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[b]”I wonder if there’s going to be anything for us to do by the time we get to the castle.“[/b]

[color=888888]— Mac[/color]
[hider=Tonya ‘Mac’ Murphy]
[b]A̸̩͛̉̓g̴̹̗̺̑͐̋͠ͅę̵̨̬̼́̈̇:̴̹̳̔̇̈̓ ̵̛̳͗̎̏2̵͂̇̂̉͜4̷͎͚̘̹̈/̴̡̩̝͋1̸̟͖̿͒̊̒1̵̛̰̳̦͛̎ ̷͙̯̲̑̉͌͜|̸̙̥̏̂ ̸̠̫̎́G̷̜̺̱̟̎́̎͠ẹ̸̹̮͌̐n̴̗̈́͝d̷͌̉͜e̷̥̱͍̓r̴̟͉̅̎̓̃:̴̗̊́ ̵͉̽F̵͎͋̚ȩ̸̈̌́m̷̨͕̐̐á̷̡̤̙́͐l̴͈̙̠͇̎̐ê̵̘̮̤͜/̸̡͍͇̒F̸̧̮̔͠e̶͍͛͌͒̌m̷̜̐͗ä̸̩̯̽ͅl̶͚͇̠͒e̶̥͍̽ ̵̡̛͍̐|̵̨͙̏̆͌͗ͅ ̵̘̳̅̐I̸̘̾̾l̸͖͈̯͍̿͐͛͒l̸̤͙͖̫̂͂́̀u̸̺̘̘͒̅̏s̴͔͇̰̤͂̓i̵̻͔̅o̴̢̱̻̽͌n̸̲̼͆̚,̵̨̇ ̵̢̲̓͘Ġ̸̨̮͈̆̔͝r̴̮͈͈͕̉ȁ̶̛̹̝̓̐v̷̭͎̇i̶̪͕̊̕͝t̵̓͜ý̶͉̩̔
̶̧̨̳̩͋͋͛B̸̼̘̆ó̴̪̕d̷̬̝͍̹̔̈́ỳ̴̖ ̵̩̦͓̫̅|̷̨͎̮̤̒̔̚ ̴̤̮̜̃̀P̷̞͎̿̂̀̌o̴̳͛̉͘w̸̱̎ẻ̵̥͚͉̃̐r̷̝̒͊ ̵͍̘̬̆̄́ö̷̼̲̈͠f̷͇̘̤̃̈́͝ ̷̧͕̬̉F̸̠͌́r̷͖̩͔͝i̷̹̰̞͚͆̃e̷̢͕̤͌n̷̗̣̘̰̈́d̶͈̣͎͉̆ŝ̵̥̻̭̓̆͘ḧ̵̨̳̮́ỉ̷̙͉̘p̴̞̟̾,̷̠̋́͑̀ ̵̯͙͔̑̑R̶̨͖̎e̷̡̢͖͍̅g̶̛̗͈ě̸̛̫̩͔̇͂ṇ̴̢̫̳̕e̵̹̿̍̌̈́ȓ̷͔̬̯͔̿ą̵̠̣͊͂t̵̝́͂́̉ì̵̩̚o̴͔͒̇͐n̴̳̩͈̋͝,̴̮̈́̀̄͋ ̸͙͐̽T̵͖̿h̵͔̘̰͔̆̌̋í̴̢̙̺̿r̴͉̘̆͗̾́d̶̫͊̍̄ ̶̺͇̈́͆͝E̶̞̜͓̙̿̒y̴̝̫͉̝̔e̵̬͆̀ ̸̮̱̾͒̚͝|̷̹̙͇͌̿̕ ̸̢͚̗͌̀͘͝C̸͉͊͂r̴͉͚̊͑̂͆a̵̩̰͈͊͑̓̒d̸̹̭͚̊̃̈ͅl̶͈̈͝e̷̩̭̙̒͂̕
