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Written and drawn by Augusto Serpe.
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THE FOXMUN, AS THE SCOUNDREL THAT SHE WAS, QUICKLY SAW HOW CLOSE THOSE TWO CHILDREN WERE, AND WENT ON TO ENACT ONE OF HER EVIL SCHEMES. SHE DECIDED TO STEAL THEIR JOY SO SHE COULD HAVE IT FOR HERSELF.
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“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
THE CHILDREN DIDN’T UNDERSTAND VERY WELL, BECAUSE THE FOXMUN SPOKE FOXMUNY, AND THE CHILDREN SPOKE CHILDISH.
MIRTO ANSWERED:
“SHOO, YA INSANE FOXMUN! SHOO!”
XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, DIDN’T UNDERSTAND EITHER BECAUSE THEY SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
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AND SO…
SHE GAVE UP ON HER EVIL SCHEMES.
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YEARS LATER MIRTO AND GUSTU WERE DATING…
AND THE FOXMUN BY CHANCE, WHILE CARRYING HER BOOKS, HAPPENED TO CROSS THEIR PATH.
XOFF SAW THE COUPLE, CLOSER AND MORE JOYFUL THAN EVER. XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN.
HE, I MEAN, SHE HAD SPENT A FEW MONTHS’ TIME AS AN INTERN IN THE LIBRARY OF ALL IDIOMS AND LANGUAGES.
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“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
BUT ONCE AGAIN, SHE WAS NOT UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE SHE SPOKE IN CHILDISH.
GUSTU SAID:
“LOOK MIRTO, ISN’T SHE THAT CRAZY FOXMUN?”
“IT WAS AN INSANE FOXMUN, HONEY… DON’T MIX THINGS UP.”
“TRUE, TRUE. THIS ONE IS OLDER, AND SPEAKS DIFFERENTLY.”
REALIZING THE REASON FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING, THE FOXMUN SWITCHES TO THE ADULT LANGUAGE AND TRIES AGAIN
“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
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BUT THE COUPLE STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND, AS THEY WERE SPEAKING ONLY THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. XOFF DIDN’T KNOW THAT ONE, BECAUSE SHE HAD NEVER LOVED SOMEONE, AND HAD NEVER BEEN LOVED BEFORE. AND SO ONCE MORE SHE GAVE UP AND CARRIED ON WITH HER LIFE.
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IT WAS ONLY ONE WEEK LATER THAT XOFF REENCOUNTERED AN OLD FRIEND FROM COLLAGE, MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN. ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT NOW, HE WAS MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE.
AND OF COURSE, IN HIS LEFT PAW WAS “SPET PAUL” HIS PET SPIDER PAL.
XOFF LEMAFOISMALE ASKED HER FRIEND TO USE THE POWERS OF SPET PAUL TO SPLIT THE COUPLE, AND BECAUSE THEY HAD SHARED MANY NIGHTS OF PARTY AND MANY FIGHTS FOR DRINKS, MR. MYESTER ACCEPTED THE REQUEST IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL FEE
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“MY PAL, LEMAFOISMALE… I SHALL SEPARATE THEM IMMEDIATELY, BUT YOU MUST THEN FIND SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU IN THE SPAN OF 3 MONTHS, OR THE COUPLE WILL ONCE MORE BE REUNITED.”
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XOFF WAS BEYOND HER WITS END AND APPROACHING ROCK BOTTOM… SHE HAD DONE SOMETHING TO HER HOPE THAT SHE COULD NOT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT.
AND THEN, BY A TWIST OF FATE AND LAZY WRITING, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF MIRTO, THAT, SAME AS HER, WAS SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE LONELY.
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“YOU’RE THAT FOXMUN, ARE YOU NOT?”
“THAT I AM, AND YOU THAT OLMUN, DATING THAT OTHER OLMUN”
“THAT I AM. WE ARE FAR APART NOW, THO. WHAT’S YOUR NAME?”
“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE… YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.”
“YOU SOUND SAD, XOFF.”
