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Um... this should be the end of the TGZ Mid-West Snippets. Still have the Chicago chapter to go and we should be caught up.

Thanks to Wren-chan for the Bus stories. ^^;;

Ysabet, please don't kill me for the end, we've had this planned for MONTHS.

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There were various advantages of buses over trains and trains over buses.

The buses made frequent breaks at truck stops, where you could rent a shower and catch a meal. Quite a few of the drivers seemed to love their job, telling stories and on one instance, the driver with a lovely Mississippi accent taught them trucker's lingo. Just simple things, but you never knew when the strangest things could come in handy. And the buses tended to be on time, therefore faster. Unless there was a new driver who got lost.

Trains couldn't get lost nearly as easily, but were often having to pull over to allow for the freight trains to go by so therefore did not adhere to any sort of schedule. On the up side, you could stand up and walk around on a train, or hang out in the observation lounge and talk with people. Especially the old guys who tended to be train freaks. Or occasionally catch an over priced snack in the lounge or a meal in the dining car.

The walking around was a bonus for Kaito, who didn't like enclosed places. Saguru had once commented after Kaito had managed to rope some kids into cheer-leading routines that if he was that eager to burn off calories, he should try beating his head against the wall, it burned one hundred and twenty calories per hour. Maybe more if he was really active.

Kaito wanted to know how Saguru knew that. And who thought of finding out how many calories an hour it burned. Or how they tested it and what was the size of the pain killer the test subject needed afterwards. Saguru had merely smirked back and gone back to his book.

Saguru read a lot of books. It was funny, how it seemed like all they did was sit around and eat, and yet he was always tired and hungry. Saguru said it was a factor of things, their bodies constantly adjusting their balance to moving at high speeds and their brains having to deal with a constant influx of new information.

Kaito thought Saguru was full of it and it was the sheer boredom.

On the other hand, with the bus drivers, they tended not to put up with loud riotous music. The American train conductors, for the most part, appeared not to give a flying flip about most things that went on. Such as the current musical duel between the hip hopper on one end of the train car with his bitches, hos and sexy mamas and the heavy metal guy on the other end of the car with his loud indecipherable emo wailing.

And there was a baby wailing.

Kaito didn't blame the baby. Next to him, Saguru was making little wincing noises while he rubbed his eyes. The half-briton was looking like he had an eyestrain headache. Kaito glanced around.

"One... Two... Three." He whispered quietly.

The entire train car went dim for a moment, then the dim lights went out again. Except for the thin high wail of the baby, silence descended. Wails came from the owners of instruments of musical torture. Several people stirred and someone clapped a few times.

"And the baby?" Saguru whispered back, looking amused.

He'd heard the infant's parents trying to quiet their noisy child. It wasn't hungry or needing a nappy change, which meant that it probably would quiet down now that its eardrums weren't being assaulted. "I'm a Magician, not a Miracle Worker." Kaito grumbled back, settling down to try to get some sleep.

+++

"'Guru?" Kaito mumbled as Saguru shook him awake.

"Come on." Saguru pulled their bags from the overhead bin. "Let's go."

"Huh?" Kaito glanced around him. People were already gathering bags and lining up to disembark the train. He scratched his head, stretched and joined Saguru. He'd primarily switched over to a nocturnal existence, sleeping during the day when Saguru was awake, then staying awake while Saguru slept. But it meant that it took a little while to adjust when woken up unless it was an emergency.

They trudged in line down the small stairs, then into the bright outside. Kaito grimaced and put on a pair of sunglasses. "Where are we?" He questioned. The tickets they had went to Los Angeles.

"Tucson, Arizona. I have a friend here who's invited us to crash on her futon for a few days." Saguru said, pulling out his own pair of sunglasses and putting them on. "Met her via on a Mystery internet community. I already gave her a call before the train stopped, was told to look for a short bouncing red-headed woman."

"'Kay." Kaito yawned. "What's her name?"

"Ysabet."

+++ Fin +++

-the end part is a bit of a private joke, really, how many DC fans have met through the internet now? ^___^ (is how I met Ysabet)
Is funny to think that at this time last year, I was living on Ysabet's futon... ^^;;

Date: 2006-06-05 12:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kosaginolegion.livejournal.com
*snigger* So, is Ysabet going to let Kaito use her temari balls for juggling?

*fights of art babbits...* I don't know how to draw Ysabet! ARGH!

