FanFic: Transylvania Tricks & Threats.

[The Count]

You'll find out soon, as the next installment or two will have allusions to the author I'm trying to follow.

 

[The Count]

The chaos at the Hensonville patisserie was mildly comparable to the Muppet Theater's backstage, especially on one of their good nights. The new proprietor, Mrs. Pepper, was dashing about the tiled floor making sure everything was in order. First impressions were very important to her, now that she sought a new avenue of employment after the Thread Killers Organization's 3976&½' unit closed their headquarters. Her dark hair glistened in the bathing glow of the fluorescent lighting... Her glasses perched upon the bridge of her nose served to accentuate the haphazard motherly air she exuded, a poofy checkered apron flapping about over her everyday clothes. "How I'll ever hope to keep fully stocked cookie and doughnut shelves with that blue furry cookie eater and that Hunt man around..." The phone rang, demanding her attention for the moment.

"But I was counting on you! It's my first day on the job!" she cried defeatedly into the receiver.
"Yes well... The fact is Mrs. Popper is it?"
"It's Pepper!"
"Yes... Whatever you say. The fact is my resignation was tendered the day Angela left."
"Why are you doing this to me Roux?"
"Only a few select people call me by that name. You shall address me as Mr. Dredgewood please" he responded in an almost quiet yet snappish tone.
"Of course Mr. Dredgewood... But your help would be..."
"Most useful elsewhere. The baking profession no longer interests me, I have other pursuits to follow. Good day Mrs. Pipper-Pooper."
Those were the last words to be heard from the other end of the receiver, leaving a very frustrated woman now in charge of Mike's Bakery short-handed and short-fused on the verge of breaking down.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Ooh! I love how you are using Mrs. Pepper and referenced TKO! Very cool! I also love the line about a certain furry blue cookie eater and that Hunt guy around. Very nice! And oh that Mr. Dredgewood, he's just up to no good at all.

I like where this is going Ed! Please, give us some more!

 

[theprawncracker]

MrsPepper!!! OOH AWESOME!! I love it Ed!! More please!!

 

[The Count]

"So let me get this straight..." Mrs. Pepper spoke clearly into the blunt gray receiver of the telephone held at the moment in her free hand, her writing hand jotting down a few notes. "You're offering me an able-bodied staff? And they'll take the orders out to my customers?"
"Yes, that's vhat I'm saying Mrs. Pepper."
A faint smile danced across her face... She could tell she would like this person, er Muppet much more than that Mr. Dredgewood.
"Alon with my little darlings, ve'll have a few special selections for your customers to choose from amongst the delicious doughy desserts you make at that fine bakery."
"You've actually been here before?!?" Mrs. Pepper said, a bit surprised that her new business partner had been a former patron.
"Of course I have... There are a lot of friends there in that town of Hensonville of mine... Ewen have a roommate over in the dorms building."
"Oh OK... Think I've got all the recipes, they seem simple enough. Can't thank you enough."
"No, the pleasure is all mine..."
"OK then, you send them over and I'll make sure they return with half the proceeds from the day's sales each morning."

The bakery's new mistress was satisfied with the exchange. She would get what she wanted- a steady team of workers to help her in the shop-, and the Count would get some moneys which would go towards the Monster Ball Fund. Although it was Hooper's Store where most of the people went for a quick lunchtime fix or even up to Jim's Coffee House, Mike's Bakery did its fare share of business with the crowd of Muppets and humans living here in the town. Muppet monsters and kids came in from time to time, checking the posterboard announcing the new specials...

Counting Castle Confections:
1 Hazelnut Halloween.
2 White Fright Chocolate.
3 Boston Scream.
4 Vanishing Vanilla Creme.
5 Apple Skinnamon.
6 Boisenberry Slurple Ink.
7 Sweet Potato Shortbreaths.
8 Gnarly Sugar Pretzel.
9 Double Bubble Toil and Toffee.
10 Pumpkin Puddin' Spice.
11 Mystery Minty Mist.
12 Batty Batterscotch.

