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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:22 pm
She eventually got annoyed with waiting and left the darkroom heading for the town hall to return the hammer and leftover building supplies to the room
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:19 pm
~ From Jamal's ~
Joliette led him up the steps to #28 and unlocked the door walking in, it was dark in there.. VERY dark, least until Joliette put down the box and flipped on a light "Come in Jamal" she said with a smile, the main room was basically empty, boxspring leaning against a wall, the dresser and desk pushed up against the same wall and the armchair stuffed as far into the corner as possible, and every single window was boarded up with wood and the curtain rods were empty
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:22 pm
Jamal unceremoniously dropped the light box on top of the desk, or rather, daintly placed so nothing else would break, then glanced around. Where -was- everything? And what the hell was she planning to do?
"s**t girl, where you be sleepin?" he asked with a slightly befuddled expression on his face. "Ain't no way I could live in herr."
In a way, it reminded him vaguely of the ghetto...boarded windows, haphazard furniture arranged in an abandoned looking building....
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:25 pm
Joliette laughed "This isn't my duplex Jamal I don't sleep here, mine is downstairs, this will be the darkroom, where I will develop photographs" she smiled "It has to be completely dark in here except for special lighting so the exposures don't get ruined" she explained
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:28 pm
"....Oh." Duh Jamal.
He rubbed his forehead briefly, again in an attempt to cover his stupidity, before looking at the boxspring. Didn't look TOO heavy...he ought to be able to manage it. The black man wandered over to it and tested out it's weight.
"So where's dis goin' then? Outside and then they gonna pick it up?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:31 pm
"Yes please just against the building, the other matress seems to be gone already so I presume they took it" She said with a nod pulling open the box she had put down, thankfully it had not been opened yet and she smiled seeing hte trays
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:34 pm
"A'ight," he said simply, then moved the boxspring away from the wall so he could guess where the best gripping place might be. The underside of it was already sort of patchy, the soft cottony film that usually covered access to the wooden braces was torn in various spots. Using those, he got his hands on solid wood and hefted the thing up off the ground, then semi-staggered to the door.
Oh...damn. Stairs.
He paused at the top, trying to figure the best way to go about this without killing himself. Jamal did try, however, to not appear as though he needed help. He could do this! He was a big strong man...who was probably going to hurt himself in the process.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:38 pm
Joliette started pulling the stuff out of the box and depositing it in drawers, luckily this particular box was unharmed. She didn't realize he was having dificulty and just kept emptying the box
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:41 pm
Jamal stared down the staircase as the Jeopard theme song played in his head, searching for a good idea as how to go about this. Maybe he could just...run down the stairs really fast and get it over with? Or hell...maybe he should just throw it. That'd be nice and easy...
He dragged the boxspring closer to the first step as he contemplated this.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:44 pm
She left the other box for the time being and headed for hte door intrigued to still see him standing there, she leaned against the wall and watched him. She was curious just how the blackman would get the boxspring down, she wondered if he'd do the same thing she had with the top matress, and if he'd check for persons first before doing so
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:48 pm
Jamal hmmmed....and hmmmmed some more. Finally, he just decided to go with the "throw it over" method. Not like anyone was going to be sleeping on it...at least, not right now. He was unaware that he'd become some mundane source of entertainment for the moment; he was too busy pushing the bed piece further out to where he could prop it against the railing.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:50 pm
"Do make sure noone is below, it's a might heavier then the top matresss" she said when it became obvious he was indeed going to throw it over the edge. She smiled, she wondered just how the people who had buillt the place had gotten it up, she presumed using at least 2 people
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:54 pm
Oh...that was probably a good idea.
He gave the ground a furative glance, looking for signs of life before beginning to tug it forward so it would eventually teeter over the railing. It was pretty heavy, being made of wood and all, but not too bad.
It took a bit of force to get the thing get up over the rail, but once it was teetering haphazardly on it, Jamal gave it a shove, sending the furniture tumbling to the ground blow. It hit with a loud thwack rightside up.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:57 pm
Joliette smiled "Thankyou Jamal, that gets rid of that" she walked out onto the balcony with him "Now it's just a matter of getting the rest of those boxes and crates up here, willing to help?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:59 pm
"A'ight...I can carry a few of 'em. Though, I think them sinks are prolly too heavy ta be carried by jus' one person. Prolly need sum otha muscle in fo' dat." His first thought was Chubbs. That guy looked hellastrong. Plus, he was apparently a boxer and those guys had to be pretty buff.
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