Character Assassination
in a world of your own….
Character Assassination:
We looked out of the window at the police cordon surrounding the bank.
Flashing lights and a plainclothes with a bullhorn
The getaway was nowhere to be seen…
“Yeah I had him booked for double parking…moves the plot along nicely “
“No the real problem is she’s stitched us up like a right fucking pair of kippers”
“Leave your protagonists up shit creek without a paddle…first rule “
The bullhorn clicked on, a wall of feedback.
“Good evening Ladies, looks like we’ve got ourselves into a bit of a pickle”
“He’s extracting the urine ain’t he?”
“Okay so now what?”
“Quick the teleporter bands!”
“They haven’t been invented yet, you dumb fucker”
“Working on it…”
“Never mind that, close your eyes and wish yourself somewhere else…works in the movies…”
“It may have escaped your notice but we’re in deep shit and this ain’t no movie”
“The whole of Life’s a Movie…she can edit it into the script later, right?”
“Who me?”
“Yeah you! Get busy scribbling bitch!”
“And you, shut yer mouth, close yer eyes and get busy wishing, Tinker bell”
A couple of thousand rounds later.
The doors blown off their hinges.
The squad enters only to hear a mysterious whine and a crime scene empty of perps…
“Damn that was close…wonder where they’ve got to?”
“and where the hell’s this then?”
“Dunno, but I wish I had a cool beer”
Pzisssstttt!…”there you go bud”
“This waiting’s not so bad huh
Do you think there’ll be snacks?”
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“Character Assassination!“
“Yes darling. Alright I’m coming!
Well you could’ve started supper yourself couldn’t you?
There’s pineapple pizza in the freezer
And did you take Bozo for his walk?
No?”
“Well, I dunno,
Sometimes I think you live in a world of your own….”
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Exploring the mutual tension between the writer and their characters can lead you into strange situations.
Who is bending whom to their will? Sea 😘
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