[The Red Ties]

[Authorian]

Her shiver almost contaminated me, but I managed to shake it off. I reached forward, taking the card from her. It was very, well, 'pro' as she called it. The design was very modern. I turned the card over, it showed the thread on both sides, but on the back, above the line were the words REDKNOT in large red letters. Below the thread, was our adress, phone number, and webiste. I nodded and handed it back to Ash. "Yeah, that is cool. I was wondering what you handed them." I thought for a moment. "Hey, wait, why don't I get any?" I asked, confronting her rudely.

 

[sadladsalad]

"It's in the apartment, hold on," Ashling went ahead and sprinted toward her building. "I like the thing with what you did with the sting. That's really cool. Perhaps we should buy some of that for next time... Buy some small red silk ribbons and it'll be perfect!"

 

[Authorian]

"We really should, if we keep using my shirt I don't know what I'd do," I hurried after, following her into the building and flipping the light on. I watched her dash about, searching for the cards.

 

[sadladsalad]

"Here it is!"


She shows off a stack of the same design personally just for you.


"Put it in your pockets, okay? Never know when you'll need them."

 

[Authorian]

"Yep," I said, accepting the cards. "There are a surprisingly large ammount of desperate people in the world," I stated, slipping the cards into my back pocket.

 

[sadladsalad]

"Then your making me sound desperate, Hun," she remarked, "Let's see, we might have to do this tomorrow... I don't think one shall just do though. Who knows if it'll really work."


She bites the nail on her thumb, obviously frustrated by the fact that the bidness is starting off to a slow and awkward start. They'll need something to give them a boom. A huge boom, in order to get it really going.

 

[Authorian]

I agreed. "How do we know he'll tell others? I mean, it might not even work out..." I tapped my foot in thought.


(I gotta go, I don't know if I'll be able to get back on today...)

 

[sadladsalad]

"I guess all we need is faith. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'll have to start from scratch once again."


She hangs her coat on her rack, and collapses on the couch.

 

[Authorian]

"You're right," I said, ducking into he kitchen for a fresh bowl of milk. I opened the fridge, bowl of dry cereal in hand. After doing a once over, I let out a groan.


"We're out of milk..." I called to Ash, practically shouting across the apartment

 

[sadladsalad]

"Can't you just eat it raw? Look cinnamon toast crunch tastes better without the milk anyway." She looks impatient, taking off her red rimmed glasses. With her old band tee shirt, she uses the cloth to clean her glasses.

 

[Authorian]

I turned towards the living room with a slack jaw. "You can't be serious..." I jerked the bowl of dry cereal in her direction, the cheerios spilling onto the ground. "This isn't even cinnamon toast crunch!" I cried.

 

[sadladsalad]

"I hope you're cleaning that up," she sat up from the couch, staring at the cheerio pattern on the floor, "Unless you like sleeping with the rats. God, why are you even eating cereal at night?"

 

[Authorian]

I sneered. "Like you'd understand. I'm a cereal kinda guy. Give me a break..." I set the bowl down, stopped to the ground, and began putting the dropped cereal in my hand.

 

[sadladsalad]

Ash sighs, getting off the couch. Crouching down, she picked the little Os one by one. She quietly picks at it in silence.


"Good job today, Finn. Really."