《Come to the Tree》Chapter 2: The Lighter
Advertisement
Once the man was looking around the principal’s office, or at least that’s what he assumed it to be, which he had visited many times before. He gazed across the bookshelf in the back of the room, behind the large wooden desk. The man never got bored at re-reading the names on the spines on the books, especially when he could swear that he had never seen the names of some of these books on the shelf before. Still, the man does not question the strange nature of the place.
After scanning the bookshelf, the man turned to the drawers on the wooden desk and sat down on the squeaky office chair in preparation of his upcoming search. He opened the drawers methodically, carefully analyzing the contents in each of the drawers.
Many of the drawers were filled with old paperwork, detention slips, and some sort of files about the previous students. The man would also read through these files when he was in this office but could never remember the names of the students that were written in the papers, no matter how hard he tried to engrave the words in his mind. Every time he would set the files back in their appropriate drawers, the names were erased from his memory, along with any information he had newly obtained. It was frustrating, but again, he did not inquire too much about this phenomenon.
As the man continued on his path of searching through the drawers, he found something he vividly remembered not being there before. The drawer he had just opened seems to be a collection of all the items that were confiscated from the students. Inside the drawer were items such as a deck of cards, a dead MP3 player, packs of chewing gum, candy bars, and bras stuffed under all the other garbage.
Advertisement
There was one item in the drawer that caught the man’s attention, it was a plain, cheap butane lighter that seemed to stick out amongst the confiscated items. When the man picked up the lighter, he did so with unexpected struggle, since the lighter apparently weighed a pound or two by the man’s estimation. When he clicked the flint wheel and button together, he stared at the small flame it produced.
While impossible for such a small lighter, it produced an incredibly potent orange flame glowing with a purple tint. If a normal lighter could create a simple, dull yellow flame, this flame seemed much fuller and more powerful.
As the man continued to stare into the flame, he noticed small orange glowing orbs detach from their parent flame and float to his head. At first, there were only a few appearing at a time and would orbit his head. Quickly, however, hundreds of these orbs filled the room and skittered around the air as if they were excited. The glowing orbs around the man’s head were whispering to him tales. They were tales of the students.
The man saw young, teenage students running around the tree in the middle of the building, laughing with smiles pasted on their faces. He heard all of the gossip flying around the crowds, what the teachers did in their lives, the newest relationships, newest scandals, and rumors about the principal. The man could see couples kissing in the hallways, students passing notes to each other in class or whispering answers, and a few fights in the bathrooms. While it was not perfect, the man felt the youthful spirit of school as told by these glowing orbs.
Suddenly, the orbs around the man burst into flames, and he swore he could hear screams. One by one, more orbs began to combust. The room turned from a mystical purple dotted with the orange glowing orbs, to those orbs igniting the air and overpowering the purple tint. Then, the burning orbs died off, and so did the flame of the lighter.
The man tried several times to re-ignite the lighter but would not listen to his commands. Successfully confused, the man returned the lighter to the drawer and left the principal’s office.
Advertisement
- In Serial7 Chapters
Badass
At the end of everything, Taylor Hebert realized something. She didn't want to be a superhero. No, she wanted to be a badass. And then her prayers were answered. Imbued with the power of mimetic badassery and the ability to channel a different real-life badass every week, she set out in search for all the best things in life - well, according to Conan, at least. Modeling herself after Conan have been a mistake. Join her on her high-octane, pulp-fiction journey for vengeance, adventure, victory and mayhem. This isn't just uncensored. It's anti-censored! =========================== (Worm/Fate/Badass of the Week) Warning: crack-taken-seriously, over-the-top pulp-fiction style violence, overpowered protagonist, banned on two other sites. Hell, even the light-hearted omake jokes in this were considered too subversive to persist. ============================ AN: There’s this really, really excellent website called Badass of the Week. I’ve wasted many an hour browsing through, marveling at all the crazy shit some humans are capable of. Check it out, then come back and read this in a few days when the awesome starts to wear off. It’s worth it (all 576 entries). Back? Good! Anyways, I was looking through it recently while thinking about who I wanted to make expy’s of for my The Flying Dutchman quest ship captains (which now languishes in indefinite hiatus), and I had this idea. What if Taylor, wanting to be a badass, triggered with the power to be a different Badass every week? With a bit of Fate-style ability to draw on the tools associated with the legend (but to a just marginally less ridiculous degree), and a drive and aura to be and do badass? And thus, Badass was born in it’s somewhat cracky glory. Enjoy.
8 188 - In Serial15 Chapters
The Veil of Liquid Stars
Jonathan Sneidermann is just an average guy living an average life when he gets abducted by a questionably legal company to serve as hardware for VR games. He wakes up as a merman character in an underwater steampunk ocean, and he has a target on his back. Its not enough for him to be simply stuck in the game, but the game seems to actively have it out for him, as every nearby player seems to want a piece of him. A chance encounter with a girl who's got the inside scoop of the company might just be his only hope for peace in his afterlife...
8 202 - In Serial18 Chapters
Second Chance: Soldier & Daughter
Stripped of a normal life, the soldier loses his raison d'etre... Stripped of a normal life, the child has her only father taken from her... A soldier, turned an avenger. A girl, prophesied to kill the gods. Living in vastly different worlds, the soldier is brought to protect the Messiah. Through peril together, the soldier gains a new purpose as the girl becomes his daughter. Reino Steysa, is resurrected into a new world to protect a little demi human shark girl named Lusaia. Containing the mana of half the world, the gods sought to find the child and either kill her or use her. To the soldier who has lived through such a fate, Reino cannot allow such fate to befall upon this child. Swearing to protect the girl as if she's the daughter that he once lost, they travel across the continent of Necrosia seeking refuge wherever possible. However, fate is never so kind to them...
8 202 - In Serial52 Chapters
Dsmp x reader ig
❤️Cover Art not mine❤️I will be writing forDreamGeorgenotfound SapnapBadboyhaloWilbur sootNiki nihachuKarl jacobsTommyinnitAwsamdudeQuackitity Jack manifoldFundy-No smutsNothing sexual of any kind actually Also I will not be writing for people in an actual relationship (I.e Philza,Charlie slimecicle) unless it's platonic
8 153 - In Serial86 Chapters
Zero Falls: Season One
After escaping their abusive household, twins Bill and Will Cipher, find refuge in a strange town of Zero Gravity. It doesn't take long, before danger lurks around every corner, as the twins encounter many oddities, monsters, and even godlike beings.To survive, they need strong allies. But, will they find the strength to trust others, including each other?
8 159 - In Serial23 Chapters
Zodiac Signs (Anime Version)
All in the title
8 149