| jennybee | (CHAPTER TWO: www.plurk.com/p/4rnx) |
| saosalavan | says | It wasn't easy to travel to SF. As a human, Jonny could walk into a travel agency and buy a ticket. As a flamingo, his options were limited. |
| waugaman | maybe he could go by train? he had no money but he could find an old rain mac and boots to cover his trotters... |
| watfordgap | ... which he did, but what about the rabbit ears - not even his old top hat would hide them! |
| redduffman | So he decided to hang out at the airport and blend into the next Hawaian shirt travelling to the city by the Bay. |
| saosalavan | says | Once arriving in San Francisco,he faced another problem - extracting himself from the shirt, without letting the man wearing the shirt know. |
| waugaman | but the opportunity never came and Johnny eventually fell asleep. The next day he awoke in the bottom of someone's laundry basket. |
| artbizness | says | : "And strangely, his first thought was not "Why am I at the bottom of a laundry basket?" " |
| artbizness | says | : "..but: 'F**k it! I'm a flamingo! Why didn't I just FLY to San Fransisco?!?' " |
| saosalavan | says | Jonny decided to leave the bigger questions for later. He was trying to think with a bird's brain. He flapped his wings and lunged out. |
| waugaman | thinks | Taking half the contents of the laundry basket with him including the day old, smelly pink Hawaiian shirt used as camouflage the day before. |
| jennybee | San Francisco was as altered as Boston had been but instead of jungle there was desert. The wharves and piers were derelict but for |
| saosalavan | says | hordes of screaming banshees who demanded chocolate from tourists.Jonny tried to ignore the noise by covering his ears. But where were they? |
| jennybee | A newspaper fluttered across his path. Jonny noticed the headline: 'President denies Seattle leak' accompanied by a photo of a pelican. |
| jennybee | He picked up the newspaper and started to read. |
| jennybee | "The President today denied the alleged leakage of the Pelican virus from a Seattle research facility." |
| jennybee | " The virus, which was the cause of the revolution 3 years ago, is highly dangerous and can cause metamorphosis in humans." Jonny gulped. |
| Dano | "The Pelican virus?" Jonny thought. "But I was under the impression that I was the only one!" |
| jennybee | He looked down at his betrottered feet and flapped his wings. So that was the cause of this mutation. But why was the Government denying it? |
| saosalavan | says | He suddenly felt very scared and alone. But then again, if more people caught this virus from him, he wouldn't be so alone. |
| waugaman | then jonny ran. he ran like he had never run before. his head held forward with his long neck stretched out as far as it could go. |
| waugaman | banshees were screaming out of his way.everything melted from his mind - watches, train cars and smelly Hawaiian shirts. |
| waugaman | he thought of nothing but running. running and stretching his wings and flapping as if there were no tomorrow. then it happened... |
| saosalavan | says | He ran right into a wall. Lying stunned on the street, with people walking over them, he wanted to yell out that their time was nearly over. |
| waugaman | but "SQUAWK" was all that came out. SQUAWK? SQUAWK? SQUAWK? |
| saosalavan | says | A man leaned over him and kneaded his wing, near the shoulder. "Big bird," he said to the crowd. "Wonder if it's good to eat." Jonny sqawked |
| jennybee | The flight to Seattle was smooth. The landing wasn't but trotters weren't designed for that. By now it was dawn; the sky pink, the air cold |
| jennybee | and once again Jonny emerged from a dank side street, only this time the street ran alongside a massive concrete warehouse... |
| jennybee | which, unbeknownst to Jonny, contained some of the answers he'd been searching for. |
| saosalavan | says | A female voice shattered the calm. "What do you want?" A young girl, with pink complexion and dressed in pink, stood in front of him. |
| saosalavan | says | "Even if I talk to you, you won't understand," he said morosely. "Of course I can," said the girl."I'm a flamingo, just like you.We see each |
| saosalavan | says | other as humans."She raised her arms and Jonny could see pink feathers on the skin connecting her arms to her sides. "When everyone turns,we |
| saosalavan | says | will all look like humans, just with feathers." Jonny pointed to a nasty looking man nearby. "What about him." The girl lowered her voice. |
| saosalavan | says | "Watch out for that one." Jonny noted the beak of a nose, wattles along his neck and dusty feather. "He's the Pelican of Doom, the girl said |
| waugaman | Dum dum dum Dummmmmm! |
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