It's a beautiful autumn day. The skies are clear, the air is perfect, and the forcast says there won't be rain till after midnight. The city firefighter training facility is mostly a huge, flat, weed-potted, concrete parking lot for a now long-abandoned industrial complex.
http://rcschlotterb.iweb.bsu.edu/dscf0206.jpg The occasional fox or other small wildlife can be spotted moving about in the far distance. Most of the formerly bustling industrial buildings show fire damage from decades of use as practice for firefighter trainees.
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Today, the parking area nearest the entrance is packed with school busses and other vehicles, including quite a few news vans.
"Hi! This is Lindsey Bowers with hotspot dot com bringing you live streaming HD coverage of the Citizen Patrol's Fire Safety Field Day Event," a pretty reporter says happily to a camera man, a huge boom mic just outside the camera's field of view, "I'm here with the world famous founder of The Citizen's Patrol, Mittens."
"Hi, Mom 'n Dad!" Mits chimes, smiling and waving at the camera.
"Mittens, what can you tell us about today's event?"
"That it's gunna be totally awesome! No spoilers, but we've got a surprised event that I can guarantee is a first in history!"
"That sounds really exciting, but isn't this supposed to simply be a safety seminar for school kids?"
"Well sure, the whole point is to give kids an excuse to go on a fun field trip... Kidding! Safety! The point is safety! But can you tell me how much you got out of boooring safety lessons as a kid? Boring stuff is forgotten within the week! If it ever sank in at all in the first place. But exciting and fun lessons last lifetimes! Lifetimes more likely to last longer due to very memorable safety field trip, I might add."
"So as ever, everything the Citizen's Patrol does is done with the welfare of the community in mind."
"Absolutely! We're part of the community after all!"
A firefighter blows a whistle and waves Mittens over.
"Woot! Time to get started!"
She runs over to the fire truck and flips on the siren and lights. The truck rolls over to the area in front of the audience of kids and teachers as exciting music blares over some huge speakers, and screeches to a halt. Half a dozen firefighters pile off the truck.
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca...ources/102_02931.JPG The siren stops and the driver, a huge man, disembarks.
http://la.cdnmob.org/sisgame_i...oes_billy_blazes.jpg The music reaches the end of the song and the man, along with Mittens wave to the cheering, clapping crowd.
"Hi kids!" Mits' voice booms over the speakers thanks to a lapel mic,
"Please welcome Mr. Bill Blazes! Real life hero!"
More cheers and claps. The man speaks with a strong, Superman sounding voice.
"Thank you, Mittens. It's a real honor to be here to help teach you all how you all can do your part to help keep the city safe!"
Mits blushes and rubs behind her head.
"You're the fire chief, Mr. Bill. I'm honored to be helping you!
"Ooh! That looks like a fun tree to climb!"
She snatches a ladder and rushes to a tree that has dropped most of its leaves.
"Be careful, Mittens!"
"Sure sure! No worries!"
"Better go with her just to be sure, guys."
Sure enough, by the time the firefighters catch up, Mits has already reached the lowest branch with the ladder, and "accidentally" kicks the ladder clear, leaving her stuck up in the tree!
"Ooops!"
Children giggle. The firefighters look like they'll soon recover the ladder.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:56, Thu 27 Aug 2015.
