PSYBER-X || Over 500, 000 lvl Up For Grabs [$800]
**I'm sure most of you have heard about the new play to earn game on hive blockchain; PSYBER X. You would agree with me that there's a lot going on with Psyber-X at the moment. It got me wondering, The game is not officially lunched and it has so much buzz, that tells you the weight the game would pull when it is finally lunched.**
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Before the end of this post, I'll be giving you a hint of the things going on with Psyber-X right now, and also introduce you to some Contests to help you earn some Lvl.
**I'm talking about 500,000 lvls up for grabs.** Stay Tuned.
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**First Of...**
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In one of the Psyber-X contests, for challenge one we were asked to create a logo for PsYber-X. I played around on canva and came up with this.
For Challenge 2, we were asked to design some gun ideas.
**Voila**!
**Lol, is that even a gun? What nonsense!😅**
Well, I was thinking you might be on a mission where you need to be discreet and as invisible as possible. My weapon here is very portable and discreet.
**What Can This Do? You may ask.**
Click on the blue button, and it transforms into this.
**VOILA**!
Well this is a working progress😅 I'm sure with some touch of Psyber-X technology here And there, we are good to go.
And Don't forget your Cyber dagger, the only dagger that penetrates through those annoying robots. And of course some bullets to get you started.
Another challenge was to share this across several Social media platforms. Here goes.
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That's all for the contest. Now let's get down to the latest updates on Psyber-X and of course the contests - I didn't forget that.
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F**irst you might want to actually understand what Psyber-X is all about. Here's a post of mine with some insights on Psyber-X.**
**[All road leads to Psyber-X || We Move!!]** By @doziekash https://peakd.com/proofofbrain/@doziekash/all-road-leads-to-psyberx-ama-oror-we-move
H**ere's the Psyber-X Whitepaper**
**[official white paper for PsYber-X and the psyberX metaverse]** By @psyberx https://peakd.com/oneup/@psyberx/official-white-paper-for-psyber-x-and-the-psyber-x-metaverse
**Incase you missed the Psyber-X AMA held couple weeks ago, here's a Post on how it all went down, with the questions and answers.**
**[AMA recordings with timestamps -20 february 2022]** By @psyberx https://peakd.com/@psyberx/ama-recording-with-timestamps-20-february-2022
**At this stage you must been acquainted with Psyber-X and ready to dive into the fun and acquire some Lvl. Here's a post about the marketplace and buying lands and getting into the psyberX Liquid pool.**
[commercial land sale info, hive Power up liquidity pool for hivelvl] By @psyberx https://peakd.com/@psyberx/commercial-land-sale-info-hive-power-up-liquidity-pool-for-hivelvl
**There's a whole lot of other things going on, I wouldn't want to bombard you with so many information at once, I'm sure as you explore you will get to learn more.**
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Now the part you all have been waiting for. # **CONTESTS!!**
If you participate in these contests accurately;
**You stand a chance of winning 200,000 lvl approximately 800$ or more!**
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[PSYBER+X giveaway time with 3000 hive worth of lvl contests] https://www.1up.zone/@dynamicrypto/psyber-x-giveaway-time-with-3-000-hive-worth-of-lvl-contests
*Contest courtesy of @dynamicrypto*
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**[Tag a friend 4 free coin]** https://peakd.com/hive-177682/@dynamicrypto/tag-a-friend-4-free-coin
*Contest courtesy of @dynamicrypto*
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**[Contest Time Oh Yeah Over 100 hive in value prizes]** https://www.proofofbrain.io/@bobthebuilder2/contest-time-oh-yeah-over-100-hive-in-value-in-prizes
*Contest courtesy of @bobthebuilder2*
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[Announcing the psyberX Splinterlands tournament with Over 4735$ in prizes] https://peakd.com/psyberx/@clove71/announcing-the-psyberx-splinterlands-tournament-with-over-usd4-735-in-prizes
*Contest Courtesy of @clove71*
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I think these are the biggest contests in prize that I have ever come across on the platform. Don't miss out on these, grab yourself some lvl and be prepared for the journey ahead, because PsyberX is gonna be loud! I'm sure of this.
The Psychologist
**file in his hands. Eddie smiled to himself, remembering when it was him in the streets with files looking for a job.**
***"Dr Eddie?"***
A voice accompanied with a knock at the door brought him back to reality.
***"Yeah come in."***
He replied as a handsome young man in his mid thirties walked into his office. He was cleanly shaved and looking corporate in a long sleeves shirt with a tie.
***"Mr Washington, you are looking great today."***
Eddie said, surprised to see Washington dressed in such corporate attire, considering his history and all. Mr Washington spent 20 years of his life in prison, for killing both of his parents when he was barely 15. Ever since then, he has been facing brain challenges. Few months ago, his lawyers managed to get him out of jail based on good conduct. He was placed under patrol and subjected to visit a psychologist for the rest of his life.
***"Today is my last day in therapy, I thought I might as well put on an outfit suitable for celebration."***
***"Mr Washington, what makes you think that today would be your last day here?"***
***"Well you see doc. I think I finally discovered myself which was the purpose of these sessions in the first place. I have finally discovered my place in life."***
***"And where do you believe is your place in life?"***
***"In Jail."*** Mr Washington said bringing out a gun from his waist and pointed it at the doctor
Eddie being a Psychologist, studied the situation carefully and knew that he had to choose his next words carefully.
***"Mr Washington, what are you doing?"***
***"This is what I have to do to go back in jail. I come here everyday and you fill my head with bullshit. You tell me that there is a place for me here, but we both know that I'll never be accepted. People will always look at me as the psychopath who killed his parents."***
***"But you did kill your parents and you got a second chance to life. Pull that trigger and you will never get a second chance. You will spend the rest of your life in jail."***
***"That is exactly where I want to be. You see in jail, nobody judges you. No matter the crime you committed, you are welcomed and accepted."***
***"If you are going to kill me, you have to let me call my daughter. I have to say goodbye to her."***
***"No way! I know how this works, you pick up your phone and you call the cops."***
***"You will be right here watching me. Just my daughter I promise. She is about to become fatherless, she needs to know how much I love her."***
Eddie's plan to play with his emotions worked. Mr Washington allowed him to call his daughter. But he didn't keep his promise, instead he sent a code message to the security team, alerting them of the hostage situation. Then he went on to call his daughter, asking her several questions to kill time.
***"Cut to the chase Doc. Tell her you love her let's get this over with. I don't have all day."***
After the call, Eddie knew he needed to buy more time before help came, so he asked.
***"Mr Washington, why me. I mean you could have killed anybody to go back to jail. Why do you want me dead so bad?"***
***"Isn't it obvious? You sit there in your fancy outfit, claiming to know it all because you studied psychology in some stupid expensive school. And I come in here with my rags and you study me like some animal and you try to confuse me with your lies. It all ends today."***
He was about to pull the trigger when the lights suddenly went off. Just then, armed men with night vision stormed the office. Gunshots were bodies were heard falling. When the lights came on, Mr Washington was on the floor holding his bleeding leg. Immediately the lights went out, Eddie sought refuge under his desk. I think his level of psychology helped him to narrowly escape death.
