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((OOC-Hehehe! Go me! Right now I'm going to post in launchie exploration. But we'll be heading to the vents when Nate gets called by Col. Wolfe. Whether or not you go into the vents when Nate gets called to the Infirmary is up to you.-OOC))
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Luthien walked in to the mess, knowing that he would catch Hell from his commander for diliberately forgoing practice. He didn't care, his commander would realize what the game was about soon enough. He walked over to where the breakfast was being served and examined todays line-up of dishes and tried to guess what they were. The yellowish slime had to be scrambeled eggs, and those wood shavings next to them must be hashbrowns. "Breakfast of champions," he said.
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Luthien found a table and sat down and started to eat. He tried to ignore the runny texture of the eggs and the dry rigidness of the "hashbrowns". Soon he finnished and decided that it was time to go to the Gym and his Advanced Personal Defense techniques. So, he got up and exited the mess.
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Feets walked in with Luthien and noticed that the mess wasn't as busy as usual. Maybe that fight earlier had something to do with it. He walked over to the line and grabbed a tray.
"So," he said to Luthien. "What's a grinder, now?"
"Well, mate",said Luthien, slipping into his Caimbridge accent," it's just like a sub-sandwhich but better. And us true Englanders like them with beer. What do you eat in Jamaica?"
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(OOC: Hey Ke'Ak, you should read more often Manticore Barracks. Feets should be there, the "fight from before" happened the day before it has just been lights on in the barracks, and no one has gone out, everyone is there, listening to the toon leaders, since Nero has disappeared. I guess you can say that this chat with Aries happens after that, but you should at least post for Feets in the barracks, what he thinks about what's going on, what side does he choose, etc... we have few people posting in manticore, so...)
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"And us true Englanders like them with beer."
This kid drinks beer? Feets was appalled. I never even touched alcohol. Kills brain cells.
"What do you eat in Jamaica?"
"Basically American food, actually," said Feets. "Hamburgers, pizza, chicken, and I really like Papaya." He started smiling. "But a double chesseburger with all the fixin's and some Jerk sauce sounds really good right now."
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Luthien looked over to Feets. He's gotta think I'm an alcoholic or something. " I don't drink realy, anyway, it's just the kind of culture I come from. Drinking in England is like eating hotdogs and burgers in the U.S." He got his food and walked over to a table."So, when are we going to get together for sparring again?"
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I'm surprised this kid can fight if he drank as much as I ate hamburgers back home. He's got to have alcohol running through his veins.
"So, when are we going to get together for sparring again?"
"I don't know," said Feets, munching on his food. "Probably during free time." He finished his tray quickly, and stood up. "I've got to get back to barracks. I'll check you later, 'eh?" He walked to the door.
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Luthien watched as Feets exited the mess. This is going to be an interesting friendship. Luthien finnished his lunch in silence. After he was done, he go up and left too. Luthien decided he would leave a message on Feets' desk later.
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Jay bounded into the Mess Hall. Sharp pricks were running up his legs, which had fallen asleep when they had been frozen in practice. He ignored them. Food, food, food! his body was screaming. On a quiter scale, so was he. "Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast," he was muttering.
He skidded into line and grabbed a tray. Compared the the mess food of some Earth-side establishments, this was prime fare. "Morning," he said, with a winning smile at one of the mess workers. She placed the scientifically portioned food in front of him. It may be just right for my body, but my stomach works at a higher level.
With George at his heels, he sat down at a table and set to work eating, waiting for the rest of Osiris. Sure enough, Elfy and Bob joined them. Bob and Elfy were toghether a lot, Jay mused. At the first practice they had been split, Bob had been distracted and dazed while Elfy's shooting was nothing worse than horrible. Could they be a couple? he thought to himself, grinning. Maybe he could store that away for future use. Right now, he was happy enough just to eat and bask in the last rays of skirmish glory.
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Orbit walked into the mess after changing, still thinking of everything he should've done to beat Horus and Ra. When the egg like substance was slapped onto his plate he thought of something. In a real battle, if all of Anubis flipped across the battle room we wouldn't get frozen until we hit the other side. And only then if they were still watching us.
He had it all figured out. Anubis could flip across the room with the enemy watching. By the time they stopped on the opposite wall the rest os Sphinx will have opened fire. The enemy would then look back at the rest of Sphinx which would leave Anubis to attack the back side of them. Of course there were millions of things that could go wrong but, Orbit wasn't thinking about those yet.
