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"Okay," she said. "Let's get tha ball rolling. Ya ready?"
Kitty nodded. "As ready as I can be," she said. "I mean, we're like, about to run a mutant fair. Our blood pressure is going to be off the charts."
"Makes ya wonder how the Prof hasn't had a heart attack yet," said Rogue.
Chapter 24- Mutant Fair Day I
"Chere?" said Remy as he shook Rogue. "Wake up, time t' get ready for de first day."
Rogue swatted at Remy. "Fahve moah minutes," she said.
"Chere," said Remy. "Remy knows y' stayed up half de night wit' las' minute tings an' worryin' 'bout de success of de carnival, mais Remy gave y' de whole time t' sleep while he was gettin' ready. Time t' get up."
Rogue grumbled and got up. She started to head towards the bathroom.
'I wish I could have let her sleep a little more,' thought Remy. 'Dese last couple of days have been hard for her and de petite, between tellin' us what t' do, goin' on de radio to talk 'bout de carnival, plannin' and all that stuff.'
Remy was shaken out of his thoughts by a repeated banging against the front door. He looked up and saw Rogue walk into the door leading to the hallway, thinking it was the bathroom. She'd back up two steps and walk into the door again.
"y' tryin' t' phase Chere?" asked Remy. Rogue shook her head slowly.
"Ah'm trahin' ta get inta tha bathroom," said Rogue. "Stupid doah (door) is in mah way."
Remy got up and took Rogue by the shoulders. Then he gently turned her, opened the bathroom door, pushed her inside and closed the door behind her.
"Y' know where everytin' is right?" he asked her. "Don' want y' tryin' t' bathe in the sink." Rogue decided not to reply. Or she didn't hear him.
Remy sighed and made their bed. He was almost done when the phone rang.
"Remy and Rogue," said Remy as he picked up. "Remy speakin'"
"Hey Remy, it's Piotr," said Piotr.
"Hey. De petite getting' ready?" said Remy.
"Yeah," said Piotr. "I felt so horrible waking her up when it took her so long to fall asleep."
"Remy t'," said Remy. "Rogue kept walkin' int' the front door, thinkin' it was de bathroom door. When Remy asked her if she was tryin' t' phase she said she was tryin' t' get int' the bathroom mais de door was in her way."
Piotr half-laughed. "Kitty kept phasing through me, thinking I was the door to the bathroom. She kept having the cutest face when all she saw was the window," he said.
"Poor femmes," said Remy. "This must be hard on them."
"Let's hope this works out, for their sakes," said Piotr.
"Yeah," said Remy.
(-strawberrie-)
"So far so good," said Rogue as she walked through the halls of Trident High School a couple hours later. The carnival had started two hours ago and the school was quickly filling with people.
She looked into one of the classrooms and saw one of the Jamie clones operating the test of strength booth. A small boy who was no older than five years old with short brown hair was trying with all his might to get the little metal thing to hit the bell so that he could win a giant giraffe. The people behind him were starting to get irritated. Rogue walked over to Jamie.
"How many tahmes has he trahed?" she asked him softly so that only he could hear.
"This is his thirtieth time," said Jamie.
"And he's still payin'?" she asked.
"Every time he misses he pulls out three quarters from his pocket and pays for another chance," said Jamie. "I'm about to raise the amount of money you have to pay to try."
"Don't do that yet," said Rogue. "Not on tha first day, start doin' that once moah and moah people are winnin' tha giraffes. Or as soon as ya see a person who ya know will win. If he wins once and starts ta trah again rip off tha sheet of papah that has tha current prahce on it. That's why there's a stack of papers. All ya have ta do is rip it and another is under with a higher price. But contact meh first, mah cell phone is goin' ta always be on."
"Okay," said Jamie. They both turned back to the kid who tried again, barely lifting the metal bar.
"Heah," said Rogue to the kid. "Ah'll do it foah ya. Don't want ya spendin' all yahre money on one game."
"Okay, lady," said the kid. "Thank you." He handed Jamie another three quarters and handed Rogue the mallet.
