The Sereni-Tree: How to Steer In Hyperspace, and Other Observations
POSTED BY: SoulOfSerenity
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NO!
Ervin I appreciate you're help, but there will be no drunk flying!
*takes a running start and pushes Ervin out of the pilot seat
You take a nap, I'll drive.
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At Mai's push, Ervin falls out of the pilot seat. He is snoring by the time he hits the deck.
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*the shuttle continues to sprial out of control and the ground continues to rise faster towards the cockpit window.
Oh, God Oh God I'm gonna die with a Yeti!
Excuse me great maker of miracles I COULD USE A BIT OF HELP NOW! HELPFUL HELP!!!!
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After another hour of praying and screaming for help the shuttle begins to shake a bit and then level out. Instead of the inevitable crash and burn Mai and Ervin land very softly in a dark and very expensive forest!
"Ervin, wake up! We've got some adventuring to do!"
*they leave the shuttle and begin walking through the forest as they walk they notice that one tree at the far end of the path seems a little strange. In fact, it is not a tree at all, but a ship that looks like a tree house in a tree!!!!
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*Explodes a few small moons. The subsequent shock wave pushes the thread into a higher orbit.
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RAT! Stop blowing up poor innocent planets! I don't think anyone who escaped Rukus has forgiven you yet! (**OOC:or, at least, I think it was Rukus)
**jake7 turns to TRM**
We have got to take away his ability to blow things up! Or at least find a way to limit how many planets or moons he can hit at one time...
Meanwhile, have you got a bearing on where Mai went?
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Mai and Ervin approach the ship and knock on the door. There is a whirring sound and a mechanical voice comes from a loud speaker "HALT! Who goes there?! You must enter the correct password to enter! You have ONE try!"
At the same time a security camera opens it's eye and glares at the pair standing a bit dumbfounded outside something that looks nearly identical to the TreeShip they inhabit.
"Ummm... password, right....purple ice cream?"
They take a step back in anticpation of an answer from inside.
"Erv, buddy this looks a lot like home, but it sure doesn't feel like it. Something is off here."
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The door opens, the smell of Spam fills the air.
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"Hi Rat! Wow this is so strange we just left the tree and somehow we've ended up right back here. I know I'm bad at navigation, but I'm pretty sure we headed straight out and didn't turn around. Are you guys following us?"
Rat smiles and nods, but doesn't answer.
"Cat got your tongue?" 
"Seriously what's going on here? We are on an important mission to find our long lost crew and...:
*Suddenly others appear at the door along with Rat all looking ALMOST identical to the Sereni-Tree crew.
"Ervin! RUN! It's the evil twins!!!!!"
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After running for what seems likes months on end...
Ervin and Mai find themselves the mouth of a great hidey cave in the dark and very expensive forest.
"quick lets get in here before the e.t.'s catch up to us."
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*Back on SereniTREE, things seem to have gone into suspended animation. TRM and the rest of the crew seem to have suddenly disappeared.
Jake7 wishes she hadn't let Mai go off on her own.**
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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"Well Erv, we've been hunkered down here for quite awhile. I think we may have lost them. Not to mention lost ourselves. I'm not keen to get back out in the that crazy mess of jungle. What are we going to do now?"
"Erv talk to people of tree. They will rescue."
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"Yeah lovely plan except how on earth are they suppose to know where we are when we don't even know where we are?"
*Erv leans over and grabs Mai's wrist. Pushing the small comm button on the strap. The comm crackles and pops with static.
"Help! Can anyone hear us?"
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**Back at the SereniTREE, Jake7 wanders forlornly around the ship. At each room, she stops to check to see if anyone is there. She's been through 98% of the ship and there are no signs of life.
She is at a loss to explain the disappearance of her shipmates.
She has made her way to the cockpit and sits in the captain's chair. She stares unseeing at the blinking lights of the console.
A crackle of static comes over the comm and it startles her. She waits hopefully for more noise, a voice, but nothing else follows.
She slumps back against the back of the chair and stares out the window at the endless black of space...**
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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As the communicator crackles with static the low power light comes on along with a mechanical voice "warning this communication device has low batter power. approximately 25 minutes of power left...
After yet another panicked moment Mai pushes the button again desperately hoping someone on the other end can hear her transmission.
"SERENITREE HELP! I'm stranded Godess knows where with a yeti. No offense Erv. HELP PLEASE! IF you can hear me at all please try and get a lock on our location. We just wanna go home! Oh and by the way the ET's are back and I don't mean the cutesy movie ones..."
