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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 14:21:55 GMT -4
"What were you before?" Minda asked, setting Jess down but keeping a hold of her hand. "Or rather...who were you?"
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 14:32:43 GMT -4
"My name was Veronica. My mom and dad disappeared and I tried to find them. Gertie didn't like that." she said.
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 14:35:36 GMT -4
Minda shivered a bit as she looked at the gingerbread woman. Jess on the other hand took a step closer, liking the smell of the lady. "I'm sorry to hear that. Poor Jess here used to be my age when we came looking for her and her cousin's parents. After sitting on a swing she was regressed."
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 14:38:14 GMT -4
"Oh, lots of things here will make you little. She likes to make people children. Makes them easier to deal with. Except the parents. They go to the dungeon."
She gasped when she heard what she had said. "No, I...uh...pay no attention to that."
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 14:43:52 GMT -4
Jess pulled her pacifier out as Minda stared at the woman. "Dungeon? What dungeon?" Minda asked, pulling Jess back before she could 'sample' the gingerbread woman.
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 14:45:11 GMT -4
"Well, I don't know where it is. So I can't tell you anything about it other than that is where she keeps her collection." She noticed Jess looking at her hugrily. She smiled and produced a cookie and handed it to the child. "There you go. Don't worry, it's just a normal cookie."
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 14:52:50 GMT -4
"Thanks Ms. cookie." Jess said, lifting the cookie up to her mouth. "Don't give me that 'I don't know' schtick. You do know where it is, don't you?" Minda said, glaring at the woman.
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 14:54:36 GMT -4
The cookie frowned. "No, I do not. Do you think I'd be Ms. Cookie if I knew where my parents were taken?" she said.
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 15:03:44 GMT -4
"I think you know more than you're saying." Minda said. "So spill it unless you want us to take a bite out of you."
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 15:07:58 GMT -4
"Why are you so mean?" The cookie asked as a candied tear dripped from her dinner mint eyes.
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 15:12:32 GMT -4
"Because I promised her I'd help find her parents." She said, pointing at Jess as the young girl finished her cookie and put her pacifier back in her mouth. "And because I get cranky when I skip a meal." She muttered, her belly growling in anger over missing breakfast.
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 15:22:07 GMT -4
"Oh, would you like a cookie as well?" she asked, producing one.
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 15:25:13 GMT -4
"No..." She said, biting her lip. "I want answers." Jess reached up for the cookie, wanting it if Minda wasn't going to eat it.
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Post by Lord Hugo Prosperio on Jul 7, 2013 15:37:22 GMT -4
"I have little to offer but these cookies and kind words...and that you may find what you seek to the north."
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Post by observer on Jul 7, 2013 15:45:12 GMT -4
"North, great." Minda smiled, taking the cookie. "So...which way's north?" She asked, taking a bite of the cookie to quell her stomach.
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