Poughkeepsie Attacks!!!: Team Smith Brothers

[gone_byebye]

The Smith Brothers were once upon a time considered the Beards Who Made Poughkeepsie Famous. In many a world, their old factory has long since shut down and their product is now manufactured in Chicago. Not so here; the same factory continues to operate, churning out lozenges by the gross.

Or they do during the day, anyway. Tonight the place is crawling with security. Who knew that non-prescription cough drops needed so many guardians?

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[stilljustandrew]

*He's hurtling backwards at roughly the speed of a car, they're rapidly outdistancing pursuit, the entire area they're leaving is covered in fruity-medicinal-smelling goo, and Matilda is giggling.*

*Under the circumstances, it's contagious.*

[gone_byebye]

Some of the guards are still running. Most of them have stopped and are staring.

One of them is saying "Screw it, I was gonna quit anyway," and pulling a flask out of his pocket. "Hey! Any of you guys want a snort?"

The goat sized cough drop monster is quietly gorbling towards the gate, but it's starting to lose heart.

[precocioustilda.livejournal.com]

Tilda hears the gorbling over the rushing of wind in her ears and makes a mental note to blow up the cough drop monster more thoroughly when they get to safety and she can put Andrew down.

In the meantime?

She's a little too busy with those giggles.

[stilljustandrew]

*Safety is relative, but a quiet street out of sight of the factory grounds with no immediate pursuit will do just fine for now. Andrew settles to the ground, wobbles slightly, and steadies.*

Okay. The Ark definitely wasn't there, and whatever was has been pretty well broken up.

[precocioustilda.livejournal.com]

"Right."

She hops off of Francis and dusts herself off, taking a moment to rearrange her hair ribbon, which has gotten somewhat mussed. (Shh. Hair ribbons are totally stealthy.)

"I feel sort of bad for leaving them to deal with the cough-drop monster, but I suppose there's not much to be done about it by now. I think it's safe to say we've completed our mission."

Bright smile.

[gone_byebye]

There's a crackle of static on the radio Ray insisted everyone wear.

"Guys? This is Ecto. You'd better get up here ASAP."

[stilljustandrew]

Okay, Francis, you heard the lady -- Matilda, can I get a lift again?

*And they're off.*