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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

As far as I can see, this has not been done in this Forum so I thought That I would give it a try.
The idea is to write a story with anyone adding five words at a time. The only restrictions are:

Maximum of five words per post.
No consecutive posts.
Stay within the rules of the Forum.
No plagiarism.

To get the thread started...

Joe was scared, but he


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Gusto

Gusto

didn't have time to hesitate.


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LittleSin

LittleSin

stood his ground defiantly against

Edit: Damnit!

He moved forward quickly, attempting


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

to remain quiet and unseen.


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LittleSin

LittleSin

Her back was turned to


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Hylian

Hylian

the rising sun that shone


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

with a strange unearthly glow


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Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

like a foggy lava lamp


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LittleSin

LittleSin

He searched for words to


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Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

call somebody for help


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Hylian

Hylian

but only a hoarse whisper


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LittleSin

LittleSin

came from his parched mouth


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Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

in this strange, ancient air


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Gusto

Gusto

She didn't react, or maybe


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Frank

Frankie Williamson

she did, Joe wasn't capable


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LittleSin

LittleSin

of seeing clearly. Damn light....


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

refracting off of so many


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jwhouk

jwhouk

chandelier crystals, he thought. Bellydancing


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

is surely a fantastic means


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Emrys

Emrys

of communicating with others, but


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Gusto

Gusto

he was growing increasingly uncomfortable


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Emrys

Emrys

with translating every single word.


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

His eyes glanced up briefly


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

at his partner's emerald eyes,


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Jay

Jay

"We have dismissed those claims"


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

he said, trying to hide


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

the nervousness in his voice.


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Docseverin

Docseverin

He took Elizabeth's hand in


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Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

his cold stiff claw. An


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

eerie presentiment of dread suddenly

(you sunnuvabitch! *laughs*)


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Gusto

Gusto

Is anyone else now picturing this as Turian/Asari romance?


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Going through his spine. Was


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Jay

Jay

her bulbous head going to


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LittleSin

LittleSin

explode like his fifth birthdays


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

chocolate cake? He hoped not.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Suddenly, in the distance a


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

massive form loomed around the


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Jay

Jay

corner. "Wrex" he said sternly.


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strawman

strawman

Nodding ascent, the body moved


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Emrys

Emrys

sluggishly, like an elephant seal.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

"Hyu knov zat guy?" Elizabeth


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strawman

strawman

whispered in horror.

A piercing


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Gusto

Gusto

gunshot shattered the silence, and


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

where her head had once


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LittleSin

LittleSin

been was now a void


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

and a macabre fountain of


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Gusto

Gusto

Skittles. He'd had this nightmare


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

before. He woke up suddenly


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

in cold sweat.

"That's it",


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Gusto

Gusto

no more curry before bed."


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jwhouk

jwhouk

He rolled over, hungover from


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Docseverin

Docseverin

The Redbull Vodkas's he had


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Gusto

Gusto

at Elizabeth's party, mere hours


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strawman

strawman

after selecting his superbowl squares,


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

and celebrating it. Feeling like


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

a shaken rag doll


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

, he tossed the covers aside


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

to find that he was


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

missing something important and precious


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

, his watch was gone!


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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

"Damned garden gnomes," he muttered


#62

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

, "why can't they just fish?"


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strawman

strawman

His face clouded as thoughts


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Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

overcame him. thoughts of rainbows


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strawman

strawman

. Moving towards the shower, he


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

thought about the job Elizabeth


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Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

left the terrorist cell for


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strawman

strawman

. "It pays better," he mused.


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Jay

Jay

Elizabeth then assumed direct control


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

of much of the nation's Internet.


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Null

Null

People preferred it over Comcast.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Or, they would, if they


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

were a load of mindless


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

numbskulls, some would say. Truthfully,


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

though, it's a personal thing.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Besides, it was all hush-hush,


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

until they told Edda.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Or Electronic Data Delivery Auditor,


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strawman

strawman

the system that previously supplied


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Null

Null

Texas prisons with their wi-fi


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Terrik

Terrik

which was now being used for


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

monitoring Elizabeth's actions. The feds


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LordRavage

moved into position. Guns drawn...