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**The Comm crackles with static again. Little bits of a message filter through**
"...TREE ...HELP! ...stranded ...yeti ...lock ...home ...cutesy"
**jake7 is confused by the message, but she recognizes the voice as belonging to Mai. She springs forward and presses the COMM button on the SereniTREE's console**
Mai? Mai! Your message did not fully come through. Resend! Where ARE you?? The 'TREE appears to have been abandoned. Even the Yeti don't seem to be here!
**She releases the comm button and waits anxiously for a response**
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Jake is that you? I can't... wait a sec.
*Mai moves out of the cave hoping comm reception improves.
Jake? Can you hear me? It's Mai and Erv! We got lost and are now stuck hiding out in a cave.
I can't speak too loudly in case the evil twins are still lurking. I have a feeling they may be behind the disappearance of the rest of the crew! HELP!!!!!!
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**After what seems like eons, the comm crackles again and Mai's voice comes through -- quiet, but not as garbled as before.**
It's me, Mai. Your signal is very weak and I can't get a lock on it, so I have no way to track you down...
Not only that, I have no idea how to fly this thing and I can't even find Sparky to see if he could figure it out!
Something really weird is going on here. If you've found the evil twins, maybe they have the crew there?
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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*Just as Jake's comm transmission ends sounds of footsteps echo outside of the cave.
"Erv go check out noises. Tired of hiding."
*moving quickly and gracefully as a ballerina Erv makes his way to the edge of the woods.
"TRM!!!!!! You found us!!!!! Knew you would miss Erv soon." *Erv begins to run toward the man in the woods.
"No wait, Erv it's a trap!!!!" Mai yells just a a few seconds too late.
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**It's been months since jake7 last heard any communications from any of her fellow crew.
She gets up and slowly and sadly wanders the halls of the SereniTree hoping that somehow, the crew will magically reappear -- despite having checked each room countless times.
She makes her way back to the command console, sits down and forlornly stares out into the black...**
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Soul comes to slowly, shivering and...NAKED?!?!? He curses and covers himself, crawling to his feet. Looking around, he finds himself back in his cabin on the SereniTREE. Scrambling, he pulls together an outfit and gets dressed, being sure to strap his dagger to his belt and slinging his bow and arrows across his back. With one last adjustment of the bandolier of arrowheads across his chest, he makes his way to the common room.
Empty.
"Hello?"
No reply.
He shakes his head, trying to brush away the cobwebs that have gathered there. He remembers being on the SerenitTREE, Mai flying away, and then...nothing.
With a grumble he begins to search the ship for any sign of life.
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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**As jake7 stares sightlessly out of the cockpit window, a sudden beeping comes from the console in front of her, startling her out of her sad reverie.**
What the?
**She realizes it's the motion detector alarm that she activated when she did her last round on the 'TREE. She excitedly stands up and exclaims**
Someone's on the ship!!
**She tears out of the cockpit, running through the halls and as she rounds a corner near the Common Area, she runs smack dab into someone. The two fall to the floor, both nursing their foreheads where their heads were knocked together in the collision. As her vision clears, she sees who it is**
SOUL! You're here!!
**she gives him a fierce, almost bone-cracking hug. Soul struggles to breathe in the onslaught. She begins talking in a rush**
I'm so happy to see you!! I've been alone on the 'TREE for months and months!!! I haven't heard from Mai and I've been so worried. Everyone seems to have disappeared and I don't know how to fly this thing and...
**she trails off, out of steam. After taking a deep breath she continues on**
Wait...where did you come from? Where the heck have you been?!?!
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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"Jake!"
Rubbing his head, Soul looks around.
"To be honest, I have no idea. I know people around here tend to disappear and reappear at odd intervals, but this is a bit crazy!"
They begin to head back towards the bridge.
"If only there was a way to send out some sort of mass tracking signal so we could figure out at least where some of them went to!"
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Crazy doesn't even begin to cover it. Even Sparky is missing!
**a vague memory tugs at her brain**
At one point in the past few months, I thought I heard some static over the comm, but it never repeated. I couldn't find the button that would boost the signal. I'm not even sure there is such a thing. Gray's manual is just too big and complicated to find anything...
**a thought occurs to her**
Do you know much about the 'TREE's communications system? Maybe you can search the database of saved comms to see if you can lock down the location of that last communication...
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:
**a though occurs to her**
Do you know much about the 'TREE's communications system? Maybe you can search the database of saved comms to see if you can lock down the location of that last communication...
Soul crinkles his nose in thought.
"Well, I can see what I can pull up..."
He walks onto the Bridge and plops down in a chair in front of the communication console. Pulling a cable out of his pocket, he plugs one end into the console and the other into the small socket behind his left ear.
"Okay, let's fire this baby up!"
Over the next few minutes, the computer plays through every transmission ever made to or from the SereniTREE. Soul tries to narrow down the search parameters but gives up after a few minutes and leans back. Then:
Quote:
Originally posted by Mai:
Jake? Can you hear me? It's Mai and Erv! We got lost and are now stuck hiding out in a cave.
