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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 19, 2007 9:02:14 GMT -5
Norman couldn't be any happier right now (Although... he was disguising it.) He knew Ebony had been in Eddie's trailer for the night. Just as she left that morning, he and Flint left that letter on the floor for Eddie to find.
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Post by Evangeline on Jan 19, 2007 10:10:58 GMT -5
"Jes' sit tight. I'm gettin' to th' bottom a' this!" Tex withdrew and started to make his rounds amongst all the other racers. Next, he went to Sapphire's trailer to inquire about her condition, hoping that she hadn't taken any of that doctored fuel herself.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 19, 2007 10:11:37 GMT -5
She remembered that her kids were there with her, so Ebony really couldn't go anywhere without them. Ebony stood shakily on her tires and faced the apparition, although she was far from stable and her health was at a more dangerous level.
"N-no... please leave me alone... I didn't do anything..." she cried out, "but I always get the blame... even for something that I didn't do..."
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"I was told she was seen near Eddie's trailer last night," said Boost, "I suppose that he let her shelter there."
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Sapphire had indeed taken the fuel and was now laying in her trailer with Kitt keeping a close watch on her.
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Post by fierano on Jan 19, 2007 10:53:58 GMT -5
"Don't try to escape..." The automotive shadow was now within breathing distance of the Viper. "Don't try to deny it..."
Then it looked at Ebony's kids..."Of course...I'm willing to take a little...incentive...to...let this blow over..."
===meanwhile...===
Glimmer was roughly convinced that the tuner wasn't lying...because he seemed to be willing to lead him up the trail. "Interesting. Thank you for your time." he added, before nodding politely and moving toward Eddie's trailer.
"What have you found, Jens?" asked his manager. "Looks like the saboteurs left a trail, and a few old friends marking it." "Good. The sooner this crisis is resolved, the better. Just make sure you're not the target of suspicion here."
Looks like foul play runs through the team. he thought. As far as Jens could remember, he'd only gone so far as nasty words, and those were plenty enough to snap a car. But if his sources were right, Chick had hired help to sabotage a fellow competitor. Why wouldn't it be likely that his teammate would learn more than just a few nasty words from the primary #86 as well?
The trailer neared, a plain green shelter that didn't stick out much from all the others parked in the area. "This seems too simple. There's probably only some clues in there." he muttered...
((And on that cliffhanger it's time to check in for the night. What will happen to our friends and villains? Find out tomorrow on...uh... As The Tire Turns! Or you could puppet them...))
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jan 19, 2007 11:08:14 GMT -5
Kitt got to his tires as Tex approached and nodded his front to the Caddy. "Some morning isn't it Mr. Dinoco. Someone got the Sapphire's fuel too, and she's pretty off now."
He turned to the door of the trailer. "Sapph, Tex is here to see ya," the Bonneville said softly.
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Post by Evangeline on Jan 19, 2007 11:21:55 GMT -5
Tex peered inside the gloom of the trailer. "Sapphire? How are y'feelin? Your folks are on their way, but they don't know about this yet. I was gonna let them know."
Ondine, in the meantime, was coordinating security and telling them what to tell the media, namely "No comment at this time." The green Bricklin happened to pass by Eddie's trailer and heard a familiar name being bandied about, but refrained from mentioning any past association. "What happened here?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 19, 2007 11:36:03 GMT -5
"Feeling lousy..." replied Sapphire, "and I really don't want my folks worrying about me..."
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Ebony coughed violently and collapsed onto the ground beside her kids. The apparition was probably not going to let up on her until she confessed, even though she knew she was innocent. And the fact that she was having the most worst relapse in her life, Ebony felt that she could do nothing right now and doubted that she would recover.
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Edison Axle had also been passing Eddie's trailer and peered inside. He saw the letter and picked it up.
"Looks like a clue," said the pace car, as Ondine pulled up.
