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{Twenty-four} &diams

After spending my day running around like a maniac, I end up in jail. I would very much like to know how Youth tapping me on the shoulder made me arrive here, but I suppose that explanation will have to wait a bit. Of course, I rather doubt I will ever find out the trick behind it, Edensphere being what it is. My best guess would be some sort of teleport [pen taps] though that isn't quite the right word.

I gave breakfast a miss and did not have time to stop for lunch. I don't suppose someone would be willing to bring me a sandwich?

I would settle for a jailbreak, if the sandwich is too much trouble.

[Pause]

~~Does anyone else feel that being in prison is strangely, horribly familiar?~~

-Fred

By the by, has anyone seen Pinky? She did not come home last night, and she was not there this morning when I woke.

[[ooc: the strikes are scratched out almost right away, but you can read it if you squint.]]

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So in order words, Fred. You fought the law and the law won?

More like the law chased me all over Edensphere until I grew tired and stopped running, but yes.

I'm not sure how I lucked out of this little game you crazy kids got going but hey, I'm not gonna complain! The sphere likes me! Again!

So whatcha gonna give me if I bring you a sandwich?

Wonderful to hear it.

So you are unwilling to bring me one out of the goodness of your ~~hearts~~ heart?

Is that a hint of jealousy in your pen strokes, woman-friend?

There is goodness but not that much. Anything that makes me leave the house that isn't necessary to my continual existence on this tree gets a tax levied on it.

...But I'll cut you a deal since we're friends. I'll get you some food if you agree to call everything by it's rightful name. That includes potato CHIPS.

One day I will not be included in an event when you are. That day will be a fantastic day.

Very well. I will simply have to hope someone else is more willing to bring me food than you.

If that day ever comes, you will have mocking privileges. But for now I am King of the Sphere!

OH COME ON! Is it that much to swallow your pride? I'm being generous here. I wouldn't do this for anyone else. Except Derrick I guess.

I will be sure to remember that.

I call those things by the correct names! Just because we happen to have different dialects, I will not change the names I call things by! It would be too hard to remember to call 'biscuits' [pen taps, she's trying to remember the word] 'cookies', for example, and there are probably things I haven't even thought of yet that you call something entirely different.

But your dialect is funny and mocks starches everywhere.

[whine whine whine]

I mean how long do you think you're gonna be in there? A while right? A while without food. Is calling the bag chips really so hard in the face of hunger?

Your attempts to reason with me are failing miserably, just so you are aware.

I can stand being hungry for a short time. I would simply like to have a sandwich; it would make this whole affair easier to bear.

...Yeah I thought as much.

It's not that bad is it? I thought you guys were having fun.

[He's not jealous of you. Nope. Nada.]

Perhaps I would be having more fun if I was not having to avoid being captured, or forced to spend time in a prison when I fail at that. Both of those things are familiar in a way that makes me uncomfortable.

Hey, it's not your fault Youth is freakishly fit and has the hyperactivity of a five year old. Don't think of jail as a failure, think of it as safety. Those walls protect you from all the Youths' of the world.

[pause]

Hmm. We've talked so much I've gotten hungry. Our fridge is empty so I guess my continued survival depends on me walking to the marketplace and past the park.

I think I want sandwiches.

Edited 2010-01-26 04:03 (UTC)

Jail is not a safe place to be, though it is nice that I am able to sit down for more than five minutes at a stretch.

[Long pause]

If you mean you might have a spare sandwich, and perhaps you would give it to me since you just so happen to be walking this way... then thank you.

It's not a real jail at least. Just a game.

I like peanut butter and jelly and apple juice. With those chocolate chip cookies that freaky guy with the dot in his forehead makes. The perfect meal. You?

[y halo thar cameo appearance of Crow. Also yes his eating habits are those of a 1st grader. It's canon. /sob]

A game many of us have been forced to play. I cannot help but wonder, to what end are we playing it?

That sounds fine.

[Hey, he's bringing her food. She will not argue. Notice she didn't debate what a 'cookie' is XD]

Youth will do that. He's like a puppy with a squirrel. Stop running, and he'll probably lose interest and find something else that moves.

