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[bixlolybizzspark]

The Night the Lights Went Out in Ludlow Vineyards

Months and months of research, hard work, tears and countless bags of gummy worms had led to this moment. At long last, Zixa had given her the green light on this project to provide a more efficient way to channel electricity to the estate. And she was beyond excited to see it finally come to life! A chance to show that she was the true brains behind the operations. She could see it now… Lady Ludlow praising her for a job well done and seeing those ninnies Zixa and Sprankles green with envy when she, Bixloly Bizzspark became the boss’s favorite!

The river behind the vineyards had proven to be the perfect location for her invention. The current was strong enough that it would keep the turbines spinning and she had calibrated it juuuuuuuuuust right…. She was pretty sure she did, at least.

Bixloly bounced on the spot, her blue-dye stained hands clasped together at chest height, hardly able to contain the excitement coursing through her small body. “Now! Time to get this show on the road!” The blue haired gnome wandered over to the wooden beam that had been effectively blocking the river’s flow which had allowed her to construct her generator without any impediment. She fell back onto her backside as she gave the beam one final tug and landed with a loud, “OOF!”

“Ah bolts!” she rubbed gingerly at her sore rear and readjusted her glasses, but she quickly forgot her fall as a metallic whirring sounded through the air as water pushed through the turbines. Sure enough, an electric hum was heard running through the copper cables that ran from the generator and up to the estate.

“YESSSS! I did it!” She squealed, her fists held over her head as she jumped up and down in victory. “That’ll show ‘em! That’ll show ‘em all!” She hummed a happy little tune as she pulled out a blue and green gummy worm from her pouch and dug her teeth into it. Her lips smacked loudly as she continued to talk to herself. “I have pioneered the future of Ludlow Vineyards! Lady Ludlow will be so pleased and impressed, I’m sure she’ll--” She stopped mid sentence.

Crackling electricity thrummed through the cables, growing louder and louder. “Uh oh….” Before she could lunge forward and throw the safety switch, loud popping noises were heard from the manor as light bulbs burst, sending the entire building into darkness. “OH FISHSTICKS!!”

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[sparkling-adventurer]

Holy Smokes!

Twin, bubble gum pink pigtails swished back and forth, four little fingers raising up to rub at sleepy, blurry eyes with far less than perfect vision. She rarely stayed all night at Ludlow Estate, but she had to spend time with Zixa, to make sure the other gnome actually believed she honestly LOVED the purple spider gift. She delighted in the fact that Zixa seemed -rather- dismayed over this. Sprankles even believed the Ludlow Security Head believed her when she said she changed her favorite color to purple now that she had gotten that ‘lovely’ little gift.

If people thought politics among nobles was cut-throat and underhanded... They had nothing on gnomes who were fighting about nonsensical things. Not at all.. Not only was it rather cloak and dagger, deceitful and full of absolute lies.. it had just the right touch of insanity to make it completely ridiculous and sometimes dangerous.

At any rate, her groggy gaze peered about the room that she stayed in. She wasn’t even sure if Elizebella knew she was even in the actual manor or not. She had found an empty room and simply curled up in the bed... After taking a long and luxurious bubble bath of course. Who ever’s room this was, whether it was the guest room or not, had a very awesome tub in it and she had played in it for hours the night before without so much as seeing anyone, and to her belief, without anyone seeing her.

A dreamy smile lifted her happy little cheeks, making them rosy at the fond memory of the night before, being able to jump on the huge bed unrestrained, no one telling her she’s going to fall and get hurt. She did somersaults from one end of the big room to the other and played until she had fallen asleep, so it was quite the surprise that she had woken up before the sun had. 

There was another reason she had decided to stay all night, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, even with stumbling in absolute pitch dark. Dark.. Dark.. Its -really- dark, her little fingers pulling the cord to the lamp she had fumbled to find over and over to no avail. “Holy smokes! That’s right! Bixloly blew the power! She’s as dumb as Zixa, honestly..” Sprankles muttered out to herself with a little mischievous giggle.

She remembered suddenly why she was here, and that was to help get the power back on at Ludlow Estate, and she’d do it aaaaall by herself if she had to. She, like Bixloly could just see the praise when she fixed the issue single handed. It would be absolutely magnificent and she would be dubbed the smarted gnome in Ludlow. She already -knew- that was true, but a little notice from others on that would be great. Aaaah.. that vision was clear in her mind, there in the dark.

She could also see Zixa, hating every moment of the praise she was getting, Bixloly as well. She would have another battle won underfoot, and she couldn’t wait to get started. “Oh, Sprankles! You’re so great!” they’d say. “There’s the gnome who gave us light again!” they’d shout in awe. “I’m going to be...” she paused for dramatic effect as she finally found her goggles after tripping several times. She had placed them on and just as she flipped the light beams on above the lenses, casting an eerie glow upon her face as she grinned wide, she spoke. “...A God...”

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