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Back, back and quickly… (Tales from the SSC&B)

Chris Hall47 Comments

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“Come on,” said the red-headed writer (aka la Raconteuse), “please can we go back to the Room 215,” as the two of them sat in the usual dumbwaiter, “it’s all very well for you, dear Moxie, but for me, it’s very cramped in here, and by the way, what’s the large red balloon doing in there as well?”

“Good question,” grinned Moxie, as she began to let down the rope, while glancing at the bright red balloon, “you know, I’ve no idea, but I expect we’ll find out, and soon,” as Moxie tied up the rope and opened the dumbwaiter.

So, la Raconteuse retrieved her big bag by the floor, and her smartphone and charger by the shelf next to the clockwork contraption, then looked around the Room 215, “excellent,” she said and smiled, “let’s open the door and make our way back to the Café and Bistro, I’m missing all my friends.”

“Not me though,” said Moxie, “I’m not able to leave those various rooms – you know, the almost sky up there, the red room and the blue room, and here, of course,” as she jumped to the floor by the four-foot bellhop, “I wouldn’t even dare to go out there.”

The four-foot bellhop then offered a note to la Raconteuse, as the bright red balloon hovered by him, as a couple of rather small animals, some kind of deer, also appeared.

“Mad, and mad,” muttered la Raconteuse, as she read the note: Get out of jail, it’s free.

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47 thoughts on “Back, back and quickly… (Tales from the SSC&B)”

  7. nice touch with Moxie having certain locational limitations and even better that the bellhop automaton has a sense of charity (with non-strictly-humans) and offers aid

    very cool

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  12. Nice wrap up of the mystery of Room 215 with Moxie confined to certain locations.And I love the bellhop automaton’s note – so him 😆. Last sentence? la Raconteuse minces no words, lol. Excellent Six, Chris.

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  20. Oh my, sorry for Moxie – if that is her fate. Reminds me of the scary movie Rose Red where ghosts are trapped in that house.

    Ah I see ‘She’s’ got her bag and freedom. Good for ‘Red’ 🙂

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