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'Tis astonishing the lengths Rupert will

  • 'Tis astonishing the lengths Rupert will go simply to be nasty.

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  • Rupert, the illegitimate offspring of an Outback rancher and a striptease dancer felt cheated by life and took it out on others in Barrows Creek 'til they ran him out of town on a

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  • trumped-up bestiality racket. Sure he did it, but they didn't have to make it sound like *that*. Rupert was down and out. Somewhere between Baton Rouge and Tulsa he happened across

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  • a dusty accordion. Putting the bestiality rap firmly behind him, Rupert tootled the theme tune of 'Amelie' on the streets of Tulsa drawing crowds of weeping women wherever he went.

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  • "Tell me," one cried, "can you play the old dusty accordion?" No Rupert said, as he always said. "No, it's not mine. I carry it for old times. And still I must speak in rhymes." A

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  • pallor crossed poor Rupert's face, as three chords wheezed from the accordion's case. The one who asked if Rupert could play, retreated into the crowd that day. As twilight fell

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  • Rupert played on, his instrument feebly gasping out each note in the endless stream. The crowd had thinned somewhat, perhaps due to the fact that nobody likes accordion music, but

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  • one small lizard boy remained: Leif. Fun fact: few lizardfolk like accordion music but Lief was not like most iguanaboys. Leif made Rupert play 6 encores. Afterwards, Leif clawed

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  • the tables, spilled six Shirley Temples, and ate the flowering table centerpiece. Like most lizardfolk, Leif was not the best customer, but he loved Rupert's accordion recitals the

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  • atrical as they were. Rupert's innovative music was really out there, you know? Like WAY out there...out on a limb, out there...which is exactly where Leif liked to be.

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2 Comments

  1. Zetawilk Jun 13 2014 @ 20:39

    I like Leif. :3

  2. SlimWhitman Jun 14 2014 @ 03:48

    Rupert (who survived a whole story!) finally found someone who appreciates him: Leif of the lizardfolk.

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