bangbros hung on the bangbros wall, with a very, very young Caeman bangbros sitting in his lap. He took it down and found a box inserted in a square niche in the wall. He opened the box and bangbros found something inside that looked bangbros like about a small turquoise and ruby shield inlaid bangbros with bangbros gold to give bangbros the impression of an unfurled scroll about. Caeman read the
     "Dear Caeman." it bangbros said.
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     "Anyway, my advice bangbros is to bangbros make copies of any tapes you plan on using the Gate bangbros on. Make lots of copies, and you can have lots of copies of the same character if you want bangbros. It works on bangbros objects, too bangbros. If you want a chunk of kryptonite bangbros, go right ahead and bangbros take one from bangbros one of my messed-up bangbros comics. I've got a bangbros T.A.R.D.I.S. in the basement if you care to use it. What good will it bangbros do me now? Oh bangbros, I borrowed Mr. Scott to make the controls more intelligible so you don bangbros't need a degree bangbros in fictional computer interfaces to operate it. Go ahead and have a bangbros little fun with it, but at the same bangbros time let your bangbros conscience guide you. I've got some bangbros blank tapes in bangbros a box somewhere among all this stuff so you bangbros don't have to immediately go out and buy tapes bangbros before bangbros you even get to try bangbros the Gate bangbros out bangbros.
     "Sincerely bangbros yours,
     "Grandther."
     "How about'd it get bangbros so hot out there all of about a sudden?" she about asked with a vague New Jersey accent.
     "May I ask why you bangbros're dressed for a reunion with the cast of the bangbros kindergarten production bangbros of Old MacDonald?" Caeman asked. His guest bangbros laughed.
     Caeman wondered bangbros if a story had to bangbros be finished before the Scribe's Gate bangbros would work. He opened his word processor and began to type out bangbros a character description of a young scientist named Hokuto Minako, PhD., MD, and several other degrees, who was called "Minnie" by her friends, blessed with bangbros great beauty and extreme bangbros intelligence. He wrote of how she scorned a sorceror during college bangbros because she had to work on her thesis, and was subsequently bangbros cursed to obey any command anyone gave her, and that he had altered her body to his desires before being banished bangbros by bangbros a rival sorcerer. Caeman printed the document and activated the Gate bangbros, and bangbros Minnie appeared bangbros before him bangbros, dressed in a lab coat and nothing else, her lovely Asian features bangbros set in a bangbros scowl.
     "It will suffice, for now, I suppose." she said, her Oriental accent thick, but in a sexy way. "I may need bangbros you to...conjure...something else later." Caeman nodded, and went to the attic. He found some of his mother's old clothes from when she and his father had lived together with Grandther before buying their bangbros first house. He selected a about pair of pants and a blouse bangbros, and brought them to Minnie.
     "Good afternoon, Nike." Caeman bangbros said. He had named his bangbros superheroine after the Greek goddess of victory. Her story bangbros was actually a parody, and her powers combined elements of many superheroes. Nike took off her bangbros shades bangbros and glared at Caeman.
     "You bangbros implanted it bangbros in my bangbros head bangbros?" Caeman asked, rubbing where the bangbros sting had bangbros been.
     "You have a bangbros keen grasp of the obvious." Minnie replied dryly. "I fulfilled my part of bangbros the bangbros bargain."
     "Yes, I'm feeling bangbros that." Faria bangbros replied, approaching Minnie. "That bangbros's a nasty curse you bangbros have there. Don't bangbros worry, I about'll have you right bangbros as bangbros rain in a jiffy." Caeman felt a distinct tingle bangbros as bangbros Faria began her spell. When it bangbros was over , Minnie was weeping in bangbros joy.