Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jan 5, 2008 0:26:57 GMT -8
Lovett glanced up, then grinned evilly. "You, m'dear, 'ave just seen too much for your own good and are now a threat." She lunged at Johanna with a quiet giggle, trying to stab the girl and kill her before Toby or Sweeney came looking for her, asking for more pies or something. Freddy stared, panicking and freaking out for a moment longer, then said shakily, "I-I really think I should be going now." And he slowly inched towards the door, as if a sudden movement would cause his death. However, he soon was too freaked out to care, and he dashed for the door.
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Post by Shock on Jan 5, 2008 0:43:25 GMT -8
Johanna let out a quiet scream of terror and tried to back away fast enough to get away. But, of course, she had to trip on the hem of her dress. She fell to the ground, her head hitting something hard, stunning her into immobility. She tried to pull herself together so she could push herself up and run for it. SN's eyes drooped, and slowly closed as her heart slowed, then came to a stop. The only relief she had was that her throat was no longer aching with the insistant instinct to breathe, even with a torn throat. Sweeney blinked at the dead girl, then dragged her over to the trapdoor and pushed the pedal that released the door and sent the body tumbling into the bakehouse. He decided that the actor wasn't worth chasing after. Outside, a pure white cat, clearly not there a moment ago, lay sprawled in the shadows, twitching now and then, as if in the grip of a bad dream.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 5, 2008 0:50:49 GMT -8
Freddy burst out of the barber shop and practically flew down the stairs, tripping halfway down and tumbling down the rest of the way. He was still for a moment, then shakily got to his feet. With a nervous glance up at the barbershop, a trembling and scared out of his wits Freddy sank to the ground after moving over to the wall, leaning back against the wall to stared around with wide, frightened eyes. Lovett glanced over at SN's body for a moment, then turned her attention back to Johanna. She calmly knelt down next to the girl and, smiling evilly down at her, thrust with the knife. She then got up and walked over to SN's body, dragging it over behind the oven and out of sight of anyone who might decide to stand in the entrance.
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[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
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Post by Shock on Jan 5, 2008 1:00:37 GMT -8
Johanna cried out in pain. It wasn't exactly comfortable to have a knife driven into you. Blood spread across her dress as she slowly bled out. The knife had sliced into her lung, which meant it was quickly filling with blood, not that she knew what was happening. All she knew was she was gasping for air, and wasn't getting any. Blood trickled out of the corners of her mouth, and her huge deer eyes were wide with fright. The small wite cat's eyes cracked open sleepily. Where am I? What's going on? Why's Freddy still alive? Yes, SN had come back as a cat again, not that she realized it yet. She picked her head up, staring at Freddy with large round eyes that were exactly the same shade of blue/green that they'd been before she'd been killed. But when she tried to ask if he was okay, all that came out was a meow.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jan 5, 2008 1:11:33 GMT -8
Lovett hummed to herself as she dragged Johanna behind the oven as well, pulling the knife out after twisting it a little. She then walked around to the front of the oven, took the last batch of pies out, and carried them upstairs. "Toby, dear, this is the last batch," she told him. "Thank God," she added under her breath. She was beginning to wonder why she had so many stairs leading to the bakehouse. Day after day, she went down tot he bakehouse and then back up quite a few times, go up to visit Sweeney and bring him something to eat so he wouldn't skip meals, go back down to the bakehouse, repeat as often as necessary. She glanced around, then headed over to Freddy, collapsing into the seat next to him. She leaned back, resting the back of her head on the table for a moment, almost half-asleep, then lifted her head again. "Wot's your problem?" she asked Freddy. Freddy, still extremely pale, was silent. However, he pointed up to the barbershop with a trembling finger. With his other hand, he wiped blood from his nose, then flinched at the meow, sitting bolt upright and whipping his head around, trying to find the source of the sound that had startled him.
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Post by Shock on Jan 5, 2008 13:32:41 GMT -8
Johanna whimpered weakly when the knife was taken out, the twisting letting in even more blood, which caused her to start coughing up blood as her body tried to clear her lung out so she could breathe properly. She was laying flat on her back though, making it harder to breathe than it already was. She started to panic as she realized she wasn't getting any air at all. SN pushed herself to her paws. She wasn't a full grown cat, but she wasn't a tiny kit either. She was somewhere in the middle. She was extremely unsteady, stumbling slightly as she wandered a little closer. She looked up at Freddy and meowed again, trying to get his attention. Toby passed out the last of the pies, then flipped the sign on the door to 'sold out'.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 5, 2008 15:47:13 GMT -8
Freddy jumped at the meow, and then glanced down at SN. He relaxed a little once he found the source of the meow, trying to get his heart rate to go down. He kept expecting that barber to come to slit his throat. The actor protectively covered his throat with his hands as he stared down at SN. Why was a cat scaring him so badly? He hesitated, then pulled his hands away from his throat, and bent down to pick SN up, his grip much tighter than it should be. Lovett eyed SN for a moment- if Miss Mooney could cook cats, so could she- but then she made a face. SHe got to her feet after a moment and walked over to Toby. "You've been a good 'elp today," she told him. She didn't know how she could do all this without Toby.
