Tenth Floor: Double Digit Serious Hidey Folk by LightMeDark

Breadsticks....

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:26 PM

LIGHTMEDARK

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Can't stand those canned marachinos. Why do they ruin perfectly good cherries by dying them uber-red and dousing them in syrup?

Though I do like shirley temples for some reason.

Ah, they aren't ruined, marachinos are amazingly good ;D...oh, and my favorite drink in the world is more or less a shirley temple (roy rogers...switch coke for 7up)

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 3:34 PM

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Originally posted by seryn:
I think my problem is I have the Oz-from-Buffy sarcastic/jokey tone, its not so different from my normal tone. I know that it would be impossible for Safe to get to Atlanta (thnk of the poor dogs!)

You weren't being serious??... blink...blink...

Nah, I'm just kiddin'.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:01 PM

I once drove from CA to MD, but in a very NOT straight line. Well, my mom did the driving, I was 8. We drove EVERYWHERE, saw all the sights. Drove through Canada in several spots. Saw Niagra Falls on both sides. Hit nearly all the continental states.

The US is big.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006 4:10 PM

I did something similar. Drove from Ontario to British Columbia. Took a week.

I'll tell you, driving through Saskatchewan is boooring. Very flat.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 4:49 AM

What I remember about Saskatchewan is the cornfields. Endless cornfields. And we stopped at a Pizza Hut somewhere and I thought it was cool that they still had Pizza Huts in Canada. (I was 8, remember?)

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 5:59 AM

Yum! shirley temples and marachino cherries!

When I waited tables, I'd spent the whole slow lunch shift in the bar guzzling shirley temples. Oh so good!

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 10:30 AM

Shirley temples?

why do they sound like they should be alcoholic?

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 10:42 AM

They are not. They're simply 7up with cherry syrup and maricheno cherries.

They're "kiddie" drinks.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 10:59 AM

yes, i figured from the fact that they let Mal drink them at work,

They sound very nice however, kiddies drinks are the best, off your head on e numbers beats drunk any day of the week, yey for e-numbers!

Its just the name - conjures up imagaes of child actresses gone down the drink route.

or maybe i'm thinking of Baby Jane.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:15 AM

what the heck is e-numbers and what's an off your head?

Some craaaazy british thingy, no doubt.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:27 AM

Ya, Seryn, I'm confused too! Explain to us non-Brits.

Shirley temples, the best non-alc drink there is. Although an adult version for the child-star future lushes could be good...

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:43 AM

*wishes he was off his head on e-numbers.....then wonders what that means*

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:44 AM

e-numbers are additives, colourings and sweeteners and preservatives in food. (usually a number prefaced by an 'E')

some bright spark decided that it was a good idea to take out all of the natural sugars in kiddie aimed food and fill them full of chemicals instead. Which is why every other kid in Britain these days is a ritalin junkie.

(er, i.e. has had their brain fecked up by all this chemical exposure and has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) Ritalin is the drug they shove them on to calm tham down insteasd of treating them, apart from an adult friend of mine, he was prescribed Speed (a class A narcotic))

getting 'off your head' is slang I suppose for getting drunk or high or generally out of your senses. E-numbers and sugar have the effect of getting me totally giddy and giggly, make me talk very fast and want to run about and play snap. Where as alcohol and other drugs generally make my sleepy or argumentative, plus, with sugar there no hangover. It gets my vote on chemicals-with-which-to-incapacitate-oneself.

I suppose while im here I should explain 'going out on the pull' its a slang term for the act of going out to a nightclub or bar or something with the express intention or finding someone, if not to take home that night, then spend a goodly amount of time kissing with (or 'snogging')(though only if your fifteen is 'snogging' the best word to use)

I personally have never done the pulling thing, you never know where someone you meet in a pub has been, and often that doesn't bear thinking about.
If like I jokely proposed to do in the Tree, i'd taken JH out on the pull it would have meant taking him to a bar, introducing him to the cocktail list whilst I (and preferably a partner in crime) searched out an thouroughly vetted someone nice who we knew JH would like and engineered a situation in which one or other of them found it very easy to say 'shall we go somewhere quieter...?' should they wish to.