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

, ready to move in. Inside,


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Null

Null

three brown bears were playing


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

pinochle in the painting on


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

the picture over the safe.


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Jiarn

What they didn't realize was


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

that it was a trap


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Jiarn

set by the ones they


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

least wanted to see. However


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Joe, now brushing his teeth,


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Null

Null

suddenly realized the answer to


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

the sudoku he had been


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

doing was really a code


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

to enter Edda's mainframe. Elizabeth


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strawman

strawman

, meanwhile, considered her options.

CHAPTER 2


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Ain't any different from training,


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Null

Null

just lie back and think


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

of home, agent Farnsworth mused


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

."My home life was crap."


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Not realizing he had said


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

the password known only to


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

the top brass, he nodded


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

,thinking of boot camp, and


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SpecialKO

SpecialKO

the memories he'd left there.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

The agents behind the door


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SpecialKO

SpecialKO

, tightly gripping their weapons, motioned


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

the man with the loudhailer


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Null

Null

to stop being a cockbite


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

,and get shouting.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Caving under peer pressure, Farnsworth


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

leapt into action and ran


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

his battering ram through the


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Joe Johnson

adjacent neighbor's front door. Damn!


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

And Joe, hearing the commotion,


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Joe Johnson

escaped through the back door.


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Unfortunately, he forgot his pants


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Joe Johnson

luckily, not his underpants. So,


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

dressed like a modern-day Tarzan,


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Joe Johnson

strutting like an old-school gangster,


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

he made his way down


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Joe Johnson

town, to meet the guy


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

who had sold him out.


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jwhouk

jwhouk

Meanwhile, Sidney Crosby skated past


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Joe Johnson

It's Sidney-fucking-Crosby! Someone


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

get the camera, people were


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Null

Null

sounding like my prom night


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

,but quieter. After all the


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Null

Null

'hoopla', and you can quote me,


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Joe had scored a trenchcoat,


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

but he didn't give a


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Joe Johnson

wink wink, nudge nudge. instead


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

he opted for trousers, shoes


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Stetson, and false beard.


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Null

Null

He only knew two facts


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

,and both of those were


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Null

Null

wrong. "Fire up the Quattro,"


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

he told Elizabeth over the


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strawman

strawman

comm unit, which chirped pleasantly.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Spinning all four wheels Elizabeth


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jwhouk

jwhouk

cried, "Who shall save us?"


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

"Hey, your accent is gone!"


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Joe Johnson

She thought to herself. "Finally!"


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Shifting into top gear she


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strawman

strawman

...

Stacy sighed, reading the script.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"Who wrote this crap" she


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jwhouk

jwhouk

screamed, hurling the thick manuscript


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

at her agent's balding head.


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jwhouk

jwhouk

"This looks like it's written


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Null

Null

with fish fingers and custard


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

and proof-read by a blind


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jwhouk

jwhouk

molerat in the middle of


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

a painful attack of the


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Tibetan explosive chili diarrhea!" she


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

shouted. "Calm down dear" said
Added at: 23:44


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

Stacey's agent. "Listen, I'm trying


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jwhouk

jwhouk

desperately not to laugh at


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

this script myself, but this


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Joe Johnson

penguin keeps licking me!"

Years


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

later this script will be


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

worth its weight in gold,


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

so keep a copy.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

"Sh'yeah, right, when pigs fly",


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Cheesy1

Cheesy1

"Actually, that's in Act 3."


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strawman

strawman

Stacey grasped it, tears welling

First page below. Hopefully someone will collect the 2-5th pages and format them into paragraphs so we can have a "the story so far".

