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 Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:56 pm
Tiffany heard voices, and thinking it was Steven, headed towards them. She was very much lost, and all she had to go by was her sense of touch and the occasional nonsensical exclamation from Steven. Currently he was rambling about giving stealing Lewis's breakfast muffins and stuffing his face. It also sounded like he was slobbering on the wall and Tiffany hoped that whoever was there besides them--after all, the back door was unlocked, right?--would not mind that the vice president of the company had got drunk and started drooling all over the expensive furniture.
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"There has to be another way, right?" Peony whispered.
Christrose thought quickly and replied, "If mom's lost...we could draw her away from the back door and sneak out that way right?"
She wrapped her bloody hand with the sleeve of her jacket hesitantly, bit her lip, and nodded. "I'm fine. Mariah, do you happen to have Atesia anywhere near?"
Peony glanced at Danica and silently wondered if asking her to pull the same manoeuvre she used on Neti on Steven would be idiotic. After all, she had taken Neti out without a mark. No one would think a passed out drunk man was a strange sight, right?
"Danica...I think Steven's in the hall next door. Do you want to try to take him out? Quietly of course--and without a mark--but otherwise, drunk people pass out all the time, right?"
~Castele.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:22 pm
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Your_Last_Wish_For_Death Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:38 pm
"Let's go then," Peony said, hoping Christrose and Mariah could make it out while they eliminated Steven from the equation.
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Steven abruptly stopped, crashing into a pillar and started biting it madly, screaming "MUFFIN!" between gasps of air.
((He's like rabid of something....o.O But that was Castele's idea, I think. Tris isn't the violent type.))
~Lyra.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:28 pm
Jam flinched as she heard Lewis suddenly utter a forlorn-sounding whine in his sleep. "M...Muffin.."
She pressed her ear to the door again. Was that Steven she heard cavorting around outside? If that was the case, it should have been okay to open the door, shouldn't it? Relaxing, Jam went over to Lewis and shook him awake. "Hey, Lewis. Steven's here. Wake up!"
As she waited for Lewis to rub the sleep from his eyes and cease his grumbling, Jam carefully crept to the door, unlocked it, and held it open.
"Oh, hello, Mrs. Landernorm. Are you two here to see Lewis?"
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Your_Last_Wish_For_Death Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:42 pm
After Danica took care of Steven she crept back to the others.
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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:10 pm
Mariah sighed with relief when she heard Phyllis--or Jam's?--voice speaking to Tiffany and motioned for Christrose to follow her. She led the way outside.
She led Christrose to the pre-determined rendezvous point, where she had conveniently hidden Atesia. "Climb on," she urged. "Danica and Peony will meet us at my house once they're able to get out."
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"Officers, there is some horrible mistake. I would never hurt dear Danella," Neti said seriously. "Please, what time was Danella hurt? I am sure there is some explanation for this."
A police officer told her, jotting notes.
Neti thought about it and said, "I was at my house at that time. I had walked from the school to meet up with my double, Mariah, who had called saying she was sorry and wanted to make it up to me. I met her at the ice-skating rink--I think she had just left--and she gave me a CD and makeup. Then I went home for the party.
"Danella arrived with Peony and after dinner we decided to go to the movies. I don't remember anything after that. I must have hit my head and blacked out or something."
The officer considered this and asked, "Where is Peony now?"
"I don't know."
"Could your double have done this?"
"I doubt it. She lived on the edge of town in a small shack with her horse." Neti squirmed. Doubles were not supposed to exist. Talking about her original was giving Neti the creeps.
"Wait. Mariah Iekelazi? The champion...athlete?
"Yes."
The officer nodded and said, "I will drive you home now, Ms. Iekelazi. Ms Danella, I am sorry to bother you again tonight."
"Actually, can I go to the movie theater? Maybe Peony met me there."
"Of course." He thought of something and asked as Neti waved and returned to the police car, "Ms. Danella, do you have a double as well?"
((Dude. We need a mind-wiper. And this was a lot of dialogue. >.<))
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Consistent Spontaneity Crew
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 4:24 pm
The sound of a thump alerted Jam to Steven's predicament. Wandering through the dark past Tiffany, she finally found Steven's comatose body. "Goodness. What happened?" She slung one of Steven's arms over her shoulder and called for Lewis to help.
Groggily, Lewis arose from his seat and stumbled about from the office. After helping Jam lay Steven out on one of the office couches, Lewis looked much more awake.
"What in the world happened?" Lewis mumbled, rubbing his forehead disgustedly at the sight of his unconscious vice president.
Jam shrugged. "I smelled alcohol on his breath. He must have passed out because he was drunk."
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:29 pm
Tiffany helped Jam dump Steven in Lewis's office. "He got drunk at a dinner party at the Iekelazi's place and dragged himself here. He...started talking about muffins and...people."
She shut her eyes tiredly and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Today's been very hectic."
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"Right," Christrose said, cradling her hand as Mariah helped her on to Atesia. "Hello there, boy."
