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The List: The Trifecta

"The List Event"

Team name: The Trifecta

Team members: Apollo, Holly, and Ripley

 

Which character will...

 

  • Throw the first punch

Imagine, just for a moment, the competitiveness of Black Friday shoppers in our favorite Elder Vampire. 

Apollo. Without a doubt.

Holly would if it was the last edition of a book.

 

  • Steal all the bath bombs

*Everyone turns and looks at Apollo while he is in fact looking at the bath bombs* 

One would assume Apollo because of his flamboyant personality. 

But alas, it’s Ripley. The silent thief and closeted self-care aficionado as any villain is. 

 

  • Get trampled by the crowd

Holly has two left feet, the poor girl; she's also short so it's likely that the crowd hardly even saw her.

Apollo has likely thrown the first punch at the poor fool(s) that trampled over Holly.

Ripley is already snacking on chips he stole near the front entrance watching the scene unfold like his favorite drama.

 

  • Purposely tip over someone else's cart

Ripley. He’s already bored shopping.

Holly would be horrified and more than likely try to run back to help said person. She would go as far as attempting to put their things back into the cart, too.

Apollo has likely ventured off to try to find his gifts for the two and doesn’t bear witness to it. 

 

  • Accidentally tip over someone else's cart

Because the girl can catch no break; whilst she's attempting to help pick up the cart for the other person, she likely backs up and trips someone elses' cart, too.

Ripley: *raises both eyebrows, amused*

 

  • Runs over a child

Imagine this. This child has the very last Nintendo.

 Both Apollo and Ripley want it. 

This child is already getting on his nerves. Ripley will do it while holding back a snicker.

Apollo would bribe them. There’s no way a child is the match for an Elder vampire.

Holly's already got the first-aid kit out to help the kid.

 

  • Get into a fight with their own team member

Holly would for the fact that Ripley continuously throws his miscellaneous things into the cart that they do not need and ruining the list Holly has for the trip in general.

Ripley enjoys rilling Holly up so he keeps it up while adding in the occasional quip. 

Apollo will get into a fight with Ripley because he MUST defend Holly’s honor. 

 

  • Gets in line to sit on Santa's lap

Being a believer in higher powers, Holly would likely always have some fixation that a wish on a star, or a Christmas wish from a faux Santa might grant her some form of control of her life. So yes, depressingly, she would be in line to wish for an easier life.

Apollo is in line next to Holly, rocking back and forth on his feet like a giddy kid. Who is this Santa figure and what shall he wish for?

Ripley has been dragged to stand in line by Apollo and as such is throwing chips at Apollo between bites as revenge. 

 

  • Climb the shelves to get an item off the top shelf

Holly would do her damn best with attempting to get them herself–she'd climb them out of spite that she was able, yet still not be able to reach the item.

 

  • Has to help the character above get items off the top shelf

Apollo is hovering behind her ready to catch her in case she falls and inevitably ends up helping her anyways.

Ripley has snuck off. 

 

  • Hijacks the intercom & makes a fake announcement

Apollo and it'll be an announcement drawing others across the store away from what he wants.

And to be frank, Holly wouldn't even be mad. Especially if it were to her advantage to grab something she really wanted.

 

  • Waits in the car

Ripley wishes he was in the car and yet Apollo dragged him into the store. 

 

  • Be the extreme couponer at the checkout

While she isn't as bad as most, Holly would have the booklet of things that were on sale and throw out the coupons if she had the opportunity to use them. Likely for school supplies and food. 

Ripley is looking at the coupons like they’re aliens. He truly has no idea what they are or what they are for. 

Apollo is willing to just pay for everything to help take care of Holly. She keeps denying him.

 

  • Pay with a jar of coins

Ripley’s evil tendencies are not done yet. He’ll pull out two jars of coins simply for the fun of it and to watch the shoppers behind them suffer while they take so long.

If the coins were the only things that Holly had, she would do so. Maybe not an entire jar, but she would have no shame paying what she needed in order to get by.

 

  • Be the first to get fired if they worked at the store

Ripley would, just to prove a point that he could get a job at a store like that then be fired the fastest.

Apollo has never worked in a store and has no desire to ever do so. 

