GWENDOLYN: "Gladys! Long time, no see!"
GLADYS: "Gwendolyn! Isn't this a pleasant surprise? How have you been?"
GWENDOLYN: "Can't complain, really. I was just saying to Georgia how nice it would be to see everyone again."
GLADYS: "Hi, Georgia!"
GEORGIA: "Hello, Gladys!"
GLADYS: "My goodness, you're right. Everyone's here! There's Guinevere and Gracie and Giselle! Gals! Over here!"
GUINEVERE: "Hey, Gladys!"
GRACIE: "And Gwendolyn! Hi, Gwendolyn!"
GISELLE: "Is it just me or is starting to get a bit crowded in here?"
GLADYS: "Gwendolyn, stop pushing!"
GWENDOLYN: "I'm not pushing!"
GLADYS: "Yes you are!"
GWENDOLYN: "No, I think the room's getting smaller. Gracie, don't shove so much! Ow!"
GISELLE: "Oh god! You're right, the room *is* shrinking! Help!"
GRACIE: "The walls are closing in!"
GEORGIA: "Ow! Help!"
GUINEVERE: "Somebody help!"
GISELLE: "It hurts! Make it stop!"
GLADYS: "Everyone, try squeezing closer together! Ow!"
GEORGIA: "I can't! There's nowhere to go!"
GRACIE: "I'm gonna burst!"
GWENDOLYN: "Gladys, there's something - ow! - something I've always wanted to tell you..."
GISELLE: "Aah! Good-bye, cruel world!" *POP*
GLADYS: "Gwendolyn? What is it?"
GWENDOLYN: "Gladys, I've always loved y--" *POP*
GUINEVERE: "What's happening to us?!" *POP*
GLADYS: "What? No, not Gwendolyn! Gwendolyn!"
GEORGIA: "Can nobody save us?!"
GLADYS: "I love you too, Gwendolyn!" *cries*
GRACIE: "Aah!" *POP*
GEORGIA: *POP*
GLADYS: "Gwendolyn..." *POP*
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Author's notes: Written February 16, 2010.