It cheaper and less scandlous than paying some one and less fattening than break up icecream.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:50 AM

ADHD and ritilin are very popular over here, too, for the same reason.

and as to the pull thing...ooooooooooooooooohh. *lightbulb*

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 11:57 AM

glad to be an inspiration!

to be honest i expected people to be a little repulsed, its not a virtuous occupation.

Which is why I didn't mention competetive pulling (seeing how many men you can incite to violent passion for you, works on potential - i.e. you DO NOT actually kiss them, just how many would if you wanted them to) basically flirting with intent, my record is fourteen.

I could charm the pants off an Animal Cookie monkey.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:08 PM

^ is a tease.

I wasn't inspired, it just now that something I heard/read makes sense now when before I was a bit puzzled.

Well, I might just have to try that when I'm in London. There may be clubbing.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:15 PM

ahhh, it was an epiphany lightbulb... right

*wonders if its to late to erase the bit about competitive shmoozing...*

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 12:38 PM

yup. too late. So what's 'playing snap'?

*has no doubt about the animal cracker thing*

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 1:40 PM

Snap! ....?

the card game where you put down cards until two the same turn up then you yell snap and try to be the first to get your hand on the cards and then some one accuses someone else of chaeting and someone else starts crying and it invariably ends with a black eye and someones mother being informed...

that is of course the five year old version. The adult version is just the same but with alcohol.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2006 2:01 PM

I'm in.
* practices saying, 'Not in the face' very quickly. *

did you see the 'too cute' thread?

Why did the chicken cross the road?
The Operative: The chicken’s motivations are not my concern. Getting it across the road is.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 4:46 AM

*is still napping on UltraSuperComfyFloor (tm) (or whatever the heck I called it, I forget) with LMD as an incredibly comfy pillow. Is planning on staying this way until she feels better. Or there's chocolate martinis.*

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 4:51 AM

So that's why I didn't see you guys in chat last night. uh huh, yeah I see.
* finds a bit of UltraSuperComfyFloor (tm) near the fire place and takes a nap*

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 7:21 AM

oo, that looks like a good idea, lies on the floor as well, after a couple of minutes decides to try out JH's potential as a pillow.

hmmm, not bad, not bad at all.

We need one of those cabana boy things to serve us those chocolate martini's you were talking about Serenity...

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 7:30 AM

Slumps on the floor next to Serenity, Seryn and JH.

Man, nobody told me that writting is so draining...

The story plays out in my head like a movie, then I, with no writing talents at all, have to try and put it in writing... Yikes.

If nobody minds, I'm just gonna sit here quietly for a while and not think, something I am VERY good at.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 7:31 AM

I'm pretty sure thinking is frowned upon up here.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 8:36 AM

yup, heavily frowned upon, and no one here wants to get frown lines, so you just lie back and clear you achy head.

Aw, things are getting desperate for you guys, I almost feel like making off with that fighter and coming to rescue you all.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 8:59 AM

*makes himself extra comfortable for Seryn to rest on.*
Yep, the writing is odd. I'm doing more writing on the Tree than I've done in a while. It all feels so smooth in my head but it comes out a bit garbbled.
Yes things look pretty grim on Boros. I was thinking of a rescue too. It'd be easier if we had the Ocean Cloud contructed, but at this point I don't think the guys outside have another hostage, so Napalm is looking like a good choice.
Give 'em hell Safe.

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:04 AM

Making off with that fighter? huh? what'd I miss?

soooo into lounging on the floor. sleepy mid-afternoon time, hard to take...

anyone got a double big latte for me?

Ask Dr. Science ... he knows more than you do.
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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:12 AM

Hows about my specialty, a french vanilla cafe mocha.

Essentialy hot chocolate and coffee mixed with french vanilla creamer (or vanilla caramel creamer).

It's the caffine boost I need this time-o-day.

We're about out of Boros. SR's dropped by to help out. But the Blue hand guy is gone get away. Have one more show down I think.

