17. The Return of the Judge

ORGULLO
O N L i N E
17 October 2005

Previously on…

The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo

The Evil Enchantress of the Halitoshire Empire put a curse on the not-so-distant, magical kingdom of Orgullo, where she spread chaos and deep sorrow. The King/Queen, the knights, the Elders and the Wizard and the people all lost hope and all efforts for a restoration seemed futile.

The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo: The Fountain of Menace

A magical bird was asked to seek help from the Kingdom land of intelligent and gentle ogres, the Kingdom of Maranan, but was killed by the Evil Enchantress when she spotted the bird attempting to drink from her evil Fountain of Menace, where she had made her slaying potion she always hid in her mouth. She tripled the power of her potion and attacked the Kingdom of Orgullo to wreak havoc and more pain, sorrow, chaos and to finally squander all hopes for a peaceful restoration. But the Wizard Asnallar had a few more tricks up his sleeve (a very royal, velvet-y sleeve, in fact) and he resurrected the fallen knight Sir Donsquixote de Hotel, who in turn had temporarily knocked out La Lola Verano. Is this a new era for the Kingdom? Find out in the conclusion of the most-exciting trilogy in all the land…

The Legend of Sleepy Orgullo: The Return of the Judge

The Orgullosos were astonished by the remarkable restoration of the fallen knight Sir Donsquixote de Hotel. They gathered around him and quite instantly, the strength they needed for a peaceful restoration was available to them. They needed a great plan to vanquish the Evil Enchantress once and for all.

However, the other knights were wondering what happened to the other fallen knight, Lady Mel de Fresno. The Wizard Asnallar explained, “I only had enough potion to resurrect one fallen knight. I’m sorry. But I was able to speak with the Lady and here’s what she had to say before she left.” A hologram of the fallen Lady appeared at the center of the Great Hall of the King/Queen’s castle, where most of the people were lying down after the Evil Enchantress had assaulted them.

“Hola a todos…. As much as I wanted to join all of you to fight off the Evil Enchantress and avenge my demise, I’ve already moved on to a different dimension. I have a new home now, and before I leave, I want you to know that you’ve been missed, and I’m quite mirthful that you’ve missed me, too. I’ve learned so much while floating in different dimensions--I suppose I was finding myself and discerning where I truly belong after my death. The Evil Enchantress was successful in killing this knight, but she was not as successful in slaying Sir Donsquixote de Hotel a year after my death. She was not able to completely kill him. He was just put to a deep sleep and his soul was sent to the ghostly plane--a mystical region between life and death. It was because the evil potion from the Fountain of Menace was flawed. Don’t bury the dead yet. Now I have to go. Sir Donsquixote de Hotel will give you all the details on how to vanquish La Lola Verano. Blessed be….”

Then the magical hologram vanished into thin air.

“She’s right,” Sir Donsquixote de Hotel declared. “We must not give up. The potion was flawed and I just know how to defeat this evil. Come.” He led them to the Secret Chamber of the Wizard Asnallar. They were quite surprised that they were allowed to enter the Secret Chamber, but was told by the Wizard that it’s always been open to anyone close to him, but since it was a magically hidden, it was extremely hard to locate the specific location of his lair.
The Knights of the Circle of Hispanistas, led by Sir Ian de McCalifornia, Sir Bingers de Tierra Pura, Lady Erikqa de Daimos, Lady Ronski von Nursing, Lady Lizzy de Embajada, Lady Marita de la Regla, Lady Dama de Noche Blossoms, Lady Rojo de Peppelzuport, Lady Karina de Farview, Lady Rhodina de Gloria, Princess of Mtobacco Niñanuson, Lady Jisella de Ii-el of the small village of Kubo de Círculo, the seer Erikqa de Daimos, and the Elders led by La Joya Preciosa and La Biloya Dimple and of course, the King/Queen, all followed them. But when Sir Bingers de Tierra Pura, who was last in line, was about to enter the Secret Chamber, he was magically blocked and was thrown off by several feet.

“This chamber was designed to fend off evil,” the Wizard announced. “That means you’re the traitor who sold us to the Evil Enchantress! Arrest him!” The guards took him to custody, but alas! He was too fast and got away. The guards even tried to capture his magical vehicle but the traitor was able to drive it backwards, just to evade the angry knights and the hurt King/Queen. “I believed in him… Why did he have to betray us all… I need to take sit down…,” the King/Queen cried.

