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Cried Grix, as he slammed the door on his bewildered family.
"Mummy? Why has Daddy gone?" 5-year-old Stryke asked.
"I don't know dear...I think it's because of the slippers I gave him for Christmas." His mother, Myst1que replied.
"Daddy leaves for silly things," Stryke said with a small giggle.
"Yes, he does. And he usually comes back talking about a load of tosh too."
Myst1que looked over her shoulder, "Hey Rasta, can you get off the damn sofa for once and go do some homework?" She asked her teenage son.
"Oooooooohhh!! I'll do it LATER!!"
"What are you watching that's more important than homework?"
"I dunno..."
Myst1que looked at the screen, "You're watching Watercolour Challenge again, aren't ya!?"
RBS panicked, and tried to change the channel, "N-n-no, of course not."
Myst1que stomped over to the TV, and turned it off. "You know you're not allowed to watch that! Hannah Gordon is a bad influence on you! Why can't you watch some wrestling for once?!"
There was a ring on the doorbell. And then another, and another, and another.
"Mummy!" Cried Stryke, "Grandad Meka is here!"
Myst1que's face was suddenly full of fear, "Oh dear God no...please no!"
"LEMME IN!" Came the shout from outside, "Or I'll knock the damn door down with my walking stick!"
"Quick children, hide!"
Myst1que, Stryke and RBS all went and hid in the dining room, so Grandad Meka couldn't see them.
"Why don't you like Grandad?" Stryke asked.
"He's just like your father," Myst1que said stonily, "Always moaning about something, and he lives to take a shot at me, doesn't he? Whenever he gets the chance it's 'Myst1que, do some work for once! My son works hard for you and your family, and you do nothing!'"
As she shouted this, Meka appeared outside the back door, and peered in at them.
"What in GOD'S name are ya doin' in there!? I've neen knocking on the damn door for the past hour, and you lot have all been out here! What ya doin' Myst1que, having another 'rest' while my son Grix goes out to earn money for you and your kids?!"
Myst1que grudgingly let him in, "I'm sorry Meka, we didn't hear you."
"My @rse."
Stryke began to laugh, "Grandad said @rse!"
"Don't swear!" Myst1que scolded him.
Stryke's eyed filled with tears, and he began to cry. Very loudly.
"Arg, now look what you've down ya old bag. You made the poor boy cry."
"Don't you call me an old bag!"
"I'll call ya what I flamin' well want to, you lazy cow."
Myst1que stood there and simmered. "What...do...you...want?"
For no reason at all Grandad Meka smacked his walking stick on the wall, scraping some of the paint off. He smiled at this, and then said, "Grandma Starlight's ill again, and she wants you to go over there and cook some dinner for her."
"Why can't you do it?"
"I've got better things to do, like watching Countdown." He smashed his walking stick on the wall again, scraping more paint off.
Meanwhile, RBS had grabbed a tennis ball and was throwing it against the wall."
"Don't do that Rasta, I've told ya before. You'll break one of those precious plates, they were my mum's you know."
RBS continued to throw it, and a few seconds later, hit him Myst1que's favourite plate. It tottered on the wall for a few seconds, before finally falling and smashing on a small wooden which table, which by pure luck happened to be right underneath it.
Mystique began to shake with anger.
"Mummy??" Stryke said, pulling on Myst1que's sleeve, "I want to go to the park!! PARK!!! PARK!!!"
"C'mon you silly gal, go cook Starlight dinner!" Meka shouted.
Another plate fell off the wall. SMASH!!
All these noises began to swirl around Myst1que's head... "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!" She saw their faces in her mind, and all she could hear was, "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!"
Myst1que's anger had finally built to a level she had never experienced. Just as she was about to blow her top, Grix walked in again.
"Hey, look, I've come back, just for YOU. I hope you're sorry that you upset me Myst1que, by making me take the washing in when it's YOUR job. Do I get an apology!?"
