[Tuj] You made a sacrifice which should really be reciprocated be another player, not naming any names, which is something Baggy said to be once or words similar he often said things like that. You see the unfinished game was starting to bother him and neither of us had spoken to Rhinanon for the last few weeks since the holidays had begun. I could tell leaving the loop like that disturbed him. With nothing better to do we took our bikes down to the wood and stopped on the small wooden bridge. It was quiet there it must have been just what he needed, he did his usual "You know, you know what ..." paused listening to the stream then added "we need to finish the game it's not right what you did". He had said it and he was right, so I asked what we should do know, and it all came out. He had plan. We needed a peacemaker to bring us together it had to be Thomo as he was a friend of Dorothy's. So for your sake Tuj I hope this works Aldwych and giving up 5 red tokens.
Aldwych. Playing the same station repeatedly seems an interesting ploy, but could it actually be useful? In anything less than 100 moves (when Tyrone's Law would reset the game)?
I'm not sure which way we are going but it is quiet restful, but bracing myself for any sudden jolt to the system, which is probably what Dotty was hoping would happen to us four, hanging around as we were with faces like a wet weekend in Blackpool. We had told our parents we were staying over at each others houses, but we headed for the old farmhouse cottage, empty since old man Evan Evans had in the spring. Me and Thomo arrived first as the setting sun was down among the tree tops, I remember as we sat and compared the contents of our bags how deathly silent it was. Till Baggy came freewheeling down the lane to the yard yelling like a wounded banshee and the biggest grin across his face I'd ever seen. His excitement was catching so we were in the best of moods when Rhinanon appeared. It was brilliant it was back to as it should be. Dorothy had given Rhinanon the key to her uncles place which was dark inside so we lit the candles Thomo had brought along and settled down on an old rug. It was also Thomo who brought up about the game as he did a chill went up the spine to make me shiver. Baggy was all for eating he had brought along chocolate and by the looks nothing much else. But we had come there play out the game. Rhinanon and Thomo looked at me, just as she was about to speak the candles blew out and it went pitch black but I could see the night sky and all the stars in a cloudless sky I could hear the sound of scraping and in my arms a heavy weight, I was pulling a limp body across some cobbles. I dropped the body the candles came back to life and I could see from the startled expression in the eyes of the others they had seen the same. We grabbed our things and ran out the front door, Baggy was away first, as I climbed on my bike to chase after him I called to the others to see them soon. All we wanted was to continue but we all felt it, the game was after revenge. Amersham and rattling the diagonals.
That last three moves as a sequence had quite an impact, perhaps after the events of the Loop it was wise to be cautious. In much the same way the events at the cottage made us all rush back to the safety of our own beds much to the surprise of each of our parents. I must have fallen asleep at sometime during the night even though I had tried to stay awake. The memory still bright the texture of the clothing had been so real, the coal dust swirling in the air. Several loud bangs on the front door brought my mother out of the kitchen, I hoped it was not for me. I sat silently for a few moment when the call came up the stairs saying it was Rhinanon, which was not too unexpected, she must be scared witless. I called back downstairs, put on fresh clothes, time to play it cool, last night was nothing. Only thing was waiting on the doorstep Rhinanon was not alone. As I sttod open mouthed and gawping at the short flat capped figure, well-worn suit and heavy boots, she simply broke the silence by saying “Meet Arhie Shuttleton, now get your shoes on we're off to find Baggy”. Before I could ask any questions about him Rhinanon had started walking down the front garden and was by the gate by the time I caught up, as we walked along Archie oddly familiar but out of place stayed several paces behind. That girl was up to something that was definite, she knew something about Archie that I didn't. Being decisive never one of my strong points, but piked straddle to Euston is as daring a move as I care to make for the moment.