Off Topix's Creative Writing Winner!

[Jazzy]

[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This one is a Creative Writing contest. Write a story based on a real life Off Topix gathering. Anyone can enter, including staff. Only one story for each member may be entered, so make them good!



[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]You will have 3 weeks to write your story. (Deadline to enter your story is June 17th). After the entry deadline a poll will be created for members to vote for their favorite. Members may not vote for their own story. In the event of a tie we will have another poll to determine one winner.



[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The prizes will be a Creativity award

and 500 Off Topix bucks. Your story can include things like:

• Who attends?
  
• Who talks with whom?
  
• What do they talk about?
  
• Who avoids whom?
  
• Do any arguments break out?
  
• Do any fights break out?
  
• What do the groups of people talk about; where do their conversations go?
  
• Does anyone make a surprising connection?
  
• Do you walk away from the gathering with a different opinion of another member?
  

[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Use your imagination and come up with a great story that people will enjoy, and vote on! Your stories will be judged on:

• Creativity
  
• The number of members that you work into your story
  
• The accuracy of your information about the members you name
  

[font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Good luck and have fun!![font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Here is my story.

Off Topix Reunion (as narrated by Fatal Dawn)



[font=comic sans ms,cursive]“Come to the Off Topix Reunion”



Any Off Topixian relishes the words inside the gold-laced invite. It means great food, loud music, and a little dancing throughout the night. What will happen, what’s in store? Why don’t I just take you with me – let me take you through the Off Topixville jamboree tour.



Stay alert for the Off Topix clubhouse, we’re almost there. A little music, balloons tethered to the fence post, conversation echoing in the backyard – as you can see some members are already here. There are no strangers to Off Topix, so stay tuned as we drive up to the Off Topix HQ. And here’s a little tip, even if you’re new: At Off Topix we raise the bar, exceed limits. Real, like reality TV, without the drama and the gimmicks.



Picture inside the house, beautiful baby blue ribbons strung on shiny tin cans. A tidy dining room, place mats and cups on coasters. The wall swatches decorated with patterns of four-leafed clovers, take a look of the miniature figurines – plastic gray Off Topixs. Peek out the sun-bathed window to see a large vehicle double parking on the sidewalk – it’s an RV belonging to Dr Leftover. He walked out with Jazzy, both looking classy.



Icy Sci-Berg arrived soon after with his posse, dressed in fitted caps and jackets of slick decals and denim. They arrived with a case of that “Venom...”

– That’s a pack of that new energy drink brand, for true comic book fans. Dr Leftover took a can, looked at the label, and refused the hand:



“Oh, haven’t you heard of brominated vegetable oil, my good man?”



Then we were serenaded to loud pipes outside. Smooth had arrived – in style – the only way to ride. Evil Eye strolled in, joking with Nebulous, and Rob showed up with a pair of Pink Floyd CDs. The party stayed breezy – breezier, than the English weather, as Alan and Boogie arrived together. Then arrived the rest of the pack: An Angel, an ~Ace~, an Alien, and even one cool Cheshire Cat.



Mr.Metroid arrived with trophy wife Mrs. Samus from a video game hack. Icy Sci-Berg got jealous and went on the attack; changing his alias to Mr. Black. He should have changed it to Mr. Green, as in walked Michael Valentine and Sayf Udeen.



Thecostumedanceparty heard there’d be cake and so he took a coffee house coffee break. We got a visit from James. He’d stay but wasn’t interested in any lame party games. Welcome to our little slice of heaven, as we open the door to Cranos and Bluezone-triple-seven. Hey – I know you! Mythical celebrities from Beowulf to Goku. Enter the rest of the Off Topix crew. Just to help you name a few:



Welcome Ashley and Madyy – Lloyd and CommanderMadi.

Bonjour Kuri and Shiro Tenshi Yuri.





Say hello to Karrit and Temerit – Sam and Jman.

Welcome Rapunzel, who let her hair down to come out to play.

Spleenbegone and Nicholas McConnaughay are here to stay.



Welcome BrydoRX and DanteX

Enter StevenF50 and nolvorite – Dennis and Grailknight.

¡Hola to members Freddy and Phazite.





FIRESBREATH and The Dragon Master brought the heat. And talk about elite, as S.A.Y.D.L brought the axe-grinding thunder. Scarlet Rose, representing the land down under.



You hear the doorbell ringing..

For some reason, Mr. Jazzy walked in singing:



“Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise.

And I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?”





Those of you who stayed for the tour, I thank you for staying with the Off Topix crew. Get used to the music as Off Topix keeps it rocking till the night’s through. Enjoy the food as we serve morsels and munchies – the chips, the popcorn, the crackers and other crunchies. Hors d'oeuvres – mixed fruit cut into thirds. Food either sliced into decadent strips or served in bits because “nothing beats the ritz.”



A little later maybe we’ll some have caviar and tar-tar paste, served on silver plates to satisfy even richest of tastes.

For dinner, we’ll serve sliced porterhouse steak. If you’re still hungry… for dessert we offer ice-cream, pastries, and the Off Topix emblem engraved into the icing of a marble cake.



The soda was put on ice as we broke out bottles of the finest champagne. You see Dr Leftover and Temerit in the other room debating Obama’s presidential campaign. But they quit the conversation to join us in toasting the Off Topix name. Teary eyes watched as Nebulous did us the honor of cutting the cake; someone did us the dishonor of cutting the cheese (oh, please).



We had a good laugh and all… But with the moment killed we migrated to the dance hall. What’s a party without that musical flare? So Rob popped in the CD pair. the whole hall swaying, throwing their hands in the air. Everybody on their groove, As Mokeli and his crew tore it up– break-dancing and busting a move. Skillet kept the party rockin’: heads bobbing, everyone Glitched Mobbing – as a Skrillex track was popped in.



A little later, as the evening was arriving ever-near, Mr. Jazzy played a slow song that moved some of us to tears. A community of acquaintances, friends, and family are not easily sown. In this home away from home – some of us already grown, battling life on our own; parted ways with Off Topix, and now we are coming together after all these years. Some of us grateful – thinking about those who couldn’t be here…



Time changes everything, and such is the mood of this slow song. Make the most of the moment before the moment is gone.



It is said that you are guaranteed to lose the race against time if you remain idle.

Before I end this tour,

take a look at the dance floor.

All I see is just one group of people united under one member title…



Off Topixian.

 

[Jazzy]

Incredible, brilliant, and hats off to you Fatal Dawn!

*Fatal Dawn was the only member who entered the contest. Therefore, no voting was necessary.

 

[Evil Eye]

Excellent.

Went digging through the member list for a bit, did you? Haven't heard some of these names in a while

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Thanks for reading. Wished there would have been more competition instead of winning by default.

Excellent.

Went digging through the member list for a bit, did you?

Yes.

 

[Jazzy]

Had to come back and read it again. This was just so brilliant and I'm jealous that you're so talented FD!

 

[Evil Eye]

Wished there would have been more competition instead of winning by default.

It's a little less exciting, isn't it?