He sat down next to Jay.
"Nice battle he said. But, ya know you got lucky." He began to eat.
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"Lucky's my middle name," Jay said. "Along with Chance--or it was, until I met chance-- Stupid, Genius, Wonder Boy, Computer, and Bull's Eye. Hey, it was a good skirmish, though." He glanced at Orbit, and then at Orbit's plate. "Why are you all so bummed about the chow? It's good! Better than Mickey D's!"
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Orbit Laughed. "I think Stupid fits you quite well." He forked some eggs into his mouth. "Mmmmm." He said sarcastically. "Mickey D's? what's Mickey D's? This food blows Mickey D's out of the battle room."
He thought about his childhood. Eating at Mickey D's, watching the other kids his age play on the play ground while he figured ratio's of the color of the plastic balls in the "Pools of Balls."
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Milo was thinking about how to stop him self in the middle of a flip. As the food fell onto his plate he thought of an idea. He took his food over to were Orbit was sitting. "I think I know how I can stop myself from spinning." Milo blurted out not sure if Orbit was listing. He waited for a reply form Orbit. But then he was not patient enought to wait for the answer and started to think about when he will be able to get into the practice room for some flipping practice.
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"I think I know how I can stop myself from spinning." said Milo.
"Really," Orbit was skeptical. "Do you mean after you slam into the wall, or in mid air?"
That got his mind spinning. Was it possible to stop a spin in mid air? There was no friction in the battle room so it wasn't likely but, what if there was some way to make it happen. He decided to listen to Milo with an open mind.
"Have a seat." He offered. "Tell me all about it."
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Reb walked in, with a good bit of Anubis toon behind him, and struck a super hero pose with his fists on his hips. "Never fear, Reb is here" he said before he was playfully pushed by Heath towards the food line. After getting his food, he went over to where the other Spinxers were, just in time to hear Milo say "I think I know how I can stop myself from spinning".
"This is somethin' I want to hear too Milo." Reb said, sliding into a seat next to Orbit.
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Milo heard his name over his thoughts and looked up. He saw Reb and Orbit both intrested in something.
"What up, what are you guys intrested in?" Then he remembered his question and blurted out."So I was thinking that if you through your arms and body weight the opposite direction of your momentum it might stop you." He sat down. "If it doesn't, it should slow you down. So is there anytime that would be a good time to try it out and see if it will stop you."
He stuffed his mouth with eggs, started to chew and waited for a reply.
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It took Orbit a while to get what Milo was talking about. He picked up his fork and spun it as if it were a soldier entering the battle room doing a gainer.
"Do you're spinning like this." he said. "Then you throw your arms like this." He put to fingers were arms would be on the fork and motioned them in the opposite direction. "I don't think it would stop you but, it is a good way to slow down. If it works that is."
He imagined being in the battle room trying to throw his arms. Orbit figured he would probably look like he was trying to swat a swarm of mosquitos.
"If we get some free time between classes, I'll see if we can't try it out. It's a good idea."
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Now Ash was in the mess hall. He had forgotten how hungry he was after that fiasco in the barracks. Could he get food between meals? He went up to some kids near him, several boys who were talking together.
"Hi, I'm Ash Salem. I'm new. I was just looking for my sister. She's a bit shorter than me, and we look a lot alike, except her hair's blond and both her eyes are hazel. Also, are they still serving?"
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Pits and the rest of toon walked into the barracks. Pits was tired he wanted to go back to sleep, he didn't get food just went to where Reb was. " Ho Reb. We need to get a practice time at night. I'm gonna freeze whoever invented morning practices." Pits said as he yawned wildly and looked to see what was to eat. Nothing looked appealing to him. " So what are we talking about fella's?"
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Reb was deep in thought about how to stop the twisting, when Pits came over. "Ho Pits, we're just thinking of maneuvers...and I think I just figured it out." He leaned in to the others and outlined what he thought would work. "We've gotta try this...see if it'll work first before we try it in practice." He checked the clock. "It's free practice now, lets go try it." Reb was more interested in trying the new maneuver, than his food...and for him that was a change.
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"We've gotta try this...see if it'll work first before we try it in practice." Reb checked the clock. "It's free practice now, lets go try it."
