Re: The Ye Old Shoppe o' Curiosities (An OpenBook Production)

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its coming.

Molly:I pulled the glasses from my pocket with a glare. "I do not need medication, you do! THATS A FREAKING CENTAUR!" I turned to the centuar, "No offense."
I turned back to her and pushed her into the lake grinning, I turned back to the Centaur only to see a band of dirty and scraggly people run into view. I widened my eyes forgetting about the rainbow effect.

there, happy?

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"That was so uncalled for! I'm only making conversation..." I muttered.
Deciding that I was cool, I turned on my back and started paddling effortlessly to the edge of the lake. I even spurted some water from my mouth, the spray of murky water like a dirty fountain flowing.
"Now come on! Get me out!"
I didn't at all notice the new members joining us at all, but I did rather like Mr. Trotter the Centaur, or so his name badge said.

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Oh! I forgot to mention: I'm not going to be on for the next few days/week due to me going abroad for the holidays. Sorry.

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no prob!
Molly: I froze as the gang assembled in a half circle around me and 'Mr. Trotter' or so the name tag mentioned. I looked at them all wide eyed, they were all really good looking guys although very dirty. "R-r-robin? I think..we have some unexpected guests.." I said.
"Oh, I am so sorry, my dear, are you alright? You must be incredibly startled." Mr. Trotter said with a bow.
"Yes,I am quite startled. Do you have any freaking idea why we're in a forest and your half horse?" I asked calmly.

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"Fine, let me struggle out by myself... Ooo, hello there."
I raised a brow to Molly, a smile on my face before looking to each of the guys that stood infront of us, surrounding. So, I'd have half and Molly could have the others...maybe Mr. Trotter would want one? I had no idea.
"And Molly, here, your eyes are watering again," I passed her a tissue, though it was rather sodden from the fall into the lake. Serves her right.
"And Mr. Trotter, sorry for my friend being so damn blunt, but she has got a point. Usually when we come down here there is no hill, loads of cute-looking guys but none that walk around in crowds and dirty clothing, mainly because this isn't that part of the city and no centaurs, not that I mind having all of this... And no lakes, I think that I wasn't destined to be a swimmee somehow. Sorry, I've rambled."

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Molly: I hid a bit behind her, scared out of my mind. I closed my eyes and opened them, nope still a hoarde of really unbelievbly cute guys and a centaur.
"Let me explain, these boys are the lost boys, you may know them from the fable called Peter pan. I am Cornelias Trotter, when I saw you leave from Ye olde shoppe o' curiosities I knew I had to intervene."
I shivered as the centaur talked feeling more and more like a character in a fantasy novel. I blushed a bit as one of the 'lost boys' poked my side.
A turned and squinted my eyes at him, forgetting the rainbow effect making the guy jump back.

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I nodded at Mr. Trotter before raising a brow at the guy that had poked Molly... Was it just me?
"Hey, Mols," I whispered, bending down to reach her ear, "Does he look a bit like Nerdy Fergie? Y'know, ginger hair, matted brown eyes...? He looks rather like him."
Then an idea snapped to my head. Instantly, I rose back and searched e crowd in search for two identical-looking shaggy-haired boys. None. Grand.
"So, would you please tell us exactly how we get back? Or is it going to be one of those things where we can only do so once we have completed a quest or slayed a dragon or something...?"

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Molly: I glared at robin for a few moments, although now that she'd mentioned it the kid did have a centain uncanny resemblance to Fergie.

"Oh, no, none of that voilent nonsense. I just had to tell you that you have been given the sight by knocking on the door of magic, you two have now entered a new world and will be able to cross between them. You two must know the saying 'things aren't always as they seem' am I right? With the sight, you will see how true that statment is.. and for your eyes my dear," The centuar smiled, "All you have to do is say 'change me quod velim, quid aliud quam cogitatio tantum Video differentia.' and you will be the only one to see the change. Be wary girls, new dangers present themselves to you." With a single snap we were back in the city and it started to rain.
I whispered the enchantment and sighed, I was already soaking wet but the rain did hide the fact about how I had gotten wet.
I started to shiver violently from the sudden onslought of cold and I looked to Robin. "I wanna go somewhere warm.. I wanna go home!"

