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 Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:52 pm
"I don't see why not," Antony said honestly. "Did you steal from Fort Knox? They have gold."
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:59 pm
"Sounds good to me." Ignacio took his place at the fountain and carefully angled his gun to take on water. A wrinkle appeared between his eyebrows as he focused on filling the toy. "Who doesn't like gold?"
"What the hell are they doin'?" Devon had dragged both his art supplies and his lanky frame over, spurred on by curiosity, and stood over Shade, his shadow falling on the other man.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:02 pm
"Mm?" Shade asked, looking up. "They're having a water gun fight," he answered. "It's warm enough they'll dry before they get home."
Antony glanced over, eyeing how the boy did it before filling his own. "Of course, gold is really heavy, so you couldn't have stolen too much, else it would be hard to run. So maybe you took jewelry from the Queen of England, instead?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:08 pm
"Whatever." Ignacio shrugged and pushed the little plug into the back of the gun. Then he brandished it as he stepped backwards. "I snuck in like a ninja and grabbed it and ran."
"Ah." Devon nodded. "Okay." Then he slouched over to the nearest bench and flopped down, pulling out his sketchpad again.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:10 pm
"And even though I'm a cop, I secretly plan on stealing the jewels from you, pinning the crime on you and running off to some foreign island," Antony decided as he plugged his own gun, turning to the other boy. "So hand over the jewels, if you would?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:11 pm
Igancio stared at him blankly. "That's not how it goes."
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:12 pm
"Why not?" Antony asked blankly.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:20 pm
"Because cops are the good guys and good guys don't steal." Iggy wrinkled his nose. "Didn't your Dad teach you that?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:22 pm
Antony thought that over for a long moment. He had spent most of his baby stage watching Shade make money off of drawing. Not once had Shade told him that good guys were good and bad guys bad. It didn't work for him, at all, but he shrugged and smiled. "Okay, I'll just try to get the jewels back for the queen."
Most of them, that was.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:29 pm
That earned him a brilliant smile. "Excellent. Better." Playfully, Iggy raised his gun in a mock salute. "May the best man win, huh? That's what they always say." With that, he took off running.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:50 pm
Antony chased after him, bringing his pistol up and aiming as best as he could before pulling the trigger.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:28 pm
It was a very, very near miss and Iggy yelped as he saw the water hit just where he had been a moment before. Then he laughed with delight and darted to the right, quickly putting the monkey bars between him and Antony. The sun-warmed rubber bits that offered padding to fallen children nearly burnt at his feet but he kept moving, bouncing and weaving. "Can't get me, copper!"
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:30 pm
Antony tried not to laugh. He rather liked shooting people, even if it wasn't quite gentlemanly. Then again, duels were quite gentlemanly, right? "Halt! In the name of the law!" he shouted, aiming and shooting again.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:40 pm
It was another near miss; Antony was distressingly good at aiming and guessing where the other boy was going to be.
Spotting a chance, Iggy scrambled up to the top of the slide and crouched down behind the railing. "You'll never take me alive!" he returned, proof that Devon paid little attention to appropriate children's programming. He peered over the top and aimed his gun at Antony. The other boy was too far off, however, and the squirt landed a foot short.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:42 pm
"You think so?" Antony asked as he started to climb, trying to keep his gun hand aimed. It was harder than it seemed.
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