"Apology! "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!"
Finally, Myst1que blew. She'd had enough.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! SHUT UP, SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!!"
She grabbed Meka's walking stick and smashed him over the head with it, knocking him out.
She then ran upstairs and smashed RBS' favourite possession, his widescreen TV.
"There, how'd you like ME destroying YOUR stuff!!??" She spat at him.
"Honey, please calm down," Grix said soothingly.
"Calm down? Calm down! I'll calm down all right!" She then took the walking stick, and shoved it end-first where the sun don't even think about shining. Grix doubled over, and fell to the floor, groaning loudly.
Finally, she put her coat on, opened the front door, and screamed, "I'm leaving!" She slammed the front door behind her, nearly breaking the glass panes.
Stryke giggled and said to no one in particular, "Mummy leaves for silly things."
"Mummy? Why has Daddy gone?" 5-year-old Stryke asked.
"I don't know dear...I think it's because of the slippers I gave him for Christmas." His mother, Myst1que replied.
"Daddy leaves for silly things," Stryke said with a small giggle.
"Yes, he does. And he usually comes back talking about a load of tosh too."
Myst1que looked over her shoulder, "Hey Rasta, can you get off the damn sofa for once and go do some homework?" She asked her teenage son.
"Oooooooohhh!! I'll do it LATER!!"
"What are you watching that's more important than homework?"
"I dunno..."
Myst1que looked at the screen, "You're watching Watercolour Challenge again, aren't ya!?"
RBS panicked, and tried to change the channel, "N-n-no, of course not."
Myst1que stomped over to the TV, and turned it off. "You know you're not allowed to watch that! Hannah Gordon is a bad influence on you! Why can't you watch some wrestling for once?!"
There was a ring on the doorbell. And then another, and another, and another.
"Mummy!" Cried Stryke, "Grandad Meka is here!"
Myst1que's face was suddenly full of fear, "Oh dear God no...please no!"
"LEMME IN!" Came the shout from outside, "Or I'll knock the damn door down with my walking stick!"
"Quick children, hide!"
Myst1que, Stryke and RBS all went and hid in the dining room, so Grandad Meka couldn't see them.
"Why don't you like Grandad?" Stryke asked.
"He's just like your father," Myst1que said stonily, "Always moaning about something, and he lives to take a shot at me, doesn't he? Whenever he gets the chance it's 'Myst1que, do some work for once! My son works hard for you and your family, and you do nothing!'"
As she shouted this, Meka appeared outside the back door, and peered in at them.
"What in GOD'S name are ya doin' in there!? I've neen knocking on the damn door for the past hour, and you lot have all been out here! What ya doin' Myst1que, having another 'rest' while my son Grix goes out to earn money for you and your kids?!"
Myst1que grudgingly let him in, "I'm sorry Meka, we didn't hear you."
"My @rse."
Stryke began to laugh, "Grandad said @rse!"
"Don't swear!" Myst1que scolded him.
Stryke's eyed filled with tears, and he began to cry. Very loudly.
"Arg, now look what you've down ya old bag. You made the poor boy cry."
"Don't you call me an old bag!"
"I'll call ya what I flamin' well want to, you lazy cow."
Myst1que stood there and simmered. "What...do...you...want?"
For no reason at all Grandad Meka smacked his walking stick on the wall, scraping some of the paint off. He smiled at this, and then said, "Grandma Starlight's ill again, and she wants you to go over there and cook some dinner for her."
"Why can't you do it?"
"I've got better things to do, like watching Countdown." He smashed his walking stick on the wall again, scraping more paint off.
Meanwhile, RBS had grabbed a tennis ball and was throwing it against the wall."
"Don't do that Rasta, I've told ya before. You'll break one of those precious plates, they were my mum's you know."
RBS continued to throw it, and a few seconds later, hit him Myst1que's favourite plate. It tottered on the wall for a few seconds, before finally falling and smashing on a small wooden which table, which by pure luck happened to be right underneath it.
