2011-05-02, 16:03 | Link #1 |
ゴリゴリ!
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EMDAS 2011 - May (Lies!) Entry Thread
Welcome to the May EMDAS Writing Competition!(Rules - READ FIRST!) Theme: Lies! "Oh! What a tangled web we begin to weave when first we practice to deceive!" Marmion, Sir Walter Scott This month's theme is 'Lies'! "For this theme, the entry should revolve about a deception. This may be a deliberate falsehood or an unintentional untruth, and it can be either malicious or benign." Entries! (May 2-15) For the first two weeks of the competition, all entrants may post their draft entries on this page and receive suggestions and criticism without any consequences. Nothing posted during this entry period will be taken as your final entry. Constant posting of small edits and similar drafts are frowned against, as it clutters up the pages and gets in the way of other entries.
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2011-05-10, 01:52 | Link #2 |
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Okay, so I see that no one has posted anything yet. I don't know if that's a good thing or not. Maybe everyone just PM'd their entries. Either way, I thought I'd get things started off by posting my entry.
This isn't my final draft, but I'd say it's close to it. Any criticism would be appreciated. Anyway, here it is. Spoiler for :
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2011-05-11, 20:46 | Link #3 |
sleepyhead
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Emperor of One
Act II - The Chaser Hornests’ Nest “Where do you want me to start counselor?” said Kou“It was right after school, and as you know already, I was persuaded to follow Mao. Everything seemed pretty straight forward. I already knew all of her friends so I just did the obvious thing, I asked them…” “And they just, answered?” asked Isolde“Afterwards I checked the club schedule. The times she got off were very discouraging. I was planning on just accidentally leaving school at the same time and accidentally going the same direction home.” “Couldn’t you have pretended anyway.” said Isolde“Tailing her in the evening, on almost empty streets would be a pain. To make matters worse, that day they stayed up longer. By the time she left it was getting dark, and all the shops were closed. Bumping into her under those circumstances would draw too much attention. So, I did the only thing to do. I ran.” “You went home?” said Isolde“Normally I would trail her using the crowd, noise, and such; however this time non of that was feasible. So what I thought to myself was, ‘what methods have now become feasible that weren’t earlier’, and so I came up with the method of running. I went and changed to my sportswear at school and ran two blocks in front of her to the nearest intersection. I waited a while until she was near me, gave her a look, then ran forward towards the next intersection.” “What if, she does’t go forward.” asks Isolde“After pulling off this little dance about four times, I lost her. So now the normal conclusion here would be, that I found her home. However, the buildings in the area dead. They not just merely unsafe, they are uninhabitable, nobody could live there even if they wished to. I looked over map when I got home, in hopes of finding some information on the buildings, however what I found instead filled me with dread. It’s not immediately apparent when you simply walk initially into the area, but out of the roads, only two lead into and out of it. Even more so, the one she used was only recently cleared, so previously the one I had used was the only entrance and exist out of tha area. I could pretend I was jogging if she asks, but it would be very strange if I was just randomly wondering, and that place is no place anyone would plan as a route. In other words the little witch got me into checkmate position and then vanished.” “So anyway that’s the story, can I go now?” said Kou“After that bitter defeat, I had Mercury—think of her as the equivalent to your Walter—make some tracking devices, like cameras and sensors, from the usual trash she picks up. And it shames me to admit it but she did it again, that day she simply went the complete opposite way she went the day before. So I had Mercury make even more devices, and covered both paths. I thought that would stop her but no, she again went a completely random path.” “At this point I didn’t care about the Nicholas bastard anymore, it was personal. Seeing as all the direct attacks failed miserably, the obvious rational thing to do is to change strategy to more indirect attacks. However, my pride wouldn’t take it. So, rational planning aside, I yet again went with a direct approach. It took a full three days to prepare but I was sure it would not fail again. What I had done is create a super scent. To our primitive nose it would be unnoticeable, but given the right equipment you could follow a fly if it had just an ounce of the stuff a thousand kilometers away. The problem now was simply delivering it, so that’s how I joined the martial arts clubs she was in. Initially I joined only one; sadly she kicked my ass the first day, and then the second day as well. So I stated all the others she was in, Now, I don’t even recall if that decision was rational. It makes sense to do that, but after getting several bruises all over my body, all I could think at the time was how much I wanted to win against her in a match. On the weapons at best I got a tie, but barely. And out of all the others I only managed to best her at hand to hand combat. But it was enough, I had accomplished my goal. What do you think happened counselor?” “I don’t suppose your plan worked this time?” said Isolde“Up to the middle of the second week nothing really happened, not until that day.” “Ah yes, that unfortunate incident.” said Isolde filling her cup back up 1450 words. Was a little big, had to cut the first part of the chapter out; as usual. You can read it in full, along with the other chapters over at the archives. Critique & Comments Welcome~
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2011-05-12, 18:04 | Link #4 |
sleepyhead
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@xObserveRx nice one. Just one thing, the term “axe murderer” didn’t really ring well to me.
Also this thread appears to be haunted too so before I get absorbed: Final Entry for my previous post.
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2011-05-14, 05:57 | Link #6 |
ゴリゴリ!
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I'll be rushing deadline this month because I haven't had much free time. Seems like everyone's busy this month; no matter.
Here's my entry! Spoiler for The Rivalry:
I don't know if I can get to this again by the deadline, so I'll add Final Entry for this one.
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2011-05-14, 09:43 | Link #8 |
sleepyhead
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Well there is no minimum so it’s fine really.
Believe me I know what you mean by “just threw something out there”, I actually try to plan things out but it’s very difficult to keep it coherent and still stick to the plan (completely). (I edit stuff so much)
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2011-05-15, 20:52 | Link #11 |
In scientific terms only.
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Aiyaa, looks like I didn't make it in time. M'lord, why'd you choose such a hard theme? (T_T ) But hey, spilled milk and all that! I have read the entries and they have been good.
I found ObserveR's unintentionally hilarious for personal reasons, but that's neither here nor there; solid entry, in any case. I've liked this latest one the most out of the Emperor acts, light and comical as it is. Mario's continuing with his theme of justice. And m'lord has more of those surprise endings. I am thoroughly pleased. |
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