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The Lion | The Book Of Tales
***You might want to check out the origin of this story before reading this."*** *Food For The Gods* *"* https://read.cash/@doziekash_/food-for-the-gods-writing-prompt-20-d5395f60
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***The tortoise on becoming king had a son with his lovely wife who automatically became the heir to the throne. One day his son walked up to him and asked him.***
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***"****Father tell me about the Animal Kingdom"*
*"What do you want to know about the kingdom?"*
*"Everything there is to know, you could start by telling me about the former king. Why was he the last of his kind?"*
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***Many years ago, the animal kingdom lived in peace and harmony ruled by the Lion. There was always A Lion ready to Inherit the throne from the successor. The Lion lineage has always been feared by all animals. No animal dared to challenge the reign of the Lion, because of their fierceness and victory in every battle.***
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***One day spirit dragons invaded the kingdom. They set fire on everything they came across. The Lion king at that time assembled his pride of warriors and headed out to face the dragons. Unfortunately, they didn't stand a chance against these dragons. So many Lions were lost in the battle and they had to retreat, the dragon pursued them until it almost drove the Lions out of the kingdom.***
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***A lot of animals died during this period. That period was named the Grave Era. The dragons normally appeared at midnight and preyed on any animal it comes across. Setting farmlands, houses and animals ablaze as they roamed through the kingdom .***
***The Lion king realized that there was nothing he could do to defeat these cruel spirits. He had no option but to resort to consulting the gods of the land. Mind you, before then the animal kingdom had turned their back on the gods of the land and nobody has ever consulted the gods for over 100 years.***
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***On A fateful morning, the king and the royal guards set out on his journey to the Mountain Of The Gods. The sight he saw while going through the kingdom on his way to the Mountain almost made him cry. There were no animals running around as usual. The sound of birds singing joyfully seized. Ants who were always busy moving food from one place to another were nowhere to be found. The kingdom was as silent as A grave yard.***
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***On getting to the Mountain Of The gods, the guards waited for him at the foot of the mountain while the king climbed to the top alone. He beckoned on the gods, but the gods wouldn't listen to him.***
***"****Oh gods of my forefathers, I come to you with shame and regrets. Please hear the cry of your people."*
***He was there for hours, yet there was no response from the gods.***
***"****If not for our sakes, Hear me for the sake of our children and our future. Our lands are stained by blood of our children. These young ones have done thing wrong. If anyone should be punished it is we the elders that have neglected you for years****."***
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***Still no response from the gods, but he was determined not to leave until he got a response from the gods.***
***The lion king stayed on the mountain for five days without food or water. On the sixth day, a strong wind came from the North, almost sweeping him off his feet. From the wind came A loud voice.***
***"****How disgusting it is watching you go back to your vomit. Your tribe's pride is the reason you all are in this mess. You felt you didn't need the gods who gave you the throne in the first place. I have been calm all these years hoping that you would come back to your senses. I have purposely sent the spirit dragons and I intend that they they wipe out this entire generation starting from the Lions****."***
***With head bowed all these while, the Lion king cried out.***
***"****Be merciful Oh my Lord! Spare our children that is all I ask. I am ready to bear whatever it takes."*
***"****For the sake of the innocent young ones, I'll spare the kingdom. But there is no mercy for the Lion tribe. Your Son shall be the last of your kind. He shall rule alone with no mate or heir. Today all Lions will die. On your Part, you are sentenced to live forever and guard the forests surrounding the Mountain Of The Gods."*
***Now son there you have it. After that day nobody ever saw the king, his son who was barely a few months old became the king. The dragons disappeared mysteriously after making sure that no other Lion survived. Slowly life came back to the animal kingdom.***
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A Sad Christmas
***C***ome together friends and sit tight, probably grab a popcorn if you can. I'm about to tell you a lovely tale. In the spirit of Christmas, I want to talk about my worse Christmas experience. I have no idea how this will fit in an Acrostic, but I will figure something out... I guess. Pardon me if I drop the acrostic at some point lol.
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***H***appiness is one of the things that Christmas brings. What happens when happiness is taken away from you during Christmas. It was our tradition to travel to the village every December for the Christmas celebrations. As we all know there is the maternal villa and the paternal villa. My paternal home is usually boring during Christmas celebration. This is because my dad is the only son among four girls. Now that they have grown and all gotten married, the girls [***now women***] always travel to their husband's places for Christmas celebration, leaving only my dad to come back and take Care of the village house.
***R***egards to this, I always prefer traveling to my maternal home for Christmas celebration because over there is always more fun compared to my paternal home. This is because my mum has about 6 brothers and most of them live outside the country. During Christmas period, they all come back with their family and children, making the compound lively and full of children to play with. And not just that, after the celebrations we were sure of going home with some dollar bills😉
***I****t* all began on the 21st night when we had a family meeting to decide where we would be spending the holiday That Year. We were presented with three options; Holiday In Town, Holiday In Mum's Villa Or Holiday In Dad's Villa. Majority voted for my mom's because it is always more fun compared to Dad's villa. The only disadvantage was that dad wouldn't be there with us. Dad never comes with us to mom's villa, this is probably because he holds a crucial post in the village, therefore he had to be present for several meetings. It was settled, Mum Will Drive Us to her villa the next day while dad will drive solo to his villa.
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***S***ince morning I have been so excited about our journey, especially after hearing that one of my uncles were back already. We packed our bags, loaded the car, bid farewell to dad and zoomed off. It took us barely two hours to get to villa. You should know my mum is A fast and furious driver. She probably learned from Dad, Because some times I wonder if my dad is related to Dominic Torredo in any way😅. My grandparents were so happy to see us, it has actually been a while we came to the villa. They have gotten so old lol. Now here's another advantage over Dad's villa, his house in the village has no one occupying it. Whenever we travel there, we have to spend like two days cleaning up the house and clearing bushes in the compound before we get to settle down.
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***T***hanks to my cousins, the first few days of Christmas was quite fun. My grand dad was the king of his community and he had two wives, each with their separate building. This made the compound wide enough to contain A football pitch. We played all sort of games. Most of my cousins were raised abroad so it was fun teaching them how to speak Igbo and how to play some local games. One of them suggested we had A boxing fight, all my siblings declined saying there's no fun in that. Being A person that found fun in everything, I accepted the challenge. Only to be knocked out in 2 minutes and went home with a swollen eye.
***M***orning of 24th December started like every other day. We woke up, said family prayers, did our morning chores and we were off to have fun. All the children of the house usually gathered under a big tree in the middle of the compound to decide a game to play. That day we decided to explore the king's palace. That has been on our TO-do list for a long time, but grand dad was always hosting several meetings in the palace. Today was our lucky day, the palace was completely empty. We stormed the palace like hoodlums, we explored every inch of the palace, pictures of all our parents were framed and hung in different party of the palace. The palace was built in such a way that you had to climb a long stairs to enter the king's throne. Then one of us came up with a game idea, whoever jumps down from the king's throne without using the stairs gets to sit on the throne till a new winner emerged.
***A***t first the game was fun. It got to my turn, I jumped, almost making it, but I fell in between the second and the third step. I landed with the wrong side of my ankle. I heard my bone krrrack. I screamed! I cried. My cousins were confused, so they ran to get an older person. I was rushed to the hospital. It happened that I broke an ankle, I had to stay the night at the hospital. I didn't want to. I wanted to go home with my parents. I cried, but my crying didn't help my case. They stayed with me for some hours then went home when it got pretty late.
