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8/8/2009 
 BARTOK THE GNOME

'Respite' by Unknown, Picture Taken from http://www.art.com Website
     Bartok leaned back against the stem of a cow-leaf plant. He let out a deep breath as he lit his wooden pipe with a fire flick. He puffed twice until the bowl of the pipe turned orange and wisps of white smoke floated in front of his eyes.
      "Who are you waiting for today, Bartok?"
      Hiss The Serpent slithered behind several mushrooms, keeping a safe distance from the gnome. Bartok remained silent with his gaze fixed on the wisps of smoke coming from his pipe.

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8/4/2009 
 SCARLET

     Samuel Drummond heard the gun shot loud in his ear, but by the time he had turned, the victim was on the ground with an inordinate amount of blood pouring through a hole in the head. An impossible hole. Holes shouldn't look like that. Holes should be round like faucets, not jagged like that. And the liquid that came out of them shouldn't be that color.
      To say the color was red would be wrong. Red didn't capture the way the blood poured onto the sidewalk like a leaky hose in a garden.

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7/23/2009 
 SCANDAL

     Kylar flashes Daiton. [In the bathroom!] Daiton flashes back. [That's bullshit! Why would she?] Daiton flashes Shem. [Did you hear this bullshit?] Shem flashes back. [What?] [K says J and the stranger were in the bathroom.] Shem flashes back to Daiton with her flash open to Red-Sky on their secret sub-encrypted frequency. [J and the stranger were in the bathroom? When?] Daiton flashes back to Shem. [Don't know. The only time it would be possible would be midnight, but I think it's bullshit.]

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