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Story Time (Competition) | Started by: Zeitgeist on Jan 05, '20 18:42 |
*Zeitgeist was frantically preparing the space for the competition entrants, he was just putting the finishing touches in place, to his left there was a large well-lit stage, a deep mahogany lectern with an obnoxiously over-sized microphone set against a harsh violet backdrop. To his right was a row of bright white, newly purchased office desks where the judges would be sitting. The chairs on the main floor were old but looked the kind of worn-in that leads to a very comfortable seat, the room itself wasn't much to speak of and smelt strangely like sour cream, which Zeitgeist had been attempting to cover with the assistance of a long wall of floral arrangements at the back of the room, with limited success*
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for joining me and the judges this evening and over the course of the next couple of weeks for this never before seen competition, where sharing your stories about some of your most impressive, disastrous or even funniest crimes can win you some exceptional prizes and have your stories echoing through our streets for eons to come.
*As Zeitgeist was addressing the attendees a strange, semi nude man, who had seemingly caught wind of what was happening here tonight clearly determined to enter the competition, and despite the best efforts of security the deranged man recounted the following tale*
*The man grabs his genitals and runs off stage... the whole room pauses for a moment, unsure of what exactly just happened before Zeitgeist raises his voice to speak again*
Uhhh, sorry about that folks it seems everyone wants to participate tonight... his weird story aside, that is exactly what we have come here to listen to. A brief, well articulated account of your exploits in one of the nine following categories.
*Zeitgeist smiles for a moment before addressing the crowd once more*
Ladies and Gentlemen this room will remain open until Monday January 20th at 23:59 when entries will close. On behalf of myself, the judges and our fabulous sponsors @Homer and @Insta we would like to wish you all the very best! |
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*Zeitgeist walks back into the room with a poster in his hands, wielding a large hammer and what appears to be an ancient iron nail, he hammers the poster to the inside wall of the room and walks away*
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Reply by: Zeitgeist at Jan 05, '20 18:45 | |
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*Zeitgiest walked backed into the room his head already buzzing after being asked the same question over and over*
Ladies and Gentlemen to find out all the specifics for submission please leave the streets and visit this location
Hope that answers all your questions!
*He marches off again clearly late for something or someone important* |
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Reply by: Zeitgeist at Jan 05, '20 18:49 | |
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Moose takes a drag off his cigarette and takes a moment to recollect a noteworthy story from his time on the streets. he laughs and snuffs out his dart before beginning. "The greediest I had ever been in my career, March of '27 had recently found a solid deal on a large batch of Snow, didn't know where it came from just knew it was good, and Cheap. A commodity like that don't drop that low so I take as much as I can carry, I looked like the fuckin' Michelin Man I had so many packets of Charlie stuffed in my pockets." Moose takes a second to snicker thinking about it, snapping back to the story, he moves a fresh smoke to his mouth, before lighting it, he continues. "So anyway, so I get back to my house and I get a call from my cousin Deer, who lives out in The Bronx, he tells me that the whole city is in a drought the NYPD busted all the major players and now there's a massive demand for anything they can get their hands on, He couldn't even get off the phone I was on the next plane over, and immediately got to work looking for someone to just dump this shipment on, collect my envelope, and call it a day." The spark of a lighter breaks the flow of the story, quickly lighting the stog and taking a drag Moose again begins to speak "What I did not expect was the schmuck I thought I was going to rip off turning out to be a god damn narc. Apparently the NYPD had some Mole snitch posing as a dealer paying "premium price". Was the reason they got everybody in the first place, and my stupid ass fell for it too. Busted me leaving his apartment and gave me 10 years, but I got out in 3 thanks to some outside help, but I don't know nothing about that." Taking another drag, Moose looks out, seemingly in thought. "In conclusion, don't be stupid, don't be Too greedy, and most importantly don't sell drugs to cops, pretty straight-forward morals to snag from this" Moose finishes his cigarette, along with his story and continues with his day. |
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Reply by: Moose at Jan 06, '20 09:09 | |
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Disregard that. I'm a monkey-brained idiot and misinterpreted the competition rules forgive my stupidity lmao "You tried to sell your load to a snitch, you'll have plenty of time to think about it in the can!" |
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Reply by: Moose at Jan 06, '20 09:54 | |
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Gav stumbles up to the lectern and holds onto it to stabilize himself. In one hand, a barely legible handwritten note. In the other, a nearly-empty bottle of bourbon. He leans in to the microphone. "Oh, you wanna-" He mistakenly believed he needed to shout into the microphone, and the sheer volume or the ordeal stunned him like a brief seizure. He dropped the bottle of booze, which rolled off the stage. The loud *tink* could be heard all over the room as it hit the ground below. In a softer tone, this time, Gav returned to the microphone. "You judges are gonna love this. It's about burning down the properties of your rivals." He opened up the handwritten note and read it as best he could.