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Post by Shock on Jan 6, 2008 19:41:54 GMT -8
SN mewed slightly, protesting Freddy's tight grip. That hurt more than she thought it would! She wouldn't be squeeze-hugging any animals any time soon. But she kept her claws sheathed, not wanting to scare poor Freddy more than he already was. She would just pretend like she was a cute, cuddly, harmless kitten, which was kind of what she was at the moment. "No problem, ma'am," Toby said with a smile, though he was a little tired. Stupid customers wouldn't stop coming, even with the sign up. He had to keep telling them to go away because they didn't have any more that day. He ran a hand through his short black hair. Johanna's throat slowly filled with blood, and that meant she inhaled it into her other lung as she tried desperately to inhale. But finally she gave up, letting her body go limp, eyes closing as she finally lost conciousness.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 6, 2008 20:23:58 GMT -8
"Go on, get out of 'ere, no more pies today!" Lovett shooed a few customers away, scowling a little. Why was it that when you wanted to take your mind off of something, you were bored and had nothing to do, but when all you wanted to do was sit down and relax for a little bit, things were chaotic? "OUT! Come back tomorrow when we're actually OPEN!" She was a little grumpy. "FREDDY!" A very upset young man stormed up to the actor. "Lloyd's been looking for you. You're late, Freddy. You know how Lloyd, well, you know what I mean. God, Freddy, you shouldn't... yeah. You know." He grabbed Freddy by the front of his shirt, causing Freddy to yelp and drop SN. "You're coming with me," Garry snapped as he began to drag Freddy away. "And I'd love it if you didn't go out with Dotty tonight." "But all we do is talk about our problems!" Freddy whined as he allowed himself to be dragged away.
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Post by Shock on Jan 6, 2008 20:31:19 GMT -8
SN yelped as she fell down, landing on her side. She guessed the old 'cats always land on their feet' thing wasn't true. Angry, she chased Garry and dug her claws into his leg. She was having a bad day, and Garry basically causing the only person being nice to her to drop her wasn't improving things. So she took her frustrations out on Garry's leg. A young man of about thirty with a black coat, black pants, black shoes, white shirt, and pale skin walked in. "Excuse me, but may I talk to you for a moment?" he asked Garry and Freddy in his AWESOME english-ish accent. SN automatically loosened her grip and bent her head back to look up. Ichabod! Dang, and she couldn't even act fangirly. Dang it.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 6, 2008 20:42:15 GMT -8
Garry yelped, sending a kick in SN's direction, then let go of Freddy. "What do you want, sir?" he asked curiously, momentarily forgetting his anger towards Freddy. "Hi! I'm Freddy. Who're y-OW!" Freddy yelped as he was elbowed in the ribs, which shut him up. He paused for a moment, then tilted his head back and pinched his nose shut. Nosebleed again. Why did he have to get a nosebleed whenever he or someone else got hurt? He paled a little, and then backed up until his back hit a wall, which he leaned against.
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Post by Shock on Jan 6, 2008 20:48:09 GMT -8
SN squeeked. That hurt! She let go quickly, whimpering. Her newly arived fandom picked her up in one hand, and she was actually glad she didn't have the ability to glomp, because she'd probably scare him away. She stayed obediently still as he seemed to check to make sure she wasn't hurt, and then continued, not bothering to put her down. "Well, I've come to investigate a series of disappearances occuring in this area. They seem to concentrate on this very street! I'm talking to everyone around here to see if I can get any information as to who the perpetrator might be," Ichabod was speaking very theatrically, though he didn't seem aware of doing so, and then noticed Freddy's odd behavior. "What's wrong?" he asked the actor.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 6, 2008 20:54:44 GMT -8
"No clue what you're talking about, bud," Garry replied with a frown. "I just came here to fetch Freddy because he's, well, what I mean is, well, uh, you know..." He always had trouble saying exactly what he meant. His eyes narrowed a little as he examined Ichabod. "You an actor?" he asked. Freddy didn't realize that he was being spoken to. He just stood there, eyes closed and trying not to pass out. He hated blood.
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Post by Shock on Jan 6, 2008 21:06:23 GMT -8
"No sir, I am simply a man of sience. My name is Ichabod Crane," the investigator introduced himself. He still hadn't set SN down, and that was perfectly okay with her. It was possible that she'd never be able to get this close to him as a human, so she enjoyed this. She curled up in his arms, perfectly content to let him think she was a simple cat. "Excuse me a moment sir, I must go ask others if they have any information," Ichabod said in his still quiet yet so proper and theatric voice, striding over to where Toby and Lovett were. "Excuse me," Ichabod started, polite as ever, "May I speak with you two?" He was trying not to show how scared he was of some of the random bugs that ran across the floor, but it was almost impossible for him not to jump up on a chair and screech in fright. But he managed.
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Post by Barrel on Jan 6, 2008 21:17:46 GMT -8
"Go right ahead, not like I care," Garry grumbled, then turned to Freddy. "Ready t- Freddy?" He rushed over to the other actor, who had slumped to the ground. "Oh God, I think I actually killed him," he panicked a little as he lifted Freddy's head a little to check for a pulse beneath his jaw. "Freddy, god, I'm so sorry, I didn't... well, what I mean is... I... you know..." "Go right ahead dear, ask away," Lovett said with a sigh. Why couldn't these people just leave the shop once they closed? She was human too, she couldn't do everything and still expect to feel great the next day!
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