"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

"My kitchen! What have you done?"

I ran in the kitchen and silenced the smoke alarms by turning on the exhaust hood fans. Coming back out, I carefully grasp yellowrose's hands in mine, and look her in the eye. Closely.

"yellowrose, dear: go back in the kitchen, throw this stuff away, and make 25 COLD cheese sandwiches. This time (opening one of the sandwiches and shuddering), take the plastic wrappers OFF the slices of cheese, OK?" Gads. The woman was brought up under a ROCK or something.

Mastermike came running in, talking about the plans for the abduction. I look at him, and quietly walk to his side.

"Mastermike, I already expressed my concerns about that particular abduction. Going through something that traumatic and being kidnapped by us in the next 24 hours is not something I'm willing to do. She needs some time to allow some healing. If you and Moebus do that, that's your business.... but we will get many of the people who share these stories very seriously pissed off. And I don't wish to alienate our audience. That is my last and final word on the matter. NO!"

"Now lets go to the office and work on those inventories. Or call Mobius and have me fired. I'll see you there." I walked out of the dining room.