Susie had slapped Aaron Brooks when he introduced her to the game Mao. It was at one of those dumb house parties that were full of freshman girls and upperclassmen guys. (She was one of the freshman girls‚ and hadn’t learned to avoid them yet.) She’d had three gin-and-tonics and Aaron kept staring at her boobs‚ so she only felt a little sorry about slapping him at the time. (And if he was trying to sleep with her‚ introducing her to an incredibly frustrating card game was the wrong way to go about
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Lost in an Upside-Down House I knew Wonderworks would be exhilarating‚ but I had no idea how exhilarating it would truly be. It was mid-day in 2009 and my family had traveled to the Wonderworks attraction. The day had been extremely fun thus far‚ but the day quickly went from fun to scary. I was climbing on the climbing wall‚ and was all smiles. “Yay! I’m having so much fun today! Thank you mom and dad!” I screamed out‚ expecting to hear the usual‚ “you’re welcome‚” response‚ but concerned‚ I
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Chione was gone. Chione had been blown to a little ridge in the mountain side. Boreas‚ acknowledging she had been knocked unconscious‚ took the chance to execute his arrangement. Boreas flew past the most distant mountains into the skyline and in the end halted at a cloud. The cloud was a little forlorn cloud remaining all alone. He wrapped her up in the cloud thus she couldn’t move. He wrapped her up firmly so she couldn’t breathe‚ only struggle to do so. When he had wrapped up her up‚ Chione had stirred
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The army of a hundred men strong was no match for the trees of Birnam‚ which towered high into the air‚ dwarfing the men. Every soldier had covered his approach with a thick branch acting as camouflage. The woods were alive with men. It was as if the forest itself was moving. The day was eerily silent as they neared the tree
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brushed against Adaira and bumped her board as his large body broke the surface of the water. Hearing the clunk of a hard object hitting Adaira’s board had Duncan swiveling his head to see the Leopard shifter surfacing at the nose of the surfboard which about unseated her. “I think your seals are a tad too friendly Aileana‚” Adaira said as grabbed the rails to keep her
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Clang! A mountain of falling goblets and dirty silver platters pierces my ear drums and I instantly wake. As the pungent odor of boar wafts through the air and my eye catches a beam of the mid-morning sun‚ I realize that I failed to return from the mead hall. That could prove to be a costly mistake. “This isn’t an inn‚ Cathasach‚” said Judoc‚ my friend‚ the hall’s keeper and‚ fortunately‚ Amoorhi’s finest chef. “Have clemency‚ brother! I am still weary from last evening’s battle against the
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Flames were raging behind Karlie‚ engulfing anything and everything in its way. All that she could feel was the scorching heat and all she could smell was the smoke. Debris blinded Karlie as she tried to escape the horror creeping up behind her. It seemed like fear had caused her to forget that she had just lost everything; her home‚ her parents and her friends. A dagger pierced the layers of Karlie’s heart as a cyclone erupted from her sparkling blue eyes. She knew nothing would ever be the same
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I’d like to be straight to the point‚ we weren’t smart‚ we didn’t listen and now we’re stuck here unsure what will happen to us. We were stuck in the middle of hurricane katrina. A few days ago President Bush issued a warning‚ to make things even worse for us Mayor Nagin issued a mandatory evacuation order. We ignored it and that’s how we ended up where we are. Most people decided to leave‚ the news had said that less than 100‚000 decided to stay. Me and my family decided to stay with our house until
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Genji to dash to the other side to heal him‚ but he would need to heal him for a while since he can only heal 3.4 of his health out of 200 in 1 second. While Torbjorn sets up his turret outside of the room so they can’t escape‚ He passes out armour which gives 75 extra hit points. Genji has his dragon blade and he runs in there and Lucio speed boosts him Genji screams‚ “Yougee Nokua Nokua!” He eliminates the enemy Symetra and Roadhog has very low health‚ Torbjorn comes in and in his swedish accent
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Kin stretched out the gaming poster and slotted one end into the stand‚ he took a look at the pile of posters he had and heaved a sigh. The work was much drearier than he thought and after spending three days in Hewat and hundreds of repetitions of the same activity Kin didn’t think it could get any worse but Kin knew he would rather be efficiently slotting posters all day than having to be the waste collector that removed radioactive liquid from heating cells. He sighed in relief as the meal bell
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