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Post by babclayman on May 18, 2022 6:33:41 GMT -5
“CHEATING!?” Whiskers gasps in an offended tone; “Is that what Samuel tells you about me!? I’m simply trying to level the playing field! Besides, Am I not putting the work in by looking into these books and studying from them, too?”
“You Okay if I check something with these books?” Clayton asks Sandy, coming up with an idea.
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Post by Shadow Dearly on May 18, 2022 7:41:32 GMT -5
Shadow opened his muzzle, about to say a witty quip to Whiskers, but clamped shut, thinking of wording his reply. He opened his muzzle and said, "He who cheats using magic should never learn the craft."
He then eyed Clayton after hearing him call Sandy. Doing something is better than dawdling. "Clayton, mind if we work on this together? It'll make me feel more valuable than an overweight slob," he said.
Genesis yelped as they sprinted after Nugget. "HEY! NUGGET! Could you wait for us? We're supposed to stick together!" They craned their heads back to Patch and Priscilla. "You guys, come on! We're playing an impromptu game of Catch the Nugget!"
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Post by Flowgli on May 18, 2022 8:33:00 GMT -5
Patch and Priscilla didn’t waste any time when they saw Nugget run off the way he did, for they followed Genesis and Lucy to look for Nugget.
“I don’t know why he would take off without us like that,” said Patch, and he looked around for Nugget as he and the others went further into their path, calling out for Nugget as he did so. “Nugget? Nugget!”
Even though Priscilla was looking for Nugget with the rest of the search party, she was still focused on finding Stirfry.
“I hope we find Nugget fast so we can look for Stirfry,” she said quietly, annoyed by what had been going on at this moment.
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Post by Lucky on May 19, 2022 2:37:59 GMT -5
Nugget stopped at a big hole as he looked and saw that Lucy and the others were catching up to him and was calling his name.
"Could you not leave the group, please?" Lucy asked politely. "I don't think it's safe with the Coyotes around."
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Post by Stirfry on May 23, 2022 14:13:22 GMT -5
Sandy had something to say about Pumpkin's comment. It was about how he was being lazy by only studying the fun parts of magic instead of doing the boring work and practicing until he was good. Not that she blamed him, she didn't want to do the boring parts of magic either, but she also didn't care about gaining power like him. However, she didn't feel like lecturing him about it would be worth her time and it really wasn't her business anyway, so all he got from her in response was one of her signature eye rolls.
No, he who cheats at magic usually finds someone else owning his soul." Sandy said to Shadow.
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Post by babclayman on May 24, 2022 7:33:20 GMT -5
Clayton picked up on of the books and scrolled from the front to the back, seeing if there was any kind of author bio. He was able to find a dedication of “To my children: John & Pamela”, so that could be something to go off of. “Could always ask Swamp Rat where he got these…” Clayton suggests; “Though, he’d probably want something for that…” he suddenly heard Shadow’s comments; ”When did I ever accuse you of being a slob!? You want to help? By all means!”.
“You seem to forget, I might know where the rest are…have you?” Whiskers notes.
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Post by Shadow Dearly on May 25, 2022 0:54:35 GMT -5
"I didn't say that you accused me of being a slob, Clayton," Shadow replied, picking two other books, analyzing them, and seeing if he could find anything of use. More dedications. "This Gerald Bailey sure seems like a family man."
Shadow's ears perked, hearing Clayton's suggestion. They could see Swamp Rat, but he could trade his cape for information, but he didn't want to part with his identification. His cape is his identity rolled in fashion. Capes are cool like fezzes. "Clayton, you and I could make a quick trip to the swamp. Then again, Swamp Rat may want to use me as a beanbag chair."
Shadow then turned his attention toward Whiskers. "Okay, tell us then." He said before showing a cunning grin at Sandy.
"Better." He mouthed.
