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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:58 pm
"D'you think it'd be enough to get a dirt bike?" Iggy asked, eyes bright and hopeful.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:05 pm
"It's the holy grail, Ignacio," Antony said. "I'm sure we'll get at least two motorbikes out of it!" He was skimming and bookmarking pages as he spoke, looking for something interesting. "But this is going to take more than one night and one computer. We're going to have to get each others' email addresses and send each other our findings. Or do you have AIM?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:21 pm
"I dunno what AIM is," Jace said, already trying to look over his shoulder, "but my email's kickinrad at yahoo dot com and that's 'kickin' with no G." Nobody ever sent her email except Wisp: it privately sounded really nice to have the chance to get some from Iggy and Antony. Even if probably Antony would correct her spelling. "And we better get three motorbikes out of it."
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:09 pm
"I meant out of my third," Iggy corrected but it was totally without rancour. Clearly, nothing was about to disrupt his mood. He stood up and moved to stand behind Antony as well, bouncing up and down a bit on the balls of his feet. "Oh, and I don't have email or IM or a computer. But I can use the ones at school, right? Someone'll have to show me how to set up an email."
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:21 pm
"We can do that at school on Monday," Antony said. "But why don't we stop for now and watch the second movie? I don't think we're going to get it done in one night," he added, turning to look at them. "And you know... I bet our parents might be willing to help. Your mother would be especially helpful, Jace."
In other words he didn't know if his dad would be or not. But Uncle Jack would be!
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:52 pm
"Well, I'm not gonna be talking to her much any more," said Jacoba airily. "Not now I'm moving in. She'll probably be pissed at me. Anyway, Uncle Jack is way more likely to help than M.B. He's way cooler."
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:56 pm
"Well, whatever." Iggy grinned and returned to flop on the sofa gracelessly. His momentum drew him flat and soon he was horizontal, lying stretched out. He reached up and tucked his hands behind his head, continuing to smile except now it was at the ceiling. "This'll be cool. It's my first real adventure. Dad's gonna freak."
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:06 pm
"Right now it's not an adventure," Antony said as he bookmarked the list and closed his laptop. "We're still working on the research project. It won't be an adventure until we actually go out and dig it up."
And he fully planned on doing so, by the sound of it. He didn't even bother to correct Jace about moving in, his head was full of... well... adventure!
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:43 pm
"Cool," said Jace, and she flopped back on the couch. "We should come up with a name for ourselves. Like a rad group name, you know? Something to show that we're serious about going out and digging this up. It'll be our secret."
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:17 pm
Ignacio rolled onto his side. "A secret from everyone? Can we do that? What if we need someone to drive us somewhere."
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:23 pm
"And, as I said, we could use the help of our parents," Antony said. "But honestly, do you really think they'll believe we can find it? It's a very small liability. They'll never think we're serious."
He popped the movie in, feeling a bit smug. "But how about we call ourselves the Knights of Nee?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:28 pm
"Well, we are serious," the girl on the couch said, fairly fiercely. With each statement that there was a very small chance of finding it, she was even more determined to just find the thing. She had to. "And that's an okay name."
('Okay' obviously meant satisfaction.)
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:40 pm
"No shrubbery, though," Ignacio declared. He kept his face very, very solemn for about five seconds and then he burst into laughter, nearly rolling himself off the couch. "Man, this is going to be so cool. I bet your Uncle Jack has tons of books and you both know about the 'net and... Well, I'm strong." He propped himself up on an arm and grinned across at Antony, conspiratorially. "And don't mind gettin' dirty. If there's digging, I'm really good at that. No one's gonna leave the grail out in the open." The action at the TV distracted him and derailed his train of thought abruptly. "Which movie's this one?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:43 pm
"Young Frankenstein," Antony said. "It's a joke about a book written a long time ago about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life."
He was smirking slightly, though. It was definitely going to be an interesting adventure.
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