Drastic Measures Special Ep: Behind the Scenes
Written by
Darksage (Springman)

 

Darksage: I’d like to say welcome to this film crew and to all our fans out there. This isn’t Casket Mansion, as you can see, but it’s our “true” home, where we do all of our work for the team. It may be a bit old *a ceiling tile falls* but, it’s still, well, sturdy! For those who don’t know who I am. I am Darksage, the Springman of Drastic Measures. You might not recognize me by my clothes, but it’s who I am. I act as the main designer and maintenance man of the team site. We’re going to be joined by the team leader, Shadowstrike, shortly, who is also the Turboman of the team. He’s probably in the office we share together, follow me.

*Sage and the crew enter a room covered in spider webs*

Darksage: Hey Shadow.

Shadowstrike: Hey-who the heck are they?

Darksage: It’s the film crew, to do that documentation on us?

Shadowstrike: Oh, yeah, hi.

Darksage: As he can tell you, our HQ is not unsafe.

Shadowstrike: Trust me, that place is perfectly safe. *a “condemned” sign falls off a wall*

Darksage: *tosses the sign* Wow, how did that get here?

Shadowstrike: You never know what you can find in old buildings like this.

Darksage: What do you say about starting to give them the tour?

Shadowstrike: Did the crew sign a waver?

Darksage: Yes.

Shadowstrike: Then let’s do it!

*They go to the next room over, where there are two holes in the walls and a mouse crawls through the doorway*

Shadowstrike: This lovely place is the office of Briansfox, our Slashman.

Darksage: Hey Brian.

Briansfox: *on his computer* Oh, hi. UGH!

Shadowstrike: Now what, editing one of Metabad’s eps?

Briansfox: No, I’m answering more Met Royal Family questions.

Shadowstrike: The who?

Briansfox: You know, my thread on the message boards.

Shadowstrike: As I said, the who??

Briansfox: Listen to this; *reads* Mabel, I know you have supernatural capabilities and can talk to spirits. I have many questions and need your help to answer them, so I must ask the most important question in the world…What is your favorite color? What the heck?! Seriously, have you ever heard anything so ridiculous before?

Shadowstrike: Actually…

Darksage: Shadow…

Shadowstrike: *sighs* Yeah, we better move on.

 Darksage: Okay, follow us.

*the camera man follows the two down a corridor, into a room the smells like old paint and saw dust*

 Darksage: Here is the office of two more members or our team, Avi, our Burstgirl, and Seadragon76, or SD76 for short, our Junkman.

Shadowstrike: They share this one because our old Burstman, Purple Money, shared with SD. Avi now took over his old desk. Avi is the lead spriter and SD is, well…SD.

 Darksage: Hey Avi, we’re being filmed right now. What are you working on?

Avi: New sprites, what else? I also want to come out and say right now, keep Metabad away from writing eps!

Shadowstrike: Now what?

Avi: I’m now spriting a green flamingo wearing a top hat and tutu, a FLAMINGO!

Shadowstrike: At least it isn't an ostrich. *looks left and right suspiciously*

Avi: *looking at Darksage* Hold it, what are you wearing?!

 Darksage: Blue jeans and a red Hawaiian shirt, you should be able to see that.

Avi: No, I mean, isn’t this going to turn into an ep?

 Darksage: *Looking away* Maybe…

Avi: Darn, another sprite!

SD76: *playing a PSP* Stop complaining, it’s not all that bad.

Guyver: *runs in* Hey guys, there is a-oh, I didn’t know the camera crew was here already.

Shadowstrike: Yeah, they’re here. For all who want to know, this is our newest member, Dynamax, known here as Guyver, our Shademan.

Darksage: Don’t worry, we’ll show them your office soon too.

Guyver: What office? All you guys did was shove a desk and an old Apple IIE under a stair case.

Darksage: I’m sorry, but Roy never really had an office.

