The Mysterious Urchin with the Note ((Re-Post))

[Skyler 'Artful Dodger' Gant]

((I'm bored, so I decided to tell a story from the eyes of the Urchin that delivered the note of Skyler's to Gil...enjoy.))

A mysterious child appears in New Babbage, one who has long, flowing, blonde hair tied into a pony tail with a piece of black, filthy, ribbon. His clothes are tattered and it looks as if he’s been walking miles, a note clutched in his filthy left hand. His shoes are nothing more than pieces of material with holes in it and a rubber sole on the bottom. The child looks no older than 7 years old, and seems impressed with clocks, as he stops on his journey to find Gilhooly Skute to look at nearly every clock on his route to wherever Gil is.

Inside his left pocket is a Gold Pocket Watch that looked tarnished with age, the glass covering dirty, cracked, and filthy. It looked as if it shouldn’t even be working, and yet it was. The boy would never tell anyone but, he tinkered with it, replacing old parts and fixing it, good as new, the time was spot on accurate. He was small for his age of ten years, looking to easily pass off as a six or seven year old boy, which he didn’t mind at all, it got him out of trouble, a lot, back in the vaults of the city he called home.

The thunder roared like that of a lion, sending a shiver down his spine which intensified as a clap of Lightning lit up the dark, rainy, New Babbage sky. The rain pelted the young boy like millions of tiny needles, the coldness of the rain made the child wish he never even agreed to deliver this letter in the first place. Of course he figured if he was in the same situation as this boy the lady in the hooded robe said was being held prisoner, he’d want someone like him to do the same thing he is, if that made sense. A growl erupted from the boys stomach, telling him he was hungry and needed food. The boy ignored his hunger pains and continued to walk, promising to nick some food from whoever this Gil boy was when he delivered the letter.

Sighing the boy splashed through puddles as he searched for someone that knew Gilhooly Skute, stopping a boy with a tail… odd but the blonde haired boy seen odder things before… who introduced himself as Vivi. The boy smiled and introduced himself, quietly, as Crispin MacCrimmon, telling him where he had come from, and asking if Vivi knew where Gilhooly Skute was, getting a nod and an I’ll show you, in return.

Now drenched from the continuous rain, Crispin followed Vivi down the long, confusing, streets of what he now knew to be Clockhaven, through places he figured to be shortcuts, until eventually coming to a stop beneath an Arch. Vivi told him the last house was where Gil was at. Crispin nodded and then told him, in a quiet whisper, where Sky was being held. Telling him he followed his captures as they carried the unconscious Skyler into the vaults, praying he wouldn’t be discovered, fearing if he was…he’d be killed along with his sister, who remained behind in there hiding place they stayed in in the vaults.

Crispin watched as Vivi nodded and turned to rush off, probably to find a place to stay in until this rain stops. Crispin walked nervously to the door, fiddling with his pocket watch, before reaching out and rapping on the door, jumping with fright as a mouse boy opened. Crispin jumped, yet again, as lightning struck the sea in the distance, and a loud clap of thunder shook the ground, before asking if the mouse boy was Gilhooly Skute, and getting a yes in response. Sighing with relief, Crispin handed the note in his left hand to Gil and instantly rushed inside to dry off, watching as Gil read the note, and re-read it, before letting out a gasp, as if shocked, and disappearing into another room, coming back with a plate of cheese which Crispin quickly ate, saying a quick thank you through a mouth filled with food, making it sound like more of a “Smake Moof” than a thank you.

Gil seemed to be in pain, a cast on his right leg hinting that he’d busted it, which reminded Crispin of the boy, Sky, he saw hugging his knees and weeping in a dark corner of the damp, smelly, room. He had spied on this boy through the narrow, street level, barred window which was directly under a distillery before being stopped by the hooded woman, who handed the boy a note and instructed him to deliver it to Babbage. Sighing Crispin listened as Gil told him to head to Mornington and Watson, saying his leg hurt to much for him to do it himself. Crispin nodded, eating the last bite of cheese, before saying goodbye to Gil and leaving on his way to Mornington’s.

It didn’t take long before he found Mornington, who offered him some Rum…which he refused, asking instead for milk, and downing it as if it was an expensive drink he rarely drank, while eating some beef offered to him. He didn’t mention Sky’s location to Mornington, feeling Vivi would do so himself, and didn’t even mention it to Watson or Holmes, both of which gave him more milk and some tasty meat pie.
Crispin enjoyed this town, telling himself if he didn’t have his sister to worry about back home, he’d call this place home.

Of course it was his sister that made him rush out of Watson and Holmes place, without so much as a goodbye. The rain continued to pour down upon Crispin like ice cold needles, his hair drenched and matted to his head, his clothing just as drenched, sticking to his skin and causing him to be even colder as he made his way back home, promising that if the strange lady told him to head back here with another note, he’d bring his sister with. The clocks of the city made his journey out of Babbage even slower, as he stopped to admire each one, wondering whose job it was to maintain those clocks, and telling himself that person did a great job, as he slowly made his way out of the city and back toward the city he called home, the city where Skyler was being held prisoner, the one only Vivi knew of.

[Vivi Boxen]

Verry nice man, you've put a lot more detail in this one, so will this Crispen be an alt? That would be fun :).

[Skyler 'Artful Dodger' Gant]

I don't know if Crispin will be an alt or not. Still have to think about that for awhile since, if he's an alt...he'd have to have his older sister with him.