Go West Deathtrap Tour [FINISHED]

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Legend of Terms:

TBDC: Time Block Distance Covered. This is the amount of mileage covered during the current 2 hour period.
ODC: Overall Distance Covered. This is the total distance that the team has covered since Noon on Friday
MRL: Morale modifier
FTG: Fatigue Level
Notes: Any notes I have for your team during this time block. Including POI results, car issues, etc.

Friday, 10pm - Midnight

Weather Conditions: 78-82 degrees (depending on location), clear

All vehicles are on I-84 West, I-86 West, or off the road for the night.

Upcoming POI (optional, let me know if you want to stop at them for rest/sightseeing): Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park, Old Fort Boise, Farewell Bend State Recreational Area.

Next Waypoint: 3 Island Crossing State Park, Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area.

VicVictory:
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1259 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -7 Notes: Team is asleep at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@BobLoblaw
TBDC: 47 mi OD: 1587 mi MRL: +3 FTG: -1 Notes: Optional POI: Farewell Bend State Recreation Area. Team has stopped to camp for the night at Farewell Bend Campground.

@Madrias
TBDC: 102 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +1 FTG: +8 Notes: Waypoint completed: Three Island Crossing State Park. Team has stopped to camp at Three Island Crossing SP due to dangerous fatigue levels. FUEL LOW.

@Jaimz
TBDC: 85 mi OD: 1409 mi MRL: +1 FTG: +4 Notes: Optional POI: Hagerman Fossil Beds. TEAM MORALE IS VERY HIGH. Team is starting to feel tired.

@Fayeding_Spray
TBDC: 75 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -7 Notes: Team is sleeping at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

@Zabhawkin
TBDC: 0 OD: 1466 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -6 Notes: Overall Distance is along the planned route. Team has gone tangentally off-route and has set up at Beaver Creek Campground in the Boise National Forest. Their stats will be corrected on track when they arrive in Boise the following morning. Team is asleep.

@conan
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -9 Notes: Team is asleep at Three Island Crossing SP.

@Mythrin
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Team is asleep at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@JohnWaldock
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Progressive clutch failure: Speeds over 55 MPH are now impossible. Team is sleeping at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@DoctorNarfy
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -7 Notes: Team is asleep at the Red Lion Hotel in Boise, ID.

@DeusExMackia
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1462 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -6 Notes: Team is at the Best Western Foothills Inn in Mountain Home, ID. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@Dorifto_Dorito
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -9 Notes: Team is sleeping at 3 Island crossing SP.

@stm316
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -7 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS HIGH. Team is asleep at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

The following vehicles are in packs:

Team Glitterstorm

(Team is asleep)

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Highway Hooligans

Day 2, 8-10p - “Oh shit!”

“We gotta go through the park.” Marcus said, continuing the argument that had started about an hour ago. The engine continued to rumble along as they approached Three Island Crossing State Park, the fuel light clicking on as they drove up the road.

DING! “Your Fuel Level is Low.”

Marcus flinched and ran over a metal-wire trash can and a charcoal grill, nearly bringing the Dynamite E5 to a sudden halt.

“We’re stopping for a little while.” Marcus said.

“No complaints here. Looks like there’s a couple other teams here.” Trevor said.

“Set an alarm for as early as we possibly can get moving.” Jake said. “Don’t wanna be here too long, fall behind again.”

With that plan in mind, they half-assed their way through setting up some tents, and dropped off to sleep.

Aftermath:

Morale: +7 (+1)
Fatigue: +28 (+8)
Waypoints: 7 (+1… Kinda.)
Status: Really tired. Hoping to not be last again.

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TEAM OUTRIDERS

Blake: What ever happened to Ricky Martin?

Marc: Beats me.

Luigi: Probably livin’ la vida broke-a now.

Marc: Heh.

Luigi: (sigh) Wittiest thing I’ve said and you idiots are the only ones to hear it.

(time passes)

Marc: …because that’s the sound a piece of shit makes when you fling it against a wall.

Zach: Ha ha ha!