Rogue used a bit of Blob's powers and easily hit the bell. It rang loudly throughout the room. Rogue picked up one of the giant giraffes and gave it to the kid.
"Thank you," he said as he walked out of the classroom with the giraffe, which was bigger than he was.
"Thank you," said a teenage girl that was next in line. "I thought he'd never run out of money."
"Yahre welcome," said Rogue as she walked out.
(-strawberrie-)
Kitty walked around the school like Rogue was doing, just looking around making sure everything was going smoothly. She turned a corner and spotted Logan walking around.
"Hey Logan!" she said.
"Hey Half-pint," he said.
"How's everything going?" Kitty asked.
"There was a guy who was stealing our money," said Logan. "He flirted with Amara, Rahne and Tabitha and stole money from them at the same time. I caught him…threatened him a bit-"
"Did you hurt him?" asked Kitty. Logan looked at her.
"Define hurt," he said. Kitty just laughed.
"Okay, after you threatened him?" she asked.
"I got the money back and warned the girls," finished Logan. "Being security would be a lot easier if I had help."
"Hmm," said Kitty. She looked to the ceiling in thought. "Remy's not doing anything right now, since he works in the evening. I'll tell him he's security with you. Is that okay?"
"That's fine," said Logan. "Tell him I need to talk to him so that we can figure out which areas will be his and which will be mine."
"Sure thing," said Kitty. As Logan walked away she walked into the nearest classroom. She waved at Tabitha who was standing behind a desk collecting money from a tall, Hispanic looking guy on the other side of the desk. Pietro who was beside her was heavily making out with a small blonde while occasionally opening his eye to glance at his watch. There was a line in front of both of them, filled with about ten people of the opposite gender. They were working at the kissing booth. The sign behind them said,
'$0.50 for ten seconds, $0.60 for fifteen seconds, $0.80 for thirty seconds, $1.10 for forty five seconds, $1.50 for one minute, $2.00 for three minutes.'
'I'll talk to them about that later,' thought Kitty. She got out her cell phone and called Remy.
"Hello petite," said Remy as he answered his cell phone. "How is everytin'?"
"So far so good," said Kitty. "Except Logan needs help, since he's the only security guy, so since you're not like, doing anything I thought you could help him."
Remy sighed. "We really need t' get that homme a cell phone," he said.
"I know," said Kitty. "I was planning on getting him one after closing today."
"'K," said Remy. "And yeah, Remy'll be security t'."
"Great," said Kitty. "You need to meet up with Logan so you can map out the areas you'll patrol."
"Do y' know where he is?" asked Remy.
"Last I saw him he was heading down B hall," said Kitty. (1)
"'K," said Remy. "Remy'll be there."
"Thanks," said Kitty. "Later."
"No problem," he said and hung up.
Kitty walked over to Tabitha and Pietro who were currently taking a break.
"Whatever happened to fifty cents for a small make out session?" asked Kitty. "How did you come up with the more money they pay, the longer the make out session?"
"Some guy came up to Tabitha, gave her a twenty and demanded a twenty minute make out session," said Pietro.
"So I gave him one, and we took a small break, where we made up the new prices. It's getting us a lot more money," finished Tabitha
"Did you tell Rogue?" asked Kitty.
"No," said Tabitha looking a little embarrassed.
"It's ok," said Kitty. "I mean, we're getting more money, and you're getting more money since you get 40 of your profits. Just let either Rogue or me know next time you change prices."
"Okay," said Pietro.
Kitty turned to leave as soon as she got out of the classroom an idea came to her. She turned and quickly walked back to Tabitha and Pietro.
"Hey guys," she said. "What if we take your idea a step further?"
"What do you mean?" asked Pietro.
"How about we spread a rumor that if they pay you a significant extra you'll have a small sex session with them?" asked Kitty.
They thought about it for a minute. "Sure," said Pietro.
"Only if they're good looking," said Tabitha. "And are clean, no diseases or anything."
"As if you don't have any already," said Pietro. Tabitha smacked the back of his head.
"Sure, whatever you want," said Kitty. "You guys will set the conditions, figure out your time schedule whatever. I'll get everyone to spread the rumor." She turned and left.
