A/N: I *might* not be updating a who lot guys. Mum wants us to move to Texas (I live in Kentucky. LONG drive) and Im really upset now. I literally just made new friends ( ive been pretty well ALONE for two years, as Rachel and me don't see each other much despite the fact we go to the same school, and Brittany and Londyn both live like, an hour away. NOT FAIR.
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"It looks a bit lopsided..." Tess finally observed after the group had been silent for nearly five minutes. There were several murmurs of agreement, although none were really understandable. It DID look lopsided, whatever it was. It reminded Lily and Violet of when they had forgot some plastic they had been heating so it would be bendable for one of their science projects. They had forgotten all about it when one of their favorite television programs came on. It had caught fire, causing Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire to come running in and put it out. What remained after it had cooled was nothing short of a rather shapeless blob.
" You know... It looks a little like a bunch of hot air balloons all tied togethe-- HOLY! One of those things on top just popped! It is a bunch of balloons!" Lily exclaimed, right as it all clicked for the sleep deprived Baudelaires. Why hadn't it hit them sooner?? Violet, Klaus, and Sunny were suddenly hit with a wave of joy and concern. The Quagmires and Hector!! But, by the looks of things, they were about to crash.
" DUNCAN!" Violet cried.
" ISODORA!" Klaus yelled, matching his sister in tone and volume.
" HECTOR!" Sunny shouted, although she wasn't very loud. Lily and Tess looked to one another, exchanging ' no WAY' looks. Lily looked to Violet, seeking condolence
" .. Do any of those people write couplets, by any chance?" She quickly asked, Violet nodding frantically. You may find that a sudden rush of adrenaline, a substance ones body makes when one is excited or frightened, will wake you up very quickly. I experienced this when I was taken from my bed by two woman with powdered faces.
" Isodora... why?" Violet questioned, her eyes straying from Lily's face back to the Self-sustaining hot air mobile that was coming down fast. Lily waved a series of couplets in front of her friends face. Tess tugged several from her own pocket.
" Crows." Tess explained quickly. Lily cleared her throat.
" 'Someone help us; Oh please do!
Come and rescue us from certain doom!'" She recited. " Or there's this one:
' Baudelaires, anyone, please help us soon.
For soon our balloon home will go boom.'
Cheery, huh? We sent crows back, but we never got replies. Only a few couplets every so often. We reckon the crows didn't listen to us."
" Enough chitchat! We have to help them!!" Tess nagged.
" But HOW? We can't very well get up there? We don't have wings, and we can't do much from here." Klaus said worriedly, thinking back to anything he may have read that would have been of any help.
" We need something that would reach out and catch them if they fell." Lily said slowly, her eyes closed and her face set, the gears turning.
" But we don't really have any materials to do that with." The eldest Baudelaire whimpered, staring at the ever approaching machine. She could hear the frightened cries of the Quagmires and Hector... Sunny, Klaus, and Tess watched the scientists of the group think, while wracking their own minds for anything that might assist them. A light came on in Lily and Violet's brains at the same moment.
" I've got it!" The cried in unison, smiling at one another.
" If we can hear them, then they can hear us and we can give them directions. Things are distorted from the air, and they can't properly tell how far away they are or how far down it really is..." Lily started.
" And they're coming towards us, so if we can steer them here just right, they can just jump to safety. It looks like almost half of their balloons have popped, so they aren't that high up..."
" It's risky..."
" But it's all we've got." Tess sighed, frowning slightly. And it was.. if anyone misjudged even by a foot, the Quagmires and Hector would certainly fall to their dooms.
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"It looks a bit lopsided..." Tess finally observed after the group had been silent for nearly five minutes. There were several murmurs of agreement, although none were really understandable. It DID look lopsided, whatever it was. It reminded Lily and Violet of when they had forgot some plastic they had been heating so it would be bendable for one of their science projects. They had forgotten all about it when one of their favorite television programs came on. It had caught fire, causing Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire to come running in and put it out. What remained after it had cooled was nothing short of a rather shapeless blob.
" You know... It looks a little like a bunch of hot air balloons all tied togethe-- HOLY! One of those things on top just popped! It is a bunch of balloons!" Lily exclaimed, right as it all clicked for the sleep deprived Baudelaires. Why hadn't it hit them sooner?? Violet, Klaus, and Sunny were suddenly hit with a wave of joy and concern. The Quagmires and Hector!! But, by the looks of things, they were about to crash.
" DUNCAN!" Violet cried.
" ISODORA!" Klaus yelled, matching his sister in tone and volume.
" HECTOR!" Sunny shouted, although she wasn't very loud. Lily and Tess looked to one another, exchanging ' no WAY' looks. Lily looked to Violet, seeking condolence
" .. Do any of those people write couplets, by any chance?" She quickly asked, Violet nodding frantically. You may find that a sudden rush of adrenaline, a substance ones body makes when one is excited or frightened, will wake you up very quickly. I experienced this when I was taken from my bed by two woman with powdered faces.
" Isodora... why?" Violet questioned, her eyes straying from Lily's face back to the Self-sustaining hot air mobile that was coming down fast. Lily waved a series of couplets in front of her friends face. Tess tugged several from her own pocket.
" Crows." Tess explained quickly. Lily cleared her throat.
" 'Someone help us; Oh please do!
Come and rescue us from certain doom!'" She recited. " Or there's this one:
' Baudelaires, anyone, please help us soon.
For soon our balloon home will go boom.'
Cheery, huh? We sent crows back, but we never got replies. Only a few couplets every so often. We reckon the crows didn't listen to us."
" Enough chitchat! We have to help them!!" Tess nagged.
" But HOW? We can't very well get up there? We don't have wings, and we can't do much from here." Klaus said worriedly, thinking back to anything he may have read that would have been of any help.
" We need something that would reach out and catch them if they fell." Lily said slowly, her eyes closed and her face set, the gears turning.
" But we don't really have any materials to do that with." The eldest Baudelaire whimpered, staring at the ever approaching machine. She could hear the frightened cries of the Quagmires and Hector... Sunny, Klaus, and Tess watched the scientists of the group think, while wracking their own minds for anything that might assist them. A light came on in Lily and Violet's brains at the same moment.
" I've got it!" The cried in unison, smiling at one another.
" If we can hear them, then they can hear us and we can give them directions. Things are distorted from the air, and they can't properly tell how far away they are or how far down it really is..." Lily started.
" And they're coming towards us, so if we can steer them here just right, they can just jump to safety. It looks like almost half of their balloons have popped, so they aren't that high up..."
" It's risky..."
" But it's all we've got." Tess sighed, frowning slightly. And it was.. if anyone misjudged even by a foot, the Quagmires and Hector would certainly fall to their dooms.
