"NOOOOOOOO00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO00OO."
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Pilot stumbled, screeching.
"THAT'S RIGHT! DON'T COME ANY CLOSER OR THAT'S A HAIRCUT FOR YOU!"
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I pressed on.
"CURSE YOU, SCISSOR-HANDS!"
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Pilot shrieked, shaking his fist at me, stepping backwards. I couldn't believe my ridiculous strategy was working.
"YOU'LL NEVER BE A TRUE CITIZEN OF CAPTANIA, YOU ACCURSED JERB-STEELING-CRABSTACEAN! I'LL MAKE SURE THOSE PAPERS NEVER MAKE IT TO CAPTAIN'S DESK! IT'LL BE THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE FOR YOU, SOONER OR LATER!"
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"SHOO NOW. SHOOO."
I waved the scissors at Pilot as he retreated into the hallway, stumbling and grumbling how United Postal Service was on his side because his cousin works there.
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I figured that Pilot was clearly (and luckily for me) deathly afraid of either scissors or haircuts.
Perhaps this was Captain's plan all along, I pondered, staring at the citizenship papers.
Now, if I could just find a pen... and perhaps a paintbrush for these watercolors.
I looked around the Dental office for such.
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Green goggles glinted at me from a far off window. Pilot was watching me.
"AHA, PINCER-HAND!
You'll never be able to fill thems forms outs!"
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He shouted, gleefully.
"Not if I eradicate and harvest all of teh writing supplies in this nation first!"
I cursed, I must have been speaking out loud again... or Pilot was smarter than he looked.
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I searched the dental office thoroughly for a pen or pencil. There were none to be found.
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"Writing utensils," I thought, "hmmm... where can I find such.... Aha!"
I walked to the western wall and looked out of the broken window, searching for a certain art supplies shop that Captain and I passed on our way to this building.
A most lovely art store...
...It was now on fire.
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