This week we have an anonymous prompt. Excuse me a minute, as I do believe it deserves a bit of background or introduction . . . March is the month in which US colleges begin their big basketball tournament. I am a sports fan, but my family is even worse. This is the one month of the year that I am forever grateful that we do not have cable or satellite TV. It is the only way to escape the: Madness

We do not have cable or satellite TV. However I cannot escape these ^%$& basketball games! All of my CBS shows are cancelled, including Big Bang Theory...

Originally posted by Transmute Jun We do not have cable or satellite TV. However I cannot escape these ^%$& basketball games! All of my CBS shows are cancelled, including Big Bang Theory...

I'm just far enough away from San Francisco and Sacramento that I don't get broadcast channels either. I thought it sucked as a kid, especially when the cable went out, but there is a bright side to it after all.

Okay, Amethyst, you inspired me! ***** "Where's my show?" Jinpei yelled frantically, practically pounding the buttons on the remote control. "I want to see my cartoons!" "I'm sure it's on." Jun replied absent-mindedly. She was far more involved in assessing the Snack J's inventory and trying to figure out how much to order from her supplier. "No, it's not! All I'm getting is basketball!" "Basketball?" Jun frowned, looking up for a moment from her papers. "That doesn't sound right. It's Saturday morning, isn't it? Cartoon morning?" "It sure is! And there are no cartoons! Just basketball!" Jinpei moaned. "You know, now that you mention it, I think I heard Ryu saying something about 'March Madness'. Some kind of Amerisian thing where they play a lot of basketball in March." Jun shrugged. "I guess it's become popular in Utoland too." "Madness? Madness?" Jinpei screeched. "I'll tell you who's mad! Me! I'm going to go right down to that television station and give them a piece of my mind! Stand up for kids everywhere! Imagine, canceling Saturday morning cartoons! It's a desecration of the things we hold most dear!" He continued ranting as he left the room. "That's nice." Jun hummed, as she returned back to her reports. "Just make sure you're back in time for opening this afternoon."

Brilliant! I only wonder if that TV station will have to deal with Jinpei or one very pissed off Swallow or both?

I can appreciate where Jinpei's coming from! I live in an area where college basketball is the major religion. And, in that regard, I'm a godless heathen!

I'm with Jinpei on this one. I feel just the same when my favorite shows are cancelled for sports...

Oh yes, this reminds me of how I felt as a kid when BoTP was cancelled! Go, Jinpei!!!

I am glad to see I am not the only one who hates it when sports (or even American political speeches) interupt my tv viewing time.

I hate it when anything interrupts my scheduled shows, whether it's sports, or political speeches or breaking news. If it's truly important, run a trailing banner across the bottom of the screen and I can look it up online if I need to. Interrupting my show is a sure way to both get me mad and make me turn off the TV. I only want a serious interruption if it's a life-threatening emergency in MY area. LOL, if anyone wants to write the continuation of this snippet (Jinpei ranting at the television station) please feel free to do so! I'm sure there's plenty of his 'madness' to go around!

TJ, what a great short & a perfect use of the prompt.

TJ: Next thing Jun knows she's getting a phone call about her little brother being caught after vandalizing the station's electronics. Yeah I get cranky at those cancellations too.

Amen, TJ! I agree about the games interrupting my shows! Go get 'em, Jinpei!

Originally posted by ChrisW TJ: Next thing Jun knows she's getting a phone call about her little brother being caught after vandalizing the station's electronics.

Feel free to write it...

Well, I'm going to go in a slightly different direction... ========== The commander seemed no different from the countless ones who came before him. The only difference was his costume -- he looked like a strange cross between a jellyfish and a warthog. He stood quietly in the center of the floor of a smallish room. In front of him was Katse sitting on a throne on a dias about twelve feet up. A henchman came out of the shadows, thrust a working replica of a Kentucky long rifle into his hands, and then stepped back into the darkness. The commander admired the nearly five-and-a-half-foot long gun, paying particular attention to the flintlock mechanism. Katse cleared his throat. The commander quickly remembered himself, held the gun in his left hand so that the butt was resting on the floor, and saluted with his right hand. "Yes, Lord Katse!" "You failed me." Katse's voice was unnervingly calm. "Uh, yes, Sire." It felt as if the commander's heart was about to pop out of his throat and splatter on the floor. "The Science Ninja Team --" "Quiet! I know." There was a heavy silence. "I have another assignment for you." Katse continued, "I want you to shoot yourself with that gun." "Sire?" "You heard me." "But, Sire, that's impossible! Nobody in his right mind would expect --" "If you don't," Kate's voice took on an unnatural iciness, "I'll make you wish you had."

You're right, EW, that is madness! And just what I would expect from Katse! May I hope that this commander is the one in charge of pre-empting television programs with sports broadcasts?

Originally posted by Transmute Jun May I hope that this commander is the one in charge of pre-empting television programs with sports broadcasts?

Oooh, hadn't thought of that!

Originally posted by ElectricWhite

Originally posted by Transmute Jun May I hope that this commander is the one in charge of pre-empting television programs with sports broadcasts?

Oooh, hadn't thought of that!

well if that's the case, then the commander deserves everything he's got coming to him!!!!

*shivers* Very dark, EW! Except of course for the bit about the jellyfish and the warthog

EW: Eeep! Maybe the commander failed to ensure that Katse's favorite soap opera aired like it was supposed to, letting it get pre-empted by some speech instead of blowing up the speaker and podium.

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Ah, but who is it? I'm wondering if it might be Ryu... ?

KT: Oh dear. Hmm, Ryu or Ken ... I'm also gonna guess Ryu.

KT .... interesting. Now I need to go back to find your submission in week 62 to see if I can connect the two pieces and figure out who the Chief might be speaking to.

In case you can't find it, I posted it in the rubber room.... although the clues might be a bit further back!