Joe was scared, but he
didn't have time to hesitate.
He moved forward quickly, attempting
to remain quiet and unseen.
Her back was turned to
the rising sun that shone
with a strange unearthly glow
like a foggy lava lamp
He searched for words to
call somebody for help
but only a hoarse whisper
came from his parched mouth
in this strange, ancient air.
She didn't react, or maybe
she did, Joe wasn't capable
of seeing clearly. Damn light....
refracting off of so many
chandelier crystals, he thought. Bellydancing
is surely a fantastic means
of communicating with others, but
he was growing increasingly uncomfortable
with translating every single word.
His eyes glanced up briefly
at his partner's emerald eyes,
"We have dismissed those claims"
he said, trying to hide
the nervousness in his voice.
He took Elizabeth's hand in
his cold stiff claw. An
eerie presentiment of dread suddenly
Going through his spine. Was
her bulbous head going to
explode like his fifth birthdays
chocolate cake? He hoped not.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

in her pale green eyes.


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Null

Null

She wished she had only


#169

strawman

strawman

reconsidered her previous opportunity, a


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

pole dancer in Hong Kong.


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GasBandit

GasBandit

But her exposed frontal lobe


#172

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

- or "giving a piece of


#173

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

ones mind." was considered too


#174

GasBandit

GasBandit

much of an insurance liability.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

So, drying her tears she


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

picked up the miserable bundle


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SpecialKO

SpecialKO

, gathered up the shreds of


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

torn pages and sat down.


#179

GasBandit

GasBandit

Then, with a magnesium flash,


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Null

Null

white hot maimery all around


#181

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

her, she was immersed in


#182

GasBandit

GasBandit

a very suspicious, goopy substance


#183

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

known as the script of


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Friends! "I can't take This"


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Null

Null

she said, plunging off the


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

brink of reality into a


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strawman

strawman

pool of clear liquid methane.


#188

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

then came out smelling of


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

burning bacon. Was that her


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jwhouk

jwhouk

Manolos floating above the rim of


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

guitar-playing crabs with fake moustaches?


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"The Crustaceans" a new group


#193

jwhouk

jwhouk

misspelled badly due to editing


#194



Joe Johnson

. Just then, Chewbacca started dancing


#195

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

with joy at the correction.


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Null

Null

And then this happened:


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

She realized she was trippin'


#198

jwhouk

jwhouk

on some bad licorice, man.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

sold as laces, but laced.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

So she decided to take


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

a taxi to the nearest


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

rehab clinic, Betty Ford or


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jwhouk

jwhouk

Bettie Page? She can't remember


#204

Null

Null

since they both involved leather straps


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

in awkward positions.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

She did, however remember her


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

pajamas.

CH. 3 DECISIONS,


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

Meanwhile, Joe was pondering his


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

current dilemma, including but not


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

restricted to, his present predicament


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

with the feds at his


#212

Null

Null

drawers, rummaging around a bit


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

too deeply. His porn collection


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Joe Johnson

consisted mainly of toilet fetishes.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Not something he would like


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

known at his bible classes.


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Null

Null

He asked how long


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strawman

strawman

, and Howe Long responded, "Well,


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

I can get you some


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Joe Johnson

. Just then, vultures began attacking


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

, but left when confronted by


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

the Phantom". Howe had that


#223

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

look which makes people


#224

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

awkward, and his non sequiturs


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Null

Null

tasted of orange marmalade.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"A good example." he said


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strawman

strawman

languidly, relishing the moment. Genocide


#228

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

would be a hoot for him.


#229

Null

Null

Especially genocide against owls.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"Too witty". Thought Joe, "now


#231

jwhouk

jwhouk

what'll I do with llamas?"


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Null

Null

Llamas were a bit gamey


#233

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

except for the Dalai Lama


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

(how Howe knew that guy


#235

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

but not all that well.)


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Pants, shirt, shoes, socks, underwear.


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

These were his main interests,


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Null

Null

meaning that he was rather dull.


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Of course, being driven out


#240

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

of Kintergarden upset him badly


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Null

Null

so badly in fact that


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

having the feds after him


#243

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

was no big deal. So


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

he got dressed and called


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Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

His attorney for advice on


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North_Ranger

North_Ranger

getting out of this plot.


#247

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"Try a new location" said


#248

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

an unfamiliar female voice.

"What?!"


#249

Grytpipe-Thynne

Grytpipe-Thynne

"I'm here to take you


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