Humour Me

> Doing it in a way to prevent herself from being detected, Jill
> began to pump laughing gas into the BB set.
From inside the frame of the door, Keto heard a snigger,
unmistakeably that of Jay.
"Do you find something funny, Mr Chrysler?" he asked calmly, half-
turning to look in that direction.
Jay's answer was merely a chuckle. Keto looked at him coldly as
the pilot continued to laugh.
Suddenly his laugh was joined by a snort from Zodar, still trying
to face down Keto. The doctor frowned, slightly puzzled, more than
slightly irritated.
"And you, Mr Zodar?"
Keto's frown deepened as the other housemates began to laugh as
well, even Tara (still hidden under the bed).
"Dare I ask what in this world you find so amusing?" growled Keto,
temper beginning to fray further.
"Wh...what?" managed Alota, doubled over with laughter. Keto
stared at the lot of them.
"Why are you laughing?" he asked, frown turning into a look of cold
curiousity.
"Why a..aren't YOU?" came the giggled reply.
Keto frowned again, then turned away and sniffed the air.
"Something's wrong here," he murmured, "Other than the obvious fact
that I'm locked in here with you morons. You see what you get when
you try to break my ointments?"
"Y...You oin..tments did this?"
"Evidently," replied Keto, "After all, it's not as if anything from
outside could possibly get in here, is it? That would be cheating."
"What ab...bout the beer hose?"
"Cheating more, then."
"Then how come you AREN'T laughing?!" guffawed Owen.
"When you've breathed in more ointment than most people are able to
conceive of," replied Keto, "You tend to develop a certain immunity
to things like this."
Then a gleam came into his eye, and he turned once again to look at
the laughter-struck housemates.
"Do be careful," he said, smiling, "It would be *so* terrible if
you accidentally ruptured anything."
With that, he stepped over them and walked back into the main room.
"And don't think I'll forget what you've done, all of you!" he
called back over his shoulder.