Renfield and Amadeus were flying in a dirigible close to the erupting Icelandic volcano.
"What are we doing here, boss?" Amadeus asked Renfield.
"Well from that BBC News video I saw," Renfield explained, "I'm pretty sure I saw the heads of Zeus and Apollo emerge from this volcano. So I was just wondering how many other ancient gods might be buried below this volcano here. If we could gather them up and form an alliance with our boss Set, we could take over the world."
"Why didn't we fly here in an airplane?" Amadeus asked.
"Because you idiot," Renfield foamed, "it's dangerous for a plane to fly into a combination of volcanic ash and glacial ice particles."
"Well, isn't flying a dirigible in the presence of a volcano dangerous?" Amadeus pointed out, "The Hindenburg exploded and burst into flames back in 1937."
"Yes, but that wasn't over a volcano," Renfield answered, "that was over New Jersey. New Jersey is a pretty dangerous place to be particularly off the New Jersey turnpike during rush hour."
"That's a good point," Amadeus had to admit.
"Besides which the Hindenburg was fueled by hydrogen which is highly combustible," Renfield explained, "Modern airships such as ours are powered by helium which is a lot safer."
"Well, actually..." Amadeus raised his finger in the air.
"You did rent a helium fueled dirigible didn't you?" Renfield started to turn pale.
"Well when I was at the Evas Hurts Rent-An-Airship place off Piccadilly Circus, the Vampiress Morgana just happened to appear when she heard that it was you wanting to rent a dirigible and she offered me a great deal on this hydrogen fueled airship when she heard where you wanted to go," Amadeus smiled, "so I saved us some money."
"Oh shit," Renfield exclaimed just as the airship exploded.
On the ground below, an Icelandic farmer looked up and said in Icelandic, "Oh... the humanity. The humanity..."
The Icelandic farmer's turkey who was wearing a WKRP In Cincinnati scarf around its neck also looked up and said, "Gobble. Gobble."
To be continued.
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