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Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 22 Karma: 0 |  | Re: The Syndicate « Reply #30 on Mar 23, 2009, 4:49am » | |
Shanks grinned with a sudden excitement and awe, watching the man slide down the tree, effortlessly, as though it were a safety mat. He tried to do it himself, but ended up having to hop down slowly from branch to branch. When he reached the bottom--just a little while after Murray, he shook out his hair like a frisky puppy. "Woah, man! That was cool. Teach me to do that sometime?"
"Hey~'ey~'ey~!" Shanks motioned toward the crowd of his peers and then to Murray. "Did'ja' hear? He's comin' with us! This is, uh, this is, uh. . . ." He looked over towards owl man and rolled his hands, as if looking for the right word. "What's your name, man? --This here's my posse! Posse, this is owl man. --Who's, ah--who's, ah--y'know, not actually an owl man. So, yeah. Yeah, yeah, we're all good. All good. Gonna' go get some spirits. That cool?"
Fleagle, who was still a little traumatized by the whole thing, nodded politely at Murray. "Hello . . . good to meet you."
"Yeah, so like--we're pretty much done here. All that's left's to wait for the vaaaan."
Conveniently, it wasn't too long before a shiny black limousine was on its way towards the field. Shanks nodded up to give it a look, and grinned. "That ain't no van. Or, er, uh--limousine, I guess. Anyway, yeah, that's our ride! Yeah?"
The limousine pulled up close to the jeep and stopped. Truth be told, even Shanks was surprised to see it. It had Mazer's emblem on it and Mazer didn't usually come out. But, he didn't disappoint: Mazer wasn't actually in the limousine, but rather, two iguana chauffeurs were, and they stepped out in unison to open the doors.
"Urgent update," said one of the iguanas. "Mazer would like to consult with you before our departure."
The other iguana went to the jeep to get it back to base so the others could take the limousine.
The first went on. "Harry'll take care of the jeep and the goods. The limo'll be quicker if we take the main highway."
Shanks grinned. "Well, everybody, hop in!"
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