Gone Yonder

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Before "Geronimo", right after the group jumps into the portal leading to Splendorland, we get 22 seconds of the sisters screaming before:

Zuri: My god, this goes on forever! Erica: I know, right?

It's TIME.

"Yeah, it's, ah, 11:16."

"11:17 AM!"

"I've got 11:18 here, but I think Dioz's watch is more accurate."

"I'm still running on confused here."

Mad Jack calls, completely bereft of context:

(phone rings) Vivian: (picks up) Hello? Mad Jack: I'M BEHIND YOU, ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE PERCENT, MY PRINCESS! ANY FAST FOOD JOINTS REFUSING TO SERVE US DELICIOUS CHEESEBURGERS WITH EVERYTHING FROM HERE ON OUT SHALL BE BLOWN SKY-HIGH! (laughs insanely) Vivian: What are you talking about? Mad Jack: …wait, what are you talking about? Vivian: The Ascendance Festival! Mad Jack: ...What's that?

"It's okay, I booked everybody a hotel room." Cut to a shot of Vivian's whole army crammed inside a hotel room.

Nimm: Well, gee, I didn't see that one coming.

The fact that Marvy is remarkably unfazed as he reads out how the wishing potion can have side effects (such as slight tingling sensations, mild burning, dizziness or discoloration), and isn't intended for heart patients or anyone with surgical implants.

Right after P.A.T. first drinks the potion:

Witch: How do you feel? P.A.T.: I don't... feel any different. Do I look different? Nimm: You still look like a gremlin to me.

Followed by a major build-up as if something extravagant is going to happen… leading to P.A.T.'s Non Sequitur, *Thud* as the potion takes effect:

P.A.T.: ...Hey Vivi, I think you ran another stop sign- (collapses)

Vivian's perfect reaction to hearing the terms and conditions of the potion.

Witch: Listen, to make the effects of the potion permanent, the user must obtain a kiss from their true love before... (quickly checks her calendar) three days have passed. In this case, you two have until midnight on the last day of the festival to kiss! Vivian: Why's it always on the last day?!

During Chitchat's introduction, his face discomforts Erica when he comes too close (look closely and you'll see Erica go Blue with Shock), while the others (including the amazed Zuri) aren't bothered at all.

The other gods' collective response to Chitchat wanting to have the Babbel Boys guide the Killjoys in tracking down the AWOL Ulari.

Snapshot: (shocked) That's a stupid plan! Chitchat: Exactly! A stupid plan for a stupid little man! Zeddus: (distraught) Are you mad?!

The face Chitchat makes after this exchange.

And Fulgura's disgruntled "facial" expression in response to Chitchat's plan.

Really, you can practically see parts of the scenery fly from Chitchat's mouth in some scenes.

Chitchat: Now then, the higher number of guys we have on our side, the less chances he has of getting away, especially when we let him have it! Hayamu: Let him have what? Chitchat: THE GREATEST PLAN THE YONDER HAS EVER KNOWN!

The dramatic way Chitchat shouts that last line.

Vitalita responding to all the suggestions with just "I like it!"

"YOU CAN TALK?!"

"WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!"

The comically stilted "laughter" of the Babbel Boys as the group search for Ulari.

Babbel Boys: Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho...

Immediately after Onpu is revealed to be Ulari, we suddenly get "End of Part One. Intermission". Cue image of the Prism Dolls in a glen, goofing around while a bird chirps. It must be seen.

Mad Jack randomly punching out Skip when the Killjoys confront the Babbel Boys at Chitchat's shrine.

Nimm and Vivian being the respective Good Cop and Bad Cop as they interrogate Shlok.

Shlok: So, if she's the good cop and you're the bad cop, what does that make him? (points to Marvy) P.A.T.: I think he's the fun cop. (Marvy grins ear to ear, winks, and gives a thumbs up as if to say "Got me there!")

"If you don't tell us what's really going on, then so help me Stellora, things are gonna get CRAZY!" This is accompanied by an close-up of Vivian's equally terrifying and hilarious Nightmare Face. Sophus is so frightened he briefly melts.

Even funnier because by the end of that scene, Skip's still lying face down on the ground after Mad Jack punched him.

"You see, the Fissure's nothing more than just a teeny, tiny PORTAL TO THE UNDERWORLD!"

