E-Mail Correspondence from Tina Truefan to
Tommy Toomuch
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December
26
My dearest Tommy:
Imagine my stunned surprise when I opened the door and found your
wonderful gift: Damodar and a spree of dragons on my doorsteps. The
dragons are spectacular, really exquisitely beautiful. Damodar is quite
charming (though his blue lips are a bit startling) and says he’ll make
sure the dragons behave themselves. He seems like the sort who can get
dragons (and people) to do what he wants. He said they won’t be much
bother since they fly off every night for a midnight show in
Vegas. My neighbors are jealous.
You are SO creative. Many, many thanks.
Your dearest devoted friend,
Tina
Link to 2nd Day Page
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December 27
Wow. Today the two privates parading arrived on my doorstep. They are
so darling! That Pvt. Cartwright is a real cutie pie. The two of them
sing and dance and are so entertaining. We had a great time! Men
never looked so good in makeup. ;)
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December
28
Dear Tom:
Today the three Ravagers arrived. Isn’t this a bit quirky? That
Cooper fellow is real yummy but Clean is a bit weird, what with that
ooze dripping from his face and all. And frankly, dear friend, the two
privates had to subdue him and the Berserker with their rifle butts and
a tear gas grenade. Don’t be offended but we had to have the two of
them hauled off to the local psych ward for a 72-hour lockup.
Cooper was real nice about it and seemed a bit embarrassed. I’m sure
they’ll be fine.
Wow, this is a bit more like it. The four doctors are indeed dazzling.
That Dr. Burton is such a sweetheart, what an endearing smile. I never
had a doctor this cute when I was in the hospital, that’s for sure. And
that Dr. Baker—how suave he is. I just love his British accent.
Dr. Quinn and I had a great time together. Her frontier stories are
quite remarkable. But Dr. Kildare keeps eyeing Dr. Burton and Dr. Baker
in a funny way, if you know what I mean.
It’s beginning to get a little bit crowded here but we’re managing. Dr.
Quinn is sharing my room and Dr. Baker and Dr. Burton are staying on
the living room sectional couches. They made Dr. Kildare sleep on the
floor near the TV.
I am overwhelmed—five kilted Celts. You know how I love all things
Celtic! Boudicca is a real trip—what a cool kick-butt woman. She
and Dr. Quinn hit it off right away. We’ve got her bunked down in my
room. She seems to be a real hearty sort and doesn’t mind
sleeping on the floor.
Cuchulain has been swapping great stories about Celtic battles with
Boudicca, really entertaining in a way but just a bit gory for my
tastes. Yuck.
But Duncan and Jacob keep bickering. Don’t know why they can’t get
along, what with them both being Scottish and all. Jacob nicked Duncan
with his sword—playing too rough, I guess—and Dr. Quinn had to patch
him up. He didn’t seem to mind Dr. Quinn’s attention, if you know what
I mean. Jacob looked a bit peeved. I think he was jealous.
The Scottish piper was a treat too. At least for the first few songs.
You know how much I love bagpipes but frankly, Tom, not at 3am in the
morning. Jacob had a word with him and he quieted down. Real
fast. Jacob has that effect on people.
The living room floor is getting a bit crowded, however, and I’ve run
out of blankets.
Oh, you dear, you remembered how much I love spies. But really, six of
them is just a trifle extravagant, don’t you think? That Jurgen is a
real looker; I do so love the mysterious type. But he seems to have a
thing for Nikita. Can’t blame him, she’s stunning. She and Boudicca
have been swapping “war” stories—now, there’s two women who can kick
serious derriere, and I mean serious!
But that guy Michael is a bit of a downer. Doesn’t have much to say. He
keeps looking daggers at Jurgen. Does he have a thing for Nikita
too?
James, Jim and Jimmy are a trip. That British suaveness again. And so
gorgeous. But just a bit aggravating too. They keep trying to make time
with Nikita and Jurgen is pretty steamed. Nikita is cool about it,
though. She just laughs it off. Jurgen is obviously her main
squeeze. Michael seems indifferent, what’s up with him?
However, the floor space is pretty much gone in both bedrooms and the
living room. Some of them are sleeping under the dining room
table. You must really stop. We’re having fun but I haven’t got
any more room. Really!
What’s with the seven sailors? I mean, isn’t this a bit much? I
appreciate the thought and all but haven’t you gone too far? They’re
not just saluting, they’re swearing up a storm. I’m no prude but really
now, I don’t need to hear this stuff all day long. That Major Baker (he
says he’s pulling double duty) is OK--he’s a real gentleman—but Sinbad
and that Long John Silver are real foul-mouths—and in several different
languages too. I can now say s**t in Russian, Greek, Arabic and Welsh.
