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Post by Slick on Jul 11, 2007 14:40:20 GMT -5
This is where the Queens newsies can come to sleep. Don't take anyones bunk or there will be trouble!
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Post by spotlight on Jul 20, 2007 8:34:27 GMT -5
Spotlight flopped down on a bunk, panting and soaked with sweat. Stupid rotten dirty little pain-in-the-ass scabbers! Her brother, Dom, had chased her all the way from the Bronx! it did not help that it was hot as Hades outside. She wanted to pass out. No, she wanted a nice long bath, then she wanted to pass out. She was debating with herself whether it was worth moving when she heard footsteps. "Hey. How's it rollin'?" she asked, out of breath. She couldn't quite see who it was from her vantage point, but at the moment anyone who was not a male bearing the last name 'Johnson' was a potential friend.
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Post by Slick on Jul 23, 2007 11:27:20 GMT -5
"Hey" Slick said walking in and threw her bag on a top bunk that she had claimed as her own "Its goin about as good as it gets around here" Which wasn't that great "Wasn't really a good selling day. Hows about you?" she said looking up at the ceiling where she has previously carved the word 'Slick'.
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Post by spotlight on Jul 23, 2007 14:30:34 GMT -5
She sat up and shrugged. "It's been all right. My younger brother chased me all the way from the Bronx. That's why I don't go back to visit my family. Hot today, ain't it?"
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Post by Slick on Jul 24, 2007 12:38:50 GMT -5
Slick laughed " He chased ya? Geese I guess theres nothing like brotherly love" She wiped her forehead "Ya its too hot. Mother nature sure won't help us out will she?"
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Post by spotlight on Jul 25, 2007 16:01:03 GMT -5
Spotlight shook here head. "Nah. No one else is gonna, why should she?"
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Post by Slick on Jul 28, 2007 13:56:22 GMT -5
Slick laughed a little "Thats true" She looked up at the carving. She took out her pocket knife, she carried it with her everywhere. She carved a smiley face. She smirked at it "Wada you smiling at?", laughing to herself she put a big X over it.
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Post by spotlight on Jul 28, 2007 15:39:52 GMT -5
Spotlight raised an eyebrow. "Do you frequently do that?"
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Post by Slick on Jul 30, 2007 20:05:15 GMT -5
Slick laughed some more "Ya I like leaving a mark. So that people will remember me. Maybe someday some young newsie will have this bunk long after I'm gone and they'll say 'Wow Slick had this bunk' because maybe I'll be famouse by then. " She laughed "Like that'll ever happen."
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Post by spotlight on Aug 4, 2007 18:55:39 GMT -5
Spotlight smiled and shrugged. "Ya never know. Of course, by the time you're famous, you prolly won't be goin' by Slick anymore."
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Post by Slick on Aug 8, 2007 11:37:44 GMT -5
"Nah the name stays" Slick said nodding to herself "I will never leave behind the newsies wether I am one or not."
"What about you, what are your plans for the future?" She said looking curiously at Spotlight.
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Post by spotlight on Aug 17, 2007 21:37:31 GMT -5
Spotlight shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe get a factory job. Maybe get married, start a family, the kinda thing girls like us usually do," she said half-heartedly, looking out the bunkroom window. Really, Spotlight wanted desperately to be a writer, but the chances of that happening were little to none, so she put that dream on a shelf and focused on something she could actually achieve. Besides, there was nothing wrong with being a factory girl. Sure, the hours were crap and the pay was little, but at least it was a steady income, and girls who had families had happy lives. Right?
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Post by Slick on Aug 18, 2007 14:34:45 GMT -5
"I don't think I could handle being couped up in a factory for that long. Plus I don't like doing what people tell me to, so I don't think I'd be good at that." She laughed "But if you're happy doing that, then go for it."
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Post by spotlight on Aug 18, 2007 14:57:09 GMT -5
"To be quite honest, the idea of spending 12+ hours in a small space with many other people makes my skin crawl, but you do what you gotta to keep yourself alive, you know?" Spotlight said matter-of-factly.
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Post by Slick on Aug 18, 2007 15:15:20 GMT -5
"You don't have to do the usual you know. Don't be afraid to break away from what the world expects you to do. Life always ends the same so make it worth your time." Slick said looking over at her. She just hoped she could follow her own advice.
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