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 Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:18 am
It wasn't long after Dashner left that Ronan's phone buzzed up with a new message. Ronan sighed, it was bound to be his parents again.
Once more he paused his game, picked up his Icoffin and stared at the message in surprise for a few moments.
"Meme?"
What did that mean? His heart sank at the possibilities. She was breaking up with him right? It was the only logical hexplanation he could come up with.
He turned off his hexbox, gathered his coat scarf and hat, and headed out to to maul.
Once there he made his way straight to the Balloon cart, half expecting to find it abandoned. But there was Meme, expertly twisting a balloon into a turkey hat for an excited little werewolf.
She looked up and saw him, her smile faltering for a moment.
Ronan gulped.
"Let me just close this up kay?" She shut up the cart and took his hand. "Come on, there's a coffin bean just over here."
Ronan couldn't begin to think of words, so he simply followed along mutely.
It wasn't till they both sat down that he blurted out.
"please don't break up with me! Whatever I did, I will make it right. I'm sorry Meme, i'm so sorry. Please!"
She stared at him in shock for a moment, then started to laugh.
Ronan frowned, confused.
"uh..."
"I'm not breaking up with you!" She reassured him, realising it was perhaps a little mean to laugh in his face like that "Sorry for laughing. Just.. " Why would he think that? She sighed, he had a good point. Her behaviour these past few days had been awful.
"Y.. you're not?"
"no."
"then... why have you been avoiding me?"
"I haven't.. " She started, but she felt guilty lying to him. She'd called him here to come clean, she couldn't back out now. She swallowed hard, fixing her gaze on the table.
"Ok, so the thing is... I just got... nervous."
"You? Nervous?" Ronan sounded incredulous.
"yes! I get nervous ok! You were talking about your parents and you seemed so hexcited and I just didn't know how to tell you that I... "
Ronan waited.
"I was scared to meet them ok?"
Ronan blinked, surprised. "oh." Was all he managed.
Meme frowned at him.
"I'm sorry, I should have considered that. I mean, it never occured to me that you wouldn't want to meet them. "
"No no. I DO! I just... I was being stupid." Her stomach had tied itself in more knots than the handkerchiefs she kept in her pocket.
"I'm sure they'll understand"
Meme gulped. She didn't think that was very likely.
"What if they don't like me?"
Ronan reached across the table and took her hand.
"Even if they don't like you, who cares? Their parents never approved of their relationship either."
Oh dear, relationship? Meme winced. Thankfully Ronan was oblivious.
"They fly out this evening. We're having dinner. If you want to join us, you are welcome." Ronan continued. "If not, uh... "
If she didn't come, he'd continue to get passive agressive texts from his mother. He could probably put up with that, he nodded to himself. Yes, his mother would get over the disappointment eventually. Probably knit a few more ugly sweaters for him, it'd be fine. He smiled softly.
"It'll be fine. "
Meme smiled back, a little comforted. "What time is dinner?"
"Uh... six? So... you mean you'll come?!"
"Sure. It means a lot to you.I'll see you at six." She shrugged as casually as she could, her voice cracking slightly.
Ronan grinned broadly.
Meme decided to push down the looming apprehension. She could do this, she could get through ONE dinner.
"Thank you Meme! You're clawsome! " Ronan stood and pulled the clown ghoul into a hug.
"Yeah yeah.. look, I gotta go finish up work. I'll see you at dinner ok?"
Ronan nodded eagerly. "It'll be fine! You'll see!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:09 am
FANGSGIVING EVENING
Outside of the Maul entrance...
"Hurry lass! Or else they'll end up first at the doors!"
"Stop rushing me! And you're the one who needs to hurry! Those small legs of yours..."
"My legs are not small! They're perfectly proportionate for a gremlin my age!"
The friendly debate brewed between Lin and Atomica who were as much like brother and sister as a gremlin and an automaton could possibly be as they hurried across the maul parking lot and towards the entrance -- and just ahead of them, also racing to be first, was Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein! Each of the kids, Lin and Atomica included, carried with them the goods needed for an overnight stay outside the maul, just waiting to be first inside for the Bleak Frightday specials the next day!
Atomica was catching up to the three so-called 'popular' ghouls when a glance back over her shoulder showed her that she was indeed right about Lin's stubby legs, as he had fallen far enough behind and struggling under the weight of the load he was carrying in his arms.
