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Death by popcorn maker.

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Kat hummed to herself as she put popcorn in the battered old machine. "God, I hope it doesn't burn down the house," she mumbled. "Not like last time. C'mon you stupid machine!" She smacked the side of it with her open palm. "Katty wants popcorn PRONTO!"
Grudgingly, the little device went to work, though a thin trail of smoke trickled from somewhere in the back.
Kat nodded in triumph. "Good." She walked out of the room and down to the basement to go and flip laundry. She had just finished stuffing the wet stuff into the dryer when her ear flicked. She heard something rattling, and it was coming from the upstairs.
She groaned, got to her feet, and stretched, cricking her neck and swishing her tail in order to get the kinks out of it. She quickly hopped up the rickety stairs and each one squeaked in protest under her weight, even though she wasn't particularly heavy. She chuckled to herself as she imagined what the stairs would think of Koto's weight as she made her way into the kitchen, where the sight that met her eyes made her stop laughing quite abruptly.
The popcorn maker was shaking violently and the trickle of smoke had turned into a dark grey bellowing plume that had filled up the whole area around the kitchen ceiling. Sparks were flying out of the vengeful little device and popcorn kernels, popped and unpopped alike, were shooting out of the machine and landing amongst the jumble on the floor.
Kat's pupils dilated as the machine began to jump around and rattle even louder. "Uh oh. . ." she mumbled.
Across the street, Taro was playing on his Game Cube. Suddenly, a very, very loud bang disrupted him and the power went out.
"Damn!" he said, shaking the controller. "I almost beat that level too!" He stood and threw it down on the couch, and his eye caught something outside. "HOLY!" He ran to the window and his jaw dropped. "My God. . ."
The roof of Kat's house was ruptured right above the kitchen and flames were spurting out of it, towards the bright blue sky. Pieces of roof and tile were still falling on the ground outside, many of which were aflame. People all down the street were running outside and pointing at the spectacle.
Taro rubbed his eyes with balled up fists. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Holy. . . God, I hope no one was in there. There's no WAY anyone could survive that, even an Anthromorph." He thought for a minute. "Well, unless it's Kat. She's got nine lives, though. Damn. She'll be back to try and kill me again. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The rest of the gang is out."
The power flickered back on.
"Great!" Taro jumped back to his seat. "I can't WAIT to beat that boss!" He turned on the Game Cube and resumed his gaming. "Go, little plumber man, GO!"
I may as well explain about the 2.5 characters who appear in this thing. Kat is a catgirl, Taro is a raccoon guy (complete with the mask) and Koto is a cat.

I hope you enjoy this little thing I wrote. I particularly enjoyed describing the popcorn maker! :D
© 2012 - 2024 Geli-K
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This story made me laugh,and I loved the bit about kat yelling at the popcorn machine.

This story is short,but very good. I really enjoyed reading this,and hope you make more about kat and taro.

I love random things,as well as comedy. This is my first Critique,so it might not be very good. But I mean everything I say,and hope that you continue this path as a writer,and go on to write many fun things.

The story has a good plot and is very well written. I like that you chose to write about death by popcorn machine.

I hope you enjoy writing as much as I enjoy reading