Gav slumps off the stage and looks for his bourbon bottle on the floor below. |
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Reply by: Gaviria at Jan 06, '20 17:11 | |
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Steph walks up onto the stage, dressed in a form fitting navy blue dress and mink jacket to ward off the chill in the air.
In her soft voice she speaks into the microphone
Raid a trucking depot: After carefully climbing the wire fence and untangling your gloves from the barbed wire you break into the biggest truck in the yard, the keys are in the glove box and smash through the fence in it, you sold the truck for $$$$
The few people listening all look surprised as this small lady does not look the type to climb fences or steal anything for that matter, but that is part of her charm and how Steph never gets caught. |
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Reply by: Stephanie_StClair at Jan 06, '20 18:58 | |
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Chiron was seated on the front row awaiting his turn to speak. He listened to the tales of the other speakers and was quite impressed. When his turn finally arrived, he jumped on stage and recounted last month's mishap.
It was a dark and moonless night when Chiron and his gang of miscreants slipped inside the local city museum. They had cased out the joint and studied the guard rotation for the past few weeks and they were feeling confident. A new collection of painting and artwork had arrived at the museum that evening and this was their goal. The crew split up and went into different rooms to loot the place. Chiron hurried towards the gem collection when he came across a painting. It was that of a young naked maiden, lying on a rock near a waterfall. He was rooted to the spot, bewitched by her beauty. Her skin was white like milk and her lips as red as rubies. Her eyes... "Chiron do I cut the red or the blue wire?" his accomplice asked from the other end of the room. Her eyes were blue as the azure sky. "Blue," Chiron murmured and traced his fingers along the outline of her curvaceous body. Like a river her hair flowed over her shoulders and her ample bosoms. Chiron loved women with long hair. How long was hers? One feet... one and a half.. "Boss how deep do we drill into the vault," another crew member asked. "Two feet..," he mumbled. Yes her hair was at least two feet long. And her hips. Oh such wide birthing hips... The police sirens could be heard in the distance and his crew bolted, but Chiron had tuned out the world around him. The cops found him standing motionless in front of the painting, a sheepish grin plastered over his face when they arrested him.