Luigi: Ah, very funny. I’ve got one for ya. How was the Grand Canyon formed?

(time passes)

Blake: We’re here. Farewell Bend State Recreation Area. Start setting up camp, I’ll be back to help after I take a wicked piss.

(After dinner)

Blake: We need to talk.

Zach: I don’t suppose dropping it is an option?

Blake: You told me earlier you were pretty much counting on getting blown away. Not to sound clingy but that is a pretty serious thing to hear. Especially when you’re a parent.

Zach: I’m fine. To tell the truth I haven’t felt this good in a while. I mean, I’m tired and can barely feel my ass from sitting in the car all day, but I feel at peace.

Blake: So you haven’t given up on life?

Zach: I was just out of sorts. This trip has helped. I’m glad I came.

Blake: Not that you really had a choice.

Zach: Heh, I guess not.

(Blake grabs two Stroh’s out of the cooler and hands one to Zach)

Blake: Something better than that cat piss you normally drink.

Zach: Everyone drinks Bud Light.

Blake: That doesn’t make it right. This here’s a real beer.

Zach: That is pretty damn good.

Blake: And it earns the approval of old people.

Marc: Hey! Will you two stop braiding your hair and quiet down? Some of us are trying to get some sleep!

Blake: We’re having a moment here you insensitive prick!

Marc: My mistake, I didn’t know you had a vagina!

Blake: I’d still be more of a man than you!

Marc: Meh. 4 out of 10.

Zach: He does have a point.

Blake: About getting sleep or me having a vagina?

Zach: Getting some sleep.

Blake: Yeah, we’re definitely going to give it Hell tomorrow.

Zach: Are those marshmallows by Luigi’s tent?

Blake: Leave em, I bet Marc put them there.

(Blake and Zach get in their tent and go to sleep.)

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Legend of Terms:

TBDC: Time Block Distance Covered. This is the amount of mileage covered during the current 2 hour period.
ODC: Overall Distance Covered. This is the total distance that the team has covered since Noon on Friday
MRL: Morale modifier
FTG: Fatigue Level
Notes: Any notes I have for your team during this time block. Including POI results, car issues, etc.

Saturday, Midnight-2AM

Weather Conditions: 75-79 degrees (depending on location), clear

All vehicles are on I-84 West, I-86 West, or off the road for the night.

Upcoming POI (optional, let me know if you want to stop at them for rest/sightseeing): Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park, Old Fort Boise, Farewell Bend State Recreational Area.

Next Waypoint: 3 Island Crossing State Park, Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area.

VicVictory:
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1259 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -9 Notes: Team is asleep at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@BobLoblaw
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1587 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -6 Notes: Team is asleep at Farewell Bend Campground.

@Madrias
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -6 Notes: Team is asleep at Three Island Crossing SP. FUEL LOW.

@Jaimz
TBDC: 70 mi OD: 1479 mi MRL: +1 FTG: +6 Notes: Waypoint completed: Three Island Crossing State Park. Team has refueled in Mountain Home, ID. TEAM MORALE IS VERY HIGH. TEAM IS TIRED.

@Fayeding_Spray
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -9 Notes: Team is sleeping at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

@Zabhawkin
TBDC: 0 OD: 1466 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Overall Distance is along the planned route. Team has gone tangentally off-route and has set up at Beaver Creek Campground in the Boise National Forest. Their stats will be corrected on track when they arrive in Boise the following morning. Team is asleep.

@conan
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -6 Notes: Team is asleep at Three Island Crossing SP.

@Mythrin
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -10 Notes: Team is asleep at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@JohnWaldock
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -10 Notes: Progressive clutch failure: Speeds over 55 MPH are now impossible. Team is sleeping at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@DoctorNarfy
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -9 Notes: Team is asleep at the Red Lion Hotel in Boise, ID.

@DeusExMackia
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1462 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Team is at the Best Western Foothills Inn in Mountain Home, ID. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@Dorifto_Dorito
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -11 Notes: Team is sleeping at 3 Island crossing SP.