Great. Just what I needed. Fletcher doesn’t seem to be into swearing, I
guess, but he mumbles so bad that I’m not sure what he IS saying. But
that weirdo Popeye keeps bugging me for spinach—and I HATE spinach. And
that nasty little corncob pipe of his has got to go. I told him in no
uncertain terms that he couldn’t smoke inside. I made him and Sinbad
and the other sailors (who were kind of grungy, actually) sleep up in
the attic.
I know you’re trying to entertain me in a special way but enough is
enough. PLEASE no more gifts! My neighbors are starting to look at me
funny. One of them even asked what I thought I was doing, running a
motel or something. I told him to buzz off.
NO MORE GIFTS, PLEASE! These eight Romans are running amok in the
house, rushing everywhere, knocking over furniture, tripping over the
other guests. I told them to knock it off or else. Jacob and
Jurgen both got a bit threatening with them and they calmed down for a
while. That Domitian is real handsome, I admit, but he keeps demanding
that people worship him as a god. Really now, this is just too
much! I told him he could stay in the basement and let the spiders
worship him. He didn’t look too pleased but the three Bonds finally
made themselves useful (Nikita had just told them to shove off) and
kind of invited him and his Roman friends down the steps real fast.
What a pest.
That is, all of them except that poor Marcello and his friend Sophia.
They just seem befuddled so we let them stay upstairs. He keeps
muttering something about “where’s Fellini?”
I put the Augustus statue out in the back yard but the dragons knocked
over it
over and broke it. They’re scorching my plants and flowers too, to say
nothing of my charred lawn furniture. I am NOT amused.
And I’m now totally out of food. Why the hell couldn’t you send food
inside of the damn Romans?! The two privates, bless their hearts, are
pulling KP duty washing the dishes and cooking on the morning shift.
Wouldn’t you know, the women have ended up taking over the noon and
evening cooking and cleaning duties. Same old, same old. Most of the
men seem to think they’re too good to clean up after themselves.
The place is a pigsty!!
We’re eating in shifts now because I don’t have enough place settings.
AND I NEED MORE FOOD!!
What the hell do you thinking you are doing? I told you to STOP
WITH THE GIFTS! Are you blind and deaf? These nine werewolves are
making an UNBELIEVABLE MESS! It’s bad enough that they’re
shedding all over what’s left of my furniture and coughing up hairballs
on the carpet, but their wailing and baying is disturbing the
neighbors, who are already pissed at me big time anyway! They
sicced Animal Control on me. Boy, did I have a hard time explaining the
racket, to say nothing of the dragon poop in the backyard. Good
thing the dragons were still on their way back from Vegas. I don’t know
HOW I would have explained that! I’m going to have a word or two
with that Damodar about the poop. He promised they wouldn’t be a
problem but HE LIED!
If you don’t stop sending me these weirdoes, I am going to report you
to the police for harassment. I thought you were my friend but
apparently I was wrong. Even Dr. Burton and Dr. Quinn, who have been so
understanding through all this, couldn’t keep me from crying myself to
sleep at night.
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January 4
YOU BRAINLESS TWIT
THE TEN VAMPIRES ARE WAY OVER THE TOP!! WHAT WERE YOU
THINKING? Excuse me, “thinking” is not the operative word here,
is it? Have you gone totally bonkers? Do you really hate me that much?
I’m never going to speak to you again. Your invitation to join me
on my summer vacation is definitely cancelled. Permanently.
OK, the blond vampire might be kinda cool if it weren’t for those fangs
of his, and the one with the tan is rather dashing (how does a VAMPIRE
get a tan?!) but that one guy with the black cape keeps chattering
about “the children of the night.” He’s driving me batty. That guy Vlad
can’t speak a word of English and he smells bad. AND he keeps sticking
knives into my furniture. MY GOOD FURNITURE! The rest are just too
scary for words, especially that Nosferatu guy. Where DID you DIG him
up?
My other guests had already holed up in the basement with Domitian and
Julius last night. They decided they’d rather listen to Domitian
whining than put up with the damn werewolves and all the fleas and mess
upstairs. To say nothing about the smell of that dragon poop. Now,
thanks to the vampires, they won’t even come upstairs for food (not
that I have any left, but we were going to send out for pizza till the
vampires showed up). We’re down to the emergency rations I had
set aside for earthquakes and nuclear disaster. Which this is beginning
to resemble. YOU CRAPHEAD.