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***S***unday which happened to be Christmas day. The D-day. There I lay in the hospital bed with a broken leg. I hated myself. I would have just followed my dad to his villa. I would have stayed indoors. So many thoughts clouded my mind. I imagined how much fun every body would be having at home. The fireworks, the masquerades, the cow that was slaughtered before my eyes. I cried. The hospital tried to put on A show for it's Patients by inviting father Christmas and all that. But that didn't cheer me up. My parents visited later in the day with food, chicken and some goodies. That didn't cheer me up either. Nothing could change the fact that I spent my Christmas day on a hospital bed.
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***We did it lol! This was A Christmas Acrostic challenge by*** @McJulez
As we get ready to celebrate
Christmas this season. Let us
Remember that there are people
out there who can't celebrate
Due to one reason or the other
Some are in the hospital, some
are in the streets begging, some
are in the orphanage home.
Please do extend a gesture of
Kindness towards them.
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Oh! Dear Earth | The Earth Bleeds
***Oh Dear earth!***
I would ask how you are, but it is obvious that you are not fine. I'd ask how you are surviving, but I know the opposite is the case because you are dying on a daily basis.
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There's a lot I want to say to you. There's A lot I want to ask you. There's A lot I want to know about you. There's A lot i want to learn from you. My letter won't be able to contain all these. Therefore I plead with you, show me a way to communicate with you directly. Show me A way to feel your presence.
***A Caring Friend***
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*Just then I fell into a trance.I found myself in a heavenly garden where everything bloomed with life and beauty.*
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***"Speak freely mortal! The earth hears you"***
**"Oh dear earth, first and foremost I want to appreciate you for all you have done. You provide us with life. You protect us from space. Being Unique Amongst All Your brothers, you provide us with everything that we need to survive."**
**"With the invention of technology, we thought we could do without earth, but yet we rely on earth for basically everything."**
**"You provide mankind with fresh water. Despite the pollution, you still find a way to naturally cleanse the water from toxins and pollution using wetlands, forests and Watersheds."**
**"Without you, it would be impossible to pollinate every single plant using our so called technology. With insects at your command, you pollinate every plant with so much ease."**
**"For ages you have been the source of life saving medicine. The so called technology still relies on your natural herbs manufacture drugs."**
**"You have also contributed greatly to the economy. It would be foolish to ignore the fact that without fertile lands, clean drinking water, healthy forest and conducive climate, the economy would face a disaster."**
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*I paused looked around and ingested the overwhelming beauty surrounding me.*
***"How You Do It, I can never imagine. Your source of energy I can never fathom. But what gets me curious is the WHY. Why You choose to keep mankind alive."***
*Comparing the beauty around me with the reality I came from made me cry with my tears wetting the earth.*
***"Mortal! Why do you tickle me with your tears?"***
***"Oh dear earth! It breaks my heart to realize that mankind haven't been fair to you. Repaying your kindness with wickedness."***
***"You protected us from the space and we repaid you with global warming. Continuously poisoning you with carbon dioxide and methane emissions By Burning fossil fuels for energy."***
***"You provided us with several beautiful aspects of nature and natural resources and we repaid you with environmental degradation. We keep depleting natural resources, destroying natural habitats and allowing wildlife to go into extinction slowly."***
***"You provided us with life and everything we need to survive, we repaid you with over population and overconsumption. The renewable natural resources are steadily over exploited to a point of diminishing return."***
***"You provided us with A conducive environment for living and we repaid you with pollution. We pollute the air with Gaseous emissions and pollute the land with oil spillage and dirt."***
***"All these obviously leave scars on you. Killing you slowly. The question WHY Remains In My Head. Why do you keep providing for mankind despite the ungratefulness of man. "***
***∆ Why not decide to cease the air.***
***∆ Why not decide to cease the production of new plants.***
***∆ Why not decide to cease the provision of freshwater.***
***"There's no need for all that Mortal. I live for the sake of mankind. If mankind goes into extinction, I will go extinct. Also if I go into extinction, mankind would go extinct."***
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***"Oh dear earth. Tell me how can we help you? What can we do to help you heal? What can we do to keep you alive?"***
***∆ Create An Awareness. Tell as many people as possible. I can only communicate to the rest of the world through those that sincerely listen to me and hear me cry. Let the world know that I'm dying slowly.***
***∆ Travel Responsibly. Transportation is one of the major source of carbon dioxide emissions. Travel with bicycles and take a walk when you can. If the population of the world can reduce their use of heavy transportation by 5% it would be a great help to me.***
***∆ Eat Sustainably. Food production is another factor that leads to emission. Most deforestation and destruction of natural habitats takes place because mankind keeps expanding the agricultural land for animal feed production. I'll advice mankind to eat more of plant based diet.***
***∆ Reduce Your Waste. The good thing about this generation is that they are a bit advanced. I believe every waste can be recycled or up cycled and used for something useful.***
***In all ramifications reduce your carbon footprint.***
***"Oh dear earth. I wish the world could hear your plea. I wish the world could hear you cry. I promise to spread the word to as many people as I can. It was lovely having a chat with you."***
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Halloween In Paris | Owl City
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***This Is Where it all started*** *Halloween In Paris.* ***Check it out and come back here for the rest.*** https://read.cash/@doziekash_/halloween-in-paris-08fe7c96
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All my life i have always wanted to visit Paris, The City Of Love. I have heard a lot about it's romantic and beautiful culture. Emtee my best friend right from middle school, had the same fantasies. Never seen any body who could have fun like Emtee. She always finds something happy in every situation and just knows how to put smile on your face. I could spend the whole day with her without ever getting bored.
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All these went through my mind as I sat upside down in the car wreck. I was drinking my own blood involuntarily. I felt someone dragging me by my left hand***.***
***"C'mon snap out of it Jane. You have to help me get you out of here before the car explodes."***
Emtee was dragging me, with the strength of a baby, because she too was in severe pain. Bleeding from so many places.
I finally came to my senses. I crept out of the wreck and slowly we made our way up the ditch.
***"Did I hit the kid?"***
***"Jane there was no kid on the road"***
***"I swear I saw a kid sitting right there."***
I said pointing at the point where I swerved earlier.
***"We have to get to Owl City"***
We kept walking hoping to get a ride, but the road was still as a burial ground.
***"Kill her! Kill Her! Or I'll come for your Soul"***
The voices in my head were getting stronger.
***"Stay away from me!"***
I screamed.
***"Jane those voices will keep hunting you till you kill me. Just kill me and get it over with."***
***"Never! We just have to make it to Owl city"***
Just then a car pulled over,
***"You both look like you need a ride to the hospital, you must be the survivors of the car crash I saw down the road."***
***"We don't need a ride to the hospital, we need to get to owl city"***
***"OK, if you say so. Get in, I'll be happy to help."***
***"Are you sure we can trust him, after what happened with Henri?"***
Emtee whispered to me
***"We have no option, I'm running out of time."***
We drove silently until we got to the signpost that wrote ***"Welcome To Owl City"*** then the man said
***"Why don't you just give her your soul"***
He said as his face changed from human form into a hideous creature. He stretched out his hand towards me.
Thankfully Emtee still had the knife she used in killing Jack. She Stabbed him in the hand.
He Screeched in pain.
That gave us an opportunity to get out of the car and make a run for it. We ran through a tunnel.
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He started the car and pursued us with full speed. We had to Barge into a house along the road and slammed the door behind us.
***"Hello is anybody here? Please we need your help, someone is trying to kill us."***
The house seem to be deserted.