@stm316
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -3 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS HIGH. Team is asleep at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

The following vehicles are in packs:

Team Glitterstorm

(Team is asleep)

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Team Redneck Day 2 2000-2200

Shortly after refueling in Mountain home ID.

Otis, “I’m beat, swapping that engine really took it out of me”

Jake, “Me too, do you want to stay at a hotel or camp?”

Otis, “Lets camp”

Jake, “Ok I’ll find a place”

Jake does some searching on his phone, then says “Got a place, it runs a ways off but also along our planned route. The turn off is in 4 miles”

They turn off of the main road and on to a paved 2 lane road followed by another turn onto a dirt road with the moonlight helping them see their way.

Arriving at the camp Otis says, “Don’t get all fancy with the camp we will have to take it down early in the morning”

Jake sets up the tent while Otis sets up the kitchen on the tailgate and gets everything set up for the mornings cooking.

Jake pulls a 12 gauge and a .45 pistol out of the cab and lays them between the sleeping bags.

Otis warms up a pot of water and the two take a makeshift bath and put on some fresh clothes.

After climbing into their sleeping bags Jake asks, “Do ya think we would have made it by morning if we hadn’t lost the engine?”

Otis, “Probably, we would have been about 200 more miles along, and we have somewhere between 5 and 600 to go. We probably would have still had to stop. That was a pretty quick engine change, do you think we broke any records?”

Jake, “For random on the side of the road maybe, the record for engine swap is pretty fast”

Otis, “They cheated.”

At that they went to sleep.

2200- 0200

ZZZZZZZZZ

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Highway Hooligans

Day 2, 10-Midnight - “Driving While Trashed”

(Team is sleeping.)

Aftermath:

Morale: +7 (NC)
Fatigue: +22 (-6)
Waypoints: 7
Status: Sleeping. Car requires fuel.

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Ivan, “Ding fuel level low”

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To be fair, the ignition is off. Otherwise, there would be that obnoxious racket every 5 minutes.

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I know I couldn’t resist.

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TEAM OUTRIDERS

(Team is asleep. Luigi wakes up to the sound of scratching noises outside his tent. His initial fear is put aside when he steps outside to see a bunch of raccoons scatter. Eying the marshmallows sitting around his tent, he swore, rounded them up, threw them into the woods, and then went back to bed.)

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Legend of Terms:

TBDC: Time Block Distance Covered. This is the amount of mileage covered during the current 2 hour period.
ODC: Overall Distance Covered. This is the total distance that the team has covered since Noon on Friday
MRL: Morale modifier
FTG: Fatigue Level
Notes: Any notes I have for your team during this time block. Including POI results, car issues, etc.

Saturday, 2AM-4AM

Weather Conditions: 71 degrees, clear

All vehicles are on I-84 West, I-86 West, or off the road for the night.

Upcoming POI (optional, let me know if you want to stop at them for rest/sightseeing): Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park, Old Fort Boise, Farewell Bend State Recreational Area.

Next Waypoint: 3 Island Crossing State Park, Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area.

VicVictory:
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1259 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -11 Notes: Team is asleep at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@BobLoblaw
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1587 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Team is asleep at Farewell Bend Campground.

@Madrias
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -8 Notes: Team is asleep at Three Island Crossing SP. FUEL LOW.

@Jaimz
TBDC: 28 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -5 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS VERY HIGH. Team has stopped (very early in time period) for the night at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID, due to dangerous fatigue.

@Fayeding_Spray
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -11 Notes: Team is sleeping at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

@Zabhawkin
TBDC: 0 OD: 1466 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -10 Notes: Overall Distance is along the planned route. Team has gone tangentally off-route and has set up at Beaver Creek Campground in the Boise National Forest. Their stats will be corrected on track when they arrive in Boise the following morning. Team is asleep.

@conan
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +2 FTG: +0 Notes: Team wakes up at 4am and will be on the road at 5am.

@Mythrin
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -4 Notes: Team is asleep at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@JohnWaldock
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -5 Notes: Progressive clutch failure: Speeds over 55 MPH are now impossible. Team is sleeping at La Quinta Inn in Twin Falls, ID.

