The Search for Bubbles
The Side Quest – Wait! Tone had Bubbles?
Hero’s Journal Bubbles Fan FICTION
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This is a work of fiction. It is entirely a product of my imagination. Well, other than the people. The places are mostly real. However, the circumstanced are entirely FICTIONAL. And time is an illusion.
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And before we start …. Thank you to Michele Blewitt for a BIG part of this.
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Tone looked around the warehouse. How had it gotten so disorganized so quicky? He really didn’t want to think about it.
Tone chuckled to himself as he remembered the crazy women who showed up in a box truck and forklift and the new journals. He’s heard that they made bail pretty quickly thanks to some friends and that Nick & Kyle had refused to let the shipping company press charges for the theft because the journals were all here.
He sighed and grabbed a box of grey and a box of blue journals from the shelves. People on Facebook were really anxious to get these. He’d better get packing.
Shortly he could hear footsteps from above. He looked at his watch. WOW! It was just past noon. No wonder he was hungry. He had gotten in the packing zone and hours had flown by.
He was going to miss this place. Tone knew he it was time to move on to the next adventure, but that didn’t make leaving any easier.
Footsteps thumped on the stairs to the warehouse and Kyle appeared with 2 white bags. “Yo! I brought lunch.” Kyle said in way of greeting holding out one bag to Tone.
“Thanks man. I’m starving.”
Kyle looked around at the mountains of filled and unfilled boxes. He was going to miss Tone – a lot! Not only had they been friends for what seems like forever, Tone kept the warehouse organized and moving.
Nick came in through the loading bay door with his bag. Tone chuckled to himself. Obviously, Kyle chose where they picked up lunch. It was ok. He liked Wendy’s.
“How many more boxes do we have to do?” Nick asked.
“Off the top of my head – a lot,” Tone answered.
“Did you see the HQ on facebook?” Kyle asked Nick.
“Yeah. People are starting to get their orders.” Nick replied. “It’s pretty cool to see all the pictures. Did you see Michele’s unboxing video?”
“I saw she did one, but I didn’t watch it yet.” Kyle replied as Tone nodded. It was fun to watch the people who ordered the journals rip through the carefully packed boxes with glee.
Tone walked to the corner of the warehouse and grabbed a box and brought it back to the table.
“It’s time to give this back,” Tone said as he put the box in the center of the packing table.
Nick and Kyle looked at the box. “Yeah,” Kyle said. “I guess so.”
“It’s been fun being the Keeper of Bubbles.” Tone said. “Has anyone guess it yet?”
Kyle and Nick both shook their heads no. “But it’s giving the Heroes something to look forward to,“ Nick replied.
“I really want to tell the Heroes! It’s going to be so exciting. They are going to love it.” Nick said.
“Yeah, but we need to wait,” Kyle relied.
“I know. But it’s so hard to wait!” Nick said.
“For what it’s worth, I think waiting is going to make the hype that much more fun.” Tone said looking at the box. It had been fun watch everyone try to guess what Bubbles is.”
Nick, Kyle and Tone ate in silence.
“Yeah,” Tone thought, “I’m going to miss this place.”
Nick threw his wrapper and bag towards the trash can and missed. Tone picked it up and threw it in. “Thanks man!” Nick said as he picked up the box and headed upstairs. “Catch you later.”
Kyle tossed his trash towards the can and missed too. He sighed, shook his head in disgust, and walked over and pick up the bag and wrapper and put it in the can.
Tone tossed his bag into the can and grinned at Kyle. “That’s how you do it.”
Tone wiped down the table. He didn’t want a Hero to get soiled goodies. He and Kyle got back to work packing the orders.
Tone sighed and Kyle looked at him. “You ok man?”
“Yeah. I’m just going to miss being the Keeper of Bubbles.”
Kyle chuckled. “I hear you.”
“Who are you giving it to now?” Tone asked.
Kyle shrugged. That was for Nick to do.
Tone looked around at the warehouse. Yeah, he was going to miss this place.
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Good Luck in Your Next Adventure Tone!
We will miss your hard work and keeping the Hero’s Journal moving out and to us.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.