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Aug-25-2004 12:46

Elsey walks into the local bar, The Tricky Mister, and asks her old buddy Cyrus to pour her a drink.
"Something girly," she asks him. "Something the boys will laugh at."
She smiles and looks around the room. She thinks about who else might walk into the room tonight. She turns back to her girly drink and waits for Sir James to arrive, as he undoubtedly will at some point.
Just then, the front door opens and in walks....

Jun-5-2005 19:34

*Cyrus walks over and sets the bottle down in front of Mak*
" After the night you have had you need this more than i do" he says, and then goes back to the bar for a round of drinks that he sets down for Ms.C,Jstkdn and Daniella.

" I have an anouncement", says Cyrus as he is sure all are listening after he has handed out free drinks, " After all of the action here in the last few days i have decided to hire some 'protection' from my friend Isabella Santinelli at the Cossa Nostra".

" That might explain why Jstkdn wa dreaming about men in suits just now, but if you will excuse me I have to go over to city hall and make sure my taxes are paid, as the Order of Socrates offered protection some time ago and i turned them down. I would imagine that the Mayor will be sending a tax assessor now that i have hired the LCN guards."

Jun-5-2005 20:03

DaRu, who had a time in helping bring Daniella back to reality, walks over to where Makinsie & jstkdn are at the bar and softly says, "Wow, did you two feel like we were in the "Twilight Zone tonight?" "I don't know about you, but this whisky gives a mighty kick" I better get home to Texan, while I able to feel my legs at all". "Yeah, replies Jstkdn and Makinsie, we know what you're thinking, & we're fixing to leave too" DaRu pats them both on the back, then throws a hundred dollar bill on the counter, & ask the girls to make sure Cyrus gets it when he returns...then she heads out the door for home. Meanwhile....

Jun-5-2005 20:56

Makensie grabs the hundred dollar bill and makes sure Cyrus gets it. Makensie is really appreciating the free drinks, Cyrus isn't so bad after all.

Jstkdn, who once again, is half blitzed, says "Well, you crazy people, I am outta here. I've had enough excitement for the night" Jstkdn gets up and stumbles toward that same table she passed out on earlier and Ms C yells "NO dont u sit there,you are coming with me in the cab I called, he can drop you off home too" Jstkdn gave a salute, or something that was supposed to LOOK like a salute, and Ms C helps her out the door.

Makensie decides to stay and finish that bottle up. Why not? It looks like everything has settled down now. She starts to pour some in a glass,then says "Heck with it" and drinks from the bottle.

Cyrus walks up and says "Wow Makensie, you're really drinking it up, and whiskey?" Makensie says "Yup, it helps me think" Cyrus laughs and says "Ok if u say so" and walks to other end of bar.

An hour passes and Makensie finally decides to call it a night...Cyrus calls a cab for her, and even helps her to the car.Good thing because she had a tough time finding the door. Cyrus says "You crazy ass detectives, whats that job brought you to?" Makensie, in a slur voice, says "To drink too much" Cyrus laughs and says "I believe it", and shuts the door for her.

The cab drives off and Cyrus makes his way back inside the bar.......

Jun-5-2005 22:19

Cyrus wanders around for a while after bar close. He puts up chairs, sweeps and mops the floor, does some dishes, and shuts off the lights. As he is locking up the door someone taps him on the shoulder. He turns around to find Elsey looking rather sad and alone behind him in the street.

"I'm in need of a place to stay," she tells him. "I've been away for so long, people have moved, agencies have changed. I have no idea where anything or anyone is any more. Is there any chance I could sleep on your couch for tonight before I try to reacclimate myself to town in the sunlight of tomorrow morning?"

Cyrus, doubtful of her story, tells her that he will drop her off at Greyling's place. Elsey, satisfied with that answer, waits for Cyrus to finish locking up the bar. She follows him to his car and climbs into the passenger seat. On the way to Greyling's house, they chat about nothing and learn new tidbits about the other.

When Cyrus pulls up in front of Grey's place, Elsey gives him a big hug, thanks him, and proceeds up the walkway. She stops in front of the door and takes a deep breath. *Here goes nothing* she thinks to herself. *Let's see if Grey is still up and has an extra bed for an old friend.*

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Jun-5-2005 23:32

*Meanwhile, in the Tricky Mister, a small cactus carrying a violin case and a camera sneaks out the window. Pleased with his latest pictures of Makensie loosing her battle with the bottle and imagining the pay day when he gets back to Behind Closed Doors, MR, SCOOPS, the intrepid triffid reporter makes his escape.