While the revelation that Pyra's actually the fallen princess of the Demon Empire is a shocking scene, Chitchat's indignant reaction to her punching him hard enough to actually hurt a god like him is hilarious.

"OWWWW!?"

What is Pyra's reaction to seeing a pissed-off Chitchat coming for her? "Ruh-roh…"

Although it happens in an otherwise serious moment, we have the Babbel Boys' Mass "Oh Crap!" after just arriving in time to see Chitchat falling victim to the Godslayer:

Sophus: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shlok: Sophus, what are you screaming about-AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!! Sasu: What is going OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-!!! San: What the heck are you doing- (Screams Like A Little Girl) Skip: Shoot, what's everyone freaking out over- (sees Pyra in her true demonic form) ...Oh yeah, should've seen THAT coming.

Chitchat/Gabriel, after being Brought Down To Normal by Pyra, seething about his betrayal.

Gabriel: SHE PLAYED ME LIKE A FIDDLE! Nate: Actually, that's kind of a huge understatement. I'd say she played you like the cheap kazoo you are.

And when Gabby is told to calm down.

Gabriel: Of course I'm calm! I'm also PEEVED OFF AND SHOUTING!

"I hate this, I hate what she did ta me, and she's really gonna hate what I'm gonna do ta her once I'm a god again!"

Galeo, upon seeing the intact Godslayer:

Galeo: She's got the THINGY! THE FIENDISH THINGY!

Tuntun. Giant Squeaky Hammer.

During the gods' struggle against Pyra:

Pyra: Knock, knock. Tuntun: Who's there? Pyra: GODSLAYER!

Followed by Yi's attack on Pyra, who simply punts her away and Xin running after the former.

The battle between the good guys and Pyra's "children" is pretty insane and awesome in equal measure.

Amidst the chaos, there's Pitch going all What the Fu Are You Doing?, followed by him thinking "The heck with it" and lunging at a demon child with a battle cry… only to get squirted by a water pistol full of ink and start bawling.

Greel accidentally strangling Yaja. Yaja: Not me, you fool! Greel: Oh, sorry. (continues strangling)

"DEMON SPAWN, YOU'VE FAILED. TRY AGAIN!"

When Pyra is destroyed, she's briefly reduced to a gummy version of her own head, with a goofy expression, before she resignedly disintegrates in Ulari's arms. Is that a yukkuri?

The very first thing that Gabby says upon being restored to the god Chitchat again? "In the light of a new day, I rise again, in fulfillment of the awesomeness."

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Ulari

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The sisters!

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Official Sequel Logo!

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Gone Yonder Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

The sequel follows Zuri and Erica Beaulieu, the sisters from the first film’s frame story (“Little Me”). A year after their grandmother Roza read them the book “Voyage of the Nemo”, the family prepares to celebrate Zuri’s thirteenth birthday. While their father leaves to pick up the birthday cake from the local bakery, Roza leaves the girls to tend to themselves while she goes for a nap.

When Zuri reads “Voyage of the Nemo”, she is surprised when a sentient and animate doll falls out after having been ejected from the Yonder. A curious and excited Zuri chases after the doll as he runs through the neighborhood, while a shocked Erica follows behind. They eventually reach the house of a local cover band, the Prism Dolls (“undressed”), whom Zuri recognizes as the same group who saved Splendorland. The band confess that they were inspired by their adventures in the Yonder to create and publish the book. Zuri convinces Erica to accompany them back to the Yonder for the former’s birthday before the doll uses the Star of Serenity, which he had obtained from Princess Amelie, to open a portal to Splendorland (“Geronimo”).

Meanwhile, Princess Vivian of the Killjoys calls the members of her personal army to inform them of the Ascendance Festival, a traditional celebration which is held every 9 years in Splendorland during early Spring, and has everyone stay together in a single hotel room. Zuri, Erica, the doll and the Prism Dolls arrive in Splendorland and are greeted by Amelie, her husband Prince Elisha and her mother, Splendorland’s Queen Ophelia, as well as Riley’s friend and Vivian’s romantic partner P.A.T. The group learns that the Ascendance Festival is celebrated in honor of the Yonder’s gods; during this event, a mortal being is elected to ascend to godhood through a divine substance called Ambrosia, taken from the Great Tree of Life, and join the pantheon of Heavenside, ruled by Queen Plumis, the goddess of the Yonder’s stars and daughter of its sun and moon. However, the latest candidate, an adolescent boy named Ulari from the Island of Lapuria, has abruptly gone missing, with the band’s friends in the Yonder having the doll summon them to solve the problem.

