Destination: Home

[The Count]

Hey! Wait a second! You can't pull the same stunt from MCC on uss, come back her.........

Vas vondering vhen you'd get to nagging me about the story Lisa.
Thing is, I'm dealing with other stuff from day to day. Rully mean to post some more. Lemme see when I can sift through the ideas and put them down on screen to post.
Got the final two battles, and two finales in mind. Yes, two finales. Why two endings you ask?
Well, there's the first ending, interrupted by the second one.
The second one's the ending needed to lend an air of mystery, so the cosmic sinkhole's open for sequels to come through the void.
The first ending's the happy Muppety ending. But more on that if I get to it.

 

[TogetherAgain]

Oh, I can pull the same stunt, and I just did! So there! La de da! But don't worry, I won't pull it for as long. Gonzo and Rizzo disappeared for almost the entire rest of the movie, I'm just disappearing for the rest of that last chapter. I'm coming back! Yes, I'll be right with you again for chapters fifteen through twenty.

You're busy with other things, you say? You mean you have a life? You'll have to tell me about it sometime. I'm curious. I always wanted to have a life.
Two finales sounds very cool. I love loopholes for sequels. But maybe that's because sequels have so much potential.
And anyway, what do you mean more on that IF you get to it? What's this IF here for? Get rid of that IF and make it a WHEN! I want to know how the story ends!

 

[The Count]

Heh, that made me laugh. You're the second person here or on PT that's brought up the concept of us having something called a "life" outside of the forums.

Yes, I have one of those. If you call sorting my figures and trying to get a box to send away blank tapes for SS episodes for the Muppet Listings a life. That plus waiting for the new figures I ordered and pulling off deals for the spaces/gaps in my collection to get it to a higher percentage of completion.

Combined with the fact we're in summer down here and I'm practically killed after sorting through the posts round noontime... Well, we'll see if I can get another chapter up soon.
And the endings will have to wait for if I get to them. Yeah, can pull this tough crud too with you guys.

*Chuckle. Lemme see... Nope, not spilling anything.
*It'll be a good happy ending all around and it's picture-perfect in my mind already.

Well, I'm off to plot my next numbered notable.

 

[TogetherAgain]

Grey Men Talk about commentary?

commentary I'm back! See? I get to interrupt the story again. Yay! Ok, so this chapter was the hardest one to name. I had to go to my sister for help. Which was a little awkward, because until then, she hadn't even known I was writing a story. Her suggestion was something about meeting the grey men, but I'm like, that doesn't work, they've been around since chapter three. So I twisted it a bit and came up with "Grey Men Talk." You know, I still need to print all this off for my mom and sister to read. end commentary​

Two grey men sat in the cabin of the pick-up truck as it bounced down the road. Ten others sat in the truck bed with the muppets.

The man who had talked to Miss Piggy seemed to be second in command. His short blonde hair kept blowing in his face, and his brown eyes glinted in the sunlight. He reached around and knocked on the driver's side window.

commentary So this is where I start telling you that this is Brian Henson we're talking to. end commentary​

"Take the long way, Eric," he said, and then he turned to face the muppets. "We're really worry about what we've been putting you all through."

commentary He was talking to Eric Jacobson. You know, the guy who took over for Frank Oz? Yeah, he definately did not hurt Miss Piggy at all. How lucky of him, that he is the first grey man to be refered to by a name. end commentary​

"Yeah, right," Floyd said.

"I mean it," the man said. "We never wanted to do any of it."

"Then why did you?" Fozzie asked.

The man hesitated.

"Just tell them, Brian," another man said.

"Be quiet, John," Brian said.

commentary Brian and John Henson. They're brothers. And Jim Henson's sons. Hey, have I ever mentioned how good I am at stating the obvious? Anyway. I was originally going to have Brian tell John to shut up, but I decided he's nicer than that. end commentary​

Then he looked at the muppets. "Galt told us to do those things," he said.

"And why listen to him?" Rowlf asked.

Brian's face darkened as he looked at the dog. "We have families, you know."

commentary This adds a whole new element to Galt's evilness. He can't even get some honest workers on his own, he has to threaten them into it. What a scum bag. end commentary​

The men all nodded. The muppets looked at them, amazed.

"You mean you're scared of him, too?" Robin asked.

Brian looked at the frog sadly. "Yeah, kid," he said. "We're scared of him."

commentary I thought that was cool, having Brian talking to Robin. It's the muppet child and Henson's child. Or something like that. Anyway, I thought it was cute. Kind of crummy circumstances, though. end commentary​

"That's why we're trying to help you out," John said.

Brian nodded. "We have to bring you to Galt's house. But we're doing everything we can to keep him from hurting you."

