My entry for this week’s #BlogBattle challenge by wonderful Rachael Ritchey, where the challenge is to write a short story based on that week’s chosen word. Visit the link to read more about it! Anyone can participate, and it’s a great way to hone one’s writing skills! This week’s word is: “Cosmic.” Enjoy!
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The camera focuses before the reporter.
“News Update! Earlier, we reported that the monstrosity, now come to be known as the Tropical Killer Cake, is on the loose. Currently, it is prowling Brazilian villages and their surrounding jungles. There has been no stopping this cosmic disaster–All previous attempts have failed.
An experiment gone wrong in the Baking Industry, the monster of cosmic proportions has been wild and running rampant throughout the land since its escape last Sunday. Seventy villages have been evacuated as of yesterday. The Tropical Killer Cake is a man-eating, mindless beast of baked batter that swallows all who get in the way! Five villages have already been demolished by its might, swallowed up in its endless appetite. The only way it can be stopped? “Eat it, before it eats you.” But so far, none have been successful.
Tropical Killer Cake is said to be the most delicious cake ever to have been created by humankind, a taste of delicious, cosmic proportions. But will there ever live a human that has tasted of its icing and lived to tell the tale?
Despair not, citizens! We just heard today that we have one last hope: the renown Cosmic Hunter, who has battled many a cosmic-sized monster in his day, is taking up the challenge! But will this man-eating experiment be too much to handle with a fork, even for him? There’s only one way to find out.
We now take you live on the hunt, as we follow Cosmic Hunter in this cosmic, monstrous quest to save humanity….
A large, brown leather boot crushes a thorn-dotted plant beneath its sole. Step after step, vegetation is crushed underfoot. The camera zooms back revealing the owner, an average-size man. But there was nothing “average” about this armed person with a dangerous glint in his cool eyes. Camouflage pants tucked into high boots secured with buckles and straps. A shirt half-unbuttoned beneath a green mottled coat lined with pockets and blades. A brown, wide-brim sun hat coming down over brown curly locks, shadowing a stubble face and rugged jaw line. The Cosmic Hunter.
“Cosmic Hunter. Do you believe you will succeed? Is this a task even you might fail?” asks the camera.
“Fail?” He pulls down the hat brim. “Fail or succeed, can’t know unless we try. That’s the way of the hunter’s life.” His cool voice speaks, while the brim casts his eyes into shadow. “Simple as that. We ain’t got time t’ be thinking on useless questions, reporter. Now, be quiet like as I get this done.”
“As cool and spectacular as ever. You heard him, folks!”
Cosmic Hunter bends to the ferns, picking up signs and scents, following a set of unusual tracks through the dense jungle he believes belongs to the mutated cake. In one hand he carries a five-foot long fork, with tongs the size of spear heads, ready for combat at any moment. He eyes a trail of left over crumbs across the jungle floor.
Somewhere nearby, a large branch creaks.
Cosmic Hunter looks up, alert eyes scan the trees and jungle vines. He holds up a hand, signaling for the camera man to be still and not move a muscle. The camera scans green foliage, swaying ferns, but nothing is seen, and nothing but a bird’s echoing call is heard…
It strikes!
A flash of movement. It comes upon Cosmic Hunter, lunging out of the treetops: the monstrous Tropical Killer Cake!
It lands with an enormous thud! and charges at them like a raging bull. The camera dives aside. Cosmic Hunter leads it away. Dashing around thick tree trunks, he uses them to slow the cosmic monster’s speed as it veers sharply after him. Taking one long leap, it flies through the air toward him, snapping foliage aside. Cosmic Hunter somersaults across the ground just in time, cake batter teeth nicking his coat.
Still holding the giant fork in hand, he puts some distance between them before turning and facing the Killer Cake. “I won’t let the likes of you hunt down people for breakfast, anymore! Y’hear? Your reign of terror is at its end. I will devour you, Tropical Killer Cake!”
Two slabs of white cake for a mouth, it charges and opens wide to swallow him up in one, whole bite.
Cosmic Hunter lunges the fork forward to meet it. Just before they clash, the fork jabs into the ground, and it’s used to somersault himself up high into the air. While rotating midair, the fork pulls free; and as he descends, the fork stabs down into Tropical Killer Cake’s cake batter back!