Suddenly Doors and windows started slamming. All the lights in the house went Off.
As We walked down the hall way, The Woman in white garment stood there.
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***"Come to me!!"***
Just then I fell hard on the floor and an unknown force tried to pull me towards the woman.
Emtee grabbed my hand and held me tight. But the force was overwhelming.
***"Don't let me go EM"***
My hands got wet and slippery. Emtee couldn't hold on. The force dragged me all the way down the Hall way into a dark room and the door slammed.
The Room was filled with mysterious ancient dolls.
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Inside the Room all I heard was whispers that I couldn't make out the meaning. I banged hard on the door but it couldn't open. At my back stood two ladies that seemed to be twin.
***"What do you want from me?! Stay away from me!!"***
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They came closer and closer and just then the whole room was crawling with maggots and some of them made their way up my body.
***I screamed to no avail. I prayed to no avail. My eyes Closed slowly.***
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Halloween In Paris
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**Waking up to a beautiful sunrise view, in my dream city, with the love of my life right by my side. That Was The Best Feeling. This is a perfect vacation.**
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"***Yo! Jane wake up, it's 5am already."***
She said as she barged in, with breakfast and coffee in her hand.
I smiled.
***"Can't somebody have a little privacy in Paris?"***
***"Not when you are on a trip with me. Did you know they actually have 24hrs food delivery here."***
Her boyfriend followed behind, with more in his hands.
I was dressed in nothing but my underwear, I think jack was stark naked under the sheets. But i didn't really Care because these were the only family I knew.
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When evening came, we decided to go to a club to chill off.
**We Drank! Danced!! Drank!!!**
We finally got exhausted and decided to sit and take one more drink. Just then A guy walked up to our table.
***"Hello guys. It seems you are quite new around here?"***
His French accent was charming.
***"I guess it's that obvious" Jack Replied.***
The guy was nice and friendly. We sat there chatting with him for several hours. He told us all about Paris. He invited us to the Halloween party at Owl street.
***"Oh! It's Halloween tomorrow."***
I was having so much fun, I totally forgot about Halloween.
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Owl street wasn't difficult to locate, actually it seemed like the whole of Paris spend their Halloween in owl street.
Henri, the guy we met last night showed us around and we had so much fun.
***"I have a treat for you all my friends. I present to you love island."***
This place was quite secluded from the rest of owl street.
***"Man! Are we still in owl street? This is beautiful"***
Emtee exclaimed.
Indeed it was, love mixed with Halloween. How lovely.
We sat in a circle under the moon telling stories when he said
"***Let us play a game."***
***"Why not. Anything to spend more hours in this beauty."***
I replied ***.***
***"It's called kill or be killed"***
***"What A lame name*** "
Emtee said laughing.
He brought out a coin out of his pocket and explained further.
***"Once it's your turn you flip the coin. Head says you kill the next turn. Tail says you get killed by the next turn."***
***"That's pretty intense. What happens if you refuse to kill? Or refuse to be killed?"***
We all laughed
Except Henri
***"If you refuse to kill, SHE will kill you."***
***"Man there's A lot of kill in this game, let's play another game."***
***"Too late, The game has already begun."***
He flipped the coin. It was A tail.
"***You have to kill me"***
He said speaking to Mark, Emtee's boyfriend, who was sitting next to him.
"***This guy is insane. It's time to leave."***
Jack said as he stood up and helped me up.
"***You have 1hour to kill me you FOOLS. Or it will come for your soul."***
***"What a psycho"*** I said as we headed back for of our hotel.
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We got back to the hotel, we all decided to go for a swim. Except Mark who went inside to go shower.
As he was bathing, with soap all over his body, he heard approaching footsteps outside the bathroom***.***
***"Emtee are you back from swimming already?"***
There was no reply.
Then he felt Something cold on his leg, making it's way up his body slowly.
"***Emtee I'm really tired, I don't think I'm in the mood this"***
He opened his eyes only to realize that Emtee wasn't there, rather he saw snakes all over the bathroom with one already on his body. He screamed loud, but nobody could hear him.
A dark figure formed at the entrance of the bathroom whispering
***"Feed Me Your Soul!Feed me your soul."***
Mark tried to fight his way out, but he tripped and fell. This made it easier for the snakes to make their way to every part of his body. They entered his ears, his nose, his mouth. They entered every hole in his body while the rest had a feast on his outer body.
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I parted ways with Emtee as she made her way to her room. I was about to hop into bed when I heard a piercing scream.
***"That must be Emtee"***
I said to Jack as we both ran to Emtee's room.
***"Emtee!!"***
She kept screaming. We rushed to the bathroom. The sight was horrible. I actually vomited on seeing the lifeless body of Mark distorted in so many ways. With holes all over his body.
Emtee couldn't stop screaming and crying.
***"We need to get out of here"*** Jack Said
***"No o0! I can't leave him like this".*** Emtee said sobbing.
"We will come back for him, I promise. Right now we have to get out of here."
I helped her up, and helped her walk to my room. We got in locked all the bolts and sat in bed.
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This was when it dawn on me that everything Henri said was actually true. We heard a crash, Jack went to check it out.
***"Babe you have to see this."***
***"I'll be right back."*** I said to Emtee as i went to answer Jack.
There was blood on the mirror On the wall. The Blood formed letters.
"***NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO PLAY"***
I was scared to the bone.
"***How the hell are we going to know whose turn it is"***
***"Don't tell me you are considering actually playing this game."***
***"We might not have any other option."***
***"Jane!!! Jane!!!"***
We ran to Emtee.
***"What's wrong?"***
***"I don't know how it got here, I swear I didn't take it with me"***
***"Take what with you EM?"***
She Opened her hands and in it was the coin.
***"I think it's my turn"*** She said crying.
"***We are not playing that game any more! I'll go and get help."***
***"This is 2am. Where could you possibly get help from?"***
***"I'll figure something out. Lock the door behind me"***
He said as he stormed out. I locked the door and went back to Emtee.
She was crying louder now.
***"Stop This EM, we will be fine."***
I flipped the coin Jane, she said as she pointed to the coin lying on the bed.
It was A head
"***You know what that means Jane, I have*** ***to kill the next turn or I'll die"***
***"Don't be Silly Em. No body else is dying tonight. Jack will be coming back with help."***
***"Jane I think the next turn is Jack because he was sitting next to me"***
***"Can you just stop talking about the game. Let us focus on getting us out of here."***
Just then there was a knock on the door***.***
***"Pack our stuff we are leaving right now."***
***"Where are we gonna go by this time of the night?"***
***"The receptionist suggested we go back to owl street and seek a man named Montero."***
We got our stuff in the car And headed for Owl street. We were half way there when Emtee screamed.
***"Pull over. Pull over! I'm gonna throw up"***
Jack Pulled over, she ran out of the car.
***"Jack please go check if she is OK"***
Jack Approached her and realized that she was actually vomiting black sticky substances and flies came out of her mouth.
***"We have to leave right now, before it gets worse."*** He said as he came closer.
***"I'm sorry! I don't want to die"*** She Murmured
***"What did you say?"***
***"I don't want to die!!"***
She screamed as she took a knife out and stabbed Jack several times.
I rushed out of the car as I heard the screaming.
***"What have you done??!"***
She was covered in Jack's blood and Jack lay on the floor on the verge of death.
