St Eubrie: Don't Ever Wear Flip Flops With Socks (2688 hits)
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Submitted by forthewin (http://www.swmoore.com/kthx.html) (View user info) at 2006-08-07 17:49:41 EDT
Marshall rolls over and pulls a twisted blanket up to his chin, not ready to wake up. He struggles to ignore the sun on his face, but the attempt to fend off consciousness ends as a boot lands inches from his head.
"Get off the sidewalk, asshole!" The man standing over him barely finishes speaking before feeling something sharp sink into his ankle.
Looking up, Marshall smiles through gritted teeth, blood slowly filling the cracks from the flesh between them. The smile ends when a boot slams into Marshall's jaw.
Picking a molar from a small pool of blood, he watches the man stumble into the convenience store that Marshall slept in front of. The man was yelling something about rabies, but Marshall blocked it out. His attention was focused on the tooth between his fingers, as he tried to place it back in the gum hole. It didn't feel right. Like trying to put a broken vase back together without glue. He sighs and just taps the tooth several times with his index finger, in a careless attempt to keep it from falling back out.
He sits against the brick wall for awhile, trying to remember what he was dreaming of before getting kicked in the face.
The man with the boots walks back out and spits a mouthful of water at him. He doesn't seem too bothered, so the man just walks away, kicking little rocks as he goes.
Marshall licks the drops of water off his clothes, and vaguely remembers the man carrying one of those clear square bottles. Some kind of expensive shit that costs more than "normal water". An amused smile twists across his face as he thinks down at the people that waste their money on water that they think is better for them. It tasted the same to him, anyway. Maybe a little worse. But, then again, it had been in that guy's mouth.
Forcing himself up, Marshall stuffs his blanket into a tattered backpack. Still tired and a little bit dizzy, he leans his hand against the door. Remembering how bad his face hurts, he lightly pushes his loose tooth with his tongue, getting a strange satisfaction from the way it wiggles back and forth. It feels familiar to him, but he can't remember why. He discards the thought and opens the door.
He looks to the register, then up at a tall kid with a pale complexion, who, judging by the dark patchy hair above his lip, probably hasn't yet been introduced to a razor. When they make eye contact, the kid glances nervously at the floor and back up again.
"Hey!" The loose tooth flies from Marshall's mouth as he yells, bouncing off an old woman's white shirt and onto the linoleum floor. The woman doesn't seem to notice the tiny droplets of blood that soak into the fabric of her shirt. Marshall snickers at her age induced ignorance, picks the tooth up, and drops it into his back pocket.
"Do you have to act like that, Marshall?" The kid focuses back down at the floor, looking uncomfortable.
"Do you have to be such a little bitch, Todd?" he asks, with the sarcasm in hie voice peaking as he says Todd's name.
Todd looked like he was going to cry, but tried to force a smile. "So... Do you have one?"
To answer his question, Marshall reaches into his back pocket and pulls out a frog that's barely alive. There's a tooth sticking to its side, which he picks off and quickly pops into his mouth.
Trying not to look disgusted, Todd turns around to grab a pack of Virginia Slims off the shelf and sets it on the counter. He picks up the frog and mutters a thank you. Marshall grunts in response and leaves with the pack of cigarettes.
This has been going on for a couple months, and the kid must have at least 50 by now. He wonders what the hell someone might need so many frogs for, and reaches for his lighter.
Headed aimlessly down the street, Marshall sees a man walking in his direction. It must be David. The only reason he remembers the idiot's name is because he's always wearing socks with flip flops, and it's hard to miss someone that looks that ridiculous. As he passes, David mumbles something about fags smoking Virginia Slims.
"What the fuck did you say?" It was a threat, rather than a question.
David stopped and turned around. "I called you a fag, you worthless basta-"
Before he got a chance to finish, Marshall spit his molar right at David's eye, causing him to scream and stumble backwards. After grabbing the flip flops, he runs off down the street before David has a chance to compose himself.
