Tales From the Boards Chapter 2

The Last Laugh

"Who are you?" The small girl hesitantly addressed the mysterious jester who had appeared in front of her. "Why don't you know?" The creature said with a laugh. "It's me! Shaco!" The Child's eyes widened in fear, "Are you... are you-" "Don't worry little one", the demonic clown chuckled darkly, "I'm just here to tell you a joke." "Oh! Ok then?" The girl's confusion was growing as she kept a wary eye on the joker. "What smells rotten and puts people to sleep?" Shaco asked with a gleam in his eye. "Umm... I don't know." "Noxious Gas!" The jester began laughing maniacally after this statement. The girl stared at him even more confused then before, "How is that funny?" "It's not!" And Shaco continued to laugh even louder than before obviously enjoying the girl's confusion. "You're not the real Shaco are you?" "Now what makes you say that?" The joker punctuated this statement with a menacing glare. "You don't want to kill me, or even scare me. You just want to laugh." "Sigh... Yes I'm not the real Shaco", the jester removed his mask revealing a small robotic poro controlling the clowns body. "I'm just your average talking poro. I pretend to be Shaco so people will notice me, it's a good impersonation right?" "Well... yes, but have you ever thought about being yourself?" The poro chuckled slightly at this statement, "Perhaps child, perhaps. Now I'll have to ask you-" "Oh don't worry! I won't tell anyone." "I know you won't", as the poro said this he blew some form of gas at the child causing her to collapse. "Sweet dreams."

"You know no ones going to believe that this story is true Aqualious." "Exactly!" "Ok then. Anything else you'd like to add?" "No that will do nicely." "Then could you please remove your knife from my neck." "I think I'll just leave it here for a little bit longer." "Great."

I hope you get through whatever it is you're dealing with Aqualious. Keep on being our favorite Shaco impersonator. We're all here for you.