I rushed over to him.
***"Jack stay with me. Jack please stay with me***!***"***
***"It's too late for me! Get to owl seek Montero."***
Those were his last words.
***"I'm sorry Jane, the voice kept screaming in my ears. And I was scared it was going to kill me. I'm so sorry."***
Just get into the car.
I was about to get into the car, I saw the coin on the driver's sit. I picked it up and threw it away.
***"I'm done with you! "***
I drove as fast as I could. The Car was oozing of the blood that stained Emtee's body. I drove as fast as I could.
***"It's your turn Jane. Just kill me and you may survive this.***
***"Shut up EM!"***
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Just then I saw a little kid squatting on the road. I swerved to avoid hitting him. Unfortunately I swerved too hard, our car headed into a ditch. We crashed into A tree.
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***This is just the beginning!***
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Food For The Gods | Writing prompt #20
***Once upon a time in the kingdom of animals. The great king Lion was about to die. He was the last of his kind. He had no heir and nobody to take his throne when he died.***
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Being A wise King, he knew that if he should die there would be a great battle for the Throne, more like a game of thrones. On that note, he called all the animals in the kingdom for a meeting.
***"Greetings my loyal subjects, it is no longer news that I will be joining my ancestors soon. And you all know I have no rightful heir to the throne. The purpose of calling this meeting Is to tell you how the heir to the throne will be chosen. I'll be giving everybody equal chances of being the king, whether big or small."***
***"Anybody who is interested in being the king must journey across the seven seas and seven forests. At the center of the seventh forest lies a tree. The first person to pluck the fruit from this tree and bring it back to me becomes the winner and will be proclaimed king."***
There was great murmuring in the crowd
You could see People like hare jubilating.
Hare: ***"This Is Easy, I'll be there and back with the fruit in no time."***
Cheetah: ***"Don't deceive yourself, you can never beat me to the seventh forest"***
Deer: ***"Well while you both are trying to beat yourself, I'll pass you both and get to the tree first."***
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The tortoise stood at a corner listening to them and wondering how he would beat these animals in the contest. He came up with an Idea [as usual]
He went to the Cheetah
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***"I know a shortcut to the seventh forest, carry me on your back and you will definitely win this"***
***"Get away from me, I don't need shortcut to win this. Nobody is faster than me."***
He went to the hare
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***"I know a shortcut to the seventh forest, carry me on your back and you will definitely win this"***
The hare laughed loud
***"Who could have imagined, that the Tortoise who have been my enemy for ages actually wants me to be king. Get away from me you Cunny swine"***
He went to the Deer
***"I know a shortcut to the seventh forest, carry me on your back and you will definitely win this"***
***"That's, interesting. But how do I know you don't want to get the fruit for yourself?"***
***"No Way. I'm too small to rule the animal kingdom. All I want is to be the second in command once we win and you are made king."***
***"I like the sound of that. We have a deal."***
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On the day of the race to the seven forest, the animals interested assembled in the kings palace, the king blessed them.
***"May the Gods and you and don't forget if anyone asks you why you are plucking the fruit tell the person that Feerkan the last Lion sent you."***
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After the kings speech, they took off.
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Tortoise could be seen at the back of deer as they took a detour to a different route. Perhaps that is the shortcut tortoise spoke about. They ran for Hours and finally arrived at the seventh forest.
When they got to the tree. The deer couldn't believe his eyes.
***"Tortoise You Were actually right! You actually knew a shortcut. I must say I never truly believed you. But I guess seeing is believing."***
The Deer approached the tree mimicking the steps of a king.
As he attempted to pluck the fruit, a very Huge Lion came out of nowhere. This Lion was as big as an elephant. He spoke in a deep voice.
***"Who dares to pluck the FOOD for the gods?"***
The deer replied in fear
***"Don't kill us oh great Lion. Feerkan the last lion sent us"***
With that the lion let them pluck the fruit.
As they were About to leave, tortoise suggested that he should be the one to hold the fruit so that the deer can run comfortably on all four. The Deer saw it as a good idea, so he agreed. They headed for the village in full speed.
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Few hours later the cheetah arrived at the tree, but he couldn't see any fruit. He got angry and started cursing and swearing.
***"That old fool pranked us. There is no fruit here and he sent us on this useless mission."***
The Lion stepped out once again
***"How dare you speak ill about your king. He didn't Prank you, rather You are late. Someone else was here first."***
***"That's not possible, nobody is faster than me. I kept looking back, nobody was close enough to overtake me."***
***" Well the fastest does not always win the race."***
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Back at the king's palace, the deer could be seen running with speed into the king's lair while tortoise sat comfortably at his back.
They Approached the king, and tortoise handed the fruit over to the king.
Then the Trumpets were blown, the animals were gathered.
***"I am a man of my word. The Tortoise was the first to come back with the fruit, therefore I hear by pronounce the tortoise KING OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM."***
There was mixed reactions and murmurings among the animals.
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The Deer quickly went to the tortoise
***"What is happening? This wasn't our agreement"***
***"I know, but what the king has written is written, and what he says is final."***
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Serendipity | The Irony
*Lead* https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/evidence-markers-on-floor-blood-260nw-737262544.jpg
The day starts with my alarm blaring in my ears screaming 5 am. I couldn't help but snooze the annoying alarm, hoping to get up when it rings again in the next 10 minutes. But then, the next time I heard the alarm it was screaming 6am. **Oh crap**! I jerked up from the bed.
***"Today is a big day. The church service is by 10am***."
I said to myself as I started my daily routine.
... ***Said my morning prayers***
***... 50 press up, 50 sit up, 50 squats***
***... Washed My teeth***
***... Took my bath.***
Then I decided to just relax and inhale the moment, everything seems to be happening too fast. I couldn't believe that by the end of today my status will change. I reflected on the journey of my life. My past struggles. I didn't want to cloud my mind with sad thoughts on this special day. So I decided to recite my vows. I picked up the book where I wrote it down.
***"I Chinedu promise to love you with all my heart, cherish you, adore you..."***
I was cut short by a knock on the door
I was on my way to open the door, when Charles opened the door and let himself in.
"***What's the need of knocking if you will end up badging in?"***
***"The only reason i knock is for you to get dressed in case you are naked. Why are you not dressed up?"***
***"Dressed up for what? This is still 7:00"***
***"My friend put on some clothes, first we need to go and have your last breakfast as a bachelor, then We need to get a new ring."***
***"What's wrong with the one I bought?"***
***"That rubbish! Why didn't you consult me before going to buy a wedding ring. The one you got is out of fashion."***
I've been friends with Charles a long time to know that it was pointless trying to argue with him. So I complied, put some clothes on and we left.
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We ordered breakfast accompanied with a bottle of champagne.
***"Chinedu millions, very soon you will stop eating such meals, but rather a meal prepared in your own kitchen by your own wife."***
***"Doesn't that sound nice, Charles you should hurry up and get yours"***
***"Calm down, I'm not complaining. there's no rush"***
***"Sitting down here actually reminds me of the day I met my wife."***
***"Point of correction, the day I hooked you up with your wife. Back then you were doing shakara, now you want to take all the glory."***
***"A toast to Charles The Perfect Match Maker."***
*I said raising my glass.*
***"And A toast to Chinedu, the latest married man in town."***
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Checking the time, it was 8am. We left the restaurant, went to the jewelry store of Charles' choice and bought a ring that was to his satisfaction. Then we went home to get ready for the event.