Orbit looked to Milo. "Perfect, this stuff is nasty anyway. Let's go Milo." Orbit got up, dumped his food and headed towards the practice room. "So Reb, you really this will work?" He could imagine the advantage it could give Sphinx.
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Ash sighed. He'd been standing there for what seemed like an hour. Of course it had probably only been a few seconds, but it was still longer than he was accostomed to waiting for a response--in his family people talked fast. He shook his head. He might as well just leave, he'd just go and check in with Zuni. If Niki still hadn't shown up after he was done, then he'd go and look for her. He turned and left.
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"Break a leg!" Jay called after the retreating backs of the Anubians. Secretly, Jay was a bit jealous of them for discovering this new tactic. But he kept a game face. After all, it was the guns that won the battles, not ballet.
He tossed his tray onto the conveyor belt and headed out.
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Reb dumped his tray and excitedly began the trip to the practice room. "I hope it does, it would be great to use in battle!" He kept going through the maneuver in his mind, crossing what he'd learned in physics with what Milo had said.
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Milo dumbed his food, ran for the practice room tring to cacth up with Reb and Orbit.
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Pits walked out, but stopped at the door. " If anyone wants to join, well if they are horus they better want to join." With that said Pits walked out towards the practice room once again.
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Spear walked through the door to the mess and grinned. Brekfast time, quite a few armies were here, the rest were probably in practice and the other toons would take care of them. The Kitchen and the mess would b easy. She cincerly doubted that there would be any real problems. She turned to her toon and pointed at the first 4 to walk in. "Go to the back and make sure none of the cooks try to run off. Do whatever you have to, tie them up or whatever, I don't care. They can't leave. We'll take them to the cage later."
She walked to the center of the mess, a few people giving her strange looks, but for the most part none took notice. She tapped on a launchies shoulder. "Up" The kid stared wide-eyed at her uniform and stumbled up. She took his tray and shoved it at him, the kid barely grabbing hold of it. She climbed up on the table where the kid had been eating from and cleared her throat again. The table where she was quieted down but there were some older army kids in the corner that didn't even notice. "LISTEN UP!" They didn't hear. She grabbed a tray from the table and tossed it against the wall which did get their attention.
"That's better. Now children, I'm afraid you are going to be stuck here for a little while. I'm sorry. Really, I am. But there are important matters that must be attended to and we can't have all you people running around and getting in the way. Now I'm sorry if this inconviniences any of you in anyway. The situation is beyond my control. However, there is a wonderfully bright side to the situation. There will be no classes today. So you over there.. stop doing your homework. Thinking while you eat is bad for digestion anyway. That's the deal. You want to leave, you come to me. Otherwise, be happy nice little children and play and all will be good. Continue eating."
She gave a little smirk and stepped down and got herself a glass of juice and sat down on a table near the entrance so she could watch the room.
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Odds and his group came to level of the mess. They watched as a gourp of griffin's entered the mess. Odds noticed something about the girl aparently leading them. It was Spear. The same girl that brought him to the infirmary... after she had accidently caused his injuries. He signaled for the group to stop and waited for a seond. He heard the girl making her speach to the kids in the mess. He turned to Lilac again. "Go back and let Zuni know about Crush and Gamma. Then tell her that I have a plan and am following through with it. Tell her I think I can find out exactly whats going on with griffin. Tell her to get Crush and Gamma in an hour and to take a big group with her. Tell her I think we'll be fine on our own." Lilac saluted and ran up the ladder and dissapeared.
"Sabotage, follow my lead, but do nothing untill I tell you, ok? This is going to be tricky." Sabotage nodded and followed Odds as he walked towards the mess.
Odds walked into the mess and was immediately stoped and thrown against the wall by a griffin. Sabotage had the same fate. "Let go of me, butthead! I want to speak to Spear!"
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Spear almost wished that someone would cause problems. She'd only just gotten here and she was starting to get bored already. Why did everyone have to be timid. There weren't even any new launches around here with kids with egos large enough to give them the delusion they could do something about Griffin. Those kids always promised to be entertaining for at least a little while.
"Doesn't anyone have some cards or something? Babysitting these shuttlebabies is going to put me to sleep soon."
Gun let out a chuckle as he sat there, prodding some food. "The last deck of cards I had got taked during Tactics last week. But I think I'll have it back by the end of the day. If you don't die of boredom by then we'll play some blackjack."
