All of us were waiting anxiously for Jim to give the signal, so that we could help him at Gatto's Keep. While the guards were taking Jim to Gatto, we sneaked in and waited near the entrance careful to avoid the eyesight of the guards. I couldn't quite hear everything that they were saying, but Jim was going to get Gatto to answer a riddle and that was going to be the signal for us to get the Kairosect. Soon enough, we were able to hear Jim shout, "And it's nacho day either! Now! I said, Now!" Claire used her shadow staff and transported all of us up there. Blinky threw him the amulet and Jim got his armor on.

"A trick?" Gatto bellowed. Toby used his hammer to open up Gatto's mouth and we climbed in and we all dove in. I tried my best to avoid the thought that I was climbing into someone's mouth. Once we were inside the treasury, we got to work. Come on. Where was it? Any second now, the guards will be in here.

"I miss the simpler days when we were hunting gnomes." Toby commented. I heard rumbling. Too late. The guards tumbled in and I willed my bow to transform into daggers. I stood beside Jim ready to defend him. One of the guards took on Jim and I took on the other one. Jim was quickly knocked to one side of the room and I was knocked next too him.

"Aha! The Kairosect! Good work, my chum. Tobias, let's evacuate. Uh. Poor choice of words." Blinky said. I nearly puked at the thought of what was going to happen next. So much for not thinking about being in someone's stomach.

"Hey! Over hear! That's right, boys. Your big boss didn't like those tacos last time? Well, this is worse. The Mega Trinidad Scorpion Burrito with spicy sour cream and pastrami. If I were you, I might want to skedaddle." Toby threatened. I never understood how Toby could handle those burritos. I don't do well with spicy food at all and I've learned not to eat what Toby gives me. He once let me try a burrito that had a salsa that contained the scorpion and ghost peppers. All I remember from that experience was tears streaming down my face and drinking a ton of milk for the next 45 minutes.

As soon as the burrito landed in the lava, we all made a bee line towards the exit. As we were running away from Gatto, Toby shouted, "Ha! It looks like it's "nacho" Kairosect either. See ya, suckers!" I laughed to myself as Jim also commented, "Well, that was almost a clean get away."

We made it safely back to Trollmarket. We observed the Kairosect. None of us really knew how this object worked, so we were waiting for Blinky's response, except all he was saying was how it was intriguing and fascinating. So, I spoke up, "So, how exactly does this thing get Strickler's ring off? I hope we didn't just go into someone's stomach for nothing."

"That is the conundrum. Perhaps someone should've stolen the instruction manual as well." Blinky said. Toby was about to comment on how it doesn't look that complicated, but suddenly, Blinky disappeared. Where did he go?

"Yes! Yes! Eureka! It works!" Blinky exclaimed. We asked him how he got up there to which Blinky responded, "The Kairosect enables it's bearer to step outside of time, affording the opportunity to do this." Suddenly, all of us were somewhere else. Toby was being lifted into the air by Claire's legs. Jim was doing a handstand and Aaarrrgghh was holding three stacks of books. I was suddenly felt pain as I realized I was doing the splits.

"What just happened? I feel so violated." Toby said.

"This is amazing! Do you know what this means? " Jim exclaimed.

"So, that's how you get off someone without them knowing." Claire said.

"We'd have so much time on our hands!" Toby exclaimed.

"I don't have to worry about juggling two lives at once! I could lives all the lives I want!" Jim exclaimed. Toby rambled on how they could travel the world in a day and PhDs in everything and a bunch of other stuff.

"Or you could pass Uhl's Spanish test, unless you want to fail his test." I reminded him. Jim groaned and stated how he forgot about the test.

"Ah. The powers of this devices is limited to three rules. According to the inscription, if my Salickacious is correct, the first is that only one person can step outside of time. Secondly, the time-stopping effect lasts for preciously 43 minutes and 9 seconds." We asked him about the third and Blinky continued, "You can only use it, uh... three times. Well! Now we know the rules!"

"Wait! You just used that thing like twice!" Toby pointed out.

"Well, the first to test it's ability and the second, to demonstrate it to all of you." Blinky said.

"Blink! You wasted our shots. Now, we've only go one chance to get the ring off Strickler." Jim said.

"Well, in that case, I suggest that you assure yourselves of his whereabouts before proceeding." Blinky stated.

"And I suggest that you study for that Spanish final." Claire said. Jim groaned and we both went back home because we both had a busy night ahead of us. While Jim was studying for his final, I graded papers. As soon as I got done, I fell asleep.