OT - story time!

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jdvorr

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So I’m sittin’ here at the computer pullin’ some very tasty pineapple/orange/lemon lime vape thru the old pass thru, while mindlessly perusing the ecig forums, getting a chuckle now and then and even subconsciously absorbing a bit of valuable data here & there, when I get this idea that I should start a thread that tells a story and then each poster could add to that story and then I’d come back and add the final chapter at some point in the future and not read it until then and I would get some entertainment value from the whole story at that time, while finding out what kind of creative, stream of consciousness folks share the V4L forum with me and how they might respond if I introduced this story with an amazingly tedious run-on sentence that goes against everything I ever learned in writing classes.;)

Rules:

1. don’t try to end the story. Keep it open ended. I’ll tie it up when I think it’s time.
2. don’t think too much. What I started I did off the top of my head.
3. you won’t be judged and you can’t be wrong. It will be what it becomes.
4. it doesn't have to be about vaping but it might have a vape here or there, just because we're on ecf.
5. Have fun!:D

Our story begins…..

So I’m sitting at my computer vaping a tasty pineapple/orange/lemon lime concoction that has me in mind of things tropical. The lingering vapor has me escaping into warm equatorial breezes. As I daydream, I see a man with with some kind of device in his hands moving along the beach in a zig zag motion while staring intently at whatever it is he’s carrying. As he gets closer, I’m able to determine that he’s using a metal detector. As he gets closer, I rise from my hammock and saunter towards him, with my rum punch and greet him with wave. He’s so focused on his task that he doesn’t notice me. “Nice day”, I say and he looks up startled, mumbling something under his breath. “Pardon me?”, I say curiously. “Did you say something?”. He stops in his tracks, looks me up and down and says, “What was that? I don’t speak daydream.” “Huhuh?”, I stammer. “Listen man, you’re making no sense. You’re not even here.” He whispers intently. I stop, look back toward the hammock and I can see, just past the hammock, through some kind of haze or vapor, the faint outline of a man sitting at a computer desk. There’s a small blue light moving near his face that strikes a chord of recognition in me. But all can think to myself is “k-mart?”. Now I’m trying to figure this thing out and am feeling a little disoriented when his metal detector starts making a funny squealing noise. He looks at me with a light of discovery in his eyes, moves the detector around until he appears satisfied, pulls out a rather large hunting knife that makes me flinch back, flips it with a quick motion into the sand and says, “This is where we dig!”.

to be continued... hopefully!
 
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Dropping to his knees near the spot, he pulls a tattered knapsack off his back, places it gently on the sand, and begins rummaging through it. Finally, with a satisfied grunt, he extracts an Emperor Penguin and a small, rusty set of goggles. Carefully arranging the goggles on the unhappy bird's head, he then waves his arms in great circles, chanting "cantilever! cantilever! cantilever!"
 

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"Penguin humor...," the man remarked dryly. He glanced at me, waiting for some kind of affirmation... I nodded dumbly. Penguin humor wasn't as universally understood here on the island, but I wasn't about to come off as some local yokel. Not yet, anyway. There would be plenty of time for that , perhaps after 8 o'clock and a nice filling dinner. First, I wanted to know what they were digging for....
 

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I'm not one to entertain my self by watching others do menial tasks but seeing that pengin flapping away in the sand was mesmerizing. It was as if I were watching Mythbusters and Extreme Ice Loggers at the same time.

As I gazed intently at the ever deepening gorge developing at my feet I was haunted by echoes of the man staring intently into the flickering blue light. Suddenly, in my mind's eye I could see masses of other people also staring intently into the same blue light. The light beckoned; jump. I thought to myself this is ridiculous. I'll squish the pengiun and then I saw a giant Yeti and he said "Jump."

Behind the Yeti I saw the Pointer Sisters and they were singing "Jump" so I threw all caution to the wind and...
 