Date: 2006-06-05 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
*chuckles* You'd have to ask her. Although I'd be more afraid of Kaito deciding to juggle the ferrets and Spot. (on the plus side, there is a gold fish pond in the back)

... just realising I don't have any recent pictures of anyone from Tucson. ARGH!!!!

Date: 2006-06-05 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dogmatix-san.livejournal.com
It wasn't hungry or needed a nappy change, which
hungry or in need of a nappy change

Heee! Love the ending. XD Also more appreciative of airplanes now - may be crowded and cramped, but at least it's quiet and shorter than the alternatives.

Date: 2006-06-05 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
*fixes* Thanks!

Yeah, I love flying, even if it's cattle car a lot of the time. ^__^ Is so much fun! XD XD XD
And yeah, much shorter. *glances at 11 hour flight from here to LA, doesn't wanna think about by boat*

Date: 2006-06-05 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wren-chan.livejournal.com
You're very welcome. It's still so good to see him mentioned again at all; damn I wish I had caught his name. Ah well. Oh, and it's generally best to wait for the conjunction of rent-showers and waiting to CHANGE buses, unless you can shower like a mad thing.

*mad giggling* I can't wait for the reaction. XD

Date: 2006-06-05 11:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
((Snuggles Wren))
Will take note of the shower thing, in case I ever need it. ^^;;

Date: 2006-06-05 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alchemy101.livejournal.com
Well, love to this. Love to everything ABOUT this.

Date: 2006-06-05 11:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
Yay! Glad you like it!
^^;; Sorry it took me so long to get it out.

Date: 2006-06-05 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
@___@... MAN, am I ever taking pictures. THANK YOU!!!!!

Date: 2006-06-05 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
Just don't catch them in the shower, 'kay? And they need to sleep sometime. ~_^

... kinda wanna see how Kaito feels about ferrets, actually. ^___^

Date: 2006-06-05 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
Don't worry, I won't desturb 'em in the shower. Automatic motion-sensitive cameras shouldn't be a disturbance at ALL when they go off (no flash needed). And as for Kaito and the ferrets... **headshake** They'll probably offer him a pair of fake ears, a tail, and a piece of paper designating him as an Honorary Mustelidae. Did you ever consider that the latin base for ferret means 'little masked thief'?

Date: 2006-06-05 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
... AUTOMATIC CAMERAS?! In the Shower?! HOW COME YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THEM!? @_@

Oh, gods... Kid the Phantom Pherret!!! er, Ferret!!!

*points up to Kosagi's post*
So... ya gonna loan him your balls to play with? (can just see Saguru watching Brother Cadfile with a long suffering air while you two discuss ball height, size, and weight)

Date: 2006-06-05 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
Don't worry; they weren't installed until after you left. As to WHY, I'll let you wonder about that. **snicker**

SO not going to reply about 'ball height, size and weight'....... as if I get any respect NOW.....

Date: 2006-06-06 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morgan-idril.livejournal.com
So do I tell Sean about your balls or not? Decisions, decisions....

Date: 2006-06-07 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poe-nui.livejournal.com
...so many things to say...

*snicker* Don't worry Ysabet, we still respect your ___. *runs and hides*

Date: 2006-06-06 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magicbulletgirl.livejournal.com
I'm just going to say that I want doubles of all the prints ^____^

Date: 2006-06-06 06:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
We need to Bribe Mati into drawing that ^______________^

(cause if I do, it's gonna be parody, not bishi)

Date: 2006-06-07 02:24 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] vera-dicere.livejournal.com
oooo can i get some, too?? i could secretly moon over them in between sorting and filing at my boring as hell job. would be a nice change of pace... ~_~

and [have been wondering this for a while] how does one pronounce 'ysabet'?

Date: 2006-06-07 04:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
'Is-a-bit' is prolly the best way to prounouce 'Ysabet'

...and no, Ysabet. I'm not saying that you're smaller than the tinist speck of dust.

*gives Mati puppy eyes to draw the fic*

Date: 2006-06-06 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kudo-kid.livejournal.com
oh... crap... the chaos!!
I pity Hakuba and Kaito... not really >:3

Kaito and ferrets... must... draw... *drooling art zombied*

Date: 2006-06-07 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
Ooooo.... XD XD XD Art. ^_____________^

And yes, the thought of Ysabet and Kaito and Sagur scares me.

