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Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-15 09:19:28
July 04 2010 01:28 GMT
#1
This was originally intended to be released in the [SC2B] Weekly Round-Ups, but was unfortunately cut (and for good reason). So I will be posting them here, in my personal blog, and on a much more lax schedule. It's just a little blurb about the inner workings of TL. So go ahead and read ... if you dare.

The Sweatshop

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Welcome to the Writers' Dungeon...

WHACK. The crack of a whip resounds through the dank and empty halls. The tapestry of cobwebs shakes from the ceiling; one floats gracefully to the floor. The stones, dark and foreboding, tremble at the percussive sound. WHACK. You walk a little closer, leaning a curious ear forward. Your shoes are slippery upon the sleek stony floor. Spiders scuttle to and fro across the torchlight, laying a minefield before your feet. WHACK. You reach a old and rotted door with a rusted bronze knob. The planks are splintered and cracked. You can hear muffled sounds from within. With a trembling hand, you slowly turn the knob and poke a curious head through the creaking door. And this is what your eyes behold:

A ogre-like slave driver, cloaked in pure red, stands atop a large table at the front of the dark and windowless room. He brandishes a cruel and heavy whip, and thrashes it about his pitiful underlings at regular intervals. Upon his blood red cloak, he bears a bright gold tag, inscribed with the name "riptide." Before him lies a horde of writers, busily scribbling away at mounds upon mounds of parchment. Their eyes are drooping for lack of sleep, and their backs are bent and bruised from the terror of the whip. Their pens work furiously, yet their heads nod back and forth as sleep threatens to conquer their senses. But the crack of the whip jolts them upright, spilling ink and scattering parchment in a clumsy flurry of movement, and sends them right back to work. The littlest one, flamewheel, raises a shaky and and asks in a meek voice to use the toilet, but the heavy whip quickly buries him back beneath his stack of parchment, piled well over the top of his head. heyoka takes a quick glance at the door, cracked open just wide enough for your head, catching riptide's ever vigilant attention. The eyes of the entire room turn to you. "BACK TO WORK," riptide bellows, whip cracking furiously as he races towards the door. You run for your life.

To be continued...


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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
July 04 2010 01:33 GMT
#2
I can attest that this story is not a dramatization. Riptide is really like this.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11390 Posts
July 04 2010 01:34 GMT
#3
On July 04 2010 10:33 micronesia wrote:
I can attest that this story is not a dramatization. Riptide is really like this.

Indeed.

Pretty soon, I'll be hearing Riptide uttering those words in my dreams.

Worst nightmare. ~_~
Moderator。◕‿◕。
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
July 04 2010 01:52 GMT
#4
On July 04 2010 10:33 micronesia wrote:
I can attest that this story is not a dramatization. Riptide is really like this.

vouch
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TurboDreams
Profile Joined April 2009
United States427 Posts
July 04 2010 01:58 GMT
#5
Haha Riptide and his dictatorship!
Music is the medicine of the mind || Kill a Zergling and a hundred more will take its place.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21243 Posts
July 04 2010 01:59 GMT
#6
Poor writers ~_~

...

Keep up the good work riptide!~ n_n
TranslatorBaa!
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
July 04 2010 02:08 GMT
#7
T_____T
The littlest one, flamewheel, raises a shaky and and asks in a meek voice to use the toilet, but the heavy whip quickly buries him back beneath his stack of parchment, piled well over the top of his head.

Why am I the littlest one?

Also yeah riptide is T_____T
But he's cute so it's okay.
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
July 04 2010 02:09 GMT
#8
On July 04 2010 11:08 flamewheel wrote:
T_____T
Show nested quote +
The littlest one, flamewheel, raises a shaky and and asks in a meek voice to use the toilet, but the heavy whip quickly buries him back beneath his stack of parchment, piled well over the top of his head.

Why am I the littlest one?

Also yeah riptide is T_____T
But he's cute so it's okay.

"Joined TL.net Tuesday, 29th of December 2009"
Youngling.
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
July 04 2010 02:09 GMT
#9
Is this why all the articles are always covered with blood and tears?
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
July 04 2010 02:14 GMT
#10
Riptide is a cuddly little bear who farts rainbows and poops gold nuggets.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
July 04 2010 03:03 GMT
#11
check the skeleton for a key !
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 04 2010 03:09 GMT
#12
On July 04 2010 12:03 travis wrote:
check the skeleton for a key !



Damnit I was going to post "Get ye flask"

lol.
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
July 04 2010 04:09 GMT
#13
Cant wait for the next part! :D
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
July 09 2010 01:44 GMT
#14
waiting for continuation!

bump
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Saracen
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5139 Posts
July 09 2010 01:50 GMT
#15
On July 09 2010 10:44 Grobyc wrote:
waiting for continuation!

bump

5 star it and I'll consider it... >
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
July 09 2010 05:41 GMT
#16
done, gogo! :D
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-25 16:49:31
April 25 2011 16:49 GMT
#17
Bumping to remind everyone of riptide's amazing character

(and to give people perspective yo)

The post needs more attention anyway~
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
April 25 2011 19:11 GMT
#18
lololol cute post. i wanna see the rest ^^
Writer
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
April 25 2011 19:13 GMT
#19
Liked the spider mines bit.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32274 Posts
April 25 2011 21:13 GMT
#20
unfortunate name ;_;
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