Goblin
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Never make a promise or plan, take a little love where you can.
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Post by Goblin on Aug 25, 2011 12:47:06 GMT -5
Goblin stood on the lodging-house porch and waited, trying really hard not to look nervous, because when the person who came up with the plan looks nervous, everyone else tends to follow suit. He was early--even Clara wasn't here yet. He hoped to God that was because she'd gone to the bridge to fetch Tristan, and not because she'd failed to get into her cool, practical autopilot mode and was cowering under some piece of furniture.
He liked to think he wouldn't owe her anymore if they pulled this off, but he pretty much felt like he'd owe his sister anything she ever wanted for the rest of their lives.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 25, 2011 12:51:24 GMT -5
Today was the day. They were finally going after Ericson. Rather than doing her usual habit of stealing for him, Ershey simply sold all day. Not because she had to but because her nervousness was creeping up with her and she needed to stay busy all day for fear of freaking out. And that was the last thing she needed. She needed to stay calm and busy.
Back from selling papers, Ershey finally made her way back to the lodging house, noticing Goblin on the porch. "Where's everyone else?"
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Aug 25, 2011 12:54:34 GMT -5
"Not here yet," he said, relieved that she was, because he'd already thought of seven major things that could go wrong and needed some distraction. "You ready for this?"
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Post by Ershey on Aug 25, 2011 12:57:32 GMT -5
"Ready or not, we're still doing it," she answered, shrugging as she scanned the streets for Mush. If he wasn't in on the plan, she definitely wouldn't have been this 'calm.'
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Post by Mush on Aug 25, 2011 13:01:49 GMT -5
Mush really had no idea how to feel as he spotted Ershey and some other kid (Goblin, he assumed) and headed toward them. He took a deep breath, let it out, and smiled at Ershey.
"Hey." He said quietly as he finally reached her. He would give anything for her to not be in this situation right now. Even food.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 25, 2011 13:03:47 GMT -5
Ershey returned his smile, immediately reaching over to hold his hand and giving it a squeeze. "You alright?"
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Aug 25, 2011 13:07:08 GMT -5
Goblin looked at Mush a bit doubtfully, wondering whether Clara could really teach him the art of stealth in a few short minutes, but he nodded a greeting. After all, he had maybe not quite worked out how he was going to get a massive thug out of the way when his fighting abilities were nonexistent, so he really shouldn't be judging anyone else's usefulness.
"So we're just waiting on Wraith and Tristan." He wasn't sure whether it would be worse if they didn't show up or if they did.
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Post by Mush on Aug 25, 2011 13:08:34 GMT -5
"I'm fine." He replied after nodding back at Goblin. He stepped closer to Ershey, ducking his head so he could whisper into her ear.
"Better now that I'm with you."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 25, 2011 13:12:44 GMT -5
Ershey simply smiled at Mush, looking at him reassuringly. She couldn't think of anything else to say in this situation. Any positive outlook seemed almost impossible.
"Are they comin' all the way from Brooklyn?"
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Aug 25, 2011 13:16:22 GMT -5
"Tristan is. Clara went to meet him at the bridge. I think she just wanted to get away from me, 'cause I kept talking about this plan and how...brilliant and foolproof it is," he finished, not even trying to be convincing, because if they didn't realize there were potential loopholes by now, they shouldn't even be here.
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Post by Mush on Aug 25, 2011 14:08:07 GMT -5
Mush really had no idea what this kid was talking about. All he knew was that some girl named Wrath or Wreath or something was going to teach him to hide behind something. He wasn't really sure. He just wanted to help Ershey in any way he could. And if that meant having no clue what was going on, he didn't care.
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Post by tshamien on Aug 25, 2011 14:10:49 GMT -5
Tristan made his way up to the group with Wraith at his side, he was casually smoking a cigarette. He glanced at her for a second.
"You know that this plan could fall apart in about ten minutes right?" He said to her.
((Man, is Tristan gonna have to save everyone? LOL))
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Wraith
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Post by Wraith on Aug 25, 2011 14:29:30 GMT -5
((Haha, oh wow, poor Mush.))
"It's our best chance," Wraith said firmly. She had a lot of faith in Goblin's plans. She'd never known them to fail--except that one time. But, well, that was a once-in-a-lifetime fluke.
"All right," she said briskly, picking Mush out of the group and marching up to him. "Just follow my lead. Whatever I do, you do, unless I start signaling frantically for you to do something else. Otherwise, just be totally casual--bored, even--like you're going somewhere you go every day. You haven't got that much to worry about, 'cause Ericson doesn't know you, so..." She looked him over about as doubtfully as Goblin had, then added, as an afterthought, "I'm Wraith," then nodded to Ershey, squeezed Goblin's hand, and scanned the whole lot of them like a little blond general. "So...we ready?"
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Post by Mush on Aug 25, 2011 14:48:09 GMT -5
Mush nodded, glad the plan wasn't crazy complicated and he was able to remember his instructions.
"Ready."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 25, 2011 14:53:02 GMT -5
Ershey simply nodded at Wraith before leading the group towards Ericson's. She took them through a simpler route, less worried about anyone else following her than what they were just about to do. She kept quiet during the walk, trying to keep her focus as she led them through alleys, buildings and fire escapes. Stopping about two blocks away from the warehouse, Ershey finally paused, leading them towards an alley.
"The warehouse isn't far from here," said Ershey, looking around to make sure no one followed them.
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