As the Prism Dolls investigate Ulari’s disappearance, Zuri and Erica explore the festival (“Good Time”). The sisters befriend the awkward Pyrasia “Pyra” Lys, after which Zuri accidentally comes across a passage to Heavenside, where the sisters and the doll, whom Zuri names “Onpu”, meet Plumis and the rest of the gathered pantheon, which includes Ulari’s ascended distant ancestress Sendu, as well as Chitchat, the god of command, who is romantically attracted to Pyra (“I Just Might”). After the Prism Dolls catch up with the sisters and Onpu, the Babbel Boys, a team formed by Chitchat, arrive with a hostile written message ostensibly from Ulari, which both mocks and berates the entire pantheon. As everyone attempts to formulate a plan of action, Chitchat suggests having the Babbel Boys ally with the Killjoys to track down Ulari, which the other gods reluctantly allow. However, Sexto, the god of prophecy, nevertheless expresses his suspicion that something is amiss, convincing the rest of the pantheon to send the sisters and the Prism Dolls to assist in the search.

Meanwhile, after some imaginary friends attending the festival from the Dreamlands innocently comment on her interspecies romance with Vivian, P.A.T. begins to worry that their relationship is at risk (“These Words”). She purchases a “wishing potion” from a witch’s stall and, wishing to somehow overcome the perceived problem, drinks it, becoming a humanoid girl while still retaining her ears and tail. The stall’s vendor informs P.A.T. that, for this sort of wish, she must kiss Vivian before midnight on the last day of the festival in order to make the change permanent, though Vivian herself has her reservations at P.A.T.’s decision.

As the group attempts to locate Ulari aboard the airship Nemo (“Butter”), they stop by the Grand Library of Archivia, where Zeddus, the god of literature, along with his friend Tokei, the goddess of time, tell them of how the gods waged a war against the Demon Empire in the Yonder’s ancient past, resulting in the demons’ complete annihilation and the presumed destruction of the Demon Empress’s unholy weapon, a syringe-shaped sword called the Godslayer. However, Ulari’s ascended great-grandmother, Oracia, doubts this, voicing her concern that, as the Godslayer’s remains were never found, its neutralization could not be confirmed.

On the second day of the festival (“Troublemaker”), Onpu directs Zuri to remove a paper seal from his back, which causes him to revert to his true form, revealed to be Ulari himself. He reveals that the Babbel Boys lured him into a trap, wherein he was transformed into a doll by a hooded figure with an unusual sword known as the Warlock. In response to this revelation, Vivian and her Killjoys interrogate the Babbel Boys, and Chitchat’s second-in-command, Shlok, confesses to forging Ulari’s handwriting on Chitchat’s orders; while Chitchat admits to being jealous of Ulari, he truthfully insists that the plot to keep him from ascending was purely the Warlock’s idea, having no knowledge of the Warlock’s true identity. As the investigation shifts to finding the Warlock, Zuri and Ulari begin to bond (“King’s Horses”).

When Erica listens to Ulari’s description of the Warlock’s sword, she recalls the mural depicting the Godslayer that Zeddus showed the group; after Ulari identifies it from a Polaroid photo P.A.T. took of the mural, the group concludes that the Warlock has somehow obtained the sword after it was lost. They enlist Zeddus for more information, learning that the Godslayer has the power to erase a god’s divinity, rendering them completely mortal. Fearing that the Warlock intends to use the weapon on the other gods, the group decides to warn Plumis just as Pyra contacts Zuri and Ulari, asking them to come meet her at the Fissure, a crevice leading to the Yonder’s underworld, on the following day, which is the last day of the festival (“Abracadabra”).

