“Norge?” came Iceland’s voice from within the steel vault. “I-I think the door shut by mistake.”
Norway remained silent. A few seconds later a frightened squeak came from the vault, along with a great flurry of noise.
Norway wasn’t sure whether to wait or leave. He’d rummaged through his old spell books and summoned the tentacle monster yesterday, hiding it inside the vault when he used the cash machine. He’d then come up with his ‘scheme’ to lure Iceland inside and let the monster have its way with him. He was hoping that being a tentacle monster’s play thing inside a vault full of cash would give Iceland the message to be more cautious about money.
Norway decided to wait and sat down. The sounds became more and more peculiar. The monster seemed to have a voice, making happy gurgling noises while Iceland let out random profanities and indignant squeals. At one point the noises shifted to the top of the vault and Norway could imagine the monster sliding its way to the ceiling and holding a frightened Iceland high above the money while enjoying his pale white skin and delicate physique.
After the hour had expired, Norway hesitantly opened the vault. There was a lot of ... slime. And Iceland looked strange. His clothes were half torn from his body, his face flushed and he was missing a clump of hair. What flesh that was exposed bore evidence of many hickeys. The tentacle monster lay in the corner sated upon a pile of gold coins but was still stroking Iceland suggestively on the head.
With quivering knees, Iceland silently stood up and pushed his wheelbarrow full of Norwegian plunder through the sticky residue and out of the vault. They didn’t talk on the way home.
A day later, Iceland moved out of Norway and Denmark’s house, muttering something about being needed back in Reykjavik. The next time Norway heard from his brother was at the world meeting where Iceland seemed to have recovered from his traumatic rendezvous with the tentacle monster. Norway was even more shocked to hear Iceland give his financial report and announce that all of his national debts had been cleared. Surely one wheelbarrow full of cash and gold wouldn’t wipe the entire debt of a nation, no matter how small. Norway was intrigued. Maybe Iceland had learnt his lesson after all had studiously invested it wisely.
As Norway left the meeting hall still puzzled, he passed Japan who was engrossed with something on his phone. He heard a frightened squeak and stopped, looking around. Iceland was nowhere to be found, but he was sure that was his brother’s noise. Japan looked up at Norway, beet red, then hurried away.
“Hey Norge,” called Iceland, walking up behind his brother.
“How on earth did you wipe all your debt?” asked Norway, putting the squeak out of his mind.
“Oh,” said Iceland looking a little embarrassed. “Let’s just say that Japan really likes tentacle monsters.”
That ending. Omg, I loved this. And I love how Japan still manages to be embarrassed while he's watching it on his phone. wth Japan, wth. And for that matter, did Iceland like hack into the bank's security cameras or something?
Iceland x tentacle monster - 2/2
(Anonymous) 2010-04-06 10:13 am (UTC)(link)Norway remained silent. A few seconds later a frightened squeak came from the vault, along with a great flurry of noise.
Norway wasn’t sure whether to wait or leave. He’d rummaged through his old spell books and summoned the tentacle monster yesterday, hiding it inside the vault when he used the cash machine. He’d then come up with his ‘scheme’ to lure Iceland inside and let the monster have its way with him. He was hoping that being a tentacle monster’s play thing inside a vault full of cash would give Iceland the message to be more cautious about money.
Norway decided to wait and sat down. The sounds became more and more peculiar. The monster seemed to have a voice, making happy gurgling noises while Iceland let out random profanities and indignant squeals. At one point the noises shifted to the top of the vault and Norway could imagine the monster sliding its way to the ceiling and holding a frightened Iceland high above the money while enjoying his pale white skin and delicate physique.
After the hour had expired, Norway hesitantly opened the vault. There was a lot of ... slime. And Iceland looked strange. His clothes were half torn from his body, his face flushed and he was missing a clump of hair. What flesh that was exposed bore evidence of many hickeys. The tentacle monster lay in the corner sated upon a pile of gold coins but was still stroking Iceland suggestively on the head.
With quivering knees, Iceland silently stood up and pushed his wheelbarrow full of Norwegian plunder through the sticky residue and out of the vault. They didn’t talk on the way home.
A day later, Iceland moved out of Norway and Denmark’s house, muttering something about being needed back in Reykjavik. The next time Norway heard from his brother was at the world meeting where Iceland seemed to have recovered from his traumatic rendezvous with the tentacle monster. Norway was even more shocked to hear Iceland give his financial report and announce that all of his national debts had been cleared. Surely one wheelbarrow full of cash and gold wouldn’t wipe the entire debt of a nation, no matter how small. Norway was intrigued. Maybe Iceland had learnt his lesson after all had studiously invested it wisely.
As Norway left the meeting hall still puzzled, he passed Japan who was engrossed with something on his phone. He heard a frightened squeak and stopped, looking around. Iceland was nowhere to be found, but he was sure that was his brother’s noise. Japan looked up at Norway, beet red, then hurried away.
“Hey Norge,” called Iceland, walking up behind his brother.
“How on earth did you wipe all your debt?” asked Norway, putting the squeak out of his mind.
“Oh,” said Iceland looking a little embarrassed. “Let’s just say that Japan really likes tentacle monsters.”
Norway didn’t ask any more questions.
Re: Iceland x tentacle monster - 2/2
(Anonymous) 2010-04-06 10:32 am (UTC)(link)Re: Iceland x tentacle monster - 2/2
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