Reasons to be - a fic for Mollywheezy
Title: Reasons to be Literate
Genre: Despicable Me, Grimm
Rating : G
Prompt: You never know how you are going to run into after hours in the library.
Mollywheezy, I hope you enjoy your bit of silliness. Thanks for playing along. Also my thanks to nursesparky for her beta!
There was something about a library after hours… well, after hours for normal people, but minions were not normal people. There was even some debate if they were people at all. They certainly wouldn’t argue the point. Minions tolerated humans in their quest for the perfect villain. Now that they had Gru and the girls, they largely ignored most people and their illnesses.
However, something big had happened and it seemed like the world had come grinding to a stop. At first Kevin thought it was a fiendish plan by his employer, but now he wasn’t sure. More and more, he was convinced that something very small was to blame. Something even smaller than Bob…or even Bob’s teddy bear.
Suddenly, none of his human family would leave the house. When supplies were needed, the minions donned clever disguises and went out into the unsuspecting public… except there was no unsuspecting public. Everyone seemed to be hiding just like his family was.
“Curiouser yee curiouser,” he murmured as he walked through the library. He wasn’t wearing a disguise at the moment because it was afterhours and they’d had to break in.
“Whaaa tis?” Bob didn’t let Kevin or Stuart out of his sight. Granted, he tended to get into trouble more with them than without, he still didn’t want to stray far.
“Ba lugo.” Kevin gestured to the shelves stuffed full or books. “Whaaa batooay feila pen da scripto tadda les dew cama?”
Bob glanced down at the list he held for safe keeping. “Wha cama les?”
Kevin sighed as he read the titles aloud. Ern com a Tastap la ma nii. Shrunken Hae Mobla Sim sim, Astrophysics nunu Beginners, 101 recipes nunu Mananas…” He stopped and licked his lips. “Yay ta tepo da.”
Suddenly, he froze and held up a cautionary hand. There was a noise from deep in the library. This was unexpected since the library had closed its doors to patrons weeks ago. Like so many other places, it was playing it safe and had shut down.
“Deep to wry pak?” Bob clung to his little bear more tightly and edged closed to Stuart. The tallest of the trio, he squinted, trying to see more than the dim lights provided. He reached up and clicked on his night vision option that came with his goggles. Still he saw nothing.
Kevin hunched his shoulders, such as they were, and reached for a book. World Domination for Dummies. Maybe Dr. Nefario would like that. The sound came again and he gestured the others to get down. Camouflaged thus, he peeked through the shelving units.
“Look, it’s bad enough to be creeping around in an empty library by myself. At least give me an idea of what you are interested in. And, please, tell me it’s not true crime or monsters.” The speaker was medium build, wearing a green sweater and a less-than-happy expression. “No, I think that’s a bad topic for anyone, much less Diana. The less she knows about spells, the better. Doesn’t she like princesses?”
“Monroe,” the female voice on the phone was patient. “She is a princess. She doesn’t need to know more about those, either. What about a hobby?”
“Like what? Oh, here’s one, Shrunken Heads Made Easy.’
“No!” Bob shouted, then Stuart clamped a hand over his mouth.
“What? Who said that?”
“Monroe, what’s wrong?”
“I don’t think I’m alone here. Call Nick. I’m going to check it out.”
“Be careful.”
“I will. Love you.”
Kevin reached for his fart gun, just in case and suddenly a large wolf-like creature emerged from the shadows of the other aisle and confronted them.
With heartfelt screams, he fired and they fled in the cover of the noxious cloud, their books left behind. They didn’t stop running until they were nearly halfway home.
“Whaa tos pak?’ Stuart panted out the question.
“Una fie-duper Poochie!” Bob still cast fearful looks over his shoulder.
“No payoud. Rod veela, we’ll toka Kyle .” The thought of the dog-like creature that the girls doted over made them all shudder. “He sama ll ads plumaki. ”
“O seegem.
“Except Agnes. ”
“O Edith sif Margo.” Wearily and without their booty, the defeated minions headed home. The girls were going to be so disappointed.
Had they only waited a moment longer, they would have seen that it was only a man, not a monster behind the wolf face.
“Monroe, who was it?”
“More like what was it. I’m coming home and tell Nick to get the books out. Have him start researching little yellow things…”
Curiouser yee curiouser - Curiouser and curiouser.
Whaaa tis? - what is?
Ba lugo - This place.
Whaaa batooay feila pen da scripto tadda les dew cama? - What do they find to write all these books about?
Wha cama les? - What about these?
Ern com a Tastap la ma nii. Shrunken Hae Mobla Sim sim, Astrophysics nunu Beginners, 101 recipes nunu Mananas - Love with a Closed Heart. Shrunken Heads Made Easy,Astrophysics for Beginners, 101 Recipes for Bananas…
Yay ta tepo da - Maybe the last one
Deep to wry pak - Did you hear that?
Whaa tos pak? - What was that?
Una fie-duper Poochie! - A super-duper Poochie
No payoud. Rod veela, we’ll toka Kyle - No worries. Next time, we’ll bring Kyle
He sama ads plumaki. - He’ll eat anything.”
O seegem. - Or anyone.
Non Agnes. - Except Agnes...”
