Devout marionettes 0 -Prelude (895 words)Sing a song of Libertine,A pocket full of ash,Four and twenty prophetsLooking to score some cash. When the cash was earned, andAll was said and done,They lit up their peyote pipesAnd said, "Now, THAT was fun." -BatousaijinIn the pitch dark room, the boy found his shrieking alarm clock mere seconds after it rang. He got up and got ready for school, no different from every other day. As he was making his final preperati
Devout marionettes 1 -Fracture (1,199 words)Rian hesitated as she accepted the joint. Self-consciously, she brought the butt to her lips and slightly inhaled. She coughed, her body trying to expel the offending smoke from her lungs. Tears developed from her eyes and she continued to cough more violently, however the smoke was all around her. She got up and began to run through the cafeteria until she saw a familiar purse lying next to a inert body.“Pan!”, Rian yelled as she ran to her older sister. She shook Pan, but her sister didn’t respond. Rian pulled Pan over and stifled a scream as she saw the condition of her sister’s severely burnt face. The
Devout marionettes 2 - Haven (1,651 words)Jason paused as the front door to the house closed behind him. He waited until he heard Rian lock it. “Good girl”, he whispered as he continued walking towards the group of four.“Richard, what are you guys doing here?” Jason asked one of the young men. Like Richard, the other three people, two young men and a girl, were members of Jason’s congregation.“Why are you being so hostile? We just came by to visit our good friend and his little girlfriend. So why don’t you bring her out?” Richard smiled.Jason had no intention of letting these animals anywhere near Rian, “Does Apostle M
D. Marionettes 3- Disclosure (1,064 words)“The right path requires courage”, Jason repeated the words again ten years after he had first heard them. Glancing over at Rian sleeping in his bed, he whispered “Sister Mienna, give me the courage to protect her”. He kissed Rian lightly on the head and got dressed.---The two boys weren’t sure if they were holding Oliver down or supporting him up. Grasping his gut, Oliver doubled over from another punch delivered by a third boy.Oliver’s attacker turned to the boy on the left. “Hey Jason, did this fag really try to kiss you in the classroom?”Jason nodded, “Yeah Malachi, I fee
Fate and Love 1_Cherry Blossom (5,131 words)“Papa! Look it’s snowing!” Ciarra giggled as she caught a cherry blossom in her little hands.“No sweety, that’s a cherry blossom. You know, if you walk with the one you like while the blossoms fall during the spring blossom festival, your love is sure to have good fortune the whole year.” Ciarra’s father told her. “Shall we walk together?”“No papa, I don’t want to fall in love with you! I like Kandori-chan!” Ciarra pouted.“Ha ha ha, you like Kandori-kun huh? Well he better treat my little princess nice.” Ciarra’s father lifted his 8-year old daught
Fate and Love 2_Princess (2,647 words) To: Ciarras.man.4.ever@Gmail.comSubject: My broken heartToday we broke up. You said it was for the best. You said that you hoped I would find someone special and that I’ll be happy. Well, I don’t feel the same. I don’t want you to find happiness. You think you are going to find someone more special than me, some princess to live a fairytale ending with. What then? Will you just forget me? Forget this foolish girl you hurt so much? Even though you say we can still be friends, I still love you. Ciarra looked at the screen through blurry tears. Then she hit the discard button. It was the fifth time she had wr
Fate and Love 3_Best Friends (3,007 words)As Ciarra walked back from school, she saw Kandori sitting in front of his house.“Hey Kandori!” She yelled out as she walked up to him. “You’re back from the hospital? How are you feeling? Arm still hurt?”“I’m fine.” Kandori said angrily.“You sure? You don’t sound fine.” Ciarra asked concerned.“I said I’m fine. Leave me alone.” Kandori suddenly stood up.“What’s your problem?” Ciarra mumbled as Kandori stomped back into his house.“Probably has to do with me.” A girl’s voice from behind Ciarra said.Ciarra turned to lo
Fate and Love 4_Healing Scars (2,269 words)The dull ache in Kandori’s arm made him think about the one who stabbed him. Although he didn’t particularly want to see Richard, Kandori wondered why he hadn’t showed up in school after the events of the previous night. Coincidentally, he got his answer at the student council meeting after school.“Next on the agenda, Richard Reiser, a junior, is currently incarcerated for drug possession. He is being transferred to Aoyama prison because this his third offense”, the student council secretary read.“Date of release?” The President asked.“Nine months, mam.” The secretary replied.
