19. Disguises

Alarms ring, sirens flare, people scream. It was a huge mess as people scrambled out of the hospital, nearly tramppling over each other. Most of them didn't know what happened, some of them got wind that weird looking terrorists had taken over the hospital, nobody knew what to do.

In that chaos, no one had noticed there were three strange looking people (and an unconcious nurse) still in a small ward at the end of the corridor...

"很吵leh!" Ah-pui howled as she spat once more at the buzzing alarm, muting the alarm bell almost instantly with the gooey spit. The whole ward was enveloped with a putrid stench and a greenish vapour, from the many globs Ah-pui produced.

The nurse who has been assigned to take care of them lay sprawled on the floor, still out cold as Ah-mui eyed her intently. "Interesting... One piece..." she thought to herself, as she gingerly removed the nurse's uniform and slipped... urm... squeezed it on, popping a few buttons.

"美美er!" Ah-mui squealed in delight, prancing around in her new clothes.

"Oei! 死Ah-mui! 没有跟我讲有新衣服! 我也要er!" Ah-pui whined as she stamped her feet on the ground. Without thinking, she grabbed the nearest thing she could find, emptied the contents (on the nurse) and threw it over her head. "有新衣服liao er!"

"死Ah-moo! 你的错er! 你没有用er! 没有跟我讲妹妹有新衣服! 我也要... Wahhhh..."

Ah-moo, who has been quiet all these while was standing rigidly in a corner, holding a few leaves, and muttering to himself, "I'm a potted plant... I'm a potted plant..."

(Footnote: Back on Pluto, even the most simple clothes consists of multiple separate layers, and had to be worn in a certain sequence. Ah-moe had often delighted in wearing complex and elaborate clothing, but had never once in his life got the sequence correct. And of course, he thought everyone else was laughing because they were simply jealous of his clothes.)