What If?
Say no to Truck-kun!
A re-imagining of Wrong Divinity's intro.Ice cream.
One stupid, free scoop of ice cream.
Dhane was in such a hurry to use his coupon—the one that expired at midnight—that he failed to do the one simple thing all kids were taught from a very early age: look both ways.
Halfway across the white-striped lines of the crosswalk—lured by the glow of a green walking-man sign and the beep-boop sound it made—he nearly didn’t notice the vroom of a garbage truck attempting to hit him for +100 points.
His body reacted immediately, sending him flying to the side. Eleven times out of ten, his willfully inept limbs would gladly pitch him into the asphalt, face first.
But not today.
Enthused by this miraculous outcome, he spun and yelled, “Ha!” at the fleeing wanna-be Truck-kun as it sped through the red light. “Not today!”
He had a whole life ahead of him: articles to write, games to play, nature to explore. And, most importantly at this moment, an ice cream coupon to redeem.
With a grin and a strut, happy to have thwarted the world’s latest attempt to end him, he marched toward the neon sign of Cold Sweets.
And thus, for Dhane, a very happy ending to a very short story. May he live long and prosper.
The End
Or it would be . . . if it weren’t for the airport shuttle bus, carrying 40-tons of overweight passengers and screaming toddlers excited to go to Disney World.
The word splat was the only word adequate to explain what happened. That and +100 points to the newly named Bus-kun.
I wanted to write a "what if" Dhane didn't get run over by Truck-kun. Well, not much changed, did it? Guess we can't change our destiny. ;)