Rhythmloid

The Battle of Sea Salt Bay

Toby sat at his little toy desk, coloring with his crayons. He was drawing a picture of his family. Toby was on the left, his brother was next to him, his mother next to his brother, and his father...

His father...

Toby scratched out his dad with the black crayon he was coloring his mother’s hair with. It was a shame he had left his family. He seemed such a nice dad, Toby thought as he colored the sun yellow. He decided to venture out into his mothers room to see her again. He walked by the piles of garbage bags and the overloded dishes in the sink.

Toby slowly opened the door. His mother was sleeping peacefully on the bed. He was dumbfounded how she could sleep with all the beeping her machine made. He climbed ontop of the bed and laid next to her.

“Mama, today, I met a nice person who took me home and bought me ice cream.” He snuggled closer to her.

“I wish you could wake up an meet him. Maybe he’ll buy you ice cream too. Hey mama, I heard that if you get kissed by someone whos magic, youll wake up. Is that true?” There was silence. “I hope its true. Then you can wake up and play again. Big brither misses you too. He’s taking good care of me!” Toby yawned and wrapped his mothers arm around him.

”I’m going to bed... night, mama. Maybe you’ll wake up this time.”

Mysteries of Grimsworth

“Julian, we might as well just walk there, it'll be shorter than to wait for a cab that will never come.” Charlie sighed and kept walking down the street. She should file a complaint to the town about the lack of public transportation. Though getting a cab job could make some extra money.

As the two were walking down the street, Charlie slipped her out of her pocket. She slowly but surely and sneakily locked her fingers with Julian. She felt so proud of her handiwork and making things a bit more romantic as they walked.

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“Oh yeah! Yeah yeah! Julian, you’re so smart!” She beamed. Charlie waited outside for a solid five minutes before giving up. “Uuuuugh... theres no one here! Lets go somewhere else for a taxi!” Before she could move, her stomach started to grumble.

“Julian, I’m hungry... this day is going awful!” She said as it had been no more than a few minutes since they left the cafe. Charlie was hopeless. And very very impatient. Of course, her personality traits could be quite useful in sticky situations. This was not one of them.

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Ok cool

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Charlie nodded and stuffed her face full of pasta. They definitely needed a client. Maybe someone who wouldn’t mind giving quite a bit of money towards them to help solve the case. Charlie could see it now, she could finally pay her bills on time without picking up an odd job!

“Lets do it!” She said with her mouth full.

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Charlie sighed. “Y-yes yes it’s true. Do you want to try and solve it? If we do, a lot of things will change for us. We could easily get killed for knowing what we know.” Charlie rubbed her temples and sighed. It was a big decision. But she was going to take it.

“Alright, lets do it. Let’s go back to her house after lunch and see what we can find.”

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Once the two sat down, Charlie folded her arms and sighed.

“Julian, about that girl... was she really dead? If she was, were we just hallucinating? I’m not so sure about this. This could be something big Julian. But I’m scared...” Charlie was visibly uncomfortable. She knew that something seriously wrong was going on in Grimsworth that could change the town forever. But she didn’t know what.

Before she could continue, the waiter came by asking for what they wanted to drink. Charlie ordered a plain water and waited for Julian.

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“That’s ok. I’m used to motorcycles. Let’s get ice cream!” He said, climbing onto Chet’s bike. He gripped tightly onto Chet’s back. Toby clearly knew what riding on a bike was like. “Drive, drive! Vroom!” He kicked his little legs and giggled.

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Toby nodded and and his face lit up. Who could say no to ice cream!?

“I want chocolate! With a cherry too!” Toby thought it was a pretty good deal. But he had to leave the slicks. That’s was going to be a bit of a problem. But like the smart kid achey said he was, he could weave his way and find a loop hole in the deal. He agreed and followed Chet down the mountain.

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“T-Toby... What’s your name? Do you live in the forest?” His blue eyes shot through Chet’s soul. They had an innocent, yet sad and mysterious demeanor. Like he knew something. Something important.

“Where’s your family? Do they know you’re here?”