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Day 14 | Communicator To All

Sep 27, 2011 00:36

[Rat-a-tat-tat. A-rat-a-tat-tat.

Click click click.

Rat-a-ta-ta-ta. Rat-a-ta-TA!

There's someone drumming over the comm channel.]

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cordelisse September 27 2011, 06:28:00 UTC

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[Does she sound a little irritated. YES.]

ofpastnpresent September 27 2011, 06:45:26 UTC

[Drum roll please!]

Kidding?

Why, we're never kidding!

We're very serious about what we do.

And what we do... [Another drum roll.] Is drum!

cordelisse September 27 2011, 06:50:42 UTC

[You can practically HEAR the eyebrow raise through the communicator.]

NO. Really? I never would have guessed that what you do is drum. [The sarcasm, it is thick.]

Is there a particular reason you've decided to drum over the bloody comms?

ofpastnpresent September 28 2011, 01:17:23 UTC

[Their smiles are audible as they speak, continuing with a light rim-clicking.]

The carnival was feeling down.

So we thought a nice lively beat would help lift its spirits!

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a_h5n1 September 27 2011, 07:10:19 UTC

Goddamn that's irritating. You do realize that you're broadcasting over something I can't throw against a wall, right? Otherwise I might.

ofpastnpresent September 27 2011, 09:36:57 UTC

Why yes!

[A rolling beat on the snare.]

It's been so dour lately. We felt like the carnival needed some cheer.

a_h5n1 September 28 2011, 02:38:41 UTC

[ You can almost hear the eye-roll in his sigh. ] Well, no s*** it's dour. There's no sun and it's full of prisoners. And you need a lot more instruments to make a marching band.

ofpastnpresent September 28 2011, 02:48:18 UTC

You can see the sun if you want. You only need ride on the...

[Druuuuuummm ROLLLLLLLLLLL!]

The magnificent and thrilling, exciting and stupendous Dawn Coaster! A rush of adrenaline and a ray of sunshine in every ride!

We have all the instruments we need. We just lack the people to play them.

Iiiiiiiiiis that the sound of a volunteer?

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disregardadvice September 27 2011, 09:23:38 UTC

[The voice over the comm is strange - mechanical - and also a comical imitation of a very macho man coming from a woman.]

Drums?

DRUMS?

WAR DRUMS?

SOUNDS LIKE SOME DANGER!

ofpastnpresent September 27 2011, 09:28:18 UTC

[Not quite. Not yet.

Ah, there it is! A war drum sound!

Dum. Dum. Dum! Dum-ta-ta-ta-dum! Ta-ta-Dum! Ra-ta-click-dum-DUM!]

disregardadvice September 27 2011, 09:32:02 UTC

THEY'RE ATTACKING!

THEY'RE ATTACKING!

BATTLESTATIONS! I'M READY FOR THIS! MY TRAINING IN THE CONGO WAS ALL FOR THIS MOMENT!

ALL.

FOR.

THIS.

MOMENT!

COMING TO TAKE YOU DOWN! TAKE YOU DOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN TO CHINATOWN!

ofpastnpresent September 27 2011, 09:39:09 UTC

[The drumming stops. The voices that come through the comm sound a little panicked.]

Did you hear that?!

Quick, close the booth, close it!

It's stuck, I can't!

Barricade it with the bass drums, quick!

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fuilarsa September 28 2011, 04:30:34 UTC

...

[STARING.]

ofpastnpresent September 28 2011, 04:41:15 UTC

[A lovely drum beat for the little lady staring at the booth!

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum-da-da-dum! Ra-ta-ta-dum!]

fuilarsa September 29 2011, 02:17:20 UTC

Why?

[There's nothing ceremonial going on... or is there?]

ofpastnpresent September 29 2011, 05:23:23 UTC

Why, because we can!

Because it's what we do.

Do we really need a reason to?

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