Mystique began to shake with anger.
"Mummy??" Stryke said, pulling on Myst1que's sleeve, "I want to go to the park!! PARK!!! PARK!!!"
"C'mon you silly gal, go cook Starlight dinner!" Meka shouted.
Another plate fell off the wall. SMASH!!
All these noises began to swirl around Myst1que's head... "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!" She saw their faces in her mind, and all she could hear was, "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!"
Myst1que's anger had finally built to a level she had never experienced. Just as she was about to blow her top, Grix walked in again.
"Hey, look, I've come back, just for YOU. I hope you're sorry that you upset me Myst1que, by making me take the washing in when it's YOUR job. Do I get an apology!?"
"Apology! "PARK!!" "DINNER!!" "SMASH!!"
Finally, Myst1que blew. She'd had enough.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! SHUT UP, SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!!"
She grabbed Meka's walking stick and smashed him over the head with it, knocking him out.
She then ran upstairs and smashed RBS' favourite possession, his widescreen TV.
"There, how'd you like ME destroying YOUR stuff!!??" She spat at him.
"Honey, please calm down," Grix said soothingly.
"Calm down? Calm down! I'll calm down all right!" She then took the walking stick, and shoved it end-first where the sun don't even think about shining. Grix doubled over, and fell to the floor, groaning loudly.
Finally, she put her coat on, opened the front door, and screamed, "I'm leaving!" She slammed the front door behind her, nearly breaking the glass panes.
Stryke giggled and said to no one in particular, "Mummy leaves for silly things."
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The R@ckstar wrote:
"Please reply with answer. Thanks in anticipation."
Tony? Yeah. Watch out for him. He gets a bit grumpy. And that Mr Snuggly as well... try to keep out of his way.
Just a tip, there's no need to quote everything someone previously said. If you're worried that people might not realise who you're replying to, just take a single line like I've done here. Makes things a lot more digestible for everyone.
"Please reply with answer. Thanks in anticipation."
Tony? Yeah. Watch out for him. He gets a bit grumpy. And that Mr Snuggly as well... try to keep out of his way.
Just a tip, there's no need to quote everything someone previously said. If you're worried that people might not realise who you're replying to, just take a single line like I've done here. Makes things a lot more digestible for everyone.
*Ant presses the Post This Message button, and then gets a drink*
Welcome to the forums by the way R@ckstar... didn't say anything to begin with because I'm not sure if you're "real" or not.
Basically, I thought someone else was pretending to be a newbie, because it seemed a high standard of writing for someone who had just walked in.
If you are someone from here, for example, Meka, then I'm very disappointed in you. Meka.
Otherwise, please take it as a compliment! You're a damn good writer, stick around, it makes this place that extra bit saner.
Welcome to the forums by the way R@ckstar... didn't say anything to begin with because I'm not sure if you're "real" or not.
Basically, I thought someone else was pretending to be a newbie, because it seemed a high standard of writing for someone who had just walked in.
If you are someone from here, for example, Meka, then I'm very disappointed in you. Meka.
Otherwise, please take it as a compliment! You're a damn good writer, stick around, it makes this place that extra bit saner.
Ant wrote:
> Well, as everyone knows (especially GasMask,) you don't want to mess with me.
> Otherwise me and my Ant colony will come along and steal their sugar! The owner
> of SR, Tony, is always having to buy sugar, and I think tonight's victim will
> have to be GasMask after that horrible, horrible comment. :D
Interesting. So, you're an Ant that eats sugar then? Are you a special breed of Ant or something? Maybe you were a government or scientific experiment gone wrong? Or maybe ants just eat sugar, I don't know, I'm not an Ant guy. Anywho, I hope that my first impressions on you are good, as I don't want to get in a sticky mess with your Ant colony. I take it that Tony runs this thing or something then? Everyone seems to speak of him as though he's some sort of authority figure. Please reply with answer. Thanks in anticipation. R@ckstar.
