October 6, 2024

Author’s Note: This story comes from the announcer’s game.

Creative Writing The Journal 2024

Author’s Note: This story comes from the announcer’s game.

By: Theodore Tong

Welcome to the KeyQuest Contest! Here, participants from all around the world are in need of a new keyboard.


The five events are: frisbee goal, water-balloon dodgeball, statue, pillow fight, and thumb wars. There are eight people in each event. The champion of the bracket will win a new mechanical, neon LED light, limited-edition keyboard! Good luck, everyone!


And here we have the first event: Pillow Fight! It’s Larry vs. Barry, both competing in the qualifications round for the attempt to win the grand prize!


Three, two, one, go! Both participants are clinging heavily to their pillows, and not giving the other guy a chance to breathe!


Larry swings at Barry’s legs, and then goes right for the headshot! That’s one point for Larry! Barry is spinning around like a top, aiming right for Larry’s chest! Larry’s backing up, and picks just the right time to swing at Barry’s head again!


Oh, no. That’s not looking good for Barry. And he’s down! This match’s winner is… Larry Pixel!
Now, all six matches are concluded! The three people competing for the keyboard in the finals rounds are: Larry, Jerry, and Harry! Gosh, these names do rhyme quite a bit, don’t they?


Anyways, since there are three people, two of them will be competing in another round of pillow fighting, and the last one will be battling the winner. We’ve got our randomizing wheel here, and let’s give it a spin…


Okay, so Larry will be the standby competitor here, while Jerry and Harry duke it out.


Well, here Larry is facing kind of like a good-news bad-news situation, because he can take a break while Jerry and Harry can barely breath, but then again, the winner of this pillow fight is going to be more fearsome than Barry (Larry defeated him in the first round).


Let’s turn the camera to the crowd, where we see crowds of people holding flags of what seems to be the keyboard! Look at their creativity, using tinfoil to replicate the rainbow LED lights! Wow!


Okay, so it’s been around 5 minutes, Larry has stopped sweating, and he’s cooling off. Meanwhile, Jerry has emerged the victor, launching a devastating fake to Harry’s head, then knocking him in the chest. It’s now the finals!


Both contestants have entered the ring! It looks like Jerry is starting to lose his steam. The pillows are pretty heavy, and swinging them around is pretty tiring.


Jerry’s going on the offensive, starting with a vertical attack right on top of the head, but Larry’s definitely using his head! Jerry’s attack leaves him wide open for a few seconds, so Larry used his pillow and pushed Jerry. Jerry’s trying to maintain his balance, and blocks everything coming his way.


Both contestants aren’t budging an inch! It’s always just Larry attacks, then Jerry blocks, and vice versa! But Larry’s just beginning, and Jerry is tired! Jerry’s defense has more and more holes with each attack!
There! Larry has hit a clean blow, right in the chest! The pillow’s weight knocks Jerry onto the ground! Larry is the winner of the Pillow Fight event, and the winner of the new keyboard!


Thank you for joining us in the KeyQuest Contest!

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