The two are accompanied by Chitchat, who intends to take this opportunity to select Pyra as next year’s candidate for godhood. Once they arrive, however, she attacks Zuri, Ulari and Chitchat, revealing that she is not only the Warlock who orchestrated everything, but also the last princess of the destroyed Demon Empire. In the guise of the Warlock, Pyra had manipulated Chitchat into having Ulari framed as part of her plot to avenge her slain people by becoming the goddess of war to wipe out the whole pantheon. She assaults Chitchat, takes Ulari hostage and casts Zuri into the Fissure. However, Zuri is saved from falling to her death by the others aboard the Nemo, captained by Erica, who had discovered the note Zuri left behind Indicating her location. They witness the enraged Chitchat battle Pyra (“Come With Me Now”), only for the latter to use the Godslayer to revert Chitchat to his mortal self, the teenager Gabriel.

The group pursues Pyra as she returns to Splendorland, where Zuri manages to rescue Ulari, but is unable to stop the demoness from overpowering the gods, using the Godslayer on most of them in the process, and stealing the Ambrosia, becoming an eldritch goddess (“Let It Rock”). Despite the seeming hopelessness of the situation, Ulari, the mortal Sendu and the Prism Dolls rally everyone attending the festival to rebel against Pyra (“TOGETHER”), with Gabriel ordering the Babbel Boys to take Ulari to the Tree of Life; Zuri volunteers to assist them. A massive battle between Plumis’s supporters and Pyra ensues (“Running Up That Hill”) as Zuri, Ulari and the Babbel Boys race to the Tree of Life. When Babbel Boy Sophus is unexpectedly incapacitated during the fight, he and the others beseech Zuri and Ulari to continue onward towards the Tree.

Pursued by hordes of Pyra’s spawn, the two finally reach the Tree of Life, where Plumis guides Ulari through the process allowing him to transcend into the god of truth (“Lift Me Up”). The newly-ascended Ulari then overpowers Pyra (“Mr. Electric Blue”), destroying both her and the Godslayer for good. Plumis uses the Ambrosia to restore the divinity of all the gods affected by the sword, including Gabriel, who returns to his status as Chitchat. With the whole battle televised and the sisters now as famous in the Yonder as the Prism Dolls, Zuri and Erica are unanimously selected as potential future candidates for godhood, as Ulari thanks them. Vivian ultimately decides against helping P.A.T. become permanently human, assuring the latter that she doesn’t care about their respective differing species. As the clock strikes midnight, P.A.T. reverts to her true form, and she and Vivian kiss. Everyone celebrates as the Ascendance Festival comes to a close (“TRUSTFALL”).

Zuri and Erica return to their world where hardly no time has passed, thanks to Tokei. Their family gathers to celebrate Zuri’s birthday and suggest her to make birthday cake wishes. Zuri wishes to be able to visit the Yonder again. A gust of wind with Ulari’s visage briefly in it enters the house and helps her extinguish all the cake candles, suggesting her wish will come true.

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Announcing the Sequel!

Every 9 years, one lucky mortal is chosen to ascend to godhood and join the Yonder’s pantheon of gods in what has since become a grand festival. This year, however, there’s a problem: The gods’ newest recruit, Ulari, has has suddenly disappeared right before the festival, leaving behind a strange and hostile message denouncing them.

The Prism Dolls, the band who saved Splendorland in the first film, are summoned back to the Yonder by a curious living doll to solve the problem, along with two stowaway fans of theirs, Zuri and Erica, whose grandmother read them the book of the band’s adventure in the first film. It’s up to them to get to the bottom of the mystery and bring Ulari back in time for the festival.

Gone Yonder Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Gone Yonder: Voyage of the Nemo book

Introduction by the Swingers

It all started when Tomo brought home a book they picked up from a garage sale. I remember we were all in the living room, watching the movie version of The Point!, when in comes Tomo waving around this old book from the 60s, yelling "I FOUND IT." Their grandma had read it to them at bedtime when they were a kid, but had only left in the good parts. By chance, Tomo had found a copy of the book, and, in a fit of nostalgia, decided they wanted it. Only, when we all gathered round to read it, it turns out that it was a really long epic, almost as long as the full Arabian Nights. So then we decided to do what Tomo's grandma did, and retell our own more modernized and abridged version of the story, keeping only the good parts while also being inspired by The Point!

We hope you enjoy it as much as Tomo did.

-KYODEN MIHARA-

Gone Yonder: Voyage of the Nemo

Voyage chartered by the Swingers and Machiko Omikado

Once upon a time, there was a magical realm called the Yonder, where music hath magical charms.