Shadowstrike: Also just be happy we could give you furniture. We had to fight off two old ladies at Goodwill to get it!

Guyver: You could have given me at least my own room…

Darksage: Didn’t you want to tell us something?

Guyver: Oh yeah. Amethyst is creating creepy fan fiction again.

Avi: Please don’t tell me it’s another one with me and Metabad, it was sickening.

Guyver: No, it’s with SD.

Avi: I’m sick again.

SD76: *drops the PSP and flexes his arms* Hey, I can’t help it that most women find me irresistible, Avi. I’m a natural choice for the part.

Guyver: It’s not you and Avi, it’s you and Orgot.

Avi: *laughing uncontrollably*

SD76: May I be excused for a moment? *walks off*

Darksage: Seagragon is going to kill Amethyst, isn’t he?

Shadowstrike: Yes.

Darksage: It’s going to get messy, right?

Shadowstrike: Yes.

Darksage: So…let the camera man follow him so we can look back and laugh at it later?

Shadowstrike: Of course!

*The camera man follows Seadragon down a hall, and into a grey room with one light bulb*

Amethyst: *talking as he types* Seadragon watched Orgot walk off sadly and could only feel sorry for the elephant. He longed to scratch him behind the ears and tell him everything was okay. His plots to steal Orgot’s ivory were only to mask his true feelings. No one ever knew how he loved to stare at the elephant’s trunk for hours on end…

SD76: *mumbles*

*Seadragon turns to a wall in the room, by the breakable emergency cases*

SD76: Let’s see…break in case of fire, break in case of power outage, break in case of Metabad…ah, break in case of fan boy wannabes!

*Seadragon breaks the case and takes out a machete*

Amethyst: *still talking and typing* SD couldn’t take it anymore, he had to go to Orgot’s cage and express his true-*computer gets sliced* What the-uh oh. Hey SD, what’s new?

SD76: Not much, just me drivin’ this into your skull!

Amethyst: Well…oh my god, look! *points*

SD76: Where? *looks behind himself*

Amethyst: See ya!! *runs off*

SD76: Bastard…*runs after Amethyst*

*the camera goes back to SD and Avi’s office to meet up with Shadowstrike and Darksage again*

Shadowstrike: I wish I knew what happened.

Darksage: I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough. I think we covered everyone except for Metabad, but really, he is much different than his epilogue character.

Shadowstrike: Just like the epilogues, he is left alone. Unlike our epilogues, however, he is left alone because he actually likes his privacy, not the we think he is too weird for anyone or anything to be around, or that his office space is infected or anything. Well, at least no proof has been shown.

Darksage: Follow us.

*they all go to the top of a nearby stairwell, where there is an intercom*

Darksage: Shall I?

Shadowstrike: Go ahead.

Darksage: *using the intercom* Metabad?

Metabad: *through the speaker* Yo, DS!

Darksage: Meta, we are with a film crew right now, and, we’d like you to tell us what you’re doing now, to prove you are not like your ep character. We’ll use the intercom because it’s easier.

Shadowstrike: *under his breath* And so we don’t get any disturbing footage.

Metabad: Oh, let’s see. Uh…I’m in my smoking jacket, enjoying a good book while snacking on caviar. It’s like I always do.

Darksage: Thank you Metabad. See, he is normal. *whispers to Shadowstrike* What the heck is he doing?

Shadowstrike: *whispering back* He’s wearing a feather boa while eating ice cream and reading ‘The Little Engine That Could’.

Darksage: Ah. Oh, well, I guess that completes the tour. As you can see, we are a perfectly normal bunch.

Amethyst: *running past* Ineedtotakeaweeksvacationnow,thankyou!!!*runs off*

SD76: *runs in* Get back here coward, so after I kill you, I can beat you to death! *runs past*

Darksage: Ah, screw it, goodbye everyone!

Shadowstrike: Yeah, and please, don’t come back.

The End!