Landing both feet on its back, Cosmic Hunter quick yanks out the fork from the fluffy white, and eats a sample of cake. A taste of cosmic proportions hits him like a wave—a taste out of this world. Having been sampled, the Tropical Killer Cake loses its power and becomes a regular food: a ginormous cake of cosmic proportions. Humanity will survive once again thanks to the brave actions of Cosmic Hunter! The villagers, and many across the region, now have a delicious dessert to live on.
“News Update! It has been discovered that before the TKC was defeated, it had “buns” in the “oven”: small Tropical Killer Cakes, and they are running loose across the continent! Can they be stopped? Can every single one be caught before it grows into its full, cosmic size? Find out next week as we follow Cosmic Hunter on this new mission to save planet Earth!”
A boy’s eyelids popped open and he woke up. He stared at the ceiling above him, then sat up from a fluffy mattress. The moonlight shone bright as it slanted in through the window. “A dream?” he blinked, wondering where his cool hat and giant fork had disappeared to. “I should never eat cake before going to bed….”
It was all a dream! Lol, he’s so confused. Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed it, please join the mailing list Fellowship of the Book (a monthly newsletter), and “follow” the blog for more posts and stories to come! Also find E.Rawls on Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, andTwitter. 🙂
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[…] Cosmic Hunter: Tropical Killer Cake by E. Rawls […]
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LOL!!!! This was so much fun to read, Elisabeth! And hmmmm, I wonder where you got that idea from. 😉
My only question… what’s in this cake? Pineapple? Mango? Pina colada frosting? I’d love to know what kind of tropical goodness makes it so deadly. 😀
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Hehehehe! I knew you’d like it! I was waiting for you to read it! ;D Yes, TKC is now a thing! And it’s all thanks to you who made me guess what your TKC acronym book title stood for. 😉 (I still think Tropical Killer Cake could fit as your book’s title? Maybe maybe? Of course then you’d have to change the story’s theme and plot, lol).
I totally forgot to describe the flavors! Hmm, let’s see…I’m thinking “mango” and with hints of various similar fruits, and the rare orangous mangnificus fruit that does not exist on Earth yet for that added “zing” that makes it irresistable! Plus layers of thick cream in between the cake layers, ohhh yeah~ yum yum! 😉
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Oh God. My story would have to be COMPLETELY turned inside out to fit in the Tropical Killer Cake. XD
Ohhhhhhhhhh. I want me a piece of that cake now. *drools* *cleans off her keyboard*
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LOL. That could be an amusing spin-off of TKC ;D
We need to snatch the recipe from the secret Baking Industry files! ):D
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I think I know a place in Eva’s world where they might make something similar to Tropical Killer Cake. 😉 The southernmost realm of the Great Isle is called Suderland. Its northern border is marked by a massive rainforest known as the Canupeia, and the realms ends at the continent’s southern coasts. It’s sort of like Dorne in George R.R. Martin’s Westeros / Game Of Thrones – except it’s, well, not Dorne. *lol*
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Tropical Killer Cake would love roaming those massive rainforests, definitely! ;D That sounds like an awesome place to explore, too! Rainforests are so cool.
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Oh! I forgot to mention that I nominated you for the Reader Problems Tag. Here’s the link: (if applicable)
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OK, let’s try that again:
https://saraletourneau.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/reader-problems-tag/
Much better. *lol*
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Yay, it worked! 😉
Sweet, thanks for nominating me! I’ll get to answering these questions next week, or the week after. 😀
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You’re welcome, Elisabeth! And take your time. There’s no deadline. 😉
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Is it wrong to have feelings for Cosmic Hunter?
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Hehe, not at all! I do *blushes*. But he’s so cool and rugged, he might not return the feelings…*sigh*
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I think he would if a certain blonde writer started giggling, fluttering her eyelashes, fell over her heels and then cracked one of her jokes 🙂
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You are a genious! That might work. Now I must hurry and do it before you beat me to it! I am a blonde writer too, y’know. 😉
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As you created ‘cosmic hunter’ can you flirt with him? Seems a bit odd. I think if you create a character you should hand over flirting to others
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Nooooo, don’t tell me thaaat! I want to flirt with my characters! (oops, did I say that out loud?)
