SurpriseMissionPossible

UniCorn is running around the apartment. She has kicked ChessBoy out for the evening and is expecting a pair of guests. She wants it to be a great night and has shopped for popcorn and fruits and all kinds of goodies. At precisely eight o’clock there’s a knock on the door. Her two birds go absolutely crazy at the prospect of other people in the appartment and make a racket in their cage. She opens the door to find two dear people on the landing.

UniCorn: Hi guys! Right on time!
Matt: *hugging her because he knows that’s the only way he will be able to get into the apartment* Hi Uni
Spidey: *high-fives Uni, cause they are just not at the hugging stage of their relationship yet, and the last time Uni tried to hug him he spun web around her legs so she tripped over* Yo, what’s up, Uni
UniCorn: Come on in
Spidey: *entering the living room and closing in on the cage, finger first* Whatzup birdies
UniCorn: Be nice or I’ll make them bite you real hard
Spidey: *backing away from the cage* I have a thing with sharp things like needles and… beaks, so no worries…

UniCorn asks them to sit down and they crash her couch. She gets them drinks and Spidey helps himself to the bowl of popcorn on the table.

UniCorn: Right, so how did you get away?
Spidey: *with his mouth full of popcorn* E us o er a whe e oin o e un
UniCorn: *staring at Spidey with a mixture of disbelief and amusement* Matt, translate, please.
Matt: What he’s trying to say is that we just told her that we were going for a run. But then she asked if she could ride her bike alongside…
Spidey: *finished with his popcorn for now* Yeah, so I told her that Mattie here has some serious issues that he needed to discuss – you know, guy-things in the guy-region.
Matt: And she said “Ew” and agreed to let us go alone.
UniCorn: Great! So she’s got no clue.

UniCorn gets up, goes into the office and comes back with a small binder.

UniCorn: Right, guys, we need to find out how to do this. She cannot know what is going on, it has to be a complete surprise.
Matt: This means that ‘somebody’ has to keep his mouth absolutely shut

UniCorn and Matt both look intently at Spidey who acts as if he has no clue what they are on about.

Matt: Anyway, how do we get it up there without her seeing it?
UniCorn: I have thought a lot about that and the only thing I can think of is that we need to create a diversion. A big one.
Spidey: *flinging his hand in the air and bobbing up and down in the couch* Hey, pick me! I can do that!
UniCorn: Yeah, we know. But you cannot do anything that upsets her too much. So don’t ruin the bed or pull down the kitchen cabinets again, right.
Spidey: Aw, no fun.
UniCorn: Seriously, Spidey, this is supposed to be a good surprise so it’s no good to upset her.
Spidey: *pouting* Alright, I’ll think of something.
UniCorn: And remember that you have to keep her in the bedroom or kitchen so that Matt and I have free access to the living room and balcony.
Spidey: Oh, I know! I’ll talk her into helping me make my famous SpideyCookies – she’ll love them. They’re all crunchy and sweet and orange.
UniCorn: Great idea. Good, so that’s in the bag.
Matt: So you and I have to find some way to get it up there and secure it while Spidey is in the kitchen with Friday.

UniCorn opens the binder, leafs through the papers and fishes out a piece of paper with a drawing on it. She puts it on the table and the three of them lean forward to get a better look.

UniCorn: Ok, this is SurpriseMissionPossible. While Spidey is diverting Friday in the kitchen, Matt leaves the apartment at exactly 11.47 in the morning. You take the stairs so that Friday will not puzzle at the sound of the elevator. You sneak around the block to the big patch of grass in the back. You are now at the right side of the building – away from Friday.
Spidey: *pointing at a weird looking thing on the picture* What’s that?
UniCorn: *annoyed at being interrupted* That’s the carousel that Friday and I had a blast on.
Spidey: What do we need it for?
UniCorn: We don’t. It’s just to sort of mark where things are.
Spidey: Why not put down all the other things then?
UniCorn: *exasperated* Does this really matter, Spidey.
Matt: That would be UniCorn for ‘Shut up already’
UniCorn: Thank you, Matt.
Spidey: *nudging Matt in the ribs* Traitor
UniCorn: Stop it. Let’s move on. At precisely noon, the guy will arrive with the thing. It will be huge and may draw a good deal of attention from the people living in the block. Again this is why we are keeping Friday in the kitchen. Now comes the problem of getting the thing up to Friday. It will not fit in the elevator, not even in the staircase, so I propose that we take it up on the outside of the building. I will go onto the balcony and drop a long rope down to you Matt. You will fasten the thing on the rope, leave the guy with instructions to just sort of follow what we are doing, and then you will walk up the stairs and join me on the balcony. Then we will begin the process of pulling the thing up. I know it is seven floors, but I have heard that it is really not that heavy and might even be able to help on itself, sort of.
Spidey: Hey, question. Why do you two get to have all the fun and I’m stuck in the kitchen?
Matt: As far as I remember, you just volunteered to do the diversion thing.
Spidey: Oh, right. Bummer.
UniCorn: So when we have the thing level with the balcony, we fasten the rope and then it is time to fetch Friday and Spidey. Spidey, you will blindfold her…
Spidey: What?! She’ll never let me do that! Not after the water-incident.
UniCorn: Listen, Spidey, figure it out – you can tell her it is a surprise or whatever. Just make sure she does not leave the kitchen without the blindfold.
Spidey: Right, ok.
UniCorn: And that should be it. Spidey, you guide her into the living room and then you pull the blindfold off of her and we all scream surprise.

UniCorn: *beside herself with excitement* Oh, it’s going to be soooo cool! I can’t wait! I’m so happy you’re with me on it; I could never have done it alone.
Spidey: Anything for a good surprise and a good laugh.
Matt: Anything for my Friday.
UniCorn: Meeting adjourned! SurpriseMissionPossible has been set in motion!