Another unedited preview of Happy Times at Handeemen HQ, episode one. This ones looking like itâs gonna be at least a two parter, so Iâm getting everything written out before I edit.
SO far, it didn't seem the Puppet was doing anything sinister. Mostly she was just "pacing" back and forth behind her counter, setting out ingredients for whatever she would be baking on the segment. Most likely it would be pie, but from what Stacy knew she did occasionally make cake, and at one point she made donuts. She was also humming the theme song as she worked, which made her seem just a little bit more... human. At the very least, it gave Stacy enough courage to actually approach, making sur eto make a bit of noise as she did so.
"Oh!" She jumped as the girl kicked a pen someone had left on the floor, turning to face her. "Well hey there Stacy! I didn't expect to see you here yet."
"Uh, Lydia said that you, y'know, might need help getting set up before all the kids showed up." She couldn't quite keep her voice from hsaking, and prayed that it wasn't too obvious. Luckily, the southern bell didn't seem to notice.
"Well shoot, I sure could. SOme of these assistants just put my things far too high on the shelves." SHe pulled a pad of paper and pen from her apron and scribbled out a quick list. "If you could just get me these out of the storage closet, I'd be ever so grateful." She handed over the list,, which Stacy took with some hesitation. "The closet is right over there, sugar. Shouldn't be too hard to find it."
"Yeah." She said, but Daisy had already moved on, dissapearing from sight as she ducked under the counter. It left the girl feeling very much like character from a videogame. Â Still, she shook it off and went over to the closet, finding it easily as it said Kitchen Storage on the door.
Entering with only a brief hesitation, she found the entire small room completely unorganized. "Jesus Christ! Did a huricane come in through here?!" She glanced between the list and the mess piled around her with a heavy sigh. "This is gonna take forever..."
"Stacy!" Came a cry from above, followed by something soft landing on her head. The girl gave a muffled scream as the Hand Puppet from before slid off her head onto a box in front of her.
"Scout!" She struggled to keep her voice low. "What the hell?!"
"Are you getting stuff for Mom?" The Puppet asked, "hopping" from the box she was on to a lower one.
'... Mom?' Stacy's mind went blank for a moment, trying to figure out the logistics. "Uh..."
"Cause I know where everything is in here." She climbed up onto a set of boxes set up like stairs, ending up at almost eye level with the teen. "Sometimes Bonzai likes to hide stuff, but I always know how to find it. JUst tell me what you need!"
"Uh, okay!" Stacy perked up, looking over the list. "Okay.. First thing she needs is a hand mixer."
"OVer there!" Scout pointed to a shelf and right there, under a box, was the mixer that was needed. Stacy picked it up.
"She also needs some measruing spoons, and some sort of special rolling pin, I think." Stacy scratched her head, but Scout nodded.
"I know what you mean! The bowls are in here, and the rolling pin is way up there." Stacy could feel her hopes shatter once again as she looked up at the tall shelf the Puppet pointed to. "BUt don't worry, I can get it for you. YOu go get the bowls!"
"But-" Stacy looked back, only to find Scout had vanished. "Okay, then." She instead picked up the box with the spoons and put the mixer in it.
"Look out!" Stacy caught the falling objects in the box as well, said objects being Scout and the rolling pin. "Awesome catch! Totally saved my life there." She climbed out of the box, and the girl watched in concern as she dropped to the floor.
"Uh, don't you want to, i dunno, come with?" Stacy asked as the Puppet cralwed away behind some boxes.
"Nah, I got stuff to do. I'll see you later, though!" Stacy looked behind the box, but couldn't see the Puppet despite there being nowhere she could go.
