{"id":1664,"date":"2010-04-22T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2010-04-22T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T08:19:56","slug":"story-start-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Starter #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/28\/young-writers-seminar-and-a-submission\/theliterary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/theliterary.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,80\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"theliterary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/theliterary.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1151\" title=\"theliterary\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/theliterary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/theliterary.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/theliterary-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok, I asked for starting sentences on Twitter if anyone wanted a random free short\/micro fic.\u00c2\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Here&#8217;s 3.<\/span> Maybe more if by the end of the day anyone else asks and I&#8217;ll just edit them into this post!<\/p>\n<p>The sentences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Oh no, there&#8217;s too many of them!&#8221; by Arrch<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Before engaging with selkie guys, it would be  wise to know this:&#8221; by BeingEvil<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;And he ate the cupcake, without sparing a thought  for his own safety.&#8221; by Arrch<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Now her red checkered fleece hoodie had all sorts  of alien goo on it.&#8221; by lysistarielle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Okay, since Arrch said twice, I made the second one extremely short! Let&#8217;s go! Each story starts after a picture so you know which belongs to what.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1177694_lollypop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/1177694_lollypop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1177694_lollypop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"224,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oh no!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1177694_lollypop.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1665\" title=\"Oh no!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1177694_lollypop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh no, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too many of them!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> cried Alicia.<\/p>\n<p>The packets of candy kept pouring out of her locker as she tried to stuff them all back in where they came from. Her friend, Leon just stared boredly and bent down to pick one up before unwrapping it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey, looks like you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to buy lunch any more,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he drawled.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not eating candy for lunch!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>The redhead slammed her locker shut even if there were still quite a bit of candy on the polished vinyl floor surrounding her feet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Snickers, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the three food groups in this one,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d commented Leon as he chewed on it.<\/p>\n<p>To think that all she did was comment that she had never received candy for Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s day before during assembly to get all of that stuffed into her locker.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she cried.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sure it does, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proteins and whatever\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the three food groups, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in here. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of tiny text on the ingredients list,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he answered.<\/p>\n<p>Alicia sighed and narrowed her eyes at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I mean that all this candy doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense! Why would I get this much? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a <em>lot<\/em>!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The other students nearby her lockers had seen her little candy avalanche and had wisely stayed away from her little area. It did not mean they were <em>not<\/em> talking about it even if they were a few metres away from her though.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah well, you see. Your comment? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blasphemy because you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a cheerleader,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That <em>still<\/em> doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make any sense!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Alicia growled.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ok, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also cause you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the chess team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s president too and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on the student council. Heck, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how you do it but you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in a lot of clubs. Even if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re <em>not<\/em> on it, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re helping them out somehow and frankly, no one wants to see you sad,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be sad if I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have candy. I always <em>don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/em> have candy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Leon nodded and bit a piece of his Snickers bar, swallowing it and then leaning against the neighbouring locker of Alicia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yeah but you like this, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Alicia stared at him incredulously.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just going to go grab these if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind and go away now,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Within a few seconds, Leon snatched the remaining bars and packets of candy on the floor and stuffed them into his pockets before fleeing away.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Uuuugh,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she groaned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/892132_cape_beach_huts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/892132_cape_beach_huts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/892132_cape_beach_huts.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,199\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"We&amp;#8217;re gonna engage some selkies!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/892132_cape_beach_huts.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1666\" title=\"We're gonna engage some selkies!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/892132_cape_beach_huts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Before engaging with selkie guys, it would be wise to know this<\/strong>, put on your sunscreen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jessica.<\/p>\n<p>She was our guide for the day at the lagoon. There were a group of five of us females sitting in a beach hut, not including Jessica, as she explained the <em>do<\/em>s and <em>don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/em>s for our activities.<\/p>\n<p>The major <em>do<\/em>s involved us being kind to nature and to enjoy ourselves. The major <em>don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/em>s included <em>not<\/em> ripping up the nature that we were enjoying ourselves in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The blue kind or the usual kind?