Chapter 11
Operation: Maximum Char
With Brenda coordinating, Phineas activates his contraption. A cloud of acrid smoke fills the kitchen as burnt toast flies towards Toastie, who recoils in horror and disgust. The plan is in motion.
Brenda, bless her ever-so-organized heart, had drawn up the battle plan on a repurposed pizza box lid, complete with little stick figures representing herself and Dr. Piffle, and a rather menacing-looking toaster with Xs for eyes. "Operation: Maximum Char," she'd declared, tapping a neatly manicured finger on the lid. "Phase one: Distraction. Phase two: Incineration. Phase three: Reversion."
Dr. Phineas Piffle, meanwhile, was fumbling with a tangle of wires that resembled a particularly aggressive ball of yarn that had decided to take up knitting. He wore his usual lab coat, which was now sporting a fresh scorch mark near the elbow and a faint dusting of what looked suspiciously like glitter. "Are you sure about this, Brenda?" he squeaked, his voice a high-pitched tremor of nerves. "What if Toastie interprets this as an insult to his… thermal efficiency?"
"Dr. Piffle," Brenda sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Toastie is a megalomaniac toaster with a penchant for kitchen domination. I think 'insult' is pretty