Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 11, 2006, 09:53:40 PM
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The Screamer of Darker Ashton
Once upon a time, unbeknownst to mankind, in the shadows of the city Greater Ashton, was a hamlet for monstrous creatures, devious apparitions, and horrible phantoms of all kinds. That place is called Darker Ashton. The disturbing denizens of the city lived to terrify the innocent, frighten small children, give heart attacks to the elderly, and so on. Scaring is the heart of the city, and more so, the life of society. Striking fear in the hearts of men is all important to the demons of Darker Ashton, well except one, of course.
“Wake up Darryl!”
“Huh?” “Who’s there?” Darryl groggily asked. “Why are you in my room?”
“Oi, first of all, this ain’t your room, squirt, and second of all...” The red, hulking behemoth lifted the little sprite by the nape of his neck. “I’m your teacher, and this thing you’re disrupting is a class!” He screamed at the top of his massive lungs. “But since I know you forgot, this is menacing 101, and I’m Professor Catoblepas!”
“Eh?” Darryl was confused.
Very calmly, the Professor whispered, “Hey, don’t worry about it, you’ll be here,” he raised his voice, “writing it down, all friggin’ night!” Then he let out a menacing roar that put the entire group of pupils who had the misfortune of being caught in between such a struggle into a great shock. Ambulances were called, pants were wet, funerals scheduled, inhalers brought out, ears bled, tears were shed, and well, it was an all around bad experience for that class. Darryl, however, wasn’t so afraid.
“Good one!” Darryl spouted, unable to keep in the awe.
“Oh, I got plenty more, after class!” Prof. Catoblepas scraped Darryl’s name on the blackboard, and went back to the lecture. Darryl didn’t care. In fact, his classmates were more afraid than he was.
“Darryl, my frightening friend, you better shape up,” a more practical acquaintance of his whispered, “or you just might live in this classroom.” “I mean, it’s only the second day, man.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know it, Ingo,” Daryl scoffed.
“Oh well, I guess you’ll have find out on your own,” Ingo retorted. “I think you’re taking the perks of Fear University for granted.”
And so the first week went. And Darryl didn’t notice it, but his disinterest in menacing, and every other course for that matter, was part of unique change he was experiencing. Something was changing, and the metamorphosis would soon be complete. His friends were worried about him and the fact that he wasn’t himself, a proud, ghastly, top of line, fear inducing child of Lucifer himself. After another session of detention de Catoblepas, he met with Ingo and another friend.
“You know, Darryl, you’re not looking like yourself,” A concerned Ingo told him.
“I’m fine, and don’t worry about me,” he said, reassuringly. “I’m gonna be a beast of legend.”
“Show me you game face then,” another one of his companions demanded. “You’ve been slacking lately.”
Darryl took the deepest of breaths imaginable, and let out—a little yelp?
Yes, it was, and before all of his friends he was put to shame.
“You’ve lost it!” said a dumbfounded Ingo. “Ashura, did you hear it?” “He’s lost his edge!”
“Man, you almost sound human just then; I’m outta here,” said a let down Ashura. “I thought you were practicing secretly or something.”
“Wait, gimme a do over!” Darryl cried. It wasn’t going to happen though; his friends had already slumped off, disappointedly.
Darryl couldn’t believe it. He had been practicing in private in his dorm. Why, just yesterday he made a policeman soil himself. This was the opposite of progress. Darryl went back to his room to stand among the mirrors, like he always did when he was feeling low, or just in his spare time. But he gasped in fright in fright when he saw what was looking back at him.
“Never, never!” he yelled in disbelief. “I couldn’t be... I mean, this isn’t me!”
He was confused and shocked, almost traumatized by what his reflection was. He was human, almost handsome, in fact. This had to be the lowest point of career for one who aspired to be as the devil himself was. He tried to break the mirror, but demon ingenuity was tough to break. Not being able to obstruct his his view, Darryl rummaged around room his until he found a black mask. Using that mask he hid away his shame.