In this realm was an enchanted paradise called Splendorland.

Now, the people of Splendorland were uncommonly happy and content. And why not? For their lives were overflowing with fantastic and wonderful things, for theirs was a land governed by the unusual notion that people ought to live in peace and harmony, without war or strife.

It was a small idea, but brilliant, and thus the citizens believed their beloved Utopia would last forever.

Maybe even longer.

You won’t find Splendorland by just looking for it. It is a country that must be listened for.

Should you hear the pleasing sounds of happy music, soft voices, children’s laughter and the occasional flapping of a bluebird’s wings, then that’s the sign you are approaching the kingdom of Splendorland.

And a very good kingdom it is too...

"What was it like in the old days?" Splendorland children would ask.

"When our ancestors first arrived here," Queen Ophelia replied. "It was wild and untamed. All it took was music to soothe the savage land."

"How long will Splendorland last?"

"As long as people carry a tune in their hearts," said the Queen, gesturing to where her pendant, the sacred Star of Serenity, hung. "And keep believing in love."

But...

If history teaches us anything, it is that every paradise has an enemy; whenever there is something decent and lovable - such as Splendorland - there are always hostile forces lurking around who cannot leave well enough alone.

Which brings us to the grievous story of the sneak attack on Splendorland by its enemies.

Not one poor soul had the faintest idea that they were about to need a sad fate at the hands of...

The Killjoys are coming!

...the Killjoys, led by the one, the only, (thank goodness) Grump Princess Vivian. She headed up a gang consisting of Marvy, her chief assistant, an assorted ghastly crew of ruffians, scoundrels and scallywags, and worst of all, Snatch, a mechanical, radar-equipped, superpowered nasty thing.

Marvy: We’re going to annihilate them!

Vivian: Yes, but save your energy. You’re going to need it.

Yearning to own both her own nation and the Star of Serenity, Princess Vivian could wait no more. At exactly 90:00, on a particularly lovely summer morning, she massed her forces on the outskirts of Splendorland, and at a prearranged signal, began the attack!

Oh, what a dark day it was for Splendorland!

From all sides the populace was attacked - petrified with Gorgon Bombs, its rainbows splattered black, its love songs systematically silenced by the descending hordes of the Killjoy crew.

It was a day that would go down in infamy!

Alas, poor Splendorland.

MEANWHILE,

back at the palace, it was a red alert condition...

Ophelia: Amelie, take the Star, and protect it with your life. You’re our last hope, now. Fly for aid in the Nemo to the mundane realm.

Dodging the ominous salvos of inky black that was falling everywhere on Splendorland, Ophelia sent for her one last hope - her own daughter, Princess Amelie.

"Now is the time for you to step up for the good of Splendorland," she told Amelie. "We cannot allow our happiness to fade forever!"

Long ago, in a time of war, the first Splendorlanders had found the Yonder, sailing to this land and making it a pleasant place - in the magical flying ship Nemo.

Now, once again, in the land's moment of need, the ship would serve its people.

Despite the fact that she was unfamiliar with the art of sailing an airship, Amelie saw her duty as a princess and did it. Her mother was right.

She must sail from Splendorland in the gallant Nemo and return with help!

Above and beyond went Amelie in the Nemo, pursued by the attackers!

It was a wild ascent, but she managed, and on sailed the ship.

At last, she reached a certain town, where she hoped she would find help.

Amelie took in a few suburban sights...

Riley: Sorry, wrong house.

Amelie: Wait, please! I need help!

Responding to the princess's plea, Riley consulted her friends. Her brother, Nate, and his friends Tristan and Joel, gave it some thought.

"Consider us your crew." said Tristan at last, and they boarded the Nemo.

"How do you start this thing?" asked Joel.

"You hit a switch." replied Amelie (having misplaced the instruction manual).

"Which switch?" asked Riley.

"Any switch." shrugged Nate, and Riley obeyed.

WHOOSH!

Farewell, old reality.

They were off on their perilous journey. Before they reached Splendorland, the Nemo was to sail through uncharted lands.

Soletlune, the Land of Sun and Moon, and then Archivia, home of Archivia Zoo for the Extinct.

MYTHICUS

A world of fabulous monsters to suit every taste!

