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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 5, 2010 14:48:30 GMT -5
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"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men have certain unalienable rights..... One, to be bored out of their mind." A package was dropped on a desk, and a cart was pushed to the next desk as Kayden continued to talk to herself to fill the silence, "Two, the right to be told what to do, no matter how menial the task." Another chunk of mail was dropped unceremoniously on to a desk as she moved on.
Kayden wasn't exactly the standard office worker. She was an actress, a comedian, one who wasn't meant to intern in a newspaper office. She enjoyed it, yes, except on the days that she was the lucky one that got to deliver mail. "Stupid friggin lazies who can't pick up their own freaking mail...." She stopped to drop off a letter at a certain Mr. keane's desk, and she stopped, biting her lip.
There it was. An emulator. It would be easy enough to swipe and hide it somewhere so she could watch his reaction. But she had to make sure that he would notice it was missing. So, with a quick glance around, she tucked it into the mail cart and wrote a 'ransom note' for the man to find.
It was written on a post it note in neat cursive, 'I've got your emulator. If you ever want to see it again, you'll find further instruction at the water cooler, at 2:00'
She stuck it on the screen and then pushed the mail cart back to the mail room so she could decide where to stash the emulator.
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THALIA
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~ muse of comedy and idyllic poetry ~
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 6, 2010 8:37:26 GMT -5
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I have always believed that
writing advertisements is the second
most profitable form of writing.
The first, of course, is ransom notes...
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His nose stuck in today's edition of the Inquirer, the Independent's rival newspaper, Keane ventured to his desk, narrowly avoiding the mail cart and its courier as he navigated the office maze of cubicles. He tossed the paper in his to-do box, which was already full of articles and documents that needed desperate attention, and sat down to look at his mail. The first piece was the only good mail that Keane received - a paycheck. A crisp white envelope was dumped uncerimoniously in the drawer of his file cabinet without a second glance - Keane didn't need to see who it was addressed to (Kingston Edward Hughes) or the monogrammed initials BWH to know it was from his mother.
As Keane powered up his computer, a sticky note on the monitor caught his eye. It read, "I've got your emulator. If you ever want to see it again, you'll find further instruction at the water cooler, at 2:00." Oh, joy. A ransom note. Glancing about his desk and rumaging through the desk drawers revealed the note to be true to its word, but who would take a game emulator?
Keane began thinking of all the people in the office who would have the impish nature to leave a ransom note. He could individually ask them if they took it and/or dig through their desks while they were gone...
Or you could just be at the water cooler at 2:00...
Right, water cooler.
Sighing, Keane powered down his computer, checking the time before he did so. 1:22. Thirty-eight more minutes until the meeting. Grabbing his laptop, the Inquirer, and the Independent, he navigated his rolling-chair across the office, parking it next to the water cooler.
1:24.
He would be ready when the time came.
Philip Dusenberry
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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 6, 2010 12:01:44 GMT -5
(( I'll make it pretty with the template when I get home.... I'm on my iPod right now... ))
Kayden bit her lip as Keane passed her, or rather, Mr. Hughes passed her, though she shouldn't have worrried. After all, she was just the intern- half the people working at the Independent didn't even know she existed, let alone know her name. So, she was passed by without much thought on his part, and Kay was able to safely put the mail cart back in the mail room, and stash the emulator in her gym bag. Kay was planning on going to the theater after work so she could run a couple scenes, and there was no way she was doing it in her dress and heels. Nope. Sweats and converse were the way to go for that, thus the gym bag of clothes.
With a final 'zzip' the emulator was closed up in the bag, and the bag was stored under its table again, hidden from view. That finished, Kayden had to figure out what the next step was for holding the emulator hostage. Tell him no cops? Well, yeah, that was a given. Maybe she should make him get her Chinese food for lunch or something? That could work.... She grabbed a pad of paper and a pen, writing a new note in the same, neat cursive, 'If you want your Emulator back, it's going to cost you.... Don't bring the cops into this, or else you'll never see it again. Chinese food is the key. Shrimp Lo mein. Delivered to the office. Give it to the blonde intern, Kayden. Tell her to leave it in the microwave in the lounge, where there will be another note for her to give to you.'
