The Quest For Dobby's Destiny Part VIIII

Writer Lady's cell phone rings. She takes it out of her purse and answers. “Hello?”

“This time lis-ten!” TP says through giggles. “Say, 'Yes. That was it. Did you get it?'

“Yes. That was it. Did you get it?”

“Nod a lot. This was something being recorded for an on line show. Say something that explains the outburst.” TP instructs.

“I can't believe I made first audition recording. This is so cool!” Writer Lady says into the phone. “I get to cross that off of my bucket list.”

“Now thank everyone and tell them it will be available for watching on You Tube. Soon. Not too soon. That way everyone has a chance to forget about it.” TP instructs.

Writer Lady lowers the phone and blushes slightly. Looking around she says, “I would like to thank everyone here for cooperating. I was filming an audition for a new reality show. It will be posted on You Tube next month with the other auditions. The show is called (clearing throat)  'Geekzillas, smart women with bad attitudes and the Geeks who love them'.” Her face bright red, Writer Lady finds a nearby dark corner and picks the cell phone back up.

“That was good. Will you listen to my instructions now?” TP asks.

“Yes, of course any help you could give me is greatly appreciated.”

“Make your way, past the Ewoks, slowly this time, there are children in those costumes. No more Godzilla impressions, okay?”

“You know I would never intentionally run over anyone especially a child. Shame on you.”

“Not five minutes ago...” TP sings in her ear.

“This is stressful. I haven't eaten since this morning either! Are we going to do this or what?”

“Patience. Writer Lady, patience.”

“If I had a dollar for every time someone said that on this trip. I'd have lunch already.”

“You are on a quest, silly lady, food comes later. To locate the Lady with the Long Golden Hair you must follow the pirates.”

“Pirates?” Writer Lady looks a the man standing to her left side. He is dressed up like a much loved pirate character that is quite easy on the eyes. Using her telepathy, “TP, what is a pirate doing at Comic-con?”

“They belong to the Lady with the Long Golden Hair. They are her decoys. Follow the pirate and I will explain.” Shoving the cell phone back into her bag, she follows the pirate. Writer Lady makes her way further into the Hall of Distractions. The pirate moves through the crowds with ease. He has been to these places before. Often.

“You know that the Lady with the Long Golden Hair is enchanting to men. Single men only. Unfortunately, there are odd exceptions. Some men are looking for another woman no matter what. If they look long enough and hard enough at the Lady with the Long Golden Hair they can be attracted to her. This is not usually a problem, sometimes there is a woman with them that does not take kindly to his attraction. The man is at fault but the Lady with the Long Golden Hair is blamed. The decoys protect your sister from these women.”

“Just a couple of hours ago you said that Merlin fixed that problem for our ancestor.”

“Merlin did his best. One must have fallen through the cracks.”

“So in other words...”

“Merlin made a boo-boo!” TP giggles.

“How much of a boo boo? How much danger is the Lady with the Long Golden Hair in?”

“Not much. Most descendants of the Enchantress' have women attacking all of the time. They don't even go to events like this. The women would be lined up to attack. Because of Merlin's blunder your sister rarely has any trouble. At an event of this size she may have three women try something. Which is where the decoys come in. Instead of a body guard which can quickly and efficiently do their job but can put a damper on a situation; the Lady with the Long Golden Hair uses the decoys. They are dressed as an attractive and well known actor. The decoy approaches an attacker before she even has a chance to say anything to your sister. The woman is surprised, distracted and completely charmed by the decoy. She is usually so excited by the decoy paying attention to her the man she is with comes out of his enchantment and quickly escorts her from the perimeter.”

“What is this pirate doing now?”

“He is one of six. They walk a 500 square foot perimeter around the Lady with the Long Golden Hair. They monitor the moods of the women in her immediate vicinity. The Lady with the Long Golden Hair sent this decoy to lead to you to her. It was an efficient way for the two of you to meet up again.” 

 

The Lady with the Long Golden Hair and the Warrior with Intense Blue Eyes are at a folding table on a busy corner of the author's section.  On the other side of the table stood the Master of Inks. The Master of Inks was a jovial looking man with dark blonde hair and blue eyes. Everyone at the table was talking, smiling and having a good time.

“That's the Master of Inks?” Writer Lady asks.

“Is there a problem?” TP's voice bellows in her mind.

“The way you described him, I expected him to be more...intimidating. If he can draw someone out of our world completely and into another shouldn't he have minions or something?”

“Not all power is evil, Writer Lady.” TP answers. “But it should still be respected.”

Writer Lady slows her walk, “Any last minute advice TP?”

“Be a lady. Don't touch anything!"