Fixed.
New chapter.
CHAPTER THREE:
U. A. Energy
Shill decided the first realm to go after would be the most important one (she allowed Spin to inform the Walker populace of her plans in a way that sounded not only reasonable, but made them passionately support it, despite the facts not supporting it at all.
Realm Walkers were no immune from stupidity and gullibility. They could be afflicted with it just as easily as any other sentient being.
But Shill wanted it for another reason. She had come to believe there was an abundant amount of golden U. A. Energy in the Prime Universe, the Realm in which Cloak made his home. She knew of this, and acknowledged that he may become a problem, but that was a problem to be solved later.
She had to have the Walker people misinformed of her intentions, and that what she was doing was righteous. She knew it would be a simple enough task, as the masses could easily be swayed by platitudes and complicated, confusing rhetoric that really said nothing. One reason she liked having Spin at her side. The weaselly Realm Walker was an expert at such tactics.
He sang:
The energy of Anodyne,
The might of Bizarro
Will seem like mere trinkets
By this time tomorrow!
The gold we find there
Will dwarf them by far.
Oh, with all ya got in ya, fellows,
Dig this, girls and boys!"
Shill now had her hand at the song:
"Mine, boys, mine ev'ry mountain!
And dig this, dig 'til ya drop!
Grab a trick, fellows!
Quick, fellows!
Shove in a shovel,
Uncover those lovely
Sparks that sparkle and shine!
It's U. A. Energy and it's mine, mine, mine!"
The Walkers, clearly too easily manipulated by the music to realize the rhetoric (or simply didn't care) sang:
"Dig and dig and dig and diggety . . .
Dig and dig and dig and diggety . . ."
Spin sang, almost as if casting a hypnotic spell:
"Hey nonny nonny,
Ho nonny nonny!"
Shill said, under her breath, "Oh, how I love it!" while Spin sang:
"Hey nonny nonny!
Ho nonny nonny!"
Shill said, not referring to the other, lower class, working Realm Walkers, "Riches for cheap!"
Spin:
"Hey nonny nonny!
Ho nonny nonny!"
Shill and Spin said, "There'll be heaps of it!"
Shill sang:
"And I'll be on top of the heap!
My rivals at home --
It's not that I'm bitter --
But think how they'll squirm
When they see how glimmer!
The elites at court
Will be all atwitter!
The donors will reward me.
They'll knight me . . . no, lord me!
It's mine, mine, mine
For the taking!
It's mine, fellows!
Mine me that energy!
With those nuggets dug
It's glory, they'll gimme
My dear friend, Bribery,
Will probably build me a shrine!
When all of the energy . . . is mine!"
The Walkers, well, the easily misled ones, sang:
"Dig and dig and dig and diggety
Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!"
Meanwhile, in the Prime Universe itself, on Earth, Cloak is working with GH to perfect a tandem attack, perfectly oblivious to Shill's scheming. Cloak was using his aerokinesis to maximize GH's concussive musical attacks. And both were have great fun in doing so, as Leatherhead watched on. He was thoroughly entertained.
Cloak sang in thought as he did this:
"All of my life, I have searched for a place
Like this one.
A richer, more welcoming forum
I couldn't design!
Hundreds of adventures await,
And I don't plan to miss one!
In a Realm I can claim,
A Realm I can main!
The greatest adventure is mine!"
Back to Shill:
"Keep on working, fellows!
Don't be shirking, fellows!
Mine, fellows, mine!
Mine me that energy!
Beautiful energy!"
The witless Walkers sang:
"Mine!
Find a mother lode
Then find another load!
Dig! Dig! and diggety
Dig! Dig! For that energy!"
All sang:
"Make this Realm land
My land!"
Shill sang:
"Make the mounds big, fellows.
I'd help you to dig, fellows,
But I've got this crick in my spine!"
Cloak sang:
"This Realm I behold . . ."
Shill:
"This story untold . . ."
Cloak:
"A Walker can be bold!"
Shill:
"It all can be sold!
And the energy
Is...
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
So go for the energy
I know which is here.
All the riches here
From this minute,
This Realm and what's in it is
Mine!
Dig and dig and diggety-dig!
Hey nonny nonny nonny, it's mine!"
And she got the necessary support to do what she wanted.
SOURCE SONG:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6uIcaj3cUV0