Kayden poked her head out of the mail room then, checking to make sure the coast was clear by the watercooler. Nope. Keane was sitting there. Fantastic. Kay checked her phone, 1:57. She needed to work fast. She went over to her bag and pulled out a piece of bubble gum, chewing it in a semi-annoying fashion as she made her way to the watercooler.
She blew a bubble and popped it in her mouth as she approached, deciding to play the 'dumb, teenage blonde' role. She wasn't one of the best actresses in her troupe for nothing- she played her part well. She held the note out in a haphazard manner, "So, this guy like.... Told me to give this to you? He said it was important.... Or something." A few more chews of gum, another bubble, and Kayden stood there for a second, "Don't you like.... Have a desk for that? Why are you sitting by the water cooler?" Oh, she was good. She could have gotten a Grammy for that one.
Kayden's day had just gotten considerably more fun.
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~ muse of comedy and idyllic poetry ~
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 6, 2010 12:30:32 GMT -5
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All day - starin' at the ceilin'
makin' friends with shadows on the wall.
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1:57 - Keane shut down his laptop, placing it next to the two newpapers on the floor and leaned back in the chair. Three more minutes.
1:59 - The room became a dizzying blur as Keane spun around in his chair, very nearly knocking over the water cooler in the process.
"So, this guy like.... Told me to give this to you? He said it was important.... Or something."
Keane stopped spinning, but the room still tilted sideways as he looked glassy-eyed at the girl standing in front of him. What was she doing here? He leaned sideways, glancing at her pockets for the tell-tale emulator-shaped bulge. No, such luck.
Were you even listening, Keane?
Keane jumped, his eyes locking on the note in the girl's hand. Another note! What was it that she said? He took the note, reading the words carefully.
"If you want your Emulator back, it's going to cost you.... Don't bring the cops into this, or else you'll never see it again. Chinese food is the key. Shrimp Lo mein. Delivered to the office. Give it to the blonde intern, Kayden."
Keane looked up at the intern as she popped a bubblegum bubble. Check, one blonde intern, Kayden.
"Don't you like.... Have a desk for that? Why are you sitting by the water cooler?"
Keane smiled amiably at the girl. "Thank you, Kayden. I shall be returning to my desk now." He picked up his laptop and papers as he turned, rolling back across the office.
"Now what, Thalia?" Keane muttered to the muse as he avoided running into his officemates.
You order Chinese food - get me a spring roll and some sizzling rice soup, Kingston.
As he reached his desk, Keane sighed, picking up the phone off of his desk.
"Two spring rolls, one sizzling rice soup, one shrimp lo mein, and a vegetable order, coming up."
Unwell by Matchbox Twenty
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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 6, 2010 18:11:24 GMT -5
Kayden raised an eyebrow as the man in front of her stopped spinning in his chair and looked up at her with a glazed look in his eyes. It certainly wasn't the usual behavior of your typical working stiff. Whatever floated his boat though, was just fine by her.
She popped another bubble gum bubble, as she watched him gather up his things, "Wait.... How did you...? You know my name? Like.... Nobody knows my name. Why do you?" She put on an incredibly confused face and watched as Keane wheeled himself to his desk. She chewed her gum for a second in the same obnoxious way then called after him, "Nice talking to you?" With a shrug, she turned to go back into the lounge, a giant smile on her face.
It really was the best day interning. She hadn't had a prank as good as this one in a while. She threw away her gum, really having no good reason to keep chewing it. It wasn't like she was going to run into Keane between now and the time when he gave her the Chinese food. No need to wear her jaw out unnecessarily.
Besides, she had to figure out what was next. Give him back his Emulator? No, that would spoil the fun. But she wasn't sure what other demands she could reasonably make. Chinese food wasn't exactly cheap(not in her mind, anyways), so she couldn't have him buying anything else.... Maybe she could make him do something incredibly odd and embarrassing in the middle of the office. Like perhaps do the chicken dance? Or do the worm down the hall?Both very plausible ideas. Perhaps she should make him run down the hall screaming about absolutely nothing, pretending that something was chasing him. That could work too. Though somehow, she was leaning toward the chicken dance idea. Decisions, decisions. And making them had never been Kay's strong suit. She filled roles, made pre-set decisions, she didn't actually choose one way or another in real-life situations.