Customers, as frequently or not they may have been, filled out their orders at the counter stating if they wanted cookies or smallish pastries lined with whichever of the various fillings listed on the wall next to the cash register. Mrs. Pepper started to ease into her new job, each person or thing that walked in assuring her that she had made the right decision moving to this place.
"I'm coming..." "Here you go..." "Ooh, me can hardly wait!"
Their deliveries fresh out of the oven and ready to go, the waitresses flew off into the yawning twilight just stretching its folds above the sleepy cityscape. Their boxes were enveloped inside crisp yellow-orange wrapping paper, branded with a bounty of little black bats. Two tags were afixed to the top lid: one stating Counting Castle Confections with a 1-2-3 cookie logo, and another card saying Mike's Bakery showing off an edible softened pink rose emblem. Twelve lovely girl bats flapped their wings, darting hither and yon, tracking the different drop-off points throughout the town. Their ears bristled slightly beneath the ghost white pins tucked in place. The modeled chocolate black waitress vests clung to their furry bodies from the early October nightly chill, while the breeze buffetted their almost completely bare legs given the matching short skirts and slippers they wore.
"Here you are Mr. Hunt" one of the twelve said, handing over the box of chocolate glazed Boston Scream doughnuts.
"You remembered to remove the scream, fright?"
"Of course sir" she said, fluttering the dark lashes above her Muppety ball-orbed eyes.
"Aw... How can I say No to that... Hold on..."
"Mr. Hunt! No, please... That's more than enough!"
"I insist" he affirmed stuffing the little sack with quarters generously.
Another little girl bat could be heard laughing nearby, she was rolling over herself performing summersaults in the night sky knocking the air around her in the company of Jerry Nelson. Though his health was a bit touch and go, he still favored the bat with some of his routines sneaking halfdollars into her leathery drawbag. Both girls' bags were so full they threatened to burst apart at the seams. A few patches of tape later secured the contents, weighing down the twins winging their way back before fetching another round of perfectly preserved parcels rushing to finish by the stroke of midnight.

"Thank you girls... Your Count will be very pleased with tonight's haul" Mrs. Pepper crowed, adding up and dividing the booty at the crack of dawn. "Good thing you girls need your beauty sleep, cause quite frankly, I could do with some forty winks myself."
The shopkeeper hung a "Closed" sign outside the doors merrily trodding off to her own bunk for a well-deserved siesta.

 

[redBoobergurl]

I like this so much! I love the treats that the bakery is selling. And I'm curious about the Monster Ball fund. Anyway, I'm really enjoying this and I can't wait to read some more!

 

[theprawncracker]

Ooh I reeeeally like this!! The girl bats are so cool! And the bakery's neat! I'm also excited to see MrsPepper! More please!

 

[The Count]

Trust me, when there's more it'll get posted.

The Monster Ball Fund is just the direct deposit set up to collect or set aside the total moneys needed for the party.
Glad you guys are liking it so far, I'm trying my best to follow Kermie's Girl style with my own perhaps more omniscient style.

What next you ask? Not sure... Yes, there's the ball of course... But what to have before hand, a few more fundraisers lined up as we approach the date marked down for haunters to let go off their worries and scares.
Drop me a line, I'm open to suggestions if they should fit in line with where I'm going with this. Especially if you can get Uncle D to come up with something to advance the plot Ryan.

 

[Java]

Ed, I'm enjoying this and I'm sorry I haven't gotten to it sooner. I look forward to more when it's availabe but won't hound until I get another chapter of mine up, which won't be until after my stint of night shifts are over (so sometime this weekend).

Hope all is well with you! I'd better get back to bed.

 

[The Count]

Yeah, everything's sorta OK here... Thanks Melissa, but just get some rest and then post more of The Great Desire.

To be honest with everybody, I'm a bit burnt out with these little mini-fics... Just don't have the satisfaction to finish 'em. Sorry to be such a tease or a drag... Maybe one day when I've gotten a good enough motivation/story idea I'll be back. Then again, maybe I try to do so much. Perhaps in a couple of months during the Christmas break something or other...
Hope this helps explain and I apologize to everybody wanting more. Very sorry am I, but thanks for reading and posting feedback. Hope you guys can understand and have a good day.