[Mac the Janitor]

Aargh! Alright, we don't want no trouble here...

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Joey's head appeared from the doorway.

"It's all clear."

The three young muds quietly scampered into the dimly lit cave. They stopped now and then to check if there were any adults behind them, as each one of them randomly heard sounds.

Rico snuck past a large, primitive wall painting. It looked as if it was painted long, long ago. He stopped for a moment to gaze at the mysterious petroglyph.

There were five mudokon figures. Three of them were peacefully meditating, while the other two were hugging each other cheerfully. On the other side of the wall, there were three figures grouped together. Rico couldn't quite figure out what they were supposed to be, but their heads tapered at the top and the arms and legs were horribly disproportionate. Their facial expressions looked as if they were scheming, and the three were huddled together.

"Hey Joey, Perm," Rico whispered, "come here." Perm and Joey looked at Rico curiously and walked over to him.

"Do you know what these creatures in the painting are?"

"Nah, never seen 'em."

"I don't know, but they're like nothing I've ever seen." Both Joey and Perm walked off.

Rico stared at the artwork for one more second, and then continued on with his friends.

Perm raced back around the corner, Joey closely following.

"C'mon, Rico, I -- I mean we -- found the Adult Meeting Room! C'mon, c'mon!"

Rico's face lightened up and he followed Joey and Perm around the corner. He gasped at what he saw.

A massive, wooden door with many detailed carvings and drawings was right in front of him. There were four wall-mounted torches barely lighting the dark cave.

"Hey Rico?" Joey nervously nudged Rico. "Do you really think we should be doing this?"

Rico fiddled with his fingers. "I know, I do feel kind of guilty about it, too..."

Perm grabbed the two boys by the shoulders, stopping Rico in mid-sentence. "Oh, come on!" he said arrogantly. "Don't both of you want to become great mudokon warriors when you grow up?! You gotta be brave, willing to take chances, gallant!"

Rico looked at Joey, then at Perm. "Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt if they never found out..."

"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! What about you, shrimpy?" Perm poked Joey.

"If, Rico's doing it and you're doing it, I might as well too..."

"Kay then, let's start eavesdroppin'! It sounds like they're starting!"

All three found a small crack or hole in the large wooden door and peered through it.

A large amount of adult mudokons, about 47 Rico guessed, were all sitting in rows. Cibo was sitting in front of them all, waiting for complete silence. Eventually the mudokons quieted down, each seeing Cibo's patience running out.

"I see that almost everyone has attended today," he started. "Well, the highlight of this discussion will be on the new creature spotted lurking around this village. I have--" Cibo was instantly interrupted by a surly looking Tomahawker.

"Have yeh seen the creature yerself yet?" He asked Cibo.

"No, I have not." Cibo paused and took a breath. "I plan to recieve the memory by possessing the only mudokon in this tribe who has seen it so far." There were several gasps from the others.

An older looking frail native stood up. "You mean that cute little four year old?"

Cibo nodded. "Yes, Rico is his name."

Rico nearly fainted. Cibo was going to possess him? Didn't he know how much pain was involved with possession? That's crazy!

"That's crazy!" the old native protested.

Cibo raised his hand and most quieted down. "Now, I would prefer that nobody would tell young Rico about this. I plan to do it without him knowing."

The surly Tomahawker stood up again, this time with a few followers. "Ain't there any other options, Cibo? This is flippin' absurd!"

Cibo shook his head. "Sadly, there are no other options. The Almighty Raisin's assistants have told me that the Raisin is not availible to talk right now, so I cannot recieve any information on this new being from him at this time."

"This is an outrage! Possessing a child?!"

There were many murmurs through the room.

Rico sat down. He was going to be possessed. There is nothing he can do about it.

He glanced at Joey. He was turning quite pale and trembling. Rico glanced to see what Joey was looking at and froze.

The door was slowly opening.

The Adults were going to find them.