It all started when our cliche, protagonistic figure, Molly, woke up in a lemur-infested moor. It was the tenth time it had happened. Feeling ridiculously angered, Molly punched a baby, thinking it would make her feel better (and as usual, it did). As if it really mattered she realized that her beloved band My Chemical Romance was missing! Immediately she called her former ex-girlfriend, Brie. Molly had known Brie for 10 years, the majority of which were exotic ones. Brie was unique. She was easygoing though sometimes a little… abrasive. Molly called her anyway, for the situation was urgent.
Brie picked up to a very calm Molly. Brie calmly assured her that most disease-carrying chipmunks cringe before mating, yet 3-legged wallabies usually surreptitiously cringe *during* mating. She had no idea what that meant; she was only concerned with distracting Molly. Why was Brie trying to distract Molly? Because she had snuck out from Molly’s with the My Chemical Romance only ten days prior. It was a enticing little My Chemical Romance… how could she resist?
It didn’t take long before Molly got back to the subject at hand: her My Chemical Romance. Brie panicked. Relunctantly, Brie invited her over, assuring her they’d find the My Chemical Romance. Molly grabbed her hammock and disembarked immediately. After hanging up the phone, Brie realized that she was in trouble. She had to find a place to hide the My Chemical Romance and she had to do it aimlessly. She figured that if Molly took the deliciously practical 4-door, she had take at least seven minutes before Molly would get there. But if she took the Epona? Then Brie would be exceedingly screwed.
Before she could come up with any reasonable ideas, Brie was interrupted by nine dimwitted bats that were lured by her My Chemical Romance. Brie panicked; ‘Not again’, she thought. Feeling worried, she fearlessly reached for her ripened avocado and carefully slapped every last one of them. Apparently this was an adequate deterrent—the discouraged critters began to scurry back toward the magical cornfield, squealing with discontent. She exhaled with relief. That’s when she heard the Epona rolling up. It was Molly.
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As she pulled up, she felt a sense of urgency. She had had to make an unscheduled stop at Jim’s House of Wings to pick up a 12-pack of gerbils, so she knew she was running late. With a mighty leap, Molly was out of the Epona and went wildly jaunting toward Brie’s front door. Meanwhile inside, Brie was panicking. Not thinking, she tossed the My Chemical Romance into a box of wolverines and then slid the box behind her refrigerator. Brie was angered but at least the My Chemical Romance was concealed. The doorbell rang.
’Come in,’ Brie charismatically purred. With a apt push, Molly opened the door. ’Sorry for being late, but I was being chased by some funny-smelling flaming idiot in a Jap Trap,’ she lied. ’It’s fine,’ Brie assured her. Molly took a seat uncomfortably close to where Brie had hidden the My Chemical Romance. Brie yawned trying unsuccessfully to hide her nervousness. ’Uhh, can I get you anything?’ she blurted. But Molly was distracted. A few unfulfilled decades later, Brie noticed a abrasive look on Molly’s face. Molly slowly opened her mouth to speak.
’…What’s that smell?’
Brie felt a stabbing pain in her armpit when Molly asked this. In a moment of disbelief, she realized that she had hidden the My Chemical Romance right by her oscillating fan. ‘Wh-what? I don’t smell anything..!’ A lie. A annoying look started to form on Molly’s face. She turned to notice a box that seemed clearly out of place. ‘Th-th-those are just my grandma’s wolverines from when she used to have pet man-eating capybaras. She, uh…dropped ‘em by here earlier’. Molly nodded with fake acknowledgement…then, before Brie could react, Molly randomly lunged toward the box and opened it. The My Chemical Romance was plainly in view.
Molly stared at Brie for what what must’ve been four millseconds. Happy as a frickin’ monkey, Brie groped charismatically in Molly’s direction, clearly desperate. Molly grabbed the My Chemical Romance and bolted for the door. It was locked. Brie let out a enchanting chuckle. ‘If only you hadn’t been so protective of that thing, none of this would have happened, Molly,’ she rebuked. Brie always had been a little annoying, so Molly knew that reconciliation was not an option; she needed to escape before Brie did something crazy, like… start chucking potatos at her or something. A few unfulfilled decades later, she gripped her My Chemical Romance tightly and made a dash toward the window, diving headlong through the glass panels.
Brie looked on, blankly. ‘What the hell? That seemed excessive. The other door was open, you know.’ Silence from Molly. ‘And to think, I varnished that window frame ten days ago…it never ends!’ Suddenly she felt a tinge of concern for Molly. ‘Oh. You ..okay?’ Still silence. Brie walked over to the window and looked down. Molly was gone.
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Just yonder, Molly was struggling to make her way through the swamp behind Brie’s place. Molly had severely hurt her scalp during the window incident, and was starting to lose strength. Another pack of feral bats suddenly appeared, having caught wind of the My Chemical Romance. One by one they latched on to Molly. Already weakened from her injury, Molly yielded to the furry onslaught and collapsed. The last thing she saw before losing consciousness was a buzzing horde of bats running off with her My Chemical Romance.
About seven hours later, Molly awoke, her taint throbbing. It was dark and Molly did not know where she was. Deep in the hazy swamp, Molly was barely lost. Heart filled with earnest fortitude, she remembered that her My Chemical Romance was taken by the bats. But at that point, she was just thankful for her life. That’s when, to her horror, a big bat emerged from the haunted thicket. It was the alpha bat. Molly opened her mouth to scream but was cut short when the bat sunk its teeth into Molly’s armpit. With a faint groan, the life escaped from Molly’s lungs, but not before she realized that she was a failure.
Less than ten miles away, Brie was entombed by anguish over the loss of the My Chemical Romance. ’MY PRECIOUS!!’ she cried, as she reached for a sharpened banana. With a mighty thrust, she buried it deeply into her kidney. As the room began to fade to black, she thought about Molly… wishing she had found the courage to tell her that she loved her. But she would die alone that day. All that remained was the My Chemical Romance that had turned them against each other, ultimately causing their demise. And as the dew on melancholy sappling branches began to reflect the dawn’s reddish glare, all that could be heard was the chilling cry of distant bats, desecrating all things sacred to virtuous men, and perpetuating an evil that would reign for centuries to come. Our heroes would’ve lived unhappily ever after, but they were too busy being dead. So, no one lived forever after, the end. :’(