Everyone was working double-time to prepare the vanquish of the Evil Enchantress. The knights, led by the resurrected Sir Donsquixote de Hotel, gathered the sleeping Orgullosos inside the chamber, making sure that all of them were not influenced by the evil cyberspacia magic of the Enchantress. The Wizard bathed them in goodness and they just needed one key ingredient to complete the Restoration. “I’ve looked everywhere but I don’t know how to get one cube of the forest mint from Sir Donsquixote de Hotel‘s vanquishing recipe. We‘re running out of time here,” said the Wizard. Princess of Mtobacco Niñanuson asked Sir Ian de McCalifornia, “Did we not go to a forbidden place called The Lost Woodlands of the Mint after reading about it in the library one time to locate the Halitoshire Swamp?”

“You’re right. I even found these silly-looking, green rocks as souvenir and I’ve always kept them with me even when I entered the advance military training for the older knights. Here are the rocks from the forest, Wise Wizard.” He handed them the last ingredient, and the vanquishing potion was completed. The Wizard called it the Judge, for it would give the final verdict on the Evil Enchantress’s fate. He handled everyone the Judge. Just as the sleeping Orgullosos rose from deep sleep, the Evil Enchatress broke in.

“Forgot about me, haven’t you?” said La Lola Verano. “Did you think I would let you defeat me? This silly chamber is no match for my new powers. Die!” Then she gave one strong blow to the Orgullosos, hoping it would kill them all.

But the Orgullosos were prepared this time, and they had risen every sleeping Orgulloso from deep slumber. With the newly-concocted vanquishing potion in their mouths and the blessing of good cyberspacia magick, they chanted: “All together now!”

They all gave the Evil Enchantress their strongest blow, and with that, the final judgment of La Lola Verano was set in stone. While in life she wreaked evil, in after-life, she would burn in the fires of hell. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a fresh breath for an evil breath. This was the Return of the Judge, the omniscient and extremely objective power beyond comprehension.
And so the Kingdom was restored and everyone was happy once again. The restoration would be completed in no time. The Legend of the Sleepy Orgullo became no more, and it would remain forever as just a legend.

The end… for now.

Parting Words:

We hope you enjoyed our little fairy tale. It was one year in the making! Bet it would make a pretty good cartoon series, what do you think?

Before we end this episode, we just like to give you some updates on the real lives of the Orgullosos:

Nins has a new, private line for those private moments. Call her at 660-2155. She also would be taking her MA in Speech Comm in this second semester. Good luck, N! Say “Hi” to Marita if you see her.

Don turned 25 last October 12 and check out his cool new accessory… So cool… hehehe. He also visited Thailand last month. And he watched an x-rated show sa Ermita ng Thailand. Paano na ang iyong virgin eyes, Donski? =)

Allan has been working for SourceOneAsia for 2 yrs and 3 months already and he feels it’s time to move on. Well, as fate would have it, they would increase his salario in SourceOne, so he would delay his resignation. Meanwhile, to pursue his dreams of becoming part of media, he would start working as copywriter for ABS-CBN’s CinemaOne today, Oct 17. Low-paying job, but hey, gotta start somewhere. Hehehe But he would have to juggle 2 jobs from now on. How the hell would he be able to do that? Find out in our next episodes!

Mye, the saleslady in Filigrenesia (SM North Main) was asking for your birthday because she forgot to greet you.

Rhoda’s mom pala passed away a couple of months back… belated condolences ulit… Anyway, may nangyari naming good development during that time, ‘di ba Blossom?

Musta na iba pang Thomson girls, Jeweland Dimple? We heard you need a few more Language Specialists ah…

Musta ang buhay pagkabalik mo mula Franzia, uhm, Francia pala, Rio?

Eky must be very busy because she would be taking a break from all the online stuff. But she said you could still e-mail her.

Ian, they say you got a nice military picture in Friendster? ¿Cómo estás? From what we’ve heard, Mel Espiritu and Jiji are also now based there in the U.S.

Sorry Mel F, we killed you in our fairy tale… but it just meant that you transferred to a different college, that’s why we had to include that part. We miss you.

Diday! Daming opening ngayon sa C-Cubed, E-telecare, Teletech, Thomson Financial, HSBC, UP E.L. Department, Hotel Intercon, at iba pa. Happy ka pa ba sa job mo? Hope when we see you mas malaki na epekto ng Fitness First ha….

We’ve heard Armis already has a Vios? How true?

Rona, how are ya?

WOW, this is a jam-packed issue! Hope to see you next time!

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