Fantasy Freelancer Files (Red vs. Blue)

[MockingXbird]

....God dammiT phone


 
HEY GUYS X3 I FINISHED A MEMOIR PROJECT I HAD TO DO. I was told to do around 600 words so I did almost 900 =w=

 

[1stLt HChurch]

Good job, Mock. I always go over the minimum with no problem. In fact, I am actually the one to ask the limit with writing assignments, because I am infamous with my teachers for writing too much. I am not particularly proud of it. What was it about?

 

[MockingXbird]

a specific memory in my life. Wanna see?


 
Fine then OAO *dramatic turn away*

 

[TheAncientCelt]

I hesitantly say yes, expecting to have my face melt off like at the end of Arc of the Covenant.

 

[MockingXbird]

Spoiler

Do you know Godzilla?


When I was four I worshipped dinosaurs and Godzilla. Especially Godzilla. Unlike girls my age who played with dolls and were princesses I was an archeologist! Dinosaur toys littered my room as if I had created my own Pangea. Adding to that mix were my Godzilla cassette tapes stacked ‘neatly’ upon my dresser, begging me to watch them for the hundredth time. That oh-so-amazing Godzilla toy was sitting on my bed and gazing down on all those lower creatures. He was the king of my room, the GOD of it.


I do not recall where this crazy obsession with this Japanese monster came from. The only reason I can really think of is because that he looked like a dinosaur. In some ways he WAS a dinosaur. The scaled body, the spikes that lined his back, the reptile like features but at the same time he was so much more. He fought giant beast that terrorized Japan though at the same time he was the one terrorizing. He was a savior and a destroyer. I loved it.


Now when I was that young I have never seen more than one Asian person in one place. Quite honestly I had only ever seen so many in the Godzilla movies that came out of the glowing box sitting in my living room. Naturally in my developing mind I began to associate Asians with Godzilla. For a while I believed that any Asian person personally knew Godzilla. It wasn’t me trying to be insulting or anything like that. No, I was only four! You could say it was the unknowing mind of a child. It could have happened with any race. If you grew up seeing only a certain race with a monster you idolized then you would begin pairing the two together.


How this story comes together is the first time I ever went to an Asian restaurant. It was my father, mother, grandma and I. We pulled up to a nice looking place that I honestly scarcely remember. I do recall that it was something of a mystery to me. Never before had I seen such decorations and such an unfamiliar smell hit my nose. When my father took me out of the car I was curious at the strange symbols beside the lettering I was used to seeing. They were familiar but unknown to me. I have seen things as these before but I just couldn’t remember WHERE I had seen them. Then we opened the door to the most exciting moment of my short life.


People I had seen in my Godzilla movies were everywhere! Greeting people, taking them to their tables, taking orders, cooking right in front of people. I was nearly bouncing with excitement, a grin stretched across my face as if I had been given the biggest lollipop ever. Before my confused father could ask me why I was acting so strange I bolted over to the closest ‘star’. To me there was only one thing that I could think of. Only one thing that added up. These decorations, the symbols, the people! I slammed my tiny hands on the counter that towered above me then pulled myself up to greet the surprised face of the man cooking with my own grinning face.


“Do you know Godzilla?!” I blurted out with wild excitement. The man stared at me as if he didn’t know what I had just said. My mother was there in an instant to pick me up and apologize before I question the man any further. I can remember the embarrassment on my mother’s face, a shake of my grandmother’s head, and my father holding in the laughter that threatened to spill out.


After that moment the memory is nothing but a blur. I do remember that I was confused in why it seemed like such a bad thing for me to ask the cook if he knew my idol. For me, because of how he looked, it was obvious that he knew the Godzilla. Either he helped the king of monsters, was fighting against him, or perhaps he had been one of those running from the carnage of battling giants and raging beasts. I was blind to races and how offensive my question might have been.


Thinking of it now all I can do is just laugh. Laugh at how embarrassed my parents probably felt, laugh at the confusion that might have hit that man, laugh at my childish mind that was so oblivious of how the world was. Later on I eventually began to understand why something like that could be considered bad however I don’t regret it. I was four. I was innocent and blind to the meaning behind races and nationality. It was a comical oblivious moment in my life that I still enjoy telling and hearing. Especially hearing from the adults that accompanied me that day. Watching the roll of eyes, the shakes of heads, and smiles on their faces always brings me joy as they share the tales of the little adventures we shared so long ago.

 

[TheAncientCelt]

You horrible, horrible racist. . .

 

[1stLt HChurch]

a specific memory in my life. Wanna see?
 
Fine then OAO *dramatic turn away*

I'm sorry!! I left cause of life. Don't be mad, Mock.


I'll read it tomorrow. I'm going to bed now. And I know I will regret staying up late when I wake up in the morning..I'm so dumb...

 

[MockingXbird]

I'M NOT RACIST QAQ GISH. I SHOW YOU GUYS THIS STUFF AND AND ADN*LE SOBS*

 

[Shadowborn Omen]

It's just CTAC, Mock, it's okay. Ugh. I have to get up and do stuff today. I don't even want to make breakfast and my stomach feels like it's eating itself.

 

[MockingXbird]

MOORRNNIINNGGG

 

[1stLt HChurch]

[QUOTE="Shadowborn Omen]It's just CTAC, Mock, it's okay. Ugh. I have to get up and do stuff today. I don't even want to make breakfast and my stomach feels like it's eating itself.

[/QUOTE]
Maybe you shouldn't get up and do stuff?? Just a thought?

 

[MockingXbird]

Lol, agreed. Doing stuff is lame. I'm doing stuff today. Talking to a Navy recruiter

 

[1stLt HChurch]

Mock, bro. That's a good essay. What was the prompt that you got for it, anyway?


 

Lol, agreed. Doing stuff is lame. I'm doing stuff today. Talking to a Navy recruiter

Thinking about going into the Navy?

 

[MockingXbird]

Prompt was pick a specific memory to write about


And yeah~


 
Where is everyone? My boredom is extreme

 

[Wintermute]

Im currently doing something illegal and talking here.


I'm such a badass.


Also, good luck...


IN THE NAVYYYY

 

[MockingXbird]

Good luck


...IN THE NAVY~


 
Don't die in your illegal stuff. Actually do. Make sure someone gets it on video so I can laugh at it

 

[TheAncientCelt]

"Don't die" Mockangel confirmed. Again.

 

[MockingXbird]

Omfg

 

[Wintermute]

God damn I really want you dead Centy, and I want to do it myself, with my bare hands and teeth.

 

[TheAncientCelt]

You would be surprised at how often I hear that xP

 

[Wintermute]

Oh but Cent, I'm dead serious.

 

[Shadowborn Omen]

I'm probably not going to post today other that this. So sorry for the lack of actual humor.

 

[MockingXbird]

*le hug*


 
*le hiss*

 

[Wintermute]

*le die*


IM BOREEED

 

[MockingXbird]

*le doesn't care* Don't be a wuss