I can't speak too loudly in case the evil twins are still lurking. I have a feeling they may be behind the disappearance of the rest of the crew! HELP!!!!!!
"Evil twins?!?!?!?!? Oh, crap. Why can't anything EVER go as planned?"
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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**Upon hearing Soul's exclamation, Jake7 is instantly alert**
You found something? Evil Twins?
What's going on, Soul? Who contacted the ship?
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Soul pulls the cable out of the console jack and plays back the message over the intercom.
"Mai sent it. And seeing as how we're the only ones on board, unless anyone else mysteriously shows up, I guess it's up to us to rescue her."
Soul makes his way over to the NAV console and jacks in.
"Let's see if we can drop the SereniTREE out of hyperspace..."
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
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Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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**OOC: Wow, my first Mai Quest!**
**jake7 straps herself into the navigator's chair and crosses her fingers**
Let's hope we don't come out of hyperspace into something horrendous!
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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*Mai sits in the far corner of her cage fitfully sleeping and dreaming of the SereniTree family.
In the corridor of the dungeon several guards stand at attention as the Emperor of Evil Twins parades through with two of his soldiers.
"It's been months and you've only caught the one doppleganger?!!! You have 48 hours to capture the rest of them and bring them back here or it's you who will be wallowing in one of these filthy cells!"
"I apologize Sir, it's taken us awhile, but now we have a sure fire plan! We are going to use the girls com unit to our advantage. We can tamper with it and make it seem as though the distress signal is coming from and abandoned area. I bet they show up on our doorstep at any moment..."
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At Trey's bar, a figure appears like a 1950's T.V. broadcast, all fuzzy and out of focus.
After several minutes, it finally materializes, clad is a loud Hawaian shirt, clutching an empty glass.
"Whoa... that was... AWESOME!!" He examines his hands like they are new to him. "What the hell just happened and why is my glass empty? Hello? Barkeep?"
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*Wakes up groggy but ready to smash some heads...
Starting with whomever woke him up!
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(There is life in teh TREE. Oh, teh yayness!
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"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
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**As Soul tries to get the ship out of hyperspace, jake7 is clinging tightly to her chair, fighting a blackout**
Soul? Is it my imagination, or has the ship gotten faster?
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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The glasses behind the bar start rattling, some vibrating their way off the shelf only to smash on the floor.
Suddenly sober, Safe glances at the ceiling. The metal bulkheads groan in protest to the sudden acceleration.
He keys up the com, "Ummm, Safe to bridge. Are we in a hurry to get somewhere? It's gettin' kinda jumpy down here."
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****several hours later******
*Mai wakes up with a groan and stretches
"What a nightmare I must have... " she breaks off as she takes in the surroundings. "Holy turnips it's all real! What am I going to do?!"
One lone guard sits in a rickety chair staring intently at a small handheld computer screen.
*Mai rattles the bars and shouts, "Hey Mister Guard what's a girl gotta do to bribe her way out of a cell?"
The guard looks up with a smirk on his face.
"Oh there is nothing you can do to escape your doom little girl."
"Escape my doom? Really that's the best you've got? Why dont' you come over here and say that to my face?!"
*The guard saunters over to the cell door and and leans against the door peering in at her. "I said "There is no..."
His sentence ends abruptly as Mai grabs his collar and pulls him halfway between the bars for a slightly exaggerated kiss. As he collapses onto the floor she reaches for his belt and snags the dungeon keys. She places the small tube of lipstick back in her pocket.
"Huh. I knew that would come in handy some day."
###OOC###
Aplogizes for stealing ideas from Joss and Co. but it just seemed like the thing to do 

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**jake7's face feels like it is being pulled backwards off her skull. She struggles to speak**
I really wish TRM were here!
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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Safe hangs onto the bar as more things fly off shelves.
"Hey! What's going on? Are you trying to shake my fillings out? Well it's working, so cut it out already!"
The walls groan and start to shimmer.
Safe looks around in panic. "Umm are the walls suppose to be all wavey when I'm sober?"
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Eyes closed, Soul hangs onto the controls, every fiber of his being screaming in pain.
"This...was not...a good...idea..."
He couldn't figure out how to access anything in relation to the hyperdrive. So he decided on plan B. When beating the console didn't work, he moved on to plan C. The way he figured it, he had phased with people before. He had phased with several people before. Just maybe he could phase with the SereniTREE.
"Hang on!" He shouts. "This could get interesting! And don't ask me to define that!!!"
