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Creative Writing [Tuesday, 5th Period]

Rick was visibly excited as the class entered the room. Seats were set up in a semi-circle facing a central chair.

"Afternoon, kids," Rick said cheerfully as he stragglers arrived. "I trust you're all ready to present your stories to the rest of the class. If not, you've got the next ten minutes to get yourselves ready."

Gesturing to the central seat, he continued. "Each of you is going to take a turn to read out your story and the rest of you are going to listen politely, which means no writing, talking, or goofing off. At the end of the class, you'll have a chance to mingle and comment on each other's work. There will be pizza."

He clapped his hands together. "So who wants to go first?"

[OOC: OCD up.]

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Jon stood up and told a very detailed and colorful story about Jack Danielson, the archaeologist who stumbled upon an ancient artifact that enabled him to travel to other planets. There was action, adventure, romance and danger. It was almost as if he had actually been there and was telling it all from memory.

The thing, with the wedding cake and the princess with the magic box were especially riveting bits.

Valentine's story was about Prometheus, the woman who stole fire from the gods. A very spirited and intellectually charged redhead, Prometheus was not satisfied with simply stealing fire. The years tied to a rock having an eagle eat her insides didn't seem to dissuade her from going after her next prize: ambrosia. She had managed to swipe it by infiltrating an orgy of the gods, but, as with when she stole fire, she was caught. Her punishment this time, however, was that her credit for her feats would not be attributed to her, but, instead, to the somewhat bumbling male companion, and lines were blurred so that he also got her name.

People getting the credit for her work, after all, was a story Valentine knew well.

Alice's story started with a man named Gerald, who -- through no fault of his own -- woke up one day as a tennis ball. He was used by his family for a rousing game of doubles, and carried around by the dog until he was dropped in the yard. He tried to roll to safety, only to fall into a hedgehog-hole and meet a very lovely hedgehog. He and the hedgehog fell in love, and were to be married in the spring, but, sadly, Gerald woke up the next morning, perfectly himself again, with one leg stuck in the hedgehog-hole.

A week later, he sprouted quills, but they all fell out after a month or two. And strangely, Gerald missed them once they were gone.

He tried visiting the hedgehog-hole and reconnecting with his ladylove, but it just wasn't the same.

Chloe wasn't one who liked being the center of attention, in fact, she much prefered to be behind the camera directing actions. (She would have happily hired someone to act out her story if she could have.)

The story she presented with feeling was the tale of two brothers -- a werewolf and a magic user - who have lost their father and are on a search to find him. Along the way, they end up learning a lot more about the world around them than they ever expected -- as well as meeting a plucky blonde that joins their travels.

Eleanor was clearly nervous, it was her first time presenting anything to a group of people. But she pushed on despite the shakiness of her voice.

The story that unraveled was the tale of a strong, eager young man who changed dramatically after suffering during the war. Injured in both mind and spirit, he pushed others away, closing himself off to the rest of the world.

But just when it seemed he would be lost forever, fate stepped in the form of a helpless friend which drove him to rejoin the world. In saving someone else, he ultimately saved himself and became stronger than he ever thought possible.

Emma was composed and confident as she started off on her story about a rising young football star who'd just been drafted to the major leagues, his deep crisis of faith in his own abilities, and choosing to trust in the support of his teammates. It was very uplifting, technically researched, and featured a tension-filled triangle between the rookie, the tight end, and the horse-training psychic that the coach had employed to try and boost morale.

It was also completely loaded with innuendo, double entendres, and allusions, all of which Emma delivered with a perfectly sweet and innocent expression.

Jennifer's tale was of a plucky young criminal defense lawyer named 'Elaine Banner', whose client was accused of a dastardly murder. All evidence pointed towards him as having done the crime, but Elaine defended him, feeling he was being set-up.

Elaine triumphs by prying into the evidence and overhearing a discussion by some mobsters outside the courthouse. It was, in fact, a frame up job. Then she falls in love with her client, and they run off to Aruba.

Edited 2009-08-18 14:36 (UTC)

Jill presented the thrilling story of a perfectly innocent young girl and her psycho twin brother who was trying to steal her life. The ending was left ambiguous, with the reader not sure if the brother had been triumphed over or if he was just lying in wait for his next chance to strike.

Yes, she was just a bundle of issues.

Edited 2009-08-18 19:42 (UTC)

Kate’s story could have used a little more polishing, but it was pretty good all the same, and she was confident in reading it aloud.

The story was about an unnamed, rather serious young man . It started with him in a café with a book he wanted to read, waiting for the time he had to be at some appointments later in the day. He started reading, but for some reason - and this part made Kate shoot a quick grin at Priestly - he kept getting papercuts each time he turned the page, and about 25 pages in he could no longer read because he had smeared blood all over the book.

It was then revealed that the man was a frequent customer at the café, but never talked to the waitress there, except for when he ordered his usual coffee. The unfortunate event with the book forced him to ask for help with his hands that needed bandaging.

After some amusing twists and turns, the waitress ended up driving the man around for the day. Eventually, they ended up looking at the display window of a thriftstore at 1 AM, discussing a book both remembered from their childhood. The story concluded with a description of the young man’s smile.

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