̴͔̩̩̈́͗̊͝ͅC̷̮͙̪̥̿͊ò̵̪͈̭͕̂̈́͑e̸̡͖͝ͅṛ̸̡̆̑͒̀c̵̥̉́̚i̵̪͝o̸̺͔̫̒̋́͗n̶͚̝̈͒̕,̸̜͉͗̆̉̈ ̵̣͓̯͖̽̋̎̍S̵̗͈̹̭̾̀o̶̡̩̫̊̆u̵̟̯͔͕͐l̶͍̭͐̚ ̵͓̯̈Ĵ̴̘̙͆ä̶̫̼́̌͑r̴͚͇̃͐͊,̵̗͇̜̀͛̕ ̸͐̀͜M̷̛̫͕̆͌͘a̷͕̎̕r̶̘̂t̸͍̣̹̼̉̈́̈̌i̷̝̪͑͌̊ạ̷͚̑̄̽ĺ̴̠̥͚̹ ̸̛̬̭͉̍̑͜T̷̰͆̅͆͠r̵̼͕̼̐̽̈á̶͇̞̱̍̕͝ȋ̴̦͖̄n̶͓͓̱͑͝ỉ̵̤ń̵̥͇̪̽̎̀g̵͓͙̑̌̅,̷̡̞͔͉̓̊͌͝ ̷͔̔T̴̨͈́͑ŗ̴̦̌͗ǔ̷͜ę̷͘ ̸͎̀S̵̤͋͗ì̴̲̦̮g̷̨̟̒̊͐͗ͅḩ̵͖͉̯͋ť̴̺̠,̵͙̹̈ ̷̢̳͔̽̅̋͜P̸̣͖̻̜̂ȃ̸͔͉͋r̴͔͙̘̄̀a̷̧̜̓́ṣ̵̢̼̒͊ͅi̷̫̎̍͘t̴̲̯̔́̀͝e̷͈͑̄͌͗,̴̨̡̗̝̒͝ ̶̖̪̙̭͛͒̕Ġ̸͍̳̝i̶̗̫͖̩̾f̴̠̙̋͊t̴̤̓̇e̷̙̟̊d̵̡̙̗̤̎,̷͉̑ ̵̨͓͑̀̌͜Ä̷̘̺́̍̕w̶̟̠̽̚a̷̝͌̂͝ȑ̵͕̘̥̀̀̚͜e̴̩̿͘ň̴̹̘̕ě̷͖̗ŝ̶̙s̸̜̥͙̰̽̆̇,̷̩͔̀ ̵̡̙͚͋̋̆Ǒ̸̧̧̺̯͗v̸̭͍̿̎͝ě̵͈́̓̈r̸̠̉͌͜c̸̲̰̲̈́i̸̜̠̠̊͆̐t̸̰̺̰̹̏́̈͛y̶͇̝̬̽̊ ̷̛̩̼̝͌̐̔Ŝ̸̝̥̮̄̂̄ẖ̷̦̔̒̑i̵̢͎̦͛f̵̰̈́͊t̵̛̛̯̠̭͆͝,̵̛̝͐͘͠ ̷̞̎̃M̴̧̬͂͌ȳ̶̼̹͕̼̚s̴̟̻͈̺͝t̷̘́́̊͠ǐ̶̠̖̋͗͠c̶̛͖̪̈̚ ̸̢͓͇̫̆A̴̩̜̥͂̋̚r̷̢̗̰̋̐͐̈́t̵̢̞̥͐̋̈́̕i̷̦͒f̵̳͎̭̚ͅa̵͙͕̱̠̕c̷̙͂͊̚t̵̛̞̬͗͛̋
̸͖̈́͗
̷͙͈̀̀̑̌Ṃ̵̫̑̂ẵ̴̘͒̚g̶̨̖̝͐̂̾͑i̵̞̰̺̤̽͐̊̐c̶͔͕̙̹̈̿̾a̵̤̍ͅl̵͔̐ ̷̩̝̤̄̃O̵̻͂̽̔v̸̻̩̾̔e̶̲̙̦̎r̸̖̕l̷̺͕̞̿̊͗̕ȯ̴̮͒͘a̷͔͐d̴͎̣͝,̶̞̳͌ ̵̨̞̱͊̑͠Ć̷̹̼͙̓̅r̴̤̊̈́a̷̺̪̦̐̈́̊͘͜d̸̞̪̑͛̅l̵̠͖͌̑͌͜ę̷̰̣̭̓̒ ̴͔͙͖͍̓̿̈́Š̶̢̺̄̓̏ụ̸̃p̸̡͇̈́͋p̴̨̡͉̱͋̀͒̑l̴̯̟̂͌͜y̵̧̰̤̒̚͝,̴̩̾̐ ̶̮̖̫̖̒C̶͉̱̥̙͐̇͛ơ̶̢̫̙͕̊̈́n̷̬̥͘͜n̵̘̪̗̽̏͊ͅe̵̡͓̫͝c̸̭͖̭͑̽̈́t̴̟̗͉́͒̒̍e̶̱͚̓̉̑d̸͓͆̿͝,̶̗̭͉͙̈͑̎ ̷̭̓̚͝G̷̞̓̎͒i̶̻̓f̸̝͚͎͙͘͝ț̸̺̞̃ȅ̵̛̝́d̴̫̐͘ ̵̡͚̩̈́̔̿̋Ì̶͖̜̦̈́͝t̴̘̎e̴̛͉͖̅̈́̓m̴̢͈̂̾ ̸̝̑(̸̢̗͇̙̿͝A̷͇̠͝i̸͉̒̅̒g̶̢͈͒̊͛͜o̸̼̺̰̐̔̈͠ͅr̶̦̯͖͊̅̊ȍ̸͈ş̷͖̖͈̉̍̏̽t̸̛̳̠̬̬̋̂)̶̹̳̼̑̄ ̷͚̈̈͝|̸̺͙̱̎ ̴͕̎̏M̵̗͆o̶̮͇̺̓́͂̒ǹ̶̝̻͗̀̾s̶͎̅t̸̡͉͔͙̀̓̈́͐r̸̢̬̝͇̃o̶̱̓̔̚ư̸̪̦͕͉͛̏s̷̪͖̲̏̔̓ ̵̫̆F̸̻̌̇̈́͒o̸̗͇͋r̵̘̼̅͝m̸͇̪̻̎͗̈́͗,̵̪̹̯̍̿͘ ̴͉͛́͆̃Ę̶̊̈́x̵̠̪̻̒p̶͔̔̓o̵̭͐s̸̙̖̬̾̌e̵̗͈̯̓̕͜d̷̳̩̪̗͊͒,̴̱̓ ̴̫̻͑͐̒͘ͅM̸̨͕̖̽̕ě̸̮̙ṛ̷̙̺̝̌̈́̀ç̷̻̪̖̎̊͆y̸̲͛̔,̸̗̮͛̇̚̚ ̵̮͚̗̲̊̍̓Ḑ̷̛͓̾̍ǐ̷̧́́̀š̸̫͍͈͊̅͝t̵̨̞͚̋̔r̶̬̣̂̌u̸͈̇͋̀s̸̖̅̀͒̚t̶̬̃̊̎
̴̥̠̝͎̀̉Ŗ̸̩̲̓̒̑͜e̸͎͓͙̐͌̿̀d̸̙͙̆i̷̹̇̓r̸̗̎͊̋e̸̢̩̺̼̍̌̀c̴̢̫̝͉̄̊t̸̫͗̓́e̷̫̾d̷͎̱͓͚̐ ̶̖̝̹́̈̊M̵̡̏͑̑͝a̴̛͓̓́̕ģ̷̧̳̹̓̈́͛i̶̢̛͚c̴͖̟̜̀͗͒̅,̷̢͚̰͒̓ ̵̦̇̔͝͝S̷̤̝͍̍̕ͅè̷̥͈͖̕c̵͇͋̕ó̸͎̯͔̠n̶̹̟̙̿͒͜͠ḋ̶͉̦̤̲ ̷͖̆̊̇̚S̷̛̹̞͖͖̽p̵̳̤͉̈́̓̊͒e̸̝̾c̷̙̠̠͐̃̓ì̶̳̪͚̝͑ȁ̴̱̑̅l̶̰͗̔͘ȉ̴̱̦͔͛z̸̤̮̩̈́̈́̾̓a̵̠̓t̵̨̫̿͆̐͝ͅí̴̗̭̥̥̓͛o̸̪͉̓̾͂ͅn̵̨̙̳̱̈ ̵̫͔̙̋͐̔̕|̸̼̜̮̈́̂ ̷̗̬̀̒̓͠N̸̟͉̥͛̍̇o̷̪̣͈̿n̸͎̦̊̇̏͊-̷̖̺̗̆̿͛S̶̡̯̠͉̋͂t̴̯̮͙̃́̎̾a̴̝̎̈̾ń̸̛͖̣͒̑͜ḓ̸̞̬̅͗͝a̵̲̼̻͌̈́̃r̸̝̈́̽̚̚d̷̩̼͙͆ͅ ̴̦̫͖̹̋̍L̵̰̪̉͆̽ͅí̴͙̲m̸̲̳͎͆͐̇͠b̴̨̳̮̫̔́s̷͈̪̊͒̈́͝,̶̠͇̹̱̂̿̈́̿ ̶͍͒̍̋D̶͙̪͚̐̚͝ḙ̸͝s̵̮̼̞̒̍ṭ̶̛̲̔r̴͈͈̟̞͋̿͊ǫ̴̖̖̃y̴̝͗̇̎̔ê̷̘ṟ̴̬͔̂͒
̸̳͍̻̈͠[/b]

