Chapter 524 Preview of Further on Down the Road

Beaulieu Manor, Tree Hill, NC

Saturday, December 1st, Night

The screen showed nothing just darkness. Suddenly a bright flash popped on and the words T3 Collective in a fancy font. Below that it says live stream will begin soon. After a moment the number ten appeared and the count down began.

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The screen went from dark to semi-dark, as the ambient lighting was low, the background was filled with the beats of music, which over the internet and distance from the source came over distorted. The image was shaking a little bit as it seemed to be held by a hand, as opposed to being stabilized. There were the strains of a few words from nearby conversations coming across. As the image came into focus and the lighting was adjusted by whatever was transmitting a young woman with curly blonde hair and green eyes came into focus filling most of the screen. Over her shoulder was a brunette about the same age with dark eyes. They smiled, and the blonde gave a short nod.

"Good evening, Mister and Missus America," The Blonde said.

"Or however you choose to identify as," The Brunette said.

"As I was saying," The Blonde continued, "From border to border and coast to coast, and to all the ships at sea. Let's go to press."

"Press? Really? I thought we're live streaming?" The Brunette asked.

"Hey, I wanted to go old school, it makes it classy," The Blonde said.

"Classy? Really?" The Brunette asked, "We're Live Streaming at a party."

"Now back to the stream," The Blonde said, "So, as promised, we're broadcasting from Beaulieu Manor and the New Year's Eve Ball."

"It's a party," The Brunette said.

"Well, interruption aside, you all know there's no party like a Beaulieu Party, and we're just giving you a taste," The Blonde said.

"They're all just a collection of Reptilians," The Brunette said.

"Well if you have scales and wear them well, does it matter?" The Blonde asked, "No it doesn't, and as you at home know this is a T3 Production."

"We're back!" The Brunette said.

"We have a special guest tonight, so it's T3 plus one. So, if you want variety, we got the Blonde," The Camera filled with the Blonde who gave the camera a flirty look, "The Brunette," the Blonde said and turned the camera, so the Brunette filled the frame.

The Brunette snarled at the camera, "Remember that the truth is out there," she said.

The camera returned to the Blonde, "We have a special treat for you all, the elusive Redhead," The Blonde said and turned the camera to a slightly older redhead. Her hair was ginger red.

"Why do we still do this?" The Redhead asked.

"It's a tradition and it's a family thing," The Blonde came from behind the camera.

"It's getting old," The Redhead said, "and I'm only technically family."

The camera returned to The Blonde, and she waited for it to focus, "Of course the elusive Ginger Redhead is a grumpy one, but I'm forgetting, the most important member of the T3 Collective, the Brown Eyed Girl," The Blonde said and turned to the camera to a brown haired brown eyes girl. She looked through the camera.

"Why are we doing this?" The Brown Eyed Girl asked, her voice sounded detached from the world and the camera.

The camera was next filled by The Blonde. "Why are we here? Well, good question. Well, it's New Year's Eve, and that means one of two things.

"New Year, New Me," The Blonde said.

The Brunette popped up behind The Blonde, "Or, same shit, different day," she said.

The Redhead pushed The Brunette out of the way. "Enough with that pessimistic bullshit, it's the New Year, which means, time for romance and basketball," The Redhead said.

The Blonde rolled her eyes, "And the mandatory Love and Basketball reference have been made," The Blonde said. The Camera then turned to the Brown Eyed Girl. "Do you have anything to say about the coming New Year?"

"Soon it will be January, a month conventionally thought named for Janus, but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs, Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Janus presided over the beginning and end of the conflict, and hence war and peace. The gates of a building in Rome named after him, not a temple, as it is often called, but an open enclosure with gates at each end, were opened in time of war and closed to mark the arrival of peace, which did not happen very often. As a god of transitions, he had functions pertaining to birth and to journeys and exchange, and in his association with Portunus, a similar harbor and gateway god, he was concerned with traveling, trading, and shipping," The Brown Eyed Girl said.

The Redhead now filled the screen, "Did I mention we're trying for the State Basketball Title," she said.

"Yeah, basketball," The Blonde said, filling the screen, "The New Year, wow, so what will the New Year bring?"

"Secrets," The Brunette said, "there are always secrets.

"Yes, secrets, music too," The Blonde said.

"Yeah, music, check out Tacit Blue, great band, great people," The Redhead said, popping back into the picture, "Did I mention romance and basketball? A lot of basketball."

"Yeah, we get it you like basketball," The Brunette said.

"You like Aliens," The Redhead said, "Isn't that some sort of fetish?"

"Fetish, by medical definitions, restrict the term sexual fetishism to objects or body parts, fetish can, in common discourse, also refer to sexual interest in specific activities," The Brown Eyed Girl said.

"Quiet," The Brunette said to The Brown Eyed Girl holding up a hand.

"Okay, what did I do wrong?" The Brown Eyed Girl asked.

"We're Live Streaming," The Brunette said.

The Blonde laughed, a bit, smiled and looked into the camera, "It wouldn't be a live stream without that. Now so, what will the New Year bring?" she asked.

"The Exposure of the Reptilians who are behind the Montauk Project," The Brunette said.

"What every year brings," The Redhead said, rolling her eyes.

"Romance, love, tragedy," The Blonde said.

"Basketball," The Redhead said.

"Remember to investigate, the truth is out there," The Brunette yelled.

"Don't forget to check out Tacit Blue," The Redhead yelled.

"That too," The Blonde said, "Now, trying to be serious here. Also, it brings secrets."

"There are six, if I counted correctly," The Brown Eyed Girl said, "Annus horribilis."

"It's almost time for the countdown," The Redhead said.

The Blonde smiled, "So, we're going to end the stream right now. With a happy New Year from the T3 Collective, and our plus one, who has seemed to go off to find her boy-toy. Hopefully, we'll see you again, Further on Down the Road, and I can't say anymore as it would be and to quote Doctor River Song, 'Spoilers'," The Blonde said, was joined on camera by The Brunette, they both smiled and waved. The camera panned to the Brown Eyed Girl, who was staring off un-engaged in the world around her. The camera came back to The Blonde and The Brunette, who both smiled. The Blonde blew the camera a kiss and the stream ended.

Coming soon Further on Down the Road on February 3rd.