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Minikaiju Horde

Sep 19th, 2016
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  1. ----Writing Prompt---------
  2. > What if Alloy's plan all along was to harness the power of a small army of mini orchids?
  3. > I'm not sure what kind of power that would be. Maybe a really bright flashlight or something?
  4. ---------------------------
  5. Initiating drawbun ritual
  6. >Someone, somewhere, awoke with a start.
  7. >There were strange noises coming from downstairs.
  8. >Boom boom crash!
  9. >A home invader!
  10. >He looked to the horde of miniature kaijupones looking back at him from the rest of the bed.
  11. >The good citizen knew just what to do.
  12. >He grabbed a bulky flashlight from his bedside.
  13. >He would not be found unprepared.
  14. >Boom boom crash!
  15. >The door came down.
  16. >A figured swept into the room from the hallway shadow.
  17. >The two sized one another up.
  18. >A man wearing a black ski mask glared through two menacing eye holes.
  19. >The criminal had a crowbar in one arm and in his pocket was the butt of a pistol.
  20. >This man meant business, but so did his imminent target.
  21. >The home owner grimly held a bulky flashlight.
  22. >Would it be enough?
  23. >He would find out soon.
  24. >The invader's hand twitched.
  25. >In an instant, the flashlight was brought to bear.
  26. >The homeowner depressed his thumb to the sound of tiny horses narrating the sound effect.
  27. >"Click!"
  28. >The room was blasted with photons.
  29. >He had a flashlight with a mighty ten L.E.P.'s.
  30. >This many Light Emitting Ponies packed into one device was like a neon blue searchlight.
  31. >The thief yelped at the harsh lighting, disoriented.
  32. >There was a gunshot, and a heavy thump.
  33.  
  34. >The light dropped to the ground, still shining towards the door.
  35. >Had the bullet hit its mark?
  36. >Everything went quiet save for a sniffle from inside the flashlight.
  37. >The strong light remained blinding.
  38. >Trying to shield his eyes, the assailant stumbled forward.
  39. >The blue faded from his eyes when he got close enough, just in front of the flashlight.
  40. >He could see the home owner on the ground, staring up at him.
  41. >They blinked at each other.
  42. >Lucky miss.
  43. >Before he could point the gun, a hand of the fallen man shot over to the flashlight.
  44. >It hit a switch and the light's reflector flipped open.
  45. >Immediately a cluster of miniponies dove out like a pack of cheering face huggers.
  46. >The cobalt blue spotlight fanning out into a torrent of smaller lights that fell upon the home invader.
  47. >The man went down with a cry, tackled and wrestled to the ground by the snuggly swarm in typical horror movie fashion.
  48. >He scrambled for his gun but couldn't dislodge the steely jaws of the tiny alien horses.
  49. >No matter how hard he fought he couldn't shake them for more than a blink.
  50. >He kicked, tried to punch, kick, squirm, and roll.
  51. >He swung his arm and they simply cleared the way in a flash, swirling around his fist like a school of fish weaving around a predator.
  52. >He kicked out and only thumped against open floor.
  53. >The whirling swarm simply dodged every blow.
  54. >He rolled across the floor but they simply hopped on and rode him like a cartoonish rolling log.
  55. >"Get 'em off! Get 'em off!" he begged, struggles growing feeble.
  56. >The home owner merely stood up and looked away.
  57. >This part was hard to watch.
  58. >Rampant cuddling of this caliber was illegal in twelve states.
  59. >Dusting himself off and checking for wounds, the home owner sighed, watching the blue lights continue to swirl over their prey.
  60. >Soon enough, one of the kaiju in particular stood on the exhausted man's head, a bag between her forelegs.
  61. >"I found chips in his pocket!"
  62. >"Chips?!"
  63. >"He must know where more are!"
  64. >"Let's go find them!"
  65. >A chorus of agreements rang out.
  66. >The invader was carried out like a prize by ants, little kaiju "Nam nam nam"-ing on his clothes.
  67. >"Any chips in here?"
  68. >"No, try his hat!"
  69. >"Okay!"
  70. >The voices faded down the hallway.
  71. >The home owner reached for his phone.
  72. "Hello? Yes I'd like to report a low-speed snuggling. Yeah. Yes. They're on the front lawn now and dragging him down the street. South on 10th street. Okay. I'll bring a bag."
  73.  
  74. >He clicked the call to an end went downstairs to the kitchen pantry.
  75. >The home owner later caught up to the horde of tiny kaijus still glowing excitedly.
  76. >The former burglar turned victim was dazed while they used him as an elevated perch to search for oncoming snack bags.
