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Tweak says, "I did not INHALE."

roxie barringer doesn't turn on the red light (tightwire) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-13 16:21:00

Entry tags:

! journal, roxanne barringer

Before I even say anything, I would like to point out that the mistletoe was not there when I climbed up here in the first place. I checked.

And that I have three days of shows to do next week when I get home - so I really did need to practice.

But the end result is the same: I'm stuck in a tree. Please help me down.

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	unresponsive 2016-12-13 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	I can do that. Which tree. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Not too far from the Lodge. I wasn't even planning on being up here that long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stokers 2016-12-13 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	Neither of you had better break your fuckin necks. Quidditch starts back up in February! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unresponsive 2016-12-13 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	It's not like you could go get her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stokers 2016-12-13 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not a fuckin monkey who climbs shit all the time. How did I get two of you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2016-12-13 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	I can climb on shit too. If I have a ladder. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	I walk on a small rope at least two shows a day at home. The tree isn't going to kill me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stokers 2016-12-13 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	It better fuckin not. If you make me train another Beater and Chaser I'm gonna dig your corpses back up just to set you on goddamn fire. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	I know a net charm. Even if we fall. Hypothetically. We'll be fine. I don't like using it, as it's vastly unprofessional. But I know one. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	unresponsive 2016-12-13 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	I'll be quick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	You're a saint. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	I guess it's seriously growing after people? That's kind of rad. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	It's spawning. I'm both impressed and hungry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Hungry because it's dinnertime. Not hungry to eat poisonous foliage. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	I had so many questions. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. I should have let you ask them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, but would you have answered? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	Depends on the question. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 08:29 pm UTC (link)
	What if honesty didn't matter? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	I prefer honesty. But I also enjoy elaborate storytelling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Is there always a difference between telling the truth and telling a story? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	Nah. But some people seem to think it stretches your credibility. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	That's funny to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	Just means there's more room for poetic license, I guess. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	I'd hope so. I feel like we take poetic license in everything we do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	If you're good enough with metaphors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	To be fully obnoxious: what isn't a metaphor? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	A simile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe this can be my senior project. A simile is like a metaphor is like a simile: insert title projecting false importance and gravity of my studies here (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-13 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	You can write the same paragraph in a different order for twenty pages. Like a literary Escher staircase. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-13 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	And if you make it all the way to the end, there's a brief discussion about existential nihilism. Also a glitter explosion. As metaphor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tightwire 2016-12-14 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	Of course. Everyone loves some existential nihilism. Especially with a bit of a glittery pick-me-up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	destructobot 2016-12-14 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	It's the small things (that distract from the endless void). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	Hey! How is my favourite carnie on the planet? Hopefully unstuck by now. I would have come found you but I got stuck when I turned around. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Unstuck, fed, and watered, sir. And yourself? Still in mortal peril? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Luckily, people have been pretty quick on getting to those in peril. I've taken to making snowmen every time I get stuck somewhere. So if you see them, they're from me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	Like little kissing monuments. Honestly, I'm just playing around in the gardens now. Fun fact: If you can walk on your hands, you don't get stuck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Oooh, smart. Can't entangle feet if you're on your hands. I need to try that. It would be amazing to get multiple people to do it, though there would be a lot of falling over. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	But falling over's half the fun of practicing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh! I had a question for you! I almost forgot... and might have tried a handstand or two. Right, so that was a pretty amazing gift you gave my boy, Reece. Where did you get that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	And how'd they go? I asked my Opa for it. Well, I asked him for a box. He took it from there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	Managed the second one without falling. That is amazing. Your Opa does great work. Were you just annoyed with his awesome bugs or because he's cute? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	Very nice! He's very good with his gears, yes. And I just figured Reece would prefer somewhere to keep them. So they don't escape on him again. Did someone find them annoying? They weren't annoying at all. Khepri was very cute. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke bornofwinterair 2016-12-13 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	LOL. I see you've battled before. I love those bugs personally. The box was a great idea. I know he adores it as if it was a gift from the heavens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Roxie + Zeke tightwire 2016-12-13 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	They're very well made. And they have such personality! The work is all neat and precise - and you know how terrible I am at fiddly little things. And I'm glad to hear it. I just hope that it's useful. (Reply to this) (Parent)