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Post by Tag Along on Aug 5, 2011 12:46:59 GMT -5
((H'okay, folks. This is officially a random thread, inspired by the RPs of old of TSRIRP. Anything can happen in this thread. Literally, anything. It's just gotta be random. Anyone can jump in at ANY time! Go at it!))
Tag dug through a musty old box in the basement, looking for something, anything to read. She hadn't read in what seemed like ages and, frankly, she was getting a massive headache. After shooing away the miscellaneous bugs and rodents, she finally got her hands on an old ledger from the Lodging House.
This was promising. Maybe she could find some fresh meat to bite. Tag dearly loved to bite. It was the most satisfying thing in the world, besides reading, of course.
As she was reading the names of past Newsies, she heard a strange noise behind her...
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 13:26:07 GMT -5
Ershey wasn't sure what compelled her to go to the basement but she loved to explore. Plus, some alone time is hard to come by in this lodging house. Making her way down the steps, she noticed that the basement door was already open. Curious, she hurried forward, trying to peek inside to see who it would be.
"Hello?" she asked, hoping she wasn't interrupting something important.
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Post by Mush on Aug 5, 2011 13:47:56 GMT -5
Mush came back flipping through the basement, winking at each girl as he passed her.
"Don't mind me, left my trapper keeper down here!"
And with that, he back flipped out of the basement.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 13:50:02 GMT -5
"Your wh-- hey, how'd you do that?" muttered Ershey in amazement. Whoa, the basement's fun.
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Post by Tree on Aug 5, 2011 13:54:55 GMT -5
((Whoops, this is a little out of order because Mush and Ershy posted while I was writing this. Oh well, I think it still works.))
Tree peered out from behind one of the large cardboard boxes that littered the basement. She had been hiding down here for ages - literally, several weeks, surviving off the canned stores and several of the larger rodents - while she waited for someone to ambush. Problem was, not many newsies came to the basement, and Tag was the first human she had seen since she began her stakeout.
Creeping towards her sister, keeping to the shadows of the stacked boxes, Tree grinned in anticipation as she raised her large rubber chicken above her head. She was almost there... so close...
And then she heard a voice she didn't recognize from the door, alerting her victim to the presence of other people.
BLAST!
Tree scuttled back into the darkness, retreating behind a large water pipe.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 5, 2011 13:59:16 GMT -5
"SEE YOU LATER MUSH! DON'T FORGET MY PIG!" Tag yelled before going back to the ledger.
She had a strange feeling someone else was in there with her...
"Lester Preston." Tag said aloud before repeating it in different accents.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 14:01:52 GMT -5
"Lester what?" repeated Ershey, stepping into the basement. The place was in shambles and it was incredibly dusty. Maybe it wasn't too glamorous down here at all.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 5, 2011 14:04:54 GMT -5
"Lester Preston!" Tag exclaimed. "An old newsie, apparently. I wonder if he wore short or long sleeves..."
She pulled an apple out of her pocket and took a bite. Mmmm, nothing better than biting.
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Post by Tree on Aug 5, 2011 14:11:44 GMT -5
Tree frowned from behind the pipe. She would have to come up with a new plan because, at the moment, she just wasn't equipped to handle chicken-smacking two people. Looking around for something else that would make her ambush worthwhile, she spotted something sparkling over the top of a high-up box.
She reached up to pull it out and her grin returned - it was a glittery fairy wand, complete with dangling ribbons and a star-shaped endpiece.
Oh yes, this would do nicely.
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 14:29:50 GMT -5
"There's another newsie in here?" asked Ershey. She was confused. How can someone down here possibly survive?
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 5, 2011 14:33:24 GMT -5
"I THOUGHT so." Tag replied, standing up immediately and throwing the book down.
"I can smell that rubber chicken." She said in a warning tone. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
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Post by Tree on Aug 5, 2011 15:45:37 GMT -5
Tree froze. If Tag caught her, she would definitely be bitten! Tightening her grip on the fairy wand and her chicken, she took a deep breath and leaped out from behind the pipe.
"FOR IGNATIUS!" she yelled, brandishing the wand at the two girls who stood before her.
A burst of glitter and small flowers exploded out of the end of the wand, covering Tag and Ershey. Suddenly, the room lit up as the wand began to glow and...
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Post by Ershey on Aug 5, 2011 15:47:45 GMT -5
"...Is that fire coming out of that thing?" said Ershey, pointing at the stick that the newsie was holding.
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Post by Tag Along on Aug 5, 2011 15:48:21 GMT -5
Tag coughed and shielded her eyes against the bright glow of the wand.
"What the--?!"
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Post by Tree on Aug 5, 2011 16:37:45 GMT -5
Tree cackled maniacally. The wand had performed better than she had expected. Now she would be able to escape!
Her glory was shortlived, however, as after a few seconds, the fiery stream fizzled out and promptly died with some pathetic sputtering noises.
"Damnit."
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