My next door neighbors have called the cops. I turned off all the
lights and wouldn’t answer the door. How can I explain why
several neighbors seem to be missing and a bunch more look real
anemic? To say nothing of the dragon poop.
The vampires have dug up the back yard and there’s dirt
everywhere.
All my flowers are totally destroyed and the SMELL IS MAKING THE WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD SICK. I’m going to get even with that liar Damodar. To say
nothing of you, you creep!
I’VE HAD IT WITH YOU, BUSTER. YOU’RE ON MY LIST AND I DON’T MEAN THE
CHRISTMAS ONE!
I tried to sneak upstairs while the vampires and werewolves were
sleeping off their night’s excesses—I shudder to imagine how many
neighbors they decimated last night—and WHAT DO I FIND WAITING FOR
ME? Eleven psychos slinking around what’s left of my poor
house!!!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU TO
DESERVE THIS?
Dr. Burton, who had some psychology training before he went into
oncology, came upstairs with me. He said that Rane was definitely a
combination of anti-social and narcissistic personality disorders. Kell
too, that dirty rotten traitor. He sneaked upstairs last night
when the rest of us were sleeping (rather fitfully, I might add) to
join his cronies for this not-very-funny joke. Dr. Burton pegged Jack
for a paranoid schizophrenic and Echo for either autism or aphasia,
with a little borderline personality disorder thrown in for good
measure. Lon seems like the stalker type. Great. And Freud would
have a field day with Norman. Oh ick! Curly, Moe and Larry are merely
“developmentally arrested,” he said, or possibly ADHD or maybe just
badly in need of Prozac, he wasn’t sure which. I SAY THEY’RE ALL
WACKO AND I WANT THEM OUT OF MY HOUSE NOW.
Jurgen, Nikita, the two privates, Julius, two of the three Bonds and I
are coming after YOU, BUSTER. (The other Bond, Boudicca, Cuchulain,
Cooper, the four docs and those pesky Romans are staying behind to
protect the house and the sailors, who are now all too drunk to get up.
I have no idea where they got the rum. Not from me, that’s for sure. My
liquor cabinet was decimated by the sixth day.
YOU BETTER RUN AND HIDE REAL GOOD BECAUSE WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU!
Jurgen lent me his Uzi; he has a Kalishnikov; the privates have their
Enfields, and Nikita has a grenade launcher. Julius only has his sword
but I didn’t have the heart to turn him away. (I think he was really
fed up with Domitian’s whining and posturing and I don’t blame him one
bit.) The two Bonds said they have some real special secret
weapons that will come in handy. I don’t doubt it. Once they stopped
sniffing around Nikita, they seemed to shape up.
THERE IS NO PLACE THAT’S SAFE FOR YOU NOW. WE WILL FIND YOU AND WHEN WE
DO, YOU’RE HISTORY, YOU SCUMMY PIECE OF DRAGON TURD.
Formerly your friend in another lifetime,
Tina Truefan
From the offices of Dewey, Cheetum and Howe, Attorneys at Law:
Mr. Toomuch:
Please be advised that our client, Ms. Tina Truefan, has asked us to
obtain a restraining order to prevent you from contacting her in any
way, including the “gifts” you have been harassing her with. You would
also be well-advised to give yourself up to the authorities now. We
fear Ms. Truefan may be taking matters into her own hands, along with
some questionable colleagues whose intentions may not be the best.
We have also learned that a SWAT team has just surrounded Ms. Truefan’s
house, complete with battering ram and tear gas grenades. It seems
there was a report that twelve killers (cutting) have just arrived on
the scene. Neighbors have also been complaining about several missing
family members. The whole neighborhood is quite frankly in a panic.
Also please be advised that Ms. Truefan has requested that we
immediately begin preparing a lawsuit, which will be for a considerable
amount of money, we assure you. She estimated that repairs to her
house alone will run to over $275,000, at the very least. This, of
course, does not take into account damage to her reputation. We will
suggest punitive damages of $500,000 and at least an additional
$2,000,000 for Ms. Truefan’s shattered reputation.
You, sir, are in deep trouble, and we once again strongly urge you to
give yourself up before it is too late.
Yours very sincerely,
Charles Dewey, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law
P.S.
We might also add that your “gift” of 12 killers (cutting) seems not
entirely in keeping with the spirit of the holidays, particularly the
standard wish in regard to “peace on earth, good will toward all.”
Really now.