Holly will take whatever job she could get that would fit her schedule with school and home life, but she would never attempt to be fired from it.

 

  • Pepper sprays someone

She lives a life of constantly needing to look over her shoulder for personal reasons. She has no fear of striking if someone gets close to her. And if she has pepper spray, you best bet she's using it on the unlucky bastard who scared her badly.

Apollo: *hisses and flees* The smell is worse than garlic.

Ripley is laughing his ass off at the poor bastard being pepper sprayed. This is likely the first time he and Holly see eye-to-eye. 

 

  • Who shoplifts?

Ripley. By this point in their shopping trip he has already eaten two bags of chips and stolen a candy bar and likely more no one knows about. He has no plans to pay for any of it. 

Apollo is none the wiser. 

 

  • Who starts playing Marco Polo

Apollo. He’s looking for Ripley. There’s a reason the spy is known as “The Ghost”. 

But there’s a catch. 

Ripley’s doesn’t speak. And you’ll likely find him laughing to himself while he hides somewhere in the store making Apollo frustrated. You’d think the vampire would learn by now…

Holly would say it nervously, but in the end, likely wound just call Apollo to find him faster. She's got deals to get to after all.

 

  • Camps out at the store before opening time

Likely not at a store that anyone would suspect, but she would in order to get in life early for Santa. That, or she would do it if there was a rare signed copy of some occult book she really loved and would fight tooth and nail for.

Apollo needs his beauty sleep. He most certainly will not be camping

Ripley is no where in sight and no one knows where he is. 

 

  • Most likely to shop in an inflatable T-Rex costume

The writer - Tylynnosaurus ;) 

 

  • Most likely to be the streaker

Apollo - probably after trying on an outfit in the changing room and needing to find a different size and/or Ripley has stolen Apollo’s clothes from the changing room while he looks for additional items.

 

  • Goes to the 20-item or less line with two carts full of items

Listen, if the lane is open the lane is open. When you're trying to get out of there and every other lane is full, even a goody good like Holly would go to the smaller lanes in order to get out as soon as she could.

Ripley: *pulls out a shirt he has stolen from a rack that’s perfectly in Holly’s size and reads, Santa’s little rebel. - mockingly holds it up to her as they go into line*

Apollo: *elbows Ripley in the ribs*

 

  • Steals CDs/discs/games and leaves the empty boxes on the shelf

Ripley. He has stored these in his own version of a mary poppins bag which he makes blink and out of existence at a whim.

Apollo has been lost in the records section instead. 

 

  • Get to checkout only to realize they HAVE to run back and get one more thing

Holly would have no shame. She'd also have no shame leaving one of the boys at the cart to make sure that they kept their place in line.

Ripley: *eye roll and throws a chip at Holly*

Apollo: *internally panics they’ll be at the store for far longer*

 

  • Which character just needed groceries?

Ripley, but by the time their trip is done he’s already eaten everything he needed at the store. He’ll be content for a while yet.

Apollo has no need for groceries, but might buy some to appear mortal and normal. Low and behold at this stage in his life he still can’t put together a proper meal.

Holly probably needed them, yet didn't want to go on that day. But if she heard that Apollo was going, she would in order to help feel a bit more secure at the store.

 

  • Who forgets their wallet?

Depending on the situation, she likely would ask someone *cough cough* Apollo *cough* to pay for it. She'd pay him back later though, even if he likely wouldn't let her.

Apollo would do it while she’s frantically searching, finally rejoicing that he got to take care of her in some way.

Ripley believes in the five-finger discount. 

 

  • Which character gets lost and ends up in the backrooms?

Probably looking for one of her obscure books she would somehow wander into there. If she makes it out is up for interpretation. You be the judge.

 

  • Which member has the closest Karen haircut?

Apollo side-eyes Ripley while hiding his signature smirk. 

Holly is the one showing a picture of 'the' Karen haircut.

Ripley glares and crushes the bag of chips in his hands. 

 

  • Which member has the most Karen personality

*Everyone stares at Apollo while he’s trying to get his way with an expired coupon for Holly.*

 

  • Who's idea was it to go shopping to begin with?

