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"Your next challenge is to do one-hundred pushups. The last team to do a total of one-hundred pushups will be up for elimination..."
"Three....Two...One....Go."
Backpack hadn't heard a thing about the challenge, not like he wanted to do it anyways. sitting on the ground, Backpack could only think about the notes Stone had gave him. He had not looked at them yet, perhaps he would later. After a few moments he took his eyes off of the ground to watch Soda Bottle glare at Texty, who seemed to be preoccupied with bouncing around.
Scenty had returned to her team, being greeted by Tray.
"Welcome back Scenty! Feeling better?"
Scenty wwiped one of her eyes with her hand, taking a deep breath as she sat down next to Bassy.
"Yeah....I'm sorry you had to see me lash out like that...I've just had alot built up."
The three other contestants showed their understanding. Tray had begun a new topic about what yoga they might do next, which Scenty seemed pleased to engage in even if her mind was in several other places at once.
"There's no way I can do one-hundred pushups...I've never even done one!"
Airline Food stared at the ground, having to squint a little to see Atom sitting there. The tiny speck seemed to think for a moment before responding.
"Well, I guess you better start learning."
Airline Food stared at the ground, until suddenly a lightbulb seemed to go off in his head. He cleared his throat before looking up towards the sky.
"Airy! Were done!"
"Oh? I guess....Airline foods team did one hundred pushups...so...they are safe."
Atom seemed puzzled by this.
How did that just work?"
"If your curious about the functio-"
Meanwhile Moldys team had been doing somewhat of a good job completing the task. Moldy had volunteered to do the push-ups since subway Seat was physically incapable of doing so, Whippy creamy had no idea how, and Circle seemed distant, sitting off on the sidelines.
"What are you at now?"
Whippy Creamy asked, leaning against Subway Seat as Moldy sat up, taking a deep breath and wiping her forehead.
"Forty...whew I need a breather..."
Subway Seat seemed astonished, and his words only added to it.
"Wh- How the heck did you get so strong?!"
"Spelunking"
"Sple-what now?"
"Spelunking...caving....cave exploring, they all mean the same thing. I like exploring caves in my free time."
Whippy Creamy and Subway Seat glanced at eachother, they hadn't heard about this yet. Moldy leaned back a little on the ground as she continued speaking.
"I used to go cave exploring with my friend Parker and his buddies."
"Well...some time ago I went into this one cave and I don't know how, but I came into contact with some sort of fungus called Oandida Buris, which was spreading through where I lived...It was not very common but it was said to be spreading rapidly. Thats why there's...mold on my head. The idiots working there forgot to put up the sign."
Circle had stood up and moved over to the rest of the group, standing abit away from the rest of the group as he began talking.
"That doesn't sound too good..."
Moldy shrugged.
"My friend Parker and his buddies have been giving me money to help with a possible treatment. I couldn't be more thankful for them, but now that I'm here I'm not sure what's going to happen. Thankfully I am not going to spread it to any of you it just doesn't work like that so, yeah."
Moldy had reached about seventy pushups before she had taken another breather, only thirty more before she reached one-hundred.
"Can you tell us more about your life stuff?"
Subway Seat seemed to most interested to hear about Moldys life out of the bunch. Moldy stared at him for a moment before responding.
"Why do you care so much? Youve got your own lives to deal with, right?"
Subway seat shrugged.
"I guess so. Some guy spilled some coffee on me a few weeks ago and got into a fistfight with the guy next to him for it. Hasn't been cleaned since."
Whippy Creamy blinked and stood up straight, taking his hand off of Subway Seat. Circle spoke up.
"I mean, none of us are gonna see you after this competition is over anyways. What's the harm in telling us more?"
"Yeah! tell us about your friends!"
Moldy sighed, she guessed there was no other choice, if they really wanted to know.
"Well I can tell you about Parker I guess. As you know he's one of the guys helping me pay for a possible treatment. I kept insisting I didn't need his help but he kept persisting until I gave in. And then he got his friends in on it...It became this whole big deal."
