A is for... « Thread Started on Jun 25, 2007, 2:34pm »
Charlie stared.
He shifted nervously on the stool, but maintained his composure. He wasn't about to get out-foxed by anyone. Anything. No matter how imposing, strange, or wierd it might be.
He bit his lip and scowled.
"Your move, Creep." He said to the apple.
The apple seemed utterly unimpressed at Charlie's bravado.
"Oh I see what you're doing there..." Charlie said, getting up from his stool. He walked around the desk, as though in an interrogation type setting, "I see your smug smile. I see your deciet..."
Charlie grabbed the lamp, shined it right down on the apple, and got right in the apple's face.
"BUT I SEE THROUGH IT ALL, LITTLE MAN!" He roared, shaking the small window with his loud, booming voice.
But why was Charlie talking to an apple? It could have been the fact that no fresh produce had been delivered to the city in three weeks. It could have been the fact that apples, though usually benign, had a habit of striking geniuses on the head and causing them to come up with fundemental theories about the universe....
Or, it could have been the fact that as charlie was picking through the remains of a local 7/11, he came across a pile of apples.
The apples were rotton and browning. Flies choked the air as Charlie approached their rancid mass. However, something caught Charlie's eye...
There it was, at the top of the pile. A red, shiny, glossy red apple. Charlie had never seen an apple so shiny, even in QVC commercials. How was it, just defiantly sitting there on top of the pile of rotten apples? It didnt make sense. Which could only mean one thing...
"WHAT DID YOU DO THOSE OTHER APPLES?!" He roared at the apple, spittle flying onto the desk, "DID YOU DEFEAT THEM ALL IN MORTAL APPLE COMBAT?!"
The apple continued it's defiant silence. It wasnt going to give him anything.
Charlie's face grew red with anger. Was the apple just trying to agitate him further? Did it just lack the mental faculties to talk? Mysterious!
Decicively, he took a bite of the apple. It was delicious. He looked out the window down the lonley empty street and chewed on the apple.
"Oh apples, you are a sweet and delicious mystery." He said, before sitting back down at his desk and scribbling away at a piece of paper.
Re: A is for... « Reply #1 on Jun 26, 2007, 11:00am »
Charlie clicked his pen shut.
It had been a long night. He hadn't slept at all. The stack of papers in front of him had slowly moved to a stack of papers to his right, each one covered in black ink.
He leaned back and let out a large gaping yawn. A snack would go down great right about now...
"Eaaaaasy killer." He said, patting his stomach, "We'll get something for ya' soon."
He grabbed his backpack, stowing his calculator inside and set out for the door; he had just about reached it when he doubled back, grabbing one of the schematics from the middle of the stack. Folding it quickly, he stuffed it into his pocket and left the room, shutting the door behind him.
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