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JUMPED into the widening penguin hole at my feet. It wasn't as deep as it seemed, and my feet hit the bottom with a jolt. I chuckled to myself at my daydream silliness, then was startled when I felt sand stinging my legs and hands. The penguin was still digging! With a childlike sense of wonder and joy, I began digging myself. What was I doing in this hole, digging, with a penguin? Where was my vaporizer? I was definitely feeling a little lost without my blissful clouds of vapor around my head...something about a blue light tugged at my brain and I turned to look out of the hole. I saw...
 

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Bornagainst, gleefully skipping along the beach in a leopard print thong, one hand waving in the air and the other holding on for dear life to a wee little contraption. "Hmm, intriguing piece of equipment, that. I wonder what it could be," I thought to myself. Suddenly, one of the penguins got a glimpse of Bornagainst and sounded the alarm to the others. They took off behind him, waddling back and forth with such vigor that many of them tripped and tumbled along the sand. I was stunned as I watched the penguins.....
 
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...pull out WEAPONS! Oh, the horror!

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As I sat there in disbelief, it took a good few minutes to absorb what I had seen. Penguins? With guns?! As I regained my composure and tried to fixate myself as to where I was, I failed to realize that one of them had actually cornered bornagainst to a sheet of a glacier that was protruding out from the vast whiteness of the snow. I watched in horror as the penguin cocked his shotgun and pointed it at born...

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"QUAAA! QUA QUA QAUAAAAAAA!" it said.

But for some reason, I heard a small voice and seemed to understand what it was saying...

"You will hand over your 555 stash, or else!"

bornagainst looked on in horror down the barrel, as a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead. "I don't know what you're talking aboot!", he quipped.

The penguin didn't buy it, and proceeded to line up the ironsights on the shotgun. "We know all know that you're lying! You were giving away some of the 555 juice on the forum! We are on to you! Now, hand it over!"

bornagainst smiled for a second, wiped the sweat from his brow and said... "Honestly, you think you can take me on? Do you really think you know anything aboot what you're messing with? I built this empire and I can take it away from everyone! Everyone!"

Without any hesitation, the penguin let out a paralyzing screech. I tried to cover my ears, but the sound seemed to drill straight into my mind. The shrill of the damned seemed to have lasted an eternity until I looked up and saw...
 

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Born in his mighty warrior stance bustin' out his MC Hammer moves:

You can't touch this
You can't touch this
You can't touch this
You can't touch this
You can't touch this

My, my, my PV hits me so hard
makes me say "oh my Lord"
Thank you for blessing me
with a PV from V4L and 555

It feels so good, when you know you down,
a super dope homeboy from Toronto town,
and I'm known as such
and this is a vape, uh, you know you can't touch

I told you homeboy,
(you can't touch this)
Yeah, that's how we living and you know
(you can't touch this)
 

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The penguins looked on in horror- and then pointed the guns at Born. The sound of bullets being racked into the chamber was loud against the silence of the glacier. "Look buddy", one said in a menacing penguin screech "just cause we're penguins doesn't mean that 'happy feet' stuff will distract us. Tell me now where's the....
 

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Suddenly, a blimp glided into view, barely missing the top of the now gently melting glacier. On the side of the dirigible was the phrase 'V4L or Bust' in 12 foot tall letters made from tiny blue and green LEDs. The gondola was painted watermelon red and XL battery gold, and the windows sparkled brightly as if they had just been freshly washed. The shiny window glass mesmerized the penguins and they couldn't help but stare.

When the blimp was directly above born, a rope made from Leaford lanyards and battery bags lowered from the partially open door. Then, MaryKay and msroulette popped their heads out of the opening and yelled...
 

lonercom

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Durn it Born, get you 555 loving .... up here. Born scampered up the unstable rope ladder and crawled into the gondola. When he looked back he realized that these were the "Penguins" from his childhood. He realized that the weapons were really rulers and that these "Penguins" were members of the most Holy order "The Sisters of Perpetual Revenge" and he was once again safe.

As Born and his rescuers floated away on the "Vapinberg" it dawned on me that I was back on the beach. The sun was setting and I needed a...
 
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