Moldy paused, there seemed to be something on her mind, but she did not speak it outloud. She decided to change direction, pointing at Circle.
"You know, we haven't heard a single thing about your life. I mean- Subway Seat has said a little and I'm sure hearing about Whippy Creamy standing in a fridge all day would be less than interesting."
Whippy Creamy scoffed
"Hey! Whippy Creamy always has interesting things going on...it's what makes me so awesome."
Circle seemed to pause for a moment before he started speaking.
"Uhhh well...."
Moldy continued as she went back to her pushups, trying to regulate her breathing so she could speak properly.
"You said something about being in a competition before right? What was that about?"
"Uhh Yeah. It was called Battle For Circle. Everyone looked and talked exactly the same. Gosh everyone else there were idiots too! I built this perfect statue of circle and he picks the pile of garbage! Some stuff DID happen that might be interesting but....That's a story for another day."
Moldy had finally finished all one-hundred pushups. Circle had to get Airys attention for the host to announce such things. Clearing his throat, Airy started speaking.
"It looks like Moldys team has completed the challenge and done a hundred pushups. This leaves Backpacks team and Scentys team left to do a hundred pushups."
Nobody moved.
"Uhhh...well...If neither of you are going to do the competition...then I guess I have to put both teams up for elimination."
Almost instantly Scenty began cheering. Begging the viewers to vote and send her home for her while her teammates cheered along with her. All Backpack and Soda Bottle could do was stare at her sadly from a distance, knowing that her fate wasn't at the mercy of any 'viewers' watching them, or was she?
Readers. Vote in the comments bellow who you want to be sent back out of both teams. That's right, its a double elimination. You can pick one from Backpack, Soda Bottle, and Texty. You can also pick either Bassy, Contact Lens, Tray, or Scenty from Scentys team. voting ends when the next hits goal is reached. I want you to think about this :3
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Charlotte had been busy for the last fifteen minutes preparing dinner, chopping away at various vegetables and sliding them off of her cutting board and into the pot to cook. The sound of knocking on her door had caught her attention.
"Come in!"
Upon seeing her friend Parker enter the room, she smiled, setting her knife down carefully on the counter as he shut the door behind him. He gave her a small wave.
"Hey Charlotte, how are you doing?"
"I'm doing good! I cant really see out of my right eye anymore but, it's not that big of a deal."
Parker scratched the back of his head. He looked a little worried for a moment before putting a smile back on his face
"Heh yeah. Well, I just came by to check up on you, see how you were doing."
"I was just making dinner! You can grab something out of the fridge if you are hungry."
Charlotte gestured to the fridge behind her, but Parker declined the offer.
"No thanks I already ate. I was gonna actually ask you if you wanted to maybe go caving with us again next week? Allyn found this cool place and its just on the edge of the state!"
Charlotte had a rather good idea of where this was headed. That gold coin had always had a way of picking the most dangerous caves to go exploring, this one was probably no different.
"I would but, you know how it is now. I gotta be careful, especially with this mold. I wish I could come but, yeah."
Parker nodded.
"That's understandable. But hey! Glad to know your atleast taking this a little seriously now. And your not basically stealing our money anymore."
Charlotte laughed a little, feeling mildly embarrassed by that comment. Before she had been reckless, especially with the money her friends had given her. But the two had soon enough gotten over it and even started joking about it as Charlotte had begun to manage it better.
"Oh Stop! Please I have learned my lesson. What am I gonna say now?"
Charlotte stepped around her counter and went up to Parker. She knew she could pull off this next bit without consequence, her and Parker had been friends for years now. She wasn't actually sure what was going on in her head, perhaps this was something she had just wanted to do for awhile.
"Oh my god pay me back please i'm sorrrryyyy! Do-"
Charlotte had vanished. Parker blinked, rubbing his eyes as if he couldn't believe it.
"Charlotte...?"