With a roar, he focuses as hard as he can, and phases---
-----and the SereniTREE, with a squeal of metal, as well as a few crewpeople, vanishes from hyperspace and reappears many light years away, coming to a violent stop in orbit above the planet Mai's signal originated from.
"Ow..."
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Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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*Mai sneaks down the dark corridor searching for a way out of the complicated dungeon maze. Suddenly heavy footfalls echo from outside. With little light and absolutely no hiding spots in sight...
"Uh now would be a really good time for miracle. Just sayin' "
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Out of the shadows Jazaf tumbles ungracefully.
"I'm ok!" He says, leaping to his feet.
He looks around to see if anyone saw. "Wait a minute....where am I? and for that matter what the heck am I doing with this?!"
He rips off the Nehru jacket he was wearing, revealing cargo shorts and a shirt saying 'Milk this!' above an image of a Yeti.
"Much better! Now....I'm still lost."
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Mystery Man on the Sereni-Tree 
Navigator on Destiny 
Kurren, Bounty Hunter 
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Safe lies in a crumpled heap behind the bar.
"Ow indeed. I only signed on for the three hour tour, not wavy walls, and sudden stops. Did we hit an iceberg? Who's driving this crazy ride?"
"Una Cerveza por favor?"
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**jake7 slides out of her chair and onto the floor in an ungainly heap. She looks up from her position and asks**
Soul, did we purposely stop, or did we hit something?
**she massages her face to regain feeling after it was almost peeled from her skull**
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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After much wandering Jazaf makes it to the common rooms.
"Whoa! I made it! Um...Where are we?"
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A point of light appears. It expands to become a ring of fire surrounding a dark void.
From the circle of darkness steps a tall blond woman with a katana held in her bionic right hand. She steps to the left.
Next follows a shorter red-headed woman with a katana in each hand. She steps to the right.
Finally, a third figure steps out of the darkness. He is covered in a cloak of black ribbons which float and weave around him. He is holding a large weapon, a spam-gun, in both hands across his chest. "So? Do we have a plan?"
The red-head spots Jazaf and moves her right-handed katana in a salute that he taught her. "Sensei! Nice to see you again!"
TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
Ace, Bride1
Deuce, Bride2
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**jake7 finishes getting feeling back into her face and stands up. There is a frantic beeping coming from the console.**
Soul! There's movement in the Common Area again. I'm going to go check it out.
**she pats her pocket to make sure her trusty remote is contained within. Satisfied it's still there, and that she has some form of protection, she makes her way to the Common Area. As she walks in through the door, she stops dead in her tracks at the sight that greets her. An uncharacteristic squeal comes from her**
SAFE! TRM! JAZAF! BRIDES! You have NO idea how happy I am to see you!!!
**she runs over and gives each person a bear hug. She activates her comm**
Soul! Get in here! Some of the crew have reappeared! TRM, Safe, Jazaf, and Brides 1 and 2 have returned!!
**she shuts off the comm and addresses the group, foot tapping and hands on hips**
And just where the heck have you all been?
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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"I, ummm... well you see, the thing is..."
Safe looks to the others for help, but finds only raised eyebrows and silence.
"Oh, c'mon! Really?"
Again silence.
"Alright, I was... Look! Squirrel!" Safe bolts for the nearest exit.
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TheRealMe greets everyone present. He puts aside his spamgun to return Jake7's hug... then has to bat away the black ribbons of his garment as they act like tendrils to grab and choke her.
"Ooops, sorry about that, Jake7!"
He manages to get her free.
"Now, as to what I was doing? Well, I had the honor of being the best man at a dear friend's wedding at Disneyworld. Of course, one of the duties is to plan the batchelor party and... well... it sort of got out of hand.
"Don't worry, though. Most of the rides still function and you can't even SEE that big hole in the Epcot ball unless you are at the right angle."
TheRealMe, Captain of the Sereni-Tree
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Soul stumbles down the stairs into the common room. Seeing all of the familiar faces gathered, he prepares his most heartfelt greeting.
"Mama noobie junk junk nerf herder."
With that, he collapses into a chair at the bar, his right arm flopping onto the bar top just in time to catch a mug of coffee slid down the bar by Trey.
"Dinka dinka," Soul states sincerely just before passing out.
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Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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**OOC: Soul, your entry made me laugh so hard, I just about choked on my egg salad!**
**jake7 watches Soul babble incoherently then collapse**
What the...? He was fine, if quiet, just after we stopped!
**She walks over to Soul and shakes him gently**
Soul?
**He remains unresponsive. She looks to the rest of the crew present and looks askance at them**
Any ideas?
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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."
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(ooh wait wrong story).....
Meanwhile back in the dark corridor Mai runs back in the direction of the cells. She darts quickly past them finding a small storage closet just in time. She grabs for the door handle and scuttles inside quickly. Holding her breath, she listens as the soldiers stop just outside the cells. The voices fade after a few minutes. Too afraid to open the door for being caught the fatigue and sadness catch up with her.
