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<blockquote data-quote="Fridayknight" data-source="post: 5224522" data-attributes="member: 87391"><p>I know what you're doing, i won't write your next dm plot-line for you! Only joking, thanks for the good topic. I wasn't sure if you meant a book character or a roleplaying game character (since this is mainly what this website is about), so i went for book. It isn't also that active or long.</p><p></p><p>Mark removed the Styrofoam coffee cup from the cardboard bracelet and threw it in the bin after he walked through the cafe door. He plunged his hand into his jacket pocket and, navigating past his mobile, withdrew the parking ticket. After crossing the birch-lined avenue at the zebra crossing he made his way to the pay-machine. Looking up as he did this he could not spot his car, but he knew it was this car-park and his memory did not seem what it used to be. Having paid, Mark walked along the two rows of cars in the small tarmac resting-place. He did not find the green Ford the first time, nor the second. Yet he had the ticket and he felt the lightness in his wallet, this was for sure the right car-park.</p><p></p><p>Keen eyes spotted the tiny splinters of glass in the empty space but Mark just tutted at the 'youths' who were messing about when he went for his morning coffee. He increasingly began to sweat and became obsessed, as this is all one can do, about the time, counting up the minutes he was late for work. With clammy hands he paced the parking lot, punctuating his walks with stops. Mark came to the foregone conclusion that his car had been moved somehow and then, peering around the court, he searched for CCTV cameras that might provide evidence.</p><p></p><p>Mark halted one last time, forgetting his pursuit of cameras, and approached an old man that had been sitting on the bench since he arrived, seemingly eating his lunch. Mark thought that he looked like a strange old thing, especially since he was taking his lunch at such an early hour. Confronting him Mark queried,</p><p>"Have you, by any chance seen where my car went? I just popped to ..." Mark paused and reviewed that nobody wanted to know why he broke his fast or how "... never mind but it was parked just there; my old green Ford."</p><p></p><p>The weather-beaten face did not move, nor, like a river eroding a cavern, did his dry lips break open. His eyes were as glazed to Mark as the doughnut in his paper bag. Mark stuttered,</p><p>"My, my car has gone. Where, why, who? Tell me please, you, you have been here all along haven't you?"</p><p></p><p>Mark turned, annoyed by the waste of time in talking to the man, and took out his phone to call the police station - both to call in late for work and for his current problem. If only he had seen that the man was deaf and was writing on a note-pad what he had seen.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ok, that is it for today. It wasn't that long but im kind of busy. I think it shows us how humans can lose perspective on life, missing the essential details, when confronted with angst. Keep 'em rolling boys!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fridayknight, post: 5224522, member: 87391"] I know what you're doing, i won't write your next dm plot-line for you! Only joking, thanks for the good topic. I wasn't sure if you meant a book character or a roleplaying game character (since this is mainly what this website is about), so i went for book. It isn't also that active or long. Mark removed the Styrofoam coffee cup from the cardboard bracelet and threw it in the bin after he walked through the cafe door. He plunged his hand into his jacket pocket and, navigating past his mobile, withdrew the parking ticket. After crossing the birch-lined avenue at the zebra crossing he made his way to the pay-machine. Looking up as he did this he could not spot his car, but he knew it was this car-park and his memory did not seem what it used to be. Having paid, Mark walked along the two rows of cars in the small tarmac resting-place. He did not find the green Ford the first time, nor the second. Yet he had the ticket and he felt the lightness in his wallet, this was for sure the right car-park. Keen eyes spotted the tiny splinters of glass in the empty space but Mark just tutted at the 'youths' who were messing about when he went for his morning coffee. He increasingly began to sweat and became obsessed, as this is all one can do, about the time, counting up the minutes he was late for work. With clammy hands he paced the parking lot, punctuating his walks with stops. Mark came to the foregone conclusion that his car had been moved somehow and then, peering around the court, he searched for CCTV cameras that might provide evidence. Mark halted one last time, forgetting his pursuit of cameras, and approached an old man that had been sitting on the bench since he arrived, seemingly eating his lunch. Mark thought that he looked like a strange old thing, especially since he was taking his lunch at such an early hour. Confronting him Mark queried, "Have you, by any chance seen where my car went? I just popped to ..." Mark paused and reviewed that nobody wanted to know why he broke his fast or how "... never mind but it was parked just there; my old green Ford." The weather-beaten face did not move, nor, like a river eroding a cavern, did his dry lips break open. His eyes were as glazed to Mark as the doughnut in his paper bag. Mark stuttered, "My, my car has gone. Where, why, who? Tell me please, you, you have been here all along haven't you?" Mark turned, annoyed by the waste of time in talking to the man, and took out his phone to call the police station - both to call in late for work and for his current problem. If only he had seen that the man was deaf and was writing on a note-pad what he had seen. Ok, that is it for today. It wasn't that long but im kind of busy. I think it shows us how humans can lose perspective on life, missing the essential details, when confronted with angst. Keep 'em rolling boys! [/QUOTE]
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