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Peony let out her breath as she saw Tiffany and Steven enter Lewis's office. She hadn't known she had been holding her breath the whole time and only now felt somewhat safer. After checking to make sure Christrose and Mariah had left the meeting place, Peony turned back to Danica. "Shall we get going then? It's almost midnight..."
Now I can think. Hopefully Mariah can take care of her hand when they get to her shack. But where will Christrose go? The authorities are sure to find out about the break-in eventually...we'll need to get her away as soon as we can....what's this?
Peony squinted and read the words on the poster before resuming the path to Mariah's shack. A double's conference...I think I'll participate...
((I was reading over a few of my posts...and it sounds like Tiffany's just babysitting Steven, lol. I'll be sure to try to write more romance from now >.<))
~Tris
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Consistent Spontaneity Crew
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:55 pm
"We're here," Mariah said, dismounting and setting Christrose's few belongings inside the house. Atesia didn't need orders and trotted politely into it's backyard home. Mariah helped Christrose into the house and onto the sofa before racking her shelves for first aid materials.
Soon, she had cleaned and bound the injury and was holding an ice pack to it.
Once she was sure that she had done all she could--including offering Christrose a warm drink, she texted Danica's cell phone:
"Are you guys out? Are you going to Neti's house, my place or the movie theater?"
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Neti saw that Peony and Danella were not at the movie theater but waved the officer away anyways. "I'd like three tickets please?" she said to the ticket window person and bought three tickets to a movie she thought sounded interesting.
She then bought a large slushie and sat outside, waiting.
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:57 pm
Jam patted Tiffany's should sympathetically. "I'm sorry, Miss Landernorm. Is there anything we can do for you?"
"I'm sorry, too, Tiffany," Lewis said, seeming to have recovered himself. He reclined back on his plush chair and idly spun it from side to side. "Thank you for taking care of my vice president all this time. It looks like he's been depending on you pretty heavily. I mean, I can understand how difficult it is, being his boss and all. Did you know that he has particularly atrocious flower-arranging skills?"
Sighing, he stopped his chair and leaned his elbows on the surface of the desk. "It's been a long night. I think I'm going to close up shop and lock up the building. Would you all like a ride home?"
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Your_Last_Wish_For_Death Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:30 pm
Danica found Peony and told her to leave with her to Mariah's house.
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:06 pm
Christrose pressed the ice pack to her hand quietly and waited for Danica and Peony.
Peony followed Danica to Mariah's house and immediately went to Christrose's side.
"I"m fine," the original assured.
"OK then. What next?"
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"Thank you," Tiffany said to Jam. "I apologise for Steven's behaviour. And yes,"--she said this with a small smile--"I do know his flower-arranging skill are extraordinarily lacking.
"If you don't mind Mr. Lewis, could I entrust you with taking Steven home? It would beat carrying him home, especially if he is going to act like he is now."
She nodded at Steven, who had slightly recovered consciousness and was now mumbling, "Kill...muffin...Kevin... muffin...Lewis...raise?...no! MUFFIN!" between snores; occasionally his limbs would shoot up in a kind of sick paroxysm.
Tiffany flinched slightly at the name of her old crush. "Would that be too much to ask?"
~Tris
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:18 pm
Sensing Tiffany's discomfort, Lewis hurriedly cut her off. "No, it wouldn't, Miss Landernorm. Come on, Jam. Help me lift up his feet."
So much for trying to smear Steven's girlfriend's perception of his vice president... this woman was good. She probably liked Steven more than it seemed. He was a bit disappointed that his opportunity for mischief had passed, but there would be another time and place for it.
Struggling with Steven's weight, Jam helped Lewis carry Steven to the parking lot and into Lewis's car. Steven's abnormal movements and slurred comments worried Jam, and she agreed with Lewis to move him to the back passenger seats.
"Just the crazy mutterings of an old spinster, Jam Lane, nothing more," Lewis reassured. "You'll get like this, too, when you're old like us."
After sending Steven and Jam off, Lewis himself went home.
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Nervous with the awareness that the conference would be coming up just two days, Phyllis tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep.
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:25 pm
Tiffany walked backed to her own house and after a long shower, sat on the couch, unable to sleep. She vaguely registered that there was a sign outside advertising the upcoming doubles conference and planned on participating.
Still, nothing would shake her perception that something was oddly wrong. Half of her heart was still numb from when Kevin just left her life, without a message or a notice, and the other half was only slowly being healed.
She wondered if Peony was having a good time--they were going to the movies, weren't they?--and finally managed to go to bed with the anticipation of another day's labour ahead of her.
~Tris
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Consistent Spontaneity Crew
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Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:51 pm
"We'll worry about that tomorrow," Mariah said firmly, laying a warm hand on Peony's shoulder. She momentarily paused before moving away again and returning with cushions and blankets. "Christrose is safe here until tomorrow morning at least. We can decide in the morning what to do.
"Danica, Peony, if you'd like to stay here, I don't see why you can't. You could return to Neti's place as well too..."
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