Chapter 19- Nonsensical

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Here's Eustace with Nonsensical.

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Eustace Clarence Scrubb skulked outside of the guestroom for what seemed like an infinite amount of time, listening to the soft murmur of his cousins' voices through the door. He had been there for what felt like hours, but was in reality only a handful of minutes, eavesdropping on their conversation to try and find something new to tease them about. Though eavesdropping was considered deplorable, so were the conversation topics his cousins often rambled about in the privacy of their guestrooms.

Eustace had always known the Pevensies were eccentric. But some of the stuff they said was complete and utter nonsense.

His favorite topic to tease them about, and indeed the one they most often discussed, was the magical land that would randomly suck them in through various pieces of furniture or public service stations; Narnia, they called it. What made this topic all the better was not the fact that it was a land overrun with fairytale creatures and a talking lion, but that they seemed to think they were the rulers of it. Eustace scoffed every time he overheard any discussion of their ruling. As if any place, magical or not, would choose them as its monarchs.

Complete and utter nonsense.

At last, Eustace had his opportunity; Edmund and Lucy seemed to be settling in for a reminiscent discussion of Narnia. Silently, he crept into the room, his quick witted mind armed with a plethora of insults and teasing material. He felt quite proud of himself as he delivered a scathingly clever rhyme about his cousins and their beliefs in fairy tale countries, and even more pleased at the enraged response he got from Edmund. He retorted with a rhyme of his own, proclaiming that the books Eustace read contained useless facts, to which he scoffed. Field journals contained only the most relevant scientific information, and were anything but useless. It was nonsense to say otherwise.

And then the strangest thing happened. Lucy gasped and called attention to that awful painting of the dowdy little ship hanging on the wall, going on about how the water actually seemed to be moving. Eustace turned to her to deliver a stinging remark, really quite fed up with their ramblings, but found himself stopping short. The water in the picture really was moving, pouring out of the canvas and into the room. Furious and terrified, Eustace leaped forward to tear it off the wall, which only resulted in further flooding of the room. Horrified, Eustace soon found himself completely underwater, the walls and furniture floating away as he fought his way to the surface. He found himself struggling in the wake of a huge ship with a dragon as the figurehead; the same one from that awful painting.

Eustace and his cousins were soon pulled aboard the ship to be greeted by a plethora of mythical creatures and strange people who proclaimed themselves to be Narnians. Edmund and Lucy were overjoyed to be back in their made up land surrounded by their made up subjects, but Eustace was less than pleased. He was sure this was all imaginary, or some strange dream of some sort, and could only pray for the moment when he woke up. Until then, he had to deal with his eccentric cousins being called 'Your Majesties' and acting even more regal and strange than they already did; as if that was possible. He almost felt sorry for the poor ninnies, believing that this was really anything more than a dream.

Complete and utter nonsense.