Ripples of the Past_Part I (1,464 words)The door opened with only a soft swoosh as Jessica anxiously walked into the hospital room. Of the two hospital beds in the room, one was empty, the linens folded neatly on top. In the other bed lay Jeremy. Bandages were wrapped tightly around Jeremy’s head and his closed eyes seemed to sink into deep pockets. Beside his bed, a tube continually fed fluid through the needle in his arm. The sight made her heart hurt and she hesitated before putting a hand on his. “Jeremy, can you hear me? It’s Jess.” There was no response from him. She softly squeezed his hand somehow expecting that through her will
Ripples of the Past_Part II (1,883 words)Rian unsuccessfully tried to coax Stophany to take another sip of her water. Stophany’s burger was still sealed and had grown cold in front of her. Finally giving up, she crumbled up her own empty wrapper and turned her attention to the chocolate pudding she ordered. Jessica was amazed at how much the girl could eat and yet not gain an ounce; looking down at her meager salad, she almost cried. She looked up when Stophany coughed.“Excuse me, where’s the latrine?” Stophany asked a passing waitress.“Go past the fish tank and in that hall.” The young female replied smiling, “Is everything okay
Ripples of the Past Part III (3,498 words)Stophany flinched and dropped her fork in mid-bite as she felt someone elbow her in the side. She looked at Rian with big tear filled eyes. “That hurt…” she pouted.Rian placed a hand on Stophany’s cheek and forced her to face forward. A young man was sitting across from them. His sharp grin contrasted with his soft eyes and beautiful features. “Like I was saying, I was wondering if you wanted to catch a movie Friday night.” The young man asked.“I… don’t think so.” Stophany went back to her potato salad. After the guy shrugged and left, Rian turned to her best friend.
Fatalistic saga Vol. 1 (2,400 words)Prologue: Tangle in the threadEven if one never met Lady Bellsong until today, her immense love for her 18 month old child would be instantly evident from her radiant smile as she looked down into the crib. Beside Lady Bellsong stood her proud husband, who reached down to gently rub his daughter's stomach.The baby's eyes followed her father's movements and she cooed as he kissed her forehead.Lord Bellsong turned to his wife and said "Come to bed soon, my lady".She nodded and smiled as he left.Lady Bellsong gently lifted her daughter to her chest. She paced slowly around the room, singing a soft lullaby as the baby slo
Fatalistic Saga Vol. 2 (2,261 words)Episode 5: Rendezvous under the porch“It’s hot.” Rian complained.“Yes, it sure is, Mistress.” Toma agreed as he sat next to her in the Bellsong garden.After some silence, Rian said it again, “It’s hot.”“Yes it… oh!” Toma grabbed the wooden fan at his side and frantically waved air over her.“Idiot, stop! Go get some ice cream from the kitchen”, Rian put up a hand to stop the wild gusts.“But… the cook will yell at me.” Toma complained, the cook was almost as scary as Rian.“Well then, shall I go instead?” Rian smiled and tilted
Fatalistic Saga Finale (1,764 words)Final Episode: Sayonarra, I’ll never forget youThe cold compress felt good against Suk Yang’s hot forehead. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw hundreds of stars on a black ceiling. “How pretty” she whispered.“Noona? Are you awake?” Toma rushed to her side. “Does it hurt anywhere?”Suk Yang smiled as she tried to calm down her brother. “I feel okay. What happened?” Looking around, she saw that she was in Rian’s room. In fact, she was lying on Rian’s bed. She sat up and winced when pain shot through her hip.“Miss Suk Yang. You mustn’t be moving. The doctor
The one who cares most for you (1,630 words)The tent did not look right at all to Chou. It leaned towards Irisu too much.“Big sis Irisu, what are you doing?” He asked as he watched the two others fumble with tent poles.“Can’t you tell from looking? Get over here and support the sides!” Seto growled.Chou ran over to Seto and quickly shoved a pole under the tarp, he ran over to the side that Irisu was holding when suddenly the tent collapsed on all three of them. After a short period of cursing and fighting with the fabric, all three of them managed to crawl out from under the tent.Seto glared at the two others. “Seriously, you two. As
