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Elsey
Elsey

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....

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cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jun-13-2005 09:41

...the back of the locket read, in a simple script, "To my Darling, Love Jack"

Cfm watches in amazement as the women around her all produce mementos of the man gunned down behind the diner a few months ago. Sensing the anger and confusion building amongst the women she signals to Cyrus to bring a round of drinks.

Cyrus stands staring in shock, at first because of the scene of all the women pulling identical lockets from their pockets or around their necks, and then he just about falls over when cfm motions for drinks. He brings a round of shots, and without thinking sets one in front of cfm, who just looks at him like he's lost his mind, hands it back to him and pays the bill.

As Cyrus stands watching, DaRu, Jstkdn, Makensie are swapping lockets and arguing over who got theirs first and squabbling over where Jack had spent the past Holidays.

Handing each of the ladies a drink, cfm gently coaxes each of them into a chair as they continue to work out some of their frustration, pain, and anger. Holding the curled note in her hand, "Ladies, I know you are all a little overwhelmed at the moment, but the question remains, who sent this, why, and what are we going to do about it?"

Slowly the chattering voices calm and silence fills the room. "I don't know," says Makenzie with exasperation. DaRu shakes her head, and Jstkdn slams the extra shot from the tray Cyrus was still holding.

"Look, you guys mull this over and see if you can come up with anything," cfm says as the chair squeaks across the floor and she stands to leave. "I'm heading to the Hall of Records to see what I can find on Jack's death." Quickly, cfm escapes out the back door.

As the ladies begin to argue again the door to the bar suddenly opens, sunlight spilling through the door way, the silhouette of a woman breaking up the harsh light. They all turn to see who is interrupting their conversation and find..


Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jun-13-2005 10:05

Ms Cevasco standing in the doorway. Jstkdn,Makensie and Daru turn and look and wonder if SHE has the same locket. Everyone is frustrated, and wanting to know what is going on. Ms Cevasco walks up and Daru says....

Cyrus Tibby
Cyrus Tibby

Jun-13-2005 19:14

Just as Ms. Cevasco comes in DaRu's cell phone rings, it appears that one of the suspects she has put in jail has been aquitted by the judge !!. She is forced to run off to either hide or put the person back in jail before she seeks revenge.

Ms. Cevasco comes in and sits down, ordering a Sweedish vodka that Cyrus now stocks, and wonders why everyone else has the same locket as her.

Meanwhile behind the bar Cyrus wonders what this Jack guy has that everyone elase is missing, can it be that there are that few men in sleuthtown that 4 or 5 women have to share the same one? He thinks not.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-13-2005 19:46

jstkdn wonders what that ringing sound is in DaRus pocket, and that small device DarU holds to her head. It looks like something from the future. Like a portable telephone. :) :)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-16-2005 12:47

It looks like I killed the story. :)



Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jun-16-2005 14:06

Makensie looks strangely at this lil gadget that Daru is carrying. "Why does it ring like that" Makensie wonders. Makensie just shrugs her shoulders at this telephone that you can take places with you, and goes up to order a glass of water.

Meanwhile, Daru begins to explain this weird device she is carrying....

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-16-2005 15:54

OK, I need to get my mind out of the gutter.

The Mad One
The Mad One
Well-Connected

Jun-16-2005 20:55

Has anyone seen my homing device? It rings and summons flying piranha to devour the target. I usually give them to clients who are guilty and don't pay. Then I activate it and they die horribly. I hope no-one has activated it by mistake.

Llolly
Llolly
Well-Connected

Jun-18-2005 15:55

Llolly is standing outside the bar, about to push the door open and stroll inside to have a drink and get away from the constant barking of the bloodhounds in her agency's back yard. Something catches her eye and she stares, frozen at what appears to be a low flying black cloud coming towards her. As it draws nearer she can make out that it appears to be a swarm of... giant bees?? No! She gasps as she realises that she is facing a few hundred flying piranha! They're headed straight for the bar!

Llolly has seen this phenomenon before, down at the huge and gloomy Sleuthville prison. Usually they are after inmates, the cocky ones that thought they were so clever they could hire a sleuth and not get caught. Although they didn't tend to be too picky. The guards would vacate the area for their own safety. The bar was the last place that she would expect to see them, as it was usually frequented by the sleuths themselves.

Finding the strength to move, she wrenches the bar door open and hurls herself through it, slamming it behind her, grabbing a chair and lodging it under the handle. Everyone has stopped talking and is staring at her. The silence is punctuated only by the insistent "ring, ring... ring,ring..." of DaRu's device.

Diving under the nearest table and dragging Makensie, the nearest person, with her, she starts shrieking hysterically:

"Piranhas! Coming! Teeth!"

Makensie does the only thing she can; she slaps Llolly's face. She is about to demand what Llolly thinks she is doing when the sound of wet flapping and splintering wood fills the room...............

The Mad One
The Mad One
Well-Connected

Jun-19-2005 03:57

The following things happen simultaneously:

*The Mad One produces a collapsable shovel out of his pocket and uses it to lever up a couple of floor boards. The n he starts digging an escape tunnel while whistling the theme from "The Colditz Story"*

*Cyrus Tibby shouts "Bartenders and women first" and locks himself in the beer cellar.*

*Makensie shouts "What on earth is going on?" and adds a little--Ok a lot--of whiskey to her water*

*DaRu thinks "Who planted this device on me? And Why?"*

*Llolly rushes to the back door and slams it, just in time to prevent a sneak attack by the piranhas*

*Strange music starts playing (The theme from Jaws)*

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