#prompt o
NEGLECT + OCEAN
Part 2 of the Last Prompt [Luck + MCC]
X-Life Alphabet Event - Day 13-14
“Welcome everyone, to the annual event known as MCC!” The cheers from the crowd made Scott flinch as he wasn’t use to loud noises. Next to him, Stephan gave him a sorrow look but quickly replaced it with a consoling smile when Scott looked over to him.
“As you can see, there are two newer people on stage with me. I will like to introduce the two Main Contributors, Smajor and Noxite!” The crowd clapped as the duo walked over to the stand and got up to the microphone. At this point, Scott was more scared than ever. Seeing his friend eyes starting to widen, Stephan quickly grabbed his hand and gave it a hopeful squeeze of reassurance. He knew that Scott was scared of speaking to the public.
“Hello everyone! My name is Noxite and this is my Companion Contributor, Smajor. We are proud to be on the help to make MCC the most memorable times of your lives.” Noxite spoke with pride and no fear. Well, no fear, considering that they had a transcript written down for them (the same one Scott spent an entire night reading over and over again to the point Stephan and Lauren had to quite literally tear it out his hands).
“Y-yes, we are very much proud.” Scott stuttered out, silently cursing at himself for the small stutter. Lauren, who was standing next to them by the side, watched with concern as Scott continued to speak. While yes, she did trust the Noxcrew to take care of him when she found him when he was only 13 (it’s been 3 years since then and she still promises to hurt the son of bitches who neglected him), she knew how much the boy feared to talk to a crowd.
Stephan glanced to the side, giving a reassured smile to Lauren as if to say ‘I Got Him, Don’t Worry’ before returning his gaze back to the crowd.
“Once again, we are proud to represent as the head Contributors of MCC and will do our best to make sure it stays that way until…” At that point, Lauren realized what was happening; his panic attack was kicking in. Shit.
“Until the ends of time!” Stephan quickly finished. “Now, we pass the mic over to the Media Lady, Lauren!” The crowd clapped again as the two rushed off stage.
“Hey, Scott, its okay! Look, I’m here!” Lauren hushed, placing her hand on the boy’s shoulder.
“Go, I can calm him down. The crowd might start to wonder.” Stephan said, gesturing his head to the stage.
××××× O ×××××
The post-party had started but the three weren’t there. Instead, they were by the beachside sitting by the bench.
“I fucked it up there, didn’t I?” Scott groaned, burying his hands in his face, which it mumbled his words.
“Nah, you just, froze up.” Stephan answered back, taking a small sip of water (he was gonna try and steal a glass of wine but Lauren went all mother on him, saying he was to young to drink it… okay fine, he was only 17 but still—).
“Isn’t that the same thing though?” Scott sarcastically barked back, leaning onto the older boy with weight as if he wanted to crush him.
“I don’t know, maybe we can ask Lauren about it.”
“Mm hm, sure…” Scott spat out a pity laugh before the same natural face fell on him again. “This is boring.”
“Tell me about it. There’s an open ocean and yet we can’t do nothing but swim in it but then Lauren will yell at us.” Stephan answered back.
“Yeah, that’s why I have this.” Scott grinned, pulling out two tridents from behind the bench.
“Wha- how?!”
“I stole them back from the storage room when I left my heavy cloak in my room. So, what do you say?” Scott’s eyes shined with mischief. “Up for round two, Stephan Noxite?”
“Oh you are so on!”
Today’s letter is O!
Prompts: ocean, overgrown, outfit, “oh, death”
The Depths of the Ocean
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O - ocean
Thanks for the support on my last one! This is just a retelling of Shubble’s first x-life episode. It’s also not really edited.
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The ocean is a dark void of depth and danger, especially when you have one heart. Shubble warned her companions of the danger before they set out to find a home. The sun had set a while ago and that means that the creatures of the ocean can come up on land. The group had decided to sleep before any of them were killed.
However they had lost each other, and as Shubble found Meghan a drowned came up to the surface and threw a trident hitting her. When Shubble respawned she declared that day on she and the ocean were at war.