"What am I going to do? Being lost was good for awhile, but this isn't fun anymore. It's been days... and getting close to the holidays too. I wonder if any of the crew have psychic abilities? Well, it's a long shot....
*She sits down, closes her eyes, and begins concentrating on her friends one at a time.
"HELP IF YOU CAN HEAR OR SEE OR FEEL ME PLEASE HELP!!!!! I'm all on my own and I need you guys in the worst way."
*After nearly an hour of repeating this mantra in her head she falls asleep dreaming of the Tree and all the Christmas parties of the past...
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Safe skids to a stop at near the door, and looks around, his head cocked to one side.
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"HELP IF YOU CAN HEAR OR SEE OR FEEL ME PLEASE HELP!!!!! I'm all on my own and I need you guys in the worst way."
"Did you guys say something?"
The clamour of hellos and greeting from those assembled continues and while Safe is happy to see them all again, there is a faint buzzing noise he can't quite put his finger on.
Safe puts his finfers to his lips and lets loose an ear-splitting, shrill whistle.
"SHHH! Do you guys hear something?"
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On Sereni-tree:
Soul is off babbling incoherently to himself. Safe insists on everyone being quiet as he talks to his unseen imaginary friends.
Deuce cocks an eyebrow at Ace. Ace spins her index finger in circles near her ear. Deuce nods gravely.
"Well!" TheRealMe exclaims. "It seems that things haven't changed too much since we've been gone!"
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Deuce, Bride2
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Mai awakens to a sizzling sound and the smell of something being roasted. She opens her eyes.
"Good! Mai awake, now! Dinnertime soon!"
Mai looks around to see Ervin the Yeti. He has demolished some tables and chairs and used them as fuel for a fire on the floor. He reaches over to pull out a spit stabbed through a chunk of meat and tosses it in Mai's direction.
"Mai eat!"
Apparently, Ervin prefers his meal raw and bloody and his fangs tear chunks out of the haunch that he has.
Mai cautiously sniffs. It smells rather good.
"Taste like chicken!" Ervin offers helpfully.
Mai turns over her sample and notices that its back side is covered by a scrap of charred scaly skin.
"What is it?" Mai asks.
Ervin stops abruptly, the things blood dripping from the corners of his smiling mouthful of fangs. "What? Ervin don't know. But it put up hell of a fight!"
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"ERV!!!! Oh I am so happy to see you! How did you find me?"
*rushes over and gives the yeti a huge hug, getting saliva, blood, and mystery meat dripped on her arm in the process.
"Oh it doesn't matter what it is I could eat a horse I'm so hungry.
Erv looks at her a bit shocked "Erv never kill pretty horseys!"
"Oh um, of course not. Sorry."
*mai closes her eyes and takes a bite.
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In the expansive piffle-pony ranch aboard Sereni-Tree:
TheRealMe laughs. "How hard can it be? After all, Bride6 rode in a race atop one." He lightly kicks his heels against the flanks of the teal-colored pifflepony upon which he is sitting.
The creature starts bucking violently, twisting this way and that. TheRealMe hangs on for dear life, being tossed about like a rag doll. Suddenly, he is flung loose into a high parabolic arc that splashes him in the middle of a nearby lake.
Ace frowns. "So you say that Number 6 could ride one of these things?"
Deuce nods. "Yep."
Ace inclines her head toward the lake, where TheRealMe has just dragged himself to shore. "Then what's HIS problem?"
"Well, Bobby Sue has been a decorated equestrian since she was a girl, and competed all over the world. I'm guessing that he's never ridden a horse before, much less a pifflepony."
Dripping wet, TheRealMe limps up to the Brides. "Okay, time for plan B".
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"Seriously," Safe says helping TRM out of the water, "I HEARD something, you have to listen."
TRM offers Safe a hairy eyeball of question.
Safe stops and almost drops TRM back into the water. "I am not drunk... well, mostly not... drunk that is. I think."
Safe looks around, taking stock of his surrounding. "I think I saw those once before." He says pointing at the Piffleponies. "In an old timey movie. Twilight, I think it was. Chock full of sparkle-pony vampire things. If I remember correctly, the theatre was picketed by actual vampires and werewolves citing defamation of character."
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**Back in the common room, Jake7 is still trying various methods to wake Soul up. The latest is a bucket of ice cold water thrown in his face. Nothing happens. Disgusted she turns to ask her fellow crewmates for help, only to find she's alone in the room. Again.**
Oh, come on!! This cannot be happening again!
