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This is a story I wrote for my english test (as a first language) in school, and I'm pleased to say I got a very pleasant score indeed, considering I was in the top (with another person in my class with the same mark).
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/* Task: Write a story or an episode of suspense in which a character is facing a problem relating to time running out. */
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Opening my eyes, I looked around my surroundings. There was a lot of sand around my ankles and I could have sworn everything was a lot fatter than it should have been; I even saw some light from a nearby light source shine in my direction, only to be scattered everywhere.

"Have you woken up yet, sleepy-eyes? Good." boomed a deep voice from nowhere in particular. "There is sand falling from the top compartment of your glass cabin; when it runs out, the sprinklers atop the shelf near the lid will start, pouring water on you. You won't be able to swim away because the sand will contract, sticking to anything it touches -- in this case, your feet -- when it comes in contact with the water, effectively anchoring you to the bottom of the very hourglass trap I use for people like you."

"Wh-what did I do?" I stammered, almost falling asleep every now and then.
"Oh, you know what you did, Mark, if that's your real name!" shouted the voice, obviously exhibiting an obvious tinge of angriness in its voice, and continued, "You were an assasin! Your famous method of killing all those innocent" -- now it sounded as if it was next to crying out loud -- "people was by drowning them, of course! I'd like you to have a taste of your own medicine!" sobered up the voice, now recovering.

"By the way, did I tell you that your timer had already started ten minutes ago? You had only 50 minutes, and you've blown 1/5th that time.", cackled the voice, now getting entertained by this -- which meant he could see me.

That last comment frightened me awake -- I knew I had to get out of this trap, and quickly; it seemed that I had two options at hand which I thought up of while the voice jabbered away: i) Try jumping, catching hold of the middle constriction and use that to my advantage and hop out, fighting the pressure of the falling sand; or the safer but more idiotic option ii) where I try to stick to the walls of the hourglass and climb out, spider-man style.

Since it was more than obvious I couldn't do the second option, I decided to think up of more ideas and wait for the majority of the sand to fall to the bottom compartment; I blew about half of my original time, just thinking (to no avail) when I decided it was safe enough to execute the first, last and only good enough plan.

The sand pile had grown considerably while I was thinking, and it was up to my stomach -- I pushed away as much sand as I could into a pile, and stepped on it, using it as an impromptu platform to aid me with the jumping. I made sure to squint, lest the sand enter my eyes and foil my plan, and rub my hands with sand, so they wouldn't slip when grabbing the glass.

I jumped and reached out for the constriction, which I failed. Trying again and again, I jumped as high as I could each time, and went on long after I was tired, my main source of energy being adrenaline from the fear of death, panicking more each second, as time ran out.

I knew I was too late.

//Teacher's comments: [Attach the following sentences to the end:] I was soon about to face my doom and in the same manner as ....
//Teacher's comments: Well done, (name)! Very imaginative -- unusual storyline! Content and structure: Band 1 - 11/13. Style: 11/12. Total: 22/25.
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To tell you guys the truth, I was mainly inspired by the good ol' guys at the BBS, what with their create your own Saw traps thread. That was the main source of inspiration -- maybe even the plot -- that I got. I'm so lucky to be on Newgrounds, else I'd have not got this.

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And to end it all, here's a picture I got on my hard drive, from the net:
Don't forget, you can also ask me questions! I'll give you any info you want that I control.

So...if you want me to create a short story, then request below. Just mention the topic and I'll stack then in a queue, first-come-first serve style.

Pending requests:
Bilalz - Related to a "kung fu rabbit"
Daethdrain - A nameless person who wakes up in purgatory
TokeCat (I heard he wanted his name changed like that, I'll call him that in advance) - A person who "builds his own house" and is basically aloof

Started pieces:
Daethdrain - Under way

Well.....I guess I'll be free this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so you can request things until the 24th of July, 2011!

It was raining, small droplets of water pouring down on my body. I tiptoed on my newly-bought leather shoes, trying to avoid adding any more noise to the already noise-drenched environment. I stooped low, fumbling for the key to the door under the ragged mat which held the only passage to my safe haven.
Reaching for the key, I struck something. It was most definitely not a key.

It was something slimy. Something wet and was pulling my hand in. I shrieked, attracting a small crowd of onlookers who seemed engaged by my shouts. I tried to jerk my arm, only to fail. I peeked under the mat...and it was an unidentified being.

Embarassed at the crowd which was ever-largening, I kicked the creature three times and it slid away...leaving a small bunch of round white dots -- which I presumed were eggs, which I later crushed so as to not have any more incidences like that -- and the key buried under them.

As I opened the door, imagine the horror as I noticed the whole room was filled with them.

Prior to the release of UFOTC, I'll have to play through to test that the levels can be passed..
..and in other news the redesign is in "late June or early July" which means that "early" is the first half of July, else it can't be "early".
IOW, the redesign's coming today or tomorrow.

Well...so I've PMed Asandir to discuss whether I should prolong the gestation period of UFOTC:DOTC or submit it as soon as possible, I've changed my user icon and profile picture, and planned many other projects. Not bad, not bad. Here's a small, low-quality screencap of the game:

So....not much to say here, just a tidy little to-do list.

[] Release UFO Tree Cutters: Dawn of the Chainsaw (not yet, going to)
[X] Start work on UFO Tree Cutters: Rise of The Trees
[] Use a microphone to try and voice act in some games
[X] Work on Platform Sandbox 5
[] Submit Platform Sandbox 5 to the flash portal
[X] Gather 5500+ posts
[] Gather 10000 posts
[X] Collaborate with pranjalmaithani
[] Post on BBS a lot.

Well....it'll either be coming out today or tomorrow. It turned out that one simple change was all that was required to fix the star system; now I just have to fix the underlying bugs.
PM me for a beta sample.
In the meantime, here's a quickie logo I fixed up for this and future games:

How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck can chuck wood?