@DoctorNarfy
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -6 Notes: Team is asleep at the Red Lion Hotel in Boise, ID.

@DeusExMackia
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1462 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -10 Notes: Team is at the Best Western Foothills Inn in Mountain Home, ID. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@Dorifto_Dorito
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +2 FTG: -3 Notes: Team wakes up at 4 am and will be on the road at 5 am.

@stm316
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +1 FTG: +0 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS HIGH. Team wakes up at 4 am and will be on the road at 5 am.

The following vehicles are in packs:

Team Glitterstorm

(Team is asleep)

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Highway Hooligans

Day 3, Midnight-2a - “(Insert Joke Here)”

(Team is Asleep.)

Morale: +7 (NC)
Fatigue: +13 (-8)
Waypoints: 7
Status: Sleeping. Fuel Low.

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Team Redneck day 3 0200-0400

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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TEAM OUTRIDERS

(Team is asleep, Blake had to get up and take a piss, then went back to bed.)

(Old guy problems am I right?)

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Team Wagons West
10PM - 12AM
SFA

12 - 2AM
As above

2 - 3:59:59 AM
As above

4:00 AM
Wookiee’s, Toni’s and Beth’s phone’s all go off, the alarms set to play the “Annoying Thing/Crazy Frog” (and Wookiee had arranged them all surrounding Bill’s pillow).

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Legend of Terms:

TBDC: Time Block Distance Covered. This is the amount of mileage covered during the current 2 hour period.
ODC: Overall Distance Covered. This is the total distance that the team has covered since Noon on Friday
MRL: Morale modifier
FTG: Fatigue Level
Notes: Any notes I have for your team during this time block. Including POI results, car issues, etc.

Saturday, 4AM-6AM

Weather Conditions: 71 degrees, clear

All vehicles are on I-84 West, I-86 West, or off the road for the night.

Upcoming POI (optional, let me know if you want to stop at them for rest/sightseeing): Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park, Old Fort Boise, Farewell Bend State Recreational Area.

Next Waypoint: 3 Island Crossing State Park, Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area.

VicVictory:
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1259 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -1 Notes: Team wakes up at 5 am and is on the road at 6 am. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@BobLoblaw
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1587 mi MRL: +2 FTG: -6 Notes: Team wakes up at 6 am and will be on the road at 7 am.

@Madrias
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1432 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -10 Notes: Team is asleep at Three Island Crossing SP. FUEL LOW.

@Jaimz
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -7 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS VERY HIGH. Team is asleep at the SpringHill Suites (Marriott) in Boise, ID.

@Fayeding_Spray
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +1 FTG: -2 Notes: Team wakes up at 5 am and will be on the road at 6 am.

@Zabhawkin
TBDC: 0 OD: 1466 mi MRL: +2 FTG: -5 Notes: Overall Distance is along the planned route. Team has gone tangentally off-route and has set up at Beaver Creek Campground in the Boise National Forest. Their stats will be corrected on track when they arrive in Boise the following morning. Team wakes up at 5 am and will be on the road at 6 am.

@conan
TBDC: 58 mi OD: 1490 mi MRL: +0 FTG: +0 Notes: Team hits the road at 5 am. Team has refueled in Mountain Home, ID.

@Mythrin
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1375 mi MRL: +1 FTG: +0 Notes: Team wakes up at 5 am and will be on the road at 6 am. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@JohnWaldock
TBDC: 53 mi OD: 1428 mi MRL: +0 FTG: +0 Notes: Progressive clutch failure: Speeds over 55 MPH are now impossible. Team wakes up at 4 am and is on the road by 5 am.

@DoctorNarfy

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TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: -2 (mostly just laughing about it) FTG: +0 Notes: Team is awoken at 530 am by a call from the Boise Police Department, saying they’ve found their car. Car was apparently stolen overnight and the thieves tried to use it to do a smash and grab on a store, but the body was so weakened the car’s passenger cabin collapsed unexpectedly and trapped the criminals.