**she activates her comm**
Where did everyone go? Are you still on the 'TREE? Where is SimonWho when we need him? I've tried all sorts of things, but I can't seem to wake up Soul!! I need help!
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"Erv, thank you. You are a true friend. Now I'm going to need your help. Without comms we are pretty much in the dark, so I've been experimenting with another way to "talk" with the Sereni-Tree."
"Erv help anyway possible, but space ships don't talk... "
"I would agree, but we both know that the Tree isn't any ordinary space ship. What we have to do is close our eyes and concentrate on a crew member and try to get them to hear our thoughts. I tried it earlier and thought I felt a sort of tingly sensation in my head, but I was so tired I couldn't keep it up. So, maybe now we can do it at the same time and boost the signal. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but it's all I've got at the moment."
"Ok, Erv try think hard."
*within moments both Erv and Mai are zoned out concentrating on the Sereni-Crew.
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(Ah-hem no such thing as too much negg og!!!)
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Meery Christmas Mai!
Is it too much if you are rescued by Santa summoned by the collective wishes of the Sereni-Tree crew?
No, there's never much too of nogg-egg. *hic* with nutmeg!
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We live in a tree ship... I'm thinkin' there's no such thing as "too much." (Plus, then we'd still have time to start a very Merry Treemas Party!)
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**OOC: MERRY CHRISTMAS to my SereniTREE family! I hope you all have a happy one! 
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Bobby Sue whispered into the ear of her pink piffle-pony, the last in the line, "Ready, Prudence?"
It responded with a charming neigh, underlaid with the tinkling of bells.
On the floor of the Sereni-Tree common room, TheRealMe smiled. It was simply a matter of knowing the names of each of the piffleponies, and asking them politely to help. So the piffleponies were clearly intelligent creatures, in addition to being both powerful and annoying.
"Mount up!" Bobby Sue called out as she hopped on the back of Prudence. Ace, Deuce, and TheRealMe followed suit.
TheRealMe turned to those who would stay behind. "Get Jazaf's metal sculptured tree out of storage and decorate it! We will return with Mai before Christmas is over. Or at the latest, to celebrate the new year."
TheRealMe whispered, "Let's go Penitence!" One after another, the piffle-riders jumped into the teleportation vortex before them.
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"Whatever is wrong with you is so right for me." -- Marillion.
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"I know how to wake him up!" Jazaf mentions. He pulls a knife from seemingly nowhere and stands at Soul's feet. "Lemon me!" The asked for lemon lands in his hand. "Thank you very much." He then proceeds to cut the lemon in half and leaves one half on Soul's face.
"Nothing like the strong smell and sour taste of a lemon to bring someone to their feet." He beams at Mai. "Unless you have smelling salts."
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**jake7 watches as Jazaf cuts up a lemon and places it strategically on the unconscious Soul**
Jazaf, are you OK? Mai isn't even on board! I hope TRM is having luck in finding her!
**she looks down on the still unmoving Soul**
He doesn't appear to be responding. How long should this take?
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"Hmm... I'm not sure. Falling from the shadow may have jumbled things a bit." Jazaf puts his right hand under his chin. "The lemon trick should bring him around soon. But don't quote me on that." With that he head to the bar to order a root beer.
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After nearly an hour of concentration something strange begins to happen. Suddenly a vague image begins to shimmer in front of Mai's eyes.
The figures become clearer and for a moment it seems like she is standing on the 'Tree amongst the crew. Within seconds the image is dying, but not before Mai reaches out and taps Jazaf on the shoulder.
"Holy Rocking Chair, Batman!!!!! Erv, wake up it worked I saw them! I saw the crew of Sereni-Tree. Either I'm hallucinating or we might actually have a chance of finally getting home!!!!"
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A claw at the end of a huge furry hand taps Mai on the shoulder and then points. "Mai looks!" Ervin says. Mai turns to see a small band of piffle-pony riders.
TheRealMe dismounts, doffs his cowboy hat, and bows. "Hello, Mai. Hello Ervin. We have come to take you home."
On her piffle-pony Precious, Ace grabs the hilt of her katana. On Prudence, Bobby Sue draws a large pistol with each hand.
"We've got company!" Atop Pickle, Deuce points with one of her own katanas.
TheRealMe scratches his chin. "It seems that we have run into some local welcoming committee."
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TRM!!! Oh I am so glad to see you!
Hello Brides, you got one of those pretty ponies for me to ride?
Oh great, not those guys again. They aren't exactly fond of me. Anyone have a weapon I can borrow. I have a feeling this might not go to plan. You do have a plan, don't you?
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Bobby Sue starts taking shots with her left-handed pistol but tosses the other to Mai with her right hand. "Here, sweetie!" Each accurate shot takes an opponent down. Bobby Sue draws a third pistol.