Possibly Apollo. He'd be blushing trying to hide the fact he wanted to actually buy a gift for Holly when she won't give him the time of day at the moment. And Holly, ever the opportunist, would take up that option to join for the sake of being able to save time for studying.

 

  • Who actually finished the shopping list?

Because dammit, even if she didn't plan on going, she would make a list of what she needed while they were driving there, and come hell or high water, she's finishing it.

And Apollo, but he’s fashionably late with all gifts just like this blog entry. 

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Somewhere far away, in a soon to be forgotten place, rain splattered against blood stained pavement. The night cried out as thunder roared and lightning crackled across the blackened sky. Soaked sunshine locks clung to his forehead weeping water into his glowing crimson irises. Red ribbons of blood seeped from the gaping wound in his right arm dripping into the water at his feet until red faded into a stream of pink down the city drains. In the distance a car alarm blared to life but he stood there, amid a sea of flayed Wolf and Elven corpses, with a smirk upon his lips, gazing into rain drops that fell from a mourning sky. Elongated fangs threatened to pierce his own skin as his half cocked smirk grew wider. 

Once upon time, when he thought fur like that was beautiful and worth running your hands through, he would have thought twice about shredding a black pelt to pieces. 

Instead rain drops reflected a scene worthy of every action film battle scene. In one reflection, the open maw of a wolf laid at his pale bare feet. The bottom half of the jaw torn asunder before he ripped the head from the body that's strewn across the car hood opposite of where he stood. A few feet away an Elf slumped against a black sedan with a dagger to the heart and two missing ears. The heart of another is torn from a rib cage he pried open with his bare hands as if pulling apart stocks of corn silks just to get to the root of what laid beneath. The massacre continued until he stood in a circle of dead bodies and corpse pieces. 

Gaia couldn't cry out loud enough for her recently slaughtered kin, but the Devil of Vampire stood and chuckled. At first it was soft, baritone notes barely audible against the onslaught of heavy droplets that begun to beat against the cars surrounding the parking lot. Laughter rose until his shoulders shook. Mouth was agape for water droplets to wash the sweet nectar of blood down his throat until it made easier the swallowing of his sins. 

Memories tore at the edges of his mind. Distant feelings of  sunshine and sand between his toes instead of gloomy skies and bloody water. Musical laughter and the soft touch of feminine hands instead of war cries and cold daggers. Hunting for fun instead of massacres meant to wipe his enemy from this earth. Crystal clear water droplets didn't dare reflect the vampire who had gone mad with ambition. Nature refused to reflect how he went from a Pocket of sunshine, who laughed and played beside the sweetest of souls, to a glacier of blood meant to freeze the world in the dark abyss of his soul. 

For a few brief moments, society stood still to bare witness to the supernatural war he waged. Against all odds he sought a kind of peace and solace that was naturally deprived of his kind. He added fuel to the fire by fighting a war against all wars, seeking peace in places it's never been. A piece of him longed for the sweet wolf's cry to the moon instead of the mourning of those around him. He longed to stop the pain of his actions from carving deep scars in places no one would ever bare witness to. He tried to warn them. 

Don't double cross that which you know nothing of unless you want Monsters to come out and play. 

But they did and so play he would. They double crossed him, went behind his back, and against the blood bond. Now, he sought his revenge and put pieces into place that weren't originally there. Slowly, flesh mended and his bones set back into place. A hand raised to his face as he wiped water from his eyes and swept those platinum locks back across his head. A deep shuddering exhale released a final wave of power that rolled off him and across the parking lot. Once crimson gaze turned to ice as his glacier blues gazed over the macabre scene before him. 

He plucked a smoke from his pocket. Thick lashes fell over his cheekbones to kiss the ghostly pale flesh. With the snap of his fingers and a small utterance between each breath, the end of the cigarette perched between his lips glowed to life. One long drag later the smoke in his lungs kissed the air before his face. Another utterance before he inhaled again. Fire erupted around each carcass burning to ashes any proof that he or his sins were ever there. As he turned on his heel, he left behind any remnants of the pleasant memories that haunted him and tried to forget the only ray of sunshine he ever knew. 

But good intentions be damned only a Monster of his caliber would poison everything he should have let go of in the first place. 

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