JH, same here. Never comes out on paper as good as it looks in my head...
Mal4Prez is a guy who knows how to turn the pictures in his head into good writtin'!!

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:22 AM

bring on the chocolatey vanillish coffee caffeine-boosted goodness...

And thanks for the kind words, except the 'guy' part. Must be the haircut and deep voice.

Ms Mal4prez

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:26 AM

.... ummm... well I... errr... See it's like this...

Boy do I feel sheeeepish... baaaa..

Open mouth, insert foot but wait, there's room for the other one.

*muffled speaking around both feet* I'm tho thorry..

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:32 AM

Hey, it's the internet. I could have a bad haircut and a really deep voice now, couldn't I?

No sheepishness allowed on the tenth floor! We're all nice people, after all.

Oh wait, are we just "serious hidey folk" now? Where did the "nice" part go?

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:34 AM

Quote:
.Mal4Prez is a guy who knows how to turn the pictures in his head into good writtin'!!
..

I think that's true, except for the -uy should be a -al and the -is should be an -er. I'm just saying, less I'm the one that's wrong here. I think we got another Ebonezer situation here.
gonna stop rambling now.

Edit: see I spend too much time trying to word things delicately, and it's already covered.

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:38 AM

Thanks JH, you coulda stopped me before I developed a taste for shoes...

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 9:58 AM

Sorry brother, but hey, looks like SR got the ball rolling on Boros, or at least poked the giant wasp nest with a stick.....

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 10:54 AM

yeah, SR strikes me as the type to be very good at poking at wasps with sticks.

Sure you don't want me to nick the fighter and come and shoot at peeps for you? I reckon with a bit of TRM's portal shenanigans, or even rats time wobbling ability, I could get to you in what? ten minutes?

no? oh well.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:06 AM

Thanks Seryn!! But I have 1 or 2 more things to work out. Got an escape planned which will replace the shuttle I blew up.

If I may get all humble and such.. I didn't know anyone liked the story. I was worried I was boring the pants off everyone... I'm all... at a loss for words.

Safeat2nd, Chief Handyman of Destiny

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:18 AM

awwww! *hugs Safe*

no it really fun! well as much fun as getting chased and shot at can be...

I always feel really bad for coming after you lot and writing something really trivial and just desroying all of the tension. (like sniggering at JH's freudian slip - but I had too, could not let it lie)

Its more interesting than watching me pick fights with kitchen appliances then get all confused over flirting that turns out to be non-flirting, bickering with SR and then getting accused of 'angst' at anyrate.

(the fighting with kitchen appliances had to be done though, the world needs to know how truly evil white goods are)

Aww, you go on getting shot at, its very entertaining. Just do me one favor, make sure that quitter servent get something nasty happen to him, like triple washing up duties for a week.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:19 AM

Oh....Projected images! the real them step out from behind the bushes, turning off the holo projectors?!?!?

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:35 AM

wha...?

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:39 AM

SCORPIONREGENT

Well you need not worry about the suit. Well let's just say that if he still has head attached he's not only not human, he's not biological. I shot him twice in the head with a .410 magnum hollow point shot gun slug. He's paste.

What I still don't get is Seryn's fear and loathing of refrigerators. Have you ever tried to live for more than a week without one. It get's mighty tense.

Scorpion Regent

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:46 AM

Sorry that does seem kinda random doesn't it. No it was kinda a half thought for safe, from another conversation. Sorry about that.

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"He's seen too much of life And there's no going back.
The loneliness calls him, And the edge which must be sharpened,
He's losing it. And he knows.
But there's a fighter in his mind and his body's tough
The years have been unkind, but kind enough." -Ocean Cloud (Marbles) -Marillion

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:49 AM

It's ok, its just that when you get excited like that you jumps about and disturb me, this is why real pillows are inanimate objects...*grin*

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 11:54 AM

SCORPIONREGENT

Quote:

this is why real pillows are inanimate objects...

They are? Are you certain?

Scorpion Regent

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 12:00 PM

*blink*

*worried frown*

now why didya have to go ask me if I'm certain about something?

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 12:02 PM