Date: 2006-06-06 03:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] morgan-idril.livejournal.com
Well, between the two I'll take the train rather than the bus. But then I have a different experience that Kaito and Saguru...I doubt that the bus driver flirted with them. Bah. But then on the train I had some guy make a play for me.And no I didn't want that either. So then maybe I'll take the plane unless I can travel with the fearsome twosome.

MOst amusing addition, love them going to crash with Ysa. Good answer to music wars.

Date: 2006-06-07 03:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
... well, we COULD make the bus driver flirt with them if you wanted... ^__^

I like trains out of the two, have had a lot of good experiances with them, even with the whole '18 hours late to the station' type of thing.

Date: 2006-06-07 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
Hey, Morgan? Wanna take 'em out for Mexican food? We can laugh cruelly as they attempt to unwrap the burritos and figure out whether those stories they heard about guacamole and tomato hornworms are really true... **plots omake as a gift to Icka**

Date: 2006-06-08 01:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
*stares in abject horror*

... If they start farting from the beans and stink up the house, IT'S NOT MY FAULT.

Date: 2006-06-06 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seraphic.livejournal.com
*CACKLE* Win, Icka.

Alaska needs limelight. XD Damn my state being nowhere near anywhere. At least it isn't Hawaii.

Date: 2006-06-06 07:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
They were debating heading up to Canada for a while... ^^;;
But yeah, I'm sorry, I don't think they're gonna head up to Alaska..

Date: 2006-06-07 05:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seraphic.livejournal.com
XD S'ok. Alaska gets no love! We're the bastard child of the US. :P

^_^

TOTALLY OFF-SUBJECT.....

Date: 2006-06-06 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
Icka? Hey, Icka? Go here: http://copperbadge.livejournal.com/1060872.html#cutid1 ...and glory in the Ouran HS Host Club icons, made by copperbadge, free for use. Must admit, the 'Subtle' one is my favorite, although the whole 'Twins And The Bucket Of Snakes' series is just lovely. Take a look! Go!

The 'House' ones are awfully good too, except the eyeball ones make me wince Big Time. Eeeeewwwwrrrgh.

Re: TOTALLY OFF-SUBJECT.....

Date: 2006-06-07 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
*snerks*

'tie goes to the mortal'

Those are a lovely bunch of icons, thanks for sharing!! XD XD

Re: TOTALLY OFF-SUBJECT.....

Date: 2006-06-07 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
**laughs** Yeah, I liked that one too... Maybe somebody needs to make a bumper-sticker that says "What Would House Do?"

Date: 2006-06-07 02:52 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] vera-dicere.livejournal.com
hmmm...i've never really travelled by bus and only once by train, but i can understand the benefits and drawbacks of both. and i can definitely see kaito hating to have to stay seated...

che, i've missed the boys.

Date: 2006-06-07 04:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
Alas, I think the rest of their trip is mapped out... They've zig-zagged across the east coast and the middle, from here on out it's moving towards the West Coast and back to Japan.

Yeah, I've missed the boys too. Now if only they'd talk more frequently!!!

Date: 2006-06-07 05:21 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] vera-dicere.livejournal.com
its all good. i don't care where they go, so long as i get to read about it! ^^

what can we do to make them talk...? *offers chocolate ice cream and...tea? with crumpets??* ^^;

maybe if you threaten them with fish...even if 'guru's not afraid of them, maybe the thought of dealing with a panicked kaito would be enough to motivate him. or maybe the idea of soothing a panicked kaito would...hmm. ^_~

Date: 2006-06-07 05:47 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'm moving to Tucson, driving, tomorrow..... Oh boy. Now I have to remember to bring a camera...

Date: 2006-06-07 06:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ickaimp.livejournal.com
I still kinda miss Tucson. The heat takes some getting used to, but it's not a bad place to live.

Good Luck with the Move!

Date: 2006-06-07 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ysabet.livejournal.com
Moving to Tucson?!? Do I know you? Whodat? **bouncebounce**

Date: 2006-06-08 12:12 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'm just a random fourteen year old lurker... I don't think I know any of you in person. We were delayed, so in about a week start looking for a fourteen seater silver van stuffed with eight kids, a pregnant mom, and a cat.

*Heads to Wawa to buy disposable camera, hoping that Kaito and Hakuba will still be there*

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