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d asked Viki as she held up two bottles.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The usual kind. Who even wears blue sunscreen? We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re <em>engaging<\/em> selkie guys not going on Braveheart,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chided Jessica.<\/p>\n<p>Viki shoved the bottle with the blue one back into her backpack as she slumped on her chair. The other three were still paying attention to Jessica. I was pretty surprised at the dynamics of the group.<\/p>\n<p>We had Ann, a scientist who came along to debunk Jessica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s claims that there were secret selkie guys at the lagoon and that she had been going out with guys who were just really good swimmers; Lynn, a goth chick who was really pale and looked like she preferred the comforts of the darkness instead of basking on the sunny beach; Alexandra, a quiet artist who sketched in her book now and then; and Viki who seemed like a teeny bopper girl, she was actually Jessica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sister.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I came along because I was a mermaid.<\/p>\n<p>Ha, ha, I kid. I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a mermaid.<\/p>\n<p>I was just curious when I found Jessica hanging around the lagoon seemingly looking for something or someone. I lived in one of the beach houses close to the lagoon and worked at my parents\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tiki bar. So far, I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seen any selkie guys around.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153So we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all set! Like, you guys know what to do, right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d asked Jessica.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of us nodded or mumbled a yes in reply to her. She had repeated it at least four times over what the plan was. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much of a plan really, all she said was, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Go to the water and like, be hot and a selkie guy will come up to you\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really helpful, really.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Alright, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s go!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she grinned.<\/p>\n<p>The tanned blonde girl kicked open the door and ran out onto the sandy beach. It was time to put our so called plan into action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1155519_cupcakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/1155519_cupcakes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1155519_cupcakes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,214\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A cupcake!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1155519_cupcakes.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1667\" title=\"A cupcake!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/1155519_cupcakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>And he ate the cupcake, without sparing a thought for his own safety.<\/strong> At that point two things happened, a rugby player tackled him to the ground and the sky exploded with peanut butter sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/katana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/katana\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/katana.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SCHWWWING!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/katana.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1671\" title=\"SCHWWWING!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/katana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now her red checkered fleece hoodie had all sorts of alien goo on it.<\/strong> Linda rolled to the side just as a large sword flew into the air and pierced the carpet floor next to her before thudding flat on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Watch it! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still right here!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she screamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sorry! Ah, behind you!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the guy shouted.<\/p>\n<p>Linda grabbed the sword next to her and shoved it behind into an alien\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chest. They were everywhere in the mall. The invasion had started and she had conveniently been at a sword and weaponry replica store to purchase a utility knife for her brother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birthday present.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You stupid things ruined my <em>favourite<\/em> hoodie! How do I clean this goo? I bet the dry cleaners can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it because you guys are eating everyone up!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she screamed, punctuating each sentence with a stab of her sword.<\/p>\n<p>The aliens didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have futuristic laser blasters from what Linda had noticed. The only futuristic thing she knew were their spacecrafts that crashed into the mall before dozens of them got out and started eating and terrorizing the people.<\/p>\n<p>She had no idea how many of them were out there but she knew it was many for her phone was getting tons of text messages regarding it. If she checked Twitter, she was sure that it was probably trending at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Get out, get out, get out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she screamed as she kicked another alien in the face.<\/p>\n<p>There was a large booming crack and a cannonball hit another one in the chest, causing the alien to fall over the railing of the mall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s corridor. Linda turned back to see the shopkeeper coughing at the smoke from the cannon.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought gun powder was <em>illegal<\/em> and <em>that<\/em> was non functioning?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she screamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What? I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear you!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nevermind!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she shouted back.<\/p>\n<p>The store was in a mess with alien bodies surrounding them, not to mention the broken glass from the windows and display cases. There were still more aliens coming up to their floor even if other people were fighting them too.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m definitely not gonna do last minute birthday shopping again,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she muttered and charged on as the cannon fired once more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p>And that is the end for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I asked for starting sentences on Twitter if anyone wanted a random free short\/micro fic.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s 3. Maybe more if by the end of the day anyone else asks and I&#8217;ll just edit them into this post! The sentences: &#8220;Oh no, there&#8217;s too many of them!&#8221; by Arrch &#8220;Before engaging with selkie guys, it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/story-start-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Story Starter #2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[147,184],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-story","tag-story-starter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-qQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1670,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/1670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}