Bittersweet Candy Bowl

36. Crash and Burn, original chapter posted 3/25/07

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Transcript

*Lucy seizes up, dropping her glass of juice. Her eyes are huge and her mouth hangs open.*
Lucy: OH MY GOD!!

*Lucy panics, clinging to the edge of the desk as she stares at the computer screen. She’s red-faced and sweating.*
Lucy: THAT’S.. A PORN VIDEO!!

*Lucy’s hand desperately grips the mouse. Clicks fill the panel.*
Lucy: Why.. isn’t.. the cursor.. moving?!

*Lucy’s eyes are huge blank circles and her teeth are gritted. She holds her hand to her face in despair.*
Lucy: IT’S FROZEN!!

*Lucy turns away, burying her face in her hands. She’s beet red and her tail is puffed out in agitation.*
Lucy: Ughh! What if somebody comes in?!

*Lucy balls up her fists in determination, looking nervously over her shoulder.*
Lucy: I NEED TO STOP IT!

*Lucy sits back down at her desk and grabs her computer, shaking it.*
Lucy (thinking): Where’s the off switch on this thing?
Lucy: ?

*Lucy gives up shaking the computer. The panel darkens and Lucy balls her fists up and goes completely red as she screams.*
Lucy: WHERE’S GODDAMN LILY WHEN YOU NEED HER!!!

*Lucy angrily faces away from the computer, reaching backward to use the keyboard.*
Lucy: Force Quit! Force Quit! Ctrl-Alt-Delete! Ctrl-Alt- Delete! ANYTHING!!

*The panel goes dark, accentuating a horrified-looking Lucy hearing Chirpy and Yashy talking outside her room.*
Chirpy: You sure, Mommy?
Yashy: Positive, Chirps.

*Chirpy and Yashy’s voices come from outside Lucy’s door.*
Chirpy: I don’t think..
Yashy: He told me so! To my FACE!
*Lucy stares at the doorway with huge, panicked eyes.*
Lucy (thinking): Oh no..!!

*Lucy turns back to the desk and the porn-playing computer, snarling. Her teeth are bared, her ears are laid flat and her tail is puffed out.*
Lucy: Go.. away!!

*Lucy pauses, her expression changing to slight fascination.*
Lucy: Wow.. She’s really into it..

*The panel darkens as Lucy goes completely red again. She clutches her head, eyes tightly closed.*
Lucy: WHAT AM I SAYING?!

*Lucy’s eyes pop open and she raises her finger as a lightbulb appears over her head.*
Lucy: Oh!

*Lucy drops down to look under the desk, frowning in determination.*

*Lucy spots the power cords in the wall socket. She grins, overjoyed.*

*Lucy looks on with cold determination.*
Lucy: This may sting a little, computer..

Author commentary

Veronica: It’s nice to see that Lucy isn’t always as stoic as she’s been trying to be lately. She can still be an anxious, emotional mess. Just like any ol’ teenager!

Reader comments

Comment ID #86239

kinda saw that one coming:P

Billi September 4, 2010, 7:23 AM EDT.

Comment ID #147108

IT’S NOT GONNA WORK.

It’s probably caused something in the coding of the computer. This is going to be awkward reeeeaaaly fast.

I had the same problem when I first learned about the internet. A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous. I realized at the time that any name possible could be a website. I thought of hats.com and food.com and oohhhhhh….porn on accident. I had to got out through 12 windows only to accidently click it in my history when I was going to delete from there.