Uploading external sigh software, Atomica initiated SKRM programming and her wheels dropped down from the bottom of her shoes and with a rocket thrust, she ZOOMED back towards Lin and scooped the startled gremlin up, and with him casting a shriek of surprise, she did a U Turn around a lamp post and ZOOMED right up and PAST Frankie and the ghouls, splashing them with a frosty puddle of slush (purely by accident, we assure you)!
And who arrived at the doors first, before anyone else?
Atomica and Lin! That's who!
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:01 am
Bleak Friday.
4 AM. SHARP.
The line of waiting monsters around the Maul crept around all five sides of the massive structure, full of hexcited shoppers. Some yawned. The nocturnal ones, although not tired, staved off boredom by reviewing the sales and plotting their methods of attack.
Draconia St. George and Hellene Harpie, both drinking tea out of insulated cups, pored over Draconia's iCoffin. They were nearly three-hundredth in line.
"Bite one, get one free on vintage ensembles at Fashion Bites!" Draconia hexclaimed gleefully.
"Look at the sale on talon polish at Segore-a!" Hellene pointed out, poking a perfectly copper-and-teal talon at the notice on Draconia's iCoffin. "Three for the price of one! And a free matching eyeliner!"
"We MUST try to get to the card shoppe too and pick up that special deadition Bleak Friday Spellbound card for Glen, too." Draconia scrolled down the notices on her iCoffin. "I don't know if he'll be able to get that in New Goreleans."
"We can try..." Hellene looked at the huge line in front of them. "But I saw Heath Burns near the front and if he gets there first, there's going to be nothing left but cinders for everyone else."
"Good point." Draconia agreed. She pulled up a map of the Maul. "Let's start planning our route."
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:18 am
Lin McGearloch yawned, his head tipping down slightly before jerking back up."I'm not tired! YOU'RE tired!" He snarked to no one in particular before having his head start tipping down again. Atomica looked at her beastie with concern.
She understood meat creature biology. She'd downloaded all of the charts and hextbooks that were available about Gremlins. And none of them seemed to reveal exactly why-"I'll just DIE if I don't get the new iBlargh!" Lin moaned as he checked his watch again. Atomica scanned Lin. Blood pressure, abnormal. Breathing, abnormal. Smell, VERY abnormal. Everything about him seemed the same as always! What was it about this iBlargh that was going to save his life?
Gill Bates, the owner of RottenApple, had unveiled the iBlargh to the public only last week, and today, Bleak Friday, was the first day it would become available. This was a relief - at least whatever death epidemic was sweeping the monster world that only the iBlargh could cure would be halted. Still, Atomica thought it was unnecessarily cruel that every store was only allotted ten of the device.
"Just twenty more minutes." Atomica informed Lin after checking her internal clock. She turned her ocular sensors on the line stretching out behind them, featuring several other monsters that looked as tired and worn-out as Lin. Well, too bad for them! Lin was going to get an iBlargh even if the maul was decimated by a meteor!
Oh, that was a thing to check for. Atomica turned her head skyward and started scanning to ensure there was no space debris rocketing towards them.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:30 pm
Inside of the maul, just outside of the Food Court and across from the maul map directory, small sounds emanate from inside of a janitor's closet. Luckily all of the maul employees were preparing for the hectic chaos that would be the Bleak Frightday opening, so cleaning had been finished and nobod was th wiser. A bucket getting kicked over... "Oog!"Perhaps a trip and a slight tumble with a body falling against the interior wall of the closet... "Ow! Who's bright idea was it to put a mop in a broom closet!?"The squishy sound of a shoe being inserted into said mop's bucket? "Ew! They could have at least emptied this thing!"After a few more bangs and rattles, the closet door slipped open and Shad peeked out, surveying the scene. That was the one beautiful thing about being a Sack manboo: Not having to wait in lines! He could just slip inside of the maul and be ready for first crack at what he had his little black heart set on! And the sooner the better, given the crowds he would be dealing with! He had planned to stay in the relative safety of his home, until he discovered Groov E had chewed holes in his new beret. Now the Trippy Hippy was having the usual Bleak Frightday sales, just like everywhere else, and it took him all evening to decide if braving these crowds was worth saving a few bucks -- and in the end, it was! Plus this way he could get his Grimmas shopping over with ASAP! Shad slipped out of the closet and scarefully closed it with a soft click, when a loud clatter behind him caused him to shoot straight up into the air... And he peered down through the palm trees to spot the werewolf chick from Scarbucks picking up her fallen book and hightailing it to work to be ready for the start of the maul madness. Shad slid down slowly from the palm tree, then ducked back into a corner. He glanced down and saw a piece of paper that had fallen to the floor and he picked it up and looked it over through his shades. Seeing that it was just an ad that he already had tucked in his journal, he crumbled it up and gave it a toss towards the trash can, but it missed and sailed into a nearby shadow... "Ow!"Shad blinked, looking up at the shadow with a quirked eyebrow. He glanced around and saw the maul employees were all too busy inside of their own stores to notice anything. That was another great thing about being a Sack manboo; you didn't generally get noticed unless you tried to -- and Shad rarely tried. Taking a careful step towards the shadow in question, Shad stuck his head into the inky blackness... *KONK!* And head butted both Draconia and Hellene (who was holding the crumbled up paper) who were in line, leaning against the shadowy wall!
