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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Crusader Challenge I


I sat down to write the other day and...Veronica Mars called me. She sounded a little nasal when she asked me if I had time to go over some puzzling notes for her new mystery case. You know, the one about the love fountain in Rome. I told her I had to study for next week's exam. Yes. Two exams, two days in a row. She understood, and then she sneezed "quidditch!" 

"Bless you," I said, holding my phone between my cheek and shoulder.

She thanked me, and then blew her nose as loudly as an elephant warning its heard of incoming landslide. 

"Are you coming down with a cold?" I asked while flipping through my notes on phonetics. Allophones? Fortis and Lenis?

"Yeah- Quidditch!" She blew her nose again. "Sorry, how about I come by on Wednesday?"

"See yah then. It'll give us chance to go over some gossip." I hung up the phone. 

Poor girl. Ever since Sylar set her on fire in Heroes, her clever mind just hasn't been the same.

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Yeah, I know it's LAME. But I don't have time to write a proper story. I still wanted to take part. I seriously AM studying for two exams. One is on Monday, and the other on Tuesday. And then I have to turn in a short story for creative writing tomorrow. Talk about teacher collaboration! 

This is the first challenge of the Crusaders (a group of people working towards building an online platform - new members are welcome and should visit Rach's site to sign up: Writers' Platform-Building Crusade).

The bonus words were: Mars, quidditch, and elephant.


The prize this round is an interview with Rach, which will be the first with a Crusader of Rach's Insider Scoop Interviews. Which is, of course, a great way to get online coverage. (She has already interviewed Jody Hedlund and Caitie Flum).


Oh, and of course I know what quidditch is - I just decided to use it this way.

27 comments:

  1. Loved "hasn't been the same since Sylar set her on fire." Haha!

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  2. Honestly? I was hoping the two would end up together. There was such a "spark" (haha) between the two.

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  3. Adorable, Tessa! I loved that you used "quidditch" that way!

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  4. Thanks, Megan. I wondered if I should sneak Harry Potter in there, but Kristin Bell hasn't had anything to do with Daniel Radcliffe yet (or any of the other actors...I think).

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  5. I thought this was the beginning of a bizaar dream you had. I'm...kinda glad it's not. :) I was beginning to worry!

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  6. Haha! Please slap me up if I have dreams about Kristen Bell! Not exactly my favourite actress, but not terrible either, I suppose.

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  7. Hahahaha! Okay, so I had no idea what you were doing, but I was cracking up nonetheless. And then I read the bonus words. Funny stuff. I think you pulled it off ;)

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  8. Love it! Clever use of the bonus words. Glad to be reading something with wit. ;)

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  9. I'm voting for this use of "quidditch" to go mainstream.

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  10. I was hoping Elle and Sylar would stay together too. And that Elle would be little Noah's mom. There was a *spark*

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  11. Ooh, great post Tessa. Love the quidditch sneeze, very original :)

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  12. Wow, thanks guys. It really was just something I threw together because of lack of time >.< And yeah! Quidditch should go mainstream as sneeze, haha ^.^

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  13. I cracked up with this line: Ever since Sylar set her on fire in Heroes -- loved it!

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  14. I missed the last couple years of Heroes, but I did get the other references! I think it's witty, not lame! Good job.
    erica

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  15. I think I missed the last season, or I don't really know how many seasons there are now. I need to catch up. I used to love those shows - yes, the seasons after the first one, too. Life just caught up with me and I didn't have time for TV anymore :/

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  16. Great job, Tessa! I love Heroes (and how you integrated the word quidditch into the whole thing)! :)

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  17. "then she sneezed "quidditch!" - CLEVER and FUNNY!

    Good luck with your exams.

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  18. I also love the Sylar line! And I'm so slow, I didn't even get the Mars part until the end when I thought, "she hasn't used Mars anywhere..." and went back to check and saw Veronica Mars. "Ooooh," thinks me. "That's clever!"

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  19. Hehe. I considered other ideas, like elephans on Mars playing quidditch...but it just seemed too out there ^.^

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  20. Hey nothing wrong with humour! Loved some of the similes were great - then blew her nose as loudly as an elephant warning its heard of incoming landslide. Ha Ha..:)

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  21. Thanks L'Aussie, and nice to meet you :D

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  22. Hi, greetings from the tropical rain forest!

    Nice slant to quidditch - my sneeze will never be the same again!

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  23. Tropical rain forest! Envy! It's dark and gloomy over here today.

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