Tales of the Falls
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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ANNOUNCEMENT!
I'M GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED!
SUMMARY:
On the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year...magic will return to the world...and the streets will run red with the blood of the (semi)innocent...unless the world is saved by the most unlikely of hero's...baking cupcakes?!
The title is '13/13/13' and it'll be coming to a bookstore or E-Book site near you! Xilbris is the publisher, also available at Amazon, Inkitt and BarnesandNoble.
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Wendy rolled her eyes, last day of school, one last assembly...probably some scmaltzy garbage about 'moral Hygiene'...or the virtues of 'science slumber parties'.
Wendy wanted to retch, well whatever. Just one more hour and she'd be free of this snore factory for the summer. True, her dad forcing her to get a summer job was a bit of a drag...but whateve's she could work around it, she always did.
To her surprise, instead of their lame-o principal some new guy showed up...next to a badass sports car, a pile of cash and a diploma?
The guy- named Stanley Lenderman, was talking about some contest. Everyone in the school would enter for a valuable prize, he would draw a name from the box. That person would win a chance at wining: a billion dollars, a new car and an early graduation!
Naturally, Wendy practically trampled everyone to sighn up and put her name in first. When the stampede had finished, the man drew-
"Wendy Blerble Corduroy!"
For once Wendy didn't care about her lame middle name being shouted to everyone! She was going to win! She'd throw herself in the dang woodchipper to get even ONE of those prizes!
"Wendy, your our contestant! Your challenge: Strip naked on the stage and be naked for the rest of the summer!"
...there was a long silence...
Wendy chuckled..."Y-your joking right?"
"Nope, in fact if you don't come here, strip in front of everyone in the next minute, you forefit!"
Again, there was silence. Everyone was just sorta staring at her, waiting to see what she'd do...and Wendy just couldn't believe this! "You-your not serious! Y-you can't really expect me to go along with that!"
The man shrugged, "Hey whatever girl...billion dollars, new car, and a free ticket out of three more years of this prison...plenty of other people would be happy to do WORSE."
Indeed, everyone started to look eager...
The man started to countdown; "Offer expires in 30...29...28...
Wendy started to panic! She wanted all that so badly...but to be naked? For a summer?
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The she realized something...she lived in the forest! She was WAY out of anyone's way! There was no way they could REALLY enforce that kind of thing!
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...and she could probably sue them for sexual harassment if they got too aggressive about this!
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Iin fact, she could probably use this as an excuse to get out of work and just laze around the house all summer! AWESOME!
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...still...she'd still have to get naked in front of everyone here at the absolute very least...
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But school was almost over...
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And she knew a fast shortcut home through the forest with a lot of cover...
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Plus, if she won she'd never have to see any of these losers and perverts again, so who really cared what they saw?
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...was there still a downside to this?
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"OKAY! I ACCEPT! HOLD ON!
The man ends the timer and smiles as Wendy jumps up and heads to the stage. "That's the spirit!" Wendy was barely listening, deciding to just get this over with. So much like ripping off a bandage she ripped off her clothes as she ran up to the stage-
"THERE! I'M NAKED! A DEALS A DEAL!" Shouts a scarlet and mortified Wendy as she desperately ignored the wolf-whistles and phone-camera flashes.
The man smiled, "Indeed, a deals a deal." Said the man as he slapped a weird bracelet on her wrist.
"What, what is this?" She asked as she struggled to get it off.
"A device that makes it impossible for you to wear clothes, it's new tech and therefore not covered under sexual harassment laws- Well, have a good summer! I'll have your prizes ready the last day!"
Before Wendy could stop him, he was gone...and then she remembered she was naked in front of everyone-
Mercifully, the bell rang. Quickly, Wendy tried to use some of her shirt to cover her-
GLOW!
-but the bracelet glowed and it vanished! "Oh, come on!" She shouted just as Tambry took a pic of her as she runs past, "Seriously Tambry!?" "Come on! When am I going to get a chance like this again?" Shouts back a gleeful Tambry.
Wendy tried to stay ahead of the seething mass of eager teens...but she could already feel her butt get pinched and slapped.
Eye's burning with humiliated tears, Wendy runs out of the school and down her secret shortcut- Wendy tried to keep her heart rate steady, "Okay, Wendy. Be calm, okay...this is kinda a drag...but if I just stay in the house all summer...I'll be fine-
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I STILL NEED TO GET A JOB!? I'M NAKED!" Screamed Wendy.
Manly Dan shrugged, "Hey, you brought this on yourself. You made this deal, now you gotta live by it."
"Live- Dad, there's nothing in the deal that insists I go outside!"
Dan groans, "For the love of- WENDY, didn't you read the contract you signed!?"
Wendy looked at him confused, "Contract...what contract?"
Dan slapped his forehead, "Bunyan give me strength- The contract! You and the rest of the school signed when you filled your names in before your name was called?"
Wendy blanched, "That- that was a contract? I thought that was just a sign-up sheet!"
Dan just shook his head, "No, it was a contract. A contract that stipulates you need to go to the local Bargin mart tech support to get your bracelet checked on weekly."
Wendy gaped in horror, "But the Bargin-mart has the worse service! Not only will I have to wait around an HOUR, I'll have to go in the middle of the day during rush hour since that's when it's open!"
Dan nods, "Yep, not to mention it eludes to some..'other' surprises."
Wendy moaned, "Well, that's just terrific...but why do i need o still get a job? This'll be humiliating enough as it is! Besides, after Summer I'll have all the money I could ever want!"
Dan glared, "Right there, that attitude is why I made you get a job in the first place! Your too irresponsible Wendy! You never think things through You barely ever plan today, nevermind long-term! When your not mooching off that Thompson boy or your latest crush, you spend money like it's on fire! I'll bet my favorite Axe that if I allow things to go as is, you'll squander that billions within a week! And since the High school made it clear it'll honor that 'diploma' and won't take you back, you'll have no prospects at all!"
"But...I'm naked." Said a shamed Wendy almost crying.
But Dan was firm, "That's just more proof you need to learn this lesson. You let your sloth and greed override your common sense, you accepted a deal without learning all the facts, you clearly just assumed you could weasel out of your commitment- LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO...No, Wendy it's time you grow up! And if I have to humilate you to get this lesson nailed into your head, so be it!"
"Dad, please-
"No, Wendy my mind is made up! Now you have two choices; you can leave town and go to your cousins lumber-mill or I can talk to Stan about having you work at his tourist trap- he owes me one."
Wendy groaned, she hated it...but if she had to choose...she'd go with the shack, at least it was in town...
Besides...how much tourism could this rinky-dink town get anyway?
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Meanwhile, Dipper Pines suddenly got a nice warm feeling. "What is it bro-bro?" Asked Mable. "I...don't know why...but I got this weird feeling that this summer is going to end VERY well for me..."
Both twins just shrug and go back to packing...
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