Short TG writing thing
Just some very short practice for now. :3
I was heading out with my friend Tad to the woods on the outskirts of town. Normally I wouldn't go anywhere near those parts, but getting drunk with the rest of the fraternity had finally gotten old.
"So, what exactly did you drag me out here for?" I said, rolling my eyes, putting up the tough guy facade I figured that any self respecting adult male would.
"I've heard some things. Supposedly the legendary goddess of mischief lives out here. Maybe if we found her, we could bring back some proof she exists, get rich and famous, you know?"
I grunted defensively, the two of crunching over fallen leaves and branches in our letter jackets and designer jeans. "Dude, we took the same mythology class, remember? 'Mischief' means tricks, so if she did exist, we'd wind up getting screwed over.
Tad laughed, a little louder than normal. I was pretty sure he was pulling my leg at this point, but well, we were frat bros and I wanted keep loyal and social. "It's funny you should say that..."
"Yeah, and what's so damn funny 'bout it?" I said, walking further into the darkness among the trees while trying to avoid looking him in the eye.
Then things got weird.
There was a flash of white light, and all of a sudden, Tad wasn't there anymore. Or he was, but he didn't look anything like he did before. I saw a girl, a little one who couldn't have been any older than seven. Her skin had a weird shine to it that may it almost seem as glossy as a linoleum floor, her red eyes were as big as saucers, and her golden blonde hair flowed down her back in long pigtails that went down to her waist. A shimmering metallic silver sleeveless gown, like something out of some old movie was draped over her tiny body, and a gold belt as bright as her hair cinched it around her. A single fang was drooped over the lips between her chubby cheeks, and, of all things, a pair of antlers were poking out of her gold hair. I could still make out a bit of Tad's face in hers, but everything else about the girl was just so bizarre and alien.
I blinked and rubbed my eyes, trying to snap out of the funk. I was starting to get legitimately scared, but I pretended to be angry to save face. "Dude, if this is some trick you're doing with your phone I'm gonna-"
Tad, or whatever he'd become, laughed, a weird, high pitched, tinny laugh that reminded me of an old music box and sent a shiver down my spine. "Oh Jim, haven't you figured out? The Goddess already got me when I came out here once before. Now that I've tricked you into following me, Okasama gets a new daughter, and I get a sister!"
I wanted to turn and run but before I could, she'd leapt around me, and her bare arms were around my neck. But it turned she wasn't strangling me. She leaned her cheeks against my face and I felt her antlers run across my forehead.
And then just a suddenly, I wasn't me anymore. I could feel every strange thing on Tad as part of me now. I licked my sharp snaggletooth, rubbed my proud antlers, and twirled in my gown. I was embarrassed at having been duped, but...it felt good, right somehow. There was something that had been missing when I'd been hazed or pranked by other guys before...Love. That was it.
We skipped off together into the night to meet Okasama. And I've never wanted to go back to my old life, save for times I pretend to be the old me to help grow Okasama's family. I hope I'll get to play a trick on you someday, and give you a hug.
I was heading out with my friend Tad to the woods on the outskirts of town. Normally I wouldn't go anywhere near those parts, but getting drunk with the rest of the fraternity had finally gotten old.
"So, what exactly did you drag me out here for?" I said, rolling my eyes, putting up the tough guy facade I figured that any self respecting adult male would.
"I've heard some things. Supposedly the legendary goddess of mischief lives out here. Maybe if we found her, we could bring back some proof she exists, get rich and famous, you know?"
I grunted defensively, the two of crunching over fallen leaves and branches in our letter jackets and designer jeans. "Dude, we took the same mythology class, remember? 'Mischief' means tricks, so if she did exist, we'd wind up getting screwed over.
Tad laughed, a little louder than normal. I was pretty sure he was pulling my leg at this point, but well, we were frat bros and I wanted keep loyal and social. "It's funny you should say that..."
"Yeah, and what's so damn funny 'bout it?" I said, walking further into the darkness among the trees while trying to avoid looking him in the eye.
Then things got weird.
There was a flash of white light, and all of a sudden, Tad wasn't there anymore. Or he was, but he didn't look anything like he did before. I saw a girl, a little one who couldn't have been any older than seven. Her skin had a weird shine to it that may it almost seem as glossy as a linoleum floor, her red eyes were as big as saucers, and her golden blonde hair flowed down her back in long pigtails that went down to her waist. A shimmering metallic silver sleeveless gown, like something out of some old movie was draped over her tiny body, and a gold belt as bright as her hair cinched it around her. A single fang was drooped over the lips between her chubby cheeks, and, of all things, a pair of antlers were poking out of her gold hair. I could still make out a bit of Tad's face in hers, but everything else about the girl was just so bizarre and alien.
I blinked and rubbed my eyes, trying to snap out of the funk. I was starting to get legitimately scared, but I pretended to be angry to save face. "Dude, if this is some trick you're doing with your phone I'm gonna-"
Tad, or whatever he'd become, laughed, a weird, high pitched, tinny laugh that reminded me of an old music box and sent a shiver down my spine. "Oh Jim, haven't you figured out? The Goddess already got me when I came out here once before. Now that I've tricked you into following me, Okasama gets a new daughter, and I get a sister!"
I wanted to turn and run but before I could, she'd leapt around me, and her bare arms were around my neck. But it turned she wasn't strangling me. She leaned her cheeks against my face and I felt her antlers run across my forehead.
And then just a suddenly, I wasn't me anymore. I could feel every strange thing on Tad as part of me now. I licked my sharp snaggletooth, rubbed my proud antlers, and twirled in my gown. I was embarrassed at having been duped, but...it felt good, right somehow. There was something that had been missing when I'd been hazed or pranked by other guys before...Love. That was it.
We skipped off together into the night to meet Okasama. And I've never wanted to go back to my old life, save for times I pretend to be the old me to help grow Okasama's family. I hope I'll get to play a trick on you someday, and give you a hug.