“I’VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR A PAIR.”
“WHY DO YOU NEED A PAIR? ARE YOU LONELY?”
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN?”
“IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO BE GOOD WITH YOURSELF.”
“THAT’S RICH COMING FROM YOU. OVER HERE FEELING SAD BECAUSE YOU ARE APART FROM HIM”
“THAT’S BECAUSE I KNOW HE BRINGS ME JOY.”
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“YOU STEAL JOY FROM HIM?”
“NO, NO! WE CREATE JOY BY BEING TOGETHER.”
“FASCINATING… THAT IS WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO HAVE JOY.”
“THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO…”
“NO! I WANT THE JOY OF BEING IN A PAIR. TEACH ME”
“ALRIGHT. I GOT YOU.”
“WHERE DO WE START?”
“WELL, WHAT DO YOU LIKE? GALS, FELLAS, NONBIS?”
“ANY OF THE ABOVE REALLY.”
“AS IT TURNS OUT, ABOVE IS RIGHT. THERE’S A PARTY GOING UPSTAIRS, FOLLOW ME.”
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MIRTO, UNBEKNOWNST TO THE CONSEQUENCES THAT IT WOULD BRING HER AND HER BELOVED, HELPED XOFF TO GROW THE CONFIDENCE TO FIND AND COURT A MATE. XOFF THAN MET HIPPAHI GESIFEMA, THE MALE HIPPOMUN SINGER AND THEY BOTH FELL IN LOVE.
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THE THREE MONTHS WERE UP AND MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE RETURNED.
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“I, MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE, HAVE RETURNED!”
“XOFF, MY FRIEND, I SEE YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN, MY WORK HERE IS CONCLUDED.”
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“BARGAIN? WHAT BARGAIN?” MIRTO ASKED, CONFUSED.
“MR. MYESTER, I BEG OF YOU, UNDO YOUR MAGIC, I’VE REGRETTED HAVING WISHED THAT WISH.”
“IT IS MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE, LEMAFOISMALE”
“PLEASE, THIS POOR LADY DOESN’T DESERVE THIS, SHE IS PURE OF HEART OR SOMETHING! SHE HELPED ME” XOFF PLED AND BEGGED.
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MIRTO THEN UNDERSTANDING ALL THAT HAD TRANSPIRED PULLED HIPPAHI GESIFEMA, THE MALE HIPPOMUN SINGER AND DECLARED “THEY ARE NOT TRULY IN LOVE! IT WAS ALL AN ACT!”
“YES, IT’S TRUE! IT WAS ALL AN ACT!” DECLARED XOFF.
“RIGHT, A TOTAL ACT!” CONFIRMED HIPPAHI GESIFEMA.
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MYESTER ACCEPTED THIS INFORMATION IMEDIALY, AS HE HIMSELF SAID IT WAS MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE AND HE HAD BUSINESS IN THE MORNING. NOT TO MENTION, HE WAS UNBELIEVABLY GULLABLE AND HAD A SOFT HEART FOR LOVE, BUT MOST OF ALL BECAUSE THE STORY IS REACHING ITS CONCLUSION AND MUST HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.
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AND SO, GUSTO AND MIRTO WERE REUNITED
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AND XOFF, AS THE SCOUNDREL THAT SHE WAS, QUICKLY BROKE THINGS OFF WITH HIPPAHI, TO USE HER NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE TO SEDUCE OTHER PEOPLE, AND GATHER UP AS MUCH JOY AS SHE COULD. HER NEW AND IMPROVED EVIL SCHEME. SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.
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MIRTO AND GUSTU BUILT A LITTLE BOXY OF A HOUSE AND FOUND INSIDE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN, TO LOVE AND CARE FOR. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY, FOR ANOTHER TIME.
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THE FOXMUN, AS THE SCOUNDREL THAT SHE WAS, QUICKLY SAW HOW CLOSE THOSE TWO CHILDREN WERE, AND WENT ON TO ENACT ONE OF HER EVIL SCHEMES. SHE DECIDED TO STEAL THEIR JOY SO SHE COULD HAVE IT FOR HERSELF.