The rest of the men nodded in agreement. But somehow, the muppets weren't quite convinced.

commentary Well of course not. These guys sure don't seem to be doing "everything they can" by taking them all back to Galt's house. But you have to keep in mind, they're all petrified of Galt. So we the readers know that the grey men, as muppeteers, will not hurt the muppets. But the muppets don't know that. They're not quite sure who these people are. end commentary​

Back in the dungeon, Kermit had taken one of the rags from his pile and done his best to clean as many of Miss Piggy's wounds as he could reach. When she woke up again, he helped her to lean up against the pile of rags in her cell. Then he tried to clean some more of her wounds. She was still weak, but her strength was slowly beginning to return.

commentary Oh, we're back here again? Aw... Well, this isn't as bad as last chapter. This is Miss Piggy getting better, stronger. I'm not hurting her anymore. I can stay around for this. end commentary​

"Kermie?" She managed to say. "What are we going to do?"

He sighed, set the rag aside, and took her hand. "I don't know, Piggy."

"Kermie..."

"Shh," he hushed her, gentley stroking her cheek.

commentary He's trying so hard to help her. He's trying to clean her wounds, but all he has is some old rags, and he can't ever reach all her wounds because they're in seperate cells. He just keeps trying to make her feel better, it's so... heartwarming, I guess? Although it's kind of hard to be heartwarming when some one is so cut up like Miss Piggy is. end commentary​

The door slammed open. Startled, they turned to see Galt standing there. He unlocked and opened the door to Kermit's cell.

"Come here," he ordered.

Kermit didn't move. There was no way he wanted to leave Miss Piggy's side. He did not release her hand, nor did he move his other hand from her cheek.

commentary He's standing by his pig. He knows she needs him, and he's not going anywhere. Not by choice, anyways. That, and he has a feeling that whatever Galt did to Miss Piggy, he's going to do to him, too. Now I ask you, who would voluntarily go to get beat up? I mean, besides Gonzo. But actually, under the circumstances, I don't think even Gonzo would volunteer for this. end commentary​

Galt stormed over to the frog, grabbed his neck, and lifted him into the air.

"Now," he said, and he started to carry the frog out.

Kermit was shaking He turned his head back towards Miss Piggy. She was petrified, trying to hold back tears.

commentary And now he's splitting them up again. Does anybody else here really want to beat Mr. Galt to a pulp? I didn't realize I had such a violent nature. end commentary​

"Kermie..." she whimpered.

"Don't worry, Piggy," Kermit said, still shaking.

commentary Look at that. He's petrified, absolutely petrified, and he's still trying to comfort Miss Piggy. What a frog. No wonder she's so controlling of him. Guys like that are hard to come by. end commentary​

Galt laughed as the door slammed shut behind him.

commentary And he LAUGHS at them! What kind of monster... ok, that does it. He needs to get up. Now if only he was real so I could actually hurt him. Wait, I don't want him to be real, then it would be real! Ok, now I'm confused. I'll just go back to providing commentary. It's simpler. end commentary​

Miss Piggy sat up, alarmed. "KERMIE!!!" she shouted. Then she collapsed back onto the rags, slipping into the darkness once more.

commentary She doesn't have the energy to be as worried as she is. But she's only out for a couple minutes this time. Because the door wakes her up, and the other muppets just missed seeing Kermit and Galt in the hallway. end commentary​

She awoke to the sound of the heavy door creaking open. The twelve men bustled in and placed ten muppets in their cells. On the left hand wall, the first cell was given to Dr. Teeth, followed by Janice, Floyd, Animal, and Zoot, and Robin was put in the cage. The right hand cage was given to Camilla, and next to her was Gonzo, then Fozzie, and then Rowlf, with Miss Piggy still lying on her pile of rags, next to Kermit's empty cell.

Then the men left, with Brian staying behind, stopping in front of Miss Piggy's cell.

"I... I'm sorry... Miss..." he stuttered, before hurrying out the door with the others.

commentary Yes, that's right, Brian. Take a look at what your so-called boss is having you do to your father's creations. I think it's time for you to stand up to him, don't you? Of course you do. You are currently in a state of being my character, and that means I control you. Sort of. Not really. But I can pretend. end commentary​

The muppets stared at Miss Piggy, with her knotted hair, her ruined clothes, and her cuts and bruises.

"What happened?" Rowlf asked.

She felt a little stronger knowing that her friends were there.

commentary Like Kermit said in the last chapter, where would anyone be without friends? Just having them there makes her stronger. Isn't that wonderful? end commentary​

"When they... They took me... They put me in... in this room, and... and Galt was there... and... and he... he..." She winced. The pain was starting to come back. She didn't want to think about what had happened. But she pushed on. "... he... tied me... to a... to a chair.... and he... he beat me..."

