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[oliverkeers13]

Edit: <META>

[pickwick the second]

Edit: never mind!

[MasterCheese]

Edit: Oops, i think i meta'd

[Scott]

Keep it!!! brilliance!!! fFrankly, that could be the end of the story. It acknowledges to Those Who Need To Know that we got the message, and it sends a direct message to the third power. Violet will get a laugh, V will pee his pants, Viard will smile quietly to himself.

Brilliant.

[pickwick the second]

Edit: apologies!

[chippy]

... so to continue...

Georgina didnt know what the note was saying...was it really for her? It said "You know who they are"... she didnt. Unless they were somehow related to that Goshworth character. Wheres Perplex City?, must be a UPVC Window Superstore on the outskirts of town, she thought. Killing people, thats serious! And the subway by Gillet road....

Georgina, shaken by the strangeness, the coffee starting to wake her up, the chill winter air, it must be real, it must be important, she didnt know what the note was saying, seems like nonsense - but she knew to see it through, to find out what this mystery is... "hmm, the subway wont be any warmer, after all"....
She hailed a passing taxi.

"To Gillet Road, driver!"

[POTUS]

The high clouds were even and symetrical, rippled and seemingly motionless against the glorious sunset. The taxi was passing over a never-ending carpet of lush green. Alfalfa and the occasional dairy cow stretched across the horizon. A few milkmaids were sidling to and fro collecting milk and transferring it to a refrigerated lorrie. A sweet melody began to play across the radio and Georgina asked the driver to turn up the volume and he obliged her.

She rolled down the window and took a deep breath of air. "Ah . . ." - she said to herself - farm country. I haven't smelled that since . . .

[Snowball]

...she broke off her train of thought harshly before the painful memories came flooding back to her. She'd locked her secret away long ago and didnt relish the thought of opening that door again.

The taxi driver demanding his payment jolted her back to reality, and she realised she had reached her destination. Stepping out of the cab she suddenly felt as lost and vulnerable as a child, the gloom of the evening closing in on her. Her mind racing as she realised that she was far too visible even in the dirty orange glow of the streetlamp. Opting to move into the shadows opposite the subway, she waited.

[Snowball]

doublepost - deleted

[pickwick the second]

Through her mind ran the words: "abandoned subway station." If something were to happen, if the note were a trap, there would be not a soul close enough to rescue her. She resolved to be cautious.

Implementing this procedure successfully entailed remaining undetected. Georgina melted back a few more inches into her shadowed hiding place, nervously watching the doorway. As she did so, she scuffed her shoe slightly; the sound echoed ominously through the empty square, and she jumped, half-expecting a hand to descend upon her shoulder. She turned around to reassure herself, just as a hand descended upon her shoulder.

As Georgina stifled a scream, her unseen companion, his face shadowed and his hand gesturing slightly toward the station, said one word: "Watch."

[Commo]

She forced herself to turn her head in the direction the man pointed, it was an effort to break from his stare. The sqaure was eerily quiet. A flock of pigeons taking flight from a nearby roof startled her, and again she stiffled a scream. Georgina was unsure how long she had been waiting, minutes, hours... each second seemed to take a lifetime. Her attention was caught however, by a flash of movement from the corner of her eye. She looked, and gasped as soon as she recognized what (change this to who if you like) it was she was looking at

[silhouette]

"Dad..." she whispered

[Mikeyj]

...but you were lost at sea off the coast of...

[oliverkeers13]

But before she could finish her sentence, a woman approached him. She was a stern looking woman, wearing a brown trenchcoat. "How inconspicuous" Georgina thought. Georgina noticed that the woman, presumably Ellen, was carrying a briefcase...

[specterz]

"This is not your dad you see before you, Georgina!" Ellen said. "Sure, this body belonged to him, but the new mind I and my colleagues have put in him, has left no trace of your father."
Georgina was shocked at Ellen's words, but as she looked closer at her father's face, she could see the vacant look in his eyes. It was as if he had turned into a zombie.
"There is only one way to get your father back! The solution is in this briefcase..."
Georgina's eyes darted to the briefcase. It was a nice shade of brown, with a golden handle. She was sure she had seen it before...
"But I won't give it to you so easily. In order to obtain this briefcase, you have to...