Ten-ji: Beginning love (1,655 words) Inside the noisy classroom, two conspirators were involved with the most important event in a High School Kunoichi's life, discussing boys. Ino Yamanaka was sharing with her best friend, Sakura Haruno, the new pictures she had taken with her camera phone. When Sakura asked Ino to send her a picture of Sasuke, Ino sighed and looked at the pink haired girl. “Yeah, I’ll send it to you, but I don’t know what you see in Sasuke. He’s kinda weird emo. I swear, if he ever comes to school wearing a trench coat, I’m gonna freak out. But, come to think of it,
Squall's day (1,658 words)Squall held Rinoa tighter as she seductively licked his lips and nuzzled closer to her boyfriend. Squall took in her beauty, the silky black hair, bottomless wells of emotion in her eyes, her light breath upon which rode the sweet scent of… pedigree chow?Squall opened his eyes and was greeted by another lick from Angelo.“Off”, he grunted as he shifted suddenly and fell awkwardly off his bed. Angelo easily landed on her paws and trotted over to her master, Rinoa, standing in the doorway. Rinoa rewarded Angelo with a scratch behind her ears and looked up at Squall with fake tears.“Oh Squall, I’m sho
Advice from an idiot writer (875 words)Hello! I would love to help you with your story!Writing a story is both easy and fun.First, an exercise.Grab a pen and a sheet of paper.Look on your desk. What do you see? Write about it, don't look back at what you wrote, just write whatever comes to mind about that item.On my desk is my cell phone, so I'll write about my cell phone.Although I don't use it too much, my cell phone is really useful. It's my only source of communication for my friends now that I have moved away from all of them. You see, I recently left the Army after fulfilling my military obligations so now I am leaving everyone I know. My phone is ac
Artists' pride (513 words)Once upon a time, Bill, the kind owner of a reputable furniture resale shop told his assistants, Orphen and Wurtz, that the wood on some old used chairs was rotting. With great sadness, he asked them to take the unusable chairs to the back of the store and break them apart. However, he wanted them to salvage as much wood as possible so that the youths of that village could learn to create furniture. Just then, a wandering drunk stumbled into the store merely to use the restroom. He heard the owner's words and ran out of the store."They're demolishing furniture in there! Don't sell your wares to this store!" he yelled.Although
Stolen Promises (754 words)The ring in Carmen's hand shined as brightly as the previous hundred times she put it up to the light."Tomorrow, I'll go down to the village and ask him to come to the main courtyard and... and I'll propose. He’ll accept because he loves me too. I know he does." She said to the empty room because the one who needed most convincing was herself. Despite years of battle hardened discipline, Carmen giggled nervously and stomped her feet."But... What if I'm going too fast? What if I'm going too fast and Zheng doesn't want to? What if I scare him away... Or he sees the fool I really am?"Three years ago, she stumbled into thi
Experienced life (1,800 words)Hannah Jung sat calmly in her bed. She was in no hurry; she had lived over 84 years, a few more minutes were insignificant. As she listened to the clock make the sounds Tick Tock, she closed her eyes and let her mind work. Her brain projected memories on the back of her eyelids. She reasoned that as long as she could still do this, she was alive. She began to remember: Tick.“Hannah? What’s wrong why are you crying?” Ms. Park, Hannah’s elementary school teacher asked her.“Teacher! Hong-gyu is being mean to me! He kissed me!” Hannah began to bawl even louder. She had never been kissed before and
Thankful -Kim Dong Ryul 감사 - 김동률눈부신 햇살이 오늘도 나를 감싸 며 살아있음을 그대에게 난 감사해요 Today, the bright sun wraps around me and I’m thankful that you’re alive.부족한 내 마음이 누구에게 힘이 될줄은 그것만으로 그대에게 난 감사해요Even my meek feelings can be stre