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:07 am
"Bloody bats!" Draconia rubbed her head and squinted into the darkness. "Twyla? Is that you?"
"Wh-whaaa? No! Negatory! I'm not Twyla!" Shad stepped out of the shadow, rubbing his own forehead. "Why do people keep asking me that?!"
"Can't imagine why." Hellene replied, opening her compact to ensure that the collision hadn't smudged her dieshadow. "Why are your pants all wet?"
"It'sbecauseofthemop - look, I'm sorry I bumped into you were-chicks, but I was just trying to pick up my litter for proper trashinage, ya dig?" He pointed a claw at the crumpled up paper that had previously sailed out of the shadows and hit Hellene in the head.
"I understood like half of those words." Hellene replied. Draconia patted her friend on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Hellene, I speak a little beatnik." She turned to Shad and smiled. "So, hey, it's groovy that you're karma-loading by trying to throw away your litter, but it's a real buzz-harsh, daddy-o, when you decide to launch a volley at my main were-chick's cabeza, you dig?"
Shad nodded, completely understanding.
"Like, deepest apologies from the corner center of my inner dark, freak-sista!" He snapped a couple of claws. "Maybe I can make it up to you two with a little shadow-trip shortcut?"
He pointed at the shadows on the wall, grimdicating a quick way to get the jump on the mass of monsters in front of them once the maul opened. Hellene smiled widely.
"GREAT idea! You're forgiven. Let's go!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:27 am
With only a 10 minutes to go, Gryff sauntered up to the front of the line. In an easily recyclable tray balanced four electrochinos, four triple-shot hexpressos and four double-strength cinnamoan mochas. Several monsters grumbled about Gryff skipping ahead but he gave them a withering sneer.
"HEY! It's Gryff!" Lin cheered.
"We, like, totally have been holding this spot so none of the meat shoppers could get in first. Also Lin's tiny legs appear to be malfunctioning and he keeps sitting down and initiating a yawn cycle."
"They're NOT tiny!" Lin yawned.
Gryff gave a c**k-eyed smile that could just as easily have been a smirk and passed Atomica the tray.
"We need to be bright-eyed and sharp-fanged this morning, drink up."
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:06 pm
"Thanks, Gryff! You're the beast!"
Indeed he was, thinking ahead to recharge all their batteries for the chopping scarathon that was to come!
Lin drank deeply of the cinnamoan coffincino, his favorite -- which Gryff knew, and sighed in contentment.
"We're going to Beast Buy first, right Gryff?" Lin looked at his hero imploringly. "I stand the beast chance at getting an iBlargh there, especially since we're first! Oo! Maybe they'll have that heelarious vinyl gag gift of yours for Byff! *snrk!* Lin snickered at the mental image of Byff's face when he opened up that particular gift!
Lin started to take another drink when ...
"Hexcuse me."
Lin knew that voice! He looked up into the lovely green eyes of Toralei Stripe and behind her, those lovacious twins, Meowlody and Purrsephone! Toralei leaned in close to Lin and purred,
"Would you be a dear and let us cut ahead? It would mean somuch to the twins here!"
Toralei tickled Lin under the chin, causing him to babble incoherently and coffincino dribbled down his chin.
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:20 am
Perched on the roof of a nearby building, Perry let out a groan as he realised how long the queue already was. There was no way he'd be able to get to the skate shop in time with all these monsters ahead. Had any of them even slept!?
He mulled over his options when he caught a glint of golden scales in the gloom, Draconia!
And beside her Hellene.
He didn't know either ghoul very well honestly, but what did it matter? Draconia did at least speak to him and Hellene was a class mate, and right now they were looking like his beast bet of getting into the maul at all.
He fluttered down beside them and casually slotted himself into the line beside them, ignoring the protests of those behind.
