the scythe rolls were great! the rest... not so much On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Pete <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > oh come on - ho-one is that fast! > > ae the all dead Usain Bolt skellies?!!! > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jason Proctor <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* "satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <satanworship@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Friday, September 26, 2014 12:48 PM > *Subject:* [satanworship] 28 milliseconds later > > Arfa and Chump take up their positions on the edge of the pit, and arrange > their stances as their scythe teachers once told them, long ago. after a > nod to each other, they raise their weapons. > > almost as one, the scythes sweep viciously downward and cleanly sever the > spinal cords of the two closest skeletons. the teachers advised them to > keep their eye on the target, rather than watch the follow-through, and > this turns out to be most satisfying, as the heads simultaneously jump > vertically to almost exactly Arfa and Chump eye-height. > > the thrill of the triumph is brief, however, as at the very moment of > contact between the scythes and their targets, the skeleton horde springs > to life with mechanical rapidity. by the time the severed heads and the > heroes begin the downward path from the zeniths of their trajectory and > their triumph respectively, said heroes are mobbed by the first row of > cadavers. > > Arfa and Chump are bowled over by a sea of grabbing, biting, tearing dead > humanity. they try to drag themselves away, but only a second after the > first wave, the second line of skeletons hits, flailing with rusty weapons > plucked from the pit floor. > > the third and subsequent waves flow around the melee and head for Splut, > who heroically makes his Bottle Out roll and flees back up the passage. > > > > > >