S̸̛͖̭̃͝Ṱ̵̲͈͑̋͝R̸̢̛͈̹͍͛̀͠:̷̟̜̓̊̌ ̶͓̱̯͆0̴̢̡̳̟͊͂̏5̵̠̈́ ̸͚͋̄|̴͍͝͝ ̸̨̪̿̋̂͂͜A̴̛̰̘̦͉̓̅G̵̦̘̕͘İ̴͚̳̜̪:̶̰̜̙̰͛ ̵̡̙̜̀0̵̦̥̥͊̇ͅ4̴͙͒̚ ̸̟̟̤͗̔|̵͈̇͆͆͝ ̴̨̎́̊ ̵̳̂́̅͊V̷̙̭̪̪̑̋͂İ̸͖̀̚̕T̸͕͚̮̣͊̕:̷̗͔̕ ̴̟̮̣͌̌̊͜0̷͍̐5̶̞̦̊̓ ̴̖̹̘͔͐̐|̸͔̱͂͒ͅ ̷̱͓͙̫͂̽̿̑M̵̢̤͙̈́̋A̵̛͈̮̎̏̓Ģ̷̥̬̻̅̐͑̎:̴̪͠ ̴̧̬̻̤̐0̶̘̲̻̫̈̀͝3̷̭̘̟̠̂̚ ̷̜̓̏|̷̦̯͒͗̾̀ ̶̭̳̦̈̓̂́L̴̢͎̻̎̃̕C̶̼̣͍͛K̴̛̫̦̙̏̇̓:̴͉͖̫̦͝ ̵̞̫̗͒0̶̙͈͒͐̽3̸̺͙̺͖͂͝
̵͙̊́̚ͅ+̷͓̆͝4̴̱͉̺͒͒6̶̠̃̐̎
̷̮̭̄͜S̷̫̘͍̙̊͑Ṯ̸̣̜̽͋͝ͅR̴̠͓̝̒:̶̖͆͆͆ ̷̯̀̈̽2̵̧̧̦͋́0̷̖̳̲̆̒͋͘ ̷̥̝͝|̷̱̼̻̹̆ ̴̗͚͔̜̇̈́̈́͠Å̶̢̗͔̣̌̚͝G̴̖̦̀̊Í̶͕͕̰̚͜:̸̧͍̹̥̓͗̐́ ̵̤͕̽̒̍2̵̲̖̀͛̈́̎0̸̩̜͔͐͑ ̷̬̯̀͋́|̴̘̰̙̞͂̈ ̶̮̱̜͔̀͒͒͂ ̸̛͍̾̚V̵̯̲̂̃̽͝Ȋ̴̲̜̯͒ͅT̶̫̳̂̿:̶̰̏ͅ ̴̗͍̒̋̆͝2̶͎̠̮̓͆0̵̲̙̮̯̋͂̚͝ ̵̝͕̘̀|̸̈̆ͅͅ ̸̪̞̯͓̀͝M̵̢͚̬̥͗À̴̬̮̜͔̅G̴̖̬͍͗͑͝:̵̻̥͂̆̄ ̵̘͒̚2̵̢̛̫̦̍͘0̷̱̯̗̙͠ ̸̡̰̗͔͐̃̔|̷̹͕̈́͆͑͛ ̸̭̩̦̑̒̏̚L̸̛̼̼̀͜C̸͙͓̰̐̀K̸̗̲͠:̷̡̗̗͎͑ ̵̛͔̗̠̭2̷̯̚0̴̗͖͂
̴͍͖͈̺̿͂̒̎
̵̱̾̄͑̚ͅR̶̼̊̇̔è̸̝̗̰͚̿͒͠m̷̫̠̜̜̑̀̔̽a̶̮͖̐̂͘̚i̵̼̿ǹ̷̦͔̜̊͝i̶͕̲͍̅̕n̵̨̤̟͑̿͜ġ̵͉̙̣͒:̶̥͚͂͂ ̴̺͚̒͋̑̚͜8̸̯͎͗̾͠͝ ̷̺̺͔̱̐G̸̜̝̘͊̇͒ó̴̳̼̗̼ḽ̴̟͍͌ͅd̴̥̻̤̈́̕,̸͎̲̥͊̍̌̊ ̸͇̩͙̓3̸͇͑͘ͅ0̵͇͖̰̻̂ ̷̛̝̏S̵̠͉̖̰̏͛͐i̸͕͊͝l̶͚̝̄v̴̛̲̭̭͖̅ȇ̶̺̱̓ȓ̵̻,̴̛͇̱̤̍̕ͅ ̵̧̲͍͔̄3̸̭͓͕̘͌9̵̹̼͈̅̍̂ ̵̭̂̈̕͝B̶̺̄͌̅̏ř̶̰̯́o̶͇̘̙̣͂n̴̛̻̺̈̂͛z̶̧͕̹̉̀͗͝ͅȩ̵̼̯̲̍̉̂͘
̴̦̫̤̋̑͝T̸̡̨̔ȍ̴̜͆́̚ț̵̞̾̔a̶̢̻͖͓̒̓ļ̴̝̟͌͋͜:̵͍̳̌͆ ̸̬̭͔̦̀1̷̯͔̓͌2̶̥̰͈̓ ̸̡̤̘͆G̶̣͈͛̅̇͘ò̸͔͖̝̏l̷̪̈́̄d̸̡̫͉́,̶̡̋͝ ̷̜͒̆̒̕1̵̫̳̎̈́̑6̵̧͎̋ͅ2̶̩͆͂͛ ̷͓͛̄͒S̵͎͊i̵̙̻̘̾͑l̶̙̤̞̎̇̈͜v̴̳̓e̵̢̿ṙ̵̭,̸̙̲͈̔͐͘ ̷̮̱͓̫͊̄̆͑1̴̨̈8̸̘̖͋̆̎3̶͙̫͉͑ ̴̡̣̆̉̋̓ͅB̵̭̊r̸̢̩̺̺̒̈̎̄ờ̷̞̖͈̕n̵̯͎̔́z̶̧̦͕͖̀͂̀̎e̸̗̞̙̒̊̂
̵͓̜̪̀̓͑
̶̨̻̥̔
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Fortunately, the seating arrangement was a total non issue. Because Mac had her own steed with a name that was too long to remember. She had shortened it to Super Clucker, but even that seemed too long. Clucker was okay, but the same person who played Mika, Su, Luna, Trixy, Oros, and Amber wouldn’t settle for it. Five letters was the very maximum she’d allow for her mount and seven was still too long. Disregard outliers like Regina or Red Rebecca. Clucker could get shortened to Cluck, but Mac realized the real problem was the creature’s identity rather than how long their name was. It needed a name totally divorced from its old life. They were a team now, and so every duo Mac could think of flashed through her mind. For some reason, she settled on Master and Blaster from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Master rode Blaster, so Mac would have to ride Daddy. No, that wouldn’t work. The bird was clearly female. Very well, she was Mommy now. And together, they were Mac Mommy. It was an okay combo, she thought. 