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Normally as guys we were the first to finish. I haven't seen Sandra since last night. She was lodging at a different hotel, so I had to call her.
***"Hello Wife"***
***"Hey husband"***
***"I'm through and we are about to leave."***
***"Alright love, I'll be right behind you. I'm almost through."***
***"See you church then, love you."***
***"Love you Too honey."***
We left with the customary convoy. We got to church about 30 minutes to the time, so there was still time for my wife to meet up. 30 minutes later my Wife was still A no show. At this point I got worried, called her again but this time her phone was switched off. I was uncomfortable.
"***Charles I need to go and look for them."***
***"Relax, they will be here, it's probably traffic issues."***
Just then the pastor got a call, something about a ghastly car accident involving a wedding convoy.
***"No it can't be."***
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I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, Charles followed behind me screaming my name. I ran non-stop to the scene of the accident. On getting there, the sight was deadly. A fuel tanker rammed into the convoy and the cars were on fire. I moved closer to the scene, people were trying to restrain me, but I penetrated.. all that came out my mouth were
***"My wife! My Wife!!"***
There she lay, lifeless with her wedding gown stained with her blood. I carried her on my arms and gave a loud cry.
***"God why!!!"***
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***There you have it. My serendipity Tale Ends Here. Out of curiosity what do you think happens here? Does he go back to his drug addiction? Does losing his lucky charm make him run out of luck?***
***Do let me know in the comment section what you feel will happen from here.***
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Serendipity | Stroke Of Luck
The lady followed me to our table. I helped her to sit on the sit directly opposite to Chinedu. Chinedu looked at me with flaming eyes, but I didn't Care.
***"Hey Chinedu, meet this pretty damsel, her name is..., what's your name pretty?"***
***"My name is Linda"***
She said as she extended her hands towards Chinedu.
They got talking, and they realized that she also came for the Fest. They sat there chatting for a couple of hours, with Charles dong most of the talking. When it was time for the Fest, they all left the eatery and headed for the show.
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The Fest was interesting, with several artists preforming their favorite songs. The Fest ended around 3am and it was time for everybody to part ways. Already charles made an arrangement for a room for Chinedu and himself.
There they Stood saying their goodbyes. Charles kept making silly signs and winking at Chinedu. Chinedu on his own part had no idea what he was trying to tell him. So he ignored him and kept talking to Linda***.***
***"Uhhm, Let Me Drive You Home, where exactly do you live?"***
***"I actually live at Enugu. I didn't plan on staying till the end of the show, I was supposed to take a night flight to Enugu. Shoots! I didn't book a hotel room yet"***
***"That's bad, with the crowd here, it would be hard to get a hotel this night."***
***"Well well****" Charles cut in without invitation* ***"It's a good thing I got us two separate rooms. Chinedu why don't you be a gentle man and sacrifice part of your bed for Linda here."***
Chinedu stared at Charles curiously because Charles clearly told him that he managed to get only one room for both of them.
Then I turned to Linda
***"Will you mind joining me in my room tonight, then tomorrow we would travel together because we stay in the east too."***
***"Are you sure I wouldn't get a hotel room if I tried?"***
Charles already had an answer for this
***"Why Don't you go to his room and stretch your legs, we will go and check if there's a free room left then come for you."***
***"Thanks A lot. I'd really appreciate that."***
She said as she collected the room key from Chinedu And walked away. They both stood there watching her walk gracefully.
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Then I turned to Charles in anger. He knew what was coming to him, so he spoke before i got the chance to speak
"***Before You say anything, just know that you owe me A lot after this night."***
***"Chally what had come over you? Are you high?"***
***"We both know who is high here."***
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***"Why have you made it your responsibility to take decisions for me? Now where are you going to sleep tonight, because i know you got only one room?"***
***"Let me bother about that, just go in there and make that Lady happy. And tell her you couldn't get a room."***
***"What do you mean make her happy? I'm really tired and I'm going straight to bed, she should do the same too."***
***"Don't disappoint me man!"***
He said as he turned and walked away.
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On getting to the room, Linda was sitting in bed fiddling her phone. Chinedu stood there for A while. It was actually the first time he was really admiring her.
***"She's really pretty",*** he said to himself.
She knew he was standing there, but she said nothing. He finally walked up to her
***"Hey we couldn't get a room for you"***
***"Oh my, really i don't want to inconvenience you by staying here."***
***" it's totally cool. I could use some company."***
***"OK then"***
He showered, and went straight to bed. He lay down, but then all the sleep has left him. He was fully that Linda was awake also. Then he finally decided to talk
***"Can't sleep?"***
***"Yeah seems I washed away the sleep when I showered"***
***"Same thing happened to me",*** Chinedu said giggling.
It happened that They didn't sleep that night, they sat on the bed talking till morning. Within those few hours, a lot really happened. They had a heart to heart talking about really deep topics and got to know each other pretty much better.
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The next day, they had coffee in bed. Got Prepared for their journey and stepped out walking hand in hand. And one would think that they had been for years.
They got to the Car park and Charles wasn't there yet. It was then that he remembered about the hotel room incident and he wondered where he slept last night.
Just then he approached them with so much happiness in his face as always.
"***I can see you both had a lovely night, because you are all glittering and smiling like newly wedded couple."***
We all laughed.
"***Chinedu can we leave now?"***
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It's been two years since He Met Linda. During those two years, thanks to Linda he stopped during hard drugs, tho he normally smokes a pot once in a while. During those two years, he had never had never had an encounter with the force men, be it SARS or Drug Men. She never asked him for money like his previous girlfriends. His life changed for good.
From the first day he met her everything about him changed. Meeting her was indeed A serendipitous event.
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Serendipity | Good Fortune
They say life is A myth. Sometimes you feel that you have seen it all, then out of nowhere life hits you pretty hard and tells you that you have actually seen nothing. Like Phyno will always say in igbo
***"Öwebedi ihé ifü"***
Have you ever acquired something new, or met someone and from that moment everything you touch turns to Gold - not literally lol. More like everything you venture into becomes successful. Good fortune, as some people would call it. I like to call it lucky charm. But then what happens when this charm fades? What happens when your good fortune turns to Bad Luck? What happens when this charm becomes the source of your downfall?
*Serendipity | Fortunate Discovery*
Chinedu was a school drop out who ventured into forex trade. That was his major, but he was into virtually everything that pays online. Both legal and otherwise. He has been into this for a long time now, but things weren't really going as planned. He spent the whole day observing the charts on his forex account, probably trying to pick up a trend. He spends the whole night surfing the net, checking up on his dating sites and all the other things that pays him online. He barely had time to sleep, he barely had time to take Care of himself, he barely had time to socialize. You can bet that he has forgotten what it felt like to sit down and converse with people and just have fun.
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Despite all his endeavors, he still didn't own a car, or a house to his name. He still had to pay monthly house rent. These are the things that makes him an unhappy young man. Truth is he actually earns a reasonable amount from his online doings. But then something always comes up from nowhere to sap his sweat. ***Could be the NDLEA force men bursting his house from time to time and charging him for possession of hard drugs. Could be his girl friend's unending family members that always need money for one surgery or another. Could be the SARS men on the road always searching his phone and accusing him of Internet fraud.*** At the end of the day he realizes that after all he earns, he has no reasonable investment to boast of.