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 7, 2010 8:14:37 GMT -5
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You know, you're lucky I'm letting you do this.
The smell of grease and Chinese food filled the air of the small break room, permeating the walls for the next several hours with the stench. The room was absent, except for one occupant, who closed the door upon entry. Keane Hughes sat cross-legged at the table, chomping away at a spring roll in sheer delight.
If you eat the lo mein or my spring roll, I'm never letting you do this again, Thalia.
Thalia, who was currently occupying Keane's body, finished her roll before deigning to comment. "Relax, Keane, you're food is safe. You should probably be more worried about someone finding us in here."
Finding me. Keane corrected sullenly. Anyways, I've been thinking.
"A dangerous habit," the muse remarked between bites.
There was an irritated pause before Keane continued. When you transition from occupant to host, why is it that my eyes change color? I mean, couldn't it be something more subtle?
In a moment of weakness, Keane had agreed for Thalia to take control of his body so that she could enjoy her food first-hand. Apparently, Thalia felt a lot of the sensations that he felt, but watered down. She compared it to trying to feel heat through an oven mitt - the heat is there, just less noticeable. As a precaution, Keane transitioned in the restroom, just in case something abnormal occurred. Just like every other time the two had switched places, Keane's eye color changed from light brown to a dark yellow. Most people probably wouldn't realize what had been altered, but everyone would realize something was different.
"Sure," The sizzling rice soup was opened with a cloud of steam. "But considering the original plan was to change voices, this is comparably more subtle. You wouldn't want my voice coming out of your body."
Keane tried to shrug before he realized it wouldn't work. This was going to take a lot more getting used to. He sighed - mentally - and reviewed the last note to Thalia.
Lo mein - check. Now we just wait until intern Kayden shows up - if she shows up.
Chinese Proverb
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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 18, 2010 22:44:01 GMT -5
(( I SWEAR, I'm working on a reply... I'm just so... at a loss for what to say! I can't decide what I'll have Kay do! Hopefully my muse will spark up since I have to work this week! ))
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THALIA
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~ muse of comedy and idyllic poetry ~
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 19, 2010 12:41:31 GMT -5
(( I SWEAR, I'm working on a reply... I'm just so... at a loss for what to say! I can't decide what I'll have Kay do! Hopefully my muse will spark up since I have to work this week! )) ((Haha, muse.)) |
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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 20, 2010 12:56:02 GMT -5
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"Well that had actually worked better than she had planned. Within a half hour, Kayden could smell the aromatic scent of chinese food, and it pulled her forward toward the break room.
She had grabbed a new piece of bubblegum and popped it into her mouth, chewing a little as she made her way into the room blinking a little at the sight of just Keane, since she had heard him talking to someone. Still, she shrugged it off. Besides, it wasn't all that unusual to talk to yourself, after all, Kayden would do it on occasion.
"Uhm... I hate to interrupt, but that guy told me to come talk to you? He said something about chinese food and an Emma... Latte. Or whatever." She shrugged and blew a bubble holding out another post-it note in the same neat cursive, detailing what was to be done next- Keane was to give the chinese food to Kayden, he didn't want it anymore, and then Keane was to run around the office building yelling out embarrassing things for the next five minutes. Then, and only then would he get his Emulator back.
Kayden blew another bubble as she watched Keane carefully, waiting for him to take the post-it note, a look of bored apathy plastered on her face. She looked like the typical teenager that was only delivering the stupid post-it notes because she was getting paid for it.
She folded one arm over her chest, holding the other out haphazardly with the post-it note in between her pointer and middle fingers. She was actually having to remind herself to look bored for fear that her internal laughing might become apparent and Keane would catch on to the fact that she was the one who took the emulator.
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 20, 2010 18:11:30 GMT -5
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Have you ever gotten the feeling
that you aren't completely embarassed yet,
but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?
