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Post by Administrator on May 14, 2006 0:13:30 GMT -5
Arianette can usualy be found back here...
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 22:53:25 GMT -5
Prince walked up to the door and knocked three times. "Arianette?" She waited about a second, and then knocked continuously. "Arianette!?" she called again, and continued to knock on the door.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 22:57:05 GMT -5
Ariannette opened the door, slightly annoyed. Seeing it was a youngish boy, however, she became a bit softer. "What do you want, petite?"
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 22:59:16 GMT -5
Of course Ariannette wouldn't know Prince, so she obviously wouldn't know Prince was a girl. On top of this Prince had no intention on telling her because she simply didn't trust adults... and hasn't for a long time. "You're Ariannette I guess... name's Prince, can I come in?" she asked in a deeper voice like a boys, and quite convincingly.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 23:02:14 GMT -5
Ariannette closed the door behind her. "Not at the moment, no." Clarence would come down in a moment, she knew, and help her if she needed it. However, she didn't think she would.
Pulling up a couple chairs she gestured to one and sat down. "What do you need..." She thought for a moment. "Prince?..head of Queen's newsies?"
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 23:07:29 GMT -5
Prince looked at her slightly shocked. Hardly anyone knew that Prince was the leader of Queens... course... Ariannette lived there, so it wasn't that suprising come to think of it. She took a seat since Ariannette had offered her a chair. "Yeah... dat's me," she said nodding a little, but keeping her voice low. "I wanted ta have a woid wit' youse about somethin'," she said. "Dat is... if ya's got da time," she said, not wanting to interfere with anything.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 23:09:10 GMT -5
Ariannette shrugged. "Tis fine. I was going to call on you later anyways. I wanted to talk to you as well." She smiled gently. "Seems we were on the same page, so to speak. What did you need to talk to me about?" She folded her hands in her lap, glad to help a youth in need.
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 23:14:30 GMT -5
"Wull... dere's dis... disagreement b'tween da newsies of New York... an' when newsies get in a disagreement... it... tends ta get a bit... well it can get a little outta control. Now... jus so ya know Manhattan and Queens are on one side, and Bronx and Brooklyn make up da oddah. I was hopin' dat you'se side wit' us on da mattah... since ya in Queens an' all. Kinda hopein' youse might be a safe house for us Queens an' 'hattan newsies. 'Course, if ya dun wanna be involved at all it's fine... but... we'd really 'precciate da help," she said hopefully.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 23:16:41 GMT -5
Ariannette smiled gently. "Well, I had already heard about it. Thing is...this is neutral territory. I'm not going to take sides. I want to help you all. That means, if Queens or Hatten newsies come to me, they have a place to stay, a warm meal, and a nurse to dress their wounds." She paused. "But if a Bronx or Brooks newsie ends up at my door, they will also be welcome...in all the strife there has to be a place where anyone can be safe, regardless of sides."
She laughed. "I'm also thinking if this goes on for a few weeks I might throw a show where all of you get in free..try and talk things over again.."
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 23:22:52 GMT -5
Prince listened. "Uhhh... I'm sorry... but dat ain't gonna woik. Da show's a good ideah, dun get me wrong, but da... 'neutral territory' paht... ain't gonna woik. Ya see... ya right in da heart of queens... an'... wull I jus cain't allow newsies safe passage ta come heah an' get help from ya. Dis is my territory... an any kid from Brooklyn or Bronx dat I find ain't gonna be safe heah in Queens," she said. "So... I'm sorry, but... either ya help us... or ya help no one at all," she said stating her point firmly, and she was not budging.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 23:26:54 GMT -5
Ariannette's demeanor immediately changed. Here she was trying to help Prince in some form, and the boy has the gall to give her an ultimatium? Not in her lifetime. Sitting up straight she pointed at Prince's cap. "First off, take the hat off, your inside. Second, If a brook or bronx kid ends up my door somehow, despite you all trying to soak eachother to death, they will be safe here. If you show up at my door and try to start trouble, when I am trying to help all of you, then you will face me, my manager, my musicians, and maybe a cop or to."
She stood up. "The cops know this will be a safehaven. They will send newsies here instead of to a refuge or orphanage. I'm trying to be kind to all of ye. I would suggest not throwing it in my face."
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Post by Prince on May 16, 2006 23:32:24 GMT -5
Prince stood up, and kept a hand on her hat, and only pulled it on tighter. "No," Prince said, meaning a no to everything. "You don't seem ta understand... Queens is my territory. Any newsie oddah den Queens or 'hattan gets inta my territory ain't gonna make it heah. Youse can send newsies from oddah bouroughs somewheres else... but Queens and 'Hattan only, or youse can forgedaboudit," she said. She was glad to accept Ariannette's help... just wasn't gonna stand for her helping the enemy too.
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Post by arianette on May 16, 2006 23:37:22 GMT -5
Ariannette shrugged. "Well, glad you think that. But you may be the head of Queen's newsies, chile..but I am much older than you, and I'm not going to take orders from you." She nodded. "So when brooks or bronx kids are here, and you show up, or any of your kids come around to make trouble instead of get help, I will take care of it as I see fit. And I may not call the cops. Just because I'm a performer doesnt mean I wont fight you if you show me such gall."
She was trying not to lose her temper. "I will be throwing the show, and I think this is silly. I understand how and why it is happening...but dead and injured newsies won't solve a thing. I will help all that I can. You can tell me no all you want, but after all...your no means nothing to me. My word is the word." She grabbed at PRince's hat. "and I said, take the hat off. You may think all of Queens is your territory, but this Hall is My territory. And my word is law."
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Post by Prince on May 17, 2006 1:01:15 GMT -5
Prince's hair fell down around her shoulders exposing herself. "Shit!" she cursed again, and stole her hat back. Well... so much for her secret. She held her hat in her hand and looked at Ariannette. "A kid was murdered..." she said in her normal tone of voice, higher pitched since she was a girl after all. "That's why this is happenin'. Sure, you may think that fightin' won' solve no problems, but even youse gotta agree da only way ta make anyone undah stand is ta beat some sence inta 'em..." she said. "Dat's what dis war is for... b'cause someone's hidin' somethin'... and dere ain't no othah way ta find out who... You of all people know dat da woild is a competition for survival, an' us newsies ain't got no one but eachother." She took her hair and twisted it back around her hand, and rehid it under her cap. "It's simple competition, an' only a mattah of who'll win. I dunno how ya gonna do any good by helpin' both sides... but if newsies can make it heah... den I guess I cain't stop ya... though don't doubt dat I'll try..."
As far as her being a girl was concerned... she'd ask Ariannette not to tell anyone a bit later... perhaps. She just hope she remembered to mention it. Because if Ariannette told anyone, who knows what trouble she'd get into.
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Post by arianette on May 17, 2006 10:17:07 GMT -5
Ariannette nodded. "Well, ye have more sense than I orignally gave you, I'll say that." She wasn't that surprised that Prince was actually a Princess. If she were a newsie, she probably would do the same thing. "Well, you may not think it will help...but eventually the culprit will be rooted out." She paused. "Perhaps we can reach a compromise. Bronx and Brooks kids will be allowed here, but if you wish it, I'll have them interrogated. No force used, of course..but there are other ways to convince people to talk."
She sighed. "And lass, I'd hope you won't try. I don't want to arrest you. I'm trying to help. But I will have you arrested, for your own good." She paused. "And don't worry. I won't tell anyone you're actually 'princess', Prince."
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