The Story of Buster

There's more to this guy than meets the eye.
(Buster says: Don't listen to him. I AM A MAN! I HAVE A BEARD!)

Dees ees experiment #8

Today is a special day, for it is the day of the blue noseys. Not the Banana Noseys, but the animals blessed with the blue noseys. Bustiw. Buster, Bustuh or Bustiw wasn't always the mischievous blue-nosed snow leopard he is today. Naturally, he's always been a snow leopard...but the events mentioned hereunder recall a time that led to our little buddy becoming the notteh little creature he is today.

Buster, the friendly snow leopard, spent the majority of his days sipping non-alcoholic ale and eating Cheetos on his porch in the Antarctic. The non-existent setting sun would be his very own paradise as he'd sit there, listening to his favorite Killswitch Engage albums and watch the various, beautiful Milky Ways take over the night sky. Buster would usually spend his days waking up at the crack of dawn, working out for a few hours and then setting off to work. Buster worked at the local frozen pond. It was his job to crack the ice with his replica "Triple H" sledgehammer and then fish for...fish to feed the town; himself.

You see, Buster, originally slated to be the first snow leopard on the moon, decided he wanted to visit his hometown before leaving Earth for good, fell in love with it and decided to live there, secluded, in the hope that he would find true love.

Anyways, where were we? Oh yes...back to work. It was a morning Buster would never forget. He had spent the morning working on his deltoids. After an insane workout routine, Buster took a warm shower and spent the remainder of his morning playing video games until it was time to go to work. Buster arrived at the docks, pulled out his sledgehammer and began to pound at "his spot" until it busted open. Grabbing his baitbox and fishing rod, Buster set up his stuff and threw in the line into the open space. As "A Tribute to the Fallen" blasted in the background, Buster killed time by headbanging, until finally...his line caught something. Buster quickly turned down the music and raced to the rod. Starting to reel it in and in, Buster could see the outline of fish. Excited for today's meal, Buster kept reeling in until...oh my God...4 fishes. Buster's eyes widened as he couldn't believe his feat of strength and then dragged the fishes out of the pond and onto land. That workout must've done him good! He quickly threw the fishes into his cooler and then decided that enough was enough, and so started to pack his stuff up.

That's when it happened. A gorgeous white female snow leopard appeared out of nowhere. She was visibly tired, hungry and on her last feet as she crawled towards Buster. Buster, the gentleman he is, quickly ran up to her, dragging his coolbox. He put her against it and gave her a swig of his ale. He then wrapped her up in his special blanket and started to immediately set up a fire to feed her. Little did he know that our little female friend was quite the mischievous one. She quickly pounced into the coolbox, grabbed 3 of the 4 fishes and then sprinted away into the distance.

Buster, dazed and confused, set after her, running between trees, fallen logs, fishbones from his past meals and rocks. All of a sudden, the female stops. She says "I'm only kidding!" as Buster walks closer and closer to her. "You can have your fish back". Buster, ever the polite little leopard he is, says "It's fine. You can have them". The female smiles and says "You're not like the others". Buster learns about her history, how she grew up being beaten by her abusive father and brothers. How every single home she moved to was worse than the next. He learnt everything about her...but her name. She didn't have one.

As days and days passed by, Buster and the unnamed leopard would become closer and closer. Buster would wake up in the morning and fetch her breakfast. They would workout together, she would become Buster's favorite employee and they would keep each other warm at night. There was only one problem. This leopard liked teasing Buster. Whether it was stealing his bait before he'd go fishing, taunting him with the last piece of fish, sticking his fingers in warm water while he slept and even sticking her butt in his face during Buster's more impatient moments, she liked playing with him. With a spirit like that of a child, Buster would interpret it as playground love...she liked him. Buster himself had that special feeling in his gut. This wasn't any ordinary snow leopard. He knew she was the one. He wanted to be with her forever. He...he wanted to take her to the moon.

On that faithful day, it finally happpened. As Buster and his unnamed love were playfully fishing, Buster knelt down on one knee. "Will you marry me?" he asked. The unnamed leopard jumped up into the air and began to cry. It was the happiest day of her life! She wrapped her arms around Buster and said "Yes! Yes Buster, I will!" Buster couldn't contain himself. He too jumped up into the air with the cheesiest "YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" ever screamed out as he and...his love held each other. Buster gazed deep into her eyes and as they came closer than ever, they rubbed their noses against each other.

What happened next was the stuff of legends. As they stared at each other in disbelief, Buster and the female leopard's noses turned blue. They knew it then and there. It was destiny. It was written in the "Book of the Leopard" that only when two leopard's who were born to be together...be together, their noses would turn blue. A side-effect of that? Their souls would split in half and join the other half to become one.

The Milkyways, the Killswitch Engage albums, the ale, blankets, fishing and non-existent sunsets? Never would Buster experience all of that alone. For he had found his true love. Together forever, always by each other's side, Buster and his wife would spend the best days of their lives.

And that ladies and gentlemen...is how Buster became the naughty bundle of bundles he is, and how his nose became blue. Amazing stuff, eh?

Oh, am I forgetting something? The name of Buster's wife? "Blue".

May the force live long and prosper \V/