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"My house is closer."
I didn't know how to react; Mr. Trotter had helped us a lot, but that door was a portal thing that we can go to the magical world whenever we wanted?... This is so much better than Lord of the Rings.
"Come on," I called, running to the bus shelter, my hair and clothes already dripping, "Nice to see the normal green again m'dear though; he was right on only you seeing it... When will I get something like that though? Weird. Anyhoo, I have a spot of reading to do for now, eh?"
With that, I pulled out the book that was in my bag. I grimaced. It was dripping with lake and/or rain water. Great.
This day just gets better and better, eh? Robbie, just wait for the bus, Oli and Trigger will be home and then from there Oli can give Molly a lift home. It's okay, m'dear.
I placed the book in the space next to me on the bench, the water dripping off of the pages violently. Slipping my aviators on, I felt the cold drift up my spine, causing a rather violent shiver to clasp me: I too wanted to go home.

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Molly: I tried to speak but a little whisper came out instead of the sentence, I was afraid I might bite my own tongue from my teeth chattering, I was so cold. "S-s-s-sc-screw... i-i-it." I said and wrapped my arms around Robin. I needed body heat and currently I didn't have any heat of any sort. When the bus arrived we stood and entered, I still not letting go of Robin. I dropped in our money and sat with a glance to the bus driver I noticed he only had one eye. I whimpered a bit but hoped Robin noticed it too.

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I sighed and looked at Molly, seeing her facial expression, "What?"
I followed her eyesight to the driver... Cyclops? Maybe we weren't back in our real home yet. I honestly had no idea.
"Here," I passed her a pair of gloves, "See what you can do with that."
Standing up, I looked about the bus; everyone else seemed to be normal; even Mrs Gregory had her seat in the back of the bus with a bag of wine gums clutched in her wrinkled hand.
"I'm knackered; I can't be asked to deal with something like this right now..." I muttered before sitting down.
My head rested on Molly's wet shoulder before I found myself instantly asleep and snoring away.

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Molly:I sighed as the bus stopped at her house and I stood up, catching her before she fell to the seat. I carefully picked her up and dragged her out of the bus, I got her to the door before I fell over panting. "You weigh alot!" I gasped. I kicked her door with my foot unable to get up and hoped that someone would get to the door.

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"Hey, hey... Hey Molly, why has Robin... Crap."
Bending over, he took Molly and picked her up then looked down to his little sister. Sighing, he grabbed her arm and hoisted her up, draping the arm about his neck.
"Molly, go to the kitchen and get a glass of water; you know where everything is, right?"
He had seen her enough times here; he used to think that she had moved in due to the amount of time that she had been here lately, but he didn't mind.
"Now, Robin m'dear what's happened to you eh?"
Dropping her onto the sofa, he looked down to her face; she looked like she was sleeping, but it was obvious that she wasn't, to him at least.

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Molly: I laughed and got some water. "She's only sleeping, unless she went to the bar in the five mintutes I wasn't looking. Don't worry, I keep her clean." I said to him smiling. I grabbed a glass for myself, I handed him the full one. I shivered a bit still being wet, cold and now currently dirty.

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"Yes, well sometimes she drifts off heavily and nothing wakes her up... Wake up!"
With that, he threw the glass of water over his already drenched sister. Nothing.
"Told you. She has some spare clothes in her room; I'm sure that she won't mind you wearing some of her old gear, eh? She isn't going to be wearing the things in her wardrobe so take a look in there, okay? I'll tend to Sleeping Ugly."
He grabbed a towel and propped it beneath her head before walking off again.

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Molly: I smiled and went to her room. I sighed knowing everything here was either punk or rocker, nothing my style. I peeled off my clothes and pulled on some ripped fishnet stockings and a jean skirt. I put on a cute tee to finish the look and walked out to the living room not totally comfortable in the short skirt. "Ta....da..." I whispered.

