CHAPTER 15: CELEBRATE YOURSELF (ITELLIER)

STREETS OF UPTOWN, UPTOWN, NEXERIA

“That’s your plan?! That’s totally insane, completely bonkers, you’re nuts, and I’m in. Heh heh; You’re still as mischievous as the day I met you, Itellier. If I didn’t know you better, I’d swear you have the blood of a faerie running through you.” The voice laughs through the phone.

“Ha ha! I might; I didn’t know what my mom was besides maximum crazy, and she wouldn’t tell me anything about my father. Anyway, I’ll meet you there! This is gonna be wild!” Itellier says with a giant smile on his face. You could almost see the gears turning in his head at the wild plan he’s cooked up.

“You know, I probably should have called him before I was close to the point. Well, what can you do? When you’re this excited.” He shrugs his arms and heads down the street to the location of his secret plan. Arriving at his destination, he rests against the wall as he waits for his fellow troublemaker. Itellier takes out the mysterious object in his pocket.

“What do you do after you achieve your goal? You accomplished what you wanted and then nothing; there is no celebration, award, festival, anything. Just life moving forward, time continuing to pass you by. You have to celebrate your wins yourself because no one else is gonna do that. Especially when you keep your goals a secret. All this work, for this, I hope it's worth it, because I have sacrificed too much and strained too many relationships for it. No, you know what? I’ll make it worth it and have my celebration later. So, right now it’s time for phase two.”

“Lost in thought? Doesn’t seem like you, Itellier. Your plans feel like they come out of thin air, heh heh.” His goblin friend chuckles.

“Haha, very funny Gride. You know I haven’t gotten here on good looks alone.” Itellier chuckles back; carefully putting back the object in his pocket discreetly. They both look up at the tall building in front of them, then move their heads back to the doorway.

“Good looks? Who told you that? Don’t they know your ego is big enough? Heh heh. You know you are some kaarkin crazy person, Itty bitty. I’d say I can’t believe we’re doing this, but we’ve been doing crazy stuff like this since the academy. I don’t feel as free as I used to be, you know, being a part of the Clave. Heh heh, probably why I’m so easy to convince.” Gride states with a smirk.

“Haha! Yeah, I am, but you’ve enjoyed every crazy second of my shenanigans. I know it gets stuffy being professional all the time; it’s good to cut loose every now and then. Speaking of that, are you ready for some mayhem?” Itellier replies with a big grin on his face.

“Heh heh, I do love me some mayhem. Let’s kaarkin go!” Gride responds with a chuckle, then with his own big grin on his face.

They both head towards the entrance of the News Station.

“You know, Gride, I have a feeling that this is all gonna go our way.”