O Edith sif margo. - Or Edith or Margo.
Genre: Despicable Me, Grimm
Rating : G
Prompt: You never know how you are going to run into after hours in the library.
Mollywheezy, I hope you enjoy your bit of silliness. Thanks for playing along. Also my thanks to nursesparky for her beta!
There was something about a library after hours… well, after hours for normal people, but minions were not normal people. There was even some debate if they were people at all. They certainly wouldn’t argue the point. Minions tolerated humans in their quest for the perfect villain. Now that they had Gru and the girls, they largely ignored most people and their illnesses.
However, something big had happened and it seemed like the world had come grinding to a stop. At first Kevin thought it was a fiendish plan by his employer, but now he wasn’t sure. More and more, he was convinced that something very small was to blame. Something even smaller than Bob…or even Bob’s teddy bear.
Suddenly, none of his human family would leave the house. When supplies were needed, the minions donned clever disguises and went out into the unsuspecting public… except there was no unsuspecting public. Everyone seemed to be hiding just like his family was.
“Curiouser yee curiouser,” he murmured as he walked through the library. He wasn’t wearing a disguise at the moment because it was afterhours and they’d had to break in.
“Whaaa tis?” Bob didn’t let Kevin or Stuart out of his sight. Granted, he tended to get into trouble more with them than without, he still didn’t want to stray far.
“Ba lugo.” Kevin gestured to the shelves stuffed full or books. “Whaaa batooay feila pen da scripto tadda les dew cama?”
Bob glanced down at the list he held for safe keeping. “Wha cama les?”
Kevin sighed as he read the titles aloud. Ern com a Tastap la ma nii. Shrunken Hae Mobla Sim sim, Astrophysics nunu Beginners, 101 recipes nunu Mananas…” He stopped and licked his lips. “Yay ta tepo da.”
Suddenly, he froze and held up a cautionary hand. There was a noise from deep in the library. This was unexpected since the library had closed its doors to patrons weeks ago. Like so many other places, it was playing it safe and had shut down.
“Deep to wry pak?” Bob clung to his little bear more tightly and edged closed to Stuart. The tallest of the trio, he squinted, trying to see more than the dim lights provided. He reached up and clicked on his night vision option that came with his goggles. Still he saw nothing.
Kevin hunched his shoulders, such as they were, and reached for a book. World Domination for Dummies. Maybe Dr. Nefario would like that. The sound came again and he gestured the others to get down. Camouflaged thus, he peeked through the shelving units.
“Look, it’s bad enough to be creeping around in an empty library by myself. At least give me an idea of what you are interested in. And, please, tell me it’s not true crime or monsters.” The speaker was medium build, wearing a green sweater and a less-than-happy expression. “No, I think that’s a bad topic for anyone, much less Diana. The less she knows about spells, the better. Doesn’t she like princesses?”
“Monroe,” the female voice on the phone was patient. “She is a princess. She doesn’t need to know more about those, either. What about a hobby?”
“Like what? Oh, here’s one, Shrunken Heads Made Easy.’
“No!” Bob shouted, then Stuart clamped a hand over his mouth.
“What? Who said that?”
“Monroe, what’s wrong?”
“I don’t think I’m alone here. Call Nick. I’m going to check it out.”
“Be careful.”
“I will. Love you.”
Kevin reached for his fart gun, just in case and suddenly a large wolf-like creature emerged from the shadows of the other aisle and confronted them.
With heartfelt screams, he fired and they fled in the cover of the noxious cloud, their books left behind. They didn’t stop running until they were nearly halfway home.
“Whaa tos pak?’ Stuart panted out the question.
“Una fie-duper Poochie!” Bob still cast fearful looks over his shoulder.
“No payoud. Rod veela, we’ll toka Kyle .” The thought of the dog-like creature that the girls doted over made them all shudder. “He sama ll ads plumaki. ”
“O seegem.
“Except Agnes. ”
“O Edith sif Margo.” Wearily and without their booty, the defeated minions headed home. The girls were going to be so disappointed.
Had they only waited a moment longer, they would have seen that it was only a man, not a monster behind the wolf face.
“Monroe, who was it?”
“More like what was it. I’m coming home and tell Nick to get the books out. Have him start researching little yellow things…”
Curiouser yee curiouser - Curiouser and curiouser.
Whaaa tis? - what is?
Ba lugo - This place.
Whaaa batooay feila pen da scripto tadda les dew cama? - What do they find to write all these books about?
Wha cama les? - What about these?
Ern com a Tastap la ma nii. Shrunken Hae Mobla Sim sim, Astrophysics nunu Beginners, 101 recipes nunu Mananas - Love with a Closed Heart. Shrunken Heads Made Easy,Astrophysics for Beginners, 101 Recipes for Bananas…
Yay ta tepo da - Maybe the last one
Deep to wry pak - Did you hear that?
Whaa tos pak? - What was that?
Una fie-duper Poochie! - A super-duper Poochie
No payoud. Rod veela, we’ll toka Kyle - No worries. Next time, we’ll bring Kyle
He sama ads plumaki. - He’ll eat anything.”
O seegem. - Or anyone.
Non Agnes. - Except Agnes...”
O Edith sif margo. - Or Edith or Margo.