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Reply by: Chiron at Jan 08, '20 13:29 | |
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Vinnie walked into Papa’s Store on the corner of Main and 3rd Street, navigating his way through the isles until he found the coffee pot in the back corner. Papa always had freshly brewed coffee ready and hot for a decent price. Filling his cup, he took a sip of the hot liquid, inhaling the smokey aroma as the bitter drink warmed his throat. It has been a long winter and Vinnie was ready for some warm summer days as business had been really slow lately. Stepping behind an older man at the counter, Vinnie was shocked to see the man pull a large wad of bills from his back pocket, before peeling off a $5 bill to pay for his sack of groceries. Vinnie watched in fascination as the man slipped the small fortune back into his pants pocket, then begin walking away with cane in his left hand and the groceries in his right. Vinnie quickly paid for his coffee, telling the cashier to keep the change and caught the door before it closed behind the old man. Vinnie watched carefully, seeing that everything was perfect for his theft of the cash. The old man was distracted with is burdens, trying to navigate with both a cane and groceries in hand. This wore pants that may have been one size too large and were most likely held up with suspenders. The back pocket was covered by his black jacket, but Vinnie new the prize was still there, waiting. The residential area was to the left at the end of the street, so Vinnie’s educated guess was that the old man would turn and head that direction. That was Vinnie’s opportunity. He stalked his prey, staying a good distance back until they approached the end of the block. When he figured the old man was within a few steps of making his turn, he quickly accelerated, as if in a hurry for a meeting. His guess had been correct and as the old man turned, they collided, Vinnie purposefully knocking the groceries to the ground. With the collision, the old man lost his balance and fell to the ground also, which surprised Vinnie as he only made impact with the grocery bag. Caught off guard, Vinnie reached down as he apologized “Oh Sir, I’m so sorry. Here, let me help you up.” As Vinnie reached out with his right arm to grab the old man’s hand and help him back to his feet, his left hand slid up under the coat and gently found the pants pocket holding the prize. Just as Vinnie was about to reach into the pocket and retrieve his treasure, he heard “CLICK” and felt the cold steel of a gun barrel come up under his chin. The old man’s eyes held an icy look as he said “Listen here asshole. I’m a Boss and remove your god damn hand from my pants pocket before I blow off your head!” Vinnie, in complete shock, quickly removed his hand and began to stammer “Oh, I….I meant no harm. I was just…” Before Vinnie could say any more, the old man stepped forward, pushing the gun barrel hard into the underside of Vinnie’s chin before saying “Shut up. You don’t fucking trying and pick pocket a Boss. I’ve forgotten more than you will ever know. I think you need to learn a lesson. While I should kill you, I don’t want to deal with paying off the cops AGAIN”. The old man said the word “AGAIN” with a meaning that was intended to scare Vinnie. After a long pause, the old man said “Give me your wallet, your watch, and your fucking shoes. And if you hesitate, I’m even take your pants and you can do the walk of shame to get home. Now, give the goods….NOW!” The old man held such a commanding voice that Vinnie immediately complied. From that point forward, Vinnie understood the value of a avoiding pickpocketing a made man. |
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Reply by: Houdini at Jan 08, '20 14:46 | |
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Sitting at a table in a small cafe Revenant and some others are comparing stories of jobs gone wrong. |
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Reply by: Revenant at Jan 08, '20 20:42 | |
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Gav's quick rise up the ranks of the "F" Society granted him opportunities to lead more sinister operations than just knocking over a post office. He was loansharking. He was raiding truck depots. He was living the life. He took a day to reflect on his nefarious activities and returned to the stage, this time far more sober than before. "My life of crime has stepped up a notch. I have more to share. Much more." Despite his confidence, he still reads his entries from a folded paper he produced from his pocket.
Gav felt he had been rambling for some time, and chose to keep any more entries for another visit to the lectern. The judges had been there for days, and so it was hard to tell if they had grown bored with the ordeal or if Zeitgeist was not allowing them to leave or sleep. He was impressed by such vigilance and nodded to them as he left the stage. |
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Reply by: Gaviria at Jan 09, '20 19:12 | |
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Hello! Great competition!
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Reply by: SuperKoala at Jan 11, '20 05:02 | |
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I have discovered the intended contributions are a couple line events as if you were writing for the game event not the story I submitted above. Please enjoy my story of the job gone wrong and I humbly present my official entries. |
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Reply by: Revenant at Jan 11, '20 17:26 | |
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Right, so, ehm, I need to change wording of my first submission as I missunderstood the actual possible implementations.
Kindly note my LONEShark submission is staying as is.
And since I'm here anyway, I'd like to continue submitting another failure entry;
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Reply by: SuperKoala at Jan 12, '20 23:14 | |
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*Zeitgeist was walking a lot slower than usual, on hand holding his head the other trying to shield any and all light from reaching his eyes, his eyes were very heavily bloodshot, he was still wearing the same suit as yesterday and had traces of glitter and cigar ash on his coat. He extended his right hand to prop himself up and presumably to stop him from falling over, he opened his mouth to speak*
Ladies and gentl....
