STORIES
350 - Little Elf Ears
2024
Esmodonti Racolo Lithium
Thursday at Magick School …
Is
ESMODONTI:
… So dig this - I’m talking to Syrrah and she tells me about this place
she knows that’d be perfect for my pub. We go check it out …
RACOLO:
And?
ESMODONTI:.
Oh Roc - you gotta see it. It’s so fab! It’s got everything I want
- even a stage for local bands and stuff. And the best part is
the rent’s free, well, at least for a while.
RACOLO:
What?
ESMODONTI:
Ya heard me right. Syrrah owns the place and it’s part of her deal.
RACOLO:
No.
ESMODONTI:
What do ya mean no?
RACOLO:
Es, we’re not some charity. We’re gonna pay our own way.
ESMODONTI:
You didn’t let me finish. She said …
RACOLO:
Look, I know she has more money than God but there’s no way …
ESMODONTI:
Will ya listen to me! She said she owes me, and this is … Lith?
RACOLO:
Lith - no!
ESMODONTI:
Lithium! - Oh Roc - look what you went and did.
Ya know he hates it when ya yell.
RACOLO:
I wasn’t yelling!
ESMODONTI:
To his little elf ears you were. We gotta find him!
RACOLO:
It’s gonna be OK. One of us will get a text from Cammeo saying he’s with her.
ESMODONTI:
Oh yeah - you’re right, he always goes to her when he’s stressed.
Hand me that bag, my phone’s in there. Is yours on?
RACOLO:
Uh-huh.
ESMODONTI
Why hasn’t she texted one of us yet?
RACOLO:
I’ll text her.
Then …
She says he’s not with her.
ESMODONTI:
Is she sure?
Roc’s cell rings
RACOLO:
Cammeo …
Yeah he blinked out on us.
Did you look around? Maybe he’s …..
ESMODONTI
What’s she saying? Will ya put her on speaker already.
RACOLO:
She’s got everyone looking for him and …
Esmodonti’s cell rings
ESMODONTI:
It’s Harmonia …
ESMODONTI:
… Hello?
He did? Is he OK?
OK fab!
ESMODONTI:
… Call off the search. He’s with Harm.
RACOLO:
Cammeo, we found him. He’s with Harmonia.
She’s in Texas! What the hell’s she doing there?
I’ll figure something out.
Thanks. Bye.
ESMODONTI:
Roc, Harm wants to know what to do.
RACOLO:
Tell her we’re coming to get him.
ESMODONTI:
We are? Cool.
ESMODONTI:
… Harm, we’re on our way.
I dunno, but Roc has a plan. Could ya text me your address?
Yeah thanks. I’ll be in touch.
Bye.
ESMODONTI:
… Our little elf-kin’s in Texas Roc! We scared him all the
way to Texas! What are you doing?
RACOLO:
I’m looking for a portal …
ESMODONTI:
You have portals to Texas?
RACOLO:
‘Course we do. We have students from everywhere.
.
ESMODONTI:
Cool. Roc, I been thinkin’ - ya still have that necklace? The one that
blocks Lithium’s magic. Maybe he should start wearing it?
RACOLO:
OK. It’s in the top drawer. Here’s a portal that’ll get us close …
ESMODONTI:
And Roc, about my pub - Syrrah owes me for putting me under
that sleep spell. This is how she wants to make it up to me. Get it?
RACOLO:
Oh, OK. It is your pub. I’m just a silent partner, right?
Just do what ya have to do. C’mon, let’s go get our kid.