part 29: in which people are strange

 MJ watched as he strode down the icy path, leaving surprisingly little evidence in the sense of foot prints. She put her lips to the tea cup searching for something to say.

“Wait....” She stood up. It was now or never, “Wait!” The almost distant dinosaur paused.

“I didn’t say those things... I didn’t mean them so that you would leave. I...” Dino turned back, holding in his potential excitement at her words just in case.

“I was just, you know, thinking out loud in a sense, mostly because this is illogical. You, that hat, the lava thing monster man, all of it. It’s a lot to take in and it may seem I handled it well last night but as I said I was high.”

Dino towered closely now listening intently not daring to breath.

“I’ve only been here a little while now, but it seems it was long enough to cause distrust between what little neighbours I have already and now, that.” She gestured at the burnt husk across the road. “I’m just a bit lost as to how I’ll handle everything but,” MJ paused and looked nervously at this large friendly reptile staring intently at her, “I wouldn’t mind having a friend to share and help with the odd and normal things that may occur in the coming days.”

If dinosaurs could smile in a friendly manner without scaring many with their large scary teeth, then Dino did.

“MJ, it would be my greatest pleasure to be friends with such an oddity as you!”

And that dear readers is the beginning of their tale.

Part 28: parting is such sweet sorrow

The suns ray echoed the feeling inside the heavy chest of Dino, cold and slow with much disappointment.

He wasn’t entirely sure why he felt such sadness upon him, but perhaps he pondered, he really was seeking a friend. He hadn’t had so much fun since he first arrived here in the future, then upon realising he had only random encounters with strangers that threw things at him, grew sad at the thought of not having a friend to share the finer things in life such as tea. Maybe he believed her to be different from the rest, her to be that friend to share such things. But no, it did not seem to be, she was just as intolerant as every other two legged creature.

Dino felt as if he could eat her, which was saying something because she wasn’t a post person. He sighed once more and allowed the floating hand to deposit his bowl of almost finished tea to the landing where MJ sat.

“Well MJ it was a pleasure to join you on such an adventure and I do hope that your life is full of prosperity and less drugs. I’ll be on my way.” He nodded curtly, his fake moustache limp with regret. With an elegant swivel, Dion turn about and began to walk back down the path that had brought him here in the dead of night, much to his and her surprise.  

Part 27: sad dinosaur is sad

The next morning, well early afternoon both MJ and Dino had slept in, the clouds parted and brought forth the chilly winter sun. They had tea outside and stared at the burnt garage and trees.

“I forgot to call the fire department.” She took a sip of her tea.

“Yes, that may cause a problem when your neighbours return to their dwelling.” He sipped his tea (from a large cereal bowl).

“.... mmm....” She sipped her tea once more.

“Are you alright MJ? You seem... off.” He sipped some more tea. MJ looked up at his large eyes surrounded by his rough green face; her light blue eyes filled her head like a weird saucer of milk. She remained silent and sipped her tea.

“...ok...” Dino pulled a puzzled expression and took an uncomfortable swig of tea.

“You’re a dinosaur.”

“uh... yes it’s been stated a few times.”

“You’re not supposed to be real...” Her voice was soft and high pitched so she sipped her tea, but there wasn’t anything in her cup. It didn’t seem to bother her though.

“I thought you had come to terms with this already?”

She looked up at him again and sipped her empty cup; her eyes were now side plates.

“That was last night and I was higher than a blimp reading the weather forecast for tomorrow.” Empty cup sip again.

“Well that’s true, but... I thought... *sigh*” It was strange to see a dinosaur exhale air so audibly.

Part 26: some might call this a new episode

MJ sat on the edge of her bed, her head filled with the strange events of the night. There was a tap at her window.

“Sorry to disturb you MJ, but I was wondering, could I perhaps get another blanket, three just don’t seem to cut it.”

She got up and walked over to her closet and searched for another blanket.

“I’m sorry you have to sleep outside Dino.” She walked back to the window and handed Dino’s magical purple flying hand the extra blanket. It flicked it out a few times and put on the cold hard ground with the rest.

“It’s perfectly fine MJ, It’s not your fault that the door way and your house is no place for a large creature.” He gave a toothy sharp grin and sat down on the pile of fluffy blankets.

“I hope the snow fall won’t bug you too much.” MJ looked up at the cloudy night sky and the soft ice falling silently to the earth.

“You needn’t worry,” the weird hand produced a gazebo from his hat and began erecting it, “I’ve got that covered.”

“I’ve been meaning to ask, if you’ve had that magical hand in your hat all the time why did you ask me to scratch your neck for you?”

“Well as someone I once saw on you humans entertainment box said, you never reveal your best hand, pun intended.”

She nodded and said good night.

  

Part 25: somethings end whilst others begin

“MJ are you all right? What happened? Where may I enquire is the large magma monster?” Dino stared at her in expectance, she would have stared at her self too if it were possible.

“I... I don’t know, I think I fell asleep and I was dreaming about snow...”

“Perhaps your answer is the most logic we shall get from this experience?”

“Yeah, I guess.” She squinted at the large white mound which stood out in the darkness. “What’s that?”

“As a wild assumption I would say, I large mound of snow. Which is odd, because that’s exactly what we required for the magma man, and I surely would have noticed it on the way up.”

“So.... its not just a bunch of snow?” They stared at it.

“Maybe not.”

“Oh... Can we leave now?”

“Of course. Climb up.” MJ clambered aboard once more and Dino slowly trudged back down to the crazy ladies house.

“Should we call the fire brigade?”

“Probably.”

“I’m not taking drugs again... ever...”

“It’s for the best.”

MJ nodded. Tonight had been extreme and she didn’t wish to experience this or anything like this again. Ever.  

But, unbeknownst to the new duo, the rules of reality had already been changed. So there would be plenty more insane to follow, regardless of any drug consumption.

Under the snow hill where the Magma man stood, frozen, a tiny crack appeared in his now hard and solid form.