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It was one of those days when all this thinking got him to resort to his hard drugs for relief.
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With A lighted blunt on his left hand, a glass of codeine on the table, he lined the white powdered substance on his table, ready for sniffing. There was A loud knock on the door. He ignored the banging on the door, continued with sniffing his drugs, hoping that whoever that was will get tired and leave.
Unfortunately, the banging became even louder and irritating. He reluctantly went for the door, ignoring the fact that he had so many exhibits openly displayed in his sitting room. He actually didn't Care if it was the drug men.
***"What on earth are you doing in there that took you the whole day to come open the door for me. I almost thought you were dead."***
*It was his old time friend, Charles. Probably his only friend in the world.*
***"Well I might as well be dead, there's no reason to be on earth."***
***"Will you let me in, or will you stand here and preach to me about suicide"***
*Charles said as he walked pass him and went straight to the sitting room.*
***"what in f*ck's sake is going on here? I see you were working on the suicide before I interrupted you"***
***"Chally what are you talking about, this is just me getting high. If I wanted to commit suicide I'd get my gun and blow my brains out."***
***"Well before you do that, be sure to list me as your next of kin."***
***"I'm not in the mood for your chattering, why exactly are you here?"***
***"Being a very good and caring friend, I went and got us tickets for the music fest at Lagos."***
***" I'm not attending, shouldn't you go to such shows with stella your girlfriend "***
***"first off, I don't have a girlfriend at the moment, Stella is my ex now. Chinedu when last did you step out of this house?"***
***"I stepped out this morning to go get my drugs".***
***"Let Me Rephrase that, when last did you step out of the house to do something reasonable?"***
The conversation went on for several minutes, Chinedu realized that Charles wasn't taking NO for an answer, so he finally gave in.
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Thanks to Charles they got to the venue of the fest 3 hours before the time. So they decided to branch to an eatery and grab a meal while they waited. They ate in silence for some minutes till Charles broke the silence.
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***"Hey man! I can't help but notice that lady at your 3'o clock keeps checking you out"***
***"Chally, you finally dragged me out of the house, can we just eat in peace."***
***"I'm serious man, besides I didn't drag you out of your solo zone to come here and soliloquize. I brought you out to actually interact with people."***
*Chinedu tried to ignore him and focus on his food.*
***"Well What Are Friends For"***
*Charles said as he got up and approached the lady.*
***"Hello There Pretty, sorry to bother you this beautiful evening. That young handsome looking gentle man over there, who happened to be my silly friend has requested if you could join us in our table, his quite the shy type so pardon him for not being brave enough to approach you himself."***
***"Wow that's a lot of words just for an invite, well it would be my honor to join you guys."***
There it was. That was the discovery. My lucky charm. The good fortune that changed my life.
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Why Not Acrostic | A Football Tale
***W****hen I was a kid, I enjoyed playing football. More Like I was obsessed with football. While classes go on, i couldn't wait for the bell for break to go off. All my break period was normally spent on the pitch. I love my school back then because there must always be a group of people playing football, and you can always join. You never needed to own a football to play. Those that don't own a football end up playing more than those that own one. A good example is myself.*
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***H****ow i passed my exams amazed everyone, including my teachers and my parents. During classes, my mind was hardly in what the teacher was saying. All my thinking was directed to the type of skills I'll display on the pitch, how many people I'd dribble, how many goals I'd score and most importantly how many girls I would impress.*
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***Y****ou wouldn't believe me if I told you that I had several girls crushing on me. I'm not trying to brag but I always see many of them lurking around the field just to watch me display my skills. Noticing this, I always put on a great show for them. I always make sure I dribble so many people while they watch and definitely score goals.*
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***N****ormally, after school I never go home straight. Rather I always go to a field couple streets away from home to play with other kids. Let's just say I was getting bored with playing the same people in school always. This made me to venture into exploring different fields after school, to find new legs to play against. This really helped develop my skills. This is because playing against different pair of legs makes me learn one or two things from them.*
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***O****bviously this didn't come without a price. Going to play football after school makes me get home very late and pretty dirty. My mother keeps complaining about this and begging me to stop such lifestyle and come home straight after school. She always preaches to me on the dangers and risks accompanied with such lifestyle. Some times she would break down in tears.*
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***T****o be honest, I didn't mean to make my mother cry, but I just couldn't help it. My father on the other hand didn't have time to preach to me. Any day I come home late, I was ready to receive severe fogging from my dad. If you see my father flogging me, you would think I stole or committed a grave offense. This didn't stop me from committing the same offense the very next day.*
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***A****cross the entire neighborhood.I was known as Cr7. Because I was tall, slim, handsome and I had ball control like Cristiano Ronaldo. My fame gave me an assurance that whatever field i went to, I'd always be given the privilege to play. This is because so many people would want me on their team.*
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***C****ome to think of it, through out my childhood days I never owned a football, but yet I played football every day. I was famous and this gave me a sort of edge because I always got whatever I wanted. For the guys, they always wanted to be seen around with me and the girls just want a glimpse of me and probably go on a date with me someday.*
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***R****ight now, every thing has pretty much changed. My passion and zeal for football wasn't there anymore. I'd say they probably died when my mum died. After her death, it felt like the world stood still, and I didn't have passion for anything at all. I always stayed indoors sulking all day.*
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***O****lder me just wanted rest and less attention from the world. All I wanted was peace and quiet. So many friends came to console me, but I always pushed them away. This is probably because I prefer to mourn and grief alone.*
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***S****lowly time passed, weeks became months and months became years. It was time to move on. Obviously my father moved on A long time ago, because he got himself a new wife. It made me sad to know that my mum was replaceable to him. To me no woman on earth could ever replace my lovely mum.*
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***T****ime would tell if I would go back to playing football or not. Right now i was focused on getting my life back on track because when i was mourning for my mum, I backslided and I missed out on a lot of things. For instance I had to drop out from school in the second semester of my 200Level.*
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***I*** *went back to school, i was welcomed by so many friends. My friends where quite cool, they tried their best to make me forget about my sad moments. They even tried to get me to come for the football match hosted by the school. I tried to tell them that my football days were over. Yet they insisted, telling me that I didn't have to play, I could watch from the sidelines. I had no choice but to give in.*
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***C****oming into the stadium gave me a strange feeling. Hearing the crowd scream and echo made me remember the way my fans chanted my name whenever I played. It felt good stepping into the field again after so many years. Will I get back to playing? Perhaps time will tell.*
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***This is my first attempt on WHY NOT ACROSTIC. I don't actually know who started this, but my post was inspired by @***fantagira
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Dark Temptations %Writing Prompt #4%
Life in the village is hard, eating a complete three squared meal is so difficult. Having to go out very early in the morning doing menial jobs, working on people's farm, mixing cement and coming back late at night. Yet I can not boast on the income I go home with.
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I have been in the village all my life. I dropped out of school after my jss3 because my parents could not afford to train me in school. My parents were not really a big fan of education, they believed more in business and trade. This was probably because they were not educated. They only managed to train my senior brother through secondary school, then sent him off to learn a trade in the city. Now he is married to a pretty wife.
I finally decided to take a bold step out of my comfort zone and move to the city. I called my brother and spoke to him about it.