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I just think it’s odd flirting with someone you have created. He has just agreed with me – lol! See ya E Rawls I am off to chat to Cosmic Hunter – sigh!
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I refuse to believe that! Cosmic Hunter, you get back here right now, mister! I mean it, or I’ll take away your cool hunting gear and knives! *Cosmic Hunter turns back; he loves his hunting equipment too much*
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*blonde writer screams loudly at sight of heart throb cosmic hunter walking back to his writer* – you keep a close eye on him E Rawls! I will be back 🙂
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I will keep a close eye on him, as well as you, you trying-to-steal-away-my-hunk-hunter Blonde! *shakes a triumphant fist in air* *until next time* 🙂
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Girls, you crack me up! 🙂 Hey, I was going with the dream idea! No fair! Yours is way better. 🙂 I want me some of that cake now!
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Hehehe! 🙂 I know, I read yours and I was like “Wow, great minds think alike!” Your dream idea has its own fantasticness, too.
I shall serve you a slice. *hands slab of Tropical Killer Cake over*
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*smells cake, devours in seconds* That really is the best cake in the cosmos! Seriously need me some more of it. 🙂
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Yes, the Baking Industry better start experimenting again! 😉
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I’ll be first in line when they’ve perfected this cake. 🙂
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*dies laughing* Tropical Killer Cake, eh? What’s next? Murderous Man-eating Bananas?
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Lol! *revives you after you died of laughter*. Hehe, I was trying to guess the name of a friend’s book and only had TKC to go by, so that’s what I came up with; then I just had to write a story and make it a think, y’know. 😉
Murderous Man-eating Bananas…that is a possibility! They could be part ninja. ;D
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Thanks for the first aid, I appreciate it. XD XD Oh, dear… what have I done? Ninja Bananas? Nooooooooooooooo!!!!
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Yeeeeeeeesss!!! ):D Mwahahahaaa!
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Can one hide from ninja bananas?
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Nope. *shifts eyes around* They may be watching right now….
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Uh… is there ANY solution to ninja bananas?
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Ask Madnes Hatter. 😉
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Hm… how do I go about managing that, then?
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He’s in the new short story I just wrote, along with the ninja bananas. You gotta read it to find out! ;D
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But how do I contact him? Throw pebbles at… the computer screen?
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That can be tricky… Sometimes he reads the comments people post. Otherwise, you need a portal to Okinala.
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Hm… I’m a little short of portals right now… know a good supplier?
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Maybe Zelda?
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Tropical Killer Cake – love it! I want to try some! Brilliant story. 😉
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Thanks, phoenixgrey! Here, take a slab, *hands slice of cake over*
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Mmm, yum, cake 🙂 thank you 🙂
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This was such an original take on the word prompt! I laughed and smiled the whole time. 🙂
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Thanks, Candice! I had some fun writing this one, lol. I wasn’t sure what people’s reaction would be to it! XD I’m glad it brought laughs and smiles as it was intended to. 🙂
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I loved the flow, the Cosmic character, it was just really enjoyable.
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I’m so glad! 🙂
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What a fun read!! I am in awe of your imagination AND writing skills. I loved how this was written as a news report. Very clever!!
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That’s such a wonderful compliment, Carrie, thank you! This encourages me. ❤
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sounds like my kind of cake 😉
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IKR? I need a recipe for this! 😀
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Congrats, E.! Your Cosmic story tied with Darren Scanlon’s for winner this week! 🙂 Go to http://www.rachaelritchey.com/blogbattle to get your #BlogBattle badge to add to your story!
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Yaaay!! *happy dance* ~(^-^)~
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Nice dance. I like dancing. 🙂
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Congratulations on your winning entry!!
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Congrats to you, too! I’m glad we tied! 🙂
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Yee harr!😊
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This is a cosmic delight. 🙂 Glad I don’t eat cake. The buns in the oven and they are running loose. Now what?
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Now more trouble be a baking for Cosmic Hunter and the world! lol 🙂 Thank you, I’m glad you liked it!
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Indeed and you are more than welcome. 🙂
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