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Wed Oct 25, 2006 at 01:10:23 pm EDT
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Shep’s Talent Show: Tricky Style
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THWANG!
GAH!
THWANG! THWANG!
GAHAHH!

The strange noises came from the Training Room. Yuki had planned on an extensive afternoon workout. It was her four-hour “off” time and she was looking forward to it. Now that she had arrived, she found herself regretting her plans.

“Just what are you doing?” She asked the man in purple and green.

“Hey babe! I’m practicing!”

Yuki was afraid to ask what. Trickshot stood on a robotic platform. It was connected to the wall by a one-foot thick robotic arm. The arm would gyrate the platform while Trickshot (his feet firmly locked in place to the surface) would shoot his arrows at a bull’s-eye on the far wall.

This practice of training for Tricky was most common. The platform would spin and twirl, left, right and upside down while the archer fired at stationary and moving targets. It was no big deal but an amazing feat to the average person.

The thing that confused Yuki was the object on the target. It looked like a two-foot tall stuffed doll. It was strapped to the target as the bull’s-eye spun in a circle. As Yuki used her artificial eyes to focus on the spinning doll she first picked out that it was an exact replica of Visionary. A closer look revealed that most of the noises were coming from the doll and it was moving!

“Please help me! I’m getting sick!”

Her eyes flew open wide. “You shrunk Vish, placed him on your rotating target and you’re shooting arrows at him?” She shouted the question.

“YES! He’s a mad man! Help me! He’s already shot me three times!”

Yuki then noticed that the small Visionary had sharp arrows stuck in both arms and one leg. She started to move closer and stopped. Blood should have been dripping out of the three holes in Visionary. Instead, all that was sticking out of the wounds was stuffing.

“You’re not Vish.”

Trickshot pressed the red button on the controls and his platform stopped. He looked down and smiled. “What? Ya think I’d really shoot the Fake-Flake?”

He busted up into laughter. Yuki stared at him crossly. Finally, he stopped and explained. “I bought one a those stuffed Legionaries at the store. I had Al rig it with some computer chips so it can talk and move on it’s own. It has Vish’s brain patterns so it would sound just like him. See, I’m not just doin’ th’ ventriloquist bit. I’m doin’ it wit style!”

The stuffed Visionary started to try to break his bonds. “No! I’m real dammit! Let me loose, you maniac!”

Tricky smiled, pulled out an arrow and let it fly. Upon entering the air, it burst into flame and struck the center of the doll. The mini-Vish screamed as his little chest became engulfed in fire.

“Who else is setting their ventriloquist dummy on fire?” Tricky winked, then fired a flame retardant foam arrow and put out the slightly blackened, terrified dummy.

Yuki sighed, shook her head and left the room. “What? WHAT? It’s gonna knock the crowds socks off! Shep’ll save her theatre fer sure!”





Scott
ag aka muse-slave aka Jack_Roberts aka just 'Scott'








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