Edited 2010-01-26 02:38 (UTC)

I did stop running. He tagged me anyway.

I guess it pays to eat before playing chase.

But...I'll tell you what. I'll have Youth make you a sandwich and bring it down to you, since it's his fault you're there. ~~And then we'll see about a jailbreak.~~

If I had known I was going to spend the day running, I would have packed a picnic lunch for myself.

That would be wonderful. ~~Even better, if you can manage both things. Aren't you in jail yourself?~~

Hm. I wonder if your lunch would have poofed with you to jail? They might be afraid you'll store files or a saw in your sandwiches.

~~I'll see what I can do. ...No, I got out this morning, and have been avoiding touching Youth again.~~

It would have been an interesting experiment; too bad I only thought of it after arriving here.

~~I see. Perhaps we can avoid him together after I am freed.~~

Isn't that always the case?

~~Well, we don't have to avoid him, so long as he promises to keep his hands off us.~~

It certainly seems to be.

~~Will that be a problem?~~

Ask him.
With me, probably not a problem. You, on the other hand...

I am not the one that has trouble keeping his hands to himself.

And you are not striking things out fast enough.

Yes, you do. ...I can make sure you do.

Oh? Oops.

I am certain that I can control my hands.

You must be one of the "robbers", I guess. Stay away from me when you get out. I'm one of the "cops". It would have been nice to know what that meant beforehand. [Is he still a little sulky about that? Yes. Yes, he is.]

It looks bizarre from this end, Fred. A couple of people have called it "poof"ing, but it seemed instantaneous to me, and even though I didn't know to look, my eyes are good. Like he'd never been there in the first place.

Thank you for the warning; I will be sure to avoid you until this ends.

Really? No light, or any sound to mark the disappearance? [A few pen taps]

I saw nothing. It wasn't even like he was a hologram that had been switched off - there wasn't a flicker or anything.

How about from your end? Is it that... instantaneous?

Strange, that. I would have expected something. There was not even a sound like displaced air rushing to fill a vacuum?

Yes, I arrived here instantly. I expected to feel [pen taps] something, but I was only briefly disoriented from the change in location.

No, nothing. It's like... I don't know, like my perception of time changed for a moment.

I don't suppose you heard air displacing out? If someone else appears, is there a pop?

[Lots of pen taps.] It... changed? ~~But how~~

Not that I have heard, no. I have not been looking, so I don't know if they shimmer before they appear or do anything else to announce their arrival prior to appearing here.

Or like I blanked out and came back completely unaware that any time passed. ...I don't know if a mind trick like that's even possible. Probably.

Pinky's missing?

[RANGER MODE ON]

Since last night, yes.

[She's more worried than she's letting on.]

That's not...too long at least.

She could be working another shift in the wilderness, although I thought rescue teams were done since we stopped finding survivors.

[Oh you best believe he's considering checking the library right now lol]

True. [pen taps] People have disappeared before now, and come back a few days later. I [pause] Perhaps it is something like that.

[Fred would be too, if she knew about it XD]

Edited 2010-01-27 06:03 (UTC)

They get stuck in various places yeah.

You'll tell us if she comes home?

[bawwwww]

Certainly. As soon as I have any news, I promise.

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Green Day. 20 points XD

Well I was actually thinking The Clash so that shows you how old I am

Fff, lol

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that's a really sad comment considering his 4th floor is friday

I know :D *rubs hands together gleefully*

you meanie. he's gonna be CRUSHED

:P

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stop triggering his empathy damnit

<3 She will now be nice to him when he winds up in the elevator on Friday

i'm sure he'll appreciate it eventually. when he's done having a melt down

Lol, poor Genius XD

Or the Clash... ...which KK got first because I am slow...

Hahah, together you will educate me in good music

Greenday's not bad music...

Glad to hear you think so

^_^

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i meant to comment last night but lol fell asleep

XD I was wondering if one of the Rangers would pick up on that

If I'm at work I tend to be stuck with one account at a time /sob

Baaaaw, /punts work

\o/

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I know :D rubs hands together gleefully