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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 19:51:15 GMT -5
(((((OOC: New thread, just to get some of us unstuck...)))))
Sapphire was, this time, the first to wake up early this morning. She didn't know what it was, but there something that was not right. It had been routine for her and Kitt to go to sleep together in her trailer and have Amber come up at a specified time and wake them up, but this morning there was no Amber.
The racer reached over and pressed a tire on the cell phone control. The cell itself detached from the wall and flipped out. There was the words 'One Message' flashing on the LED screen and Sapphire pressed it. The message was from Amber.
~"Hey, Sapph, it's me, Amber. Sorry if I'm not here this morning, but I had to leave for Hazzard County early this morning. There's something I have to do down there anyway and I have to think of the baby now too. I know this'll leave you without a crew chief, but you can handle it. I know you can. You're my big sis. I love you and take care. Bye."~
To this message, however, Sapphire was speechless.
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Early morning also found a certain black Dodge Viper stirring from her long nights rest. She groaned as she woke up, groggy and sore from yesterday's ordeal.
Shaking her front, Ebony opened her eyes and looked around. Where was she? The room soon came into focus and she found herself inside a cabin and with the twins and Slaytor, who were both still asleep, at her flanks. For a few minutes, she was confused as to why she was here, then it dawned on her.
Last night, she had wanted to leave the stadium and its nauseating scents behind and go to someplace that suited her better. She must've been napping the whole trip to wherever it is that she had been taken and was only half-awake when the trailer stopped. She had been almost dead on her tires then.
But she remembered Ondine being here with her too last night, but where did the Bricklin go now?
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 5, 2007 21:42:51 GMT -5
Ondine woke up in her suite and the first thing that occurred to her was to ring up Slaytor on her cell system, she wasn't really sure if Ebony was ready to take a direct call.
Kayleigh stirred as she came back to consciousness, and became aware of the big blue bulk beside her. The sun was just peeking over the horizon to the east. Until now, she could have been convinced that the last night had been but a dream, but feeling Buck's body and breath brought it all back to her.
Oh Chrysler.... we didn't... did we?
"Good morning." Buck's voice rumbled, stallion-like. Kayleigh could feel it resonating in her very frame. His muzzle tickled her face as he prodded her back to full consciousness. She wondered if she should mention anything about the details of last night. Not if he doesnt!
Slowly, the Agusta extended her undercarriage and stood up. Her rotor blades unfolded from her centerline and shook out. She stretched, noting a slight stiffness in one side where she had slept just a little wrong. It was then that she took a full look at Buck and noted the telltales of grass and dirt on his body - and hers. The grass beneath them had also been quite disturbed.
"You have to be in Bristol today, don't you?" Kayleigh frowned a little, still dusting herself off as much as she could with her stiff blades.
"Yeah..." Buck sighed. "At noon on the dot. It's still a little past five, if I get going now, I can make it." He looked a little shamefaced at that point. "But leaving you like this..."
"Hey, it's all right." Kayleigh squared herself up and met Buck's eyes. "I'm a big girl. I might have to deal with some snickers from the skids when I get washed up, but that's OK. I give as good as I get." Finally, she stood back to give Buck take-off room. "Now just get your butt over to Bristol, OK?"
Buck was still conflicted, but he knew time wouldn't wait. He spooled up and lifted off, yet couldn't help looking back at the Agusta as she waved him off.
Kayleigh shrugged. She had her own day to attend to... so she kept telling herself.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 21:51:32 GMT -5
Slaytor had woken up just after Ebony did and the first thing he noticed that his onboard cell was ringing. Looking over at the still-disoriented Viper, the Mustang answered the cell.
"Hello?"
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 5, 2007 21:55:18 GMT -5
"Hello, just Ondine here." the Bricklin said. "Is Ebony awake yet?"
Outside the cabin, Wally stretched and shook off his tarp before checking on his trailer, which was parked behind the campground office.
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 22:00:29 GMT -5
"Yes, she is," replied Slaytor, "but she's a little bit disoriented now. I think she's finding it hard to accept that she's in a new place. She was way too tired to notice her surroundings last night, I bet."
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Mar 5, 2007 22:12:07 GMT -5
(OOC: Wait one minute here! Who's going to win this race? I kinda wanna see Kamui win at least one Piston Cup here. She isn't a push over and I seriously don't wanna get the short end of the stick here and lose all the time. (I almost always do at everything and while I do put up with it, I actually do get kinda sick of it....) Can I be cut some slack here?)
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Mar 5, 2007 22:16:41 GMT -5
Kitt had opted to sleep in for a bit, slowly waking up and saw that Sapphire looked distressed. "Wha... What happen?" He asked with a yawn.
(((ANd I would like for Phoenix to maybe finish in the top three.)))
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 22:19:51 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Sapphire already won one Piston Cup and may try to go for another, but she may have trouble because she doesn't have a crew chief now... unless Kitt comes in to fill in for Amber... and there's the prospect of her having a mental breakdown somewhere along the line or she might get into a horrible accident in the middle of the race... And I do recall Fierano saying something to the effect that each of the characters in this RP will get a chance to shine and then go into decline and so on... like a circle or something...)))))
Sapphire tried to calm herself down.
"It's Amber," she replied at last, "She's left for Hazzard early this morning. Says she has something to do down there."
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Mar 5, 2007 22:27:05 GMT -5
(OOC: Then maybe we should decide the race order then? Looks like OOC thread time. ^^;; )
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Mar 5, 2007 22:28:29 GMT -5
"I didn't know she was leaving so early." Kitt said nuzzling her reasuringly. "Calm down, can't have you overheating on me."
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Post by Evangeline on Mar 5, 2007 22:30:48 GMT -5
"I'll be starting out in a few minutes," Ondine told Slaytor. "So by the time she's fully awake, I'll probably be there, okay?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 22:41:09 GMT -5
"I'm trying," Sapphire was finding it hard to stay calm, "It's just that I'm not sure what to do now. I don't have a crew chief now."
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"Alright, I'll see you then," replied Slaytor.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Mar 5, 2007 22:49:11 GMT -5
"Hey I told you I'll take over," Kitt said calmly. "I'm more than willing to do it."
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Post by ebonyviper on Mar 5, 2007 23:25:00 GMT -5
"I hope you're as good as Amber," Sapphire looked at him hopefully, "I really need the encouragement."
(((((OOC: And would Phoenix and Boost have wanted to go see Ebony?)))))
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Mar 5, 2007 23:32:23 GMT -5
"Hey I may not be a racer, but I grew up around it just like you two." Kitt stated. "You'll be great."
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Phoenix slowly woke up and stretched out her frame. "Hey," she said nuzzling Boost. "Think Ebs awake yet?"
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