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"I thought that she threw it out... Maybe she had a sift spot for it? I dunno what goes on in that girl's head some days. Also how you've managed to stay friends with her for this darn long... Oh well."
Oli shrugged before exiting the room again.
Robin was currently all tucked up, Floppy, her toy rabbit that she never sleeps without, and all. Shifting onto another side, she began muttering.
"Caligo resperat consiatilio everet Yoghurt drendruff... Molly...?"

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Molly: "hmmm...Molly heard her name now wishes to know why the speaker said it..." I said smiling. Now that I was warm, I was happy.

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"I did?... Is that my skirt? Man I thought I threw that out! And I defiantly threw out them fishnets... I used to wear that? Crud."
Rising up, I took Floppy and balanced her on my lap sighing. I honestly didn't know why I left that side of me in the dust... Okay, that was a lie. I did know and I didn't want to look back to that at the moment. What was that? My past.
"Anyway, did I say your name?"

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I've added Oli and Robin's little sister, Angie's, profiles on the first page just for ease and so I don't lose it

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Molly: "Well if you didn't, Molly is crazy." I said straighten it out, I really hoped that I didn't look like stripper.

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I rolled my eyes before standing up, taking Floppy neatly in my arms, "You look... Okay, you're coming with me. I doubt you'll be allowed into your house dressed like that. Come on."
I grabbed the blanket aswell, folding it up neatly before leaving it on the sofa. I needed to change myself so I needed to go up to my room myself.
"And by the way, if I did say your name, I can't remember; I'm still half asleep."

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Molly: I laughed and leaned back on the couch, I did look a bit strange. "It's not my fault you had that emo rocker phase, I only have remenents of the disaster." I shouted at her.

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"Actually, I quite liked that one; I kept half of thr things from that: skinnies, band tees, the musical taste, the shoes... I didn't even think that I had a tiny skirt and fishnets until I went to that party of someone's, possibly halloween," I drifted off in thought; I couldn't remember half the things that I've done.
Starting to smirk, I rose my hand to my ear, touching the piercings that I had done up there during that phase. I did enjoy that one and I did do rather well on bass guitar... I might return to that one actually...minus the fishnets.
"Anyways, come on! I'm not bringing down a whole outfit for you!" I shouted, dragging her off of my couch, "Or I'll bet Dilly on you!"
Dilly was the demon cat from hell that liked nobody, actually nobody that was a stranger. Dilly still didn't like Molly even after the amount of times that she's been over; it was verging on ridiculous!
Raising a pierced brow, though it was mostly hidden my the fringe, I dropped her so that she collasped on the couch. With my toy rabbit firmly in my grasp, I legged it up to my bedroom.
Ever since I started going through every phase on Earth, my room has always shown it with a mix-match set of things that didn't make any sense to anyone bar me. The walls remained a pale yellow but were covered in posters of the bands that I liked. My chest of drawers with all my make-up neatly tucked away in various bags, then, The Wardrobe.
"You still want to go for that style of clothes?" I shouted down to Molly, my arms deep in technicoloured clothing.

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Molly: I sighed and stomped up to her room. "Fine, dress me. I don't care anymore, use my body as you wish." I fell onto her bed in a fake swoon. I personally really didn't care what I wore as long as it covered a decent amount of skin, I did have my limits. I loved little Dilly, the fact that he didn't love me back was the problem. I think it was because he was territorial and he could smell my cats on me.

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I raised a brow, "Don't ever say that again."
Fighting off the shivers, I started sorting through the clothes in my closet, figuring out what would fit her.
"Any colours that you want to avoid or should I just go for what I think, eh?" I smirked, taking out a few things, "and make yourself useful and go grab the orange bag on the side on top of there."
Lazily, I waved to the small bags of make-up on the side, hoping that I remembered the right colour... It was orange or silver at least.
As I dropped the clothes onto the bed, I picked a cute pair of shorts. I looked over to Molly and pondered again for a moment.
"Can you make your eyes stay one colour or does it change randomly?"

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