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the UTTER CHAOS meme



Quick! Run! Hide! Scream! Flail uselessly! That's about all you'll be able to do against... whatever we're all afraid of. Um. What was that, again? Well, nevermind, it's scary anyway.

If you're a character in this meme, you have suddenly found yourself amidst a group of people, all of whom are panicking about... something. For the moment, it's not immediately obvious what that something is, but it seems like they all know something you don't. Maybe there's a tornado coming. Maybe there's a sudden flea infestation and you just haven't gotten swarmed yet. Maybe Cthulhu is just around the corner. Maybe everyone but you is mind controlled and trying to get away from crazy delusions of aliens landing and all singing Nyan cat in about fifteen different keys.

Or maybe it's all just a false alarm that's gotten out of control. But can you really afford to assume that?

Will you join in the flailing, try to snoop out the root cause, or be the one trying to get everyone else to just calm down already?

Rules
1. Your character will run into other characters in the midst of the panic.
2. Write the reason for panicking in the subject line, or label it as open for responders to make up. (Or leave everyone clueless, that works, too!)
3. ?????
4. CHAOS!!!!! And, you know, profit.

Just remember, when in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Comments

[tooshytofly]

I suppose they're better off in their own game, then, aren't they? There are too many dangerous things in other games...

[wreckingduty]

Right, who knows what'd they turn into if they ate some of the other stuff around...

[tooshytofly]

Oh, that would be awful!

[wreckingduty]

It really would be! Those bugs are bad, bad news.

[tooshytofly]

They were rather rambunctious...but they can't be all bad, even if they are kind of scary.

[wreckingduty]

I don't know about that, but they did behave when you told them to, so maybe you've got a point.

[tooshytofly]

They were just another animal, really...some animals are just scary like that.

[She smiles.]

I've got a way with them, after all.

[wreckingduty]

I'm thankful for that, I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't shown up.

[tooshytofly]

I'm glad I could help!

[wreckingduty]

I'm glad you could too, if it wasn't for you, I could have gotten a permanent Game Over!

[tooshytofly]

That would have been awful!

[wreckingduty]

Absolutely horrible! My game'd be unplugged for sure! And then it'd be all my fault that everybody'd be out of a home!

[tooshytofly]

Oh, no! That's a whole lot of people depending on you--I'm sure they'll be glad you're safe!

[wreckingduty]

[He sighs.] I don't know... They don't really like me all that much. I don't even think they realize how important I am to the game...

[tooshytofly]

Oh...

[She scuffs a hoof on the ground.]

The people in your game sound mean...

[wreckingduty]

[Ralph sighs.] They're nice enough to each other and Felix, but when it comes to me...well, I'm at the bottom of their list.

[tooshytofly]

Oh, dear...that really isn't nice at all.

[wreckingduty]

[Ralph shakes his head.] Yeah, there's not much I can do about it. I mean, that's why I ended up in that horrible game, they said if I got a medal, that they'd make me part of the cake and that I could live in the penthouse and everything!

I'm gonna look really dumb if I go back without a big, shiny medal. If I don't bring home a medal, it'll just prove to them that I'm nothing more that just a Bad Guy.

[tooshytofly]

If a medal's all you need, then I think we can help! We'll just have to make you one so they'll be nicer to you!

[wreckingduty]

[She's got Ralph's attention now.] Whoa, you'd make me a medal? Would it be a really shiny one?

[tooshytofly]

I think we can do that!

[Glitter is shiny, right? She looks up at some birds in a nearby tree.]

Could you dears please get us something we can use to make a medal?

[And they're off!]

[wreckingduty]

This is great! Once I've got a medal, then the Nicelanders'll be nice to me for sure! Thank you so much!

[tooshytofly]

Oh, it's no trouble at all!

[And the woodland creatures have returned with medal-making supplies. Ribbons, pie tins, glitter, paint, scissors, even a few gems. A couple of the birds are even measuring Ralph with one of the ribbons so he can hang the medal around his neck.]

[wreckingduty]

[Ralph beams and stands still as the birds measure him up. Between the glitter and the gems, he thinks the medal's gonna turn out nice and shiny. And even better, it's home made, not just something the game spat out as a reward. Real effort from real people is going into this.]

I can't wait to see how it turns out!

[tooshytofly]

[With the help of her critter friends, Fluttershy fashions a very sparkly medal for Ralph. It's about the size of a pie tin, and it's covered in gold glitter and has a nice variety of jewels arranged on it. The birds hang it around his neck.]

Well? What do you think?