*" Hello Big bro, greetings to you"*
*"Chuks, how are you"*
*"I'm fine, just hunger and hardship"*
*"It's well, things will be better"*
*"Big bro, there is something I need to discuss with you"*
*"Go ahead"*
*"Bro please I'll like to come and stay with you in the city, just for a little while. Once I stand on my feet I'll leave your space. I can even serve as your house help for the time being"*
*"Chuks my wife's sister is already here serving as our house help, but then you know I can't say no to you."*
*"Thank You Very Much, I really appreciate"*
*"It's no big deal, when do you plan on coming over?"*
*" As soon as possible, I just need to Work for a few days to raise transport money."*
*"OK, no problems."*
I was so happy after this call. This happiness motivated me to work extra time to try and complete the money for the transport as soon as possible.
It took me five days to raise the money. The next day I was on a bus headed for the city.
It was the first day I was actually boarding a bus, I only see them pass by, but I never knew what it felt like to be inside one.
***GOOD BYE FROM UMUEZE COMMUNITY***
Once the bus passed this signpost, every other thing I saw was new to me. It felt shameful to realize that I have never left my village, even to the neighboring village.
From that moment, my eyes were glued to the Window of the bus. Streams of joy flowed through me. It was that feeling one gets when you are on a tour exploring and seeing new things.
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It took us about an hour to get to the city, i couldn't believe i was finally here, among tall giant buildings. I followed my brothers direction and arrived at his house. I was welcomed by a pretty young girl, the wife's sister I guess.
My stay at my brother's house was fun, but getting a job in the city wasn't as easy as I thought. Every day my brother goes for work, while his wife's sister goes out to learn sewing. Leaving his wife and I all alone in the house. His wife practically does nothing all day,
It was a Thursday morning, My Brother And His Wife's Sister Has Left the house as usual, I was washing clothes outside when I heard a call from inside the house
*"Chukwudi! Chukwudi please come."*
*"Yes aunty"*
I answered as I ran into her room thinking there was an emergency. Lo and behold, she was sitting on her bed fiddling her phone. I stood there for couple of minutes before she finally looked up from her phone and glanced at me.
"Chukwudi why are you just *standing there like a ghost, why couldn't you tell me that you are here, Meanwhile I need you to tidy up my room*."
*"OK aunty, let me finish washing I'll see to it"*
*"No, I need it done now. When you are through with tidying my room, then you can go and continue washing."*
I had no option than to oblige.
*"Ok ma"* **I replied reluctantly.**
I got to work, her room was really in a mess, shoes and clothes were littered at every corner of the room, a pile of dirty clothes was sitting on a chair by the window.
*"Chukwudi come and help me undo by bra"*
I was reluctant at first.
*Are You deaf? Didn't you hear what I just said."*
I did as she said, and went back to my work. I noticed her take of her cloth at my back and tie a towel, I concentrated on my work and pretended i didn't notice anything happen.
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She walked pass me, stooped low to pick up something from the drawer, I couldn't help but notice that she had no panties on. I immediately turned away and faced the opposite direction. She kept walking around the room, making me very uncomfortable. To crown it all, she walked up to me to give me some more dirty clothes just then the towel fell Off her body, and she was stark naked. I couldn't help but notice that she was really sexy with very attractive breasts.
But then... This Is My Brother's wife and this is just a DARK TEMPTATION
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Lazy To Travel
Laziness is a two way thing. When you mention laziness, people tend to tag it bad totally, but I believe is not totally bad.
***Why do I say so?***
I believe that laziness led to the discovery and invention of so many things. Let's take transportation for instance. Man has been trekking for ages, they got lazy and decided to invent an easier means of transportation, hence horses and camels came into play.
They probably got lazy of having to whip the horses and all that, and other means of transportation were invented.
I don't expect everybody to agree with me on this, but that is my theory though.
With that said, I don't think laziness is Totally bad, but then your laziness should lead to something productive. Laziness is bad when you are lazy to do something and you are unable to come up with an easier means to accomplish that task, rather you lazy around and fail to accomplish the task, or end up falling behind schedule.
***Let's talk about my laziness***
Well I'm not here to give you a lecture on laziness, I'm actually here to talk about my laziness to travel.
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I took a little vacation, and I'm Supposed to travel back today against work on Monday, but then I found myself to be very lazy to travel. I woke up with plans to travel this evening, after attending church and probably saying goodbyes to my friends.
***Let me tell you a bit about my vacation.***
This Vacation was actually overdue because I have been postponing the trip due to my busy schedule, and I also had to wait for my leave to be approved.
Truth is my Boss hardly approves my leave because as his PA I need to be available whenever he is not around, and he is always not around. Finally my leave got approved, I cleared my schedule and mapped out a week for my vacation.
First stop was at umuahia. I had some friends I had to meet up with. On Arriving at the hotel, first thing I did was to take a long swim, I can't really swim but just dipping my legs in the chilled pool while sipping my drink is always relaxing. I spent some hours in the pool.
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Then I called my friends to tell them of my arrival. You might be wondering why I delayed before calling my friends, well I needed a quiet time alone before my friends would come and crowd my space. In a matter of minutes they arrived, they were so happy to see me because it has been almost four years since I saw most of them. I got out of the pool, took my bath and we were off to party. We really had fun drinking and partying till late into the night. Some of them decided to lodge in the same hotel with me, others went to their various homes.
I spent three days at Umuahia, having fun all the way and relaxing as much as possible. Then I traveled to Enugu, my favorite state in the whole country. This is actually where I grew up so I have a lot of friends and family members here in Enugu.
My journey to Enugu was actually longer than usual, because there was a Fuel trailer that fell and blocked the road. Thank God the tank was empty, because it would have been a disaster.
I arrived Enugu very late. Being a lover of night travel, I couldn't complain. Only thing I didn't like was the traffic jam, because I hate being stuck in traffic jam, especially the types that there will be no movement for hours.
I decided to spend the night at my family house, instead of wasting money at a hotel when I had a big room in my name at home. I knocked at the gate and they were all so surprised to see me, that was the idea though. I didn't tell anyone of my visit, they had no idea I was coming home.
My father always frowns at late night travels, but considering the fact that he hasn't seen me in a long while, he couldn't complain. I took my bath and went straight to bed, because honestly it was a long day.
The next day I woke up to the sweet aroma of fried rice and salad oozing in the whole house. I followed the aroma and it led me to the kitchen. On getting there, I saw chicken about to be fried, ingredients for egg sauce and so many other delicacies. I asked jokingly
***"What's the Occasion, don't tell me you are preparing all this just to celebrate my arrival"***
My bubbles were burst because it happened that today was actually my sister's birthday. The day was fun filled.
It was a sort of family outing because when my siblings heard I was back, they all came back home from their various locations.
Fast forward to this present day. I'm currently laying Lazy in bed, I doubt I'll be able to travel today. I'll probably call my boss and face whatever Sanction he would give me. I just can't imagine leaving my loved ones behind without spending more quality time with them. Then there's the laziness factor too lol
***Lazy To Travel*** https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1530521954074-e64f6810b32d?ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8N3x8dHJhdmVsJTIwYm95fGVufDB8fDB8fA%3D%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=700&q=60
**Chilling in the pool** https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1599749215899-897bd81cd72f?ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxzZWFyY2h8NHx8cG9vbCUyMGRyaW5rfGVufDB8fDB8fA%3D%3D&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=700&q=60
This is my entry for the #**19 Laziness** by @JonicaBradley https://read.cash/@JonicaBradley/writing-prompt-19-laziness-7aff2852
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