[THEY are now in a village, standing there, and looking around, obviously unsure of what they should be doing. VILLAGER ONE approaches]

VILLAGER ONE: What are you doing here, travelers?

CAR: Ask them.

VILLAGER ONE: Are you a dwarf?

ASHRA: HALLO! I AM ASHRA!

VILLAGER ONE: Um. hello.

SLASH: Hello, confused one. I am known as Slash. How can my unworldly powers aid you today?

ASHRA: (giggling to VILLAGER ONE) He's funny, isn't he?

VILLAGER ONE: Um. (he backs away, obviously frightened of CAR'S friends) never mind.. (he runs away)

CAR: now look, Ash! You scared him away!

KASHANI: WHOA!

VULPE: (feeling ignored) what?

KASHANI: Ragnar's here!

ASHRA: (confused) hadn't we already decided that?

[RAN strolls past. KASHANI shrieks and attacks him]

ASHRA: Fight, fight, fight, fight!

SLASH: Oi! Ran!

RAN: AHH! Get off me!

KASHANI: SO YOU ARE RAGNAR!

RAN: Yeah.

ASHRA: HALLO! I BE ASHRA! ASHRA BE I!

RAN: That's nice. Who's this?

SLASH: That's Kakashani. She's trying to kill you or something.

KASHANI: You killed my father!

RAN: No! I am your father!

KASHANI: WHAT?!

RAN: Just kidding.

ASHRA: (hitting both RAN and KASHANI with her bow) STOP ARGUING! I WANT FOOD!

CAR: Ash, stop acting like an idiot. Let's go find food. Come on, Vulpe and Slash.

ASHRA: (confused) what about Kashani and our new friend?

CAR: (patiently, but on the verge of insanity) they have to deal things out by themselves. Come on!

ASHRA: Ok. HI VULPE!

VULPE: Hello Ashra.

ASHRA: You don't have very many lines in this play, do you?

VULPE: No, not really.

ASHRA: I'm sorry! (she hugs VULPE)

CAR: ASH! Don't hug people in public!

ASHRA: (a bit surprised) Why not?

SLASH: I'm hungry.

ASHRA: So am I.

VULPE: Same here.

[THEY all look at CAR]

CAR: I'm not hungry, if that's what you're wondering.

ASHRA: Car, you're boring. Hey Slash, I'll race you to the edge of the village!

SLASH: Ok!

ASHRA: One, two, three. GO!

[SLASH and ASHRA run off, neither of them gaining any impressive distance over the other.]

CAR: They're both idiots.

VULPE: Ok.

CAR: You really don't have any fun lines, do you?

VULPE: (shrugging) I dunno. The wallowing in self pity thing was interesting.

CAR: I suppose

[out of sight]

ASHRA: YYYAAAYYY! I WON! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!

SLASH: NO FAIR! YOU CHEATED! YOU HIT ME WITH YOUR BOW!

ASHRA: (indignant) THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO MAGIC ME OR SOMETHING!

KASHANI: (Walking up to CAR and VULPE, arm in arm with RAN) hello again.

CAR: I see that you two have gotten over your differences.

KASHANI: Oh yes. You see, although it seemed like three seconds to you, it took a whole story written by some kid named Spete.

VULPE: Wow, that's neat.

RAN: Yeah.

KASHANI: What happened to that wizard and the elf?

ASHRA: (still out of sight) WOW! A MUSKRAT! RAWR!

SLASH: (out of sight too and quite patiently) No, Ashra, that's not a muskrat. That's a.

ASHRA: It's a muskrat.

SLASH: OH MY GOSH!

ASHRA: What?

SLASH: IT'S A NUCLEAR WEAPON! AHHHHH!

ASHRA: No it's not. It's a muskrat.

[There is a loud bang and explosion. Everything goes black]

NARRATOR: That is the end. They all died. Goodbye.