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Chapter #4
The Rhinoceros Queen of the Goths
by: Unknown
"Well," you say. "I was thinking about checking out the fantasy section. That's always a good choice." Jasper actually lets out a laugh. "What's ironic is that this library even has a fantasy section. With giant monsters everywhere, what counts as fantasy these days?" You let out a laugh at that joke. Fantasy might as well be another word for fiction in Scream Town.
Jasper leads you up to a stairway that takes you to the fantasy section of the library. The two of you walk where you turn to see giant books lined in a row. Underneath them were shelves of smaller sized copies of the books for humans to check out. There were some good ones listed such as the Necronomicon Jr., the Zodiac Games and then you look and see that several books you instantly recognize. It was the Rainbow Galaxy Series that Olga wrote. All six books lined up. She told you she was almost finished with the seventh one. You know you're definitely not checking out those books. You already read each one of them a hundred times. Still, you wonder how Olga is ending the series.
"I think I can handle it myself from here, Jasper." You say. Jasper nods his head. "Okay, Rick," he says. "I gotta go check up on Mom anyway. She's extra moody today." You let out a laugh and shake your head as Jasper walks away. A mood-swinging mother was a dangerous thing, especially one that was a 950ft tall pig woman. You look through the shelf and see several books. You pick up one book that had seven eyes on the cover and try to flip through it, only to see that you can't read the words. "Oh great," you say. "It's in Lovecraftian language. One of these days I've got to ask Phyllis to teach me how to speak Old One." As you're reading, you hear stomping and realize that there was a monster coming near you. One that was as big as Ororo.
You turn your head to see an enormous ass covered in skull print panties underneath a black and purple hoop mini-skirt. Underneath were a pair of black nylons and you look closer to see that this monster has thick skin. The monster bends over and you see long black hair, dark gray skin and black lipstick. There was no doubt about it, this was Noreen Steranko. Noreen was a goth girl and a giant wererhino who practically lived in the library's fantasy section. You also knew very little about her. The only person you knew her to talk to was Ororo.
Noreen didn't see you but you were at eye-level to her as she was looking through the lower shelf for a book. You figured you'd walk up in front of her mountainous eye and saw hello. "Hi Noreen." You say. Noreen didn't answer. You then let out a sigh. "Hi," you say. "Shego." That got her attention. For some reason Noreen preferred to be called Shego rather than her real name. Admittedly she does sorta look like Shego, but A) How would she know who Shego is? and B) Why would she want to be named after a villain?
Regardless, now Noreen's eye was on you. "Hello Rick." She says. You actually got her to speak with you. That's a good sign. You then see Noreen's hand coming towards you and you assume she's going to grab you so you flinch. Instead, she grabs the book behind you and looks at it. It was a book entitled "The Indigo Emperor", you knew it because Olga wrote it. Noreen actually smiled as she looked at it. "Your sister is a talented writer," she says. "I can't wait for the Violet Ragnarok." You actually smile. "I heard you have a sister as well Nor... er... Shego. What's she like?"
Noreen shrugs her shoulders. "Not much to talk about. She's really uptight; works in a mental hospital as a nurse. She sees the worst plagues of the monster mind everyday. Lucky." Huh. So Noreen's sister works in a looney bin. "Oh," says Noreen. "And she's married to some human she met in New York a long time ago. He kinda makes my skin crawl." You didn't know Noreen had a human brother-in-law. Normally that wouldn't phase you, but Noreen's sister didn't live in Screamtown. From what you heard, Noreen is from Terrordale. Monsters there eat humans like candy. You had no idea it was legal to marry humans outside of Screamtown. Guess you could learn a lot from Noreen.
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