Hey readers. I had a very busy, fun weekend, meaning little sleep, but I gotta get back into my usual schedule! Let's not be a lazeball and get right to it.
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Genre: Drama
Character: A desperate girlfriend
Material: A bowler hat
Sentence: "Maybe we should just kiss to break the tension."
Bonus: Your character is fearless to the point of stupidity.
I spent too long on the set up, gotta not do that next time, but it was fun anyway.
https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/
Genre: Drama
Character: A desperate girlfriend
Material: A bowler hat
Sentence: "Maybe we should just kiss to break the tension."
Bonus: Your character is fearless to the point of stupidity.
Pizza and Candles
It would be all over if the beast were to reach it's lair. Using all of it's limbs to full effect, the monster was quickly climbing down the vertical wall, seconds away from reaching it's destination. Despite it's speed, father was the faster one. Moments before the spider disappeared behind the couch, to be feared by all for at least a week, dad valiantly leaped across the room, one slipper hand, the other flying off his foot, and slammed the poor thing against the wall. As dad fell onto the couch, he grinned back at everyone at the dinner table, triumphantly clutching on to the slipper raised above his head.
We could all start eating dinner in peace, I thought. Just as quickly as the gross spider got wiped out, the expression of triumph on dad's face switched with that of absolute horror. What was happening? At that moment the second slipper, the one flying through the air, had reached it's destination, landing right into the bowl of mom's freshly cooked spaghetti.
"Oh come on!" Mom exclaimed quickly snatching the slipper out of the bowl, but it was too late - dinner was ruined.
"Honey I am so sorry!" Dad obviously felt terrible about the whole ordeal. "Was that... all of it?"
Mom shut her eyes tight, rubbing her forehead, trying her best not to get mad at our dad. I honestly didn't get her anger, what happened wasn't really his fault, all he was trying to do was defend the family from monsters, and he succeeded too!
Mom finally said "I guess we are ordering pizza tonight."
"Yaaaay!" All three of us, the kids, exclaimed simultaneously. We loved mom's spaghetti, but who could ever say no to pizza? As we began excitedly discussing which toppings we all wanted, mom glared at our dad with a piercing gaze. She didn't want to say anything in front of us, the kids, but we knew - dad was not off the hook. The silly grin on his face gave it away.
As dad reached for the phone and begin dialing the pizza shop, the world decided that it wasn't done toying with our evening. The lights suddenly flickered, and a moment later, just as we all looked at each other with concern, the power went out completely. Was this karma? Some divine punishment? All of the sudden I started feeling really bad for the spider.
"Hello? Do you guys have power over there? Oh fantastic!" Dad broke the silence as the pizza shop picked up the phone.
"Yesss." My sister, the youngest of the siblings, was celebrating the pizza.
We could all start eating dinner in peace, I thought. Just as quickly as the gross spider got wiped out, the expression of triumph on dad's face switched with that of absolute horror. What was happening? At that moment the second slipper, the one flying through the air, had reached it's destination, landing right into the bowl of mom's freshly cooked spaghetti.
"Oh come on!" Mom exclaimed quickly snatching the slipper out of the bowl, but it was too late - dinner was ruined.
"Honey I am so sorry!" Dad obviously felt terrible about the whole ordeal. "Was that... all of it?"
Mom shut her eyes tight, rubbing her forehead, trying her best not to get mad at our dad. I honestly didn't get her anger, what happened wasn't really his fault, all he was trying to do was defend the family from monsters, and he succeeded too!
Mom finally said "I guess we are ordering pizza tonight."
"Yaaaay!" All three of us, the kids, exclaimed simultaneously. We loved mom's spaghetti, but who could ever say no to pizza? As we began excitedly discussing which toppings we all wanted, mom glared at our dad with a piercing gaze. She didn't want to say anything in front of us, the kids, but we knew - dad was not off the hook. The silly grin on his face gave it away.
As dad reached for the phone and begin dialing the pizza shop, the world decided that it wasn't done toying with our evening. The lights suddenly flickered, and a moment later, just as we all looked at each other with concern, the power went out completely. Was this karma? Some divine punishment? All of the sudden I started feeling really bad for the spider.
"Hello? Do you guys have power over there? Oh fantastic!" Dad broke the silence as the pizza shop picked up the phone.
"Yesss." My sister, the youngest of the siblings, was celebrating the pizza.
TIME UP
What happened next: Candles were lit, Pizza has arrived, and during a rare, peaceful family bonding moment, mom and dad told the story of how they first met, mom forgiving dad for the whole ordeal in the process. After all, they really loved each other. The end!
What happened next: Candles were lit, Pizza has arrived, and during a rare, peaceful family bonding moment, mom and dad told the story of how they first met, mom forgiving dad for the whole ordeal in the process. After all, they really loved each other. The end!
I spent too long on the set up, gotta not do that next time, but it was fun anyway.
See you next time!
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