Ye Gads! I wrote something I can show small children! It's the end of the world!
Just a little lighthearted doohickey I wrote today. Hope you enjoy!
Maps
"What're you doing?" asked Timmy, looking at the VOX screen with a slight frown on his face.
"I'm redrawing the world map," replied Jimmy, nonchalantly.
"Why?"
"Well, I just finished this game of [INSERT STRATEGY GAME HERE]," shrugged Jimmy, "I managed to conquer the world, so I thought I should divide it up again."
"…aren't we supposed to be the guys who stop people from conquering the world?" demanded Timmy, brow raised.
"Meh, it's a way to let off steam," admitted Jimmy.
Timmy nodded, and looked at the map. It was covered in a pink colour – evidently, pink was the colour of the country Jimmy had been playing as.
"So, who'd you play as?" he asked.
"The British," replied Jimmy, "It was pretty random."
He opened up a tab labelled 'liberate nations', and clicked on 'Portugal'. A small green nation appeared in south-western Europe.
"How long is this going to take?" asked Timmy.
"I'd say about an hour," shrugged Jimmy.
"Riight, I'll be over there, then," nodded Timmy.
He sat at a small table in the corner of the lab. Bored, he grabbed a piece of A4 paper and started scribbling on it. Once he had developed a rather messy squiggle, he threw it to the side and grabbed another piece of paper.
This was a page from his geography homework. It was a printed map of the world, with instructions to draw the geographical features of the world on it.
Inattentively, Timmy found Dimmsdale on the map, and began to draw a little circle around it. He labelled the little circle as 'Timmy Land'.
He decided that that was a bit small, and rubbed out the circle. He drew a bigger line from the pointy bit where the US meets Mexico to the north coast of Canada. He coloured it pink and labelled it 'Timmy Land' again.
His eyes turned to Asia now, notably to Japan and China. He remembered that, long ago, the first ever Crash Nebula series had been made in Japan, before it had been bought by an American company. Nodding, he drew a line from the place where China, Korea and Russia met down to roughly Hong Kong. He left this area, Japan and Taiwan uncoloured, and labelled it 'NebuLand.'
He moved his pencil over Europe now, and coloured France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland red, labelling this 'Jimmy Land.' He then decided that he couldn't call everything 'Land', and changed the name to 'JimmyUgal.' Randomly, he crossed out the city of 'Monaco' and replaced it with 'Retroville'.
His attention returned to America, as he drew a line from the Great Lakes to Florida, and another from the lakes to the Canadian coast. He coloured this green and called it the 'Danny's Ghost Zone'.
Glancing at the Pacific, he coloured Australia and all of the islands in the Pacific yellow, and named this the 'Spongebob Empire'.
The next place he turned his attention to was Africa, where he drew a very long line separating the East and the West. He coloured the Eastern part in orange, and called it 'Tak's Tribe-y People.'
Thinking a little, he decided to give Cosmo and Wanda a little bit, colouring in Argentina, Chile and the Falklands. The new blue blob was called 'My Fairies Place.'
Considering for a moment, Timmy decided to give his own country a little more land. More to the point, he decided to take over the place Remy and Anti-Cosmo came from. He gave a little chuckle as he coloured Britain and Ireland pink.
Thinking again, he coloured the rest of Canada in a lighter blue and called it 'Anti-Genie Land'.
He then coloured the North of the USA purple, drawing a line in the middle. He called it 'My Dad's Country,' and gave a chuckle. He coloured the rest of the USA in yellow, adding it to the Spongebob Empire.
He thought about that last one for a moment, wondering if he should give it to someone else, Sandy for example. Then he considered who Spongebob's Queen or Empress would probably be, and chuckled.
Jimmy glanced at him.
"Is there something funny about Bulgaria?" he asked, pointing irritably at his screen.
"No," replied Timmy, shaking his head.
Jimmy gave a curt nod, and went back to his business.
Timmy fiddled with his map for another half hour, randomly adding parts of the world to his different countries until it was all coloured. He finished by shading Antarctica black and labelling it 'Everyone I Don't Like.'
He finished off by writing a title for his map – 'The World According to Timmy Turner.' He rewrote according several times, until he believed he had the spelling right.
"Right, I'm done," grinned Jimmy, getting up from his chair. Timmy jumped, and hid the map he had drawn in his bag.
"Yeah, sorry about that," continued Jimmy, "I was having trouble working out Africa. So, what did you come here for?"
"Just wanted to see how you were doing, I guess," shrugged Timmy, "It's been a while since we last saw each other."
"Yeah, you weren't there at the whole 'globs of doom' thing, were you," nodded Jimmy, "You didn't miss much."
"I know," Timmy replied, "I was just a bit worried that…you might have replaced me."
Jimmy gave a chortle, and shook his head.
"Timmy, I'd never replace you," he grinned, placing his hand on Timmy's shoulder, "Especially not with Zim of all people."
"Thanks," thanked Timmy.
He paused for a few seconds.
"So," he mused at last, "You ever wonder what it would be like if we ruled the world?"
"Sometimes," shrugged Jimmy, walking towards the elevator, "Doesn't everyone?"
"I guess so," nodded Timmy.
As soon as Jimmy was gone, Timmy pulled his map out again. Glancing to make sure no-one could see him, he snuck over to a small VR machine in the corner. Jimmy had invented this as a way to bring the worlds of drawings to life for his art project, and had left it to gather dust after Sheen's doodles had nearly destroyed Retroville.
Setting it to 'view only' and slipping his map under the scanner, Timmy put the helmet on, and turned on the machine.
After all, you're not the third wheel in your own little world, are you?
The World According to Timmy Turner: http : / / img801 . imageshack . us / img801 / 3913 / timmysworld . png