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{Skye}

As they tumbled and Levon pointed out the obvious right before they fell, Skye was caught between fightin', crying' and laughin'. She let Levon's legs fall and caught herself before she fell over and actually hurt herself seriously. She decided on the latter response as she offered a hand to her friend.

"Frack! I don't know....they look sexy...it's just that kinda week." She laughed and offered a hand to her big man friend. "I'm sorry."

Ian

Striving hard next to Emma, he put everything he had into it.


Ian

1d6+4 = 4 + 4 = 8

Henri

Catching up to Ian and Emma, he give his all into trying to win the race, but it is too close from his perspective if they did cross the line first or not. Visibly flush with exertion, Henri pops up to his feet and hugs Miranda, taking her off her feet with an exuberant twirl and yelling, "We won!!" Stopping he sets Miranda back on her feet and turns to their judges asking in a slightly quieter voice, "Right?"

"It was a tie!"

"Very exciting!"

"Though the rear moves were the most entertaining."

One of the girls marks your card with 7 and hands out an envelope.

It contains the clue:

Emma

Emma laughed as they crossed the line together, two teams simultaneously. "Well, we could not have planned that better if we tired, well done everyone!"

{Skye}

"Congrats you all!" She made her way over to the winners, smiling, though just a little miffed at herself. "Perhaps I'll keep with the martial arts...though probably not in heels either!"

Henri

He laughs at Skye's comment and says, "Merci, Skye. I can't believe you actually went through with the race in them to being with."

When the judge brings them the score card and the next clue is read, he says, "Seems to me Bishops Mill bar is the place to go next."

Levon
"No apologies needed. I should have just told you to make believe you were holding my feet and ran over there on my hands. My fault. Heels usually make you look sexy," he snickered. "So lead us to Bishop's Mill!"

As they leave the Tin of Sardines, they spot another group approaching. It is the team of hippies from Newcastle. They receive some waves, peace signs and calls of 'Groovy' and such like. Maybe the Hippie team are fast or maybe their time has slowed. Certainly they have not spotted the 'Medical' team that was ahead of them previously.

Using their map, they head for the Bishop's Mill.



This is a very modern bar with a jazzy outside seating area, mainly for smokers. A few are there taking advatange. No sign of anyone wearing black and white though. So they head inside where they are met by a black and white cow, preumably with two people inside.

"Riddle time!" exclaims the cow's head gleefully.

Henri

He gently laughs at seeing the cow and jokingly says, "Do we get any bonus points for tipping the cow over?"

Emma

"Please don't be anything to do with cow patties?" Emma says hopefully to the cow.

The cow speaks again.

"Here is your first riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?"

{Skye}

The Korean-American girl scrunched her nose. She hated riddles. Or more specifically, the little puzzles drove her crazy because there should always be more than one answer. But, she also had a wealth of literary references. Skye thought she'd read this one somewhere. **Where...think....**

"Is it..." She paused, doubting herself before blurting to her friends. "A candle?"

"Yes it is!"

The cow seems delighted and does a little dance with its front legs which elicits a muffled 'pack that in' from its stomach.

"And now for number two. What question can you never answer yes to?"

There is an expectant pause.

Henri

He was thinking on the first riddle that it might be a old style pencil, but Skye correctly guessed it to be a candle which also makes a lot of sense too.

The second riddle was tougher. Any number of silly questions could be posed that involved yourself prior to your birth. The answer to the riddle must be some sort of trick question, but Henri can not figure it out.

Ian

He smiled at Skye getting the first answer and then pondered the second. It had to be one that you could only answer "No" to which means that you would not be able to say the word "Yes".

"Are you asleep?"

Miranda, who was puzzling away at the riddle, suddenly grins.

"Yes that's it Ian! Well done."

The cow nods in agreement.

"And your final riddle. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?"

Henri

The third riddle is easier than the second one for him, as it alludes to something intangible. A couple of answers come to mind and says to the cow, "Must be someone's pride or heart that is broken?"

The cow slowly shakes its head.

"Good answers but not what I was looking for."

A muffled "we" comes from it's back end.

Whilst the head expectantly scans the others for more wisdom.

Levon

"A promise" he said.

Emma

Emma thought Levon had it, but she put in her answer as well. "Just by speaking, I am... breaking... the silence around me."

The cow points it's leg vaguely in Levon's direction.

"He has it! Well done. Now all those that did not give a correct answer need to go and get a drink, then I can mark your card."

"We" comes grumblingly from the back.

{Skye}

She was having a blast with her friends, even with the silly questions. But did kinda feel bad for the "hosts".

"Thanks for mooooving us on." Yeah it was terrible, but Skye followed up. "What can I bring back to the cow team? Seriously, my treat. Thanks for the hard work tonight."

Henri

He laughs at Skye's bad joke nonetheless, and sighs when he hears that he has to get a drink for giving a wrong answer. Knowing that Emma also gave a wrong answer to save time he will ask, "Emma, I can grab you a drink from the bar too?"

"That's mooost generous of you. Mine's a pint of heavy."

"Cider for me" comes the muffled response as the back end wriggles so that the 'cow' parts company in the middle and a small girl with pigtails stands there smiling at them. The front lifts off his head.

"Can I have a small cider too please?" Miranda smiles at Henri. "Thirsty work all this riddling and racing!"

She grins at the others.