by Harri-chan » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:00 am
"No, no!", groaned Elliot as the sleeping girl's arms wrapped around him. He blushed brightly, and carefully held her for a moment, looking into her face, wanting to join her so badly, but knowing he had to do SOMETHING to save them all. Using every last drop of willpower, he carefully eased the girl's arms from around him, and used the over-sized dress he'd been wearing as a blanket for her, before climbing back to his feet and stumbled inside the building.
The foyer looked frighteningly large as he made his way across it, searching for any sign of normality amongst those present. Finding none, he headed across to the door that led to the councilor offices, having to use considerable effort to push it open. Walking down the corridor, he carefully stepped around the children asleep on the floor, just the sight of them making it hard to fight off the tiredness. There was another struggle to open the door of his own office, blushing at how something so simple had become this hard. He hurried towards the seemingly huge desk, climbing up onto the smart leather chair first before grabbing a microphone in a small stand from the desk.
Through various speakers dotted around the streets of Muffinville came the high-pitched voice.
"People of Muffinville! This is your council speaking!", announced Elliot, which was followed by a short pause, and then a yawn. "Do not panic... stay inside your homes and placed of work, and....", there was another pause, which this time was followed by a thud as Elliot nodded off, only to be woken by his face striking the microphone. "... and... we will get things back to normal... as soon as... possible. We have... everything... under... control...".