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<blockquote data-quote="PwrMnky" data-source="post: 4456965" data-attributes="member: 48096"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">I'm surprised I didn't hear him yelling as he ran down the street.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">First of all, the streets were empty. Barren. No signs of life. Except for me, Garrian and Puttinhead sprinting for dear life. And now sprinting for the exact same reason towards us.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">It is the loud one again, Jeff and the whispy woman, Elana. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Once again ... he was jabbering all the way ...</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Garrian looked to me with his childlike eyes, "Herod where are we running?"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">I don't have time to babysit anyone. I don't answer. I ignore him.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">We practically bowl over Jeff and Elana.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Puttinhead points a wiggly finger behind him, "p-p-puppets. Living puppets." </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Jeff, "THEY'RE OVER THERE TOO."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">... I don't know why he has to yell everything. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">It's at this time I realize that the constable is with them. He looks as if he's been sweating. The constable takes a frantic look to the roofs. I follow his gaze as my compatriots continue their clucking. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">There is motion on the roof.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Tiny figures. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Moving dolls. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">... I hate dolls.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">I look back to ask the constable a question. And like some fragile coward he is running. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Jeff, "CONSTABLE? CONSTABLE?"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">... I don't know why he has to yell everything.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Jeff, "WE SHOULD RUN AFTER HIM-"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Garrian, "No, we should find shelter. We should duck into one of these houses and take cov-"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">"LISTEN," Jeff steps into Garrian, "THAT IS THE CONSTABLE OF THIS TOWN. HE PROBABLY KNOWS THE FASTEST WAY OUT OF HERE. WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIM."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Garrian does not cringe away from Jeff. Which is weird. I would have marked him a more timid creature marking his age and his station as a student. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">Garrian, "we need to get off these streets."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">I don't say anything. But I believe this sounds like a good idea. All of us find the first open door and secure the building.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">... stupid luck. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">I hate the gods.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white">We end up walking in on a murder scene. A slaughtered father. A daughter. Amongst all this death I wonder one thing ...</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: white"> ... why does he have to yell everything?</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PwrMnky, post: 4456965, member: 48096"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]I'm surprised I didn't hear him yelling as he ran down the street.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]First of all, the streets were empty. Barren. No signs of life. Except for me, Garrian and Puttinhead sprinting for dear life. And now sprinting for the exact same reason towards us.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]It is the loud one again, Jeff and the whispy woman, Elana. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Once again ... he was jabbering all the way ...[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Garrian looked to me with his childlike eyes, "Herod where are we running?"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]I don't have time to babysit anyone. I don't answer. I ignore him.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]We practically bowl over Jeff and Elana.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Puttinhead points a wiggly finger behind him, "p-p-puppets. Living puppets." [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Jeff, "THEY'RE OVER THERE TOO."[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]... I don't know why he has to yell everything. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]It's at this time I realize that the constable is with them. He looks as if he's been sweating. The constable takes a frantic look to the roofs. I follow his gaze as my compatriots continue their clucking. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]There is motion on the roof.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Tiny figures. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Moving dolls. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]... I hate dolls.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]I look back to ask the constable a question. And like some fragile coward he is running. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Jeff, "CONSTABLE? CONSTABLE?"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]... I don't know why he has to yell everything.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Jeff, "WE SHOULD RUN AFTER HIM-"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Garrian, "No, we should find shelter. We should duck into one of these houses and take cov-"[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]"LISTEN," Jeff steps into Garrian, "THAT IS THE CONSTABLE OF THIS TOWN. HE PROBABLY KNOWS THE FASTEST WAY OUT OF HERE. WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIM."[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Garrian does not cringe away from Jeff. Which is weird. I would have marked him a more timid creature marking his age and his station as a student. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Garrian, "we need to get off these streets."[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]I don't say anything. But I believe this sounds like a good idea. All of us find the first open door and secure the building.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]... stupid luck. [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]I hate the gods.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]We end up walking in on a murder scene. A slaughtered father. A daughter. Amongst all this death I wonder one thing ...[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white] ... why does he have to yell everything?[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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