  77. >Two police cars were stationed close by, officers trying to coax the group of glowing ponies away so they could make their questioning.
  78. >One of them was jingling a keychain and while it got a few glances of attention, they seemed to take it as the distraction it was.
  79. >The owner approached one of the ponies who was idly gnawing on a lock of the fallen man's hair.
  80. "Hey sweetie, whatcha doing?"
  81. >She paused her namming to respond.
  82. >"They call this greasy hair, but it's not like chip greasy."
  83. "Doesn't taste very good, does it?"
  84. >She shook her head.
  85. >The little ponies collectively sighed defeatedly.
  86. "Wouldn't a real chip be better?"
  87. >She nodded.
  88. >"Do you know where they are?"
  89. "I have some."
  90. >That got their attention.
  91. >A small lake of blue lights turned his way.
  92. >He held up a bag and scrunched it loudly in his hands.
  93. >The miniponies quickly scrambled off of their victim and returned to their owner's side.
  94. >He tossed a piece of deliciousness at the crowd.
  95. >Like a swarm of fish puppies they stumbled over one another and leaped at the chance.
  96. >"Chip, chip, chip!" they started chanting.
  97. >One was not enough.
  98. >He tossed them slowly, rationing them one at a time.
  99. >As the number of chips dwindled, they started vying for the treat, squabbling in little kaiju combat.
  100. >"I want a chip, too!"
  101. >"Miiiine!"
  102. >They hustled and shuffled, jockeying for the best positions.
  103. >Somehow, the owner managed to keep track of them.
  104. >One for each and then back down the line again.
  105. >Chip after chip while the police conducted their business, asking questions about what could possibly have caused this scene.
  106. >After a thorough explanation, the officers were done and it was time to take the little kaijus back home.
  107. >Only, they seemed disinterested.
  108. >It was past their bed time.
  109. >Now thoroughly awakened, they were active.
  110. >"I want adventure!"
  111. >"Yeah!" the rest cheered.
  112. "It's bed time."
  113. >"But we don't want to," they whined.
  114. >The owner was baffled what to do.
  115. >Until he spotted a gas station on the street corner.
  116. "Would you go to bed if you get a super special midnight snack?"
  117. >They thought it over for all of a second.
  118. >"Yay!"
  119. >"More chips!"
  120. "This way!"
  121. >He led his strange gang of small kaijupones into the convenience store, holding the door open for the massses.
  122. >When he entered, they had already started sniffing around, the store clerk meekly peeking out around a display stand.
  123. >"They're not gonna, like, eat my customers, are they?"
  124. "Probably not."
  125. >His reply was cut off but one of the ponies suddenly stop sniffing at the entrance to an aisle.
  126. >She began flashing her bio-luminescent lights in a swirl of patterns and squealing excitedly.
  127. >The rest quickly fell into place behind it, roving as a horde once again down the snack aisle.
  128. >They came to a stop, looking at a bag strangely.
  129. >"Chalk-oh-lat... chips?"
  130. >"Chips?"
  131. >"Chips!"
  132. >One could only imagine what the little terrors might turn into on a sugar rush.
  133. >The owner was quick to divert their attention.
  134. "Nonono, those are fake chips."
  135. >"Fake?"
  136. "Yes."
  137. >He scanned further down the aisle.
  138. "Real ones are over there."
  139. >They followed his pointing finger and they scurried across the length of the aisle.
  140. >They came back quickly, each one having grabbed a bag of one chip or another.
  141. >He checked to make sure they were all present before leading them back to the counter.
  142. "Everyone have some?"
  143. >They all nodded their heads and replied with voices muffled by their assorted prizes.
  144. >He paid for the newfound snacks but as they dragged the bags towards the door, he called out.
  145. "Wait, girls. Let me bag those, it'll be easier to carry."
  146. >They stopped in their tracks, looking at him like he was crazy.
  147. >"Bags... in bags?" one of them asked.
  148. "Yeah. If you drag them on the ground they might break and I can carry them all."
  149. >They were mystified by this proposal.
  150. >They brought the bags forward to him and he put each snackbag one in a proper plastic bag.
  151. >Together they left the gas station, group of kaijuponies dogging his heels.
  152. >He re-entered the house, stick the front door back into place as best he could and dropped the bags.
  153. >They were quickly assaulted on all sides, grabbed and dragged to separate parts of the open-kitchen living room.
  154. >The room was filled with the happy nams of the kaijupones.
  155. >Eventually he crept back into his bed, and slinked back under the covers.
  156. >A pile of miniponies quickly gathered, sprawling across the bed in a chorus of small snores.
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