> Well, as everyone knows (especially GasMask,) you don't want to mess with me.
> Otherwise me and my Ant colony will come along and steal their sugar! The owner
> of SR, Tony, is always having to buy sugar, and I think tonight's victim will
> have to be GasMask after that horrible, horrible comment. :D
Interesting. So, you're an Ant that eats sugar then? Are you a special breed of Ant or something? Maybe you were a government or scientific experiment gone wrong? Or maybe ants just eat sugar, I don't know, I'm not an Ant guy. Anywho, I hope that my first impressions on you are good, as I don't want to get in a sticky mess with your Ant colony. I take it that Tony runs this thing or something then? Everyone seems to speak of him as though he's some sort of authority figure. Please reply with answer. Thanks in anticipation. R@ckstar.
Well, as everyone knows (especially GasMask,) you don't want to mess with me. Otherwise me and my Ant colony will come along and steal their sugar! The owner of SR, Tony, is always having to buy sugar, and I think tonight's victim will have to be GasMask after that horrible, horrible comment. :D
GasMask wrote:
> :o)
I got my hopes up for nothing! I thought you were actually leaving
> :D
Another excellent story from Ant there.
Keep it up mate.
You are funny people. Why pick on little Ant here? I mean, he's only 5 milimeters long at most. You could crush him without any effort needed, so why pick on him!? Just kidding guys!
> :o)
I got my hopes up for nothing! I thought you were actually leaving
> :D
Another excellent story from Ant there.
Keep it up mate.
You are funny people. Why pick on little Ant here? I mean, he's only 5 milimeters long at most. You could crush him without any effort needed, so why pick on him!? Just kidding guys!
:o)
I got my hopes up for nothing! I thought you were actually leaving :D
Another excellent story from Ant there.
Keep it up mate.
I got my hopes up for nothing! I thought you were actually leaving :D
Another excellent story from Ant there.
Keep it up mate.
Ant wrote:
> The R@ckstar wrote:
> Ant, are you really leaving? If so, is it
> permanently? It's sad to see people
> leave, especially when they aer
> coloured yellow and called a
> "Notable". Sorry to see you go
> mate. Bye mate, Ant. Hope to see you
> back here soon. Please come back as
> the forums are really great. Thanks for
> reading. R@ckstar.
Heh, thanks
> for the comments, but no, I'm not. The title is actually the first bit of the
> story, I thought it would be amusing to get a lot of people in here to think I'm
> leaving, only to find a stupid story.
Don't put yourself down like that mate! It will only lead to more trouble! No problem about the comments mate, as you seem one helluva guy. Well, you must be if you are a Notable. That was actually quite amusing Antr (nearly said amazing then!). It was not a stupid story Ant. Coming back to the first point, don't put yourself down! Later Ant. R@ckstar.
> The R@ckstar wrote:
> Ant, are you really leaving? If so, is it
> permanently? It's sad to see people
> leave, especially when they aer
> coloured yellow and called a
> "Notable". Sorry to see you go
> mate. Bye mate, Ant. Hope to see you
> back here soon. Please come back as
> the forums are really great. Thanks for
> reading. R@ckstar.
Heh, thanks
> for the comments, but no, I'm not. The title is actually the first bit of the
> story, I thought it would be amusing to get a lot of people in here to think I'm
> leaving, only to find a stupid story.
Don't put yourself down like that mate! It will only lead to more trouble! No problem about the comments mate, as you seem one helluva guy. Well, you must be if you are a Notable. That was actually quite amusing Antr (nearly said amazing then!). It was not a stupid story Ant. Coming back to the first point, don't put yourself down! Later Ant. R@ckstar.
Aww....Ant, you got my hopes up with that title.
Damn you.
Damn you.
Why do people read yours which are good and they should but ignore the NHS???
lol @ Watercolour Challenge, good story ANT
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