30 ☼ VIDEO

[sweetvalleygirl]

[The camera flicks on, showing two female figures huddled in a darkened room, one girl fumbling with the communicator. They're both panting hard, whimpering as they try to catch their breath, and outside the door, something distinctly not human is scratching, howling, and laughing at them.]

It's gonna eat us, Lila!

[Lila only stops making the high-pitched, continual eeeeee (which, really, isn't helping against members of the dog family) long enough to correct Jessica.]

THEY! THEY'RE gonna eat us, Jess! Didn't you see the other one? With the fangs and the slobber and I am too pretty to be puppy chow! That's what you do with used up hor-

[She cuts herself off in a loud shriek, and one hand flies up to cover her mouth. Now that she's hyperventilating under her hand, the communicator's microphone is picking up the distinct sounds of wood cracking.]

Oh my god!  Why is this happening? I want to live!

[Jessica wails loudly, before apparently having a bright idea.]

Hold them off for a second! I have to go get something!

[She accidentally kicks the communicator in her scramble to dart away.]

HOLD THEM OFF? Are you crazy? Why doesn't this place have a fire escape?

[A moment later, though, Lila crawls through the frame in her nightie, clutching a stiletto. After she's offscreen, there's thump and her legs return, bent as if she's sitting and bracing herself. The door is rattling less, but the laughter is getting louder.]

Get some hairspray and a lighter!

I've got something better than that!

[Jessica reappears, clutching what would appear to be a handgun. Yup, that's totally a handgun. And even in the dark, her devious grin can be seen.]

Okay! Open the door! And be careful, I've only done this once before!

[Lila starts screaming her head off at the sight of this.]

Open the door?!? What if you MISS?

[Except that there are wild animals on the other side of the door, and they can't stay here forever. The legs disapper as Lila gets to her feet.]

OK. OK. One, two... THREE!

[Lila wrenches the door open and can be seen throwing herself onto the bed. Meanwhile, Jessica has her eyes closed tight as she pulls the trigger and the gun fires.

BLAM BLAM BLAM!!!

Cue sharp yelping from outside the door for a second, followed by the earth shattering sound of silence.]

Lila? It's safe now. I think I killed them.

[She pauses, staring into the camera with a look of horror on her face.]

Oh gawwwwwd!!

[[ooc: Pink is Jessica, purple is Lila. This is in reference to the Jumanji happenings tonight!]]

Comments

[Video]

[queenbeejeweled]

[Lila turns her comm on as she drags herself to the edge of the bed and peers over. The camera shows a spreading pool of blood on the rug.]

That's going to stain...

[Video]

[sweetvalleygirl]

[After taking a second to breathe and recover, Jessica now looks mildly peeved.]

That's totally disgusting. I'm not cleaning it up.

[Video]

[queenbeejeweled]

[Lila's comm is continually on through this.]

Well, I'm not doing it. You need to use hydrogen peroxide.

[Video]

[sweetvalleygirl]

We don't even have anything like that. Maybe some Pinesol would work...

[voice]

[girlverine]

[WHAT.]

...Jessica did you just shoot the dog?!

[voice]

[sweetvalleygirl]

[OH SHIT.]

What? No! That wasn't-- Laura! I love Basil! I would never hurt him!

[voice]

[girlverine]

...Is he okay?

[Laura loves him too she just never says it.]

[voice]

[sweetvalleygirl]

He's fine, promise. I think he hid in the bathroom.

[A long pause.]

Um, Laura? Question...

video;

[onefouroneseven]

You weren't kidding. [ About the entire 'getting in trouble often' thing. ] Do you still require assistance?

video;

[sweetvalleygirl]

These things are always happening to me.

You wouldn't happen to know how to properly dispose of a dead hyena, would you? Because that thing it totally grody and I don't want to touch it or it's dead buddies.

video;

[onefouroneseven]

Burning it would be the simplest way. Although finding an area appropriate for such a thing would require moving them all.

video;

[sweetvalleygirl]

That's a good idea!

[Wait...]

But those things look heavy, and we can't start a fire here.

voice;

[undeadsidekick]

Why the hell do you have one of my guns at Laura's?

[video]

[queenbeejeweled]

That's your question??

It's a good thing she did!

[video]

[undeadsidekick]

Considering she probably took it through the subway to get it there? Yeah, that's my question.

[video]

[queenbeejeweled]

[Lila has never ridden a subway. Also, ha. She can see you, Jason.]

What difference does it make how she got it here? We were going to be kibble!

voice;

[sweetvalleygirl]

It's for protection!

[Seriously, this is not a big deal.]

voice;

[undeadsidekick]

How often do hyenas attack you?

voice; private

[girlverine]

I will retrieve it from her when I get home.

voice; totally not private

[undeadsidekick]

Attagirl, Laura.

voice

[hellionated]

[ Forgive the lack of video, but he has problems of his own right now. ]

Jess why the hell do you have a gun?!

[ Pause. ] Are you okay?

voice

[sweetvalleygirl]

It's for protection!

[She still seems really frazzled.]

I think I'm okay now. I also think I murdered some hyenas.

voice

[hellionated]

I'd only give a damn about the hyenas if they weren't dead, so congrats.

Is there anything else in your house?

voice.

[ofmars]

Jess?!

Are you two okay? What happened?

voice.

[sweetvalleygirl]

We were ordering pizza and when we opened the door, there were hyenas! It was totally scary, but I took care of them!

[She is super proud but also grossed out.]