New toys

There is a new kid in the house. His name is Puck, but that's about all I have been able to find out about him. Maybe he'll tell more later.

Umbriel has a surprise for Puck and Caliban.

Umbriel: I have some toys for you if you promise to share them nicely...

Caliban: Toys! Gimme, gimme, gimme!

Puck: We'll fight very nicely over them.

Umbriel empties his bag.

Caliban: Look! Monkeys! All monkeys are mine! Mine! Mine!

Puck: I like these lions - and the crocodile and...

In the end the boys share quite nicely: Caliban gets all the monkeys and Puck gets all the rest. Both seem to be happy.

Umbriel: It looks like you're both satisfied...


Caliban: Yes! Look, one of the monkeys has babies!


Puck: And I got all kinds of African animals... They'll all live in Serengeti...

The Secret

The demons have found a dimension door - and Phobos's master key...


When they return they find Niks and Naks waiting.

Niks: What do you have in the bundle?

Naks: Did you bring souvenirs?

Niks: Is is something to eat?

Naks: Where have you been you anyway?

Fomalhaut quickly locks the door while Deimos opens the bundle...



Niks: A loose head!

Naks: Where did you get it???

Deimos: We found Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory. And we found this small head. We just could not let Dr. Frankenstein turn it into a monster.

Fomalhaut: We thought maybe we can make one of our own.

Deimos: Not a monster, a homunculus.


Niks: You must hide it well.

Deimos: Yes, this must be a secret. If Phobos sees the head he will certainly take it from me.

Naks: To make a homunculus of his own?

Niks: We don't tell a living soul.

Naks: But if we feel an urgent need to tell, we'll come and talk to the head. It won't spread the word.

Deimos: Better not talk even to the head. The walls may have ears. And we must hide the head real well.

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I think the mechanical endeavors of the little demons were a bit more acceptable than experiments with loose heads, but what can you expect from such beings?

Pirate Ball

The demons have started figuring out if they can make a cannon out of a cardboard tube to shoot their pirate ball around.


Deimos: This tube is big enough for the ball. Now we must check if Niks and Naks fit in. If they do, we can shoot trolls from a cannon!


Deimos: Push harder!

Fomalhaut: I think his ears are too big...


Deimos: Push harder!

Fomalhaut: It's stuck!

Niks: Hey, I can't see. And you are crushing my ears!


Deimos: OK. We'll take it off. On count of three, pull...


Deimos: One, two, three... PULL!


Deimos: It worked!


Fomalhaut: But the tube is ruined...


Niks: There are lots of other things one can do with a ball. Like balancing on it.

Naks: Great! I'll jump onto your head, and we have a great circus act!

*** POUNCE***


Deimos: It did not quite work...

Niks: Naks is too heavy...

Naks: ... and Niks has no sense of balance...



Deimos: OK, we'll just play football...

Niks: We can be the football hooligans!

Naks: Yes! We are great hooligans!