"If-" Spear cut off abruptly when she heard a commotion by the door. Whoever was trying to get in was being held against the wall by her Griffins. "Let go of me, butthead! I want to speak to Spear!"
Spear hopped off the table and walked over. Maybe she wouldn't die of boredom. They wanted to talk to her, she couldn't keep her audiences waiting. "What do we have...." Her voice trailed off as she saw who Rock was holding against the wall. There were two of them. Tides. Him. Odds was his name if shs remembered correctly.
"Let him go Rock." Rock gave her a curious glance. "You heard me right. Let him go." Rock complied and took a few steps back, still hesitant. Spear watched Odds, he stared right back at her and his eyes shifted for a second to his left. His friend. "Rick. You too. Let his frind go. They won't try anything surrounded by Griffins." Rick complied a little less hesitantly than Rock did but they both looked at her as if she'd gone insane again.
She looked at the second Wave. He looked a little nervous but generally confident. Spear glanced around, and looked back at Odds. "We'll talk in the corner." She shot a glance at Rock and Rick letting them no she didn't want them to follow. If they were so worried they could just guard the door. If anyone tried anything they wouldnt' get far if they couldn't get out the door.
She sat down across from him at the table. "Odds was it? And I hope you're feeling better. Sending you off to the infirmary really wasn't my intention. But if it's any consolation, I got hell from Drake for even bothering with you...So what did you want to talk to me about.... and who's your friend?" Spear eyed the other Tide kid cautiously.
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"Odds was it? And I hope you're feeling better. Sending you off to the infirmary really wasn't my intention. But if it's any consolation, I got hell from Drake for even bothering with you...So what did you want to talk to me about.... and who's your friend?"
Odds was a little perplexed. He had remembered her a little differently, but then again, he also had had servere head truama. "His name is Sabotage. He's nobody to you." He looked over to Sabotage. The boy was really scared and it wasn't helping any that the rest of the griffins kept eyeing him. "Sabotage, why don't you go get something to drink." Sabotage nervously glanced over to the griffins. One luahged at him. Odds placed his hand on the boys shoulder. "They won't bother you. Right Spear?" She gave a nod. "See?" Sabotage reluctantly moved towards the lunch lines.
"Ok, now that I can talk to you alone, I first want to thank you. Even though you were the reason I was there, you did visit me, and thats more than I can say for anyone in my army, except my commander. So thank you. Secondly, I want to know what the hell is going on." he lowered his voice to just above a whisper. "I finally get well enough to go back to my army, and there's a hostile take over by the griffins in play, involving god knows how many of my fellow students? I mean, come on. Whats happening here. This is insane. I don't know what Mordrid is thinking. You're all gonna get iced for this. You know that right? I mean, you do realize that this can't be going as well as you think. The teachers are bound to know. I can't understand this." He sat at one of the tables near by and rested his head in his hands. He sighed to himself and looked over to Spear.
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Spear looked away while he was talking, watched Sabotage walk to the lunch lines, glancing around nervously. She looked back at her Griffins, they were watching the two of them cautiously, waiting for the okay to start up some trouble.
" Even though you were the reason I was there, you did visit me, and thats more than I can say for anyone in my army, except my commander."
The only one to visit him besides his commander... Her facial expression faltered for a minute. She didn't want to think about all that. She refused to break down again.
Spear listened quietly while he was asking all his questions about the civil war... and she could tell by his expression that he really didn't know anything. She got up and walked over to where he was sitting, she leaned on the table with her back to him and crossed her arms. Letting out a little sigh, she let the Griffin in her take over. "It's not really any of you business." She turned to him and frowned when she saw his near hopeless expression on his face.
She still sort of owed him after putting him in the infirmary for so long... "You know that Mordrid has been trying to get the loyalty of armies for some time now. Bribes, blackmail, intimidation... he's got about half of the battle school behind him. Tides one of the armies that the commanders didn't cave. The teachers must know, they know almost everything that goes on here. They just don't feel like stopping it or don't think it'll all go through, or maybe they just feel like observing and see what everyone does. The administration screws us over constantly but maybe this time they'll have wished that they had interviened.
"And I don't know why Mordrid's doing it, but he's our commander so we follow his orders and we can't very well get iced just for following orders. But if we do... I'd actually consider it a bit of a blessing. But by the end of the day icing won't be an issue really, Mordrid i'm sure will have most of the station undercontrol and the IF will have to bargain with us. Even send us home if we want to go." She thought about that last bit. That was actually the first time that that had occured to her. They refused to ice her under any other circumstances.. but maybe... maybe this was finally her chance to go home...