But hadn’t Mac climbed into the truck before anyone else? No, that wouldn’t have made any sense…

While Mac and Mommy strode beside the truck, she decided to drone out the sound of MDP’s singing by conversing with Ken. Ken being the ultra short version of Akhenaten that she could actually pronounce. 

[b]”Enjoying the ride, Ken?“[/b]

“Not really.” Ken couldn’t  talk, but Mac liked to pretend he could and made up things for him to say. “It’s a long and slow trip, and I’d rather be doing something else.”

[b]”Don’t you have a laptop?“[/b]

“No. It’s too old to use anymore, and I get nauseous if I try to write while in the car.”

[b]”You could always watch videos.“[/b]

“But writing is what I would like to do right now. I’m also pretty sure I wouldn’t get any internet access out here.”

[b]”It does.“[/b]

“It sucks… Wait, no, we got our lines mixed up!”

[b]”It’s okay, you’re just in my imagination. It only happened because I’m multitasking.“[/b]

“Oh?”

[b]”Yea, see, I can see what’s happening just about anywhere. And you remember how Chloe met Summer and I? And then Chloe had a meeting with Cradle that was never ‘shown’ anywhere?“[/b]

“Well I don’t think I was a part of that, but we’ve already established I’m more your imaginary friend than a real person, so of course I know.”

[b]”Well, we actually formed something of an alliance. And while an alliance with Chloe doesn’t mean a whole lot, it does mean I can talk with her.“[/b]

“Oh, interesting.” Ken hummed. “If I have to guess, you have some way of communicating with Chloe, which means…”

[b]”Yea, but let’s keep it a secret for a week or two longer. At least, as secret as we can.“[/b]

“Ahh, okay. I was wondering why Chloe didn’t have a part this time, and what the penguin segway was for.”

[b]”That and I want to delay reintroducing them.“[/b]

“Them?”

[b]”The third one.“[/b]

“Third one?”

[b]“I’m one, Chloe’s one, and soon… so will they.”[/b]

“Ahh, yes, it makes perfect sense now.” 

And eventually, it will to you too!

Maybe...