Knights Becoming and a Lady in Waiting

Tossed (2)

As the survivors start to get settled in, Kim and Jill decide that they need to see if they can find the rest of the convention hall.  It appears that everyone on the beach with them is from the main hall; none of the main speakers or their audiences are anywhere to be found.  At the last minute, a woman named Cheri joins them.  Kim stares at her for a long time as they're walking.

"Have we met?" she asks finally.

Cheri giggles, a pleased look on her face.  "You've probably seen my picture on my blog.  I'm the writer of ArriveLast, about delayed homeschooling."

Kim blinks.  "Oh, that's right.  I was looking at your blog right before the convention."  She starts to say more, but a deluge of convention flyers pours down on them, making conversation nearly impossible.  "How many of these things did they print?" Kim shouts.

Jill shrugs.  "I heard a few thousand, but ..." she stops as a strange noise echoes through the jungle.  The three move closer together, but continue searching.

In the middle of nowhere, they find the main stage podium.  Still hanging on for dear life is the keynote speaker, a respected homeschooling father who looks rather the worse for wear.  Jill and Kim run to try to help him, while Cheri disappears into a dislocated bathroom.

"It's not good," the speaker gasps.  Where he was once a suave, well-attired, relaxed man, he is now rather bedraggled, with a wide-eyed terror in his eyes.  His hair stands on end.  He looks, in fact, rather like his wife does every day when he comes home from work.  "They took the microphone."

Jill frowns. "Who took it?"

The speaker opens his mouth one last time, then vanishes from sight.  The two woman stare at the now barren podium, just as Cheri returns.  "What could have done that?" Kim whispers.  They don't even think to ask where Cheri has been.

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9:53 PM, Aug. 16, 2006 .. Posted by tallenmomof5

And the suspense builds...
Several of the ladies on the FIAR board enjoyed the first episode. I'll have to let them know about the latest installment.