She sat down next to Odds and picked at the table with her fingernails. "You should talk to Zuni. There's going to be a lot of chaos around here and i'm sure that some people are going to get hurt. She can still change sides and help stop the possibilty of her soldiers being the ones hurt. I'd hate to end up sending you to the infirmary again..."
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"I'd hate to end up sending you to the infirmary again..."
Odds sat in thought. He couldn't decide if Spear was trying to be nice, or trying to be a griffin. Mordrid's insane! He's taking every one who trusts him down along with him. This has got to stop somehow! Odds was frustrated.
He looked into Spear's eyes. "Join sides with Mordrid... That's all we have to do? Well now, what an idea. Let's join Mordrid. Hey! While we're at it, lets join the buggers too! I mean why not? Heck, it beats fighting for what you believe in. Right?" He turned away again. His face was flush with anger. He looked at Sabotage who was really scared. The kid hand't touched his drink becuase his hands were shaking too much. Odds turned his attention back to Spear.
"He's really shaken up," he said motionin towards Sabotage. "I need to get him out of here. You want me to tell Zuni to switch sides? Well I can't do that. You want it? You have to do it yourself. So if you want to, come with me right now." He got up and waved over Sabotage. "Like I said, I need to get him out of here. I would appriciate if your thugs would let us through."
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Spear hopped out of her seat and glared at Odds. "You've got a lot of balls, you know that? Showing up here expecting me to pull you through safely which I kindly do. All the while you drag you friend along, putting him in danger and scaring the crap out of him. And then you mock me and you preach at me. What you believe in my ass.. and what would that be? Love and peace? Yeah... sure." She stormed off towards the door and stopped and spun on her heel looking at them. Sabotage looked helpless, shaking. She shook her head and walked up to Rock.
"I'll be out for a bit, You're in charge until I get back. You shouldn't have too much trouble, and get yourselves something to eat. You might need the energy later." Spear looked back at Odds who was just standing there, watching her. "I'm taking the two Waves with me so don't give them any trouble." She nodded over to Odds and walked out of the mess.
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Lenny walked into the mess hall, with Mordrid's father and his men following her. "Here we are," she said. "Are you here for any paticular reason??"
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Lenny made use Mordrid's father was taken care of, and left.
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Fizxen and Zentven walked into the cafeteria and walked right into the food line as it was empty.They got trays and wen slowly donw the row of pishes and platters under the hotlamps discussing just what that food item might be. Finally, they went to one of the tables and sat across from each other,talking and laughing,enjoying each other's company.
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Leah walked into the Mess Hall. She got her food, and then noticed the girl Zentven that she had met earlier. She sat at her table, and said hello.
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(00C-oops! That was an old post and I moved my chars out without saying it.Oh well, I'll just scoot Zentvie's little third butt back in here.-00C)
Zentven looked over at the girl who'd sat next to her and had just said hello. She seemed nice enough. Tentavely, Zentven smiled at her and greeted her with a cheery hello.
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Kay entered the room, trying not to attract attention as she got food and sat down. She chose an almost empty table and smiled at the other person who sat there.
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(00C-I've been in several food fights, and nobody ever knows who throws the first hunk of food. So why don't we just start?-00C)
Zentven went back to her food, and sat munching away complacently, looking around the room when all of a sudden some gooey mashed potatoes hit her in the side of the head. She looked around to see who did that, decided it was the girl next to her, and creamed her with some peas.
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Leah had just been eating her food quietly when the girl next to her had thrown her food at her. Leah looked at her, picked up a hunk of her food (she had no idea what it really was) and tossed it at the girl. Some hit her, but most hit a boy at another table.
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Zentven grabbed some of the mystery meat off a leftover tray and flung it at the girl, hitting her 'shield' instead.Grabbing a cup of jello, she stood up and rubbed in the girl's hair, making sure to get plenty in her face, just as she was nailed from behind by a load of broccoli.She whirled around and began to cream everyone in general.
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Kay had barely been able to take a bite of food before a commotion broke out. A glob of potatoes then hit her on the face. Furious, Kay wiped it off with her hand and threw her own food in the general direction the fight.
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