Resuming analyzing the books, Shadow flipped through some pages, coming across some pencil marks. They were in an unknown language in the form of glyphs. And they were written on most of the pages. "Hmm. . . normally, I'm against people writing in books, but you gotta see these."
Genesis turned over to Lucy. "Wait, they're coyotes here?" Genesis didn't have an irrational fear of coyotes. They found them majestic and grand and were even friends with a couple of coyotes.
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Post by babclayman on May 27, 2022 14:35:04 GMT -5
(24 Hours without Flo, so that means it is…SHAWN’S turn! Looking forward to seeing your turn, Shawn!)
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Post by Lucky on May 27, 2022 20:36:02 GMT -5
"Yes, Balance, her siblings and I have encountered them all the time here in the woods." Lucy replied to Genesis, while she wasn't scared of the coyotes either, she thought it would be wise to warn Genesis, Patch, Priscilla and Nugget about the idea of Coyotes living in the forest where they are now. "While some serve a German Shepherd, the others serve Damon, who is the father of Balance and her siblings."
Nugget started digging.
"However we have met five Coyotes who are friendly." Lucy continued.
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Post by Stirfry on May 31, 2022 13:26:47 GMT -5
Sandy looked at Clayton and faked surprise. "Clayton! You actually had a good idea! I'm sure Swamp Rat has use for a magnet dog! We can find Stirfry and trade her for information on the books!"
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Post by babclayman on Jun 1, 2022 7:06:34 GMT -5
“We’re not trading Stirfry!” Clayton says to Sandy sternly; “And, there is no need to use that tone…But you make a point, he might want something in exchange for telling us his supplier…”
“Are you certain you want to give away that these books are special to him, though?” Whiskers notes; “Give him any clue as to how special they are, and he’ll send his alligator and snake after…Hold the show, what you find!?” He heard Shadow talk about Glyphs.
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Post by Shadow Dearly on Jun 2, 2022 6:48:49 GMT -5
Shadow froze, eyeing Clayton, and then Whiskers hearing the feline with the purple hat ask about the glyphs he found. The star-spotted Dalmatian hesitated to talk about them, seeing how he doesn't trust the cat. He'd much rather discuss with Sandy, or Clayton for that matter.
He continued to eye the glyphs, all written in pencil in an unknown language. Could it be a clue itself? Still, Clayton and Sandy were around, so if Whiskers didn't do anything extreme, Shadow could spill the beans. "I found these glyphs. . ." He showed the book in Clayton's direction, but they were still visible by Whiskers. "I don't know what they mean, though."
Genesis nodded at Lucy. "Well, if we see any coyotes, better make sure that Nugget doesn't do anything that ends in us harmed," they said. They noticed Nugget digging. "Nugget, what are you doing?" they asked, walking to the pup hard at work.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 2, 2022 14:52:52 GMT -5
Priscilla was a bit surprised that she and the others in the search party reached Nugget so quickly.
“Well, there’s Nugget,” she said, and she immediately turned to face Lucy at the first mention of coyotes. “Coyotes? I didn’t know that there are coyotes out here.”
“Neither did I,” said Patch, and he listened to Lucy’s explanation about the encounter with coyotes that she and some others had.
Priscilla listened to all that Lucy said about the coyotes, as well.
“If we ever see any coyotes out here,” she said to Lucy, “how can we tell if any of them are friendly or not?”
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Post by babclayman on Jun 6, 2022 7:31:02 GMT -5
(24 Hours Without Shawn, so GENERAL’s Turn! Looking forward to seeing your turn, General!)
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Post by Stirfry on Jun 8, 2022 13:13:45 GMT -5
"What tone?!" Sandy said to Clayton.
She looked at Whiskets and said "They're not valuable to anyone but us, doofus. In fact he's probably lucky that you took them because they seem dangerous and unstable."
"Let me see." Sandy said to Shadow and looked at the glyphs. "Yeah, these sorts of things are common on magical items like these. "
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