He said. Ill fix them right now. Stripe said crumpling her panties up in a ball. Now watch closely. With that, he closed his left hand over the tatter...d cotton panties hiding them from view. Then he waved his right hand over the left and muttered a few words. Then he threw the ball of cotton in the air. It disappeared in a puff of smoke. Then a new pair of panties floated down to land in Angels lap. On my, how did you do that? She gasped. Its a secret Slut&hellip,ah&hellip,Angel. Stripe said. I. ...visual acuity set....Where was I? I wasn't dead, so I must be in a hospital. God, I must bein bad shape, I told myself. I tried to swallow, I struggled to catcha breath, but nothing happened. I seemed to be blind and paralyzed. Ihad no physical sense of my body, if you can understand that. Nofeeling of up, down, left or right. It was as if I was just there,suspended in space. Shit. I must be on a ventilator or something. ThenI heard my mother's voice though the fog, and suddenly I could. Although the late afternoon light was fleeing rapidly and despite the many strings of dusty, gray cobwebs that hung from the ceiling, I noticed something inscribed on one of the walls. Ordinarily, gentle reader, I would never have entered the tomb of a stranger but that day, whether because of the lure of shade or because of the promptings of some echo from the netherworld, I stepped inside.Wiping the massed cobwebs aside with Leah's dagger, I stood before the faded inscriptions and struggled. " She stated impassively.Leanne was determined not to let this grumpy old woman bring her down and smiled pleasantly as she filled in the book. "What's the date?" she asked, instantly regretting forcing more conversation out of the receptionist than was completely necessary."October 31st," came the brusque reply."Ooh, Halloween!" cooed Leanne excitedly. She started thinking about her themed party coming in a couple of days and the sexy little outfit she was planning to wear. A couple of seconds.