Jun-6-2005 04:36

Jstkn and Ms C is sitting in the cab on their way home when suddenly Jstkn starts saying very strange things in another language...
Maybe offering to drop her of at her place was a very big mistake?

Jun-6-2005 06:16

Back at the opera, Greyling (who is finding it a little hard to adjust to narrating her life in the third person) walks towards the door to get the paper and see if there should be a chance of making a few bucks today.

Maybe some rich woman has had her jewels stolen, or someone's favourite parrot has flown away? Just something else besides all these incessant murders - *it's really beginning to get to people,*she thinks to herself as the odd sentence from the latest cable from New York spring to mind, *I sure am glad I went looking for Elsey that day instead of going into the bar as planned - even though I didn't manage to find her*.

At the memory of the futile search through the streets of New York, the expression on her face changes as when a cloud passes before the sun on a beautiful summer day. *I shouldn't have given up so fast,* she scolds herself, but then remembers that she was needed back home. *Well, maybe another time, another day*.

By now she has reached the door, and as she opens it, a sleeping Elsey, who has dozed off during her continuous attempts to wake up just about anyone at the opera, tumbles across the threshold. Greyling is about ready to faint with joy at the sight of the sleeping girl at her feet. "ELSEY!!" she screams, but the only reply she gets is a loud "Zzzzz".

Jun-6-2005 06:16

"Oh my, Elsey must really be jetlagged," Greyling mutters to herself, "I wonder how long she's been waiting here outside the door, and why no one has noticed?" The latter question is answered when she recalls everyone at the office took a couple of sleeping pills during the weekend in an attempt to adjust to the time difference when they got back, and the former at the arrival of a familiar figure. "I dropped her off hours ago," Cyrus says rather grumpily, "if I had known she'd still be on this side of the door, I would have taken her with me to Zheng Wu, at least she could have slept on one of the barstools over there like I did."

"YOU brought her here??" Greyling bursts out, "all the way to SHANGHAI!!"

"Well, you know - it's just a matter of having the right contacts," Cyrus replies and winks.

Greyling smiles, "Ain't that the truth. Well, as long as you're here, would you be a dear and help me get her inside?"

Cyrus lifts up Elsey and carries her in to the opera to the couch Greyling has quickly made up for her. Then he says adieu as he has to catch the boat back to New York. Greyling looks at the sleeping Elsey, there are so many questions she can't wait to ask like how she has been and for how long is she staying, but decides it's better to let Elsey get fully rested and then catch up later. She closes the door and goes out to find the others. *Just wait till Kay and Deayts see who's back,* she thinks with a beaming smile on her face.

Jun-6-2005 17:44

"What the hell happened... where's my whiskey? And where's that dog of your's...Sammie?"

"Yeah, except Sammie, is a cat..."

"Well he really needs to lay off the dog treats..."

"THE CAT'S A GIRL!"

* sighs in exasperation at her failed attempts to bring Elsey back to reality...

"Well, I'll just be going..."
* Elsey steps out the front door

"Elsey! There's water out-"

*SPLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun-6-2005 17:57

Meanwhile, as all that weird stuff is going on, Makensie walks in to The Tricky Mister.

The place is pretty quiet right now, amazingly enough, and Makensie sits at the end of the bar. Cyrus walks up and says, "Hey Makensie! Feeling better than you were lastnight?" Makensie says "As far as being more sober, yes." *both laugh* Cyrus brings her a beer, and a double shot of whiskey. Cyrus says "Looks like you could use this, must've had a bad day" Makensie shrugs and says "Just alot of chaos down at City Hall but that's the way it goes sometimes in the Detective world" Cyrus says "I suppose so" and continues to wipe the bar down with a rag, as he walks away.

Jstkdn walks in then, with the same look Makensie had on her face when she entered. Cyrus says "Double shot for you too huh?" Jstkdn says "No" Cyrus gives a shocked look. Jstkdn says "Give me the whole friggin bottle!"

Jstkdn sits down beside Makensie, and says "I am so wore out from trying to keep it under control at City Hall" Makensie takes a drink of her beer and says "I Imagine so"

Everything is quiet except the sound of the jukebox in the background playing, and Cyrus stocking the bar, when Kidgame...