"morning ghouls"
He grinned in a way he'd convinced himself was charming.
"Who's the beatnik?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:03 am
And the moment Perry touched down...
"YEOW!"
And Shad came crashing down from above where he had sky rocketed and landed in a heap -- then he sprung to his feet and in a rapid succession of martial arts poses, he came to the 'crane kick' pose and looked around wildly!
"Beatnik!? Where!?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:23 am
"Oh, er....Hello, Perry." Draconia fumbled a bit, trying to be polite. Yesterday, Perry had helped her at his parents' store, but she didn't consider the two of them to be close friends or anything. With Shad looking like he was ready to karate-chop SOMEthing, perhaps some formal grimtroductions were in order.
"Perry, this is Shadeaux. Shadeux, this is Perry. You uh, well, you both go to Monster High, so I'm sure you've met at SOME point..."
"Nope." Answered Perry.
"Nuh uh." Shad replied. Draconia looked at Hellene, who just shrugged.
"Well, now you HAVE met!" She manufactured a smile for both of the boos. Shad nodded sagely.
"Wiggy. Well, wouldn't want to be rude to the new dude, daddy-o, so here we go!" And without another word, Shad put one hand on Perry, pulled Draconia in and put an arm around her to grab Hellene, and pulled them all into the shadows on the wall.
"What're you-EEP!" Draconia managed to squeak out before they fell into inky darkness.
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:11 am
Hellene gasped, this was not the usual way to enter the maul! She felt a tinge of excitement and then irritation. She how no idea how passing through shadows would effect her hair.
CRASH!
The monsters found themselves crammed up against one another in a too tight space.
"Draconia, that better be YOUR hand I'm feeling."
"Cor I hope so, it's your feathers I've got up my nose. Is that Die'or?"
"Yes! Mother was gifted several bottles at the embassy last week by the Scarisian ambassador, he's trying to organize something and needs her support which means we get all kinds of freebies in the meantime, it's the beast!"
"Er, why do you need to go shopping again?"
"Oh Draconia."
"If you mazdas can shift leftish I think I can peep the knob."
"Er, hold on, that's..."
"I understood leftish."
Everyone shifted counterclockwise and heard a click before immediately tumbling out onto the floor.
"Wiggy, man! No mops this time!" Shad cheered, before the closet's lone broom toppled out onto his head.
Hellene got up and pulled Draconia up with her, and only after dusting one another off did Hellene finally realize where they were.
"Draconia, look! This is the back room of Bloburry! We can get their gore-buster special, 70%-off the newest line and a free hat for the first 10 monsters in the store!"
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:29 am
Dashner had gotten his roommate Ronan up (and Ronan was not very willing) early that morning so that they could do early Cryptmas shopping. As predicted, Ronan didn't understand WHAT the point of doing this was, but Dashner also convinced him he needed to get a gift for Meme.
Dashner landed in front of the maul. He caught a glimpse of Hellene and Draconia, and he waved. They porbably didn't see him, but hey, it was worth the shot. Since the line was moving, he joined his sister Falconnie in line. She was over halfway through the line."Good morning, Dashner and Ronan!" she said, a little happier than usual. Falconnie really liked Bleak Friday, with all the deals."Morning," Dashner replied, a little less excited. He had already planned out his shopping route the night before. He didn't know if Ronan was going to follow him around, or..."Where are you going first?" Falconnie questioned, tilting her head."I'll be here, there, and everywhere probably," Dashner shrugged. He turned to Ronan, "Do you have a plan, or are you just going with the flow?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:23 am
Lin McGearloch "Would you be a dear and let us cut ahead? It would mean somuch to the twins here!" " How sad the twins must be when they realize the line starts at the other end." " YOU cut into the front, why should we be different?" Toralei spat at him.
He sneered and rolled his eyes." I made prior arrangements with my tribe, unlike you opportunistic hairballs. You didn't even bring coffins." " Oh, so we need to bring tribute to the great King Gryff? Is that it? How...how...elitist." " Like, DUH," Atomica chimed in, " if Gryff is doing a thing it's totally the elite-est, so go gag yourselves with whatever you meat-cats gag yourselves with." " Why you-" Toralei started but Atomica's hand immediately shot up into her face." Commence talking to hand because I have totally disengaged listening to you."
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:51 pm
Cassandra got lost in the crowd out people she was 2 minutes late and couldnt find anyone with all the people she sent out a text Cassandra MH Srry i cant see past evry1 i cnt find u all HELP PLZ
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