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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 28, 2002
...*looks up from her reading trying to figure out who's missing...
thinks REAL hard......* I plum forgot about Gwennie! That's who's missing!! I feel more setteled now that I remember. I juss hate when that happens.
...*returns to her reading and smoking and drinking an' stuff...*
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mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 28, 2002
*Sits in her rocker staring at the hole in the floor... breathing secondhand smoke in....... and then breathing out... *
Gwennie? Are you ok???
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Kes Posted Aug 28, 2002
*Surrounded by all this and , Kes thinks he hears the sound of one hand clapping ....*
What's all that noise coming from the hole in the floor?
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mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 28, 2002
*Rocks... breathes in ... * ahhhhh ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh don't know... *rocks... breathes out....*
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 28, 2002
...looks in general direction of the hole in the floor...notices that there's light for a few seconds then it goes dark...then there light for a few seconds and it goes dark...*What in the name of the mother of the devil is going on down there?
...*gets on her knees and watches the light come and go...*
GA-WWWWWWENNNNIEWHATCHA' DOIN' DOWN THERE? ...*drops an olive to see how long it takes to hear it hit...
...hears nothing...figures it's a looooooong way down...*
Yo'Gwennie! Ya' want sumthin' or sumthin'?...*wonders if she's down there doin' yoga, or some other guy...doesn't care...&
returns to her reading awaiting the next chapter to unfold...*
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Gwennie Posted Aug 28, 2002
*Wakes from her dreamless sleep, choking as an olive mysteriously appears in her mouth and blocks her airway*
Choke! Who did that?
*Scrabbles up the side of the hole, reaches around the top for something firm to grab on to and locates one of Pan's ankles*
Phwor blimey Pan! Gorgonzola or what?
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 28, 2002
...*as a boney hand appears and grabs her ankle Pandora reacts instinctively and kicks the offending hand with her other foot...AAAAAAHH!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...*jumps behind the bar knocking everyone's drinks about...*
What the was that?!...*hears a dull thud as
poor lil' Gweenie falls back into the hole...*
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Wrinkled Rocker Posted Aug 28, 2002
Heal thyself! Need some help?
*performs immaculate one-and-a-half somersault in pike position as he dives into the hole. No splash - just lots of dust!*
OOOOWWW!! Bloody hard water this, Pan!
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Researcher 168814 Posted Aug 28, 2002
*has a look down the hole, too.*
You know, this makes me feel guilty... let me just take another so I can forget about it...
*can´t find an which actually is impossible...*
Hm. I need to do another five impossible things and I´m able to go to milliways...
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 28, 2002
Can *I* help it if my water is hard?
E., here ya' go!
1.)leap over a tall building with a single bound
2.)run faster than a speeding train
3.)fly through the air like a bird
4.)drink an entire barrel of ale
5.)do not pee, after drinking the entire barrel of ale for 24 hours
...*...that oughta' do it...*
...*Hands M-rae the mop-stick thingie as she seems to know how to use it...does a double take at Kes...* Is that a bird on your head? Or are you jusss glad ta' see me?!
...*ducks...*Why does this place always go to POT toward the end of each month?...*wonders over to the hole...
the side cracks......down she goes...*AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ...*feels around...*Hiya' Gwennie!I mean WR! *sigh* Here it is, the end of the month and I'm in the hole. Again.it.
...*lights a match...*Is that propane I smell?
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"Ç®åz¥"Thog the (offline) Loinclothed One; Bearer of Nailguns; God of BLEEP! (join the BLEEP!Hood at U198687!!) Posted Aug 28, 2002
::wonders vaguely if, since he's NOT in the hole, he should feel left out of the big party what's clearly just starting to get into full swing down there.... has an and a and thinks about it for a bit... shrugs and forgets about it::
Say E, gettin a bit in quiet up here, wot, mate? Kinda nice actually, I don't mind sayin...
====~~ *deep drag*
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 29, 2002
...*from the hole...*We heard that ya' know! We're in a hole...we ain't deaf! Someone hoist me up there before the propane, er, so's I can flog Thog....*runs her finger around WR's ear and coos, "You'll give me a leg up, won'tcha' handsome?"
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Kes Posted Aug 29, 2002
End of the month, and this place has filled up with dirty again ... I'd wash them up, but the hot water doesn't seem to be particularly hot atm .....
*Fiddles with all the controls on the propane gas water heater .....*
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mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 29, 2002
*Grabs up a bundle of the flyers about the Village Festival that begins on Friday and drops them down into the hole.*
If you try lighting those, you'll be able to see better.
Don't forget to come to the Village Festival this weekend! A810640
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Pandora...Born Again Tart Posted Aug 29, 2002
...*is suddenly coverd with papercuts...picks up a flyer and strikes a match to light it...KABLAMMMMM...Pandora, Wrinkeld Rocker and Gwennie are blasted through the hole in the floor...through the Pub roof and into the alley...
they land in a pile in a lounge chair and bounce directly into the brick wall...Gwennie first...then WR...then Pan slams into them both...*...*they look dazed and confused...*Waaall at least now I know why they call um 'flyers'. Always a silver lining...*they being to crawl in the general direction of the alcohol...*
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mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) Posted Aug 30, 2002
*Mixes up some zombies for the group...*
Kes, can you get me some clean glasses here, please?
My ears are ringing... I can't hear a thing!
KES, CAN YOU GET ME SOME CLEAN GLASSES HERE, PLEASE??
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- 321: Kes (Aug 28, 2002)
- 322: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 28, 2002)
- 323: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 324: Kes (Aug 28, 2002)
- 325: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 326: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 28, 2002)
- 327: Gwennie (Aug 28, 2002)
- 328: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 28, 2002)
- 329: Gwennie (Aug 28, 2002)
- 330: Wrinkled Rocker (Aug 28, 2002)
- 331: Researcher 168814 (Aug 28, 2002)
- 332: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 28, 2002)
- 333: "Ç®åz¥"Thog the (offline) Loinclothed One; Bearer of Nailguns; God of BLEEP! (join the BLEEP!Hood at U198687!!) (Aug 28, 2002)
- 334: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 29, 2002)
- 335: Kes (Aug 29, 2002)
- 336: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (Aug 29, 2002)
- 337: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 29, 2002)
- 338: mari-rae(tee reads: (entangled in cardboard boxes, please send tape...) (Aug 30, 2002)
- 339: Pandora...Born Again Tart (Aug 30, 2002)
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