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Boost sighed and returned to Phoenix, "Now Glimmer's getting into the act of accusing Ebony. I know she's innocent, but I'm worried what they'll do to her if they find her. We should try and find her first. Are you feeling up to it?"
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 19, 2007 11:41:44 GMT -5
<<Be car'ful derr, lad. Yeh he'rd Exan-lass'z war'nin' 'bouut Edd'eh. If yeh sti'll 'ave dat holeh wat'r on yeh, now moight be ah goo'd tim'e ta arm yerself wit it. I kin see ah da'rk aura 'round da trail'r an' it 'pearz ta be fuel'd.... by pain.>> El Bandito warned.
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Kamui nodded to Tex as he left.
"Thanks...." She managed to say.
She had a large pan nearby in case she felt sick again. She hoped like hell there wasn't going to be a media swarm around her trailer otherwise the additional stress would have caused her to be sick again. She closed her eyes and was going to try sleeping this off.
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Shroder came up to the security tent.
"K'ock! K'ock! Can I com' in?" said Shroder at the door.
~Kamui.EXE
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jan 19, 2007 11:42:24 GMT -5
"They'll lock her up just because she's a tuner and not give it a second thought." Phoenix said. "And the bigger impounds are nothing like small town ones. She wouldn't know what hit her. And I'm up to it. I didn't touch the fuel."
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 19, 2007 11:48:42 GMT -5
When Kamui went to sleep, she had drifted out of her body again. She saw Boost and Phoenix. She also saw El Bandito and Glimmer saunter off.
{Good to see you're having him play detective here. I hope you can keep him in check, El Bandito-sir} said Kamui.
She went over to Boost and Phoenix.
{Yo! What's--- oh right. They can't hear me. Hmm....} said Kamui stopping herself.
She picked up an empty oil can and danced around in front of them.
{Yo! YO! I'm having an outta body experiance here and I'm in front of you!} Kamui shouted.
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Post by Evangeline on Jan 19, 2007 11:49:53 GMT -5
"May I see?" Ondine asked of Edison as he examined the note.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 19, 2007 11:51:51 GMT -5
"Yeah, she's been in the Impound of Nitropolis before, if I recall correctly," said Boost as he started to lead the way out of the stadium, "and she didn't like it one bit and it put her in a bad mood for a few days. I don't think she can handle the Impound in Miami."
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Marco and Jason were still trying to determine what all the grainy images were on the surveilance tape that they were studying when Shroder dropped by.
"Yes," said Marco, "can we help you with something?"
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"Here," said Edison, handing the letter to Ondine, "I think you might be interested in who wrote it."
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Post by Kamui.EXE on Jan 19, 2007 11:55:45 GMT -5
{YO! Semi-dead racer here! Girl of ghostlyness! I dunno what exactly the problem is but I'm hear and can do stuff!} Kamui shouted waving the can around.
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"Wund'rin' if I can have ah loo'k at da tap'e too? Exan-gurl ask'd me ta since she waz poizon'd an' roigh't PO'd 'bout dis," said Shroder.
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Post by Evangeline on Jan 19, 2007 11:58:29 GMT -5
Ondine looked at the note. The writing had a bit of a flourish to it. "Nice penmanship. I know who they're talking about as well as you do, but I have notes, letters and cards from her. That's not her writing." The Bricklin rummaged around in an internal compartment and pulled up a birthday card with some writing inside. "Look at this one for comparison."
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Post by ebonyviper on Jan 19, 2007 12:07:50 GMT -5
Boost saw the hovering gas can and sighed, as he thought-spoke, Another out-of-body experience, Kamui? He knew about this type of experience, since Ebony told him about one that happened about a year ago.
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Edison looked at both the letter left in Eddie's trailer and the card from Ebony. It was true as the handwriting from both were quite different from each other.
"Looks like she's still learning," said Edison, "I can see some mistakes on the card. But this might be serious. Someone might be trying to frame her."
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"If you want to," replied Marco, backing up to let Shroder inside the official tent.
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