After running another block and getting out of eyesight, he stuffs the flip flops into a couple random mailboxes and cuts through a yard with a pool to sit down and rest in a small grove of trees.
Without a molar, he prods the deep hole in his gums with his tongue. He glances at the ground next to him, and picks up a pebble to stick into the vacant space. "You complete me." He mumbles to the pebble, and closes his eyes.
Waking up to what sounds like a stream of water, he squints through the darkness and sees someone peeing in their neighbor's pool. Frantically, Marshall grabs a video camera out of his backpack and tapes the guy. Yelling profanities, the guy keeps peeing until a light comes on, then runs off.
It didn't surprise Marshall. In a town that seems so perfect, people try to hide that they're just as screwed up as anyone else. He figures that must be why everyone resents him. He's the only blatantly visible flaw in their little world of ignorance.
"Ha, what am I thinking. People resent me because I'm such an asshole."
He takes the tape out of the camera and tucks it in his pocket before putting the camera in the backpack and heading to the street to look for mailboxes. This won't be any big deal. Last week it was of a woman being murdered. This is just some childish fun, and the sick satisfaction that always comes from stirring things up.
After placing the tape in a mailbox, he sees what looks like a birthday card, and laughs to himself as he takes it. He'll read it on the way to the stream, where he's going to catch his next day's cigarettes.
User Reviews
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-02-19 12:30:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
People who wear socks and sandals at the same time are disgusting.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-11-01 23:10:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by shinebox (user info) at 2006-10-10 01:43:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you got ya own website an everyfing
Submitted by Saffron (user info) at 2006-08-11 19:16:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So what does Todd need all those frogs for ? Are they psychotropic ?
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-08-09 02:01:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-08-08 11:48:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm enjoying how everyone is feeding off each other with this. This was my character, the one that was pissing in the pool, Smitty Hudson. Auto +2 Smitty.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-08 04:11:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This... this was a cool fucking idea to bring in.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2006-08-07 22:52:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 pebble-tooth?
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 22:29:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
It's some crazy idea for everyone here to contribute to one big story. If you click the link in the first review to this post, you'll see what it's all about.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2006-08-07 22:23:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been gone for a little bit, so I have to ask.
What exactly is all this St. Eubrie stuff? I've notived many of these but havn't been able to find out if this is a contest or something.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 21:43:35 EDT (#)
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Yaaaaaay for puddle jumpin'. I haven't gone puddle jumpin' since back in teh day.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:44:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I <3 stormz
come out tomorrow and we can go PUDDLE JUMPIN
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:26:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Oh noes!1 a storm? I musts bored up teh windos!
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:17:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Word, it's 5:15 here and sunny
BUT A STORM IS A-BREWIN
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:16:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Oh, pretty warm. And sunny. Even at 8:15 in the afternoon it's sunny wtf?!?!
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:09:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So
Mr M
how's life on the opposite coast?
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-08-07 20:03:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yo:
thanks for the haha.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:59:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Sacrilicious: I know, isn't it crazy? This is usually what my posts look like in notepad before I get rid of most of the text and add pictures.
KindaNews: You're right about the strange for the sake of being strange part. I was afraid of all the text, and fell back on strangeness so I wouldn't feel so out of place.
coley: haha
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:50:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yay for ftw fiction!
I liked this. It was strange, but in a good way..and what an interesting character. Good contribution, man.
Submitted by KindaNews (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:45:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Odd, but interesting.
Some of it seemed to be strange just for the sake of being strange, however.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:17:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
More better they get their birthday cards where they get their videocameras ,than they get em from the store, uh
Or something
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:04:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:02:03 (#)
Ranking: 1
Where would a homeless dude get a video camera?
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Same way he got a birthday card, eh.
Submitted by Genko (user info) at 2006-08-07 19:02:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Where would a homeless dude get a video camera?
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-08-07 18:48:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Don't Ever Wear Flip Flops With Socks
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Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-08-07 18:30:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2006-08-07 17:53:23 EDT (#)
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