1 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-21 19:23 [Del]
(hey there Gurochan ._.;;
long time reader, first time writer. I've never done this before. I'm a little nervous. In the words of Max Bialystock: "heeeeeeellllp me."
I'm open to suggestions. This is going to start out all right, and get swiftly worse for Rebeka as I continue writing. Trust me.
So, one quick disclaimer: Firepoint is a fictitious place, as is the Bishop University discussed herein. Any semblances to real universities/towns/people, in any way, shape or form, is purely coincidental.)
It was tradition- it had been so for years. The end of the year at Bishop University, in Firepoint, was a time of great joy for most of the students- and after all, why shouldn't it be?
Four students of each graduating class were nominated, and of these, the election would be held. For all of November, the halls of the so-designated building were plastered with posters for the grand day. The first snows of the year almost inevitably came around that time, and the celebratory ceremony- held outside- usually had the gorgeous sparkle of the early-morning frost. The student and faculty bodies of Bishop looked forward, with great anticipation, to that day- with only one or two exceptions.
This year, the first two nominated were very popular, as usual. Kirsten Smith and Luther Czerwinski had friends in high places. though the two weren't quite close themselves, both were friends to one and all. The next was Winston Violet, mostly due to his devoted and very emphatic little circle of friends. None of these really came as a surprise to anyone, and each seemed (on the face of things) to be quite excited about it all.
2 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-21 19:49 [Del]
Days slipped by.
Oh, what Rebeka Samson wouldn't have given to be given a frightened berth in the hallway, or at least, to be ignored. Instead, today, as she stared in helpless sorrow up at the glossy 8-by-ten photograph of Winston's bright smile and the lovely bold Times New Roman caption imploring the students:
"Don't Vote for Winston Violet."
Don't vote for Winston Violet.
Never had such a cruel joke, she thought, been played on her. Winston would win. She knew it, even if he didn't. He had a wonderfully dorky charm about him. He even had a gap in his front teeth, because his parents were poor and he wanted to go to college instead of having braces. His sense of humor almost always involved a minority at the short end of the stick. It was sickening what a perfect candidate he was for failure.
Self-pityingly, she tried to shield herself in the fake fur collar of her jacket from her new Friends.
Oh, her Friends- this was different than just being 'friends.' Her few, old friends would have left her alone to wallow in her own sorrow like she wanted. Her Friends were numerous, and never left her alone. They had been trotting everywhere after her since they heard she was on the candidate list, and she found herself assailed at all hours by smiling faces and bright words of encouragement.
"Buck up, Rebeka!" An adorable, freckled freshman smiled at her. "You're going to lose!"
3 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-21 20:05 [Del]
It was really more than just an attempt. In fact, in missing her face, Kirsten's metal cross keychain (about five inches long, with four of bottom spire) stabbed neatly into Rebeka's right eye.
On impact, her face tilted back, and instead of screaming Rebeka found herself just a little bit shocked.
It honestly hurt more as she hit the ground, cracking her skull neatly on the white marble with a very tearful and emotionally hurt Kirsten sitting astride her torso, twisting the cross in her eye like a corkscrew in a wine cork.
It took Rebeka a moment to realize that her perspective was suddenly quite flawed, and as she did, she screamed. Her Friends and Kirsten's friends circled around them, looking very excited about the whole thing- at least, the half of them that Rebeka could see.
Her ears rang. Wrapping her hands around Kirsten's arm, she tried shoving her away. Kirsten bore down harder, the two arms of the metal cross biting into her skin, making the bone of her eye socket feel like it was splintering. Kirsten was quite a bit stronger and bigger than Rebeka was- she wasn't the skinny little thing Rebeka had spent years starving herself to be, and it took all of her adrenaline-fueled strength to escape from her grasp.
Frenzied, Rebeka tried to dash away, only to be caught and held by her Friends.
"Don't go, Rebeka!"
"Rebeka, come on!"
"Play fair!"
4 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-21 20:06 [Del]
( Feedback get? I know it's shitting confusing right now. It's my first attempt. Anyone have any suggestions as to where I could take this? )
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6 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-23 16:43 [Del]
( Well, I hate to leave a task unfinished. I'll just keep going until someone sees fit to help me out. )
The hospital at Firepoint was one of the best. It was well-renowned, never abused a soul, and Rebeka hated every inch of it for the time that she was there.
Although for most of the time she had been doped within an inch of unconsciousness, Rebeka liked to pretend she had suffered horribly there while making every effort possible to delay her recovery.
Her new world seemed curiously flat- the most she could get out of anyone was that the extensive trauma she had endured had, well, fucked her up. She complained extensively about her school, and in response she was greeted with laughter and sympathetic stories because, it seemed, everyone in Firepoint had attended Bishop University. The reasoning of it escaped her.
The week prior to her release, she requested a transfer, and was denied. The denial came through in a cold e-mail addressed from the Dean:
"Miss Samson,
I cannot approve your request at this time. As you know it's simply the wrong season for it- after all, you're a candidate for the Class Election! I'm sure when all is said and done you'll be-"
7 Name: Phosphorus : 2009-10-25 16:07 [Del]
Rebeka made better progress coming down from her apartment than she had going up. She was no longer worried about persuading the hospital to let her stay, and so she bounded down the flights of stairs back to the lobby, and its central courtyard, like a man possessed, hell-bent on telling Winston (and his sick sense of humor) off.
She slammed the doors open, and marched up to him, her face turning red as he began to laugh again at her, erasing all doubt in her mind.
"What are you think you're laughing at, you ass?" Rebeka demanded, glaring at him. He took one look at her and half-tried to contain his laughter.
"Let's be smart, here," He asked her, hopping off the table he was sitting on. "What do you think I'm laughing at?"
"I think- I know- you're laughing at me. I want to know why."
He looked down at her disdainfully for a moment, then grinned again.
"All right, I'll throw you a bone. You're irrepressibly stupid. Look at yourself. Look at your face," he sneered, and prodded her bandaged eye (or lack thereof.)
Rebeka turned bright pink, slapped his hand away and backed up. "Don't touch me! Who do you think you are? You don't even know me," She spat.
8 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-26 01:12 [Del]
going good so far...although I have a feeling the winner get's executed I hope the unwilling one wins as unwilling executions are more fun to read about
9 Name: Anonymous : 2009-10-26 13:12 [Del]
MOAR!! Yeah!
10 Name: Anonymous : 2009-11-01 23:47 [Del]
i sure hope rebeka gets to live...and grow up to be a demolitions industry worker to take revenge on that school
11 Name: mrmonkey : 2009-11-18 18:01 [Del]
i see what your doing there