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This had to be 890 words, use the phrase, "The old floorboards squeaked" and the words: boy, office, cart, and torn.
A note: this is the first time that I've tried to write a gaming section, and that's why perspectives and names are a little weird. �So here�s how we�re going to begin this thing,� Jason said. �And please remember, I want you to actually role-play this, none of this, �I�m Magellan, the mage, crap, all right?� �Okay,� everyone said. �Now, you�re all alone in your respective homes, and you wake up. You decide to start the day by taking about ten seconds to think about yourself and what you want. It�s a slightly awkward way to start things off, but that�s what you do. �Once you get out of bed, you each discover that something has been left for you on your bedside table. It looks something like this.� Jason handed out a folded note card to each of them, and Kathryn took hers curiously. She tried to remember that she was Mia, and who that meant and what that entailed, and she read the note. Greetings, Awakened, it read, and Mia was startled by the use of the term. It did apply to her, and she knew that, but it still felt weird. She looked around her sparsely furnished apartment. Nothing looked like it had been disturbed, and yet someone had gotten in here without her sensing anything. That was creepy, and she shivered. And then thought again. It didn�t necessarily mean that someone had broken into her house. Presumably it was possible for someone to have just caused it to appear on her bedside table, which, while frustrating, wasn�t actually frightening. But that was beside the point, and she continued to read the card. Your presence has been requested at your presentation to the community. Such festivities will begin this evening at eight. Underneath that neat engraving was another line that had been added in pen. Be prompt, was all it said, and Mia sighed. She hated how they just considered nothing of jerking everyone around to fit their own schedules and never considering that just because they were young didn�t mean that they didn�t have something to do too. But that didn�t matter. �Okay, what are you guys going to do?� Jason asked. �Well, I�m going to go shopping,� Michael said, �And make sure that I have the perfect expensive suit to wear tonight.� �And I�m going to search through my trunks and find something that�hmmm, I�m looking for something with a skirt, and a bodice, and then I�m going to wear my black leather jacket,� Kathryn said. �Do you really think a black leather jacket is the best idea in this situation?� Jason asked. �No,� Kathryn said. �But first of all, Mia doesn�t know that, and second of all, if she did, she wouldn�t care.� Jason seemed to consider this for a minute. �All right,� he said, �fair enough. What about the rest of you?� Avidan shrugged. �I�m going to continue doing my research.� �What research?� Kathryn asked. �Mia doesn�t know about it,� he told her. �So it�s none of your business.� �You don�t trust that I can separate fantasy and reality?� Kathryn demanded. �I�m offended.� �It�s not that, it�s just that it might be important that it�s a secret later.� �We�ve just started playing today and you already have a secret plan in place?� Scott asked. Avidan shrugged, and then walked over to whisper with Jason. The old floorboards squeaked as he moved, and the boy leaned down secretly. �That�s kind of putting the cart before the horse, don�t you think?� Jason asked in response to his whisper. Avidan whispered frantically again. Kathryn smiled, and said, �I�m torn between being impressed and being annoyed that I haven�t thought of anything yet.� Avidan smiled back at her, �You will, I know you will.� �Can we finally get back to the game?� Jason asked. �Remember, I�m going to assume that unless you�re crossing your fingers, it�s in character.� �After I go shopping, I�m going to go to my office,� Michael said. �I�m sure there�s work that I need to do, and I�m going to be suspicious about the next time that I�ll be able to get some work done.� �Okay, that�s fine. Kathryn, what�s Mia doing?� Mia had finally found the perfect thing to wear. It was a bright red skirt that fell to her ankles. It was loose, and she�d picked it up during her stay with the gypsies. It probably wasn�t entirely appropriate, but it they wanted her to look appropriate, they should give her more warning time. It served them right. She also found a black bodice in her trunks, and she put that on too. They looked well enough together, and the bodice left the eye tattooed on her left shoulder visible. Well, that was sure to be exciting. �Are you finished describing your sexy self?� Scott asked. �You can�t say anything, you�re not there!� Kathryn complained. �But fine, I�m done.� �All right then, does anyone have anything else that they need to do before they go to the party tonight?� Jason asked. No one said anything, and Kathryn looked excitedly around the room. She hadn�t really heard anything about any of the guys� characters, and that would make things even more interesting. If they�d spent the time that she�d spent on Mia (and she knew that they had) this was going to be an interesting game. She�d never heard of it before, and that kind of made it strange, because she didn�t think she was that new at this. But he�d said he�d ordered it online, and it certainly sounded interesting. Well, they�d see. |