*Zeitgeist wobbled a bit realizing that standing was out of his level of current competency and ushered for CaseyLovesCox his most trusted bodyguard to bring him over a chair. Zeitgeist lowered his old body into a chair lowering the microphone down a bit and in a slurred tone began to speak again*
Ladies and gentleman, we have seen a few entrants over the past 10 days and the competition will be closing soon.
*Zeitgeist paused for a moment, reaching into his suit pocket for a handkerchief to wipe his forehead*
If you would like a chance to win one of the fabulous prizes please get down here and speak up as soon as possible, we still have a number of un-entered categories.
*Zeitgeist called over two of his bodyguards to carry him back to the office, he needed at least 2 gallons of Gatordade and a long nap* |
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Reply by: Zeitgeist at Jan 18, '20 07:59 | |
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Gav had toured the country, city by city, seeing how the mafia's most ubiquitous crimes were being committed. Ever the fervent note-taker, at each city he would brandish his tattered Sherlock Holmes notepad and write observations for how he saw things. Some were... strange. Some were impressive. Regardless, the criminal world needed to hear how these crimes were taking shape. But time was running short. The competition would close soon, and he needed to get to one last city before he could share his observations. But then, like a tidal wave, TylerDurden and his band of foul-smelling fucksticks kept his plane promptly grounded. He was furious. He took to shooting them like a kid at a carnival game. But by the time the dust settled, he was out of time. He'd have to make his contribution to the story without New York. Not wanting to disrupt the flow of the competition, Gav snuck in near the back. But as he got closer to the venue, he found no one was there. Only Zeitgeist being carried away with gallons of some strange fluorescent liquid. He quickly went up to the front to begin his Gav Talk to the judges, even if no one was would be around. "First... I saw a man in Detroit. He wanted to break a friend of his out of jail, but it didn't look like he knew what he was doing. Here's how it went:"
"Poor sap. If only he knew there were keys! Those boys in LA knew what to do."
"Now, lifting keys isn't all we do. We also lift cash. From each other. I saw pickpockets everywhere in Vegas. Though, they were not always very good at it."
"But when we're smooth, we're smooth like silk. And that's what you'll find in Philly. They never even know what hit them."
"But picking pockets is a dangerous business. One kid in Seattle tried to make off with a Made Man's watch and, well, things didn't end up too good for them."
"But our bread-and-butter, the real dollars come from narcotics. And there's only one place you get the kind of prices you need to make a pretty penny. Chicago."
"That's all I have for now. Thank you for coming to my Gav Talk." Gav checks his watch as he exits the stage. He didn't have enough time to make it to New York. His work would simply have to be incomplete. He went looking for a bar, hoping he could throw back a few shots and get the Durden PTSD out of his head. |
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Reply by: Gaviria at Jan 19, '20 17:37 | |
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Rather tragically all the sponsors of the competition are dead Thanks to those of you who entered unfortunately if there is no one willing to pick up the sponsorship I am afraid it was all in vain |
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Reply by: Mwah at Jan 19, '20 23:28 | |
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Understandable, it is what it is. Nothing is guarenteed in this life of ours. Nevertheless, it was a good idea this competition. Something different and a chance to be a bit more involved. May the fallen rest in peace. <3 |
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Reply by: SuperKoala at Jan 20, '20 00:46 | |
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Not all in vain, it was fun, inspired lots of folks to come up with some entertaining tales that could be told in between sips of drinks. |
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Reply by: Revenant at Jan 20, '20 00:52 | |
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Truly a lost that the auther of yhis great competition is gone but soon any new one comes up thats for sure, so many good writer in this world so its not a guess, its a promise mostly :p |
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Reply by: FuriousWolf at Jan 20, '20 23:29 | |
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