"They're surrounding us!" Deuce calls.
"Right!" says TheRealMe. "Of course there's a plan, Mai, I'm working on it right now! Let's see..."
"Work FASTER!" Ace yells as she maneuvers her pifflepony to expertly hack at a nearby enemy with her katana.
"Yes!" TheRealMe helps Mai up on a spare golden colored pifflepony. "Mai, you ride Honey. We're going to make a break for it. Bride1 and Bride2, use your blades to carve us a path back to the portal we popped out of. Bride6, keep shooting those behind to discourage pursuit. Ervin..."
Ervin the Yeti grabs a handful of five or six opponents, lifts them over his head, and with a terrifying howl tosses them into a mob of their fellows.
"Sure, that works." TheRealMe mounts up. "Ready? Let's go!"
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Thanks Bobby Sue!
*shoots frantically at the angry mob
Oooh a pretty pony! Mai climbs onto Honey's back and moments later she rears up and clobbers a few attackers with her hooves.
Good girl, Honey. Let's go home!
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TheRealMe, Mai, and the three Brides ride off on their piffleponies, galloping hard to reach the dimensional portal that leads back to the Sereni-Tree. Ace and Deuce go first, slashing with their blades to clear a way. Bobby Sue is last, turned completely backwards on Prudence and blazing away with both pistols at their pursuers.
"Wait!" calls Mai. "What about Ervin? We've left him behind."
"I know," says TheRealMe. "That's a part of the plan I'm still working on."
"The furball's too big for a pifflepony!" says Ace as she slashes ahead of her again.
"Trouble ahead!" warns Deuce.
Surrounding the portal is a large band of opponents, ready to repel them.
But the problem is solved. The piffleponies tear into the opposition with fierce violence, tearing them apart with sharp teeth and pounding hooves. Just before impact, Deuce launches herself high into the air, spins in a few somersaults, and lands behind the opponents, slicing. It is over quickly. The piffleponies stop amidst the carnage, and their remaining riders slide off their backs to the gound. "Piffleponies of the Apocolypse!" TheRealMe whispers. Bobby Sue is still shooting at other opponents.
TheRealMe reaches out a hand. "Now to save Ervin! Brides, stand ready!" A dimensional portal opens right next to him while simultaneously, another opens far in the distance where Ervin is running to catch up. Ervin comes through it to stand next to the piffle-riders, but soon the opponents chasing Ervin start to pour through as well.
With a clench of his fist, that pair of portals shut, cutting one opponent in half. "Ugh!" TheRealMe comments. The three katanas of Ace and Deuce slice up the others who came through with Ervin in short order.
Now, let's get back home! One by one the group heads through the portal to appear in the common room of the Sereni-tree. The last through are Ace, Ervin, and TheRealMe. TheRealMe closes the portal.
"Well, that's over," he says. "Now, it seems that we are just in time for New Years Eve! Let's celebrate Mai's return!"
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Deuce, Bride2
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**In the Common Area, jake7 is still waiting for a lemon covered Soul to wake up when she notices the room getting brighter. She turns to see one of TRM's portals taking shape. With a rush of commotion and piffle pony hooves, the rescue party reappears. Jake7 runs over to give Mai a hug and an admonishment**
Mai! I'm so glad you're back, but don't EVER run off like that! You had me worried for months!
TRM, Bobby Sue, Duece, Ace, welcome back and job well done!!
I think a party is just what we all need!!
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"Um well yeah, but see I... there was this thing and then you know ..."
*squishes Jake in a huge bone cracking hug.
Better? Good. 
PARTY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
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**jake7 hands Mai a drink**
Here's to another great year on the 'TREE with the best crew anyone could fly with! 
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A toast to many more adventures ahead!
Thank you Jake.
*downs drink in one.
Ok everyone... GROUP HUG!!!!!
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**jake7 opens her eyes carefully. She sits up gingerly and looks blearily around her, taking in the aftermath of the New Year's bash.**
Well, that must have been a good time, I don't remember what happened!
**the various crew members are all still passed out wherever they dropped. There is leftover food and dirty dishes everywhere. jake7 sighs**
What a mess. Even Sparky appears to be down. I guess it's a manual clean up for now.
**She quietly steps over her sleeping crew-mates and heads to her room to freshen up**
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**She quietly steps over her sleeping crew-mates and heads to her room to freshen up**
*Patiently bides his time, seated upon her chaise, reading a book randomly selected from her library.*
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From the floor of the Sereni-Tree's common room TheRealMe stirs and lifts his head a bit. He senses a presence that has been absent for a long,long time. He opens one eye. It scans the room.
TheRealMe smiles. "Cozen? My alter ego? TheUnrealMe? Why, that's just... very, very nice."
