Behind the Writing Desk 16
An Interview with Master Gloom

[Sephzero:] Salutations everyone to the New Year I wish I could be in merrier spirit, but I am coming down with a cold at the moment.
(Sephzero coughs.)
[Sephzero:] Not to mention my head is pounding, but that stop this interview with today's guest Master Gloom.
(Master Gloom grins widely, before standing up on his chair and proudly planting a foot on the desk.)
[Master Gloom:] Yes, the Gloom Family has returned!
[Sephzero:] Please don't put your foot on my desk.
[Master Gloom:] And with your return, you will all tremble in fear at us! And we are taking over this spot for the glory of our family!
[Sephzero:] I am far too sick to humor this.
(Master Gloom looks down at Sephzero a bit worryingly.)
[Master Gloom:] You're not?
[Sephzero:] Sit down or leave, my head is like a watermelon out to burst and I don't need this.
[Master Gloom:] But…I'm the Super Villain here…
(Sephzero just gives Master Gloom a look.)
[Master Gloom:] Sitting down now…
(Master Gloom quietly sit back down in his chair looking like he is about to start sulking.)
[Sephzero:] Back to the interview, it has been quite awhile since we last see anything of the Gloom family.
[Master Gloom:] I'll admit we have been a bit under the radar since the Sirius kidnap plot. We were almost financially ruined thanks to it.
[Sephzero:] More so then you were before?
(Master Gloom folds his arms and nods grimly.)
[Master Gloom:] The destruction of prize family legacies and medical bill for all the injured almost pushed us completely in bankruptcy. It was a dark time for the Gloom for sure.
(Manly tears pour from Master Gloom's eyes like waterfalls while he recalls those memories.)
[Sephzero:] I am sense of a large BUT coming up.
[Master Gloom:] BUT!
[Sephzero:] Called it.
[Master Gloom:] Lady Fortune smiled upon our family once again! Just at the precipice of ruin, she yanked as back and showered our family once again in her grace.
[Sephzero:] That really doesn't explain what happened.
[Master Gloom:] Turn out a prior crime, where we robbed an armored trunk filled with bags of change had some pretty rare coinage. One of the henchmen Jerry is knowledgeable about those things and so the Gloom Family was saved.
(Sephzero claps his hands.)
[Sephzero:] So how did your family handle the reversal fortunes?
[Master Gloom:] We sent to Disneyland of course.
[Sephzero:] Did you take the henchmen too?
[Master Gloom:] Of course not, that would be expensive. We only just came back from financial ruin, besides it was more of a family thing.
[Sephzero:] Speaking of family, another named member of the family is your sister, Katherine. How is she doing?
(Master Gloom chuckles proudly.)
[Master Gloom:] That girl will do the family proud. Unfortunate she had to drop out of Malkin Grey due to be outing for the kidnapping, but that girl is cunning.
[Sephzero:] So where is she now?
(Master Gloom shrugs.)
[Master Gloom:] Not sure, seems she was affected by that Hyde we encountered back then couldn't get it out of her mind. I hope she isn't on planning on doing anything reckless.
[Sephzero:] Messing with Hydes is nothing but trouble.
[Master Gloom:] That's calling the kettle black.
[Sephzero:] Anyway, do you have any ambitions now that your family is no longer on the brink of financial ruin?
[Master Gloom:] Isn't it obvious?
[Sephzero:] No.
(Master Gloom looks annoy at Sephzero.)
[Master Gloom:] My sole driving ambition is restoration of the wicked name of the Gloom Family.
(Master Gloom stands proudly up striking a terrifying pose. Sephzero just rolls his eyes.)
[Master Gloom:] All shall remember our name and tremble. The skies will once again by darken by the shapes of our fearsome dirigibles!
[Sephzero:] Dirigibles still?
[Master Gloom:] We're bringing them back into style. Far better than silly flying carriers and whatever else those other villains pass for transportation.
[Sephzero:] Spare me.
[Master Gloom:] We'll consider it.
(Sephzero groans and just face palms.)
[Sephzero:] We should just wrap things up.
[Master Gloom:] Indeed, I have many plans to set in motion. Plans that will catapult the name of Gloom to the top of the Villain charts once again!
(Master Gloom shakes his fist in the figuratively.)
[Sephzero:] So it is time for the letters from our readers.
[Master Gloom:] We actually have letters?
[Sephzero:] Surprisingly yes, "How many members are there in the Gloom Family?"
[Master Gloom:] We are a proud family with many generations of villainy, but unfortunately that doesn't bode well for longevity. Right now of the main family there is only myself and Katherine left, but we still have a few uncles, aunts, and cousins to carry on the family in case we fail.
[Sephzero:] You must have one heck of a family graveyard.
[Master Gloom:] Sadly that is not the case since we also rarely leave a body either.
[Sephzero:] How grim.
[Master Gloom:] Maybe, but that is the life of a Gloom. And now that this whole show is done, it is time to attack MINIONS!
(Master Gloom gestures dramatically at Sephzero.)
[Sephzero:] …
[Master Gloom] …
[Sephzero:] …still trying to take over?
[Master Gloom:] Trying…
(Master Gloom glances back to the studio door and then to Sephzero.)
[Master Gloom:] Can I…go check on something?
(Sephzero just ushers him with a wave of the hand.)
[Master Gloom:] Thanks…lousy cheap minions…
(Master Gloom gets up and goes to the studio doors. He opens it up to look out before visibly shaking and turning his head back to Sephzero with a grim expression.)
[Master Gloom:] Does "she" come here often?
(Sephzero just sighs.)
[Sephzero:] She does what she pleases.
(Master Gloom didn't even get the change to say another word. Helen's hand reaches out from the door opening and yanks him inside. The door slams shut behind with noises of screaming and breaking echoing out.)
[Sephzero:] And so the bad luck of the Gloom returns. The karmic balance has been restored.
(Sephzero takes a tissue and sneezes into it.)
[Sephzero:] I should get that Tish girl next time. Hopefully she'll have les bravado then this one.