“I’m still a monster, a dangerous vicious demon!” He shrieked. “I’ll just go out and show these fake reflections who is the boss around here!”
The Confused demon stormed out of his dorm, off the prestigious Fear University Campus, and out into Greater Ashton. He went into the toughest part of the city, where the even the frightening apparition was often ignored. Stealthily slinking around, he followed two men into an alley way.
“Stop where you stand, foul humans,” Darryl said in his most raspy, spookiest voice. “Do I frighten you?” “Answer quickly, or I’ll tear you to pieces!”
“Go home kid; don’t bother me,” the bald one quickly said. “I don’t have time for games.”
“Nah, I think we got time, Jim,” the taller one said, “plenty of it,” he continued.
The two quickly ganged up on Darryl. Darryl shoved the taller victim turned assailant, a while dodging the other’s punch. The taller man quickly got back up, but was hit by the bald man, Jim, who had been thrown at him. Amidst the scuffle, Darryl’s Mask was removed.
“See?” “You’re nothing to fear, boy,” said the taller man as he wiped the blood from his lip. “You’re just a human like us.”
“What?” Darryl still couldn’t believe he had been changed into such a despicable, human, glorified monkey! He snatched up the nearest thing around him, a paper bag, and wrote these words: MONSTER. RAWR. He then poked out eyes into the bag and drew a mouth. He slid the bag onto that human face that shamed him so.
“Look I’m a monster, I am THE monster.” Darryl let loose, “I AM A D-E-M-O-N!!!!”
And low, the sheer sound of those words uttered by the wolf forced to be in sheep’s clothing, were so undeniably grim, so fear-provoking, that on that night humans all over Greater Ashton knew fear. And they knew the Screamer of Darker Ashton.
It's done now, and mind you, i'm pulling this out of my ass to accompany a paper mache statue I made for an art exam grade.
I like it, but it could use some editing. Also, Greater Ashton is a city in my comic universe, and now three stories run through it.
Comment! NOW! S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y.
Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 15, 2006, 05:00:08 PM
concept art
Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 27, 2006, 02:56:05 AM
Post by: Revolution911 on January 27, 2006, 03:03:25 AM
Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 27, 2006, 03:04:20 AM
Post by: Revolution911 on January 27, 2006, 03:12:18 AM
Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 27, 2006, 03:13:04 AM
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Originally posted by Revolution911
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!
That's right, mourn with me... lol
Post by: Meiscool-2 on January 27, 2006, 03:51:05 AM
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Originally posted by blaze_shinigami
quote: Originally posted by Revolution911
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!
That's right, mourn with me... lol
Hey, I'll [STRIKE]spam[/STRIKE] mourn with you as well!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
Post by: Revolution911 on January 27, 2006, 03:59:17 AM
A little spam is good for a healthy diet.
Anyway, I read it. I LIKED THE STORY, AND THE DRAWINGS.
Post by: blaze_shinigami on January 27, 2006, 10:42:18 AM
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Originally posted by Revolution911
HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPHHHHH!!
A little spam is good for a healthy diet.
Anyway, I read it. I LIKED THE STORY, AND THE DRAWINGS.
1 down, 19867 to go.
by the way this ain't spam Meiscool.
We are mourning my artwork; for, here it is a as good as dead.
Post by: Spike21 on January 27, 2006, 07:45:37 PM
...meow
Post by: Meiscool-2 on January 27, 2006, 08:14:31 PM
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Originally posted by blaze_shinigami
quote: Originally posted by Revolution911
HRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPHHHHH!!
A little spam is good for a healthy diet.
Anyway, I read it. I LIKED THE STORY, AND THE DRAWINGS.
1 down, 19867 to go.
by the way this ain't spam Meiscool.
We are mourning my artwork; for, here it is a as good as dead.
Nowhere did I write that this was spam...
BTW, nice art. It's red and cool.
Post by: drenrin2120 on January 28, 2006, 03:41:07 AM