None of them, however, was to give the ship and her crew as much trouble as the dread King Dragon, a voracious, fire-breathing beast with a literal taste for the talented!

Fortunately, the Nemo was armed with her own cannon, which was fired right into the dragon's big belly.

Thus the ship went pluckily on.

UH-OH!

"Looks like the engine’s out!" Amelie announced.

"Great," Nate said. "And here we are miles away from a garage, or triple-A."

"And my glue gun." added Tristan.

As fortune would have it, a tropical island lay nearby. There was nothing else to do but to get out and search for civilization.

Suddenly, a shadow came into view...

"It's headed this way!" Joel exclaimed.

They behold...

P.A.T.

Riley: What are you?

P.A.T.: I'm Pansy Anita Twee, Super Artist and daughter of a Muse! I'm a Jill of all artistic trades. Painter, sketch artist, digital artist, sculptor, writer, seamstress, internet reviewer...

Nate: What aren’t you?

They explained their plight to P.A.T., who said "I could fix your engine!"

She examined it carefully. Zip, zap, she touched something.

"Okay, done!"

The engine began to putt, putt, putt!

Joel: She did it!

The Nemo prepared to sail off for Splendorland.

"C'mon, P.A.T.," said Riley. "Let's go."

"You mean… You won’t leave me alone?" asked P.A.T.

"Of course we won’t." Riley smiled.

Aboard the Nemo went P.A.T., and off went the Nemo.

They passed the Dreamlands, the land where old imaginary friends go, not knowing that they were rapidly appoaching...

The Hub

Without warning, the Star of Serenity was snatched off Amelie. The thief must have been one of the Killjoys. Who else would be prepared for Star-snatching?

The crew gave chase all the way to...

Splendorland, at last.

Alas, poor Splendorland.

Once a happy land of love and joy.

Now it lay under the heel of Vivian and her baleful crew of mercenaries.

The Nemo landed, and Amelie led the others off. They tiptoed carefully through the captured country.

Suddenly, they encountered a strange statue.

"Mom!" Amelie cried. "She's been petrified."

They set to work setting the Queen back on her feet. Then they proceeded with all possible speed to un-petrify her, for which she was most grateful, indeed.

"If I knew I’d be meeting an actual queen when I got up this morning," Joel remarked. "I’d put on a tux."

"You'll be needing instruments," said Amelie.

"We lost ours fighting a dragon," Nate said, glumly.

"Ours are in a compound, guarded night and day." said Ophelia.

Tristan: Don’t worry, guys!

Tiptoeing through minefields...

dodging Killjoy patrols...

ducking their way through occupied Splendorland...

the five inches their way to the fort, in which were tools of free folk everywhere:

Pianos,

Wood bass,

Drums, and

the brass section.

Undaunted, our brave heroes equip themselves and prepare for the fray!

THE CALL TO ARMS

Vivian: HARK! The hills are alive!

Marvy: With The Sound of Music?

Vivian: SEND FOR SNATCH! Show them no mercy!

The first line of defense...

The battle is joined!

Over hill and dale it is fought - a song of hope and rebellion, echoing everywhere -rousing the land.

Joel: Look, reinforcements!

Tristan: That’s just what we need.

The Killjoys are routed!

The Star of Serenity is rescued!

Love and happiness conquers all!

VICTORY!

HOW SWEET IT IS!

There was a huge celebration, and band concert.

All was once again serene in Splendorland.

The colors had been returned to their proper places in the spectrum.

The people went about their businesses, children played and had fun, and sweet music wafted its way from one part of the country to the other.

And as the sun shone over Splendorland again, the people celebrated their heroes:

"Three cheers for the brave liberators! Hip-hip-huzzah!"

Epilogue:

So it was that Splendorland would last forever.

Maybe even longer.

But there are other Splendorlands to be found.

All you have to do is listen.

Should you hear the pleasing sounds of happy music, soft voices, children’s laughter and the occasional flapping of a bluebird’s wings,

then you know you’ve found one.

However, for every Splendorland you encounter,

you can also be sure there are Killjoys lurking in the shadows waiting to strike.

They have got to be held back.

Who will protect your own private Splendorland?

Only you can say that.

THE END

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Pansy Anita Twee and her mother Euterpe would like to say hello!

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The band!