"Hey Tabby," said Pietro. "You aren't allowed to pay me for a little roll between the sheets."
"Of course," said Tabby. "The man always pays."
(-strawberrie-)
"Piotr!" Remy yelled into the phone. "Dis is not funny!"
"Yeah!" said John. They were using three way calling.
"What?" asked Piotr.
"Did y' see de movie playin' on de television in de main hallway?" demanded Remy.
"Yeah! Did you?" asked John.
"No," said Piotr "What's playing?"
"A video of all de distractions done by de deux of us," said Remy.
"Yeah!" said John. "The do… two of us."
"I didn't have anything to do with that!" said Piotr.
"What do you mean?" asked Remy. "Aren't y' de only one wit' de copies of dat?"
"Yeah!" said John. "Aren't you?"
"No," said Piotr. "Rogue has a copy."
"Yeah!" said John. "Rogue has a copy!…What?"
"Rogue has a copy," said Piotr. "You better talk to her, I think she's the one behind it."
"Fine," said Remy as he hung up.
"Yeah!" said John. "Fine!"
Piotr started to laugh as he hung up the phone.
(-strawberrie-)
Rogue was walking through the hallways when Remy grabbed her arm and started dragging her towards the main hallway.
"Remy?" asked Rogue. "Remy let go of meh!"
Remy didn't say anything, just stopped when they reached the main hallway, where the other four and a small audience were watching the 'distraction' movie.
"Explain dis," said Remy. She glanced at the screen and saw John in a grass skirt and a coconut top doing the hula.
Rogue grinned at Remy. "Ah thought it'd be a nice touch," she said innocently.
"I'd love to have a copy of this," said a blond woman as she passed by.
Kitty and Rogue looked at each other.
"Copies go on sale tomorrow!" they screamed simultaneously.
"Only fifteen dollars!" added Wanda.
"Non," said Remy.
"Remy," said Rogue. "Either we sell them, or ya go lookin' foah sex elsewhere foah a month. And if ya dare get some whore ya might wake up and find yahre certain member gone. Logan's heah remember?"
Remy gulped. "Y' can sell dem," he said. "And Remy won't get mad when y' sell his most embarassin' moments t' de world."
"Thank ya," said Rogue. "Ah love ya."
"Mon dieu," said Remy.
(-strawberrie-)
Rogue walked pass the entrance to the school and saw Ororo sitting at a table, watching as people went inside, occasionally making marks on the paper in front of her.
"Hey Ro," said Rogue. "How many people so far?"
"Sixty-three adults and seventy-seven people under twelve have come in," said Ororo.
"Okay cool," said Rogue. "Don't worry, tomorrow ya'll be collectin' tha entrahnce fees instead of countin' how many people come in lahke this."
Ororo nodded. "Tell Logan I need to talk to him if you see him," she said. "I saw someone who looked like they were coming to share in the fair's profits."
Rogue nodded. "We are definitely gettin' him a cell phone," she said. "It's a pain in the ass trahin' ta get in contact with him." She paused. "Ah'll see ya later."
"Okay, bye Rogue," said Ororo.
Rogue walked inside, on the way passing Todd.
"Yo Rogue!" he said.
Rogue stopped, turned and looked at him. "Hey," she said. "What's up?"
"Nothing," he said. "Just wanna say thanks. This is the best job I could have gotten. The flies are the best I've ever eaten. Clean up duty rocks!"
"Um," said Rogue. "Soah Todd. Glad ya lahke yahre job."
"Tell Kitty I said thanks," said Todd as he hopped off in another direction.
"Soah thing," said Rogue as she walked off. Once she was sure she was out of Todd's sight she gave a small shudder.
"Ew," she said. "I'm so glad Piotr thought to give this job to him."
(-no more strawberries-)
Yeah, that was the first day. I think I could have done better, but I don't have all that much to work with. Usually the first day's always boring. Hopefully you'll like the other chapters better. Next chapter Mutant Fair Day II.
(1) I don't know about other high schools, especially in other states and other countries, but in my high school the hallways are all lettered.