The Adventures of Gusamer

Note: Its been so long since I attempted to do this whole Gusamer story writing thing. But hey, its about time I try again... so lets go and see what happens!

Once upon a time

for time's sake, I sure hope "once" isn't too heavy

there was a little guy named Gusamer.

In his short lifetime

how short? well he certainly can't reach the top of the fridge yet

Gusamer has had many adventures

if that's what you call getting abducted by herds of purple elephants

and has made many friends.

mostly inanimate objects, but hey, friends are friends!

One day

not to be confused with Monday

things where Gusamer lived got soooooooooooooo boring

that's so with 14 o's... that's really boring

he simply could not stand it anymore.

so Gus sat down

As we all know, Gusamer does not bore easily.

remember, the guy DOES talk to rocks

This was a monumental occasion indeed. What was Gus to do?

poor Gussy

Just then, there was a tap at the door.

"Hi tap... come on in."

Gusamer went to unlock and open the door,

and there it was, the bold look of Koehler, the fanciest faucets around!

but quickly found himself confused.

no big surprise here

There was no one in sight... all was dark.

did Gus forget to turn the lights on again?

Then, Gusamer remember to open his eyes

ahhhhh, I knew it had to be something!

but still there was no one in sight.

hey Gus, check the lights!!

However, there was some thing. As Gusamer looked down to the ground

not a long way to look down, which is good since Gusamer is afraid of heights

he found a piece of paper. A purple piece of paper.

purple, did you say?

The Gus-ly guy reached down

again, not very far

and picked up the note. It was not heavy.

that's always a good thing... who wants heavy notes?

Still, Gusamer was confused.

did you know that "confused" spelt backwards is "desufnoc"?
Gusamer doesn't... that would just confuse him more

"I don't get it,"

of course you got it, Gus... its right there in your hand!

Gusamer exclaimed. He scrutinized it further.

and Gusamer just thought he was looking at it! wow!

"Its purple... its not heavy... but it is such a funny shape."

so is Gusamer... he hasn't been working out lately

He continued:

of course, it'd be a pretty short story if he didn't

"I know it's a note...

that's because the word "NOTE" was written on the thing with big bold letters

... but, I've never seen anything like it before."

talk to it, Gus ... go on, you know you wanna

Then Gusamer got the inspired idea to talk to the note.

hey!! he heard me... I inspired Gusamer...
um, hmmm, should I really be this excited?

"Look here, note,"

the note would have looked, but it doesn't have any eyes

Gusamer said in a stern voice.

stay tuned for next time, when he uses his aft voice

"I want to know what you are, and where you come from!"

oooh, looks like the Gus-Man enrolled in some assertiveness classes or something

"Ack, calm down little man,"

the note would have rolled his eyes here... if he had eyes that is

the note responded.

at least we know that it can talk

But the manner in which the note replied seemed to annoy Gusamer.

yep, it did... steam coming out the ears and everything!

"Now don't get in a huff, kid. I..."

But assertive Gus

who was also being somewhat rude

interrupted, telling the note that he was no goat, and that he had no intention of climbing into a "huff"... whatever that was.

"As I was saying," the note tried to continue.

Gusamer rolled his eyes, which worked out well since he has eyes

"I was sent especially to you.

well, we knew that since no one else is in sight

And you're right... I am a special kind of note."

Detective Gusamer had cracked the case!
No wait... sorry, that was just his knuckles. Never mind.

"I'm a quarter note. I..."

again, Gusamer busts in

"YOU MEAN I HAVE TO FIND 3 MORE NOTES JUST LIKE YOU??!?"

hey, who knew Gus was good with fractions!

Good ol' Gus was working himself into quite a state

New York maybe? I always liked New York

and was pacing around the room. He did not want to spend the rest of the day looking for more funny shaped notes.

and this is the guy that was bored... you think he'd be glad for the excitement!

"No, no, no... buddy. You don't understand."

you got some 'splaining to do, note

"I said I'm a quarter note, not a quarter of a note.

good thing he cleared that up

I'm it, you don't need anything else."

a pretty self-confident and self-centred note, eh?

Gusamer, still looking confused, stopped pacing.

it wasn't anything the note said, he had made himself dizzy from all the pacing around the room... its a small room, okay??

"So, you mean, I don't have to find anything else?" he asked.

"That's right... at least, as far as I can tell," replied the note.

"So...

Gus is still stuck on the fractions thing

I need to rip you up into 4 parts then? That's going to be tough... you're such a funny shape... but..."

now its the note doing the interrupting

"HEYYYY, no way... unhand me you goofy Gus..." the note shouted, struggling for its life.

or least to stay in tact

"Don't do that... you don't need 4 sixteenth notes!!!"

nb: just an attempt at some musical humour... if you didn't get it, don't worry. Gusamer didn't either. Hmmm, that might not really be any consolation... sorry!
On with the show...

Gusamer L. F. S. B. P. McInty

read "Gusamer takes a trip - the conclusion." to learn what the initials stand for!

stopped and dropped

and rolled likely... after all, this IS Gusamer we speak of

the note.

awwww, a wee-wittle notey scarwed wittle Gussy

Actually, he did more than that. He ran right on out of the room, leaving the note on the floor.

Eloise's Hosting Tip #5: never leave your guests alone without food, drink, or (at the very least) without saying you'll be back

"Now what? Hey... kid. KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID! Come back in here... I've got a message for you... Don't just ditch me like this... Um... Kid? KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDD!"

It was no use... the very purple, un-heavy, funny shaped

now known to be a quarter note

note was stranded alone

with no food, drink, or explanation

on the floor of Gus's

very untidy

room.

What's to become of our new friend the quarter note? How scared is Gusamer? When will he return? Will he ever return? Will Donna ever write the rest of this story? All these questions and more will be answered in the next installment of "Something for Gusamer".

that is, if Donna writes it...

Ta.