By now she was crying. They could see she was in pain, and they didn't want to push her any more.

"Shh. It's alright, Miss Piggy. It's alright..." Rowlf tried to comfort her.

"Yeah," Fozzie said. "It'll be okay."

commentary And they try to comfort her, too! Oh, you've gotta love these guys. end commentary​

But Piggy shook her head. "No," she said through her tears. "He took Kermit!"

commentary Oh, that's bad. As scared as they were when they saw Miss Piggy beat up, the fact is they just plain like Kermit better. He doesn't karate chop them. And he's their leader. We've already determined that they are absolutely lost without him. So now they are petrified. ...Again. end commentary​

Silence fell in the room as Miss Piggy's sobs trailed off.

commentary I had to make Miss Piggy stop crying. While it's very powerful to hear nothing but sobs, it is much more powerful to have absolute silence. end commentary​

Robin gripped the bars of his cage, holding them tight, as though it would help to hold himself together.

commentary I love that image. I do that sometimes. I mean, I don't hold onto bars of a bird cage, but I do tend to squeeze the life out of stress balls and teddy bears, as well as the occasional rubber duckie. It's very theraputic. Although it's usually easier to just watch a muppet movie and laugh it all away. end commentary​

He sat down, deeply concerned. "Uncle Kermit..." he murmured.

Fozzie looked around at them. Kermit was gone? Galt had taken Kermit? He looked at Miss Piggy, and how battered she was. Then he looked around again. Wasn't there anything he could do?

commentary This is second-banana Fozzie trying to step up to bat again. Emphasis on trying. There's a reason he's only second banana. In fact, he's sort of more of third banana, but Miss Piggy isn't exactly at her best right now. end commentary​

"We called Gina," he said in a very matter-of-fact sort of way.

Miss Piggy looked up, encouraged. "What did she say?" she asked.

Fozzie looked down. "Well... um...."

commentary Yeah, that isn't going to work, Fozzie. Like I said, there's a reason he's not the top banana. He's no Kermit. He just can't lead. But you've gotta give him credit for trying. end commentary​

Miss Piggy looked around, confused. They each shifted their weight, none of them wanting to tell her.

Dr. Teeth spoke gentley. "Galt's men came and took us before she could really say much of anything," he told her.

Miss Piggy drooped her head and sighed. A feeling of despair settled in all of them as silence fell once more in the dungeon.

There was nothing left to do.

commentary Now this is the part where everyone wants to know where Gina is already. I was torturing RedDragon about it. "She got lost. She called me and asked for directions. Well, first she called and asked me what the proper etiquette was for leaving a wedding early. Oh, and she's hungry, she stopped to get a sandwich before heading for Galt's. Actually, she's not quite sure where the muppets are right now..." I am so cruel. end commentary​

 

[Beauregard]

Hey Lisa. For your cruelty I am going to place an ad here for my next fan-fic, which won't be psoted until I have, A. finished my other one, B. Written it.

Hopefully that will be punishment for you.

Comign up next on MC live, B. Regard's new novel, staring The Muppets. The novel is held together by a string of events that are started by a chance meeting with Kermit the Frog. However, Kermit himself will not appear after scene one...A new and extradinary look at the lifes of our Muppet friends, through the eyes of Gonzo.

 

[TogetherAgain]

That's harsh, Gardy. That is harsh. Come on, I wasn't THAT cruel. You are so awful.

...although it just may backfire on you. Because you see, now you have given me even more reason to nag you to hurry up with what's on the other side. So you're adding fuel to my nagging fire.

So come on now, go back to your fanfic and write some more. I'll meet you there and nag some more.

Ooh, now I have an idea for another extra. A preview! Yeah, I'll give you a sneak peak at my next story. Oh, but I'll have to be nice and obscure. Ooh, this is going to be fun! I won't post it until after I finish my commentary, of course. But first thing's first. Off to nag!

 

[redBoobergurl]

Hey Lisa, just wanted to say I loved the reference to my fan fic again and thanks for the kind words and for posting a link! No idea if more people will read it, but it was nice of you! Anyway, I'm loving the commentary and looking forward to your extras and your next story!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Intervention by commentary.

commentary It's funny how much I can change the chapter titles for commentary. end commentary​

A sudden shadow fell across the window, blocking all light in the room. The muppets looked up, startled.

commentary I tried to make that scary, but I think it was a little obvious who it was. end commentary​

"Who's there?" Gonzo called out.

The shadow pulled the skirt of her dress in closer to her legs, trying to let some light in. Then she bent down so they could see her face.

