Hey, y'all, Cari here. It's about time you got another chapter of TMETE. I'm sure you've been waiting on pins and needles to find out what's going to happen with Rebecca and her friends.
Before I begin, I will once again state that the characters of Erm, Catiana "Cat", Nora, and Elyna belong to their respective creators and are used with permission.
Now that we got that out of the way, I present Chapter 5: plans are made.
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It took me a bit of time to convince all the girls, but at last, we agreed that the expedition was going to happen! Now, we just needed to come up with a plan. I mean, seriously, we needed to plan means of transportation (a tour bus and luxury cruise ship would be nice), FOOD, and strategies on how not to faint the sight of certain characters. Oh yeah, and not fangirling. That last one was a top priority. I still couldn’t believe it. Meeting all the characters would be a dream come true. Today, we were gonna take care of the important problems with a Zoom meeting. Grinning ear-to-ear, I clicked “start meeting”. Soon, Cat’s face appeared on my screen, followed by Nora and Elyna. Then Bella. After that, Erm appeared.
“OK, everyone’s here? Good,” I began. “As you girls may know, we decided to pack our bags and head on an expedition to the Lost Cities. More specifically, Eternalia. Yes, I know we’d all love to go Havenfield, but unless y’all wanna snap selfies with a real live T. Rex or an alicorn that actually looks majestic, not happenin’, ’K?”
Cat whined.
I ignored her. “So that we don’t walk all the way, we need a form of transportation. And before any of you suggest teleporting, I’m just gonna tell you: no way. None of us can teleport, sadly. Also, anything related to dragons, pegasi, or any other fantasy creature is automatically being rejected,”
“What about a tour bus?” Erm suggested.
I sighed. “I’d love that to actually happen, but alas, it probably won’t.”
“Unless one of can charmspeak,” Bella noted.
That landed a few giggles from a few of the girls, including myself.
“It’s like beguiling, OK?” I clarified.
“So we’d need to kidnap Alina?” Nora asked.
“Nah, she’d just blab on us. Or worse, make us free her.”
After an hour, we’d figured out transportation. We were taking a tour bus, followed by a luxury cruise ship. How that would be arranged was a mystery, but I chose not to delve into that. Then we decided that we’d bring plenty of snacks, as well as some actual food. After that, we decided to figure out how not to fangirl. OR faint.
“So now, ‘cause it’d be real embarrassing if it happened, we need to figure out how not to fangirl in front of the characters. Yes, Erm, that includes fainting. I heard you nearly fainted at the realization that Keefe Sencen existed in real life.”
Erm turned bright red. “But I didn’t!”
“Yes, Erm, you didn’t faint, but you nearly did. I think that counts,” I teased.
We debated for some time before planning the perfect way, conveniently dubbed the “Conceal, Don’t Feel Method”. It was a Frozen reference, but I let it slide. Smiling, I ended the call, letting the girls know that there would be more information in the group chat tomorrow.
Copyright 2021 by Cari Legere. Cover by Ella Bowden.
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That's it! I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Stay tuned for Chapter 6: The Expedition Begins.
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