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“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
THE CHILDREN DIDN’T UNDERSTAND VERY WELL, BECAUSE THE FOXMUN SPOKE FOXMUNY, AND THE CHILDREN SPOKE CHILDISH.
MIRTO ANSWERED:
“SHOO, YA INSANE FOXMUN! SHOO!”
XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, DIDN’T UNDERSTAND EITHER BECAUSE THEY SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
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AND SO…
SHE GAVE UP ON HER EVIL SCHEMES.
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YEARS LATER MIRTO AND GUSTU WERE DATING…
AND THE FOXMUN BY CHANCE, WHILE CARRYING HER BOOKS, HAPPENED TO CROSS THEIR PATH.
XOFF SAW THE COUPLE, CLOSER AND MORE JOYFUL THAN EVER. XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN.
HE, I MEAN, SHE HAD SPENT A FEW MONTHS’ TIME AS AN INTERN IN THE LIBRARY OF ALL IDIOMS AND LANGUAGES.
–
“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
BUT ONCE AGAIN, SHE WAS NOT UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE SHE SPOKE IN CHILDISH.
GUSTU SAID:
“LOOK MIRTO, ISN’T SHE THAT CRAZY FOXMUN?”
“IT WAS AN INSANE FOXMUN, HONEY… DON’T MIX THINGS UP.”
“TRUE, TRUE. THIS ONE IS OLDER, AND SPEAKS DIFFERENTLY.”
REALIZING THE REASON FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING, THE FOXMUN SWITCHES TO THE ADULT LANGUAGE AND TRIES AGAIN
“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE MY ACQUAINTANCE, IS IT NOT?”
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BUT THE COUPLE STILL DID NOT UNDERSTAND, AS THEY WERE SPEAKING ONLY THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. XOFF DIDN’T KNOW THAT ONE, BECAUSE SHE HAD NEVER LOVED SOMEONE, AND HAD NEVER BEEN LOVED BEFORE. AND SO ONCE MORE SHE GAVE UP AND CARRIED ON WITH HER LIFE.
–
IT WAS ONLY ONE WEEK LATER THAT XOFF REENCOUNTERED AN OLD FRIEND FROM COLLAGE, MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN. ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT NOW, HE WAS MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE.
AND OF COURSE, IN HIS LEFT PAW WAS “SPET PAUL” HIS PET SPIDER PAL.
XOFF LEMAFOISMALE ASKED HER FRIEND TO USE THE POWERS OF SPET PAUL TO SPLIT THE COUPLE, AND BECAUSE THEY HAD SHARED MANY NIGHTS OF PARTY AND MANY FIGHTS FOR DRINKS, MR. MYESTER ACCEPTED THE REQUEST IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL FEE
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“MY PAL, LEMAFOISMALE… I SHALL SEPARATE THEM IMMEDIATELY, BUT YOU MUST THEN FIND SOMEONE TO LOVE YOU IN THE SPAN OF 3 MONTHS, OR THE COUPLE WILL ONCE MORE BE REUNITED.”
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XOFF WAS BEYOND HER WITS END AND APPROACHING ROCK BOTTOM… SHE HAD DONE SOMETHING TO HER HOPE THAT SHE COULD NOT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT.
AND THEN, BY A TWIST OF FATE AND LAZY WRITING, SHE FOUND HERSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF MIRTO, THAT, SAME AS HER, WAS SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE LONELY.
–
“YOU’RE THAT FOXMUN, ARE YOU NOT?”
“THAT I AM, AND YOU THAT OLMUN, DATING THAT OTHER OLMUN”
“THAT I AM. WE ARE FAR APART NOW, THO. WHAT’S YOUR NAME?”
“MY NAME IS XOFF LEMAFOISMALE, THE FEMALE FOXMUN, A PLEASURE TO MAKE… YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.”
“YOU SOUND SAD, XOFF.”
“I’VE BEEN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR A PAIR.”
