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[gimmethemap]

A week is too much to ask? Someone on this boat couldn't go a single week without making trouble again. Well, I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Why the Hell did that little girl want a squirrel, anyway? They're rats with flashier outfits.

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[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

I think they're rather cute. Even so, I'm glad we didn't make it to that room.

[gimmethemap]

You and me both.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

I would have been bumped off in the previous room, so you would have had to go it alone--well, you and the Master, anyway, and I can't imagine him trying to help you with it.

[gimmethemap]

It's not so

I know it's an odd thing to say, and a little less than comfortable for you consider he one of them tortured you, but that one hasn't gone out of his way to start shit yet, so I don't have so much of a problem with him. He's a bit of a grump and a lot less subtle about it, but then I also don't expect to catch him tying people's shoelaces together on a daily basis, either. I mean if he's gonna start anything I don't think the Admiral will let him stay around long, y'know?

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

I didn't say he'd make it worse...just that he wouldn't do anything to make it better. There's a big difference.

[gimmethemap]

Truth be told, I kinda wanted to start making a mess, myself.

Especially with those two people that kept hovering over me.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

You could have gotten away with it, too. Veruca's parents might have put up a bit of a fuss, but in the end she always got exactly what she wanted.

Except for that squirrel.

[gimmethemap]

As if they'd never heard a child swear before.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

Well...none of the children in the book swore, so maybe they really never had.

[gimmethemap]

Well then they were strange children. Or I was. I don't know.

Having been raised by sailors it wasn't unheard of for me to have known how to curse like one at that age.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

The book is from a more reserved time. I imagine children who swore then would have been spanked for it, or at least had their mouth washed out with soap.

[gimmethemap]

See. Craziness. I never got a hiding in my life but once or twice, and that was over stuff that could have ended with me dead. So my father was well within his rights to.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on that first part, although I can't say I agree with corporal punishment for children in any situation. We're also from two different times, so...

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Welcome back.

[gimmethemap]

Miss me?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

A little.

I'm glad you didn't get attacked by squirrels.

[gimmethemap]

I am, too. I was dressed far too nicely to be attacked by squirrels. It would have ruined my entire day.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's always a shame to let a nice outfit go to waste.

[gimmethemap]

So how long were you two reading before you decided to speak up?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Not very. The story trailed off into blank pages after a time, so we decided to try to rewrite it for our own amusement.

[gimmethemap]

So in your rewrites, what was going to happen?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

The Master was going to fall into the chocolate river and drown, and then the Oompa Loompas would begin to sing a song about it...

see, now I'm putting you on the spot.

[gimmethemap]

You two didn't write a song, did you?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

No, we didn't get that far. Billy would have written it, though, not me.

[gimmethemap]

That's a shame.

[Private]

Did you hold up okay during that last flood or whatever it was? I know you never react well when stuff like that happens.