@DeusExMackia
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1462 mi MRL: +0 FTG: -4 Notes: Team wakes up at 5 am and is on the road at 6 am. TEAM MORALE IS HIGH.

@Dorifto_Dorito
TBDC: 61 mi OD: 1493 mi MRL: +0 FTG: +0 Notes: Team is on the road at 5 am.

@stm316
TBDC: 0 mi OD: 1507 mi MRL: +2 FTG: +0 Notes: TEAM MORALE IS HIGH. Team hits the road at 5 am, but also takes 1 hour at the Old Fort Boise Historic Site (Optional POI).

The following vehicles are in packs:

Team Glitterstorm

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooood mooooooooooorning!” Jen chirped gleefully.

Fuzz grunted and rolled over in his bed. This did not deter his sister, who was bouncing like an angry spaniel at the foot of the bed. He lifted his head long enough to grunt, “The hell is wrong with you?”

Jen smiled and held up an airpot. “Coffeeeeee!” she cackled. “They left it unattended. This one is yours. I’m about halfway through mine already.”

Fuzz bolted upright, equally horrified by his sister’s apparent pilfering as her mass, rapid consumption of caffeine.

“Do you need to run around the building to burn some of this off?” he groaned.

“Already did. Fifteen times. Can’t blink. Get up GET UP GET UP GET UP!” Her bouncing intensified, and Fuzz had no choice but to roll off onto the floor with a heavy thud.

Oh hell, this day is gonna suck, he thought.

Fuzz quickly showered and dressed, all the while catching glimpses of Jen guzzling more coffee than Team Outriders’ Petoskey drank gas.

They settled in Teal Terror, The Great Glitterstorm. Fuzz was reaching over into the back seat to retrieve their on-the-go breakfast when Jen turned it on, and again a cloud of glitter blew forth from the climate controls.

Jen giggled. “'I’M THE ROAD FAIRY!”

Jesus, Fuzz thought, rolling his eyes.

His efforts to dust the glitter out of his freshly washed (and still damp) hair were completely in vain, and he resigned himself to eating breakfast and drinking coffee, looking like an indignant sparkly vampire.

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Highway Hooligans

Day 3, 2-4a - “What A Snooze!”

(Team still sleeping. Trevor pissed on someone else’s tent in the middle of the night.)

Morale: +7 (NC)
Fatigue: +3 (-10)
Waypoints: 7
Status: Still sleeping. Fuel Required.

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I sew what you did there…
Sparkles, vampires, before the sun was up…

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Team ‘Southend Or Bust’

Original Post - Previous Post

The alarm went off, followed by the usual bunch of mixed groanings. None of the guys liked getting up early, unsurprisingly.

“Right, bagsy first in the shower, I’m desperate for one” said Seb.

Weirdly, despite how tired he was, Martin quickly picked up on what was going down. “Er, no” he said, sitting bolt up right in bed, “You take years to shower, and that’s before you’ve conditioned your hair three times”.

“Hey” fired back Seb, “My hair is important”.

“Oh you’re such a girl” said Martin looking over to him.

“Coming through ladies” said James, proudly; he bolted past, towel in hand and shut the door.

“Bastard” said Martin.

“Hey, you should have been prepared for this” said James, muffled from behind the thin bathroom door. “First come first serve with these things”.

Seb and Martin sighed. “Well don’t be too long, you’re just as bad” said Martin.

“I heard that you git” said James.

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Team Rice Box

Day 3 - 4am to 6am

Charlotte’s up first, slightly hung over from downing a few too many beers. She makes her way to the bathroom for a shower, mindlessly Texting her boyfriend back in Canada. Lyra wakes up about 10 minutes later, as Charlotte leaves the bathroom.
“You look tired,” Lyra says to Charlotte. Char just grunts.
“C’mon cheer the fuck up. I think this is the last day. You’ll finally be able to see your boy and your partner once we’re done.”
“shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You’re talking too much for 5am.”
“Not as chirpy as you were yesterday?”
“Do we have any coffee here?”

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