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As the door to the break room squeaked open, Thalia turned around quickly to face whoever was coming inside, a flash of color from yellow to brown marking the switch between the two occupants' personalities. It was the mail courier, Kayden, come to see Keane. As per usual, the teenager had a sour look on her face, was popping her bubble gum loudly, and was holding a sticky note out to Keane.
"Uhm... I hate to interrupt, but that guy told me to come talk to you? He said something about chinese food and an Emma... Latte. Or whatever."
THE NOTE!
Keane read over it quickly, glancing up at Kayden and tapping his chin in thought. The chinese food goes to Kayden, and all he had to do was publicly embarrass himself? It seemed way too easy. Embarrassing himself was practically Keane's second nature.
He grabbed Thalia's half finished spring roll and the vegetables and left the room, nodding a thank you to Kayden as he left. Now what to do... what to do... Keane glanced at his desk as he sat down. A grin spread across his face as he looked at his iPod and the portable speakers on his desk.
This was going to be fun.
Tom Cruise
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Post by KAYDEN COOMBS on Jul 22, 2010 14:47:11 GMT -5
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Wait, that was it? He just took the note and left? He couldn't really be that willing to make a fool of himself, could he? Still, Kayden couldn't necessarily say that it was a bad thing. At least she got chinese food out of the deal.
She took a deep breath then. Mmm, the lo mein smelled fantastic. She went and grabbed the carton, popping it open and grabbing the pair of chopsticks from the table. She threw out her gum and took a couple bites of the food as she made her way to the duffel bag pulling the emulator out and sticking it in her pocket.
With another bite of chinese food, she walked out of the breakroom and leaned up against the door frame as she watched Keane get together his ipod and some portable speakers. And he didn't seem the least bit phased by what he was going to do.
It was odd. And perfect. She couldn't have picked a better 'victim' for her prank. She took another bite of the chinese food, then looked over Keane's shoulder, "So, uhm... What're you doing?"
What happened next was answer enough for that question. Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" started playing. And loudly.
Kayden stepped back then to let Keane pass her, glad that she had chosen Keane to play this prank on. It was perfect. It was better than perfect. It was pristine. Sublime. Thoroughly genius on Keane's part. His job was to do something embarrassing, and from the looks of it, he had a plan.
With that, Kay perched herself on his desk to watch the mayhem, chinese food in hand. She took a bite, watching as Keane started skipping, his Ipod blaring the rather embarrassing song, and then to top it off, he started singing along.
Kayden put the chinese food aside, so as not to spill it as she laughed hysterically. Here was a grown man, skipping around the office singing along to Lady Gaga.
By the time the song was over, Kayden was almost crying she was laughing so hard, and she wished she had brought a video camera or something. Still, just watching it once was enough.
"Oh man! That definitely exceeded my expectations!" She pulled the emulator out of her pocket then, holding it out to Keane in a very purposeful manner, "I guess you earned this.... Thanks for the chinese food, by the way." She smiled in her sweet, Kayden-like way, hoping that Keane wouldn't be mad. It was all meant in good fun.
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Post by KEANE HUGHES on Jul 24, 2010 22:14:42 GMT -5
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they assume it must be on the way
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Keane, seriously, what are you doing?
As Keane skipped around the office singing Bad Romance, Thalia was busy lecturing him. Not that it really mattered - Keane was still going to look like an idiot regardless of what she said. It had not taken him long to figure out who the mastermind behind all of this was. Anybody who had been here long already knew about Keane's antics and would not be surprised that he was doing this. The emulator kidnapper was obviously new here, and the odds that he was young were greater than the odds against.
Keane. You're embarrassing me, and I'm incorporeal.
He ignored her and finished the song out, bowing as he received applause from some of his more humorous coworkers and saluting the rest of the staff who glared at him. Keane held out his hand expectantly when he reached his desk and Kayden who was sitting on it.
"Oh man! That definitely exceeded my expectations! I guess you earned this.... Thanks for the chinese food, by the way." Kayden handed him his emulator, which Keane pocketed immediately, a half-hearted frown on his face.
'Why.." He began. Nah, it he could tell that it was just a joke from the look on Kayden's face. "Well, you put on a good show as well, though the constant gum popping was a bit much."
Terry Guillemets
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