"It's just me, guys," Gina said.

"Gina!" the muppets shouted.

commentary Oh, there's a gag here that I wanted to use, but it only works in movie format. So let me explain. The muppets all bombard Gina with questions, and the last thing we hear them say is very specifically Fozzie saying "How did you find us?" And Gina hesitates, and she says, "I don't know, I'm just following the script. It says I'm in this scene." Then she produces the script out of nowhere. And Gonzo says, "Oh, could I see that? I need to know what my next line is." It had potential, I'm kind of sad that I scrapped it. Maybe I could have made it work. Well, you got to hear- er, read the joke anyway. All's well that ends well. But it's not over yet... Oh I confused myself again. end commentary​

Miss Piggy lifted her head. "Gina?" she said softly.

"Hey, Gina. You wanna give us a hand?" Floyd asked.

commentary Naw, she's just there to watch you. Actually I think she should start clapping here. That'd be funny. See I have all these jokes and I didn't put them in! I must be even more insane than I thought. Remind me to leave the funny parts in next time. end commentary​

Gina smiled. "It was awfully nice of Mr. Galt not to have any bars in this window, don't you think?" she said as she half-climbed, half-fell into the room. Then she stood up straight, saying, "We'll have to remember to thank him for that."

Robin looked her over. "Wow," he said.

Wow indeed. Gina felt the eyes of everyone in the room examining her from from head toe.

commentary This was tough to write. I kept thinking, How can I do this to Gina? Oh, this is just awful of me! But it was much easier than hurting Miss Piggy. I don't even like to think about that. This I can talk about all I want. end commentary​

Her white high-heels were just a tad scuffed. The skirt of her white silk dress was lightly puffed out. The well-fitted bodice had a beautiful lace collar. The sleeves were cut to just above her elbows. Her long black hair had been elaborately swept up into a bundle of curls, with a long white veil trailing down her back. The only jewelery she wore was a single gold band on the third finger of her left hand.

She shifted her weight, uncomfortable. "I... I told you, I was... I was at the wedding..."

"But, Gina..." Fozzie said.

"You never told us it was your wedding," Rowlf said.

The muppets nodded. Gina turned, noticed the keys hanging behind her, picked them up, and walked to Dr. Teeth's cell, talking as she did.

"You called after the ceremony was over. The reception isn't for another couple of hours. And besides, what's done is done. I already left. I'm just as married now as I would have been if I'd stayed."

commentary If she hadn't been so final about it, some one was going to say something else, I forget what... Oh! I remember now. I don't know who, but some one, I think Miss Piggy, was going to say "I've never heard of a wedding with a long break between the ceremony and the reception." So Gina was going to explain that they had to do it that way so her grandparents could take a nap. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to come. Covering my tracks again. end commentary​

And with that, the conversation was closed for discussion.

Gina fumbled through the keys, unlocking and opening each cell door, taking Robin and Camilla down from their cages.

She got to Miss Piggy's cell last. She undid the lock, opened the door, and looked to the back of the cell, where the pig was still lying on the pile of rags.

"Oh my gosh," Gina said.

commentary I was very careful to orchestrate her movements so that it might actually be plausible for her to not notice Miss Piggy until this point. end commentary​

She rushed over and knelt by Miss Piggy's side, grabbing a rag and trying to clean the wounds Kermit hadn't been able to get to. Rowlf and Fozzie helped. They couldn't do very much to actually heal Miss Piggy, but at least she didn't look as terrible as when Galt had first thrown her into the cell, and her strength was rebuilding.

They got her sitting up and were about to see if she could maybe stand when they heard the door slam open behind them.

commentary Ooh, another cliff hanger! Please note. Last time the door "slammed" open, it was Galt. When the grey men came, the door "creaked" open. So who is it? Is it Galt, back with a battered Kermit? Is it Galt, without Kermit? Or is it Brian and John? Oh wait, you've read the story already. You know who it is. Don't mind me. end commentary​

 

[theprawncracker]

You're doin' great with the commentary Lisa, I love reading it. Oh, and more feul for your fire, I've also thought up a new idea for a fan-fic. I've got the general idea in my head, just gotta expand a little bit.

Doc Hopper: Just like frogs, frogs expand don't they?

That's a myth!

Doc Hopper: What?

Myth, myth!

Myth: Yes?

Sheesh... Any way, I have to finish commentary on Muppet High before I start anything, so patient you must be!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Oh no worries, I'm doing that too. I have another fanfic making it's way (ever so slowly) from my head to some paper, which I will post when I am done with ALL my extras for this one. But it, too, needs some working on. Hence, all the extras. Hopefully I'll get most of the kinks out by the time I'm done with this one.