TheRealMe returns to his alcoholic stupor, thinking that he dreamed the whole thing.
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**jake7 returns to her room and opens the door. She stops dead in her tracks at the sight that greets her**
COZEN?!?! So glad you're back!
**It suddenly occurs to her that Cozen should not be in her room**
Cozen, what are you doing here? Why didn't you meet up with all of us in the Common Area? Everyone will be thrilled to see you're back...
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**It suddenly occurs to her that Cozen should not be in her room**
Which is exactly why I'm there, darlin'. Aiming to misbehave 'n all that.
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Um...Ok... Well, you won't mind if I go freshen up, right?
**she warily slides past Cozen and into her bathroom. She locks the door behind her -- just in case.**
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**jake7 emerges warily from her bathroom and finds that Cozen is gone. She exits her room and makes her way to the Common Area. The halls are eerily silent.**
Oh, no. Not again!
**she activates her comm and sends out a message:**
Is there ANYBODY aboard the SereniTREE? Where is everyone?!?
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I'm here!
Are we playing hide and seek again?
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**jake7 jumps when she hears Mai's voice right behind her**
Geez! You just about gave me a heart attack!!
The crew seems to have disappeared again! I haven't been to the bridge yet, so maybe someone's up there, but you're the only one who has responded to my message.
**she shakes her head in confusion**
It's so weird. Cozen was in my room when I got there and he was up to something. I squeezed past him and into my bathroom and when I came out, he was gone!
**she checks her watch and is shocked by the passage of time**
Holy...! According to my watch, it's been just about two months since I went to my room!
What the heck is going on around here? This is the second or third time now that time has passed in such a large clump and the crew has disappeared...
Let's get to the cockpit to see if anyone's manning the controls...and, Mai? DON'T TOUCH ANY BUTTONS THIS TIME!!
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awwwww.... but they are so perty and shiny 
Ok I promise I won't touch any buttons. Let's go figure out where everyone has gone.
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I know the buttons are big and shiny and beyond tempting, but keep your hands in your pockets while we're up there.
Meanwhile, I'll put out another call.
**jake7 flips on her comm and sends out another "anybody here?" message.**
Ok, let's go!
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*sits bored to tears waiting for people to arrive.
So what shall we do while we wait? Checkers? Pin the tail on the space worm?
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**After finding the cockpit empty, but the 'TREE seemingly going at a normal speed and no alarms going off, jake7 and mai sit down, pondering what to do. Upon hearing Mai's suggestion, she chuckles**
Yeah, it is kinda boring around here isn't it?
Why don't we head back down to the common area for some pool or checkers?
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Yes, definitely boring. Surely we can find something to occupy us. Maybe we can search for nearby planets or ships out in the black? Put up wanted posters for our missing people?
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Hmm. Until one of us learns how to actually pilot the 'TREE, we'd best stay away from altering our current course.
Wanted posters could help, but I'm worried that anyone who remembers any of us speeding away from Ruckus could ID us and hold us responsible for it's ultimate demise...
Let's go check on DinoLand and make sure everything is good there and think some more about what we can do to find our missing crew mates...
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With a groan, Soul comes to on the floor in the common room.
"Lemons...why do I smell lemons?"
He gets up slowly and looks around, and the room is empty.
"Why does this keep happening?"
He fishes behind the bar for a root beer and settles down in one of the chairs, absently kicking at Ebo's nest under the pool table.
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**Halfway down the hall, jake7 stops. Mai looks at her confused and says**
What are you stopping for?
**jake7 looks back down the hallway from where they just came**
Did you just hear something? I could swear I just heard a noise coming from the common area...
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Well you know what to the rules of weird/scary noises ... Go towards and it hope for something really cool to happen!
"Let's go!"
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Okee dokee...let's go check it out!
**mai and jake7 turn around and make their way back into the common area. Both are surprised to see Soul sitting at the bar**
SOUL! Oh, it is so good to see you!
Once again, we've gone through some kind of time warp and everyone disappeared again!
Have you seen anyone else around?
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SOUL! Oh, it is so good to see you!
Once again, we've gone through some kind of time warp and everyone disappeared again!
Have you seen anyone else around?
"Hey! Nope, I'm all alone down here. It's so weird how this keeps happening..."
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I keep trying to figure out what's going on, but I've just got no ideas.
The last thing I remembered before the time loss was that Cozen was in my room planning some kind of mayhem, but nothing appears to be wrong according to the cockpit controls...
How do you suppose we can get the others back?
Mai and I were just heading to see if the Yeti and dinosaurs were here and OK.
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"I'll join you, then."
Soul tosses out the empty bottle, and then almost as an afterthought grabs another bottle and slides it under the pool table.
"Just in case."
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