Within the Labyrinth, Saturday Morning

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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, our intrepid Fandomites fought their way to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the students that Jareth has stolen. Or, at least, they've made their way past some ugly guys with sticks, and they've made friends with a lumbering beast, who was kind enough to give them directions. Kind of.

That was almost the same thing, right?

Now all that remained was to sneak in around the other team's distractions, to rescue their friends. With their right words in mind, there was no way that this could possibly go awry, was there?


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Cassidy	"Thank you, sir," Cassidy said to Sean. "I just wanted to have clarification when people were talking about making holes in the walls."
Faith	"Holes in the walls are good. Holes in the ones with you? Pretty fucking bad news. Keep the grenades for when you can throw them far, far, far from us." That didn't leave them anywhere different from the beginning though. "Shall we keep walking then, gentlemen? Or is someone else in possession of something really dangerous we should know about?"
Cally	"Like energy weapons?" Cally said mildly, using her own downturned blaster to gesture in the direction of Ben's lightsaber.
Tahiri	Tahiri had gone quiet for most of this exchange, her jaw set, but she finally spoke up. "Ben's lightsaber, your blaster and mine," she counted. "Personally, I've had enough messy experiences with explosives in tight quarters to prefer we avoid that option if at all possible."
Ben	Ben's hand snuck out to squeeze hers. "The lightsaber won't make shrapnel, assuming it can get through the wall at all," he told the group. "Might be worth a try. If nothing else, it'll leave a marker in case we've been going in circles again."
Sookie	"Do it," Sookie said softly, wrapping her arms around herself and -- once again -- feeling useless. "Please."
Ben	"Here goes nothing," Ben said, igniting his lightsaber and blinking at its sudden brightness, then plunging it at the rock furthest away from the group.

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The Worm	"Well, hullo there." A tiny, oddly chirpy voice cut in as the saber plunged into the wall. "I do say, I wasn't quite expecting renovations so soon..." But then, maybe this was all for the better. The worm who was perched on a nearby ledge had been planning on building a new guest bedroom in the near future.
Peter	Hey, something that wasn't trying to kill them. Maybe it could could help! "Uh, sorry if we just speared your living room," Peter said, bending down. "You wouldn't happen to know the right way to go, would you?"
Ben	"If it's through this wall, I'm going to feel brilliant," Ben added.
Tahiri	Tahiri, who out of everyone in the group would think of such a thing, hoped the wall hadn't been alive, because then she'd just feel awful. She kept that to herself, though, and bit her lip as she asked hesitantly, "We're really, really sorry about the surprise. It's just that we're trying to find some friends, and it's a bit confusing out here."
The Worm	"Oh, everything is confusing about here," the worm agreed, giving his wee little head a wee little nod. "You should all come in and have a nice spot of tea, and then we'll be able to talk about your friends. And you can meet the missus!" The worm did not seem to realize that, of course, they would not fit inside of the tiny crack that he considered to be a front door. ... Well, possibly now that there had been a glowy thing stuck into it, granted.
Ben	Ben crouched down. "That sounds astral," he said, "but I'm not sure we'll fit. Will you just tell us which way to go to find our friends?"
The Worm	"Oh," it was another one of those. Silly, silly children. The Labyrinth was no place for people so young! It could be dangerous in there! "Trying to find your way into the Labyrinth, are you?" Really, tea was so much safer.
Peter	"I think technically we're already in the Labyrinth," Peter said. "We're looking to get to the center. Now, I'm sure the missus is quite nice and quite lovely, but we're on a bit of a time crunch. But tell you what, if you know the way we need to go, you tell us, and on our way back there will be even more of us to stop by for tea."
The Worm	The worm paused, seeming to take this into consideration. "Well, have you tried that entrance, right over there?" Really, the promise of more company was very appealing. One didn't get many guests, living in a crack in a Labyrinth wall.

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George	George stood up, and -- the background shifted. Maybe it was a trick of the light, but right over there wasn't a solid wall -- there was a gap in it. Hooooly shit. "That one?" George asked, standing up and pointing at it. "That entrance, right there, the one that I am pointing at with my finger? That's gonna take us to the castle? No riddles, no dancing around, no stupid playing on words, no "it depends on how you mean that," no biting fetus-sticks, we go through that doorway and bam, that's the castle?" After the day they'd had, it seemed important to be really fucking clear on that point.
The Worm	The worm gave his head a sad little shake and turned his face toward the ground. "That's exactly where it goes," he agreed. "If you take a left. Right to that dreadful castle." Which was exactly why he much preferred that people take a right, instead. Right was so much safer. "It's a bit of a hike from here, but that's the way to go, though I really wish you wouldn't." They seemed like such nice children.
Tahiri	"Huh," Tahiri said with an ironic chuckle. "Maybe I should've switched up directions when I made that joke earlier. Well," she added, turning to the group and hoping Jaina wouldn't mind if she stole her line, "we've got people to find. What are we waiting for?"
Peter	"We'll be back," Peter said, a man of his word. Even to Cockney worms. "Tell the missus to expect a party. And thank you." He stood back up and rubbed his hands together. "Time to have fun storming the castle."