“WHY DO YOU NEED A PAIR? ARE YOU LONELY?”
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN?”
“IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO BE GOOD WITH YOURSELF.”
“THAT’S RICH COMING FROM YOU. OVER HERE FEELING SAD BECAUSE YOU ARE APART FROM HIM”
“THAT’S BECAUSE I KNOW HE BRINGS ME JOY.”
–
“YOU STEAL JOY FROM HIM?”
“NO, NO! WE CREATE JOY BY BEING TOGETHER.”
“FASCINATING… THAT IS WHAT I WANT. I WANT TO HAVE JOY.”
“THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO…”
“NO! I WANT THE JOY OF BEING IN A PAIR. TEACH ME”
“ALRIGHT. I GOT YOU.”
“WHERE DO WE START?”
“WELL, WHAT DO YOU LIKE? GALS, FELLAS, NONBIS?”
“ANY OF THE ABOVE REALLY.”
“AS IT TURNS OUT, ABOVE IS RIGHT. THERE’S A PARTY GOING UPSTAIRS, FOLLOW ME.”
–
MIRTO, UNBEKNOWNST TO THE CONSEQUENCES THAT IT WOULD BRING HER AND HER BELOVED, HELPED XOFF TO GROW THE CONFIDENCE TO FIND AND COURT A MATE. XOFF THAN MET HIPPAHI GESIFEMA, THE MALE HIPPOMUN SINGER AND THEY BOTH FELL IN LOVE.
–
THE THREE MONTHS WERE UP AND MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE RETURNED.
–
“I, MR. MYESTER, THE MASSIVE MULLFROG FROGMUN MAGE, HAVE RETURNED!”
“XOFF, MY FRIEND, I SEE YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN, MY WORK HERE IS CONCLUDED.”
–
“BARGAIN? WHAT BARGAIN?” MIRTO ASKED, CONFUSED.
“MR. MYESTER, I BEG OF YOU, UNDO YOUR MAGIC, I’VE REGRETTED HAVING WISHED THAT WISH.”
“IT IS MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE, LEMAFOISMALE”
“PLEASE, THIS POOR LADY DOESN’T DESERVE THIS, SHE IS PURE OF HEART OR SOMETHING! SHE HELPED ME” XOFF PLED AND BEGGED.
–
MIRTO THEN UNDERSTANDING ALL THAT HAD TRANSPIRED PULLED HIPPAHI GESIFEMA, THE MALE HIPPOMUN SINGER AND DECLARED “THEY ARE NOT TRULY IN LOVE! IT WAS ALL AN ACT!”
“YES, IT’S TRUE! IT WAS ALL AN ACT!” DECLARED XOFF.
“RIGHT, A TOTAL ACT!” CONFIRMED HIPPAHI GESIFEMA.
–
MYESTER ACCEPTED THIS INFORMATION IMEDIALY, AS HE HIMSELF SAID IT WAS MUCH, MUCH TOO LATE AND HE HAD BUSINESS IN THE MORNING. NOT TO MENTION, HE WAS UNBELIEVABLY GULLABLE AND HAD A SOFT HEART FOR LOVE, BUT MOST OF ALL BECAUSE THE STORY IS REACHING ITS CONCLUSION AND MUST HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.
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AND SO, GUSTO AND MIRTO WERE REUNITED
–
AND XOFF, AS THE SCOUNDREL THAT SHE WAS, QUICKLY BROKE THINGS OFF WITH HIPPAHI, TO USE HER NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE TO SEDUCE OTHER PEOPLE, AND GATHER UP AS MUCH JOY AS SHE COULD. HER NEW AND IMPROVED EVIL SCHEME. SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.
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MIRTO AND GUSTU BUILT A LITTLE BOXY OF A HOUSE AND FOUND INSIDE TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN, TO LOVE AND CARE FOR. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY, FOR ANOTHER TIME.
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FONTS:
Komika Text by Vigilante Typeface Corporation.
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Kid On The Mountain by Andréa de Carlo
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