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"AAAAH, NORMA! HELP ME! I'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED!" Gisu ran into the common room with a fake railroad spike through her head. A few of her fellow interns snickered.
Norma didn't even look up from her book. She didn't even acknowledge the interruption. Every April Fools' morning it was the same lame joke Gisu pulled and Norma didn't care for it. Because she didn't think much of the 'Holiday' at all, not because the joke actually fooled her the first time Gisu pulled it on her.
"C'mon, Norms, give me petty laugh at least." Gisu said, pulling the fake injury of her head. "Show us have at least a smidge of a sense of humor in that rigid little body of yours.
Norma looked up from her book. "I do have a sense of humor, Gisu." she said. "In fact, I love a good, well constructed joke. I just have a better taste ...than ...childish ...pranks?" Her voice trailed off as her gaze slowly turned towards something behind Gisu. The others seemed to be staring at the same thing too.
Gisu raised an eyebrow and turned around. "What? What are yo- WHAT THE?" Gisu mouth fell open as she saw the sight behind her. There, in the hallway, stood Razputin and Lili, both dressed up in the very authentic looking outfits of Grand Head Truman Zanotto; complete with beard and favorite bathrobe; and Second Head Hollis Forsythe ; accessorized with a matching wig and shoulder pads almost as long as Lili herself).
Norma blinked a few times. A snort escaped her and swiftly bursted out in laughter, soon followed by the rest of her friends. Lizzie clutched her stomach laughing, while Adam tried to keep himself from falling laughing by leaning on Morris' chair, whom was in stitches himself. Sam just stared with a big grin on her face, clapping softly. Raz and Lili gave each other a look, pretty pleased with the reaction they got.
Raz cleared his throat. "Yes, very good, a good laugh keeps the mind healthy." He said, deepening his voice in an attempt to copy Truman's voice. he turned to Lili. "Don't you agree, Agent Forsythe?"
"Yes, quite." Lili answered, hands folded behind her back and keeping her face in a stern expression akin to Hollis' one during lessons.
A snickering Norma took off her glasses to wipe a tear away. "You two look amazing." she said, breathing heavy from the laughter.
Gisu took a deep breath. "Where the kick-flipping heck did you get those costumes?" she managed to say between giggles.
"Mom helped making them. Pretty good, aren't they?" Raz said proudly. "You had no idea how many times we had do redo the bear."
Lili groaned as she tried to scratch under the shoulder pads. "How doesn't Hollis go freaking mad wearing these? They keep itching."
"So, 'Truman' and 'Hollis, any big plans today?" Adam asked with a big grin.
Truman-Raz straightened himself. "I am going to 'my office' and make some important decisions." he said in his Grand-Head-Voice.
Lili-Forsythe grinned. "I'm going to the Nerve Center and oversee daily operations. They surely are lost without me." she said sternly.
Morris chuckled. "Okay, have fun at work, you two."
The two kids gave each other a big grin, before they ran off giggling. Gisu giggled as she watched Norma buckled over, trying to compose herself. "'better taste', huh?" she asked with a grin.
Norma looked up, grinning despite the jab. "Oh, shut up, Nerumen."
Truman was in his office looking over some document on his desk when someone cleared their throat. He looked up and after a few seconds of astonished confusion, a smile spread on his face as he saw Raz, dressed up as Truman himself, approached his desk, struggling to keep a grin from spreading on his own face.
"Ah, 'Truman', finally back from that important mission?" He asked jokingly.
"Yes, yes, I have and I'm ready to resume my activities here." Raz said in a deep voice and stroking his fake beard.
Truman stood up. "By all means." He gestured to the chair.
With a giggle, Raz ran up to the chair and jumped on. He grabbed a pencil and a blank sheet and started writing. Truman looked over his shoulder. He chuckled. the paper read 'suggestions to make things more fun', a list that included 'more cupcakes' and 'pizza week'. Raz grabbed some of the documents Truman had been reading and started reading them himself. Truman noticed to his amusement, that Raz, despite first pretending to read them with a over-exaggerated look of seriousness on his face, was actually reading them now. Brow furrowed, head slightly tilted, probably trying to make sense of it all.
Raz jumped of the chair after 10 minutes, way longer than Truman thought he would endure. He grinned at Truman. "Yeah, I'm done being Grand Head for now. You have the job back."
"How kind." Truman said with a chuckle. He took his seat again and cleared his throat as he saw Raz leaving. "Razputin?"
Raz turned around.
Truman smiled. "Thank you for the laugh."
Raz grinned widely. "No problem, Boss."
Truman waved Raz off with a chuckle. "Go on, get out of here, you rascal." He shook his head as Raz ran off. If he knew Raz as well as he thought he did, Lili was probably somewhere in the Motherlobe, doing a little bit of masquerading herself. And he had a pretty good guess who the 'victim' was.
The Nerve Center was bustling with noise and agents doing surveillance, with the ever-vigilant Hollis Forsythe overlooking operations. An agent approached her. "Agent Forsythe, I got ...those ...papers?" He blinked a few times when he saw Lili Zanotto, disguised as the Second head standing next to the actual Second Head of the Psychonauts. He looked at Hollis, who just gave him a short nod. He turned back to Lili.
"Yes, Agent Chad?" Lili asked, in a manner scary similar to Hollis' way of speaking. "You got something for me?"
"Uh, yes ...I got ...those reports you ...asked for." He said, confused. A few female agents behind them giggled.
Lili snatched the documents out of the confused agent's hand. "About time, now get lost."
The agent left, wondering what the heck just happened.
Lili handed over the document to Hollis. "Here you go, Agent Forsythe."
"Thank you, Agent Forsythe." Hollis said seriously. She started to look over the documents as Lili folded her hands behind her back again, watching over the agents in the Nerve Center. Despite not letting it show outwardly, she was very much amused at the antics of the young Zanotto. Kinda flattered even. She would give Lili a few minutes more before she would send her on her way. After all, it was April Fools. And a bit of fun was mandatory on that day.