WHO: Calvin and OPEN
WHERE: Near one of the City's library branches
WHEN: Wednesday afternoon, after school
WARNINGS: Pigeon and rat-related horrors
SUMMARY: Calvin's trip to the library is interrupted by swarms of homicidal vermin. Someone save him.
FORMAT: Quicklog! Calvin will be getting into trouble repeatedly, so multiple threads of multiple
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Hey, you're that -- Um, don't think I caught your name.
[ Then he sees the rabid pigeons and rats that are hot on their tail. ]
But now's probably not a good time, huh?
[ Don't blink, Calvin! Did you blink? Because if you did, you'll find yourself in an alley five blocks from where you were previously. ]
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[Suddenly, alley! Calvin turns around, dizzy and confused.]
-vin. Impulse? What the heck just happened? Did you save me?
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You're not mad, are you?
[ The last person he saved in these alleys chewed him out for it! Sigh, life. ]
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[ His frown fades, though. ] So, Calvin, right?
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Yeah, that's me. By the way, we're not going to need that petition. Me and the grown-ups have come to an 'arrangement.'
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[ Subject changed! Good thing helping people is relevant to Bart's interests. (It'll probably come up later, though. Bart's a curious guy.) ]
'Course I could! [ He picks Calvin up and ZOOM! Now they're at the library. ]
What're you at the library for?
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[More dizziness. Calvin stumbles, disoriented by the sudden transition between here and there.]
Uh... to get books! Obviously. What else would I be at the library for?
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Do they have a comic book section?
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The library doors open to complete chaos! There are rats and pigeons everywhere, and they're chewing out all the books. Everyone's hiding under the tables. ]
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AAAGH! Save the books! Save the books!
[And the people too BUT MAINLY THE BOOKS. Calvin completely forgets that he's supposed to be the one being protected here, and plunges into the fray, knocking aside rats and flying books away from their devourers. The cool books, at least.]
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What gives? I just saved 'ya from those things, and you charged back in! Are books that important?
[ In Bart's world? Nope. People are, though -- he'll be thinking something up to help them sometime soon. ]
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