Transformers Consequence (1,184 words)Optimus Prime sighed as the list of names continued to scroll across the screen in front of him. Although he was an Autobot, a robot with sentience , and didn’t technically possess a heart, the list of deceased Autobots and Decepticons, another faction of sentient robots, weighed heavily on him. When the names stopped scrolling, the computer displayed two more lines of information-Search result: 256 deceased, 0 new members foundAll Spark Stability: 2.5% Warning: Critical levelAs the last line continued to flash, Optimus turned from the computer and slowly walked out of the room.-Optimus didn’t hear his name
Two family Ch 5 Ch 5“Big Brother?” Tanya softly knocked on the door to her brother’s room. “Are you sleeping?” Tanya waited a few seconds and then turned away.The door slowly opened behind her.“Tanya? What’s wrong?” Jesus asked as he yawned. “It isn’t morning yet.”“Uh yeah. Sorry, bye.” Tanya stepped back.Jesus suddenly reached out and hugged her. “Had a bad dream?”Tanya sniffled, “Nuh uh, I think there’s a monster outside my window.”Jesus softly patted her head. “It’s alright. Want me to go check?”Tanya pushed back from her brother and sh
Two Family Ch 4 Ch 4“I think it’s time Tanya learned about her past.” Mary said. The other person in the room sat silently as Mary continued. “I would like to hear your opinion on this. She is your…”“I agree, however I believe I should tell her.” The other person interrupted.As Private First Class David huddled with the group of other soldiers in the cold dawn, he watched his breath form in the crisp air and wondered again how the desert could be so cold. Suddenly the shout of “Squad Attention!” interrupted David’s thoughts. He jumped to his feet and stood straight. The squad leader saluted the app
Two Family Ch 3 CH 3“Children, remind your parents about the upcoming parent-teacher meetings next week.” The children all watched their teacher with anxious eyes as he made preparations to end another school day.“Dismissed.” The teacher waved and the classroom erupted with activity.Santa quickly gathered up his books and walked towards the door. However, Jesus called out to him and Santa turned with a guilty look. “You didn’t forget that we have classroom cleanup today, right?” Jesus asked.“Uh… oh yeah!” Santa chuckled.Jesus grinned, “Come on. The broom is this way.”“Did you see
Two Family Ch1, 2 CH1The thin girl of 17 tried to wedge herself deeper towards the back wall of the small dark closet she hid in. She held her breath, closed her eyes and willed the three pursuers outside to leave her alone.“Go away.” She whispered again and again.“Young mistress?” A familiar voice called.Mary opened her eyes in surprise. She had forgotten that her guardian, Gabrielle, was coming to drive Mary and her fiancée to the airport to go their honeymoon.“Joseph…” Mary whimpered as she put bloody hands to her mouth smearing it across her face.Mary burst out of the closet to try and warn Gabrielle and
Vampires and you If you are reading this essay, it is probably due to one of two reasons. First, you are educating yourself on the growing danger of vampires. Second, your peaceful naïve existence has suddenly been irrevocably shattered by a mob of hostile, literally blood-thirsty individuals at your front door. If you are of the later group of people, don’t panic. Feel free to skip to the second half of the essay on defending yourself against your neighbor now turned predator.The vampire, which was once thought as a mythological creature, has now become a scientific fact. In actuality, vampires are merely human beings with a disease. Now, you mig
A hastily written essay Sejong KimThe experiences gained while attending college are important to creating students’ careers and other necessary future skills. Although to some, the time and money spent attending a post-secondary school might seem wasted, the advantages of a degree are undeniable. However, to gain the most benefit and succeed in school, one must not procrastinate. The differences between a procrastinator and a student who does not put things off are obvious and reflect directly on that student’s quality of education.Sitting in her room, a student receives a text on her phone. Five of the scariest words known to a procrastinator appear
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