It started with an unusually hard week. I lost a patient to heart failure. He was a 72 year old man from the reservation.
Swine flu caused a public panic for no good reason. I hate the media. Poor kids, poor mothers, they don’t know anything.
I’m not looking forward to this Halloween party. They’re all going to ask about Max. It’s my least favorite holiday anyway.
One good thing about these friends. I can be a non-responsible college kid all over again. I wish I’d had time to make Kim Chi for them.
Fab inherited this island from his uncle. Typical for my old friend. Birthdays in Monte Carlo, Christmas in Rio, the usual…
I wish I could take my friends out to Samoa to help with the Tsunami relief.
And what is with Ralphus the psychic. It’s not logical to me. Ugh, I need to be less uptight. I need to let the energy flow…
Riding with my old friends in our rental car brings flashbacks to college. When we hired a chauffeur to drive that U-haul truck to wherever, I don’t remember, all of us piled in the back with a keg. Was it Reed’s idea? We were so wasted when the cop pulled us over, following the trail of beer. Aah, community service…
Wow, the mansion is great! It has two stories, a big building on a private island! A lot of money. Lucky Fab! The ultimate playboy mansion. What’s up with this carousel? Did Fab’s uncle have kids? Don’t know. Spencer would love to ride this thing. That little brat :).
And those portraits in the gallery! So sad. But very photo-realistic painting. This man with the plaque, Medicus Panton, it means Doctor ?what? Hmm, very interesting looking guy. Is he alive?
I heard something clink behind me. What’s that? A brass ring on the floor? What for? Fab says it belongs on the carousel. I guess we  have to all go there.
Wow, this a really cosy sitting room. It looks like antique, well-crafted fine art. Somewhat similar to my father’s  library. But not this fancy!
Wow, Staggy is going nuts right now, I can see his eyebrows twitching. I hope we can keep him out of trouble. With my salary, I can’t bail him out anymore.
What is with this tunnel. I’ve never seen this technology before. A tube tunnel? No seams? And a looong way to go down. And what is with all these missing artifacts? I can’t believe what I am seeing down here. Is Fab’s uncle an art thief? Is this where he made his fortune? Does Fab inherit all this art too? I believe this art belongs to the public. Oh my god, one after one after one, how many?.. You could literally buy a small Pacific island with all this money, you could live like a king. Oh right, we are on a small Pacific island.
What…is…this creature? What was his name? It’s not a leprechaun. It looks more like a garden gnome. I’ve seen this in my neighbor’s garden made out of plaster! What is this, why is he grumpy about his missing boot? And why is he living on this little rock. Where is his food? I mean, how did he get there? And what is he saying to us? We have to go back? And why are we listening to him? Okay, I guess we have to go back to the island. Or wherever.
Chaos! A big bang! A loud noise! Smoke! Is this a war zone? Who’s operating this carousel? Who are these people coming up the driveway? Why are these mercenary private armies attacking us? Why is Reed firing his gun out?!? Where can I find a pointy stick to jetté them with? We are retreating back down the ladder into the sitting room. We surrender!
We got lined up outside. Are they kidnapping us? Are they asking a ransom? Fab’s family has money. Overall this is his property. Who are these people? Did anyone call 911? Why didn’t I think of that first? **BLAM**
Whoaaaa… Huh? Am I alive? I think I’m alive. My heart is beating. Why are we in a picture frame? Wwww…Is everybody okay? I guess I’m stuck. I try to wiggle my toes and fingers. Seems to be moving, but I have a wierd sensation I don’t know how to explain.
Where am I now? Oh, it’s the gallery! You mean all these portraits are like us? They are living people?!? How long have they been here? How long will I be here in this form? We’ve gotta do something!
Those business suit guys from the limo are back. What is on their backs? Insect, squid, wierd thingies! What are they doing to the other portraits? What the… That’s inhumane! They just killed that dude! And they are puppeting his body! What is that cube thingy they used to 3D him? We must be 2D like they were. I need to get that cube from them! They’re leaving now. We can’t let them just leave like that! We need to fight back somehow!
What is that, a ghost? A folding bedsheet, floating object. I kinda looks like a human. But it’s like paper… It’s kind of a paper man? Is that a human? Or do I look like that?
Whoa, what is this gnome dude doing here? What is he doing? NO, don’t burn us! Whoa, I’m falling….
Whoa, I don’t think I can do this… I guess I can swim along the floor. I need to catch these creatures before they leave. Oh good Reed is here. We are all attacking these creatures. Crawling up their bodies like a film. Somehow I need to get that cube!
I got the cube! Oh, okay, zap, zap, button, click, click…**ZAP** I’m 3D again! Now I need to make the cube into that lightsaber thingy! **zziiinggg** Success! Time to cut those puppet squids away! Horrible screaming!
Reed got hurt! I don’t know how? They’re trying to get back to the portraits! I need to keep them away!
What is this noise? The carousel is spinning! Earthquake! Tsunami? Whoa, the sky is opening up! The end of the world? What is that noise? I know this sound. It’s from a TV show I watched in college with my friends. It’s the TARDIS! …everything goes black.
We’re on a sunny hill, Ow! my head. Where are we? Looking around. The TARDIS! A blue police box!
awesome!!!!