#bucketofdoom

PROMPT:

You’re a shipwrecked vampire on a desert island. Dawn is coming.

PROMPT WORDS:

Box of boy scout badges, cheese grater, Snooki’s favorite tanning lotion, penis pump, karaoke machine, ugly Christmas sweater, minion and Mr. T’s jewelry.

The waves flowed softly against her chest. Her eyes stung against the salty water, she rubbed them as she raised her head and turned around. The beach extended for miles in both directions. Her skin itched, she could tell dawn was coming, she had to do something soon if she hoped to survive. Turning to ash in her early 200’s was not in her plans. Looking around she could see parts of the wreck. Rising quickly, she searched for something, anything that could help. Of course, Oliver’s ugly Christmas sweater survived, not even the flames of hell could destroy the cursed monstrosity. She quickly fetched it and wrapped it around her head. Grabbing a few other items, it was time to look for shelter. Luckily, she didn’t have to walk too far to find a small grove where she could be shadowed from the quickly rising sun. Collecting a few banana leaves she managed to make an improvised curtain to protect her pale skin. When morning arrived she assessed her resources and items to devise an escape plan.

As night approached, she heard noises outside her makeshift shelter. Deeming it safe to go out without burning to death she went outside to investigate. Following the sounds, she came face to face with strange bean-shaped creatures. Against her better judgment, she approached them to say “Hello”. As they noticed her approaching, they quickly ran away. If she were ever to leave this island, she was going to need their help. Now it was a matter of how to gain their trust. It turned out to be simpler thank she thought, she just had to use her cheese grater to get some coconut shavings and make some pudding and they loved it so much they followed her wherever she went. After that, she just gave them the box of boy scout badges and Mr. T’s jewelry so they could cover it with Snooki’s favorite tanning lotion to make them shine enough to signal passing ships. While she waited to be saved, she just had to sit in the shade singing in the karaoke machine and enjoying margaritas.

PROMPT:

You're in a shark cage surrounded by great whites and the door falls off.

PROMPT WORDS:

Moon boots, a paper bag full of bread crumbs, tap dancing shoes, a very aggressive earthworm, bagpipes, Barbie and Ken dolls, hair scrunchies, a T-rex's leg bone, and a Book: Origami for Dummies.

He watched it drop, slowly disappearing from view into the far depths toward the ocean floor. The door, that suddenly broke off from its hinges, exposing the interior of the cage to the multiple sharks that still swam calmly around him. He had to think fast. Quickly turning to his friend's gear bag, he surveyed it looking for anything that could help. He had to protect himself. And to think his fear of diving was running out of oxygen. This was definitely worse. As he stared at the contents of the bag, he couldn't believe what he saw. A random collection of items that offered him no protection. He would have to improvise. He was good at that, right? He was an engineer after all. He quickly fastened the Ken and Barbie dolls to the T-rex's leg bone with a scrunchie, using the other one to fasten his distraction to the outside of the cage, as far away from himself as possible in the confined space. He then spread the bread crumbs from inside the paper bag around the dolls to make sure that if one of the sharks decided to attack they would focus on that instead of his very meaty very much alive body. With the shark problem possibly resolved temporarily, now was the time to figure out an escape plan. Suddenly, one of the great whites ripped poor Barbie and Ken away, together with the bone and bread crumbs. This was the perfect opportunity to release the very aggressive earthworm, currently enraged, it swam quickly toward the thief that stole its lunch. As the fight between the two predators went on, it provided enough cover for him to read the book "Origami for Dummies" and he gladly applied his recently acquired knowledge to transform the bagpipes into an air balloon that he hurriedly fastened to himself and used to float back to the surface where his friends noticed his panic and helped him up and out of the water. He was finally safe.